Faculty of Humanities and Sciences
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at DUCE nurtures exceptional scholars who possess both imagination and critical thinking skills
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FoHSS) hosts the largest number of students when compared to the students enrolled in the other faculties. The faculty has about 4000 students and 102 vibrant and focused academic staff. It envisions to provide high quality teaching, cutting edge research and community service in Tanzania and beyond. The faculty offers a broad range of subjects taught in secondary schools across the country. It is the engine of teaching a large chunk of content in humanities and art subjects in schools.
The faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses via its three departments: Department of Geography and Economics, Department of Languages and Literature, and Department of History, Political Science, and Development Studies. The undergraduate programmes lead to the award of Bachelor of Arts with Education (BAED) while the postgraduate programmes lead to Master of Arts with Education, Master of Arts in Development Evaluation, and Master of Arts in Public Administration. The faculty also offers one non-education programme; Bachelor of Arts in Disaster Risk Management which is offered by the Department of Geography and Economics.
The faculty also runs short courses including Kiswahili for foreigners teaching methods (Mbinu za Kufundisha Kiswahili kwa Wageni), intensive English course, French for beginners’ course, Chinese course, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). All these courses help to equip students and interested parties with experience packed knowledge in areas beyond content areas taught in schools.
The faculty members are committed to addressing the academic and physical needs of all learners. We prepare committed teachers and leaders ready to make an impact on learning and human development in Tanzania and around the world. Our faculty members in the Department of History, Political Science and Public Administration and Development studies are specialised in party politics, internet and politics, E-Observation and online campaigning, public administration, human resources management, ethics, public health, gender issues, History and Archeology. Geography and Economics Department staff have diverse experience in environmental management issues, environmental education, climate change, natural resources management, demography and population studies, GIS and Remote sensing, development economics, environmental economics, agriculture and industry economics. Languages and Literature Department staff, teach and research on African languages, linguistics and languages (Kiswahili, English and French), literature and translation.
Joining our faculty, the best choice one can make as we give the best quality of service and experience to our learners and clients.