Social science majors
Of social wikipedia, the free to: navigation, following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to social science:Social science – branch of science concerned with society and human behaviors. Science can be described as all of the following:Branch of science – systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. For instance, gravitation is strongly associated with the discipline of physics, and is considered to be part of that disciplinary es of social science[edit]. Study of humans, past and present, that draws and builds upon knowledge from the social sciences and biological sciences, as well as the humanities and the natural pology of religion – study of religious institutions in relation to other social institutions, and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across d anthropology – application of the method and theory of anthropology to the analysis and solution of practical ology – study of cultures via material remains and environmental data (outline of archaeology). Anthropology – branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans, collecting data about the effect of global economic and political processes on local cultural iology – scientific study of dynamic relationships between peoples, biota, and environments, from the distant past to the immediate otany – is the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and raphy – systematic study of people and ogy – branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of oetics – method of recording text versions of oral poetry or narrative performances (i. Verbal lore) that uses poetic lines, verses, and stanzas (instead of prose paragraphs) to capture the formal, poetic performance elements which would otherwise be lost in the written ionary anthropology – interdisciplinary study of the evolution of human physiology and human behaviour and the relation between hominids and non-hominid mental archaeology – experimental archaeology employs a number of different methods, techniques, analyses, and approaches in order to generate and test hypotheses, based upon archaeological source material, like ancient structures or ical archaeology – form of archaeology dealing with topics that are already attested in written stic anthropology – is the interdisciplinary study of how language influences social l anthropology – interdisciplinary field which studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation". Anthropology – study of the physical development of the human logical anthropology – interdisciplinary subfield of anthropology that studies the interaction of cultural and mental haeology – study of faunal zoology – study of human-animal ss studies – academic area that consists of many sub-areas pertaining to the social relationships that comprise the human economic tancy – the measurement, processing and communication of financial information about economic e – a field dealing with the study of resource management – a function in organizations designed to maximize employee performance in service of an employer's strategic ment – the administration of an organization, whether it be a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government ing – the study and management of exchange zational studies – the examination of how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices and how these, in turn, shape social relations and create institutions that ultimately influence ics – details of this area and its own sub-areas are provided in this taxonomy – study of the theoretical and practical aspects of citizenship, its rights and duties; the duties of citizens to each other as members of a political body and to the ive science – interdisciplinary scientific study of the mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it ology – study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in al studies – academic field grounded in critical theory and literary aphy – statistical study of human populations and pment studies – multidisciplinary branch of social science which addresses issues of concern to developing ics – analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole conomics – branch of economics that studies the behavior of individual households and firms in making decisions on the allocation of limited oural economics – behavioral economics and the related field, behavioral finance, study the effects of social, cognitive and emotional factors on the economic decisions of individuals and institutions and the consequences for market prices, returns and the resource nomics – applies the laws of thermodynamics to economic ative economics – comparative study of different systems of economic organization, such as capitalism, socialism, feudalism and the mixed ist economics – economic theories and practices of hypothetical and existing socialist economic pment economics – branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low-income ical economics – an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field that aims to address the interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ic geography – study of the location, distribution and spatial organization of economic activities across the ic history – study of economies or economic phenomena in the ic sociology – studies both the social effects and the social causes of various economic economics – broad scientific subject area which includes topics related to supply and use of energy in reneurial economics – study of the entrepreneur and entrepreneurship within the nmental economics – subfield of economics concerned with environmental ionary economics – part of mainstream economics as well as heterodox school of economic thought that is inspired by evolutionary ial economics – branch of economics concerned with "the allocation and deployment of economic resources, both spatially and across time, in an uncertain environment".
