Social Sciences and History
In our increasingly complex world, it is essential that we are able to understand and analyze both group and individual human behavior, past and present. The Social Sciences seek to explain parts of human behavior through observation, participation, comparison, interpretation, logical reasoning, collection of documents and data, and, when amenable to scientific manipulation, experimentation. This PEAK enables students to understand the perspectives and limitations-and to use the theories and methods-of the social sciences in studying individuals or the groups, cultures, societies, polities, and economies that organize social life and define human experience.
Upon successful completion of any SSH program, students will:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of social scientific inquiry; and
- Students will critically assess the normative dimensions of human experiences.