Friendships Across #instagenerations
Ashley Lytle's assessments showed that students who participated in the #instagenerations project experienced, "a significant decrease in aging anxiety."
Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree
With an outstanding faculty and a low student-to-faculty ratio, the Social Sciences program at Stevens allows students to explore a variety of disciplines while concentrating in one field. This interdisciplinary focus allows students to study the political, sociological, and psychological impact of technology, engineering, and science upon society.
About the Program
Students can choose a specific track to focus their studies on within the social sciences, including psychology, sociology or political science.
The Psychology track gives students the opportunity to study behavior and mental processes, as well as the study of intelligence, language acquisition, and human development across the life span. In combination with the breadth of interdisciplinary curricula across Stevens, several of our students have gone on to study medicine, become researchers in neuroscience, or have careers in business, industrial organization, school counseling and clinical psychology. At the B.A. level, students may find work in government agencies, like child welfare, or in non-governmental agencies.
Focusing in Sociology allows students to learn about issues from social relationships and interactions (microsociology) to social institutions and organizations (macrosociology) as well as the connection between the two. The sociology track is is a good foundation for graduate studies in sociology, social psychology and related fields. In addition, sociology graduates may find work in government agencies, non-profit organizations, social service agencies, and educational institutions. They can also go on to plan careers in law, social welfare, education, public health, market research, public relations, management, and human resources.
Political Science students focus on political systems, governments and ideologies while considering the nuances of power and politics. Within political science there are several specialized areas: international relations, comparative politics, national politics, state and local politics. Lately, areas such as public opinion, political parties, legal studies, gender and racial politics have received the greatest attention. The political science track readies students for career options in the public sector, research organizations, think tanks, non-profit organizations and non-governmental organizations.
In January 2017, the Stevens Diplomacy Lab was announced as a semifinalist for the 2017 Innovations in American Government Awards competition from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
The Latest Headlines from Social Sciences
The Bomb & You
As a co-principal investigator, Professor Karl helped host The Bomb & You, an exposition on nuclear risk communication in the 21st century.
FiveThirtyEight
On Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, an article about the 2020 election referenced assistant professor Lindsey Cormack's DCinbox project.
The Washington Post
Assistant professors Karl, Lytle, and Wellerstein published a piece on how to respond to a nuclear explosion in The Washington Post.
Schept's Newest Book
Teaching associate professor Susan Schept published her newest book, which challenges the perception of a hostile God within Jewish texts.
The Party of Veterans
In Congress and U.S. Veterans: From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis, Lindsey Cormack evaluates how the parties legislate and communicate veterans' policies.
More Headlines
See all the ways students and faculty from Stevens' social sciences program have been making news.
What Students Have to Say
Think Critically
My social sciences degree enabled me to be a more critical thinker, a better listener and a more eloquent writer. I constantly use these skills while dealing with patients and writing their reports.
Ameer Halim '16, Medical Student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Make An Impact
The courses and professors allow me to explore the impact of science and technology on fields like medicine and international relations, giving me a new perspective on careers I intend to pursue.
