BA in Social Science - Opportunities for the future
At the advent of regional integration and future amalgamation of ASEAN community, new economic regulations and mechanisms imposed inevitably results in immense social and cultural changes in this region. The BA in Social Science program will equip students with knowledge and understanding with regard to regional transformation interplaying with history, economics, politics, culture and environment through social science viewpoint as well as with analytical skills making them ready for changingcontext of globalization.
Why Social Sciences at CMU? Social science programs at Chiang Mai University have long been internationally well-known for highly qualified multi-disciplined academic staffs and research strength. Particularly, the newly launched BA in Social Science has been built up as a comprehensive studying program. Besides attending regular classes, students are encouraged to participate in regularly-organized special lectures and seminars and to interact with experts and visiting researchers from SEA region as well as different parts of the world. The program requires students to undertake an internship at an organization. In this program, students will have a chance to study fundamental courses in international relations, political sciences, social sciences, sociology and anthropology, geography and economics while exposing to contemporary SEA issues as various as urbanism, environment,, agrarian society, globalization, migrations, health, poverty, religion, gender, ethnicity, climate change, human rights and several others. As an English program, students’ skills in English reading, writing, and speaking will be steadily enhanced. The multi-cultural studying atmosphere provides life skills for them to comfortably adapt to people of different nationalities, languages and cultures. With a unique program design, distinct students’ qualifications gained from degree-training, plus the knowledge of the region in depth and breath, the graduates from the BA in Social Science can assure prospective career in competitive regional job market. |
Prospective professions after graduation |
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