Anthropology Minor

Suggested Pre-Requisites:

NOTE: Level I course credits DO NOT COUNT towards a Minor.

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
HIST 1801	Introduction to Archaeology	3	I

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
SOCI 2031 (SOCI 2011)	Anthropology of Peoples of the Caribbean II	3	II

PLUS: Three (3) electives chosen from the following courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
LING 2501	Language, Gender and Sex	3	I
COMS 2201	Intercultural Communication	3	I
GEND 2203	Feminist Frameworks	3	I
GEND 2013	Men and Masculinities in the Caribbean	3	II
GOVT 2022	Foundations of West Indian Government	3	I
MUSC 2008	Steelband History and Development	3	II
HIST 2003	History of the West Indies 1660 – 1830	3	I
HIST 2005	Caribbean Economic History	3	I
HIST 2805	Pre-Columbian History of the Caribbean	3	I

NOTE: Students enrolled in the Sociology Major and reading for the Minor in Anthropology are required to take one (1) additional course from the approved electives provided herein (below). The additional course MUST be selected from this list.

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
GEND 3031	Sex, Gender and Society	3	II
GEND 3039	Gender and Development with Reference to Caribbean Society	3	I
GEND 2104	Cinema and Gender	3	II

Criminology Minor

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
GOVT 2011	Criminal Justice Systems	3	I
SOCI 3030	Sociology of Penal Practice	3	II
SOCI 3032	Criminology I	3	I
SOCI 3036	Criminology II: Police and Society	3	II

PLUS: One (1) of the following

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
SOCI 2007	Survey Design and Analysis	3	I
SOCI 2006	Qualitative Methods	3	II
GEND 2013	Men and Masculinities in the Caribbean	3	II

NOTE: Where any course is already counted for another major, special or minor, the student is required to select another Level II/III elective in order to qualify for a minor in Criminology.

Psychology Minor

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
PSYC 2004	Personality Theory	3	I
PSYC 2011	Selected Theories in Social Psychology	3	I

PLUS: One (1) of the following

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
PSYC 2012	Developmental Psychology	3	I
PSYC 2010	Statistics and Research Design in Psychology	3	I

PLUS: One (1) of the following

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
PSYC 2002	Abnormal Psychology	3	II
PSYC 2003	Physiological Psychology	3	II

PLUS: One (1) of the following

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
PSYC 3023	Contemporary Issues in Social Psychology	3	I
PSYC 2019	Experimental and Applied Psychology	3	II

Social Development Policy and Planning Minor

The Minor in Social Development Policy will consist of three essential courses and any two electives from the approved listings. All courses are three (3) credits each. The three (3) essential courses are:

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
SOCI 2030	Social Development Policy	3	I OR II
SOCI 2015	The Organisation and Management of Social Services	3	II
SOCI 3020	Social Development Planning	3	II

TWO ELECTIVES are to be chosen from any of the clusters of approved courses listed below. It is strongly recommended that students select courses from within a cluster in keeping with their career and Postgraduate study ambitions. Sociology majors who do a Minor in Social Development Policy and Planning must choose three (3) electives as SOCI 2030 – Social Development Policy cannot be counted for both the Sociology major and the Social Development Policy and Planning Minor.

Cluster 1: GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
GOVT 2023	Issues of Governance and Politics of the West Indies	3	II
GOVT 2030	Project Administration	3	II
GOVT 2070	Anti-corruption strategies in Developing Countries	3	I
SOCI 3008	Industrial Sociology I: Theories & Practice	3	I

Cluster 2: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
SOCI 2007	Survey Design	3	I
GEOM 2010	Fundamentals of GIS	3	I
SOCI 3019	Social Policy and Analysis	3	I
SOCI 3023	Population Studies I	3	II

Cluster 3: HEALTH AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT (For employment in specialised units of Ministries of Social Development e.g. Aging, Family Services, HIV/AIDS or Disability Aﬀairs)

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
SOCI 3005	Sociology of Health and Illness	3	II
SOCI 2022	Social Gerontology	3	I
SOWK 2007	Disability Studies	3	II
SOCI 3040	Sociology of Families	3	II

Cluster 4: DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
SOCI 2012	Social Change and Development	3	I
SOCI 3006	The Third World in Global Development	3	II
SOCI 3039	Gender and Development with Reference to Caribbean Society	3	II

Social Policy Minor

All students wishing to pursue a minor in Social Policy are required to do the following four (4) compulsory core courses at Levels II and III:

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
SOWK 2004	The Development of Social Policy	3	I
SOCI 2015	The Organization and Management of Social Services	3	II
SOCI 3019	Social Policy Analysis (Social Policy and Administration II)	3	I
SOCI 3020	Social Development Planning	3	II

PLUS: One (1) of the following from Government (Political Science), Sociology, Social Work or Gender Studies for a total of ﬁfteen (15) credits

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
GOVT 3122	Public Sector Management	3	I
GOVT 3035	Comparative Public Policy	3	II
GOVT 2030	Project Administration	3	II
SOCI 2022	Social Gerontology	3	I
SOCI 3003	Sociology of Education II	3	II
SOCI 3005	Sociology of Health and Illness	3	II
SOCI 3023	Population Studies I	3	I
SOCI 3041 (SOCI 3037)	Population Studies II	3	II
SOCI 3032	Criminology I	3	I
SOCI 3030	Sociology of Penal Practice	3	II
SOCI 3040	Sociology of Families	3	II
GEND 2013	Men and Masculinities in the Caribbean	3	II
SOCI 3039 / GEND 3039	Gender and Development with Reference to Caribbean Society	3	I
SOCI 3031 / GEND 3031	Sex, Gender and Society: Sociological Perspectives	3	II
SOWK 2007	Disability Studies	3	II
SOWK 2009	International Social Work	3	II

Other Electives

Course Code	Course Title	Credits	Semester
GEND 2203	Feminist Theoretical Frameworks	3	I
AGEX 3003	Gender Issues in Agriculture	3	I
GEND 3501	Philosophy of Gender	3	I
GEND 2104 / FILM 2101	Cinema and Gender	3	II
GENS 3260	Gender and Science	4	II
HIST 3003	Women and Gender in the History of the English-Speaking Caribbean	3	I
SOCI 3038 / GEND 3038	Gender, Ethnicity and Class: Issues of Identity, Nation and Citizenship in the English-Speaking Caribbean	3	II

NOTES:

Gender Courses are offered by other Faculties but are available to students of The Faculty of Social Sciences.
Where any course is already counted for another major, special or minor, the student is required to select another elective in order to qualify for a minor in Social Policy.