The Department of Society, Culture, and Languages is home to four College of Arts and Sciences Programs: Anthropology, Criminology, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, and World Languages.

The Mission of our Department is to educate students in the disciplines of Anthropology and Criminology, to provide a broad grounding in the social sciences for students majoring in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences by creating opportunities for students to explore selected disciplines in more depth, and to make students proficient in World Languages by offering language courses that satisfy the university language requirement and minors in Spanish and French. The department promotes collaborative research and civic engagement projects that engage local and global communities, through which we challenge students to explore and reach deeper understandings of human diversity and experiences. Students majoring in anthropology focus on the global, comparative study of human biological variation and cultural systems over all periods, from the prehistoric to the present. Students majoring in criminology develop a specialized understanding of the criminal justice system and criminal behavior, particularly the ability to explain, predict and prevent crime and victimization. Students majoring in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences gain a strong foundation in the social sciences while exploring specific disciplines in depth through selected cognate courses. The program emphasizes critical analysis of social issues from within a variety of  theoretical and disciplinary perspectives, and the development of effective writing, research and communication skills.  Students Students minoring in French and in Spanish gain proficiency in the five language skills (speaking, writing, listening , grammar, and culture) while developing a broad and refined understanding of the Spanish and French-speaking worlds through their language, literature, history, and culture. Student studying world languages will conduct research, scholarship and creative work in modern languages and literatures.

Department Chair

Interim Acting Chair Spring 2012: Dr. Susan Allen

Davis 262, 873-4969, sfallen@mail.usf.edu

Chair: Dr. Jay Sokolovsky

Davis 283, 873-4514, jsokolov@mail.usf.edu

Program Coordinators and Student Advisor:

Anthropology Program

Dr. Jay Sokolovsky

Davis 283, 873-4514, jsokolov@mail.usf.edu

Criminology Program

Dr. Dawn K. Ceci

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Davis 284, 873-4618, dcecil@mail.usf.edu

ISS Program

Interim Acting Coordinator Spring 2012: Dr. Rebecca Johns

Davis 269, 873-4556, rjohns@stpt.usf.edu

Coordinator Fall 2012: Dr. Ella Schmidt

Davis 263, 873-4742, eschmidt@mail.usf.edu

World Languages Program

Dr. Martine Fernandes

Davis 255, 873-4962, martinef@mail.usf.edu