Outcomes & Performance
The mission of the Macro-Social Sciences department is to provide students with a basic understanding of the human behavior from a historical, economic and political science perspective, and prepare students to contribute to society as effective and responsible citizens of their regional, national, and global communities.
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- Economic theories and concepts: To understand economic theories and concepts and their applications to real world problems.
- Understand the fundamental economic question of the allocation of scarce resources.
- Apply economic reasoning to evaluate real world circumstances and current events.
- Analysis of economic issues: To develop an analytical way of solving economic issues.
- Comprehend supply and demand, and functions of market price.
- Comprehend the implications of various economic policies.
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- Historical events and persons: Identify and describe selected historical events and persons.
- Identify who/what, when, where, and why a selected historical event or person is significant.
- Historical analysis: Analyze a historical problem, event, idea, or person.
- Analyze the significant causes of a given historical event, idea, or person.
- Judge the significance of selected historical events, ideas, or persons.
- Defend a given interpretation of history using selected examples.
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- National government: Examine, explain, and analyze the basic principles of democracy and determine whether the American political system fulfills those principles.
- Identify and explain the key principles of democracy.
- Identify and explain the implications of various outcomes of an event, idea, issue, process, or institution for democracy and society.
- Explain whether the processes and institutions of American government meet the principles of democracy.
- Identify and explain reform ideas that would allow the American government more effectively meet democratic principles
- Political influences: Analyze a political event, idea, issue, process, or institution.
- Identify and explain the various positions related to a political event, idea, issue, process, or institution, as well as their respective strengths and weaknesses.
- Identify and explain the behavior and motivations of the actors involved in an event, idea, issue, process, or institution.
- Determine the significance and importance of a political event, idea, issue, process, or institution for democracy or public policy.
- Identify and explain the implications of various outcomes of an event, idea, issue, process, or institution for democracy and society.
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- National government: Examine, explain, and analyze the basic principles of democracy and determine whether the American political system fulfills those principles.
- Identify and explain the key principles of democracy.
- Identify and explain the implications of various outcomes of an event, idea, issue, process, or institution for democracy and society.