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History

Five of Social Change and Development's faculty members (Nielsen, Galt, Kaye, Kersten and Lockard) are active historically oriented scholars. Social Change and Development supports and maintains the Center for History and Social Change, which, in turn, supports an on-going lecture series featuring world-class scholars. Historical thinking, and thinking about the uses of history are primary themes in the concentration's four core courses. We are especially interested in the growing fields of social, cultural, environmental, and third world history, and in approaching the past with the methods and theories of the social sciences. Our program, in combination with a history major or minor, would be outstanding background for graduate work in some of the most exciting areas in modern historical scholarship.

Political Science

Two of our instructors are political scientists (Carleton, Everingham), and another is widely read in political theory (Kaye). Social Change and Development and Political Science have long been a popular combination, particularly for students interested in the law. Alongside this we teach perspectives and skills useful for the analysis of power and policy. For the student interested in international relations, our international expertise and perspectives are a great asset. Social Change and Development's theoretical orientation also provides an excellent background for graduate work in Political Science.

Sociology

One of our current faculty members is trained in sociology (Kaye). The Social Change and Development core and supporting courses compliment work in sociology closely and provide understandings and skills useful in all areas of sociological analysis. Obviously, if social change is your major sociological interest, Social Change and Development is where you belong. Social Change and Development and sociology is a common combination. Social Change and Development is outstanding preparation for graduate work in sociology, and we have sent students to outstanding graduate schools.

Women's Studies

Three instructors are especially concerned with feminist and gender issues (Nielsen, Walter and Carleton), and all of our faculty are keenly aware of their importance. A combination of Social Change and Development with the Women's Studies minor is therefore a natural one and the curricula overlap between the two programs. Many Social Change and Development courses reflect a sensitivity to women's issues and contain relevant components (e.g. Social Change in a Selected Area: Italy recently included an entire book on the Italian women's movement.) The women's studies/Social Change and Development combination provides good background for graduate study with a feminist perspective in any of the social sciences or in a women's studies program.

Psychology

There are many aspects to psychology, and Social Change and Development is an appropriate accompaniment to your psychology major or minor, particularly if you are interested in social change and the individual. We stress the idea that the behavior of individuals cannot be understood without a knowledge of historical and social context. Once again, an Social Change and Development minor with a psychology major would be good preparation for graduate work, particularly in social psychology.

Anthropology

Two members of Social Change and Development (Galt, Walter) are trained in anthropology and most cultural anthropology students combine their disciplinary minor with Social Change and Development. The core and supporting courses provide an outstanding set of skills and perspectives for work in anthropology. Wide international experience among our faculty will interest you as an anthropology student, and our concern with international and other-cultural perspectives fits nicely with anthropology course work. Our program with the anthropology minor is excellent background for further anthropological studies of either an applied or scholarly nature, and recently we have sent some outstanding scholars on to pursue graduate studies.

Communication Processes

Members of Social Change and Development concern themselves with communications (Lockard in particular). We hope to see many more combination programs between Social Change and Development and communications increase. Social Change and Development aims to provide the social and political understandings truly necessary for a career in journalism (electronic or print), or other areas of communications. Such a combination would also provide good background for graduate study in communications, or the new field of cultural studies.

Other Disciplines

Although most students who take Social Change and Development and a discipline study one of those above, many other combinations are possible and have been elected by students in the past. We have had students combine Social Change and Development with economics, philosophy, art, math, biology, Spanish and English, among other things. One of UWGB's great advantages is that you can use your imagination to put together a program that fits your particular interests. If you have a particular set of interests you think might work well with Social Change and Development talk to our advisor.