What is Social Science?

Though every stream and aspect of academics someway or the other casts impact on the society, the core scientific disciplines have an indirect bearing as their focus is primarily on to the scientific phenomena. At the same time, there are several disciplines where human beings and the society is the focus of study. Some are engaged in unraveling the past, some the other aspects of human being and society viz social, cultural, political, economic etc. Such disciplines are broadly referred in the ambit of Social Sciences or Humanities. 

Why to Choose Humanities?

The pursuit of Social Sciences exposes one to several aspects of society and the human beings. Many find it exciting to know about civilization past where some are more interested in exploring the behavioral, social, cultural, political and other aspects of civilization. Such studies are of immense importance in designing the process of human development.

Besides the Academic avenue, background in Social Sciences also prepares you to explore career options like Civil services, Banking services, Research, Social Work etc. Students having orientation towards profession like Teaching, Language training, Archaeology, Art work etc. also choose Social Sciences as a stream of academics. Students also go for specializations, Doctoral and post Doctoral degree, to enrich their knowledge base and serve the society with their rich experiences and expertise.

Courses in Social Sciences can be pursued right after 10th class but specializations are offered at post graduate and at research levels.

Humanities - Streams of Study

Humanities is a broad academic field under which students study various types of human interactions, using methods that are largely analytical, critical or exploratory.
But Humanities Honor’s is an interdisciplinary major drawing from literature, foreign languages, history, philosophy, visual art and music along with a tactic for the study of cultural and intellectual history. Humanities contains something explicit to explore in itself. As it serves several disciplines where human beings and the society focus on different kinds of studies.Humanities is also referred to ‘Integrated Humanities’ which states this stream as the study of History and Geography with Religious Education, Sociology, Psychology, Government and Politics and sometimes Law. It is also regarded as the subject where many humanities courses are taught in lectures and seminars.Humanities Honors make the student pursue further graduation work in the humanity disciplines for teaching in public and private schools, government, technology, tourism and civil or foreign service. On the other hand thinking about the Humanities Department as a whole, it offers classes that expand students awareness to the human condition.

National Scenario
Educational structure in India

Humanities in INDIA is taught at the school level as intermediate (10+2), College level as Bachelors and at the universities it’s taught to award Master degree and PhD. Apart from universities India has various institutes catering to any specific area of Humanities as well.

School Level: Humanities in Intermediate level (10+2) is studied under Arts as a stream. Major subjects taught during intermediate are , political science, Hindi ( depending upon the board ), history, geography, English, sociology, etc.