Social Sciences Courses

Explore sociology, the study of how society, culture, and social structures shape human behavior, identity, and opportunity. Sociology provides powerful frameworks for understanding inequality, social movements, institutions, and the forces that influence daily life. This course covers the sociological imagination, social norms and deviance, stratification and inequality, socialization, social institutions like family, education, and religion, social change, and globalization.

Understand political science, the study of how governments, power structures, and political systems function and affect your daily life. Political literacy is essential for informed citizenship, understanding policy debates, and participating meaningfully in democracy. This course covers forms of government, democracy versus authoritarianism, political ideologies, separation of powers, elections and voting systems, international relations basics, and political participation.

Journey through the key events, movements, and turning points that shaped the modern world from ancient civilizations to today. Understanding history provides context for current events, prevents repeating past mistakes, and reveals patterns in human behavior and societies. This course covers ancient civilizations, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, both World Wars, the Cold War, and pivotal 21st century events.

Explore anthropology, the study of what makes us human across time, cultures, and societies from our evolutionary origins to modern diversity. Anthropology develops cross-cultural awareness and appreciation that is invaluable in our increasingly globalized world. This course covers human evolution, cultural relativism, kinship systems, the relationship between language and culture, ethnographic fieldwork, and the role of art and symbolism across cultures.

Learn geography to understand Earth's physical landscapes, human populations, and the spatial patterns that shape our planet and societies. Geography connects the natural and social sciences, explaining why people live where they do and how environments influence cultures. This course covers continents and oceans, climate zones, population distribution, urbanization, natural resources, migration patterns, and map reading skills including projections.