人文与社会科学学士学位

人文与社会科学（HUSC）的目的是在学生中培养对二十一世纪世界的富有生机，从哲学和历史角度出发的理解。我们借鉴了人类学，社会学，社会心理学，语言学和社会科学研究等学科，这些学科发展出了对于理解传统文化与现代文化与社会之间的差异至关重要的概念。HUSC的学生将学习如何将在课堂上学到的基础广泛的知识应用于当代社会当前面临的现实世界中的问题.HUSC计划的主要目标是通过利用所有社会力量来抵消知识过分专业化和分隔化的分裂力量和行为科学，以及适当的人文学科和科学学科，以了解人的意义的构成。每个学生将有机会通过自己的
The aim of Human and Social Sciences (HUSC) is to cultivate in students a productive, philosophically- and historically-informed understanding of the world of the twenty-first century. We draw upon disciplines like anthropology, sociology, social psychology, linguistics, and social studies of science that have developed concepts essential for understanding the differences between traditional and modern cultures and societies. HUSC students learn how to apply broad-based theories learned in their classes to real-world issues currently being faced by contemporary societies. A major goal of the HUSC program is to counteract the divisive force of intellectual overspecialization and compartmentalization by drawing on all the social and behavioral sciences, as well as appropriate humanities and scientific disciplines, in order to understand the constitution of human meaning. Each student will have the opportunity to explore these questions through their own guided research project(s). Students develop practical skills in research design, interviewing, and data analysis. Previous research projects have addressed food insecurity in South Dallas, experiences of loneliness in college dorms, understandings of the word ''ghetto'', body image and religiosity, and representations of mental illness among Latinos in film.