Social Sciences
Boulder County Campus
The Social Sciences Department includes fields of academic scholarship that draw upon empirical research methodologies that explore the phenomenon of human society. These methods include qualitative research, critical analysis, and hermeneutics. Our department strives to teach students to understand human behavior in isolation and in groups and focuses on the studies of demographics, sociopolitical history, governmental organization, human relationships with environmental factors, definitions of race, gender, and class, and other areas. Our faculty is dedicated to assisting students in critical exploration of the world.
Fields of Study within our Department
Degrees
The Associate of Arts is ideal for students who wish to major in any of the above fields of study at a four-year institution. See A.A. degree requirements.
Associate of General Studies degree requirements
Department Resources and Activities