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BA Social Science Studies

Students who major in Social Science Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas will understand how various social science disciplines structure and advance knowledge, raise and answer analytical questions, and deal with competing theories within specific fields.

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Duration

4 years

Starting Date

August, January

Tuition Fee

$29,118 per year

Location

Las Vegas, United States; Online

About the program

Emphasis is placed on developing critical awareness of the different methodologies applied to questions about society, social interaction, and human subjectivity. Students work closely with their advisers to plan a program that satisfies the required competencies in a chosen area of focus and in the social science disciplines.

Students participate in a capstone during their final semester, demonstrating the incorporation of their chosen disciplines into a project, presentation, and paper. This Social Science Studies program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas is available fully online as well as face-to-face.

Learning Outcomes

Identify the knowledge and critical procedures of the social sciences.
Describe and apply the research methods of a social science.
Write analytically and lucidly.
Synthesize the findings and protocols of at least two disciplines into a developed plan of research and analysis.
Apply a synthesized plan of research to a single problem or set of related problems concerning contemporary society.
Communicate, in oral and written form, the principal findings of a synthesized plan of research.