(aka: cultural sciences) Includes anthropology, sociology, political science, history, economics, jurisprudence, penology, philosophy, social work ...
American Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology The study of human society and of individual relationships in and to society. Often, social sciences are seen as partly scientific, involving some degree of quantification, or hypothesis testing. The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. They diverge from the arts and humanities in that the social sciences tend to emphasize the use of the scientific method in the study of humanity, including quantitative and qualitative methods.
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