Economics – approaches or to schools of economic thought that are considered outside of "mainstream economics" and sometimes contrasted by expositors with neoclassical economics – one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental st economics – diverse area of economic inquiry that highlights the androcentric biases of traditional economics through critical examinations of economic methodology, epistemology, history and empirical c economics – body of islamic studies literature that "identifies and promotes an economic order that conforms to islamic scripture and traditions," and in the economic world an interest-free islamic banking system, grounded in sharia's condemnation of interest (riba). Economics – branch of economics that historically prefigured and remains integrally linked to ssical economics – focuses on goods, outputs, and income distributions in markets through supply and conomics – interdisciplinary field that seeks to explain human decision making, the ability to process multiple alternatives and to choose an optimal course of finance – study of the role of the government in the economics – study of government policy through the lens of economic efficiency and estate economics – application of economic techniques to real estate ce economics – study of supply, demand, and allocation of the earth's natural e economics – branch of economics that uses microeconomic techniques to evaluate economic well-being, especially relative to competitive general equilibrium within an economy as to economic efficiency and the resulting income distribution associated with cal economy – study of the production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget conomics – considers behavioral interactions of individuals and groups through social capital and social "markets" (not excluding for example, sorting by marriage) and the formation of social ort economics – branch of economics that deals with the allocation of resources within the transport sector and has strong linkages with civil ic methodology – study of methods, especially the scientific method, in relation to economics, including principles underlying economic ational economics – research discipline at the interface between computer science and economic and management etrics – application of mathematics and statistical methods to economic atical economics – application of mathematical methods to represent economic theories and analyze problems posed in ic statistics – topic in applied statistics that concerns the collection, processing, compilation, dissemination, and analysis of economic series – sequence of data points, measured typically at successive time instants spaced at uniform time mental economics – application of experimental methods to study economic ion – in the general sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense, education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from one generation to nmental studies – interdisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the and sexuality studies – field of interdisciplinary study and academic field devoted to gender identity and gendered representation as central categories of phy – study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of raphy – study and practice of making maps or geography – branch of the social sciences that studies the world, its people, communities, and cultures with an emphasis on relations of and across space and al geography – takes a critical theory (frankfurt school) approach to the study and analysis of al geography – study of cultural products and norms and their variations across and relations to spaces and st geography – approach in human geography which applies the theories, methods and critiques of feminism to the study of the human environment, society and geographical ic geography – study of the location, distribution and spatial organization of economic activities across the pment geography – branch of geography with reference to the standard of living and quality of life of its human ical geography – study of the human, physical, fictional, theoretical, and "real" geographies of the cal geography & geopolitics – field of human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial t geography – strand of critical geography that uses the theories and philosophy of marxism to examine the spatial relations of human ry geography – sub-field of geography that is used by, not only the military, but also academics and politicians to understand the geopolitical sphere through the militaristic gic geography – concerned with the control of, or access to, spatial areas that affect the security and prosperity of tion geography – study of the ways in which spatial variations in the distribution, composition, migration, and growth of populations are related to the nature of geography – branch of human geography that is most closely related to social theory in general and sociology in particular, dealing with the relation of social phenomena and its spatial oral geography – approach to human geography that examines human behavior using a disaggregate en's geographies – area of study within human geography and childhood studies which involves researching the places and spaces of children's geography – application of geographical information, perspectives, and methods to the study of health, disease, and health m geography – study of travel and tourism, as an industry and as a social and cultural geography – study of areas which have a high concentration of buildings and nmental geography – branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural al geography – branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment like the atmosphere, biosphere and geosphere, as opposed to the cultural or built environment, the domain of human graphy – study of the distribution of species (biology), organisms, and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological ology – atmospheric physics atmospheric dynamics (category). Coastal geomorphology, geology and oceanography) and the human geography (sociology and history) of the phology – scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape y – scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying ogy – study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on earth and other planets, including the hydrologic cycle, water resources and environmental watershed raphy – mapping (charting) of water topographic features through the measurement of the depths, the tides and currents of a body of water and establishment of the sea, river or lake bed topography and logy – study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ogy – study of inland graphy – branch of earth science that studies the gy – study of soils in their natural ape ecology – science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular geography – study of what the geography was in times al geography – study of world ology – study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of y – discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. This category includes many sub-domains of history such as, art history, diplomatic history, history of science, economic history, environmental history, military history, political history, urban history, women's history and many rial relations – multidisciplinary field that studies the employment ation science – interdisciplinary field primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of ational studies – study of the major political, economic, social, cultural and sacral issues that dominate the international – set of rules and principles (laws) by which a society is governed, through enforcement by governmental management – social sciences discipline that is designed for students