College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences

Students in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences seek to understand and organize human behavior in a business, economic, and social context. The College promotes scholarship with broad awareness of the individual, cultural, political, and global levels and develops distinctive leaders in industry, higher education, professional and public service. The College includes the Departments of Communication; Nursing; Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management; Political Science; Psychology; Public Health Sciences; Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice; and Youth Development Studies.

All Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Nursing, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology majors, and other nonmajors taking 3000- and 4000-level courses offered by those departments, are required to pay a major and course fee that funds infrastructure and program enhancements associated with these majors. The fees are summarized at http://www.clemson.edu/finance/student-financials/tuition-fees/index.html and for Nursing at https://www.clemson.edu/cbshs/departments/nursing/academics/academic-program-fees.html.

Modern Language Requirement

A number of Clemson University degree programs require the completion of a modern language through a specific course level. Modern languages taught at Clemson University or accepted for transfer credit include American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. While many degree programs accept any of these modern languages for the requirement, certain programs may have specific modern language requirements. Students should consult their program’s curriculum map for details.