HON 200 - Introduction to the Social Sciences

2012-2013 Catalog Year

Beginning with some questions common to all the social sciences, such as the nature of social facts, objectivity vs. neutrality, and the criteria of science, students will explore the Western and non-Western origins of social inquiry, the emergence of the individual social sciences anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology, and the fundamental concepts, methods, assumptions, applications, and perspectives of these fields.

PREREQ: HON 140, 141, and 150, or Honors Program Director permission.
credit: 3