Disciplines and Ideas in

the Social Sciences

Basis: (K to 12 Most Essential Learning Competenceies with
Corresponding CG Codes)
Course Overview:
Introduction to Social Sciences with Natural Sciences and
Humanities
Nature and Functions of Social Science Disciplines
Emergence of Social Science Disciplines
Social Science Theories
Structural-Functionalism
Marxism and Symbolic Interactionism
Psychoanalysis and Rational Choice
Institutionalism and Feminist Theory
Hermeneutical Phenomenology and Human-Environment
Systems
Importance of the Aforementioned Theories
 Objectives nato mga idol:

• define Social Sciences as the study of society;

and
• define Natural Sciences and Humanities to
differentiate from Social Sciences.
 Definition of Social Science
• branch of science devoted to the study of societies and the relationships
among individuals within those societies.
• as those mental or cultural sciences which deal with the activities of the
individual as member of the group.
• The term social sciences thus embrace all those subjects which deal with the
relationship of man to the society.
• In short, social science is the study of society.
 Natural Sciences
• A major branch of science that deals
with the description, prediction and
understanding of natural
phenomena, basically based on
observational and empirical evidence.
 Humanities
•refers to the study of the ways in which the
human experience is processed and documented.
• encompasses the field of philosophy, literature,
religion, art, music, history and language.