interested in the study of state and its elements, law, law practice, legal research and jurisprudence, legal philosophy, criminal justice, governance, government structure, political history and theories, business organization and management, entrepreneurship, public administration and human resource gal studies – social sciences discipline that is designed for students interested in the study of state and its elements, law, law practice, legal research and jurisprudence, legal philosophy, criminal justice, governance, government structure, political history and theories, business organization and management, entrepreneurship, public administration and human resource y science – study of issues related to libraries and the information stics – scientific study of natural pological linguistics – study of the relations between language and culture and the relations between human biology, cognition and d linguistics – interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life guistics – study of the biology and evolution of al linguistics and speech and language pathology – sub-discipline of linguistics which involves the application of linguistic theory to the field of speech-language ive linguistics – branch of linguistics that interprets language in terms of the concepts, sometimes universal, sometimes specific to a particular tongue, which underlie its ative linguistics – branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical ational linguistics – interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational pmental linguistics – study of the development of linguistic ability in an individual, particularly the acquisition of language in ge acquisition – the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words to tology – scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of tometry – the study of high levels of structure in geographical dialect rse analysis – general term for a number of approaches to analyzing use of written, oral or sign language or any significant semiotic ogy – study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over ionary linguistics – the scientific study of both the origins and development of language as well as the cultural evolution of ic linguistics – application of linguistic knowledge, methods and insights to the forensic context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial guistics – branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language or its constituent ical linguistics – study of language – total vocabulary or lexicon having items of lexical, rather than grammatical, stic typology – subfield of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural logy – identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as words, affixes, parts of speech, intonation/stress, or implied context (words in a lexicon are the subject matter of lexicology). Study of the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of ogy – study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and ics – branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or the equivalent aspects of ogy – branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in ology – study of set or fixed expressions, such as idioms, phrasal verbs, and other types of multi-word lexical units (often collectively referred to as phrasemes), in which the component parts of the expression take on a meaning more specific than or otherwise not predictable from the sum of their meanings when used tics – subfield of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to linguistics – study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend and produce inguistics – descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on science – speech science refers to the study of production, transmission and perception of speech. Speech science involves anatomy, in particular the anatomy of the oro-facial region and neuroanatomy, physiology, and tics – study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic – "the study of the principles and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages. 4] others say that philosophy is not a science but it is instead a precursor of it. Of language – is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the relationship between language and ophy of information – (pi) is the area of research that studies conceptual issues arising at the intersection of computer science, information science, information technology, and cal philosophy – is the study of topics such as politics, liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by mology – study of how we know what we know; study of the nature and scope of – major branch of philosophy, encompassing right conduct and good life.
It is significantly broader than the common conception of analyzing right and – formal science of using ophy of mind – branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the ophy of science – questions the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science; questions the use and merit of science; sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by questioning whether scientific results are actually a study of philosophy – is the study of questions about social behavior and interpretations of society and social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical tics – is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of ophy of mathematics – is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of mathematics. The aim of the philosophy of mathematics is to provide an account of the nature and methodology of mathematics and to understand the place of mathematics in people's ophy of education – philosophy of education can refer to either the academic field of applied philosophy or to one of any educational philosophies that promote a specific type or vision of education, and/or which examine the definition, goals and meaning of planning – studies the development and use of land, protection and use of the environment, public welfare, and the design of the urban environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution al planning – deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or cal science – social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government, and ative politics – field and a method used in political science, characterized by an empirical approach based on the comparative theory – study of strategic decision itics – theory that describes the relation between politics and territory whether on local or international cal geography – field of human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial gy – set of ideas that constitute one's goals, expectations, and cal economy – political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of systems – methods by which voters make a choice between options, often in an election or on a policy administration – houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this policy – generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional government studies – form of public administration which in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within the a given ational politics – study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (igos), international nongovernmental organizations (ingos), non-governmental organizations (ngos) and multinational corporations (mncs). Relations theory – study of international relations from a theoretical perspective; it attempts to provide a conceptual framework upon which international relations can be logy – science of behavior and mental d psychology – use of psychological principles and theories to overcome problems in other areas, such as mental health, business management, education, health, product design, ergonomics, and logical testing – field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to assess psychological construct(s), such as cognitive and emotional functioning, about a given al psychology – integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal ity psychology – sense of community social er behaviour – study of when, why, how, and where people do or do not buy a ling psychology – psychological specialty that encompasses research and applied work in several broad domains: counseling process and outcome; supervision and training; career development and counseling; and prevention and ional psychology – study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as ic psychology – intersection between psychology and the courtroom—criminal, civil, family and psychology – concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and rial and organizational psychology – scientific study of employees, workplaces, and psychology – involves empirical, psychological research of the law, legal institutions, and people who come into contact with the psychology – seeks an understanding of how people perceive, interpret, use, and respond to a media-rich ry psychology – research, design and application of psychological theories and experimentation data towards understanding, predicting and countering behaviours either in friendly or enemy forces or civilian population that may be undesirable, threatening or potentially dangerous to the conduct of military tional health psychology – concerned with the psychosocial characteristics of workplaces that contribute to the development of health-related problems in people who al psychology – application of psychological methods and interpretive frameworks to religious traditions, as well as to both religious and irreligious cal psychology – interdisciplinary academic field dedicated to understanding political science, politicians and political behavior through the use of psychological metrics – field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement, which includes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and educational psychology – field that applies principles of clinical psychology and educational psychology to the diagnosis and treatment of children's and adolescents' behavioral and learning psychology – interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of kinesiology and s psychology – branch of applied psychology that studies human behaviour and experience in complex c psychology – study of the behavior of road users and the psychological processes underlying that behavior (rothengatter, 1997, 223) as well as to the relationship between behavior and or analysis – philosophy of psychology based on the proposition that all things that organisms do can and should be regarded as behaviors, and that psychological disorders are best treated by altering behavior patterns or modifying the chology – application of the principles of biology (in particular neurobiology), to the study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in human and non-human ive psychology – subdiscipline of psychology exploring internal mental al psychology – integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal al psychology – field of psychology which assumes the idea that culture and mind are inseparable, and that psychological theories grounded in one culture are likely to be limited in applicability when applied to a different pmental psychology – scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life ional psychology – study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as ionary psychology – approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological traits such as memory, perception, and language from a modern evolutionary mental psychology – application of experimental methods to the study of behavior and the processes that underlie ic psychology – intersection between psychology and the courtroom—criminal, civil, family and psychology – concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and stic psychology – psychological perspective which rose to prominence in the mid-20th century in the context of the tertiary sector beginning to produce in the most developed countries in the world more than the secondary sector was producing, for the first time in human history demanding creativity and new understanding of human rial and organizational psychology – scientific study of employees, workplaces, and therapy – allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of an interpersonal process in which a trained music therapist uses music to help clients to improve or maintain their sychology – studies the structure and function of the brain as they relate to specific psychological processes 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Administration – houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work – professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or perceived social injustices and violations of their human ogy – studies society using various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to understand human social activity, from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social ology – study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in aphy – statistical study of human populations and and rural sociology - the analysis of social life in metropolitan and non-metropolitan nable development – the process of meeting human development goals while sustaining the ability of natural systems to continue to provide the natural resources and natural system services upon which the economy of human society nability studies – focuses on the interdisciplinary perspective of the sustainability concept. 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The career possibilities for history majors are not especially plentiful for those students interested in teaching on the college level, but there are many other avenues that a history major may explore, making it among the most popular college major plan of study begins with a firm grounding in written english skills and courses in the humanities and the social sciences, such as anthropology, political science, psychology, and sociology. Classes include historical analysis, political science, anthropology, and ary school d: forgotten majors series: what can i do with a history degree? The study also may be offered as a minor in conjunction with such programs as area studies, economics, or political science. The major is a useful preparation for graduate or professional study in law, education, the sciences, or medicine. Students should check college catalogs carefully, especially if interested in attending a liberal arts college, because many of them do not offer this general plan of study includes requirements in a variety of departments, starting with english and including mathematics, history, non-laboratory science, language study, and the fine and visual arts. More than most majors, students will want to work closely with a faculty advisor to tailor programs to meet their goals, as there is a fair amount of or media y science is the skill of organizing libraries so their contents may be fully utilized. The use of computers for all aspects of library management is commonplace; therefore, the aspiring librarian must have strong computer vely few colleges offer library science as an undergraduate major. The plan of study consists of a liberal arts core, including psychology, history, mathematics, and science at the upper-division level; the major program involves in-depth study of each of the three organizational systems, as well as library management, public relations, finance and budgeting, and management. Library science is more often pursued as a graduate study leading to the master of library science (mls) degree.
