Program Overview

Program Description

The Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum prepares a student to be an accomplished and productive human being. A liberal arts degree opens doors to the professions and to rewarding and responsible careers. Future physicians, teachers, scientists, lawyers, and businessmen, for example, develop themselves as well-rounded individuals, in addition to completing their pre-professional work. The academic experiences in liberal arts and sciences provide the foundation for later specialization, graduate study, and professional school. The Sociology Option offers a greater degree of specialization.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Liberal Arts and Sciences program requirements, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a broad knowledge base from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
2. Evaluate and analyze a range of artistic, historical, literary, and philosophical works.
3. Examine the formation of individual and group behavior, and social institutions and processes.
4. Develop an ability and a cultural context for communication in a language other than English.
5. Communicate effectively through written and oral forms.
6. Demonstrate informed critical thinking.
7. Engage in quantitative reasoning and scientific inquiry.
8. Demonstrate an awareness of diverse cultures.

Upon successful completion of the Sociology Option requirements, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to apply to different social contexts the concept of the Sociological Imagination.
2. Identify inequalities of social class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, gender identity, age, and disability and apply this knowledge to an analysis of different social contexts.
3. Describe and compare different social scientific theories.
4. Recognize and implement quantitative and qualitative research methods in the social sciences.

Curriculum Coordinator

The Curriculum Coordinator for the Sociology Option is Dr. Jawied Nawabi.

Degree Programs and Courses

The Social Sciences department offers the following degree programs and courses:

• Criminal Justice AA
• Human Services AAS
• Human Services AS
• Liberal Arts & Sciences – Human Services Option AA
• Liberal Arts & Sciences – International Studies Option AA
• Liberal Arts & Sciences – Political Science Option
• Liberal Arts & Sciences – Psychology Option AA
• Liberal Arts & Sciences – Sociology Option AA

Advisement, Tutoring, and Support Services

The department provides advisement, tutoring, and support services to students.

Student Activities

The department offers various student activities.

Faculty and Staff Directory

A directory of faculty and staff is available.