Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences

Explore human behavior, society and culture.

Programs & Courses
Degrees and certificates
Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences

Degree: Associate of Arts
Program Type: Transfer Degree
Pathway: Social Science; English; Arts, Media & Culture
Additional Program Option: Online
Credits: 64

Shape change

��Ĵ�ý's Humanities and Social Sciences degree program provides you with new ways of interpreting and experiencing the world. See diversity in societies around the world as you gain invaluable skills. This degree can be earned online or in person.

Program sheet

Education of choices

Communication, thinking for yourself and problem solving are the core of this program. You might find answers to what drives our professional and personal lives. Scientific methods, artistic expression, literature, psychology and sociology give context to human experience. Focused courses in the arts, world languages and theater enhance your learning experience on campus.

��Ĵ�ý adjunct instructor Katherine Patterson looks over a student's work in class

Continued education

Finding her passion

Amanda Rose Mastropietro stands in a hallway at ��Ĵ�ý, where she discovered a passion for teaching one to one.

My time at ��Ĵ�ý gave me a really great opportunity to carve a pathway for what I do now."

Amanda Rose Mastropietro speech language pathologist with bachelor's and master's degrees from the former College of Saint Rose 2014

Careers in Humanities and Social Sciences

SUNY ADK advantage

$89k

average salary

of public relations specialists in New York state

$49k

average salary

of historians in New York state

38%

of associate degrees

conferred in the United States are Liberal Arts

Learning outcomes

Develop sufficient background in a humanities or social science discipline to qualify for upper-level study.
Demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed to think critically.
Employ effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
Articulate the presence and influence of diversity within societies such as the United States and those in Western Europe, as well as throughout the world.
Demonstrate the skills and knowledge related to personal health and fitness, lifelong sports and recreational wellness.
Examine expression and the creative process in one or more of the areas of humanities.
Demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method.
Identify basic factors relevant to the analysis of human behavior.

Our professors

Catherine Basila

Distinguished professor of Psychology

R. Thomas Bobal

Professor of History

Mark Dragoni

Assistant professor of European History

Valerie Haskins

Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology

Anna Hill

Associate professor of Sociology

Wendy Johnston

Associate professor of Political Science; Chair of Social Science Division
��Ĵ�ý delegate to the Faculty Council of Community Colleges; chair of the Faculty Council Governance Committee

Joanne Malkani

Professor of Psychology

Jon R. McCarthy

Assistant professor of Sociology
Criminal Justice Program academic advisor

John Pennachio

Distinguished professor of Psychology/Sociology

Evan Sullivan

Assistant professor of European History

Lydia Treadway

Professor of Psychology & Substance Abuse Services