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US6310001 - Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours

  • OVERVIEW

    This program is designed to develop students who are well-informed, resilient, empathetic, and capable of understanding and addressing current societal issues.
    This programme comprises of four MAJOR:
    (1) Anthropology and Sociology
    (2) Development Studies
    (3) Economics
    (4) Political Science

    School of Social Sciences
    Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang Malaysia

    https://soc.usm.my/
    FB: Socsc Usm

    Duration : 4 Years / 8 Semester
    Medium Instruction : Lectures will be mainly delivered in Bahasa Malaysia
    Examination : Bahasa Malaysia
    Semester Offered : Semester 1 (October)

  • REQUIREMENTS

    • MINIMUM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
      MINIMUM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

      ACADEMIC 

      • Completed 12 years of Primary and High School Education and
      • Obtained High School Certificate (eg. A‐Level, HSC, SMU, & Matayom Suksa 6 (Thailand), International Baccalaureate ) or
      • Diploma in related field

      ENGLISH 

      • IELTS/IELTS Online minimum Band 5.0 or
      • TOEFL iBT minimum score of 40 or
      • TOEFL Essentials Online minimum score of 7.5 or
      • Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) minimum score of 154 or
      • Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) minimum score of 154 or
      • Cambridge English: Linguaskill Online minimum score of 154 or
      • PTE Academic / PTE Academic (Online) minimum score of 47 or
      • ELS Certified Intensive English Programme Level (CIEP Level) 107 or
      • Malaysian University English Test minimum Band 3.5
      • Candidate from an institution in which the medium of instruction is English 

      Without any of the above English proficiency certificates, accepted students will be issued with a conditional offer letter to fulfill the English language requirements. 

      INTERVIEW

      Candidates must undergo an interview session before being accepted by the respective faculty 

      Note: Candidates do not have physical disability making it difficult for practical work.
    • HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATES DIPLOMA / A-LEVEL, IB, AUSMAT,SAM & OTHERS
      HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATES :

      Obtained High School Certificate Level or its equivalent with minimum entry qualification of CGPA 2.67

      And

      Minimum grade B in any 2 subjects below:

      • Geography
      • History
      • Economics
      • Business Studies
      • Accounting
      • Biology
      • Physics
      • Chemistry
      • Mathematics

      Note: Grading system is referred to each country academics qualifications
      DIPLOMA / A-LEVEL, IB, AUSMAT,SAM & OTHERS:

      Obtained Diploma in related fields with minimum CGPA of 2.67

      And

      Provided the course is not less than 5 semesters or 2 ½ years in the same accredited institution.

      And

      Obtained High School Certificate Level or its equivalent with minimum entry qualification of CGPA 2.67

      And

      Minimum grade B in any 2 subjects below:

      • Geography
      • History
      • Economics
      • Business Studies
      • Accounting
      • Biology
      • Physics
      • Chemistry
      • Mathematics

      ‘A’ LEVEL CANDIDATES
      (AQA, Brunei, Cambridge, Edexcel, London, Maldives)

      • ‘O’ Level and ‘A’ Level result slip and certificates
      • Passed ‘A’ Level with minimum score of 9 and minimum grade C in any 2

      subjects below:

      • Mathematics
      • Chemistry
      • Biology
      • Physics
      • Economics
      • Literature in English
      • Psychology
      • Accounting
      • Computing
      • Law
      • Business Studies
      • Sociology

      INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) DIPLOMA CANDIDATES

      • Passed IB diploma with 26 points
      • Minimum of 6 score in any 2 subjects at High Level (HL) and 1 subject at Standard Level (SL)
      • Mathematics Studies
      • Chemistry
      • Biology
      • Physics
      • Economics
      • Psychology
      • Business and Management
      • Sociology
      • Geography
      • History
      • Information Technology in Global
      • Society
      • Islamic History
      • Philosophy
      • Social and Cultural Anthropology
      • Mathematical Method
      • Mathematics
      • Further Mathematic

      AUSTRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL CANDIDATES

      Passed SAM / AUSMAT with minimum aggregate of 68 and the equivalent of B in any 2 subjects below:

      • Economics
      • English as a second language studies
      • English studies
      • Accounting / Accounting and Finance
      • Biology
      • Chemistry
      • Physics
      • Information Technology Studies
      • Mathematical Studies
      • Specialist Mathematics
      • Legal Studies
      • Psychology
      • Business Management and Enterprise

