Social Science
Applied learning
In the age of big data, employers are actively seeking students with skills to critically analyze information about social questions and to present findings and trends. The Bachelor of Arts in Social Science lets you design an applied capstone project that showcases your abilities and prepares you to work in government, advertising, nonprofits, social services, business, and the technology sector.
Understanding society
The Bachelor of Arts in Social Science focuses on applied skills and prepares you to use data to explain trends and answer questions about social change and how people behave and make choices. You’ll study tools used to identify behavior and track trends such as voting and elections, health care, criminology, advertising, migration, use of natural resources, and economics. Our multidisciplinary approach includes history, geography, sociology, economics, and philosophy. You’ll combine a core set of social science courses with tools related to data analysis and representing information geographically to design a focused capstone project related to your interests.
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Be inspired . . . earn our social science degree
Our social science degree emphasizes learning in and out of the classroom. You’ll build on core courses and expand your interests through internships, conference presentations, and local community projects to develop a lifelong set of skills related to understanding social questions.
Our dedicated active-learning classrooms, GIS lab, and student research spaces will support you as you learn to synthesize information into effective presentations and persuasive written arguments. A 12:1 student faculty ratio ensures you’ll have direct access to your professors as you expand your academic horizons.
The College of Arts and Sciences provides a fundamental liberal arts education, giving you the knowledge, skills, and values to help you think critically and creatively.
The Social Science Division’s faculty, all experienced Ph.D.s, provide academic training and applied experience for your career and for life-long growth.
Minot State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
