Our Vision

The Social Science program in the School of Letters and Sciences is unique in its location at Arizona State University. Although we provide education to our students that meets traditional expectations in the social sciences, we are not another generic social science division on a university campus. Rather, we seek to sculpt a first-rate social science entity appropriate to a polytechnic learning center.

We are developing core strength on the interaction of science, technology and human systems and would like to become a world-class learning center in this area. The charge is expansive. It includes governance and public policy; science, technology and community development; science, technology, culture and human values; the politics of technology development; science, technology and population diversity; science, technology and international engagement; and science, technology and the environment.