College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Welcome to the page of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Our mission is to prepare leaders in the different branches of Social Sciences and Humanities, with an education based on Liberal Arts.
Pregrado
Undergraduate Programs (Majors)
We offer programs where you will gain solid knowledge, strengthen communication skills, critical thinking, and analysis and research, and receive a comprehensive humanist training.
Posgrado
Graduate Degrees
We offer high-level programs that expand knowledge and skills through research and innovation, guaranteeing professional solvency and maximizing the graduate’s profile.
Minors
The College of Social Sciences and Humanities forms the basis of the mission of USFQ and, as such, it fulfills a double function within the university. As a backbone of the educational philosophy of the institution, it offers a variety of courses that are part of the General College, open to all university students.
The college offers degrees in International Relations, Psychology, Education, and Liberal Arts, as well as various subspecializations.
The College of Social Sciences and Humanities educates free individuals, researchers and capable professionals, with an ethical and critical attitude towards their environment, through interdisciplinary training.
We promote research in the social sciences and humanities. Our purpose is to be a model of university education, and to lead academic research in the fields of social sciences and humanities.
Magazines
El Outsider
The Outsider is a USFQ annual and freely available publication, dedicated to the dissemination of critical analysis on topics in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. The
Líneas de Expresión (Revista Inactiva)
Líneas de Expresión (Lines of Expression) is currently out of circulation and is kept as a reference for its readers Líneas de Expresión (Lines of Expression) is an artistic dissemination magazine
Líneas de Expresión (Revista Inactiva)
Líneas de Expresión (Lines of Expression) is currently out of circulation and is kept as a reference for its readers Líneas de Expresión (Lines of Expression) is an artistic dissemination magazine
Apachita (Revista Inactiva)
Apachita is currently out of circulation and is kept as a reference for its readers In the Andean culture, the "apachita" is a place besides the road, generally a high mountain, where travelers
Aula Magna
Aula Magna is USFQ's official publication. Its first edition was launched in 2008 and, since then, it has circulated annually at the end of each month for free with Metro Ecuador and the USFQ
Enfoque
Enfoque (Focus) is a journalistic publication that circulates monthly for the El Comercio subscribers club and for USFQ staff and students. Currently, the circulation of Enfoque reaches 18,000 copies
Ánima
Ánima is a student monographic series by the Department of Liberal Arts and the Colegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (COCISOH) of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. It is an open
Research Institutes
The Institute of Service-Learning-USFQ (IAS-USFQ) is dedicated to researching the impact of the Service-Learning (S-L) methodology in various educational contexts, from higher education to the school level. Our mission includes promoting S-L in Ecuador and seeks to form international partnerships…
The Institute for Advanced Studies in Inequalities (IASI) is an interdisciplinary academic unit, coordinated by the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. It will be dedicated to academic and applied research, as well as social research training in critical studies…
Noticias
En este enlace encontrarás noticias, eventos y actividades del Colegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
