The Faculty - its birth, its development

1959 Teaching in Social Science courses such as Economics, Political Science, Government and Sociology commenced in the Faculty of Arts at Mona.

1960 Faculty of Social Sciences was established with,
initially, two Departments- Economics and Government.

1961 Department of Government two non-degree
programmes were introduced

	A one year Diploma in Public Administration.
	A two year Certificate in Social Administration (changed in 1962 to Certificate in Social Work).
	Teaching in Social Sciences began at St. Augustine Campus.
	At the end of the 1961-62 academic year the first class of Social Science students graduated, being conferred with the BSc (Economics) degree but with specializations in Economics, Government, Political Science and Sociology. 1962 The Department of Sociology began.

1963 Teaching in the Social Sciences was started at Cave Hill Campus.

	During this period the Diploma and Certificate in Management Studies were also introduced.
	The Certificate in Social Work was transferred to the Department of Sociology.
	Graduate Studies in Sociology, Economics and Government came on stream.
	The end of the 60s ushered in degree options such as Accounting and Applied Social Studies (later to be called Social Work (1974) a one year degree programme).

1964-1969 During this period the following developments took place.

The introduction of degree programmes in International Relations, Management Studies and Social Administration.

1970 During this period the title of the undergraduate degree programmes was altered from the common designation of BSc Economics. Degrees were granted carrying the name of the area of specialization.

A Certificate in Public Administration was introduced in the Department of Government.

1977 A degree programme in Hotel Management was established in the Bahamas, with Part I of the programme at the new UWI Centre for hotel and Tourism Management being taught at the three campuses and, by special arrangement, at the College of The Bahamas.

	The most interesting and significant development took place in Outreach activities: the first was the introduction of the Challenge Scheme which enables candidates in non-campus territories to sit Part I of the degree courses without attending the campus. The second was the Certificate in Public Administration (CPA), which was extended to non-campus territories subject to the classroom instructions and availability of teaching materials. Both Schemes are supported by the UWI Distance Teaching Experiment (UWIDITE , now UWIDEC).
	A Certificate in Business Administration was approved primarily for non-campus territories.
	The MSc, MPhil, PhD Degrees in Accounting, Government and Sociology were offered.

1983 An undergraduate degree option in Tourism
Management was introduced.

Diploma programmes were offered in a) Energy Management b) Population Studies

1984 A Diploma in Health Management was instituted

A Certificate in Energy Management came on stream.

1985 A MSc. in Social Sciences (later renamed Development Studies) was offered within the Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences, Mona. The School was a joint collaborative effort of the UWI and the University of Guyana and located at the UWI, Mona Campus.

Changes were made to the MSc. Sociology-to introduce a Masters degree by Course Work

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1987 The Institute of Business (Mona, St. Augustine) and the Centre of Management Development (Cave Hill) were launched and links were established with the business communities in the respective territories.

(1989) The Institute of Business-IOB (now Mona Institute Business-MIOB)offers graduate programmes namely the Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA)1989-1999 and the Masters in Public Sector Management (MPSM) 1994-1995. In addition MIOB offers Cohort 1 MBA part-time (1997/98); Cohort 1 MBA full-time (1998/99); MPSM redesigned as MBA Public Sector Management. A Diploma in Public Sector Management is also offered.

1993-94 The Faculty through the Department of Management Studies and in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences offer jointly a MSc. Computer Based Management and Information System

A Masters in Social Work was introduced.

1996 Introduction of a Masters in Human Resource Development by the Department of Sociology and Social Work.

1998 A Masters programmes in International Business was introduced by the Department of Management Studies

	The Faculty embarked on a franchising arrangement with a number of Tertiary Level Institutions to offer its Certificate programmes.
	The BSc. Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management is offered jointly by the UWI (Mona) and the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTECH – formerly CAST.

1999 The Faculty’s Honours Society was established. Those who have excelled in the academics as well as those who have performed exemplarily in the co-curricular activities of the university were inducted.

	The first set of inductees were drawn from the batch of graduates of 1998-99 and featured FIRST CLASS HONOURS DEGREES.
	The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Research (SALISES) was established in August 1999 out of a merger of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) and the Consortium Graduate School of Social Sciences (CGSS). The Institute is headed by a University Director, currently Head of the Unit at Cave Hhill with other Directors at Mona and St. Augustine.

2000 The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences instituted a Dean’s Breakfast in recognition of top students within the Faculty. Top students in the second and third year of their studies, meet with the Dean and the Heads of Department to share breakfast and to fellowship with one another.

2001 The Department of Sociology Social Work in collaboration with the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry offered the MSc. in Clinical Psychology for the first time.

2002 Department of Sociology and Social Work had its name changed to Sociology, Psychology and Social Work during the academic year (March 2002).