DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN THE

APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

(HUMSS 400)

AUGUST 12,2021
ST.DOROTHY
3:00-4:00
JUDELLA H. BONIFACIO
 VIRTUAL ORIENTATION
• A. COURSE DESCRIPTION
• B. ATTENDANCE
• C. GRADING SYSTEM
• D. MOODLE ACCOUNT
• E. DO’s and DON’T during online class.
 SOCIAL SCIENCES
• ALL ABOUT HOW THE SOCIETY WORKS.
• SOCIAL SCIENTISTS EXAMINE INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE
GOVERNMENT, THE ECONOMY, AND FAMILY.
• THEY ALSO STUDY HOW INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
• GROUP OF ECONOMIC DISCIPLINES DEDICATED TO
EXAMINING SOCIETY.
 APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES
• ARE THOSE SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES, PROFESSIONS AND
OCCUPATIONS WHICH USE RESEARCH AND THEORY TO
IMPROVE THE DAILY LIFE OF COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS,
AND PERSONS.
 SOCIAL SCIENCE/APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCE
• BASICALLY THE SAME THING
• SOCIAL SCIENCE IS ABOUT PEOPLE ON HOW THEY
INTERACT WITH OTHERS IN THEIR SOCIETY AND HOW
SOCIETIES INTERACTWITH EACH OTHER.
• APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE IS ABOUT PUTTING THEORIES IN
TO PRACTICE AND DIRECTLY WITH PUBLIC AND UTILIZED
TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE DIVERSE
PROBLEM OF THE SOCIETY.
 EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
• HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
• ECONOMICS
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• ANTHROPOLOGY
• SOCIOLOGY
• PSYCHOLOGY
• LINGUISTIC
 EXAMPLE OF APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCE
• COMMUNICATION
• TRANSLATION STUDIES
• CRIMINOLOGY
• LAW
• DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
• EDUCATION
• CULTURAL STUDIES