UPNG School of Humanities & Social Sciences (SHSS) Programs

UPNG School of Humanities & Social Sciences (SHSS) specializes in programs related to civil society, journalism, communication and etc.

Enrichment Courses

The enrichment courses are taken offered by SHSS are not only taken by students enrolled under the school’s program but also taken by students enrolled under School of Business and Public Policy (SBPP) and School of Law (SOL). Particularly by first Year Students in those two schools.

Enrichment Courses-Semester 1

• 4.13902 Communication & Life Skills
• 4.23904 Civics & Ethics

Semester 2-Enrichment Courses

•  4.10105 Science Communication
•  4.10105 Business Communication
• 4.10407 Communication Skills for SHSS
• 4.23904 Civics & Ethics

Anthropology/Sociology/Archaeology Strand Programs

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Anthropology/Sociology/Archaeogy)

1^st Year

Semester 1 

• 4.14001  Study of Human Society
• 4.13902 Communication and Life Skills
• 4.23904 Civics & Ethics

Semester 2 

• 4.14002 Modern PNG Society

2^nd Year

Semester 1

• 4.24012 Introduction to Archaeology
• 4.24015 Research Methods I
• 4.24035 Melanesian Cultures
• 4.24052 Technology in Material Culture

Semester 2

• 4.24002 Archaeology of PNG
• 4.24010 Theories of Society
• 4.24025 Gender & Sexuality
• 4.24054 Art & Aesthetics

3^rd Year

Semester 1

• 4.34005 Regional Archaeology
• 4.34015 Archaeological Methods I
• 4.3040 Cultural Ecology
• 34052 Museum & Living Past

Semester 2

• 4.34025 Social Mapping
• 4.34028 Media Anthropology
• 4.34030 Anthropology of Economies
• 4.34053 Art in Contemporary PNG

4^th Year

Semester 1

• 4.44020 Social Impact Studies
• 4.44045 Kinship & Genealogy
• 4.44052 Art & Cultural Production

Semester 2

• 4.44025 Research Methods II
• 4.44050 Archaeological Methods II
• 4.44054 Theories in Anthropology of Art
• 4.44030 Reading Course (Archaeology)
• 4. 44040 Reading Course (Anthropology)

Bachelor of Arts with Honors (Major in Anthropology/Sociology/Archaeology)

This program is normally taken after completion of the above Bachelor of Arts 4-year program. Especially as a bridge program towards taking a Master Degree program. The program is a 1-year program.

Semester 1

• 4.54010 Advance Theory & Methods-Anthropology
• 4.54020 Advance Theory/Methods-Archaeology
• 4.54040 Advance Theory/Method-Sociology
• 4.54050 Selected Topics

Semester 2

• 5.54000 BA-Honors Sub-Thesis
• 5.54030 Thesis Writing

 

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Arts & Design)

1^ST Year-Semester 1-Courses

• 16001 Fundamentals of Art & Design
• 16002 Seeing & Drawing

1^st Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 16028 Life Drawing
• 16101 Introduction to Print Making

 

2^nd Year-Semester 1-Courses

• 26002 Graphics Design Fundamentals
• 26004 Introduction to Fine Arts

2^nd Year-Semester2-Courses

• 16007 3-Dimensional Art
• 26003 Introduction to Textile & Fashion Design

3^rd Year-Semester1-Courses

• 36001 Computer Aided Art & Design I
• 36006 Fine Arts I
• 36008 Textile Design I
• 36012 Fashion Design I

3^rd Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 36002 Computer Aided Art & Design II
• 36004 Fashion Design II
• 36007 Visual Communication I
• 36018 Photo Communication

4^th Year-Semester 1-Courses

• 46009 Final Arts II
• 46020 Visual Communications II
• 46021 Textile Design II
• 46022 Professional Practice I

4^th Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 46000 PNG Arts & Art Form
• 46004 Multimedia Design
• 46023 Professional Practice II

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Theatre Arts)

1^st Year –Semester 1 Courses

• 17101 Introduction to Theatre Arts
• 17103 Acting, Mime, & Speech

1^st Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 14104 Introduction to Media Arts
• 14105 Background to PNG Theatre
• 17102 Techniques of Dance

 