  • FEES

    • TYPE of feesAmount (USD)
      TYPE of fees: Total Tuition Fees
      Amount (USD):

      12,500.00
       
      TYPE of fees: Per semester
      Amount (USD):

      1,562.50
       
      TYPE of fees: Per year
      Amount (USD):

      3,125.00
      TYPE of fees: Recurrent Fee (Payable every semester)
      Amount (USD):

      112.50
      TYPE of fees: Non-Recurrent Fee (Payable upon registration)
      Amount (USD):

      1,325.00
      TYPE of fees: ** Fees are subject to change

  • LIST OF COURSE

    • (1) Major Anthropology and Sociology
      Year 1: Introduction to Development Planning and Management, Introduction to Political Science, Introduction of Economic Issues, Introduction to Anthropology and Sociology, Statistics for Social Sciences, Quantitative Research Methods, Theory of Anthropology and Sociology.

      (2) Major Development Studies
      Year 1: Introduction to Development Planning and Management, Introduction to Political Science, Introduction of Economic Issues, Introduction to Anthropology and Sociology, Statistics for Social Sciences, Development Theories and Issues.

      (3) Major Economics
      Year 1: Introduction to Development Planning and Management, Introduction to Political Science, Introduction of Economic Issues, Introduction to Anthropology and Sociology, Statistics for Social Sciences, Mathematics for Economic Analysis, Development Economics, Malaysian Economics.

      (4) Major Political Science
      Year 1 Introduction to Development Planning and Management, Introduction to Political Science, Introduction of Economic Issues, Introduction to Anthropology and Sociology, Statistics for Social Sciences, Government and Politics in Malaysia, Fundamentals of Public Policy, Comparative Politics.

    • (1) Major Anthropology and Sociology

      Year 2: Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Sociology of the Family, Industrial Relations, Qualitative Research Methods, Social Inequality, Gender, Ideology and Power, Economy, Entrepreneurship and Culture.

      (2) Major Development Studies
      Year 2: Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Economic for Development, Research Methods for Development, Rural and Regional Development, Urban Development, Issues of Urbanisation, Technology and Society.

      (3) Major Economics
      Year 2: Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Applied Statistics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Basic Econometrics.

      (4) Major Political Science
      Year 2: Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Pentadbiran Awam, Perhubungan Antarabangsa, Theory and Methodology in Political Science, Theory and Practice of Conflict Resolution.

    • (1) Major Anthropology and Sociology
      Year 3: Philosophy of Social Sciences, Advanced Sociological and Anthropological Theory, Anthropology of Tourism, Medical Anthropology, Religion and Social Relations, Ethnic Relations and Racism, Work and Life, Anthropology and Sociology Seminar I.

      (2) Major Development Studies
      Year 3: Philosophy of Social Sciences, Economics and Development Policies of Malaysia, Development Management, Project Planning and Management, Population, Development and Natural Resources, Gender and Development, Poverty and Development.

      (3) Major Economics
      Year 3: Philosophy of Social Sciences, Labour Economics, Islamic Economics, Public Sector Economics I, Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, Economics of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives, Money, Banking and Financial Markets, Economic Planning and Project Analysis, Industrial Training.

      (4) Major Political Science
      Year 3: Philosophy of Social Sciences, Introduction to Political Philosophy, Democratic Government, Conflict Transformation and Peace Building, The Strategies and Skills of Conflict Resolution.

    • (1) Major Anthropology and Sociology
      Year 4: Anthropology and Sociology Seminar II, Information Society, Political Sociology, Anthropology and the Environment, Ethnography, Sociology of Everyday Life.

      (2) Major Development Studies
      Year 4: Demography and Human Resources Planning, Education, Training and Human Resource, Local Government and Municipal Laws, Industrialization and International Development, Health Management System, Land Development and Administration, Social and Environmental Impact Assessment, Agriculture and Development, Development in Islam, Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan.

      (3) Major Economics
      Year 4: Behavioral Economics, International Trade, Monetary Economics, Public Finance II, History of Economics, Money, Banking and Financial Markets, Applied Economics.

      (4) Major Political Science
      Year 4: Public Sector Management, Seminar in Malaysian Politics, Southeast Asian Politics, International Politics and Regional Cooperation, Third World Ideologies, Seminar of Public Administration.

  • CAREER PROSPECTS

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Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
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