The Department of Human Behavior offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary program designed to provide the student with fresh knowledge and understanding of human behavior as viewed from a psychological, sociological, and educational vantage point.
The program is based on the philosophy that human behavior is an open system, constantly evolving in its dynamics and multi-dimensionality as a response to ecological, socio-cultural and philosophical, as well as scientific changes. As such, human behavior is deservingly worthy of a global approach to study. Inherent in the program is the objective of providing the students with those educational and research activities which are conducive to the enhancement of self-growth as related to better understanding of human factors prevailing in our present world. Human Behavior programs can be viewed as a catalyst through which a person can learn to be a better human being in terms of becoming more aware of, and sensitive to, his fellow man, society and culture, with due respect for a humanistic world view.
At the Bachelor's level, the program addresses the basics in man's attempts at knowing himself as a biological masterpiece affected by socio-cultural, philosophical, psychological and educational factors as the individual dynamically passes through different developmental stages. The students enrolled in this program become familiar with the theoretical and empirical development in psychosocial fields with due attention paid to the philosophical and existential aspects of man's life around the world. In addition, the program also prepares the students for further academic exploration and achievement at advanced levels.
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