(Podcast) Introduction to Social Sciences

Episode 6 covers subject matter of social sciences: social life, the relationship between man and society, the well-being of man and society, as well as describe social ethics and the philosophy of humanity.

Episode 1 begins the discussion on knowledge and its sources, obtaining information normally and scientifically as well as the nature of social knowledge.

Episode 2 discusses the history of rational thinking in the west and the level of social thought in the west from the middle ages to the age of enlightenment.

Episode 3 describes classical social issues of the 19th century: romanticism, positivisme and historical materialism.

Episode 4 discusses the nature and tradition of social science in the West today as well as modern opinions of Western prominent figures.

Episode 5 identifies Islamic social science scholars and the forms of Islamic social science.

Episode 7 identifies basic concepts of social science in a social institution, social organisation, social structure, culture and social values, and social interaction.

Episode 8 identifies the educational philosophy of social science, describe methods of research and data collection in this field, the qualitative and quantitative approaches and describes techniques of data analysis in social science.

Episode 9 describes the disciplines in social science and their similarities and differences, methods and aims as well as discusses the main disciplines of social science such as history, political science, economy, anthroplogy, sociology, psychology, linguistics, geography and communications.

Episode 10 discusses the history and development of social sciences development in Malaysia.