15 Social Science BA Degree Programs

The International Relations BA program at Webster Leiden is designed to prepare students for leadership and service in the international community. Students examine the great political powers, humanitarian issues, and the dynamics of the global community using contemporary American and European approaches. Through our program, you are given the opportunity to explore, critique, and understand the social, political, and economic interactions of our contemporary globalized world.

A major and a minor in sociology are offered as preparation for graduate studies or for careers in applied sociology, public policy, business, social work, law, and teaching, among others. Course offerings include sociological foundations, as well as cultural anthropology and social work.

The Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon students who have satisfactorily completed a minimum of 120 semester hours of academic work, and is offered only through the part-time evening program. This program is designed to meet two major objectives:  to provide students with a solid introduction to the liberal arts and to allow students (through judicious use of their electives) the flexibility to combine those studies with their vocational or avocational interests.

This is an interdisciplinary major designed primarily for students who desire a broad, multidisciplinary general education in the best tradition of the liberal arts and who wish to avoid the specialization of a major field. (Note: these requirements are for those students majoring in Liberal Studies only, not for those students majoring in both Liberal Studies and Education.)

AIC’s International Studies program offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the politics, geography, economics, and history of societies around the world. For students looking for a global perspective that balances breadth and depth, this program is your entry into the world of international affairs.

A degree in Media, Culture and Communication will entail facing the challenge of keeping pace with the latest trends, technologies, and debates. Media, Culture, and communication degrees aim to prepare students for work in media-related industries, and train them to critically analyze the ways in which the media reflects, represents, and influences the world.

This degree uniquely positions you to explore some of the world’s most pressing problems while preparing for a career with an international focus: in business, diplomacy, policy development, and for advocacy in a global civil society.

Upon successful completion of the study program students receive an international private Bachelor in International Relations degree awarded by the school's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned.

The aim of the Bachelor course in Social Work is to optimally prepare students for the diverse areas of application in Social Work. The degree can be completed in addition to a job. In addition to the Bachelor's degree, the graduates receive state recognition as a social worker / social worker.

Bachelor of Arts in American Studies is an interdisciplinary liberal arts program. Courses in the program examine the history and culture of the United States, social and economic structure, forms of cultural expression, and political and legal institutions. These courses integrate history, sociology, literature, and media studies and are designed to encourage the development of critical thinking, debate and clear expository writing.

The Politics, Economics and Law curriculum has various objectives: to introduce students to the disciplines of political science, political economy and economics and to examine how these different areas intersect to shape U.S. and international law, institutions, and policies. Such a course of study provides the student with a strong background in the historical development of corporations, social welfare policies, labor organizations, and civil liberties and civil rights movements.

Our Liberal Arts program is largely self-designed. This program qualifies you to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree qualification that you design for exactly the skills you need and what you want to learn. It enables you to develop knowledge and understanding within and across specific subject areas that, along with the Soft Skills, can be transferred anywhere, anytime. It is a combination of learning, self-reflection, and social impact.

The B.A. in Human and Organizational Development prepares undergraduate students to pursue entry-level positions in organizations as human resource development professionals, corporate training and development, training specialists, learning and development professionals, talent development specialists, and instructional designers.

Equip yourself to work in the helping professions and become focused on serving and assisting others when you earn your bachelor's degree in Health and Human Services from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean Global Campus (UCCGC). This human services degree prepares you to provide health and human services to diverse populations of all ages.

The Sociology Major has five components.Basic courses provide students who have no training in sociology with general introduction to the discipline. Foundation courses provide necessary grounding in sociological theory, analysis and methods.