How do revolutions start? What is the relationship between the environment and economy?  How does language contribute to ethnic identity?  These and other issues that involve the inter-relationship between the individual, society and the environment are explored by students of social science.

The following is a list of programs of study students can apply to at the end of their first year. Courses demarcated with a (J) mean they are jointly listed under both Humanities and Social Sciences.

• Aborginal Studies (J)
• African Studies (J)
• American Studies (J)
• Anthropology (General)
  
• Anthropology (Society, Culture and Language)
• Archaeology
• Asian Geographies (jointly offered with National University of Singapore)
• Canadian Studies (J)
• Caribbean Studies (J)
• Contemporary Asian Studies (J)
• Criminology
• East Asian Studies (J)
• Economics
• Employment Relations
• Environmental Anthropology
• Environmental Economics
• Environmental Ethics (J)
• Environmental Geography
• Environmental Studies
  
• Equity Studies (J)
• Ethics, Society, and Law (J)
• European Studies (J)
• European Union Studies (J)
• Forest Conservation
• Geographic Information Systems
• Health Studies (J)
• Human Geography
• International Relations (J)
• Latin American Studies (J)
  
• Material Culture (J)
  
• Peace, Conflict and Justice
• Public Policy
  
• Political Science
• Sexual Diversity Studies (J)
• Sociology
• South Asian Studies (J)
  
• Urban Studies
• Women and Gender Studies (J)