As an undergraduate major, political science teaches students to differentiate among the various kinds of political structures that presently exist, assess power struggles and conflicts within governments, and explore relationships among nations. This major provides a good background for such careers as law, diplomacy, politics, international business, and related d: what can you do with a political science degree? Plan of study begins with a concentration on the humanities, especially social sciences such as psychology and sociology. Classes may include psychology, political philosophy, international politics, public policy, sociology, anthropology, and ment d: even more career options for political science -law is not a true major area of study, but it enjoys such popularity among students. This entire program must be closely n service ment/regulatory science, general major in the social sciences is a survey of the many fields within the discipline. Students examine the psycho-social forces operating in contemporary life and evaluate these forces plan of study includes introductory courses in a variety of social science fields such as economics, history, political science, sociology, and psychology. General psychology and social work electives supplement a general education core curriculum for the first two years. Human behavior courses, abnormal psychology, and social work techniques are emphasized later, together with extensive supervised clinical experience in a treatment setting. The bs or bsw (bachelor of social work) degree is the final outcome; the latter is usually the route to graduate study and professional licensure.
So many colleges offer the social work program that students must examine offerings carefully to find the most satisfactory curriculum, especially if they have an area of specialization in mind. Classes include social welfare, psychology, sociology, policy, and social al social litation nce abuse d from major decisions: a guide to college majors, by terry ward. For the full breakdown of these majors, check out the book, available as a pdf and also for kindle! A complete listing of degree requirements, please visit the usc t managed by usc undergraduate ed & developed by usc web google the terms you wish to search ng & career services: » careers » what can i do with a degree in social science? Reported by social science of employers who posted jobs in the psu job database for social science onal -related social science sites available from advising & career can you do with a degree in social science? Your social science degree prepares you for many careers in many 's great, isn't it? Science is a powerful academic foundation that provides you with the opportunity to develop skills employers value in employees. These include: oral and written communication, interpersonal, teamwork, technical, analytical, critical thinking, organizational, and problem solving er that your social science major, in and of itself, does not determine your career path. We can also help you think about how your coursework relates to the world of work and how to effectively describe your educational background to s reported by social science following list of job titles was generated from american community survey data.
This list shows some of the most-often reported careers for people who majored in the social science. To find a brief description of the following occupations, go the the standard occupational classification tary and middle school laneous s, and judges, magistrates, and other judicial condary ary school and community service ion executives and ians and resources tants and l and operations ing and sales l and health services resources er systems er and information systems l education counselors and loan uction ity and social service specialists, including health educators and community health research analysts and marketing al financial ions research strative services tional and communication re developers, applications and systems scientists, including survey researchers and l scientists and life ial g, convention, and event and regional ion officers and correctional treatment ans, singers, and related relations al laboratory technologists and sation, benefits, and job analysis ians and ors, religious activities and nmental scientists and ers and of employers who posted jobs in the psu job database for social science ts with degrees in social science develop skills that are valued by employers. They may find employment in government, nonprofits, social services, educational institutions, and businesses, depending on their skills, experience, and interests. Internships or relevant part-time jobs may be a prerequisite to finding employment in some following list of employers and job titles was derived from advising & career services' jobs database where the employer specifically requested social science majors. This list does not reflect all potential places of employment or kinds of jobs for social science majors. Food bank — programs manager - judicial department, oregon courts — juvenile court programs office of homeland security — program analyst public employees retirement system (pers) — operations and policy analyst social learning center — bilingual state university — assistant director - coas student e in — housing nd community college (pcc) — career nd state department of sociology — research associate/project nd va medical center — health science specialist (clinical coordinator). Username: portland su and pass code: rights ological field ologist/site ng school admissions management y center nce writer/n service commercial n service resources per information cross regional program -related social science sites available from advising & career following pages may have additional information and ideas for careers. Sation practices e salary report jobs for community e career meaningful that pay you schools for al & life jobs for al & life jobs for social science majors by salary potential. Social science degree can get you started on a career in law, social work, academia, politics and more.
Explore these common jobs for social science ts who major in the social sciences (economics, geography, sociology, political science, social work, sociology, etc. Social science majors have a wide range of fascinating and high-earning career paths available to them, including many roles that require creativity in addition to practical knowledge and technical training. But students who major in political science and economics do tend to go into higher-paying jobs.
