Social and Environmental Studies

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Faculty of Social and Enviomental Studies

Background:

The Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies views human experience in its interdisciplinary context and looks beyond the limits of traditional approaches to a much wider set of issues that engage economic, social, cultural, environmental and moral aspects. The Faculty's teaching programmes prepare students to understand the complexities of socio-economic policies, to see the ways in which globalizing economies shape human behaviour, and to appreciate the role played by social forces and cultural change in shaping individual well-being.

Dr. Samiha Said Salim A\Baker
Dean, Faculty of Social and Enviromental Studies

Vision:

The Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies trains and empowers future national and international leading social scientists to create a sustainable society that embodies respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, social and economic justice, democracy, and peace. This vision inspires the Faculty to achieve excellence in its teaching and research programmes and to be recognized as the first choice provider of high quality education and research in social sciences in the region and wider.

Mission:

The mission of the Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies is to advance knowledge of the social and cultural dynamics of ecological sustainability. It does so through interdisciplinary research and scholarship, teaching, and outreach focused on socio-economic policy, environmental awareness, communication, and decision making, in productive interaction with government, business, non-governmental organizations and citizens, locally, regionally, and internationally. The Faculty is committed in providing comprehensive visionary social scientists and stimulating knowledge-culture atmosphere in Sudan founded on academic excellence and the principles of environmental justice and sustainability.

Values:

The well being of natural and human communities provides the academic and moral compass for the Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies and is reflected in its responsive curriculum. The Faculty conducts its portfolio of programmes driven by its identified values in its quest for the achievement of the vision. These values encompass respect for all stakeholders at all times, highest level of integrity, ethical and professional culture through the rigorous pursuit of excellence, provision of support and care to all students and staff, and fostering scholarship and collegiality that support positive contribution to society.

Degrees Offered:

The Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies offers undergraduate programmes in four years leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc Hons) as follows:

Bachelor of Science Honours in Applied Economics (BSc Hons Applied Economics).
Bachelor of Science Honours in Environmental Studies (BSc Hons Environmental Studies).
Bachelor of Science Honours in Sociology (BSc Hons Sociology).
Bachelor of Science Honours in Media and Communications Studies (BSc Hons Media and Communications Studies).

Course Phases:

The programme is designed to equip all students in the first two years (semesters one to four) with the most important basic skills labour market entrants need. This includes the following: hall choose to sit for any of the four degrees mentioned above, where he/she receives special courses in the field chosen. Further specialized courses are also given in the fourth year (semesters seven and eight), together with the preparation of two projects.

Admission Criteria:

The minimum entrance requirements for admission to the Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies are either a Sudanese secondary school certificate or its equivalent )O-LEVEL/IGCSE & Others( with at least seven subjects obtained at one and the same examination.

Scholarship: Any student who attains the highest cumulative score (not less than a cGPA of 4.00) will be eligible for a scholarship (exemption from the tuition fees for the following academic year).

The Faculty Activities

1. The Social and Environmental Forum

o Encourage the faculty students to interact with social and environmental issues – locally, regionally and internationally

o Bring together expertise and students from different sectors to participate in a series of discussions pertaining to social – economic - environmental and mass media issues.

o Invite national leaders, elites and international experts to address the forum and mapping out economic and environmental challenges and their social effects.

o To raise awareness on important social and environmental issues among young leaders, to motivate them, and to provide them with the necessary tools and knowledge so that they too can make a difference.

o To formulate ideas and new vision on ways to handle economic challenges and local communities problems.

2. Internships & Field work

- Field work

o Enables students to examine the way the theories and the practical experiences of a particular discipline interact.

o Provides opportunities for observation and participation which are not ordinarily available in class work.

o Students undertake internships in a variety of organizations and agencies in the local community and other places.

o Supervised by a faculty member who evaluates the intellectual merit of the proposed field work.

- Internships

o Test the students’ disciplinary knowledge and academic skills in a concrete job context.

o Usually academically relevant to the course of study.

o Improve career possibilities (help students to get the possibility of shaping their individual competence profile).

o Gives students the possibility of experiencing how a workplace functions discover what the private as well as the public job market expects of him/her as a graduate of the humanities.