Social Studies Degree

Social studies is a general study of social sciences and how it contributes to developing responsible citizens in a culturally diverse, democratic society within an interdependent world. It equips learners to make sound judgments and take appropriate actions that will contribute to sustainable development of human society and the physical environment, as well as comprising the study of relationships among people and between people and their environment. It recognizes the challenges and benefits of living in a diverse cultural and ideological society. The resulting interactions are contextualized in space and time and have social, political, economic, and geographical dimensions. Based on appropriate investigations and reflections within social studies, students develop distinctive skills and a critical awareness of the human condition and emerging spatial patterns and the processes and events that shape them.