All Society, Ethics and Human Behavior (SEB) Courses

A. SEB Core Courses

Key: **SEB listing dependent on topic.

  • BISSEB 304 Institutions and Social Change
  • BISSEB 331 The Family in U.S. Society
  • BISSEB 333 The Individual and Society
  • BISSEB 359 Ethics and Society 

B. Methods and Modes of Inquiry

  • BIS 312* Approaches to Social Research
  • BIS 315* Statistics
  • BIS 340 Approaches to Cultural Research
  • BIS 410* Topics in Qualitative Inquiry
  • BIS 447 **Topics in Quantitative Inquiry 

*An SEB student must take one of the above required courses.  

C. Individual Behavior

  • BIS 220 Developmental Psychology
  • BIS 225 Applied Social Psychology
  • BIS 270 Abnormal Psychology
  • BIS 271 History of Psychology
  • BIS 337 Risk and Resilience
  • BISCP 343 Community Psychology
  • BIS 348 Cultural Psychology
  • BIS 422 Clinical Psychology
  • BIS 434 Psychology and the Visual Arts
  • BIS 437 Narrative Psychology
  • BIS 438 Prevention and Promotion
  • BIS 449 **Advanced Topics in Psychology
  • BIS 457 Thinking and Decision Making
  • BISCP 489 Projects in Community Psychology
  • BIS 496 Community Service Project

D. Institutions

  • BIS 226 Foundations of U.S. Social Service (formerly offered under BIS 293)
  • BIS 282 Globalization 
  • BIS 327 History of U.S. Labor Institutions
  • BIS 330 Democratic Capitalism in the United States
  • BIS 338 Political Institutions and Processes
  • BIS 433 Gender, Work and Family
  • BIS 436 Comparative Family Systems
  • BIS 441 Global Labor Markets

E. Social Policy and Social Justice 

  • BIS 219 The Politics of Sex Education
  • BIS 224 Introduction to Feminist Studies
  • BISSTS 231 Genes, Genomes, and Heredity
  • BISSTS 232 Embryos, Genes and Reproductive Technology
  • BIS 240 Sustainable Practices
  • BIS 243 Introduction to Environmental Issues
  • BIS 275 Social Problems
  • BIS 307 Environmental Justice
  • BISSTS 307 Science, Technology, and Society
  • BIS 318 Education and Society
  • B EDUC 320 Education & Society (3 credits)
  • B EDUC 325 The Dream Project (2 crs., max. 6 credits)
  • BIS 325 Disability and Human Rights
  • BIS 335 Human Rights in America
  • BIS 353 Human Rights in Theory and Practice
  • BIS 394 Comparative Economic Development
  • BISSTS 397 **Topics in Science, Technology, and Society
  • BIS 403 Washington DC Seminar on Human Rights
  • BIS 405 Environmental Education
  • BIS 415 Public Policy and the Law
  • BIS 419 Urban Politics and Policy
  • BIS 420 Colonizing History in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BIS 426 Comparative Urban Politics
  • BIS 443 Educational Policy and the American Economy
  • BIS 445 Meanings and Realities of Inequality
  • BIS 458 Energy, the Environment and Society
  • BIS 466 Human Rights and Resistance
  • BIS 468 Human Rights and Sustainable Development
  • B EDUC 475 Global Perspectives on Diversity and Citizenship Education 
  • B EDUC 493 Environmental Education
  • BIS 497 Political Internship in State Government (5 credits max)
  • BISSTS 497 **Advanced Topics in Science, Technology, and Society

F. Culture and Society

  • BIS 205 Technologies of Expression
  • BIS 221 Gender and Sexuality
  • BIS 222 Travel and Cultural Difference
  • BIS 223 Introduction to Narrative Ethnography
  • BIS 233 Participatory Media Culture
  • BISMCS 234 **Media and Communication Techniques
  • BIS 265 Multicultural America
  • BIS 293 **Special Topics
  • BIS 310 Women, Culture & Development
  • BIS 317 Language, Society and Cultural Knowledge
  • BISCLA 318 Performance, Identity, Community and Everyday Life
  • BISMCS 333 Media and Communication Studies 
  • BISMCS 343 **Media Production Workshop
  • BIS 336 Native American Cultures: the Northwest Coast
  • BIS 341 **Topics in the Study of Culture
  • BISCLA 360 Literature, Film and Consumer Culture
  • BISAMS 364 Public Memory and Dissent in American Culture
  • BISAMS 365 Exploring American Culture: Popular and Consumer Culture
  • BISAMS 367 Exploring American Culture: Race, Ethnicity and Immigration
  • BISAMS 368 Sex, Love, Romance
  • BISAMS 369 American Culture and Mass Media
  • BIS 369 Women Across Cultures
  • BIS 393 **Special Topics
  • BIS 418 Masculinity, Homoeroticism and Queer Theory in America
  • BIS 431 Issues in Sexual Politics and Cultures
  • BIS 440 **Topics in Everyday Social and Cultural Life
  • BIS 463 U.S. Women's History
  • BIS 465 Performance, History, and Memory
  • BIS 470 Art, Politics and Social Change
  • BISMCS 471 **Advanced Topics in Media and Communication
  • BISMCS 472 **Advanced Media Production Workshop
  • BEDUC 475 Global Perspectives on diversity and Citizenship Education (3 credits)
  • BIS 493 **Special Topics

G. Ethics, Philosophy and Social Theory

  • BISSTS 231 Genes, Genomes and Heredity
  • BISSTS 232 Embryos, Genes and Reproductive Technology
  • BIS 260 Introduction to World Religions
  • BIS 356 Ethics and the Environment
  • BIS 357 Native American Religious and Philosophical Thought
  • BISGST 362 Contemporary Political Ideas and Ideologies
  • BIS 411 Biotechnology and Society
  • BIS 430 Social Theory and Practice
  • BIS 435 Interactive Learning Theory

H. Area Studies 

  • BIS 480 **Study Abroad