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The sociological perspective is critical for working effectively in today's multiethnic and multinational business environment. Gain valuable insight into important social factors by augmenting your education with a minor in sociology.
Objectives
The student who graduates with a major in social science will be able to:
- Formulate a description of the roles of the different social science disciplines in understanding social reality, addressing social issues, and enhancing human welfare.
Identify similarities and differences among the social science disciplines.
- Formulate an integrated analysis of social issues and/or social reality by synthesizing concepts and research methods from the different social science disciplines that relate to the particular social reality or social issue under investigation.
- Communicate social science concepts and terminology effectively.
- Apply micro and macro levels of analysis and an integrated, interdisciplinary perspective to an investigation of problems in the social sciences
- Critically analyze social science issues within larger historical and global contexts.
- Articulate the policy implications of social science research and theory for policy and programs.
- Use information technology to access and retrieve social science literature.
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