The Department of Social Sciences at
Michigan Tech differs in important ways from the departments
that offer social sciences courses in many other universities.
The most obvious difference is the grouping of scholars
from anthropology, archaeology, history, sociology, geography,
political science, and science and technology studies
within a single department. The other basic difference
has been the efforts over the past twenty years to develop
a faculty with a research orientation toward science and
technology within society. Both of these patterns are
a reflection of the engineering and science bent of Michigan
Tech, a situation that also has helped shape the various
missions to which this department is committed.
First, faculty in this Department seek
to broaden and enhance the education of undergraduate
science and engineering students, whatever their major.
The Department plays a central role in all facets of the
General Education curriculum, from required first-year
courses to upper-division classes that satisfy distribution
requirements.
Second, the Social Sciences Department
offers several quality undergraduate, degree-granting
programs in history and the social sciences, including
social studies education and pre-law.
Third, the Department sponsors two small
but high-quality graduate programs in the fields of industrial
history and archaeology and in environmental policy, with
a focus upon land-use questions. In both programs, activities
are guided by groups of faculty with national and international
visibility.
Finally, Social Sciences faculty are
committed to high-standards of performance in teaching
and in research. Individual members of the department
are highly visible in national and international organizations
in their fields as editors, elected officers, and board
members, and play parts in various research organizations.
Faculty here are involved in demonstrating how social
science scholarship provides value and enhancements for
scholarly projects pursued by colleagues in the sciences
and engineering with related interests. A number of collaborative
research projects are underway that involve close working
relationships with technical and scientific faculty across
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Researchers
to Uncover Septic Secrets
Department of Social Sciences Charter
2002
PERIODIC REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
2002 PERIODIC
REVIEW RESPONSE, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Social Sciences Assessment Plan
Graduate students present
their research at a departmental poster session. Some of the titles included Quincy Second Hillside Edition, Home of One's Own, Dakota Heights, Dodgeville, and Coburntown.
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