To develop capable citizens who are empowered
with knowledge, skills, and attitudes to make informed and responsible
decisions in a diverse and interdependent world. We endeavor to serve
the college and the community as a source of social science information
in addressing matters of mutual concern. We strive to promote understanding,
respect, sensitivity and acceptance of differences and are committed
to peace, social justice, equity and human rights. More »
Anthropology applies knowledge of basic anthropological theories,
concepts, and methods of investigation to the study of human culture and
biology, recognizing the evolutionary development of the human
species as an integral part of the total world ecological system and providing
descriptions of different ways people around the world, past and present,
interact with each other and their environment. Learn more »
Economics focuses on the study of the American and global
economy to critically evaluate economic processes and outcomes.
Economics uses basic economic theory and
models to make predictions and to analyze alternative economic
policy options. Learn more »
Human Ecology promotes the development of basic literacy in evolution
from the birth of the universe to contemporary life on earth. Students
learn to understand basic characteristics of ecosystems and ecological
problems to recognize the relationship
between humans and their social and natural communities. Learn more »
Human services familiarizes students with the basic qualities,
strategies and activities common to the field and helps them understand
the roles and responsibilities needed to become effective human services
workers. Learn more »
Political Science is the study of political institutions and processes of different
types of government. Political science courses introduce students to the methods,
approaches, and theories used in studying the dynamics of politics and power
at work in the modern world. Learn more »
Peace and Social Justice promotes an understanding of the concepts of peace
and conflict through the lens of cultural differences, scarce resources,
economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, oppression,
power and war. Learn more »
The study of psychology demonstrates basic knowledge about human
behavior from a variety of psychological perspectives, including neuroscience,
sociocultural, gender, developmental, cognitive, behaviorist, psychodynamic
and humanistic and develops an understanding of the possibilities and limitations
of each perspective. Learn more »
Sociology promotes the understanding of the fundamental sociological concepts,
perspectives, and the basic elements of human society, cultivating a
sociological imagination for implementation in everyday life and develops
awareness of the self in relation to society. Learn more »
Women's Studies offers women and men an opportunity to understand various disciplines
from the perspective of women and gender within the framework of the traditional
skills and content of a liberal arts education. Women's Studies poses these and
other questions: Women’s Studies poses these questions: How is gender
socially constructed? How do women’s studies courses promote an interdisciplinary
approach to understanding the academic disciplines? What do we mean by feminisms?
How do cultural institutions influence men and women’s lives today and
in the past? How do we identify the multiplicity of identity perspectives and
evaluate those perspectives from feminist standpoint? How do multiple identities
influence popular culture, language, violence, racism, politics and government,
the family, education, work, intimacy, morality, knowledge, literature, ecology
and religion and spirituality? Learn more »
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