Mansfield University Home PageThe Department of Social Work, Anthropology & Sociology offers four minors:
Anthropology
The Anthropology minor provides training for the student interested in working with people from backgrounds and cultures different than his or her own. Courses are designed to expose the student to the variations and similarities of human behavior cross-culturally. The minor is complementary to majors in the social sciences, humanities, and professional programs. (requires 18 s.h.)
Program Requirements
The Anthropology minor is designed to complement majors in the social sciences, humanities, and professional studies which train students to work with people who have backgrounds different from their own. Interest, however, is also a good reason.
- ANH 1101 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- 6 credit hours from 1000 & 2000 level ANH courses by advisement
- 9 credit hours from 3000 & 4000 level ANH courses by advisement
Gerontology
The Gerontology minor provides training for the student interested in working with an increasingly aging population. The interdisciplinary minor offers the student exposure to current aging issues from the sociological, psychological and social work perspectives. The minor is complementary to majors in professional programs, the social sciences, and those interested in developing sensitivity to aging issues. (requires 18 s.h.)
Program Requirements
The Gerontology minor is designed for students interested in working with the aging population. The interdisciplinary minor offers students exposure to the sociological, psychological, and social work aspects of aging.
- PSY 3324 - ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
- SOC 1101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
- SOC 3322 - SOCIOLOGY OF AGING
- SWK 3320 - GERONTOLOGY
Social Welfare
The Social Welfare minor prepares students majoring in business, criminal justice administration, computer sciences, psychology, biology, art, nursing, and others who intend to work in social welfare systems to understand those systems. The minor offers information on organizations, cultures, policies, and services as viewed from a sociological, anthropological and social work perspective. The Sociology minor provides training for the student interested in better understanding human social behavior. The minor offers an understanding of group or other collective factors that influence human behavior. The minor is complementary to majors such as criminal justice administration, marketing, public relations and social work. (requires 18 s.h.) The Sociology minor is especially recommended for Criminal Justice, Public Relations, Marketing, and Social Work majors. For specific information on our minor requirements, please refer to the on-line catalogProgram Requirements
One of the following:
Sociology
Program Requirements
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The Social Welfare minor provides training for the student interested in working in social welfare systems. The minor offers an understanding of social welfare organizations, cultures, policies, and services from a sociological, anthropological and social work perspective. The minor is complementary to majors such as business, criminal justice administration, psychology, biology, nursing and those interested in better understanding the social welfare system. (requires 18 s.h.)
One of the following:
- PSY 3290 - LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT
- or
- PSY 4421 - DEATH AND DYING
- or
- SWK 3300 - HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
One of the following: