The Social World
Course Structure
A menu of three-hour courses to be taken from the first year onward.
Learning Objectives
- To study selected questions about human beings and the social, cultural, economic and political world in which they are embedded.
- To develop an understanding of the variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods social scientists use to study the social world.
- To develop the ability to discern the social, scientific and ethical dimensions of issues in the social world, and to understand the interaction between a society’s values and its definition of social problems.
Learning Outcomes used for Assessment
- Students will study selected questions about human beings in the social, cultural, economic and/or political world in which they are embedded.
- Students will develop an understanding of the variety of quantitative and/or qualitative research methods social scientists use to study the social world.
- Students will develop the ability to discern the social, scientific and ethical dimensions of issues in the social world.
- Students will understand the interaction between a society’s values and its definitions of social problems.
Exemptions
Exemption after successful completion of at least 9 hours in the social sciences, including anthropology; education; international studies; journalism; organizational communication & leadership; media, rhetoric & culture; strategic communication; political science; sociology; economics; psychology; STS; or communication sciences & disorders.