Social Sciences Regulations

Bachelor of Science Degree (General)

(1) Qualifications for Admission

1. Before registration and before beginning courses in the Faculty the candidate must have satisfied the University Matriculation requirements for entry to a degree programme (See University Matriculation requirements - UWI Calendar Vol II Part II).
   
   
2. On entry to the University at Mona and St Augustine students may be required by the Faculty Board to take an English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT). Students failing this test may be required by the Faculty Board to do a prescribed course in English as a prerequisite to the compulsory Foundation Course, FD10A - English for Academic Purposes. Students with the following qualifications are exempt from the ELPT examination:
   
   
   1. A grade 'A' or 'B' in General Paper
   2. Grade 1 in CXC English Language (General Proficiency)
      
      
3. Applicants for entry into Economics, Accounting, Management Studies; Psychology and Statistics (Mona) degree options (specializations and majors) are required to have a minimum of a Grade II pass in CXC (General) Mathematics or a qualification deemed by the Faculty Board to be equivalent.
   
   

(2) Transfers • Inter and Intra Faculty

1. Students in another Faculty who have completed Level I of a degree programme of the University of the West Indies are eligible for transfer to the Level II of a degree programme offered by a Faculty of Social Sciences. Such students must at the time of transfer, have passed courses which satisfy the Level I requirements of the Faculty of Social Sciences as well as the pre-requisites of the relevant courses of the programme into which the transfer is sought.
   
   
2. Transfer may also be offered to any student registered in any other Faculty of the University of the West Indies and who has successfully completed the Level I prerequisites to Levels II & III courses in the area of intended major or special and has also completed the required Foundation Course(s).
   
   
3. For transfer to the Level II of a degree programme offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences (Mona), students registered prior to 1998-99 may include among the courses passed Essentials in English (UC010, UC001) or Use of English (UC120).