This document provides an introduction to social sciences and applied social sciences. It discusses the relationship between social sciences and applied social sciences, noting that applied social sciences draw from theories and principles of social sciences like psychology, sociology, and anthropology. It describes three main applied social science careers: counseling, social work, and communication studies. Counseling provides guidance to help individuals with problems, and can include areas like life coaching. Social work helps individuals, families, groups and communities improve well-being. Communication studies provides training applicable to careers in journalism and mass communication. The document aims to help students understand connections between disciplines in social sciences and applied social sciences, and explore career opportunities.

1. Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied
Social Sciences
Quarter1-Week 1-Introduction to Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences
ROSELYN GABAT-HERNANDEZ
August 30, 2022

2. Subject Description:
This course introduces some Applied Social Sciences,
namely, Counseling, Social Work, and Communication,
which draw their foundation from the theories and
principles of Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and
other Social Sciences. The course highlights the
seamless interconnectivity of the different applied
social science disciplines while focusing on the
processes and applications of these applied disciplines
in critical development areas.

3. Subject Description:
At the end of the course, students shall demonstrate
competencies in interacting and relating with other
individuals, groups, and communities; apply social
sciences principles, practices, and tools in addressing
the development areas identified by the class; and
analyze how processes in these applied disciplines work
in specific life situations.

4. Quarter1-Week 1-
Introduction to Social Sciences
and Applied Social Sciences

5. This lesson will help you understand the works of the
different disciplines in social sciences and applied
social sciences. This topic introduces the
connections, relationships, and differences between
and among Applied Social Sciences such as counselling,
social work, and communication, etc. that will help
you explore career opportunities for your post-
secondary career track

6. Learning Objectives:
1.Differentiate social sciences from applied social
sciences
2.Describe your perspective on the relationship of
social sciences and applied social sciences.
3.Self-assess the benefits and importance of Applied
Social Sciences to human life.
4.Write a survey report on the perspective of the
people to the 3 careers of the applied social sciences

7. When you took-up Disciplines and
Ideas in Social Sciences, you learned
the different disciplines under Social
Sciences which belong to Pure Social
Sciences. Can you still remember them?
Let’s answer the following questions:

8. L O G I C O S Y O
•1. Study of society, social institutions, and social
relationships
Answer: SOCIOLOGY

9. P Y L O G H A N T H O R
2. Study of human origins, societies, cultures, and
races,
Answer:ANTHROPOLOGY

10. M O C O N I E C S
•Branch of social science that deals with the
production, distribution, consumption, and
management of goods & services
Answer: ECONOMICS

11. G Y R E O G A H P
•Study of the natural features of the earth’s surface,
including topography, climate, soil, vegetation, etc.,
and man’s response to them
Answer: GEOGRAPHY

12. G L U I T I N A C S
•Scientific study of language
Answer: LINGUISTICS

13. S C H O O G L Y P Y
•Scientific study of all forms of human and animal
behavior, sometimes concerned with the methods
through which behavior can be modified
Answer: PSYCHOLOGY

14. HYPRAGEMOD
•Scientific study of human populations especially
with reference to their size, structure, and
distribution
Answer: DEMOGRAPHY

15. S C E N I E C L O C L A P I L I T
•Study of government of states and other political
units
Answer: POLITICAL SCIENCE

16. S T I R O H Y
•Discipline of recording and interpreting past
events involving human beings
Answer: HISTORY

17. • As Humanities and Social Sciences
students, are you interested to become a
guidance counsellor, a social worker or
work as a journalist?
Guidance counsellor
Social worker
Journalist or broadcaster
• Do you know what kind of work they do?

18. Group Activity #1
Direction: Explain each topic/concept comprehensively.
Include its meaning, purpose, and specialized areas. Present
your final output to the class.
Group 1: Social Science
Group 2: Applied Social Science
Group 3: Similarities and Differences between Social Science and Applied Social
Science
Group 4: Benefits and importance of Applied Social Sciences to human life.
Group 5: Counselling
Group 6: Social Work
Group 7: Communication Studies

19. CRITERIA:
CONTENT: 20
PRESENTATION: 20
ORGANIZATION OF
IDEAS:
10
TOTAL: 50 PTS

21. Essential Questions:
•What are the similarities and differences between
social sciences and applied social sciences?
•What is the relationship of between social sciences
and applied social science?
•In which aspects of human life can Applied Social
Sciences be of real value?
•What are the benefits and importance of Applied
Social Sciences?

22. What is Social Science?
• is the branch of science devoted to the study of
human societies and the relationships among individuals
within those societies.
• The term was formerly used to refer to the field of
sociology, the original "science of society", established in
the 19th century. In addition to sociology, it now
encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines,
including anthropology, archaeology, economics,
human geography, linguistics, management science,
media studies, musicology, political science,
psychology, welfare and nursing studies and social history.

23. What is Social Science?
• It is about people how they interact with others in
their society and how societies interact with each
other.

24. Branches of the Social Sciences
1. Sociology
2. Economics
3. Anthropology
4. History
5. Political Science
6. Psychology
7. Geography
8. Demography

25. Branches of the Social Sciences
• Economics studies the allocation of scarce resources
and the production and exchange of goods and
services in society.
• Anthropology is the scientific study of humans and
their cultures in the past and present time.
• History is systematic study of human past events in
order to understand the meaning, dynamics, and
relationship of the cause and effects of events in the
development of societies.

26. Branches of the Social Sciences
• Political Science primarily studies human behavior in
relation to political systems, governments, laws, and
international relations.
• Psychology studies how the human mind works in
consonance with the body to produce thoughts that
lead to individual actions.
• Sociology a systematic study of people’s behavior in
groups

27. Branches of the Social Sciences
• Geography is the study of interaction between people
and their environments.
• Demography is the scientific study of human
populations across time.

28. Applied Social Sciences

29. Applied Social Sciences
• A 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.
• is utilized to provide alternative solutions to the diverse problem
of the society.
• 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 in to practice and interfacing directly
with the public

30. Three main career tracks for applied
social scientist:
1. Counselling
2. Social Work
3. Communication Studies

31. Counselling
• is one of the fields of applied social sciences 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.

32. Counselling
Counselling can be done through the following:
• Guidance counselling
• Life coaching
• Career counselling
• Personal growth counselling

33. Social work
• Social work practitioners help individuals, families,
and groups, communities to improve their individual
and collective well-being.

34. 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.

36. Did you understand the
lesson?

37. Let’s check your understanding!

38. Activity #1
Directions: Illustrate the similarities and differences of
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE.

39. Direction: Which among the Applied Social Science
Career would you like to have? Why?
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Activity 1.2:

40. Assignment #1
Ask this question to 5 persons in your
neighborhood.
“Ano sa inyong palagay ang nagagawa ng mga
sumusunod sa ating lipunan?
1.Guidance Counsellor
2.Social worker
3.Broadcaster or Journalist
Collate your answers and make a comprehensive
report of your findings on a short bond paper.
Deadline: August 9, 2022