If you’re looking for a flexible degree that allows you to study a specialized area of interest, then you’re looking in the right spot. Michigan Tech’s social sciences degree gives you broad exposure to the various social sciences disciplines while allowing you to focus your studies on a particular area of interest.
As a social sciences major, you’ll get the opportunity to participate in some crazy-smart hands-on research—the early history of mining and other local history projects, historic preservation and archeological projects, as well as aspects of environmental policy.
Graduates of the social sciences program have gone on to professional careers in city and regional planning and development, personnel relations, public relations, business management trainee programs, government agencies, cultural resource management agencies, social work agencies, as well as firms in the private sector. Several also attend graduate programs such as international relations at Yale, urban affairs at SUNY-Albany—while interning with the Albany Mayor’s office—and library science at the University of Michigan.