Course Contents

The central objective of Social Studies instruction is the promotion of better citizenship Students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience to: • linking the disciplines of Social Studies of everyday life of individuals and communities; • Understand that people have social, cultural, and economic roles, rights, and responsibilities. • Understand how systems of government operate and affect people’s lives, and how they compare with another system. • To provide an understanding of behavioral actions. This is done by examining the cause-effect relationship. • To develop in students a knowledge of the workings of economic systems and a sense of the economic dimensions of social and political issues. Outline: Political Science: • Introduction to Concepts of State and Constitution. • Introduction of Different Political Systems as Presidential/Parliamentarian Monarchy/Dictatorship Government Systems • Introduction to Laws and Fundamental Political Rights. Economics: • Introduction to basics concepts and Process of Economic development. • Determinants and Obstacles in Socio-economic development • Inflation/ balance of Payment • Problems of Developing economics with special reference to Pakistan. Sociology: • Sociology: Definitions and its descriptions, Evolution of society in the world. • Society: Definitions and its descriptions, Main feature of Society. • Social structure: Definitions and its descriptions and main feature • Socialization: Definitions and its descriptions, factors responsible for socialization. • Social Change: Definitions and its descriptions, factors which promote and hinder the process of social change. • Social Institutions, structure and function of social institution. (i.e. Family, religion, Education, economy, Politics and recreational institution) • Mass Communication as an agent of social change. • Social issue and problems of Pakistan(Assignment) Psychology: • Social Psychology: Introduction • Definition of Self: Cal Roger's theory of self • Definition of Attitude, Formation and Measurement of Attitude, Relationship of attitude with behavior, attitude Change, Mass Media in attitude formation and change. • Collective Behavior: groups, types of groups, crowd • Psychological Aspects of Human Communication: verbal and non-verbal

Course Synopsis

Students are required to work on developing a communication strategy involving a development projects.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students will be able to Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental political processes, institutions, actors, behavior, and ideas; and familiarity with major concepts in Political Science, sociology and Psychology. And Synthesize, analyze, and critically evaluate major arguments in the discipline.