Human Services concerns roles and functions of human service agencies and human service professionals. Political Science analyzes how people and groups compete to express their values and to gain power in their societies and in the world. Studies include political ideology, local and state politics, national issues, the judicial process, and international relations. Psychology focuses on the behavior and mental processes of the individual. Specifically, psychologists study learning and memory, perception, thinking, states of consciousness, motivation, emotion, intelligence, mental disorders, and therapies.
Sociology deals with the collective behavior of people in groups.
Socialization, stratification, gender roles, and social problems, such as health care with limited resources, crime and social control, changing family life are examined through a sociological perspective. Return to Social Science Information Social Science Courses Sequence courses. Otherwise, they may be taken for elective credit. Some of these careers require graduate-level training. It also may be necessary to move out of the local area to find employment in certain social science fields.