The School of Arts and Professions

Chair and Associate Professor
Stanley DeViney, Ph.D.

Professor:
Dr. Howard Rebach, Ph.D.

Associate Professors:
James E. Johnson
Lamin A. Mbye, Ph.D.
Lowell J. Bishop, Ph.D

MISSION

The mission of the Department of Social Sciences is the development and diffusion of knowledge of the laws which govern human behavior. The Department of Social Sciences offers a major in Sociology, Social Science Teaching, a dual degree in Sociology/Social Work, a UMES/SSU program.   Minor programs are offered in History, Political Science, and Sociology.

GOALS

The goals of the Department of Social Sciences are to stimulate in students the desire to analyze the operation of their own and other societies; to provide them with the scientific and imaginative skills by which such an analysis can be made; to establish a forum within which students can learn to evaluate and examine for themselves the major dilemmas confronting their own and other societies; and finally, to make opportunities available to students which will enable them to realize their career goals. 

OBJECTIVES

The specific objectives of the Department of Social Sciences are to develop in each student:

• An understanding of the principles that influence human societies.
• The ability to think clearly, independently, and critically;
• The ability to do social research;
• The foundations necessary for graduate study and for careers in the service professions.

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