Vision
The Department of Social Sciences shall become a leading department in the region, exemplifying the highest intellectual standards offered in leading universities throughout the world.
Mission
The mission of the program is to train students in the foundational methods and theories integral to sociology and closely related social sciences, and to combine that training with practical experience and research skills to produce graduates capable of significant contributions in a wide variety of practical and research-oriented pursuits. Coursework in the sociology program is configured to simultaneously build a strong social and cultural understanding of the local region, while also producing global citizens with an awareness and respect for cultural diversity and other ways of living.
Objectives
The major in Sociology strives to:
- Have a critical understanding of basic social science concepts.
- Acquire methods of gathering and analyzing systematically derived field-based data.
- Ethically conduct research on social and cultural issues to explain societal patterns or problems.
- Understand uniformity and diversity among socio-cultural orders.
Learning Outcomes
Upon Completion of the major, students will be able to:
- Define Social and Cultural Concepts.
- Explain and Give example of social and cultural issues.
- Analyze Quantitative and qualitative data related to social issues.
- Design appropriate data collection strategies to conduct sociological research.
- Apply international sociological code of ethics.
- Support social and culture diversity.