This provides a brief introduction to Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences

1. DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

2. What can you see
in the picture?

3. WEEK 1
•Clarify the
relationships and
differences
between social
sciences and
applied social
sciences
SELF-CHECK:
As students in
HUMSS, what are
you interested to
become?

4. Are you familiar of the work of the following
professionals?
Guidance Counselor
Social Worker
Journalist or Broadcaster

5. WHICH WORDS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO
SOCIAL SCIENCE?
SOCIOLOGY HISTORY LINGUISTICS CHEMISTRY
PSYCHOLOGY AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS
PHYSICAL SCIENCE MOECULAR STUDIES CALISTHENICS
ENTERPRISE EDUCATION COMMUNICATION ANTHROPOLOGY

6. GEOGRAPHY PSYCHOLOGY LINGUISTICS
SOCIOLOGY DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMICS
ANTHROPOLOGY POLITICAL SCIENCE
1. Study of society, social institutions, and social
relationships.
2. Study of human origins, societies, cultures, and races.
3. Branch of social science that deals with the production,
distribution, consumption, and management of goods
and services
4. Study of the natural features of the earth’s surface,
including topography, climate, soil, vegetation. etc and
man’s response to them

7. 5. Scientific study of language
6. Scientific study of all forms of human and animal
behavior, sometimes concerned with the methods through
which behavior can be modified
7. Scientific study of human populations especially with
reference to their size, structure, and distribution
8. Study of government of states and other political units
GEOGRAPHY PSYCHOLOGY LINGUISTICS
SOCIOLOGY DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMICS
ANTHROPOLOGY POLITICAL SCIENCE

8. WHAT IS SOCIAL SCIENCE?
• Social science is, in its broadest sense, the study of
society and the manner in which people behave and
influence the world around us.
• Social science tells us about the world beyond our
immediate experience and can help explain how our own
society works – from the causes of unemployment or what
helps economic growth, to how and why people vote, or
what makes people happy. It provides vital information for
governments and policymakers, local authorities, non-
governmental organizations and others.

9. Branches:
1.Economics 5. Psychology
2.Anthropology 6. Sociology
3.History 7. Geography
4.Political Science 8. Demography

10. Applied Social Science
•Branch of study that applies the different concepts,
theoretical models, and theories of the social
science disciplines to help understand society and
the different problems and issues.
•The applied social sciences is utilized to provide
alternative solutions to the diverse problem of the
society.

11. •These are those social science disciplines,
professions and occupations which seeks to
use basic social science research and theory
to improve the daily life of communities,
organizations, and persons.
•This is about putting theories into practice
and interfacing directly with the public.

12. Three main career tracks:
1. Counseling
As an application of the social sciences,
counselling provides guidance, help and
support to individuals who are distraught
by a diverse set of problems in their
lives

13. •Guidance Counseling
•Life Coaching
•Career Counseling
•Personal Growth Counseling

14. 2. Social Work
Practitioners help individuals, families,
and groups, communities to improve
their individual and collective well-being

15. 3. Communication Studies
Applied social science provide adequate
training for careers in the field of
journalism and mass communication
because of multidisciplinary knowledge
and skills that graduates learn from
social sciences

17. Quiz