Humanities vs. Social Sciences

[storiaitaliana]

At some schools, history is considered part of the humanities, and at others it is under social sciences. What gives? And do you think that where they categorize History will make a difference to how they evaluate applications?

[misterpat]

It probably doesn't make much of a difference how it's classified since the members of the Department may not have control over that. There's probably people who consider it both in most departments, but I feel like the majority opinion is that it's proper home is in the humanities. I suppose if someone is doing a more Quantitative-based style, like Economic History, they might be more likely to describe what they do as a Social Science.