List of major social sciences
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. They diverge from the arts and humanities in that the social sciences tend to emphasize the use of the scientific method in the study of humanity, including quantitative and qualitative methods.
The main social sciences include:
- Anthropology
- Communication
- Cultural studies
- Economics
- Education
- Geography
- History
- Linguistics
- Law (but see below)
- Political science
- Psychology (but see below)
- Social policy
- Sociology
- Development studies
