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Social & Behavioral Sciences
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Social & Behavioral Sciences
NWACC's Social & Behavioral Sciences programs can help you start the career you want in a broad range of fields. Whether you're ready to make an impact on your community, work with children as an advocate, or protect and uphold the law as a paralegal, you'll find the program for you.
You can work towards earning credits for an associate of applied science, a technical certificate, a certificate of proficiency or transfer degree plan or earn credits in general education courses like anthropology, history, philosophy, psychology, geography, social work, sociology and more.
No matter your educational goals, there is a path for you.
Contact Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Burns Hall, 1429
- (479) 619-4149
- (479) 619-4222
- askbehsci@nwacc.edu
- M-Th, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
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Programs
Criminal Justice
Gain knowledge in the criminal justice system and its various agencies and processes established to control crime and impose
penalties on those who violate laws.
Child Advocacy
Early Childhood Education
Learn about the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, communicative and creative development of young children from birth to eight years of age.
K-12 Teacher Education
Obtain a comprehensive introduction to teaching and gain the knowledge and skills
necessary to make a positive impact on students' lives.
Global Studies
Earn a degree in global studies and learn how to relate your understanding and knowledge
of the world to the larger trends and issues that affect the entire globe.
Paralegal
Learn how to research legal precedent, perform investigative work, prepare legal documents
and provide support to attorneys, law offices, government agencies and corporations.
English for College & Career
Participate in courses designed for multilingual students looking to further develop their English language skills and succeed in their English courses.
AmeriCorps Jumpstart
Join AmeriCorps Jumpstart to prepare kindergarten children for success by serving in under-served classrooms and helping them build their language, literacy and social-emotional skills.
Wellness & Fitness
Stay active and healthy physically, mentally and emotionally with a variety of wellness
and fitness courses and options.
Courses
Engage in enriching social and behavioral science courses to gain critical thinking skills while examining current issues or past events in the fields of anthropology, geography, history, philosophy, political science and more.
Holocaust Awareness Project
NWACC's Social & Behavioral Science Division created the NorthWest Arkansas Holocaust
Awareness Project (NAHAP) task force, which organizes public lectures and educator
workshops focused on Holocaust knowledge and mass violence awareness.
NWA History Day
NWACC's Social and Behavioral Science Division and the University of Arkansas Special
Collections host an annual Region 10 History Day Competition in March. Students in 3rd -12th grade from regional schools compete by choosing a
historical topic related to the year's theme.
