Course Information
for Social Sciences Department
Accounting (ACC212)
Credits:5THIS COURSE IS INTENDED FOR STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO SIT THE 'A' LEVEL EXAMINATION IN ACCOUNTING AND CONTINUE STUDIES IN ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL.
Introduction to Computers (CS 13B)
Credits:3INTRODUCTION TO THE RUDIMENTS OF COMPUTER LITERACY. DISTINCTION BE- TWEEN MICRO, MINI AND MAINFRAME COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS DESIGN; COMPUTER LANGUAGE. (COMPULSORY)
Introduction to Economics I (EC 10D)
Credits:3Introduction to Economics II (EC 10F)
Credits:3Introduction to Statistics (EC 16A)
Credits:3DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS. PROBABILITY AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS. SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS. ESTIMATION. HYPOTHESIS TESTING. SIMPLE CORRELATION AND REGRESSION. (COMPULSORY)
Intro to Mathematics (EC141)
Credits:3Intro to Statistics (EC160)
Credits:3Intermediate Microeconomics I (EC20A)
Credits:3ADVANCED TREATMENT OF SELECTED TOPICS IN ECONOMIC THEORY.
Intemediate Microeconomics II (EC20B)
Credits:3ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF THE FIRM; FACTOR PRICING/INPUT MARKETS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM AND WELFARE THEORY; INTRODUCTORY PROJECT EVALUATION.
Intermediate Macroeconomics I (EC21A)
Credits:3THEORIES AND MODELS
Intemediate Macroeconomics II (EC21B)
Credits:3THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT. THE SUPPLY OF MONEY. DETERMINATION OF SUPPLY
Economic Statistics (EC23J)
Credits:3THIS COURSE SEEKS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS OF ECONOMICS AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES WITH A SOUND UNDERSTANDING OF STATISTICAL CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES.
Caribbean Economy (EC25F)
Credits:3CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC POLICY FROM THE ONSET OF MONO-CROP PLANTATION ECONOMY TO THE PRESENT (ACROSS THE LANGUAGE GROUPS).
Intermediate Macroeconomics II (ECON2003)
Credits:3Economics Statistics (ECON2006)
Credits:3Caribbean Economy (ECON2020)
Credits:3English for Academic Purposes (FD 10A)
Credits:3Caribbean Civilization (FD 11A)
Credits:3English for Academic Purposes (FOUN1001)
Credits:3Language: Argument (FOUN1002)
Credits:3Caribbean Civilization (FOUN1101)
Credits:3Introduction to Politics I (GOVT1000)
Credits:3Introduction to Politics II (GOVT1001)
Credits:3Comparative Politics (GOVT2019)
Credits:3Issues in Govt & Politics of WI (GOVT2023)
Credits:3Introduction to Politics I (GT 11A)
Credits:3THE NATURE OF POLITICS; THEORIES OF STATE; CONCEPTS OF RIGHTS; WEBER AND MARX; EXECUTIVES AND LEGISLATURES; PARTIES; PRESSURE GROUPS; BRI- TISH GOVERNMENT; AMERICAN GOVERNMENT; WEST INDIAN GOVERNMENT; RELATIONAMONG STATES. (COMPULSORY)
Introduction to Politics I (GT 11C)
Credits:3Introduction to Politics II (GT 11D)
Credits:3Sociology for the Caribbean (GT 14G)
Credits:3Comparative Politics (GT28A)
Credits:3THIS COURSE CLARIFIES AND SYNTHESIZES SOME OF THE MAJOR THEORETICAL DIRECTIONS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE ON COMPARATIVE POLITICS. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF BOTH ORTHODOX AND RADICAL THEORIES OF COMPRATIVE POLITICS IS UNDERTAKEN.
Issues in Gov't & Politics in W.I. (GT29B)
Credits:3A'Level Mgmt of Business II (MAN212)
Credits:5THIS COURSE IS INTENDED FOR STUDENTS WHO PLAN TO SIT THE 'A' LEVEL EXAMINATION IN BUSINESS AND CONTINUE STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESSOR INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL.
Mathematics (MAT211)
Credits:5THE LOWER LEVEL COURSE WILL CONSIST OF AN INTRODUCTORY PURE MATHEMA- TICS COURSE IN THE FIRST SEMESTER AND A CALCULUS AND TRIGONOMETRY COURSE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER.
Mathematics (MAT212)
Credits:5THE LOWER LEVEL COURSES WILL CONSIST OF AN INTRODUCTORY PURE MATHEMA- TICS COURSE IN THE FIRST SEMESTER AND A CALCULUS AND TRIGONOMETRY COURSE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER.
