REORGANIZATION OF THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WANA CASS KUNA HAYA MABADILIKO CHUONI - UDSM The Council of the University of Dar es Salaam at its 217th Meeting held on 24th October 2013, approved to split the College of Arts and Social Sciences into two new Colleges: The College of Humanities (CoHu) and The College of Social Sciences (CoSS). The decision to split the two Colleges was made after careful consideration of the current structure of the University and an in-depth discussion with stakeholders at Department, College and University levels. This split will bring forth a number of advantages; first, the reorganization will make the Colleges consistent with the existing organisational structure of UDSM; second, the split will result into more resources, both human and financial for both Colleges; third, the measure is likely to increase administrative efficiency and unlock opportunities for growth for areas of study that were not able to thrive under the old structure; fourth, the split will decouple fields of study which currently co-exist uneasily in the old structure and thus enable those fields of study to thrive, and; lastly, the creation of new Colleges is likely to lead to the establishment of new programmes responsive to the needs of Tanzania. Under the new structure, the College of Humanities will be constituted by the following Departments: 1. Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics 2. Department of Literature 3. Department of Fine and Performing Arts 4. Department of History 5. Department of Archaeology and Heritage 6. Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies The College will also nurture the Communication Skills Unit into a Centre for Communication Studies. The College of Social Sciences will be constituted by the following Departments: 1. Department of Economics 2. Department of Geography 3. Department of Political Science and Public Administration 4. Department of Sociology 5. Department of Statistics The College will also nurture the following units into Departments or Centres: 1. Department of Anthropology 2. Department of Psychology 3. Department of Social Work 4. Centre for Population Studies and Research ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE udsm.ac.tz
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:18:27 +0000
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