Welcome to the Social Science Department "Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together and work together in the same world, in peace." Franklin Delano Roosevelt Undelivered speech, 1945 The Social Science Department offers a variety of courses in disciplines which cover the evolving social, political, economic and technological trends which affect the wide range of human activity at work, at home, at school, and in the local and global communities. Our Vision and Mission Statement Vision Statement We commit to partnerships with students and colleagues which will promote understanding of and thoughtful responses to the evolving social, political, economic and technological trends around the world, and thus provide skills to build a lifetime of learning. We value committed relationships that promote collaboration, personal integrity and individual responsibility. We value diversity through a deep understanding of people, ideas, and cultures. We value a thoughtful approach to reasoning that includes the intuitive and the factual, the creative and the analytic. Mission Statement To provide a basic education, in the Liberal Arts tradition, for our students to use their citizenship effectively and to understand the wide range of human activity, at work, at home, and in the local and global communities. To provide courses for programs in the other divisions in the college. To provide transfer-level, general education courses.