The study of humans, past and present, that draws and builds upon knowledge from the social sciences and biological sciences, as well as the humanities and the natural sciences.

The academic area that consists of many sub-areas pertaining to the social relationships that comprise the human economic systems.

Communication studies deals with processes of human communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols to create meaning. The discipline encompasses a range of topics, from face-to-face conversation to mass media outlets such as television broadcasting. Communication studies also examines how messages are interpreted through the political, cultural, economic, and social dimensions of their contexts

Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, positive judgement and well-developed wisdom.

Geography as a discipline can be split broadly into two main sub fields: human geography and physical geography. As a result of the two subfields using different approaches a third field has emerged, which is environmental geography.

Linguistics investigates the cognitive and social aspects of human language.

Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior.

Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the study of behavior and mental processes.

Sociology is the systematic study of society, individuals' relationship to their societies, the consequences of difference, and other aspects of human social action.

Additional applied or interdisciplinary fields related to the social sciences.