Humanities, arts, and social sciences

Group of academic disciplines

Pictographic representation of Adam and Eve

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) (or Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, AHSS), also known as social studies, is a broad term that groups together the academic disciplines of humanities, arts and social sciences. It is viewed as an academic counterpart to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the United States, Canada, India, Australia, and other countries.[1][2][3] HASS graduates comprise the majority of the workforce in many developed countries (e.g. 64% in Australia).[1] However, HASS courses often receive lower governmental funding and may have lower reputations within universities.[2][4] There is a measured relationship between citizens' HASS awareness with more accurate threat perceptions, high community activity, and cultural engagement at the local level.[5] In recent years, a return to a holistic reintegration of HASS and STEM disciplines has been promoted in the U.S. by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.[6]

Some of the disciplines it covers are philosophy, theology, sociology, communication sciences, social psychology, human geography, demography, anthropology, social work, linguistics, history, archaeology, politics, economics, law, pedagogy, journalism, literature, musicology, administration, accounting, commerce, music, dance, painting, sculpture, graphic design, theater, cinematography, interior design, industrial design, criticism, art history, cultural studies, tourism, gastronomy, among others.

In the Philippines, a similar term called humanities and social sciences is used to describe a senior high strand that involves the liberal arts. This strand was set up in place as part of the K-12 program that was implemented in the country.[7][8][9]

## History

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In 2020, an initiative in the UK rebranded the HASS acronym for humanities, the arts and social sciences as SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy), to promote and highlight the importance of these subjects in education, society, and the economy.[10]

## See also

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* Social studies

## References

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1. ^ a b Turner, Graeme, author. (2014). Mapping the humanities, arts and social sciences in Australia. Australian Academy of the Humanities. ISBN 978-0-909897-70-3. OCLC 896812524. `{{cite book}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ^ a b Benneworth, Paul; Jongbloed, Ben W. (2009-07-31). "Who matters to universities? A stakeholder perspective on humanities, arts and social sciences valorisation". Higher Education. 59 (5): 567–588\. doi:10.1007/s10734-009-9265-2. ISSN 0018-1560.
3. ^ Cunningham, Stuart (2008). University and discipline cluster ranking systems and the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Routledge. OCLC 752560834.
4. ^ Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento - Institut de Gestió de la Innovació i del Coneixement Olmos-Peñuela, Julia Benneworth, P. CASTRO-MARTINEZ, ELENA (2014). Are 'STEM from Mars and SSH from Venus'?: Challenging disciplinary stereotypes of research's social value. Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy F - Oxford Open Option D. OCLC 1006871164.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. ^ Rudd, Murray (2015-04-30). "Awareness of Humanities, Arts and Social Science (HASS) Research Is Related to Patterns of Citizens' Community and Cultural Engagement". Social Sciences. 4 (2): 313–338\. doi:10.3390/socsci4020313. ISSN 2076-0760.
6. ^ Husbands Fealing, Kaye, Aubrey Incorvaia, and Richard Utz: "Humanizing Science and Engineering for the Twenty-First Century." Issues in Science and Technology 39/1, Fall 2022: 54-57. (with K. Husbands Fealing & A. Incorvaia)
7. ^ "Humanities and Social Sciences Strand (HUMSS) | Edukasyon.ph". www.edukasyon.ph. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
8. ^ "The K to 12 Basic Education Program | GOVPH". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
9. ^ Inquirer, Philippine Daily (2018-04-08). "In The Know: Senior high school in the K-12 program". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
10. ^ Black, Julia (2 November 2020). "SHAPE – A Focus on the Human World". Social Science Space. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

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Humanities

Disciplines|

* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Classical studies
* History
* Language arts
* Literature
* Poetry
* Rhetoric
* Law
* Performing arts
* Dance
* Music
* Theatre
* Philosophy
* Religious studies
* Visual arts
* Filmmaking
* Painting
* Sculpture

| Interdisciplinary fields|

* Digital
* Environmental
* Health
* Medical
* Public

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Themes|

* Abductive reasoning
* Aesthetics
* Antipositivism
* The arts
* Beauty
* Belles-lettres
* Bildung
* Creativity
* Critical theory
* Criticism
* Cultural literacy
* Culture
* High
* Pop
* General knowledge
* Hermeneutics
* Historicism
* Historism
* Human condition
* Humanitas
* Liberal arts education
* Trivium
* Quadrivium
* Metaphysics
* Ontology
* Moral character
* Self-realization
* Self-reflection
* Wisdom
* Work of art

Journals|

* American Journal of Archaeology
* Daedalus
* History of Humanities
* Humanitas
* Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
* Journal of Controversial Ideas
* Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
* Leonardo
* Nova Religio
* Revue des Études Arméniennes
* Teaching Philosophy
* more...

Academia|

* Arts and Humanities Research Council
* Human science
* Geisteswissenschaft
* Humanities, arts, and social sciences
* Master of Humanities
* Moscow University for the Humanities
* National Endowment for the Humanities
* National Humanities Medal

Related|

* Antihumanism
* Philistinism
* Criticism of mass culture
* Educational essentialism
* Humanities in the United States
* List of people considered a founder in a humanities field
* Outline of the humanities
* Renaissance humanism
* Studia Humanitatis

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