Society and Humanities

The Humanities are the subjects about people and Society, the things they have done, the things they believe, and the things they have created. The Humanities were originally restricted to the study of classical (ie Greek and Roman) language and literature. Later it encompased a wider variety of topics and is sometimes defined as those subjects that are not considered to be science. Business, Economics, Education, Family, Geography, Language, Philosophy, Social Science

Business

Pyramid of Books Botich, George

Business is an organized approach to providing customers with the goods and services they want. The word also refers to an organization that provides these goods and services. Most businesses seek to make a profit-that is, they aim to achieve revenues that exceed the costs of operating the business. However, some businesses only seek to earn enough to cover their operating costs. Commonly called nonprofits, these businesses are primarily nongovernmental service providers.

Economics

Pile of money

Economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Simply put, economics is the science of man's resources, or wealth. Economists study how resources are produced and how they move around the world and within societies and markets, and how all of the different elements involved in resource allocation, such as commerce, finance, human labor, population, politics, the preservation and ownership of natural resources, etc., even weather -- interact to distribute wealth.

Education

Open Mind

Education is learning something new. It is not limited to children but is something that is done everyday by everyone. To function in our world, our children must learn the skills they will need to become productive members of our society. How we go about teaching the children varies as well, from formal curriculums defined by the countries' leaders to parents teaching their own children.

Family

Mother and Child

The term family generally refers to a domestic group, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage, or adoption. In Western culture, family refers specifically to a group of people affiliated by blood or by legal ties such as marriage or adoption. Many anthropologists argue that the notion of "blood" must be understood metaphorically; some argue that there are many non-Western societies where family is understood through other concepts rather than "blood."

Geography

Magnae Britanniae Visscher, Nicholas

Geography is the study of the physical nature of the Earth and the life, plant and animal, on it. It includes both physical geography (the study of the climate, land and water features, and life) and cultural geography (the study of artificial entities, such as nations). It is the science that deals with the distribution and arrangement of all elements of the earth's surface.

Language

Funny Chinese To English Translations Hanying

Language is most often defined as an organized system of speech that allows humans to communicate with each other. The use of language as a means of communication is so ancient that its origins are not known. The earliest forms of language may have evolved from the imitation of sounds in nature, instinctive cries or verbal sounds that accompanied body movements.

Philosophy

Aristotle

Philosophy deals with the most general questions of life, existence, and reality. It is not a science as its questions can't be answered by experiments. Its concerned with rigourous conceptual analysis and reasoning, and critical examination of the grounds for fundamental beliefs.

Social Science

Thomas Jefferson Peale, Rembrandt

There are several branches of learning that deal with the origins and activities of human groups. The size of such groups ranges from the family, tribe, and nation up to the relationships between nations. These subjects are called social sciences, and they include anthropology, economics, political science, sociology, social psychology, social geography, international relations, and comparative law. History is sometimes included as a social science.