Social Sciences Department

The following list of goals explains how the Social Sciences Department sees its role in CCRI’s broader academic mission:

• To provide freshman and sophomore transfer courses in the social sciences to students with a wide variety of academic backgrounds and expectations
• To foster in students the ability to critically read college level interpretations of historical and contemporary societies in the western and non-western world
• To give students knowledge of the nature of social science methodology and an appreciation of its strengths and limitations as an instrument of analysis
• To assist students to develop subtle judgments about inherently complex issues and to present that understanding in effective writing
• To help students understand themselves and others better so they can problem solve successfully and be more fulfilled.

We offer college level courses in the following:

ECONOMICS is the study of fundamental principles, problems and policies of the American economic system.

HISTORY is about what it means to be human in an ever-changing context. Studying the problems and/or solutions of past individuals, nations, and cultures provides some insight into the current human condition.

PHILOSOPHY seeks to aid students in developing skills and habits of logical thought and analysis, to introduce students to sustained reflection on basic questions of human nature, and to examine the practical and theoretical considerations relevant to human morality.

POLITICAL SCIENCE is the study of politics, political ideas, and government, locally, nationally, and internationally.

SOCIOLOGY is the scientific study of social groups and how they change over time. Sociologists examine the relationship between individuals and the society in which they live. Culture, socialization, deviance, social problems, education, social inequality, and family are studied.

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