My name is Rose-Dariana Michel.D, I have been in the program Social Science in the profile Society for one and a half years. Social Sciences are a group of academic disciplines dedicated to examining society. This branch studies who people interact with each other, behave, develop and influence the world.This glossary is to help others who are already in another program, but they want to know more about this profile in specific or if they are still unsure about their career path. This glossary contains the words people can use to describe a field in a program like mine.
academic
Social Science is an academic field.
Relating to education and scholarship.
Example: ESRC Data Archive staff frequently address ACADEMIC staff and students in Social Science, humanities, statistics and information study departments, as well as being prominent at national and international conferences and seminars in order to inform potential users of the range and type of data available.
fr: académique
career
noun
An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
Example: The following five questions were the central research questions: (a) how do core faculty in the Social Science at VCU define academic freedom; (b) do these same faculty perceive academic freedom to be a significant feature of a CAREER in higher education; (c) do these same faculty perceive any existing threats to their academic freedom;
fr: carrière
cegep
A Cegep is an Education program after school where you study your chosen field to prepare yourself for University.
A CEGEP, also written cégep, CÉGEP and cegep, is a publicly funded college providing technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs; they are exclusive to the province of Quebec's education system.
Example: He was incorporated a member of the Cegep but going to Cegep was not an option for me.
fr: cégep
internship
noun
The position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.
Example: The college student is looking for internship opportunities that will provide experience in the legal field.
fr: stage
Profile
noun
Describe (a person or organization, especially a public figure) in a short article.
Example: Future studies, it is hoped, will address these themes in the context of services to other client groups. Elderly people were chosen for initial study as being both a self - contained group and of medium to low priority. In activities with children and families, said to dominate generic teams' caseload, or conversely in definitely minority areas such as work in the field of mental health or (in Scotland) with offenders, the scale as well as the content of the work are likely to exert their own effects.
fr: Profil
Science
noun
The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Example: It is one of Marx's greatest contributions to philosophy and the social SCIENCEs to have pointed out the systematic relationship between knowledge and historical and social processes.
fr: science
Social
noun
Relating to society or its organization.
Example: Those two justifications reflect the paradigm between technology and SOCIAL development, and increase the debate on integrating farmers' experiments.
