Social Sciences

Social Science Major

The requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science appear in section 3 of the Academic Rules and Regulations

Fields

Social science majors must take 10 courses within the domain. Social science majors may currently complete requirements with tracks in the following academic disciplines:

Methodology Requirement

Students must take all methodology courses required for their courses, thesis, and major: 

Major

- UCACCMET12 Research in Practice (level 1) 
- A minimum of 7,5 credits at level 2, including any 2,5 credit methods module needed to achieve that minimum.

Courses

If applicable, methods requirements are stated in individual course outlines under the heading ‘prerequisites’.

Thesis

Each Social Science thesis requires a level 2 methodology course. See below the specified requirements per discipline.
From Fall 2024 onwards, students with an interdomain SSC-SCI major can use Biostatistics UCACCSTA21 to replace -MET22 or -MET23.

Rhoda Woets

Anthropology

Charmaine Ramos

Economics (track coordinator)

Dea van Lierop

Geography

Diana Odier-Contreras Garduño

Law

Kirsten Namesnik

Methods & Statistics

Guus de Krom

Methodologies

Gamze Avci

Political Science

Robert Renes

Psychology

Marco van Leeuwen

Sociology