Welcome to the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences!  The Department offers a wide range of inter-disciplinary social science and behavioral courses designed to transfer to senior institutions or to fulfill requirements for various Associate Degrees and Certificates at the College. The faculty and staff hope that our courses will be interesting and rewarding both personally and professionally.

The Social and Behavioral Sciences Department is responsible for providing to students of the college courses in Anthropology, Economics, Education, Geography, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.  Through these disciplines human behavior and social issues are critically examined.  The subject mater of courses offered by the department includes key social, behavioral, cultural, political and economic debates that are facing contemporary society both locally and globally.

Ten courses meet the college's General Education Core Competency of "Individual or Social Behavior."  These courses are Cultural Anthropology (ANT 202), Macroeconomics (ECO 210), World Geography (GEO 102), American Government (PSC 201), Politics and Government (PSC 205), Introduction to International Relations (PSC 220), General Psychology (PSY 201), Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Social Problems (SOC 205), and Sociology of the Family (SOC 220).  Many programs require more than one Social and Behavioral Sciences courses to fulfill degree requirements.

If you are interested in teaching as an adjunct instructor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, please download the State application and mail to: Midlands Technical College, P.O. Box 2408, Columbia, SC  29202 ATTN: Cindy Roof, Department Head, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department along with a copy of your transcript.

A Master's Degree with at least 18 graduate semester hours in the subject area is required to teach.

This site constructed and maintained by Jayne Harris, Departmental Assistant, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department

Updated 07/26/2007