Department of Behavioural Sciences
Anthropology Minor
Suggested Pre-Requisites
Course Code
Course Title
HIST 1801
Introduction to Archaeology
Credits
Semester
3
I
Credits
Semester
3
II
Credits
Semester
NOTE: Level I course credits DO NOT COUNT towards a Minor
Course Code
SOCI 2031 (SOCI
2011)
Course Title
Anthropology of Peoples of the Caribbean II
PLUS: Three (3) electives chosen from the following courses:
Course Code
Course Title
LING 2501
Language, Gender and Sex
3
I
COMS 2201
Intercultural Communication
3
I
GEND 2203
Feminist Frameworks
3
I
GEND 2013
Men and Masculinities
3
II
GOVT 2022
Foundations of West Indian Government
3
I
MUSC 2008
Steelband History and Development
3
II
HIST 2003
History of the West Indies 1660 – 1830
3
I
HIST 2005
Caribbean Economic History
3
I
HIST 2805
Pre-Columbian History of the Caribbean
3
I
GEND 3031
Sex, Gender and Society
3
II
GEND 3039
Gender and Development with Reference to Caribbean
Society
3
I
GEND 2104
Cinema and Gender
3
II
NOTE: Students enrolled in the Sociology Major and reading for the Minor in Anthropology are required
to take one (1) additional course from the approved electives provided herein (above). The additional
course MUST be selected from this list.
Criminology Minor
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
GOVT 2011
Criminal Justice Systems
3
I
SOCI 3030
Sociology of Penal Practice
3
II
SOCI 3032
Criminology I
3
I
SOCI 3036
Criminology II: Police and Society
3
II
PLUS: One (1) of the following:
SOCI 2007
Survey Design and Analysis
3
I
SOCI 2006
Qualitative Methods
3
II
GEND 2013
Men and Masculinities in the Caribbean
3
II
NOTE: Where any course is already counted for another major, special or minor, the student is required
to select another Level II/III elective in order to qualify for a minor in Criminology.
Psychology Minor
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
PSYC 2004
Personality Theory
3
I
PSYC 2011
Selected Theories in Social Psychology
3
I
Developmental Psychology
3
I
PLUS EITHER
PSYC 2012
OR
PSYC 2010
Statistics and Research Design in Psychology
3
I
Abnormal Psychology
3
II
Physiological Psychology
3
II
Contemporary Issues in Social Psychology
3
I
Experimental and Applied Psychology
3
II
AND EITHER
PSYC 2002
OR
PSYC 2003
AND EITHER
PSYC 3023
OR
PSYC 2019
Social Development Policy and Planning Minor
The Minor in Social Development Policy will consist of three essential courses and any two electives from
the approved listings. All courses are three (3) credits each. The three (3) essential courses are:
LEVEL II
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
SOCI 2030
Social Development Policy
3
I OR II
SOCI 2015
The Organisation and Management of Social Services
3
II
Social Development Planning
3
II
LEVEL III
SOCI 3020
TWO ELECTIVES are to be chosen from any of the clusters of approved courses listed below. It is strongly
recommended that students select courses from within a cluster in keeping with their career and
Postgraduate study ambitions. Sociology majors who do a Minor in Social Development Policy and
Planning must choose 3 electives as SOCI 2030 – Social Development Policy cannot be counted for both
the Sociology major and the Social Development Policy and Planning Minor
GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
GOVT 2023
Issues of Governance and Politics of the West Indies
3
II
GOVT 2030
Project Administration
3
II
GOVT 2070
Anti-corruption strategies in Developing Countries
3
I
SOCI 3008
Industrial Sociology I: Theories & Practice
3
I
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
SOCI 2007
Survey Design
3
I
GEOM 2010
Fundamentals of GIS
3
I
SOCI 3019
Social Policy and Analysis
3
I
SOCI 3023
Population Studies I
3
II
HEALTH AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT (For employment in specialised units of Ministries of Social Development e.g. Aging,
Family Services, HIV/AIDS or Disability Affairs)
SOCI 3005
Sociology of Health and Illness
3
II
SOCI 2022
Social Gerontology
3
I
SOWK 2007
Disability Studies
3
II
SOCI 3040
Sociology of Families
3
II
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
SOCI 2012
Social Change and Development
3
I
SOCI 3006
The Third World in Global Development
3
II
SOCI 3039
Gender and Development with Reference to Caribbean
Society
3
II
Social Policy Minor
All students wishing to pursue a minor in Social Policy are required to do the following four (4)
compulsory core courses at Levels II and III
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
SOWK 2004
The Development of Social Policy
3
I
SOCI 2015
The Organization and Management of Social Services
3
II
SOCI 3019
Social Policy Analysis (Social Policy and Administration II)
3
I
SOCI 3020
Social Development Planning
3
II
PLUS: One (1) of the following from Government (Political Science), Sociology, Social Work or Gender Studies for a total of fifteen
(15) credits.
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
GOVT 3122
Public Sector Management
3
I
GOVT 3035
Comparative Public Policy
3
II
GOVT 2030
Project Administration
3
II
SOCI 2022
Social Gerontology
3
I
SOCI 3003
Sociology of Education II
3
II
SOCI 3005
Sociology of Health and Illness
3
II
SOCI 3023
Population Studies I
3
I
Population Studies II
3
II
SOCI 3032
Criminology I
3
I
SOCI 3030
Sociology of Penal Practice
3
II
SOCI 3040
Sociology of Families
3
II
GEND 2013
Men and Masculinities in the Caribbean
3
II
SOCI 3039 / GEND
Gender and Development with Reference to Caribbean
Society
3
I
SOCI 3041 (SOCI
3037)
3039
SOCI 3031 / GEND
3031
Sex, Gender and Society: Sociological Perspectives
3
II
SOWK 2007
Disability Studies
3
II
SOWK 2009
International Social Work
3
II
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
GEND 2203
Feminist Theoretical Frameworks
3
I
AGEX 3003
Gender Issues in Agriculture
3
I
GEND 3501
Philosophy of Gender
3
I
GEND 2104 / FILM
2101
Cinema and Gender
3
II
GENS 3260
Gender and Science
4
II
HIST 3003
Women and Gender in the History of the English-Speaking
Caribbean
3
I
Gender, Ethnicity and Class: Issues of Identity, Nation and
Citizenship in the English-Speaking Caribbean
3
II
OTHER ELECTIVES
SOCI 3038 / GEND
3038
NOTES:
i. Gender Courses are offered by other Faculties but are available to students of The Faculty of Social
Sciences.
ii. Where any course is already counted for another major, special or minor, the student is required to
select another elective in order to qualify for a minor in Social Policy.
Sociology Minor
Course Code
Course Title
Credits
Semester
SOCI 2000
Classical Social Theory
3
I
SOCI 2010
Anthropology of the Peoples of the Caribbean I
3
I
SOCI 2012
Social Change and Development
3
I
SOCI 3028
Caribbean Social Structure I
3
I
PLUS: One (1) of the following:
SOCI 2007
Survey Design and Analysis
3
I
SOCI 3008
Industrial Sociology I: Theories & Practice
3
I
SOCI 3032
Criminology I
3
I