The Department of Social Sciences offers three programs: Sociology, Social Work, and Psychology. The Sociology Program focuses on a social and cultural approach to the understanding of human phenomena ranging from face-to-face interaction in small groups to the structure of modern world systems. These include historical emergence, stabilization and disintegration of institutions, practices and sym
bolic forms, stratification and mobility, demographic change, globalization, war and violence, and human rights. It also includes, among other things, health, labor and ethnic relations, media, education, family life and planning, ecology and environment, political behavior, development, religion and more. The Social Work Program is driven by its mission of preparing students for entry-level generalist social work practice. The Social Work Program goals promulgate the meaning and purpose of professional generalist social workers who must be able to practice effectively within any given person-in-the environment context. The Psychology Program, on the other hand, prepares students to lead successful careers in Psychology including careers in teaching, research and clinical services and enables them to pursue their studies beyond the baccalaureate degree. The department offers a BA degree in Social Sciences to all its academic programs.
