Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
The behavioral and social sciences round out your healthcare or science education—helping you grasp how people from different backgrounds think and interact. Our department features undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of disciplines, from psychology and medical anthropology to communications and sociology. Here, expert faculty help you apply practical skills, engaging you on their clinical and research projects. Whatever your career path, you’ll graduate understanding communication, human behavior, and the secrets of social interaction.
The behavioral and social sciences focus on human behavior at the individual and collective level. You will understand yourself, your family, your friends, your community, and our increasingly connected world by studying the behavioral and social sciences.
Undergraduate BS, Minor Programs
PsychologyProgram Options: BS, Minor
Dive deep into why we think, act, and react the way we do, and get an inside look into the human mind. 
CommunicationsProgram Options: Minor
Invest in your career with some of the most sought after professional skills, including how to articulate ideas clearly and succinctly. 
Social SciencesProgram Options: Minor
Explore how anthropology, psychology, sociology, and communication connect to interpret culture.
Graduate MS, Certificate Programs
Health PsychologyProgram Options: MS
Understand how physical health and mental wellness intersect—and how behavioral factors contribute to heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. 
Health Education and CommunicationProgram Options: Certificate
15-credit graduate certificate program to address key competencies in health education and communication.
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Gender Race and Justice Course Focuses on Social InjusticeMay 04, 2021
A new course offered in Misher College of Arts and Sciences beginning in the Fall of 2020 focuses on inequalities of race, class, and gender and highlights how these inequalities intersect with our system of justice.
Students Present COVID Research at 18th Annual Research DayApril 26, 2021
In a mix of pre-recorded and virtual live presentations, students from across the University showcased their work on a variety of topics, including COVID-19.
COVID-19 Vaccine: Mechanism, Efficacy, and SafetyApril 09, 2021
USciences faculty experts are breaking down the COVID-19 vaccine, sharing more behind the science of mRNA, mechanism, efficacy and safety.
SEA-PHAGES, SEA-GENES Courses Help Students Make DiscoveriesMarch 12, 2021
USciences is one of 198 schools worldwide that are part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) Science Education Alliance- Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program.
Microbiology CURE Lab Gives Undergrads Real Research ExperienceMarch 09, 2021
Through a series of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE), USciences students are able to get hands-on, in the lab research experience beginning in their first year.
Contact:
E. Amy Janke, PhD
Office Location:
Kline Hall, Room 209
Address:
University of the Sciences
600 South 43rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495
Phone:
215-596-8517
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