Social Sciences (BA)
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences aims to prepare professionals in social sciences with a multidisciplinary approach. The program focuses on the study of the foundations of the social sciences and is supplemented with the study of courses of specific areas to be determined by the student in agreement with his academic adviser and the approval of the department director. It provides a flexible and innovative programmatic vision, which promotes the integral development of students to expand their cognitive and creative capacities, as well as the critical judgment necessary to perform in the contemporary world.
The Metropolitan Campus is authorized to offer this Program.
Competencies Profile of Graduates
This Program is designed to develop the competencies that will permit students to:
Knowledge
- Explain the cultural experiences that have contributed to the formation of human beings.
- Develop a person who knows and understands the problems of human beings in their social and historical process of development.
- Integrate the interdisciplinary knowledge to the formation of a globalizing vision of the world.
Skills
- Develop the critical, analytical and constructive thought that will enable you to reflect on the vital problems of human beings.
- Communicate effectively and analyze and synthesize knowledge from a variety of academic disciplines within Social Sciences.
- Use information technology for the analysis and solving of problem in Social Sciences.
- Apply critical thinking from a multidisciplinary conceptual frame.
- Integrate knowledge in order to develop a person interested in improving the personal, family, social, environmental, economic and political life of Puerto Rico and the rest of the world.
Attitudes
- Be aware of their personal and social responsibility, and be committed to use their talents for the benefit of others.
- Show solidarity with other human beings and recognize, respect and defend the dignity and the right of others to their individuality.
- Foment the participation of humanitarian, environmentalist, political and economic the events of national and international impact.
Admission Requirements
In addition to the admission requirements established in this Catalog, students of this Program must be interviewed when this is necessary. If an interview is necessary for online education students who will attend courses outside Puerto Rico, this may be conducted through the means available to students. The interview will be supervised by a proctor in the place where the student is located as determined by the University.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Sciences
| General Education Requirements |
48 credits |
| Core Course Requirements |
22 credits |
| Major Requirements |
38 credits |
| Elective Courses |
12 credits |
| Total |
120 credits |
General Education Requirements - 48 credits
Forty eight (48) credits are required as explained in the section “General Education Requirements for Bachelors’ Degrees."
Core Course Requirements - 22 credits
Major Requirements - 38 credits
Students will take 38 major credits selected from the following disciplines: Sociology, Anthropology, Archeology, Criminology, Political Science, Community Development, Gender Studies and Cultural Studies, among others. The major requirements will be established in agreement between the student and the academic adviser, with the approval of the department director.