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{{short description|Group of academic disciplines}}
'''Humanities, arts, and social sciences''' ('''HASS'''), also known as '''[[Social:Social studies|social studies]]''', is a broad term used to group together the [[Academic discipline|academic disciplines]] of [[Social:Humanities|humanities]], [[Social:The arts|arts]] and [[Social:Social science|social sciences]]. It is used as an academic counterpart to [[Engineering:Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Turner, Graeme, author.|title=Mapping the humanities, arts and social sciences in Australia|year=2014|isbn=978-0-909897-70-3|oclc=896812524}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Benneworth|first1=Paul|last2=Jongbloed|first2=Ben W.|date=2009-07-31|title=Who matters to universities? A stakeholder perspective on humanities, arts and social sciences valorisation|journal=Higher Education|volume=59|issue=5|pages=567–588|doi=10.1007/s10734-009-9265-2|issn=0018-1560|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Cunningham, Stuart|title=University and discipline cluster ranking systems and the humanities, arts, and social sciences|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|oclc=752560834}}</ref> HASS graduates comprise the majority of the workforce in many developed countries (e.g. 64% in Australia).<ref name=":0" /> However, [https://search.aeccglobal.com/article/philippines/top-humss-courses-list-to-study-abroad HASS Courses] often receive a lower governmental funding and can have lower reputation within universities.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento - Institut de Gestió de la Innovació i del Coneixement Olmos-Peñuela, Julia Benneworth, P. CASTRO-MARTINEZ, ELENA|title=Are 'STEM from Mars and SSH from Venus'?: Challenging disciplinary stereotypes of research's social value|date=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy F - Oxford Open Option D|oclc=1006871164}}</ref> There is a measured relationship between citizens' HASS awareness with more accurate threat perceptions, high community activity, and cultural engagement at the local level.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rudd|first=Murray|date=2015-04-30|title=Awareness of Humanities, Arts and Social Science (HASS) Research Is Related to Patterns of Citizens' Community and Cultural Engagement|journal=Social Sciences|volume=4|issue=2|pages=313–338|doi=10.3390/socsci4020313|issn=2076-0760|doi-access=free}}</ref> In recent years, a return to a holistic reintegration of HASS and STEM disciplines has been promoted in the U.S. by the [[Organization:National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine]].<ref>Husbands Fealing, Kaye, Aubrey Incorvaia, and Richard Utz: "Humanizing Science and Engineering for the Twenty-First Century." Issues in Science and Technology 39/1, Fall 2022: 54-57. (with K. Husbands Fealing & A. Incorvaia)</ref> 

In the Philippines, a similar term called ''humanities and social sciences'' is used to describe a senior high strand that involves the liberal arts. This strand was set up in place as part of the K-12 program that was implemented in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanities and Social Sciences Strand (HUMSS) {{!}} Edukasyon.ph |url=https://www.edukasyon.ph/courses/senior-high-tracks/academic/humss-humanities-and-social-sciences-strand |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.edukasyon.ph |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The K to 12 Basic Education Program {{!}} GOVPH |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/k-12/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Inquirer |first=Philippine Daily |date=2018-04-08 |title=In The Know: Senior high school in the K-12 program |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/980873/in-the-know-senior-high-school-in-the-k-12-program |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
In 2020 an initiative for the UK rebranded the HASS acronym for humanities, the arts and social sciences as SHAPE (social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy), to promote and highlight the importance of these subjects in education, society and the economy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Black|first=Julia|date=2 November 2020|title=SHAPE – A Focus on the Human World|url=https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2020/11/shape-a-focus-on-the-human-world/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 January 2021|website=Social Science Space}}</ref>

==See also== 
*[[Social:Social studies|Social studies]] 

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