Entry Requirements

Description
A minimum of five (5) subjects CXC/CSEC (General Proficiency), grades I, II or III or five (5) passes at GCE "O" level. Subjects must include English Language and Mathematics
The Certificate in Industrial Relations and Management from the Institute of Distance & Continuing Education (IDCE).
A Trained Teacher's Certificate from CPCE, Class I, Grade I.
The Certificate in Industrial and Social Studies from Critchlow Labour College (CLC) together with a pass at the University of Guyana Entrance Examination (UGEE).
Mature age (26 years and over) with three (3) or more years experience in the field, together with a pass at the University of Guyana Entrance Examination (UGEE).
The Commonwealth Diploma in Youth Work.
Any qualification considered by the University to be equivalent to any of the above.

Courses

First Year
First Year
Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
AAA4104 Additional Course (4 Credits) 4 Slot for Chinese courses
MNG2100 Computer Studies I 4
ENG1105 Introduction to the Use of English 4
POL1100 Theory and Practice of Politics 3
SOC1100 The Study of Society 3
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
MNG2200 Computer Studies II 4
ENG1205 Use of English 4
POL1200 Introduction to Political Structures and Institutions 3
SOC1200 Introduction to Sociological Theory 3
AAA4204 Additional Course (4 Credits) 4 Slot for Chinese courses
Second Year
Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ECN1100 Introductory Micro-Economics 4
SOC2100 Classical Sociological Theory 4
SOC2107 Social Psychology I 4
SOC2105 Elements of Survey Sampling & Social Statistics 4
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
SOC2200 Contemporary Sociological Theory I 4
SOC2207 Social Psychology II 4
SOC2205 Inferential Statistics For Social Research 4
ECN1200 Introductory Macro-Economics 4
Third Year
Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
SOC3108 Marriage and the Family 4
HST2105 Survey of Guyanese History I 4
SOC3103 Contemporary Sociological Theory II 4
SOC3104 Social Science Methodology I 4
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ZZZ3201 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose DSW225 or DSW328 or DSW325 or DPM325 or HST225
SOC3209 Poverty Analysis 4
SOC3206 Comparative Social Institutions 4
SOC3204 Social Science Methodology II 4
Fourth Year
Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
DSW3107 The Sociology of Punishment & Corrections 4
SOC4101 Applied Sociology I 4
ZZZ4101 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose DSW215 or DSW4104 or DSW313 or DPM410 or DSW214
SOC4106 The Study of Social Change 4
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ZZZ4201 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose DSW225 or DSW328 or DSW325 or DPM325 or HST225
SOC4201 Applied Sociology II 4
SOC4200 Caribbean Social Structure II 4
SOC4206 Modernisation and Development 4

Contact Us

  • The University of Guyana
    Turkeyen Campus
    Greater Georgetown
    Guyana
  • +(592)-222-2740
    +(592)-623-8325
  • admissions@uog.edu.gy