Concentration Requirements
Social Studies 10
Social Studies 98
Thematic Courses
Social Studies 99
Economics
Statistics & Quantitative Reasoning
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Related Courses
Senior Oral Examinations
Courses that Automatically Count in Social Studies
SOCIAL STUDIES 10: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL STUDIES
All first-year concentrators in Social Studies take Social Studies 10, a full course that introduces students to the classics of social theory. This year’s reading list includes selections from Smith, Mill, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Tocqueville, deBeauvoir, Foucault, and Habermas. The purpose of Social Studies 10 is to teach students to read and write about social theory. The first semester focuses on the rise of commercial society, and the second semester focuses on the rise of the individual and the demise of traditional societies.
Social Studies 10 is taught jointly by faculty and teaching fellows. All students are required to attend a lecture held on Tuesdays at 2:00. Students are then divided into small groups that meet for a weekly two-hour tutorial meeting. Each year a faculty member has primary responsibility for administering Social Studies 10. This faculty member organizes the tutorials, gives the majority of the lectures, and represents the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies to first-year concentrators. In 2009-2010, Professors Richard Tuck and Michael Frazer will head Social Studies 10.
Social Studies awards the Mill-Taylor Prize to the authors of the two best papers written in Social Studies each year. Prize recipients are awarded two hundred fifty dollars.