Mission Statement

The Social Science Department, a member of the Division Social Sciences, Philosophy and Transfer Education, supports the college mission by offering liberal arts/college transfer courses. The following list of department goals explains how the department sees its role in the institution’s educational program:

• To provide freshman and sophomore level transfer courses in the social sciences to students with a wide variety of academic backgrounds and expectations
• To foster in students the ability to critically read college level interpretations of historical and contemporary societies in the western and non-western world.
• To give students knowledge of the nature of social science methodology and an appreciation of its strengths and limitations as an instrument of analysis.
• To assist students to develop subtle judgments about inherently complex issues and to present that understanding in effective writing.
• To help students understand themselves and others better so they can problem solve successfully and be more fulfilled.
• To serve as a resource to others.