• Understand and apply basic concepts involving relationships among individuals, groups, and social structures;
• Value the diversity and inclusiveness of social, cultural, and national identities in groups and communities;
• Recognize the connections and interrelationships that exist across the social sciences;
• Develop critical thinking in the application of social science methodologies and in the analysis, understanding, and interpretations of social and behavioral patterns;
• Understand and articulate the distinctions and the relationships between fact and theory and between opinion and argument; and
• Understand that the diverse nature of behavior reflects both biological and experiential processes.

10–12–2005