Social and Behavioral Science

SBS/ECN232 General Statistics (3 semester hours)
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the principles of descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics will include: measures of central tendency, variability, probability, standard scores, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression analysis.
Prerequisite: MTH110.

SBS/HUM260 Beginning in Archaeology (3 semester hours)
A basic introduction to archaeological method and procedure, including a study of important archaeological discoveries in various parts of the world and the significance of archaeology for understanding humans, ancient and modern.
No prerequisites

SBS332 Social Scientific Inquiry (3 semester hours)
This course is designed to acquaint students with the basic paradigms and methods of inquiry in the social sciences. Topics include: the scientific method, ethical issues in research, the uses and misuses of research, types of research methodology (i.e., survey, interview, observational, focus groups), sampling, and the use of related computer applications (SPSS). Students will be expected to design a research project.
Prerequisite: SBS/ECN232 or consent of the instructor.

SBS341 Society, Culture and the World's Religions (3 semester hours)
This course reviews some of the major theories in the sociology of religion. We assume a theoretical perspective based on the notion that religion arises from experience, image, and story, and is celebrated in rituals by community. The emphasis is on major world religious systems and the interaction between religious and non-religious aspects of social life, and culture in various contexts is discussed; examples of religion based inter- and intra-group conflicts and cooperation are analyzed. Empirical data are discussed and opportunities are provided for students who wish to present empirical analyses.
No prerequisites