{"id":170,"date":"2015-09-04T13:23:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T17:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cos.ucf.edu\/socialsciences\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:22:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T15:22:54","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/socialsciences\/prospective-students\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Social Sciences?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>The Social Sciences are a cluster of academic disciplines that focus on human society and interpersonal relationships. Each of the disciplines within the social sciences provides a critical view of the social world and enables one to analyze and understand how societies work. The disciplines that are considered part of the social sciences include sociology, anthropology, political science, communications, psychology, and gender studies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-inverse mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline\">THE SOCIAL SCIENCES DEGREE<\/h2>\n<p>The Social Sciences B.S. degree is an interdisciplinary program. Students are provided with interdisciplinary breadth and depth in the Social Sciences as they fulfill the requirements of three separate social science minors of their choice, a statistics course, and a methodology course.<\/p>\n<p>The Social Science major offers students more flexibility in building their own college experience than nearly any other program on campus. No other program, for example, would allow a student to study North American Indians with a focus on their unique organizational communication structure along with a sociological understanding of the discrimination this group has endured and the effects that it has had on their current culture.<\/p>\n<p>Students who choose this major need to be self-driven and prepared to explore three social sciences disciplines. These areas open to exploration are Anthropology, Communication, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline\">What a Social Sciences degree offers:<\/h2>\n<p>Broader perspective: Students can delve deeply into multiple areas of study and view a problem in a multi-disciplinary way<br \/>\nFreedom to explore: It\u2019s possible to analyze a situation or problem from multiple perspectives.<br \/>\nFlexibility: Because you choose your areas of concentration, it\u2019s often easier to arrange your schedule and take courses that interest you the most<br \/>\nJob preparation: You\u2019ll learn to think \u201coutside the box,\u201d a highly needed skill in today\u2019s ever-changing economy<br \/>\nPreparation for further study: You\u2019ll gain a solid understanding of multiple disciplines and be well prepared for graduate studies in any of the fields.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"parent":168,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What are the Social Sciences? 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