Social and Behavioral Sciences - Linfield College - Adult Degree Program

Social and Behavioral Sciences from Linfield College - Adult Degree Program is a Online Bachelor Social Science degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Higher education for the adult learner is more important than ever! To respond to this need, Linfield College is proud to offer a bachelor's degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences for the adult student with the option of taking all of the classes required online. This degree program employs a variety of delivery formats to overcome barriers you encounter in accessing higher education ? work schedules, proximity to a college, responsibilities to family. You can complete all of the courses in the social and behavioral sciences degree through online classes or a combination of on-campus and online classes. This allows you to achieve your educational goals via the technological innovations available to us. Online Social Science Degree Program Overview The skills and knowledge that you will gain through this multi-disciplinary Social Science Degree provide excellent preparation for careers in many high demand fields: Education and Teaching Human Services Counseling Law Enforcement Human Resources Health Care Public Service Public History Field Linfield's Social and Behavioral Science Degree also prepares students for graduate degree programs such as Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Masters in Counseling, Master of Social Work (MSW), Master in Education (M.Ed.), Law School (JP Programs), Master of Public Administration (MPA) or a master's degree in a Social Science field such as History, Anthropology and Sociology. Your bachelor's degree in the Social and Behavioral Sciences could also be the stepping stone to a doctoral degree. Linfield offers courses applicable to the major in Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology/Anthropology, and selected courses in the field of Human Resource Management from the Business Department. Because of Linfield's strong liberal arts tradition, courses focus on the historical, theoretical, and philosophical foundations of each field. You will apply major theoretical approaches and methodologies of social scientists in a capstone senior project. The techniques taught in the Social Sciences emphasize learning how to learn and how to express yourself clearly and accurately. Why Choose Linfield College? Linfield is one of the oldest colleges in the West and was chartered in 1858. The college is fully accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities as an independent, not for profit institution, and has consistently earned high rankings by such organizations as U.S. News and World Report's ?America's Best Colleges," Barron's Guide and The Princeton Review. The Division of Continuing Education (DCE) was launched in 1975 by Linfield College. Today you can earn a Linfield College Bachelor's degree with a choice of seven majors through this division. DCE's Adult Degree Program seeks to provide you with an affordable and convenient way to obtain your bachelor's degree . The advantages of Linfield's adult degree program are: Desirable faculty to student ratio of 1 : 14 Convenient methods of class delivery (online, 1 evening per week or a hybrid of both) Affordable costs, comparable to state schools Academic advising support and financial aid assistance Superior research and library assistance Expected Competencies Upon Completion of a Social Science Degree Program In successfully completing a major in Social and Behavioral Sciences , a student will have: the disposition to think critically and responsibly about the world and the place of humans as social beings within it. the sociological imagination to see the connections between individual lives and the social forces which impact them. an awareness of the major issues, problems and questions that have provoked the emergence of the human sciences of the past two centuries. the skills in oral and written discourse to allow effective communication of that knowledge to others, both inside and outside academic contexts. the ability to access, organize, scrutinize critically and analyze knowledge about humans as social beings and about the social groups to which humans belong and from which they derive their social identities. View more details on Linfield College - Adult Degree Program . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Social Science courses.