SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR PSYCHOLOGY (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Describe the essential features of the social and human science in understanding human behaviour in social context; Explain major philosophical, sociological and anthropological paradigms or perspectives that enrich social scientific discourse; Apply social and human science perspective when looking at everyday life, particularly local and national social life .

Topics:

1. Human Realities in the light of Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophical Anthropology, and Psychology;
2. Human Diversities 1: Language, Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture;
3. Human Diversities 2: Religion and Arts;
4. Human Philosophical Reflections 1: Changing Concepts of the Body;
5. Human Philosophical Reflections 2: Knowledge, Intelligence, Affection, and Freedom;
6. Human Organizations: Groups, Families, Communities, Cities, and States;
7. Human Socialities: Socialization, Social Interaction, and Social Mobility;
8. Human Life Domains 1: Economy, Work, Politics, and The Modern World System;
9. Human Life Domains 2: Education, Health, and Environment;
10. Human Social Problems: Deviance, Crime, Social Control, and Global Inequality;
11. Globalization, Technology, Mass Media, and Social Change;
12. Collonialism and Development, Cultural Exchange and Survival;
13. Collective Behavior and Social Movements.