UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS, MINORS, AND ASSOCIATED AREAS OF STUDY
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY SOCIAL ECOLOGY The School of Social Ecology is a unique interdisciplinary academic unit spanning the environmental, social, behavioral, and health sciences, as well as the relationship between law and society. The School is comprised of the Departments of Criminology, Law and Society; Environmental Health, Science, and Policy; Psychology and Social Behavior; and Planning, Policy, and Design. It has approximately 80 full-time faculty members, 2,660 undergraduate majors, and 260 graduate students. Social Ecology applies scientific methods to the study of a wide range of recurring social and environmental problems. Among issues of long-standing interest in the School are crime and justice in society, social influences on human development over the life cycle, urban and community planning, and effects of the physical environment on health and behavior. In summary, while ecology is the science of the relationship between organisms and their environments, social ecology is the science of the relationships between human populations and their environments. Graduates of the School of Social Ecology bring a distinctive cross-disciplinary perspective to the job market. The School provides a solid foundation for those students who seek jobs in planning departments, mental health settings, educational institutions, and a variety of community and governmental agencies. Many Social Ecology students find that their interdisciplinary training is also useful for careers in management. The School also provides sound preparation for students who wish to apply to graduate and professional schools of law, administration, public health, social welfare, psychology, sociology, criminology, and urban planning. - From the 2007-2008 UCI General Catalogue |
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