College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, University of Maryland

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Students:

6,000 undergraduate and graduate students

The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) at the University of Maryland is one of the largest colleges on campus in terms of the numbers of students it serves. Approximately one out of every five undergraduate students you encounter on our campus is a BSOS major. Undergraduate Majors:

We offer four of the most popular majors on camp

us: criminology and criminal justice, psychology, government and politics, and economics. Other undergraduate majors include African American studies, anthropology, environmental science and policy, geographical sciences, hearing and speech sciences, and sociology. Faculty:

190 tenure-track faculty
376 professional-track faculty

We count among our faculty a number of National Academy of Sciences members, American Association of the Advancement of Science Fellows, and Distinguished University Professors. Our researchers routinely bring in $55 million+ in research funding. Among our national and international rankings, BSOS programs and areas of specialty stand at:
#1 Criminology and Criminal Justice
#1 Counseling (PSYC and EDUC)
#3 Geographical Sciences
#9 Geosciences (globally)
#10 Audiology
#16 Speech-Language Pathology
#21 Economics
#24 Sociology
#29 Political Science
#33 Clinical Psychology
#39 Psychology
(Sources: U.S.

06/08/2026

UMD Researchers Join National Effort to Use GeoAI to Predict Food System Instability Breadcrumb Home Featured Content UMD Researchers Join National Effort To Use GeoAI To Predict Food System Instability The initiative aims to help humanitarian and food security analysts detect emerging agricultural....

Congratulations to M Pease, winner of the Distinguished Contribution to Public Policy Award by the American Psychologica...
06/05/2026

Congratulations to M Pease, winner of the Distinguished Contribution to Public Policy Award by the American Psychological Association’s Division 44! go.umd.edu/pease26

Life feels less "ruff" when it's summertime! 🐶🌞Faculty, staff, students, and friends of BSOS, if you bring your pup to v...
06/03/2026

Life feels less "ruff" when it's summertime! 🐶🌞

Faculty, staff, students, and friends of BSOS, if you bring your pup to visit campus this summer, we want to see! Tag us in your photo for a chance to be featured during "the dog days of summer."

The training grant that has allowed the University of Maryland’s Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hear...
06/03/2026

The training grant that has allowed the University of Maryland’s Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (C-CEBH) to support a multitude of pre- and post-doctoral students during the past 32 years received another renewal!

This vote of confidence ushers the center into its next decade of impact on the world’s understanding of the auditory systems of humans, and other animal species.

Learn more about the C-CEBH and its T32 training grant—one of only two such grants on the University of Maryland, College Park campus, and campus' longest running T32—by visiting https://go.umd.edu/CCEBHT32.

In case you missed it, the University of Maryland’s new Election Resilience Lab—housed within the University of Maryland...
06/02/2026

In case you missed it, the University of Maryland’s new Election Resilience Lab—housed within the University of Maryland Department of Government & Politics' Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement—recently published findings from a first-of-its-kind study that involved firsthand observations of how 30 U.S. jurisdictions throughout 17 states operated during election offices’ busiest time: The October and November of the 2024 presidential election year.

For their recommendations on how to address election offices' top challenges, visit https://go.umd.edu/HRofDemocracyReport.

Congratulations to the 27 BSOS faculty, graduate instructors, and instructional staff who demonstrated their commitment ...
06/01/2026

Congratulations to the 27 BSOS faculty, graduate instructors, and instructional staff who demonstrated their commitment to teaching excellence by recently completing a meta-credential from the UMD Teaching, Learning and Transformation Center's Teaching Academy! https://go.umd.edu/BSOSTLTCmce26

BSOS majors Khushi Desai, Leila Vergara and Rohan Warrier have been awarded Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship...
05/28/2026

BSOS majors Khushi Desai, Leila Vergara and Rohan Warrier have been awarded Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarships from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)! https://go.umd.edu/BSOSHollings26

As Hollings Scholars, each will receive scholarship support for their junior and senior years of college, financial support for attending up to two national scientific conferences, and an opportunity to participate in a paid, 10-week internship with a NOAA facility.

Congratulations to all!

We're still feeling all of that commencement 2026 excitement🎓🎉Congratulations again to all of our newest alumni, a few o...
05/27/2026

We're still feeling all of that commencement 2026 excitement🎓🎉

Congratulations again to all of our newest alumni, a few of whom you can get to know here, if you missed seeing them on social media these last few weeks: https://go.umd.edu/bsosgrad26

BSOS graduates, today is your day! 🎓 🎉 We cannot wait to celebrate you. Tune in to today’s ceremonies at go.umd.edu/bsos...
05/22/2026

BSOS graduates, today is your day! 🎓 🎉 We cannot wait to celebrate you.

Tune in to today’s ceremonies at go.umd.edu/bsoslivestream

Address

2141 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD
20742

Telephone

+13014051679

Website

http://twitter.com/bsosumd, http://www.youtube.com/user/bsosumd, https://www.instagram.com/bso

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