Basic Mathematics (MATH1100)
Credits:4Introduction to Management (MGMT1001)
Credits:3Principles of Marketing (MGMT2003)
Credits:3Management Information Systems I (MGMT2006)
Credits:3Organizational Behaviour (MGMT2008)
Credits:3Caribbean Business Environment (MGMT2011)
Credits:3Quantitative Methods (MGMT2012)
Credits:3Business Law (MGMT2021)
Credits:3Financial Management I (MGMT2023)
Credits:3Managerial Economics (MGMT2032)
Credits:3Introduction to Management (MS 12A)
Credits:3INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT; ORGANISATIONS; PLANNING; FORECASTING; ORGANISING; STAFFING; CONTROLLING. (BSC. GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT, SOCIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT).
Intro to Cost & Mgmt Accounting (MS 15B)
Credits:3COSTS; COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; PLANNING AND CONTROL OF MATERIAL LABOURAND FACTORY OVERHEAD COSTS; BREAK-EVEN AND COST-VOLUME - PROFIT ANALY-SIS; BUDGETING; ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF ACCOUNTS (BSC. MANAGE- MENT, SOCIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT).
Intro to Financial Accounting (MS 15E)
Credits:3Intro to Cost & Mgmt Accounting (MS 15F)
Credits:3Introduction to Computers (MS 18A)
Credits:3Principles of Marketing (MS20A)
Credits:3THIS COURSE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE CONCEPTUAL FRAME-WORK AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MARKETS AND MARKETING ACTIVITIES AS PRACTICED BY FIRMS IN A DYNAMIC ENVIROMENT.
Management Information Systems I (MS21B)
Credits:3THIS COURSE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. IT DESCRIBES THE COMPONENTS OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF MIS TO THE LARGER AREA OF ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT.
Organizational Behaviour (MS22A)
Credits:3THIS COUSE WILL USE THE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONS TO HIGHLIGHTHOW INTERRELATED VARIABLES SUCH AS PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, TASK, STRUCTUREAND EXTERNAL ENVIROMENTS IMPUT ON ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS. EMPHASIS WILL BE LAID ON THE NATURE OF BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES AND HOW AND WHY THEY IMPACT ON THE FUNCTIONING OF ORGANISATIONS.
Carib'n Business Environment (MS23B)
Credits:3THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF CARIBBEAN ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES AS THEY AFFECT ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO EYHICAL AND ENVIROMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS AS WELL AS TO THE SOCIOLOGICAL, POLITICAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORKWITHIN WHICH CARIBBEAN BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED.
Quantitative Methods (MS23C)
Credits:3THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTORY LEVEL SURVEY OF QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUESCOMMONLY USED TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO BUSINESS DECISIONS.
Intermediate Financial Accounting I (MS25A)
Credits:3THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERING CAREERS IN ACCOUNTING.
Intermediate Financial Accounting II (MS25B)
Credits:3THIS COURSE IS A CONTINUATION OF INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING COMMENCED IN MS25A
Management Accounting (MS25C)
Credits:3MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING OVERVIEW: THE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING OBJECTIVIESAND CONCEPTS; COST CLASSIFICATION CONCEPTS AND USES.
Cost & Management Accounting (MS25H)
Credits:3THIS COURSE CONTINUES AND EXTENDS THE PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING COVERED IN THE INTRODUCTORY COURSE. THE STUDENT IS EXPOSED TO A MORE INDEPTH UNDRSTANDING OF CURRENT THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Managerial Economics (MS26A)
Credits:3Business Law (MS27A)
Credits:3THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE LAW IN SOCIETY - AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL ANS AS A MECHANISM FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF RIGHTS. THE SOURCEOF LAW. THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
Financial Management I (MS28D)
Credits:3Introduction to Social Psychology (PS 11B)
Credits:3Introduction to Psychology (PS 14A)
Credits:3Introduction to Psychology (PSYC1003)
Credits:3Intro to Social Psychology (PSYC1004)
Credits:3Introduction to Sociology II (SOCI1000)
Credits:3Introduction to Sociology I (SOCI1002)
Credits:3Classical Social Theory (SOCI2000)
Credits:3Modern Social Theory (SOCI2001)
Credits:3Qualitative Methods in Sociological (SOCI2006)
Credits:3Survey Design & Analysis (SOCI2007)
Credits:3Social Change & Development (SOCI2012)
Credits:3Introduction to Sociology I (SY 13E)
Credits:3WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY ABOUT? STRUCTURES OF POWER; AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES (FOCUS ON CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES). (COMPUL- SORY)
Introduction to Sociology II (SY 13F)
Credits:3Sociology for the Caribbean (SY 14G)
Credits:3Classical Social Theory (SY20E)
Credits:3ORIGINS ANS CLASSICAL TRADITIONS
Modern Social Theory (SY20F)
Credits:3Survey Design & Analysis (SY22E)
Credits:3THIS COURSE AIMS TO TEACH RESEARCH DESIGN, STATISTICAL SKILLS, AND COMPUTER SKILLS, WITHIN AN OVERALL PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE.