HON 200 - Introduction to the Social Sciences

2018-2019 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.

Prerequisite: HON 140 and HON 141; or HON 140 and HON 204; or HON 141 and HON 204 or Honors Program Director permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3