Webster University

Offered at the following Webster locations:

St. Louis Home Campus | Leiden, the Netherlands | London, United Kingdom |

The degree in Social Science encompasses all the disciplines within Webster's Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences: Anthropology, Legal Studies, Psychology, and Sociology.

Students are required to take several classes from each discipline in order to gain a general understanding of the behavioral sciences. This major is popular for those students wanting a broad social science understanding.

Skills and Methods
The Social Science major is constructed to help you develop a multicultural understanding of the current and historical human experience, as well as the analytical skills necessary for critically evaluating the diversity of human belief systems.

The major's research and analytical component will prepare you to tackle future career goals or advanced degree programs in more specialized fields in the social sciences.

You will use approaches that range from the scientific to the philosophical, from the experimental to the theoretical. Through these methods you will develop and apply problem-solving skills that will help you think analytically and to communicate clearly and persuasively throughout your life and career.

Careers in the Social Sciences
Social sciences graduates pursue a wide variety of post-graduate opportunities, from law school or governmental professions to sociological research, business or academic careers.

Some pursue careers in teaching, social service, museums, historical societies, nonprofit organizational settings, or corporations, while others are preparing for admission to graduate and professional training programs.

Early in your enrollment, a faculty advisor will help you assess and plan your program of study, focusing on your specific academic and career goals.

With a minimum of 51 credit hours in the program area, you will study human societies from perspectives such as culture, gender, evolution and family structures. The interdisciplinary design of the major means you will be able to approach these subjects from a variety of disciplines in the behavioral and social sciences.