Division of Religion, Humanities, and Social Sciences
The Division of Religion, Humanities, and Social Sciences offers a range of majors designed to prepare students for careers with a broad understanding of society, spirituality, and culture.
The Division of Religion, Humanities, and Social Sciences offers major degree programs in Christian education, criminal forensics, criminal justice, English, English/secondary education, liberal studies, mass communications, pastoral ministry, sociology, and social studies/secondary education. Students may also choose an undergraduate minor from these areas as well as minors in criminal forensic studies, religion, history, political science, gerontology, international relations, minority studies, music, and psychology.
Our curriculum, taught by a diverse faculty, is designed to help students develop critical thinking, analytical skills, and communication skills through which they can explore major aspects of the human condition, enhance their creative expression abilities, clarify values and utilize both interpretive and scientifically-based methods to investigate human social phenomena.
The division prepares students for careers in fields and positions such as teacher, advertising sales agent, technical writer, artist, counseling, event organizer, public relations manager, travel agent, genealogist, journalist, lawyer, editor, museum worker/curator, FBI agent, interpreter and /or translator, human resources specialist, linguist, foreign correspondent, accountancy, advertising/marketing, banking and insurance, business management, economics, local government, management consultancy, market research, media, politics, psychology, retail and sales, teaching and lecturing, tourism, and town planning.
MAJORS
Students may choose to major in one of the following:
- Christian Education
- Criminal Justice
- English
- English/Secondary Education
- Liberal Studies
- Mass Communications
- Pastoral Ministry
- Sociology
- Social Studies/Secondary Education
- Cybersecurity
- Criminal Forensics Studies
MINORS
Students may choose to minor in one of the following studies:
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Forensics Studies
- Religion
- English
- History
- Mass Communications
- Music
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Gerontology
- International Relations
- Minority Studies
- Psychology
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CONTACT
Professor Karen Herbert
Chairperson, Division of Religion, Humanities and Social Sciences
(803) 934-3296
[email protected]