Category: Department of Social Sciences Units

Unit Code: SSC703 Unit Title: Directed Research in Social Sciences SSC703 is a social science directed research unit, which aimed is to develop teacher trainee research knowledge and skills, capacity and confidence to carryout simple research for capacity building, improving Read More …

Unit Code: SSC702 Unit Title: Social Policy and Development Impacts The unit provides students with basic knowledge about social policy and how it influences the lives of individuals, families, and communities. Social Policy also examines how social workers and the Read More …

Unit Code: SSC701 Unit Title: Political Economy and Rural Development Political economy deals with political issues and decisions on policies that influences or regulates the economic development of a country or society. Political economy and rural development are interrelated and Read More …

Unit Code: SSR603 Unit Title: Church and Society This unit introduces students to the study of the church and society. The general aim is to broaden the students’ understanding of an institution which most of them belong to but may Read More …

Unit Code: SSC603 Unit Title: Special Topics in Social Sciences This unit covers a range of topics in the subjects of social sciences, such topics as government, politics, economics, civic education, media, Solomon Islands history (World War II), institutions, foreign relations Read More …

Unit Code: SSR602 Unit Title: Christian Worship The unit begins by defining Christian worship. Selected definitions on Christian worship by past Christian thinkers of different church traditions would be given to students to gauge variation in thinking. This is the Read More …

Unit Code: SSR601 Unit Title: World Major Religions This Unit introduces students to the world’s major religions. This study begins with an overview of the theories of religion. It examines how human being began theorizing the notion of the highest essence, Read More …

Unit Code: SSC602 Unit Title: Peace and Conflicts Studies SSC602 introduces teacher trainees to study the types of conflicts and the strands of peace-building in the context of development process. Topics such as conflicts, conflict management, prevention, resolution, transformation, peace-building, Read More …

Unit Code: SSC601 Unit Title: Social Issues and Justice This unit introduces teacher trainees to study the social issues which are on a rise and are affecting Solomon Islanders. The social Issues will be explored and examined their level of impacts Read More …

Unit Code: SSR502 Unit Title: A Survey of The New Testament The unit provides a survey the New Testament world; the social, economic, political and cultural world where Jesus was born, raised and performed his ministry. The study further explores Read More …