SOSC

SOSC courses are designed to familiarize students with different approaches to the study of social life and to introduce them to modes of thinking about social institutions at local and global levels. Courses in this area examine how individuals interact with, and are shaped by, social groups and institutions, including those associated with politics, economics, religion, family, health and education. SOSC courses ask the questions of how and why particular forms of social organization and social relations emerge within a group or culture. SOSC courses enable students to critically think about the origins, characteristics and consequences of social conflict and change.

CRITERIA FOR SOSC COURSES

Expose students to basic theories in the social sciences, methods of analysis, critical assessment and interpretation

Introduce students to the ways in which humans organize, structure, rationalize, and govern their diverse societies and cultures over time

Show connections between social formations such as religion, economy, state, and family through key concepts and methods

Familiarize students with critical assessment and interpretation of often misleading common sense knowledge

Discuss how new understandings of social phenomena are achieved and evaluated

Prepare students for lives of civic engagement, develop tolerance for the new and unfamiliar both in local and global context

Provide critical understanding of rights obligations, duties and responsibilities