GRADE 11 (HUMMS)

 The HUMMS strand is designed for those who wonder

what is on the other side of the wall. In other words,
you are ready to take on the world and talk to a lot of
people. This is for those who are considering taking up
journalism, communication arts, liberal arts,
education, and other social science-related courses in
college.
 If you take this strand, you could be looking forward
to becoming a teacher, a psychologist, a lawyer, a
writer, a social worker, or a reporter someday. This
strand focuses on improving your communication
skills. Oh! And priesthood is a choice in here too!
Quarter 1 TOPICS
Week 1 1. EMERGENCE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Defining Social Sciences as the study of society
Week 2 1. Introducing the disciplines within the Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Economics
Week 3 - Geography
- History
1. Introducing the disciplines within the Social Sciences
- Linguistics
Week 4 - Political Science
- Psychology
Week 5 - Sociology and Demography
1. DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS
- Structural-Functionalism
- Marxism
- Symbolic
1. DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS
-Psychoanalysis
- Rational Choice
- Institutionalism
Quarter 2 TOPICS
Week 1 1. DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS
- Feminist Theory
- Hermeneutical Phenomenology
Week 2 - Human-Environment Systems
2. INDIGENIZING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Week 3 - Filipino Social Thinkers
- Institute of Philippine Culture’s study on Philippine values
Week 4 3. INDIGENIZING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Sikolohiyang Pilipino
Week 5 - Pantayong Pananaw
4. SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE REAL WORLD
- Professions from Social Sciences
5. SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE REAL WORLD
- Applications and intersections of the approaches in addressing social
problem
 DISCIPLINE
- the practice of training people to obey rules
or a code of behavior, using punishment to
correct disobedience.
- training that corrects, molds, or perfects the
mental faculties or moral character
 The term “society” came from the Latin word
societas, which in turn was derived from the
word socious (comrade, friend or ally) used to
describe a bond or interaction between
parties that are friendly, or at least civil.
 According to philosophers Aristotle human
beings are zoo politikon or political animals.
That is human beings are creatures whose
nature is for them to live in a society or group.
 With that definition of society it implies that
every individual person exists and belongs in
to a society in various shape of form.
 As members of a society it is our duties to
study and understand how this group of
people works, how it developed unto its
modern form, how it persisted and adapted
to the changes it has faced since its
foundation.
 Philosophy can simply be defined as “love of
wisdom. It came from Greek word “Philos”
(love) and “Sophos” (Wisdom).
 Philosophy is different from science; Philosophy
is based on analytic understanding of the nature
of truth asserted about specific topics.
 Unlike philosophy sciences are based on
empirical data, tested theories and carefully
contrived observations. Philosophy asks the
question: What is the nature of truth? How do
we know what we know? And what is the
meaning of life? On the other had science is
inductive; it seeks to discover the truth about
specific causes of events and happenings in the
natural world.
 Philosophy and Science goes hand and hand
until the modern times where they are
classified as two different studies that might
intertwined based on topics at discussion.
 Lynn McDonald asserted that the sixth century is the
period of the establishment of Social Science. Above
and beyond until the eighteenth century, there was the
primitive confusion between Science and Philosophy,
and only a few authors showed a scientific rather than a
philosophical attitude in their works.
 In the eighteenth century the idea of a rigorous
separation between Science and Philosophy emerged,
but still, it was a philosophical approach which
predominated in the period and the notion of an
autonomous Social Science had not been generally
accepted.
 Maurice Duverger also argued that till
eighteenth century there was no distinct
form of research but it was the Social
Philosophy rather than a Social Science
which was practiced having a “Philosophical
attitude” towards studying society.
 Auguste Comte, the father of sociology. He was the
first to put life to the concept of Social Sciences with
its separate disciplines, by coining the term Sociology
but he originally used “Social Physics” which aims to
discover the social laws that govern the development
of societies. His social scheme was based on a
Philosophy called Positivism, which gave impetus to
the shift from Social Philosophy to Social Sciences. He
suggested that there were 3 stages in the
development of the societies, namely:
 1. Theological Stage -
 2. Meta-physical Stage-
 3. Positive Stage-
 Science can be classified into two main
branches known as natural science and social
science. Natural science is a branch of science
that deals with the natural world whereas
social science is a branch of science that deals
with human society and social relationships.
Thus, the main difference between natural
science and social science is that natural
science studies natural events whereas social
science studies the human society.
 Natural science deals with the natural world. It is concerned
with the phenomena and objects of nature and the physical
world. Natural science involves comprehension, description,
and prediction of natural phenomena using empirical and
observational evidence. Hypothesis formed in natural
sciences must be verified scientifically to be regarded as a
scientific theory.
 Natural science can be divided into two main branches
known as biological science (life science) and physical
science. Biological science is concerned with living
organisms whereas physical science is concerned with the
physical world. Physical science is divided into sub-branches,
including chemistry, physics, astronomy and Earth science.
These branches can be further divided into more specialized
fields.
 Social Science is a vast field that is concerned
with the human society and the relationships
among individuals within it. This field also has
a vast number of sub-fields such as
economics, geography, political science,
anthropology, history, archeology, linguistics,
law, and sociology.
 If we examine the course of development of the
various social science disciplines, we find that they
follow, on the whole, a pattern through which the
older natural sciences also passed. At this stage the
social science has become institutionalized to a high
degree. It has now become a subject of research.
 Lawrence A. Kempton in his article “Social Sciences
Today” states that social science as science is very
young and there is confusion with regards to its limits
and boundaries. History moves in to the humanities,
economics becomes mathematics, anthropology and
psychology ally themselves with biology and the
geography is at home with physical science.
 While in its initial period, it may have been the preoccupation of a group
of semi-amateurs, philosopher, practical men in business and
government, or gentleman of leisure; it now has become a subject of
research on the part of academic specialists. In the third and the most
mature stage of discipline the battles over method have subsided, the
theoretical rivalries tend to be submerged in the efforts to elaborate
propositions bridging the differences and contributing towards the
further progress of the discipline.
 As the name itself suggests, Social Science is concerned about society. As
of the Webster’s third international dictionary, Social Science is defined
as “the branch of Science that deals with the institutions and functioning
of human society and with the interpersonal relationships of individuals
as members of society. It aims at understanding all aspects of society as
well as finding solutions to deal with social problems. It is a broad area of
knowledge and includes several different disciplines under its domain.
The main ones that you need to know at this stage are: