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- Irvine, CA, 92697
- Phone:
- 949-824-1659
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- 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
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- 1989: 20 Years After
UC Irvine
Thursday, November 5 at 3:30pm - UCI Homecoming
Mesa Road, UCI Campus; Men's Baskeb...
Saturday, February 28 at 4:00pm
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About the School of Social Sciences
As the largest academic unit on campus, the School of Social Sciences faculty and staff are committed to providing the highest quality research and educational experience. The School’s distinguished faculty include:
-10 fellows of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences
-5 members of the National Academy
of Sciences
-6 UCI Distinguished Professors
-4 Chancellor’s Professors
Of the School’s seven major departments, several rank in the top 30 in their respective fields nationally.
The School’s research and programs are supported by national and private foundations, state and local governments, and private donors.
Alumni include educators, psychologists, company CEOs and chief operating officers, lawyers, doctors, political consultants, politicians and community relations advisors.
The School’s successful academically focused outreach programs benefit children from preschool to high school. Programs include:
-Dean's Ambassadors Council
-Global Connect
-Jumpstart
-Law Forum
-Mock Trial
-Model United Nations
-Summer Academic Enrichment
Program (SAEP)
Social Sciences sponsors free community lectures featuring distinguished political and public figures. Past speakers have included scientists, senators, ambassadors and governors. Learn more about upcoming speaking engagements and events.
Social Sciences Facts & Figures
Degree Programs Offered
Anthropology: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Business Economics: B.A.
Chicano/Latino Studies: B.A.
Demographic and Social Analysis: M.A.
Economics: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
International Studies: B.A.
Mathematical Behavioral Sciences: M.A., Ph.D.
Philosophy: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Political Science: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Psychology: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Quantitative Economics: B.A.
Social Sciences: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Sociology: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Transportation Science: M.S., Ph.D.
Students (Fall 2008)
Undergraduate Students: 6,416
Masters: 16
Doctorates: 343
Faculty
140
Degrees Awarded (June 2008)
Bachelor’s: 1,948
Master’s: 63
Doctorates: 47
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
A veteran's message
Spotlight on David Curry, sociology/economics undergrad and vice president of UCI's Veterans Student Union
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/ss_newsevents/
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Freemasonry: fact vs. fiction
UCI's Lilith Mahmud discusses the society's portrayal in a hit novel and reveals its 'best-kept secret'
http://socsci-dev.ss.uci.edu/node/664
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
UCI cognitive scientist studies how background noise helps and hinders hearing http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
UCI researcher receives grant to study U.S. immigrant health
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Unsolved mysteries: Professor Jeff Barrett is searching for answers to one of philosophy and physics' deepest mysteries
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Understanding the human mind is focus of two new fellowships in Social Sciences http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Research by sociology professor Judith Treas sheds light on foreign-born seniors in the U.S.
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Cities can't bank on small businesses for stable economic partnerships, new study says
UCI co-author David Neumark, economist, says study validates efforts to attract and retain corporate headquarters
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Health Care Forum - Making Sense of the Health Care Debate:
A round table discussion of health care reform
October 27, 2009
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/eve
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
November 9, 2009 marks the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A four day conference hosted by UC Irvine's Center for the Study of Democracy will bring together world renowned scholars and experts to examine the international political, economic, and social changes that have taken place since the histor...ic event, beginning with a keynote address from Poland's first post-communist Finance Minister, Leszek Balcerowicz.
November 5-8, 2009
University of California, Irvine
Laguna Hotel, Laguna Beach, California
For questions or to RSVP, please contact faculty organizers Nina Bandelj, Department of Sociology, UC Irvine nbandelj@uci.edu or 949-824-8872; or Dorothy Solinger, Department of Political Science, UC Irvine, dorjsoli@uci.edu or 949-824-7521.
Funding provided by: American Council of Learned Societies, UCI Office of Research, UCI World History Project, UCI Center for Asian Studies, UCI Departments of Sociology and Political Science
Detail conference schedule available online at http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/eve
November 5-8, 2009
University of California, Irvine
Laguna Hotel, Laguna Beach, California
For questions or to RSVP, please contact faculty organizers Nina Bandelj, Department of Sociology, UC Irvine nbandelj@uci.edu or 949-824-8872; or Dorothy Solinger, Department of Political Science, UC Irvine, dorjsoli@uci.edu or 949-824-7521.
Funding provided by: American Council of Learned Societies, UCI Office of Research, UCI World History Project, UCI Center for Asian Studies, UCI Departments of Sociology and Political Science
Detail conference schedule available online at http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/eve
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Ramesh Srinivasan, UCI cognitive sciences associate professor, receives $2.36 million grant from the National Institutes of Health
to develop a non-invasive approach for studying areas of the brain
responsible for attention
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
New book by Dorothy Solinger, UCI political scientist, takes a comparative look at the impact of global trade on
the local economies and government responsiveness in China, France and
Mexico
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
UC researchers receive $1.6 million from NSF to use robotics to study brain processes involved in decision making; findings could lead to advancements in understanding human behavior and further developments in neurorobotics
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/new
UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
Edmund "Jerry" Brown, Attorney General and former two-term Governor of California (1975-83), will be the featured speaker at a public talk hosted by the School of Social Sciences' Center for the Study of Democracy on Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 2:00-3:20 p.m. in the Crystal Cove Auditorium at the UC Irvine Student ...Center. Brown will discuss his more than 40-year career in politics and address questions regarding the future of the state of California.
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/eve
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/eve
