Social Sciences

A program that focuses on the general study of human social behavior and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences.

The American sociologist C. Wright Mills’s book The Sociological Imagination, published in 1959, is often used as a textbook in introductory sociology. Mills coined the term “sociological imagination” and explained it as the ability to understand how personal concerns intersect with those of wider society. 

Social Sciences deals with how human behavior impacts society. As a social sciences major, you will learn to apply scientific principles to identify social issues and research how and why human behaviors contribute to those problems. Sociologists collect and analyze data about society and human behavior using statistical analysis, interviews, surveys, and observation. As a future sociologist, you’ll learn how to apply research methods to shape public policy and provide solutions that target social issues.