Humanities

What is Social Science?

Though every stream and aspect of academics someway or the other casts impact on the society, the core scientific disciplines have an indirect bearing as their focus is primarily on to the scientific phenomena. At the same time, there are several disciplines where human beings and the society is the focus of study. Some are engaged in unraveling the past, some the other aspects of human being and society viz social, cultural, political, economic etc. Such disciplines are broadly referred in the ambit of Social Sciences or Humanities.