Program Coordinator Social Science: Vivien Catherine Watson
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Local: 1540 Office: 5E.24
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Program Information
The Social Science Program at Dawson College is an exciting and diverse pre-university program that prepares students for university studies in the social sciences, as well as law, education and administration by offering a sequence of courses in Anthropology, Biology, Business Administration, Classics, Economics, English, French, Geography, History, Humanities, Math, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion and Sociology.
Students may enroll in General Studies or choose from one of eight thematic profiles: Commerce, Child Studies, Environmental Studies, International Business Studies, Law, Society and Justice, North-South Studies, Psychology or Travel and Tourism Studies.
Students entering Social Science may take one, two or three mathematics courses depending on their profile. See the descriptions of the profiles and accompanying course lists for more precise information.
Objectives of the Program
The Social Science program seeks to develop the abilities of students to research, analyze, and communicate within the context of a wider awareness of the world. The goals of the Social Science Program are:
- to acquaint students with the principal concepts and practices in the social science disciplines
- to help students develop an understanding of the scientific method and the objectives and current methods of social science research
- to develop the language skills of the students so that they can communicate at an appropriate level generally, and specifically, in the vocabulary of the social sciences
- to equip the students with the capacity to establish relationships between the principal elements and concepts of the social science disciplines
- to help students integrate the disciplinary knowledge into a coherent framework.
University / Careers
A Diploma of College Studies (DEC) in Social Science allows students to pursue university studies in any social science field, provided the appropriate pre-requisite courses have been taken. Graduates then go on to rewarding careers in archeology, business, criminology, international development, education, journalism, law, politics, psychology, tourism and urban planning, among many others.
