The successful Social Sciences Co-op graduate completes a degree program with an academic component identical to that of a regular degree program, with the addition of 16 months of work experience. Graduate Co-op students complete eight months of work. Anthropology is the study of the human species and its variations. The ultimate objective of this discipline is to describe and explain the physical and cultural similarities and differences that exist and have existed among human groups. Economics studies the problems of allocating limited resources or means between alternative and competing ends.
Economic analysis is concerned with the efficiencies and inefficiencies of systems.
The School of Environmental Studies offers an interdisciplinary program with courses that examine the relationship of biophysical and social systems. Inquiry focuses on the systemic aspects of environmental issues and solutions that cut across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Inquiry also recognizes that many aspects of local, national and international environmental problems are inextricably connected to dominant cultural values and attendant political, economic and educational institutions. Political Science is the study of how power, authority and the institutions of government are organized in different societies. Psychology is defined as the study of behavior and as such offers broad training suitable for diverse careers.