Social Sciences
Mission
The Social Sciences Department at Southeast New Mexico College wants to provide students with a holistic understanding and critical appreciation of the cultural, political, social and economic elements of society. The department’s curriculum presents a broad-based foundation in the social sciences. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding, analyzing and critiquing the geographic, historical, social, political, economic and cultural conditions.
About
The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including:
Programs
- Heritage Interpretation
- Criminal Justice
- Social Work
Classes
- Anthropology
- Geography
- Government
- History
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Sociology
Criminal Justice Program
Criminal Justice is designed for students who are seeking employment in the law enforcement field or wish to transfer to a four-year school and complete a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice or law enforcement. The Criminal Justice degree plan is broadly interdisciplinary in nature, embracing the study of the humanities, law and behavioral and social sciences.
Heritage Interpretation (Associate of Arts – Certificate) are designed to prepare students for service as park interpreters and technicians, or for any field in which knowledge of cultural and natural heritage of the Southwest would be useful.
Social Services is designed to prepare students for careers in social service or community health agencies as paraprofessionals. Because of the large General Education component, the degree also prepares the student for successful transition into a variety of baccalaureate degree majors.