This course is primarily geared toward enhancing students’ abilities to use and interpret statistical data in social research and decision-making contexts based upon their engagement with elementary and intermediate-level statistical techniques. Students will be exposed to elements of descriptive and inferential statistics in the context of questions and problems that emerge in applied social settings and policy-relevant studies.
This course seeks to assist students to strengthen their written communication skills.
Objectives: to identify the main uses of writing, employ the main features of writing, meet the expectations of readers, use writing and reading for inquiry learning and
thinking.
This course seeks to educate leaders in an interdisciplinary course of study who can manage teams of professionals of varied disciplines in policy-formation and implementation in the public and private sectors of Caribbean economies.
Objectives: to develop the leadership potential of SALISES graduates so that they can coordinate, inspire and direct teams of technical professionals.
This course seeks to examine the critical social issues and social policy challenges in relation to children. The dimensions and causes of child vulnerability will be discussed within several theoretical frameworks. Current policies and programmes in developing countries to reduce vulnerability of children will be assessed. Cross-cutting issues in the course will be discussed using gender and stratification analyses.
The course objectives are to:
