Behavioral Sciences Criminology, Psychology, Sociology

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Behavioral SciencesCriminology, Psychology,
Sociology
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What will make you distinctive, different from
every other student that will graduate with a
behavioral science major four years from now?
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Path for Today (and Your Future)

• Your Home Base
• Travel Companions
• Your Journey
• Becoming Distinctive
• Your Destination

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Grounded in CriminologyThe science of crime and
criminal behavior

• Definitions
• Forms
• Causes
• Societal Reaction
• Includes
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Victimology
• Prevention
• Policing
• Corrections

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Grounded in PsychologyThe science of behavior
and mental processes

• Child Psychology
• Clinical and Counseling
• Computational Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Forensic Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Industrial/ Organizational
• Learning and Comparative
• Neuroscience
• Personality
• Physiological Psychology
• School Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Sport Psychology

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Grounded in SociologyThe science of social
behavior human groups

• Influence of social relationships upon people's
  attitudes and behaviors and on how societies are
  established and changed
• Families, gangs, business firms, political
  parties, schools, religions, and labor unions
• Patterns of and influences on social behavior
  love, poverty, conformity, discrimination,
  illness, alienation, overpopulation, and community

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Travel Companions The Faculty

• Psych
• Kermit Almos
• Richard Ashbrook
• Jody Fournier
• Andrea Karkowski
• Janette McDonald
• Sabato Sagaria
• Michael Torello

• Soc/ Crim
• Beckett Broh
• Basil Kardaras
• Jim McGaha
• Tanya Poteet

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Your Journey

• Strong Foundation in the Discipline
• Behavioral Sciences Lecture Series
• Honor Societies
• Seminar Series

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Seminar Series

• 100 Introduction to the Study of
• I thought I wanted to go into sexology, but now
  I know that Im more interested in child
  psychology.
• I have a better idea about what sport psychology
  is - thank you for making me write this paper.
• I am a lot less nervous about getting ready for
  graduate school, because now I know what courses
  I should take.
• 200 Ethics
• 300 Career Planning

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Becoming Distinctive

• Undergraduate Research
• Internships
• Study Abroad
• A Curriculum to Achieve Your Goals
• Computational Modeling

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Undergraduate Research

• Academic Advisors are Put to the Test, Honesty is
  Brutal Reliability and Validity of an Instrument
  to Assess Academic Advising (Aellig, Dickson,
  Dwyer, Francis)
• The Relationship between Social Comparison,
  Internalization, Media Exposure and Exercise
  Motivation in College Students (Baker Greening)
• What Good is a Sex Education Program for Middle
  School Students?(Bauser, Peck, Dodson, Galayda,
  Baker, Baker, Bucci, Chenault, Cook, Franco,
  Oberle, Trasin)
• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Exploring
  the Transition to College using Techniques from
  Art Therapy (Boch, Botkin, Eby)
• Self-Perception of Learning Disabled Students
  within Mainstreamed Classrooms (Dickson)
• Is Desire to Learn Related to Happiness and
  Success in School? (Dwyer)
• Battle of the Sexes Who Gets Voted Off the Moon?
  (Stevens, Lehman, Cooper, Whitehouse)

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Undergraduate Research

• Capitals Symposium on Undergraduate Scholarship
• Ohio Psychological Association
• Ohio Academy of Science
• National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• American Psychological Association
• Association for Psychological Science
• National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology

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Internships

• Psychiatric Unit at Riverside
• Maryhaven
• Nationwide Childrens Hospital
• Behavioral Science Specialists, LLC
• Southeastern Correctional Institute
• Department of Youth Services
• Bexley, Columbus, Grove City Police Departments
• Parole/Probation Department
• Doctors West Sleep Lab
• Franklin Co Community Based Corrections Facility

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Study Abroad
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A Curriculum to Achieve Your Goals
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A Curriculum to Achieve Your GoalsConnections
with Other Disciplines

• Art Therapy
• Social Work
• Political Science
• Philosophy and Biology
• Education
• English and Journalism
• Business
• Mathematics and Computer Science

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Computational Modeling
Volumetric Reconstruction of MRI of Brain with
Source Dipole of Scalp-recorded EEG
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Your Destination

• 22 of majors go immediately to graduate school
• Most majors go to graduate school at some point
• OSU for Human Resources, School Psychology,
  Education, Sociology, Criminology, Law
• University of Dayton for School Psychology
• NYU for College Administration
• Chicago School for Professional Psychology
• Fielding Institute
• Employment
• Substance Abuse Counseling
• Child Welfare Organizations (e.g., Childrens
  Hospital)
• Business and Industry

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