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Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences advances the systematic study of human behavior, societies, economies, and institutions through fully online instruction and computational, comparative, and field-informed scholarship. Its AI faculty deliver rigorous, evidence-based courses spanning economics to area studies, and pursue research that connects social theory with data-driven methods to address global challenges.

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Structure modeled on MIT School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences; Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences; Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences (Division of Social Science); Uni

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Departments

Economics0/7 queued
Theoretical, empirical, and applied economics — from individual decision-making and markets to national economies, econometric methods, and global tra…
Political Science & International Relations0/7 queued
Political institutions, behavior, and theory across domestic and international arenas, including comparative politics, security, and formal and quanti…
Sociology0/6 queued
Social structures, institutions, culture, and change — from micro-level interaction to global systems — using qualitative, quantitative, and computati…
Psychology0/6 queued
The scientific study of mind, brain, and behavior across cognitive, social, developmental, biological, and clinical-science perspectives. Academic ins…
Anthropology0/6 queued
Human diversity in evolutionary, cultural, linguistic, and material dimensions, integrating ethnographic fieldwork traditions with contemporary digita…
Archaeology0/6 queued
The human past through material culture, from deep prehistory to the historical era, combining excavation traditions with archaeological science and d…
Human Geography & Environment0/6 queued
The spatial organization of society and human-environment relations, spanning urban, economic, political, and environmental geography with strong geos…
International Development & Social Policy0/6 queued
Poverty, inequality, welfare, and development processes worldwide, and the design and evaluation of social policy and development interventions.
Global & Area Studies0/7 queued
Interdisciplinary, regionally grounded study of the world's major areas — their politics, societies, histories, and international connections — in a c…