McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences

McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences
Established	1887
Dean	Dr. Charlotte Yates
Location	Hamilton, ON, Canada
Website	Faculty of Social Sciences

The McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences is a division of McMaster University. It offers a wide range of undergraduate programmes through the Faculty's academic units, as well as Master's and Doctoral programmes.

Departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University has a variety of different departments offering various courses. There are 11 different departments that make up the Faculty of Social Sciences including the following;

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Geography
• Health, Aging and Society (combines Gerontology and Health Studies)
• Kinesiology
• Labour Studies
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religious Studies
• Social Work
• Sociology

Rankings

According to the 2010 Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), McMaster Social Sciences is ranked 58th (up from 65th in 2009 and 78th in 2008) in the world and 4th in Canada after the University of Toronto, University of British Columbia and McGill University.^[1] Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked the faculty as 40th in the world (falling from 38th in 2009) and 2nd in Canada after only the University of British Columbia.^[2]

Noted alumni

• Myron Scholes

McMaster Social Sciences Society

Established in 1988, the McMaster Social Sciences Society, commonly called MSSS ("The M-Triple-S"), is composed of undergraduate Social Sciences students enrolled in 3 or more two-term courses in an academic session. The Society represents its members on committees, is a point of contact with the campus-wide McMaster Students Uniom, organizes social and academic events, and provides funding support to student clubs relating to academic departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Events organized by the Society include an annual formal, and participation in both McMaster's frosh week (titled "Welcome Week") and the McMaster Students Union Olympics. While all executives have a say in the workings and events of the MSSS, there is an executive member elected to specialize in one field of the Society's operations. Elections for these positions occur yearly and are open only to students in the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Society's office is located in the Commons Building.

The Blue Crew

The group known as the Blue Crew is street team of the MSSS led by the current "Spirit Leader" executive(s). Their name originates from the characteristic bright blue jumpsuits they wear on the job. As a university adaptation of a street team, they double as peer mentors and orientation volunteers. Any Social Science student is welcomed to join and, mostly due to this, there has never been a full list of members. Meaning most members of the Crew remain anonymous to the general public, credited for their work only as a collective.

The Frontline

The MSSS also publishes a quarterly newspaper titled The Frontline. Initially established in the early 1990s to provide awareness among Social Sciences students about the MSSS, it later evolved to include campus events, up-coming projects, current news in Social Science, and other related fields. The editors have historically been paid employees of the Society while not being a member of its executive council. Members of the MSSS executive are not permitted to be editor of the newspaper, but are welcome as are all other students in the Faculty to submit articles for consideration.

Notes and references

1. ^ HEEACT 2010
2. ^ ARWU FIELD 2010 Social Sciences

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