This document defines and describes various social science disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, communication studies, economics, history, human geography, jurisprudence, linguistics, political science, psychology, public health, and sociology. It provides brief overviews of each discipline, noting topics and approaches. For example, it states that anthropology is the study of humans and societies in the past and present, while economics focuses on production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. The document also distinguishes between social sciences and humanities, noting social sciences take a more scientific approach.

1. HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES:
THE ART OF
LEARNING AND
EMBRACING
SOCIAL SCIENCE
BY GROUP 4
HUMSS 112
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES:
THE ART OF
LEARNING AND
EMBRACING
SOCIAL SCIENCE

2. DEFINITION OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE
DEFINITION OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE
Social science, any discipline or branch of
science that deals with human behavior in
its social and cultural aspects.
Social science is a category of academic
disciplines, concerned with society and
the relationships among individuals within a
society. Social science as a whole has many
branches, each of which is considered a
social science.
The term is also sometimes used to refer
specifically to the field of sociology, the
original "science of society", established in the
19th century.

3. SOCIAL SCIENCE…SOCIAL SCIENCE…
include, but are not limited to:
anthropology, archaeology, communication
studies, economics, history, human
geography, jurisprudence, linguistics,
political science, psychology, public
health, and sociology.

4. BRANCHES OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE
BRANCHES OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE

5. ANTHROPOLOGYANTHROPOLOGY

7. Anthropology is the study
of humans and human
behavior and societies in
the past and present
Social anthropology and cultural
anthropology = norms and values
of societies
Linguistic anthropology = how
language affects social life
Biological or physical
anthropology= biological
development of humans

8. ARCHAEOLOGYARCHAEOLOGY

10. Archaeology, or archeology,is the study of
human activity through the recovery
and analysis of material culture.
The archaeological record consists
of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or
ecofacts and cultural landscapes
Archaeology can be considered both a social
science and a branch of the humanities
In North America archaeology is a sub-field
of anthropology, while in Europe it is often
viewed as either a discipline in its own
right or a sub-field of other disciplines.

11. COMMUNICATION
STUDIES
COMMUNICATION
STUDIES

13. Communication studies is an academic field
that deals with processes of human
communication, commonly defined as the
sharing of symbols to create meaning. The
discipline encompasses a range of topics,
from face-to-face conversation to mass
media outlets such as television
broadcasting.
Communication studies also examines how
messages are interpreted through the
political, cultural, economic, semiotic,
hermeneutic, and social dimensions of their
contexts.

14. ECONOMICSECONOMICS

16. Economics is the social
science that studies
the production, distribution,
and consumption of goods and
services
Economics focuses on the behaviour
and interactions of economic
agents and how economies work

17. HISTORYHISTORY

19. History is the study of the past as it
is described in written documents.
Events occurring before written record
are considered prehistory.
It is an umbrella term that relates to
past events as well as the memory,
discovery, collection, organization,
presentation, and interpretation of
information about these events.
Scholars who write about history are
called historians.

20. HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY
HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY

22. Human geography is the branch
of geography that deals with the
study of people and their
communities, cultures, economies,
and interactions with the
environment by studying their
relations with and across space
and place
Human geography attends to human
patterns of social interaction, as
well as spatial level
interdependencies, and how they
influence or affect the earth's
environment

23. JURISPRUDENCEJURISPRUDENCE

25. Jurisprudence or legal theory is the
theoretical study of law, principally
by philosophers but, from the
twentieth century, also by social
scientists.
Scholars of jurisprudence, also known
as jurists or legal theorists, hope
to obtain a deeper understanding
of legal reasoning, legal
systems, legal institutions, and the
role of law in society

26. LINGUISTICSLINGUISTICS

28. Linguistics is the scientific study
of language, and involves an analysis
of language form, language meaning,
and language in context.
Linguists traditionally analyse human
language by observing an interplay
between sound and meaning

29. POLITICAL
SCIENCE
POLITICAL
SCIENCE

31. Political science is a social science which
deals with systems of governance, and the
analysis of political activities, political
thoughts, and political behavior.
It deals extensively with the theory and
practice of politics which is commonly thought
of as determining of the distribution
of power and resources.
Political scientists "see themselves engaged in
revealing the relationships underlying political
events and conditions, and from these
revelations they attempt to construct general
principles about the way the world of politics
works."

32. PSYCHOLOGYPSYCHOLOGY

34. Psychology is the science of behavior and mind,
including conscious and unconscious phenomena,
as well as feeling and thought.
It is an academic discipline of immense scope
and diverse interests that, when taken together,
seek an understanding of the emergent properties
of brains, and all the variety of
epiphenomena they manifest.
As a social science it aims to understand
individuals and groups by establishing general
principles and researching specific cases.

35. PUBLIC
HEALTH
PUBLIC
HEALTH

37. Public health is "the science and art
of preventing disease, prolonging
life and promoting
human health through organized
efforts and informed choices of
society, organizations, public and
private, communities and
individuals".
Analyzing the health of a population
and the threats is the basis for
public health.

38. SOCIOLOGYSOCIOLOGY

40. Sociology is the scientific
study of society, patterns
of social
relationships, social
interaction, and culture of
everyday life

41. HUMANITIES
VS.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
HUMANITIES
VS.
SOCIAL SCIENCES

42. One of the major
differences between the two
is that humanities involve
a more critical and
analytical approach whereas
social science deals with a
more scientific approach.
revolution.

43. Humanities are a branch
of science that deal
with the heritage and
the question of what
makes us human.

44. As there is a scientific
approach to social
sciences, it is
considered to be a branch
of study in between
humanities and natural
sciences.

45. Humanities are
considered to be more
philosophical than
social sciences.

46. The study of humanities can be traced
back to ancient Greece. It was during
the Roman times that the concept of
seven liberal arts developed like;
rhetoric and logic, grammar, music,
astronomy, arithmetics, astronomy, and
geometry. There was a great shift,
however, to the study of humanities in
the 15th century.

47. Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max
Weber are credited with giving a modern
definition to social sciences. This
branch of study was influenced by the
French revolution and the industrial
revolution.