Unit One - Course Overview
Why Study Social Sciences?
Analysis
Moral Reasoning
10 Primary Course Themes
Course Description & Syllabus
Description
Learning Objectives
Syllabus
Student Profile (Form)
Pre-test (not graded)

Unit Two - Definitions
What is Social Science?
Fields of Social Science
Anthropology, Sociology
Psychology, Economics
Political Science, History, Geography
The Importance of Methodology in Social Science
Importance of Method
Social Science Method
Approaches
Substance of Social Science
Benefits & Limitations
A Cross-Cultural Highlight
Exercise # 1: Using the Social Science Method ~ Emblems and Character Analysis
Exercise 
Form  
Student Highlights

Unit Three - Anthropology
Anthropology- Scope & Schools of Thought
Anthropology -Definition - Visuals Based Question # 1: "Anthropology & Social Organization"
Physical & Cultural Anthropology
Beginnings of Anthropology
Early Evolutionism
Historical Particularism
Functionalism & Other Schools
Biographical Focus: Franz Boas
Biography Sketch
Research
Writings
Topic: The Institution of Marriage
Purpose of Marriage
Types of Marriage
Future of Marriage   
Essay # 1 - Ceram
Assignment
Essay Input

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Unit Four - Sociology
Sociology - Scope & Schools of Thought
Sociology - A Definition - Visuals Based Question # 2: "Socialization and Identity"
Beginnings of Sociology
Evolution & Revolution
Systematic Sociology - Durkheim
Systematic Sociology - Weber
Biographical Focus: Emile Durkheim
Biography Sketch
Research - Students of Durkheim
Writings 
Topic: The Group & Individual Identity
Socialization
Social Roles
The Adjusted American
Essay # 2- Aries
Assignment
Essay Input

Unit Five - Psychology
Psychology - Scope & Schools of Thought
Psychology - A Definition
Beginnings of Psychology
Functionalism
Psychoanalysis
Behaviorism
Humanism
Biographical Focus: Sigmund Freud
Biography Sketch
Freudian Psychology
Neo-Freudian Ideas
Writings
Exercise # 2 - The Uses of Enchantment
Exercise Explanation
Fairy Tale
Form
Student Highlights
Student Mid Course Evaluation

Unit Six - Film Exercise

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Unit Seven - Economics
Economics: Scope & Schools of Thought
Economics - A Definition - Visuals Based Discussion # 3: "Economics - Financial Plans for the Various Classes"
The Four Economic Features of a Society
Classical Economics I
Classical Economics II
The Government & the Individual - Marxism and Capitalism
Macroeconomics
Topic: Confucian Capitalism - The Case of Japan
Historical Context
WWII & Economic Recovery
Government & Culture I
Government & Culture II
Limitations of the Miracle
Exercise # 3 - The Pacific Rim Economies
Exercise Explanation
Form
Student Highlights

Unit Eight - Political Science
Political Science: Scope & Schools of Thought
Political Science - A Definition - Visual Based Discussion # 4 - "Political Science - The Role of the Nation State"
Ancient Philosophy
Modern Philosophy - The Nation State and Modern Ideology
Institutional Political Science - A Case Study
Behavioral Political Science - Polls and Voting Behavior
Fields of Study
Biographical Focus: Confucius
Biography Sketch
Chinese Values & Society
Confucian Philosophy
Writings
Topic: Political Leadership
Definition of Leadership
Transactional & Transformational Leadership
Comparison: Franklin Roosevelt & Josef Stalin
Essay # 3 - Ruis
Assignment
Essay Input

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Unit Nine - History
History: Scope & Schools of Thought
Definition - - Visuals Based Discussion # 5: "History - The Pursuit of Truth"
Primary & Secondary Sources
Organic & Scientific Nominalist Schools of History
Dialectical Schools of History
Other Schools of History
Biographical Focus: Marc Bloch
Biographical Sketch
The Annales School of History
Braudel & Furet
Writings
Topic: Psychohistory & Biography
Definition of Psychohistory
Moses
Martin Luther
Lyndon Johnson
Exercise # 4 - History in Everyday Life: Meaning & Individual Fate
Exercise Explanation
Form
Student Highlights

Unit 10 - Methodology
Databases - A Definition - Visual Based Discussion # 6 - "Databases and Democracy"
Database Sections
Facts & Interpretations
Statistics
Types of Statistics - PDQ Excerpt
PDQ Cont.
PDQ Cont.
PDQ Cont.
PDQ Cont.
Social Science Post-test

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