3 reasons why you have to study social science?

* Studying social science can give you an immense understanding of the world and the institutions you are surrounded by. It can help you understand how certain ideas, and practices come to shape you as a person with a biography and role within this world. Thus, you learn to posit yourself not as some mere individual leading "your own life" ,but you learn to regard yourself as part of a history and world that is playing into effect * Your entire world is social. Your whole life will be and is influenced by social systems. Thus, you learn to be conscious and critical of what you are subject to, and participating in. It helps you develop a constructive and flexible imagination. It can make you think. * Many colleges require that you take social science courses as part of your curriculum. Indeed, in many careers, you will find it very useful, and sometimes imperative to have knowledge about social science.