• Use their background knowledge to understand and analyze social conditions.

Use these basic concepts to understand the actual social condition.

• Understand the utility of sociology.

• Know about the contemporary social transformations in Lebanon and the Arab World.

• Learn about the elements of a group and understand the intra-group relation.

• Realize the interrelationship between social and economic variables of social phenomena to familiarize the student with using a multidisciplinary approach that ensures the complementation between social sciences.

• Conceive the continuity between secondary and university education through learning about the basic principles of the following academic disciplines: sociology, economics, business, administration, political sciences, banking, marketing, applied statistics, social work and development.

• Use the scientific method in dealing with social issues using different mental processes as remembering, comprehending, applying, analyzing and restructuring.

• Have a theoretical background to use in interpreting main social phenomena and explore their determinants and underlying forces.

• Be familiar with the social and developmental policies that lead to social solidarity.

• Use their background knowledge in fieldwork, theory and techniques of analysis to understand the Lebanese society.