Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences (DISS)

Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences (DISS) OUTLINE

This course shall use the OBE (Outcome-Based Education) whereas the learners have the freedom to do any kind of activity in relations to the topic, as the modern generations need to adapt or change the way their learning behavior.

GRADING SYSTEM:

6 consecutive absent without proper documentation i.e. medical certificate and others, the learner shall have a failing grade for every Long Test.

Group activity shall be graded as one in Performance Task, to promote camaraderie or team player.

Attendance shall cover the 50% grade of quizzes.

Defining Social Sciences as the study of society

 Introducing the disciplines within the Social Sciences and the historical context of the emergence of each discipline
     1. Anthropology
     2. Economics
     3. Geography
     4. History
     5. Linguistics
     6. Political Science
     7. Psychology
     8. Sociology
     9. Demography



DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS

1. Structural-Functionalism
2. Marxism
3. Symbolic Interactionism
4. Psychoanalysis
5. Rational Choice
6. Institutionalism
7. Feminist Theory
8. Hermeneutical Phenomenology
9. Human-Environment Systems

INDIGENIZING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Filipino Social Thinkers
2. Institute of Philippine Culture’s study on Philippine values
3. Sikolohiyang Pilipino
4. Pantayong Pananaw

SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE REAL WORLD

1. Professions
2. Applications and intersections of the approaches in addressing social problems