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Social Science Programmes

Undergraduate Degree Programmes

The Faculty of Social Sciences offers Bachelor of Science (BSc) with specials and majors in:

Bachelor of Science (BSc) with one or more majors in:

• Accounting
• Banking & Finance
• Economics
• Governance & Local Government
• Hospitality & Tourism Management
• Hotel & Tourism Management
• Insurance and Risk Management
• International Relations
• International Tourism Management
• Leadership & Management
• Management Studies
• Political Science (Government)
• Psychology
• Public Sector Management
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Sports Management (offered in conjunction with the UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre [SPEC])

Minors are available as follows:

• Accounting
• Criminology
• Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Finance
• Gender and Development Studies
• Political Science (Government)
• Human Resource Management
• International Relations
• Management Information Systems
• Management Studies
• Marketing
• Political Science
• Public Sector Management
• Psychology
• Social Policy
• Sociology
• Sports Management

Specials (cannot be done with another Major or Minor):

• Accounting
• Banking & Finance
• Economics
• Governance and Local Government
• *Hotel/ Tourism Management (Level 1 ONLY at St Augustine)
• **Hospitality & Tourism Management ( 3rd and 4th Years ONLY)
• International relations
• Social Work
• Insurance & Risk Management
• Public Sector Management

Note:

* Only first year courses in the BSc Hotel / Tourism Management degrees are offered at St. Augustine. Students must proceed to the Centre for Hotel & Tourism Management (CHTM) in Nassau, Bahamas to complete their second and third year courses.

** The BSc Hospitality & Tourism Management is offered as a joint UWI and Trinidad & Tobago Hospitality and Tourism Institute (TTHTI) degree programme, offered over a four year period with the first and second years pursued at TTHTI, and the third and fourth years at UWI.

Certificate and Diploma Programmes-Evening University

• Certificate in Local Government Studies
• Certificate in Public Administration
• Diploma in Public Sector Management
  

 

About Undergraduate Degree Programmes

Management Studies

A manager’s basic role is to formulate policies and direct business operations. Towards this end, they plan, organise, direct, control, and coordinate the operations of an organisation and its major departments or programmes. In large organisations, top managers usually have responsibility for one particular department or function, such as accounting, or sales, whereas managers of small companies generally perform a much wider range of tasks, often supervising everything from marketing to human resources. A management degree can help prepare graduates for a variety of exciting careers within private and public sectors, non-profit institutions, and government agencies

UWI’s Department of Management Studies offers a number of management disciplines such as accounting, banking and finance, human resource management, hospitality and tourism management, international tourism management, management information systems, management studies, marketing, international business, entrepreneurship and sports management. From this selection, students can mix and match majors and minors to create their own unique degree combination to suit their career interests.

 

Behavioural Sciences

The Behavioural Sciences seek to acquire deeper insight into the basic processes that motivate human behaviour. The programme of study at UWI includes courses in the disciplines of psychology, sociology, government and social work. In addition to instruction in these subjects, students also receive training in the practical research methods and techniques used in the field in order to adequately equip them for entry into a diverse array of careers.

 

Economics

Perhaps the most essential skill that businesses and corporations are interested in is people who can think and solve problems. Economics is a discipline that trains you to think in a way that is useful for solving problems. According to John Maynard Keynes “the theory of economics does not furnish a body of settled conclusions immediately applicable to policy. It is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions.” With the high value apportioned to decision-making skills, economics graduates are found in a range of careers, within both the private and public sectors, and more often than not, they are in positions with titles other than “economist.” A degree in economics also offers excellent preparation for graduate study in a variety of fields.