School of Humanities & Social Sciences

 
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences is committed to providing high quality programs for students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It fulfills its mission by providing programs with an international perspective and by emphasizing the importance of community service and citizenship in the global community.

The School provides quality assurance to its graduates by continuous review of the curriculum by faculty, and also through the process of Kenyan and American accreditation. It provides leadership for the development of new programs to meet the changing needs of students.

School Mission Statement
The mission of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences is to provide an enabling learning environment through quality programs where undergraduate and graduate students acquire knowledge, skills, positive attitudes, values and desirable behavior.  Further the SHSS is committed to promoting the generation and dissemination of knowledge in order to create a better world.

School Mission Outcomes
  • Competence in critical thinking, creative skills, use of technology, and communication skills.
  • Demonstrate effective, efficient and ethical leadership.
  • Service to the community: acquire practical working experience through participation and contribution to community and societal causes. 
  • Demonstrate preparedness for career and lifelong learning in their chosen disciplines as well as understanding of and appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge.
  • Demonstrate the use of qualitative and quantitative research skills in humanities, social sciences and natural science. 
  • Demonstrate awareness and appreciation of diversity, and development of a world view informed by a multicultural global perspective.

Academic Programs
The international and multicultural emphasis of the University is central to the mission of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The belief that neither nations nor individuals can survive in isolation impacts program design and course content. The department stresses understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity, societal interdependence, and global perspectives. Its culturally diverse faculty is committed to preparing students for enlightened leadership in an increasingly related world.

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a range of programs that serve the academic needs of the University. It is home to a variety of undergraduate majors, the University’s general education program and the Master of Arts programs in International Relations and Counseling Psychology. These programs emphasize interdisciplinary approaches while, at the same time, maintaining the integrity and quality of individual disciplines. As the department with the critical responsibility for the broad intellectual development of undergraduates, it stresses clear understanding of facts, events and ideas in a global perspective.

Towards those ends, the faculty of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences strives to nurture and develop students who, by the time they successfully complete their coursework at USIU, will have manifested the following attitudes, skills, understandings, and behavior:

  • Global outlook, i.e. show understanding, respect, and appreciation for others irrespective of cultural backgrounds and, additionally, show a deeper and broader understanding of the interactions, interconnectedness, and interdependence of individuals and cultures;
  • Competency in critical, creative, and quantitative skills in thinking, writing, and speaking;
  • Breadth and depth in their chosen disciplines as well as understanding of and appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge and understanding;
  • Effective and ethical leadership;
  • Service to the community;
  • Preparedness for professions, specific careers, or further study; and
  • Skill in using computers as learning tools.
  • For graduate students, the above-listed goals will be evidenced at a more sophisticated level. Additionally, graduate students will manifest the following:
  • advanced skills and comprehension in their specific discipline;
  • Independent and co-operative research and scholarship;
  • Ability to function effectively as individuals and as members of multicultural, international teams; and
  • Leadership in chosen discipline and areas of interest.

Bachelor of Arts Programs
International Relations (B.A.)
Psychology (B.A.)
Criminal Justice (B.A.)

Master of Arts Programs
Counseling Psychology (M. A.)
Clinical Psychology (M.A.)
International Relations (M. A.)

Post Graduate Programs
Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations
Doctrate In Clinical Psychology

Contacts
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Prof. Munyae M. Mulinge - Dean
Phone: (254-20) 3606416
E-mail: mmulinge@usiu.ac.ke and fmuthusi@usiu.ac.ke