ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

Department of Behavioral Sciences
Michael J. Flannery, Head. Faculty: G. M. Casanova Oates; R. L. Cherry; V. B. Damusis;
B. J. Davis (Emeritus); A. Edwards; G. A. Farley; R. A. Fields; J. L. Hack; L. L. Hecker; J. B. Hill;
E. V. James; D. R. Kirkpatrick (Emeritus); L. S. Mura; D. Nalbone; B. Osmon; T. Pavkov; D. L. Pick;
K. A. Pierce; J. M. Pluckebaum (Emeritus); J. E. Prebis (Emeritus); D. Raden; P. Rodda; S. M. Singer;
T. D. Sherrard (Emeritus); A. J. Spector; T. S. Trepper; M. P. Vajagich (Emeritus); D. L. Vorwald; E. Weber;
M. B. West; J. L. Wetchler
Departments / Schools
The DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES offers students a broad-based liberal education, enabling them to
function effectively in a world of rapid change, in careers in such fields as government, business, mental health, hospitality
and tourism, health and fitness, child care, gerontology or social services. The department provides students with skills and
strategies to understand individual and group behavior, to learn how to relate well to others, and to understand the relationships
between social problems and the social environment.
As one of the most diverse academic units on campus, the department offers courses in a variety of disciplines concerned
with human behavior: anthropology; child care; human development and family studies; consumer and family sciences;
hospitality and tourism management; psychology; sociology; criminal justice; gerontology; and nutrition, fitness and health.
Certificates, associate and baccalaureate degrees and a master’s degree level plan of study are offered by the department.
Some transfer programs to Purdue West Lafayette are also available. Certificates articulate into associate degrees, and
associate degrees fully articulate into bachelors’ degrees.
Internships are offered in the graduate program in marriage and family therapy in an on- campus clinic and in an offcampus
human services agency; a two-semester practicum experience is required in the gerontology, early childhood
development, and fitness management programs. A one-semester field experience is required in hospitality and tourism
management; nutrition, fitness and health; and criminal justice. Such experiences provide practical experience under
supervision and allow first-hand experience and observation of various institutions’ responses to humans and their needs.
The campus Child Center serves as a laboratory for the early childhood development program. The psychology laboratory
is a computer-assisted student laboratory which allows students to engage in simulated experiments and analysis of data
from classroom experimental projects. In the HTM laboratories, students are introduced to state-of-the- art computer
software used in the hospitality industry and operational foods/restaurant facilities.
Programs
Associate of Arts, Early Childhood Development
Associate of Arts, Concentration in Child and Family Services
Associate of Arts, Concentration in Sociology
Associate of Science, Hospitality and Tourism Supervision
Associate of Science, Nutrition, Fitness and Health
Bachelor of Science, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Bachelor of Science, Hospitality and Tourism Management, option in Fitness Management
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, options in General Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Gerontology
Bachelor of Arts, Human Development & Family Studies; specializations in
Child and Family Services, Early Childhood and Gerontology
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Early Childhood
Certificate in Hospitality
Certificate in Gerontology
Certificate in Nutrition and Health Management
Minors in Hospitality Management, Foods and Nutrition, Recreational Sports Management,
Psychology, Sociology and Human Services, HDFS-Early Childhood, Gerontology
Master of Science in Child Development and Family Studies: Research Option in Marriage and Family Therapy
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Departments and Schools