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| Chairman |
Jay
P. Corrin |
| Professors |
Corrin,
Kort |
| Associate
Professors |
Grasso,
McGrath,
Tilchin, Whalen |
| Assistant
Professors |
Atkinson,
Dunlavy,
Hawks,
Kermes, Lee,
Mackey,
Martin,
Rafferty, Rizova, Varat |
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Social:
Objectives
The
objectives of the two-year social science program are to provide
students with a basis for understanding human social behavior
and acquaint them with humankind's endeavor to produce a body
of reliable knowledge about the human condition. In pursuing
these objectives, the course draws from the various disciplines
comprised by the social sciences — anthropology, sociology,
history, social psychology, political science, and economics
— and combines fundamental conceptual and factual materials
from these disciplines into an integrated four-semester sequence.
The
first semester of the freshman year is devoted primarily to
the behavioral sciences and serves as the analytical background
for the next three semesters, which treat historical society,
emerging society, and contemporary society. The approaches
during this sequence necessarily vary from conceptual and
historical to analytical and cross-cultural. At times these
approaches may be combined. The program is introductory, stressing
basic concepts, methods, and attitudes, rather than surveying
the broad range of the social sciences.
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