Our Vision

The Social and Behavioral Sciences program in the School of Applied Arts and Sciences is unique in its location at Arizona State University. Although we provide education to our students that meet traditional expectations in the social sciences, we are not another generic social science division on a university campus. Rather, we seek to sculpt a first-rate Social and Behavioral Sciences entity appropriate to a polytechnic learning center.

We are developing core strength on the interaction of science, technology, and human systems and would like to become a world-class learning center in this area. The charge is expansive. It includes governance and public policy; science, technology and community development; science, technology, culture, and human values; the politics of technology development; science, technology, and population diversity; science, technology and international engagement; and science, technology and the environment.