The Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences is a three year programme. It consists of seven subjects namely; Political Science, Social Administration, Sociology, Economics, psychology, philosophy and Gender and Development. Students may also take courses from other relevant Faculties/Land Institutes such as Faculty of Arts, Institute of Economics and Psychology. First year students will take any three subjects and two courses from each subject per semester, i.e. 12 courses in the first year. First year courses are all core. Second and Third Years Students shall be required to offer a major and a minor subject in the second and third year of their studies. The major subject shall constitute at least two Core and two Elective Courses per semester of a student’s programme or an equivalent of 16 credit units. A minor subject shall constitute at least two courses per semester, comprising of one Core Course and one Elective, equivalent to eight Credit Units.