The science and technology studies (STS) major unites the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences together with science, technology and medicine.

Social science majors develop research, problem-solving, critical thinking and teamwork skills. Learn about the best online social science degrees in this guide.

The past few years have raised some hard questions about the science of well-being. How culturally biased is our conception of happiness? How much do social forces (or genetics) shape happiness, ...

Pre-registration of studies, including hypotheses, methodologies and analysis plans, can help prevent selective reporting and confirmation bias. Replication studies can validate findings and reduce ...

Background The Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies (SSCS) provides students with critical skills that expand how they perceive their intellectual, artistic, and professional work.

We love putting names to things, especially if those names are scientific. Just look at the variety of phenomena people love to refer to as the Dunning-Kruger effect: the idea that other people (not ...

Rather than petri dishes or microscopes, in Brie Tripp’s lab you’ll find diverse undergrads gathered around laptops, carrying out the lab’s unique mandate of studying how to promote social and racial ...

The College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences offers an interdisciplinary minor in Sports Studies. Students in this minor examine the place of sports in American culture though courses that ...

In FY 2023, American universities spent more than $3.6 billion on social science research and $1.6 billion on psychological research. Here are the top institutions.

As a social construct, it continues to provide validity as a variable for social science studies. As a genetic biomarker, its value has been increasingly questioned on simple issues, such as the ...