Human ecology is concerned with examining the relationship between people and their environment and people within their environment. This interdisciplinary minor deals with the properties of population rather than the properties of the individuals who constitute them. The Human Ecology minor may be obtained by completing eighteen hours of guided electives in Anthropology, Biology, Criminal Justice, Finance, Geography, Social Work, and Sociology.
Academic Requirements for the Human Ecology Minor at NSU
The Human Ecology minor requires 18 semester hours selected from the following courses:
- SOWK 4613, Human Diversity and Social Work
- SOWK 4623, Social Work with the Elderly
- SOC/ANTH 3123, Cultural Anthropology
- SOC 3213, Juvenile Delinquency
- SOC/ANTH 3223, Racial & Cultural Minorities
- SOC 3243, Family Sociology
- SOC 3413, Rural Sociology
- SOC/ANTH 3453, Ethnology of American Indian
- SOC 3813, Sociology of Aging
- SOC 4423, Urban Sociology
- SOC 4813, Death & Dying
- CRJ 3153, Criminal Justice Community Relations
- FIN 3213, Principles of Finance
- GEOG 2033, Environmental Geography
- GEOG 2133, Global Economic Geography
- BIOL 3413, Environmental Problems
For more information about the minor in Human Ecology please write or call the:
Department Chair
Department of Social Sciences
Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Telephone: (918) 444-3500