2^nd Year-Semester 1 Courses

• 27101 Design, Costume, & Make-Up
• 27103 Theatre Arts Management

2^nd Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 27102 Practical Theater & Directing
• 27104 Scripting & Creative Dramatics

 

3^rd year-Semester 1-Courses

• 37101 Playwright Workshop
• 37104 Theatre & Media Technologies

3^rd Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 37106 Practical Theater Production
• 37105 Theater in PNG

 

4^th Year-Semester1-Courses

• 47102 Choreographic Procedures
• 47106 Community Theatre
• 47101 Special Projects in Theater

 

4^th Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 47103 Acting Speech Art
• 47105 Directing Studies
• 47101 Special Projects in Theater

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Music)

1^ST Year-Semester 1 Courses

• 17001 Introduction to PNG Music Studies
• 17002 Materials of Music I

1^st Year-Semester 2 Courses.

• 17003 PNG Music Studies A
• 17004 Materials of Music II
• 17005 PNG Performance I

2^nd Year-Semester 1-Courses

• 27006 Materials in Music II
• 27007 PNG Music Studies B
• 27008 PNG Performance II

2^nd Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 27009 Materials of Music II
• 27010 Music Practice I

 

3^rd Year-Semester 1-Courses

• 37011 Materials in Music V
• 37012 PNG Music Studies C
• 37013 Music Practice II (Group)

3^rd Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 37014 Creative Workshop I
• 37015 Music Practice III
• 37016 Music Technology

4^th Year-Semester 1-Courses

• 47017 PNG Music Studies D
• 47018 Project in Music I
• 47019 Music Practice IV

4^th Year-Semester 2-Courses

• 47020 Creative Workshop II
• 47021 Project in Music II
• 47022 Music Practice V

 

Bachelor of Arts (Major in History)

1^st Year-Semester 1

• 10602 Introduction to Pacific History
• Broadening Course

1^st Year-Semester 2

• 10601 PNG History (Broadening Course)

 

2^nd Year-Semester 1

• 20604 Oral History
• 20610 East Asian History

2^nd Year-Semester 2

• 20606 Modern Europe from the French Revolution.
• 23911 History & Ideas (Broadening Course)

 

3^rd Year-Semester 1

• 30611 Australian History
• 30612 USA History: Civil War to the Present
• 30615 War & Peace in the Twentieth Century
• 30616 Development of Global Economy

3^rd Year-Semester2

• 30621 Colonialism & Nation Building in PNG
• 30601 PNG Labor History
• 30610 Modern English History

 

4^th Year-Semester 1

• 40615 PNG in the World Economy
• 40619 Reading Course in PNG’s Economic Development

4^th Year-Semester 2

• 40617 Oral Traditions Fieldwork
• 40618 PNG History: Sources and Method.
• 40619 Reading Course in PNG’s Economic Development.

 

 

Bachelor of Arts with Honors (Major in History)

Taken after completion of Bachelor of Arts (Major in History) as a bridging program for those who are interested to pursue a Master degree in the related field.

Semester 1

• 50620 Historiography
• 506203 Feminist Historiography
• 50622 Topics in Melanesian History

Semester 2

4.50601 Sub-Thesis

 

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Gender Studies)

1^st Year-Semester 2

• 24201 Introduction to Gender Studies

2^nD Year-Semester 1

• 44201 Women & Colonization

 

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Philosophy)

1^st Year-Semester 1

• 11801 Logic
• 21801 Epistemology

2^nd Year-Semester 1

• 21802 Philosophy & Journalism

2^nd Year-Semester 2

• 21803 Social Political Philosophy

 

3^rd Year-Semester 1

• 31801 Contemporary Moral Issues
• 31825 Melanesian Philosophy

3^rd Year-Semester 2

• 31803 Existentialism (Philosophy & Literature)
• 31835 Business Ethics & Development

 

4^th Year-Semester 1

• 41802 Reading Course (Philosophy)

4^th Year-Semester 2

• 41801 Comparative Philosophy
• 41803 Reading Course (Philosophy)

Bachelor of Arts with Honors (Major in Philosophy)

One-year program after completion of the Bachelors program. Normally taken as a lead up course to a Master program.

Semester 1

• 51804 Advance Philosophical Methods
• 51802 Critical Theories of Existence

Semester 2

• 51805 Melanesian Metaphysics
• 51800 Sub-Thesis

Information & Communication Science Strand

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Information & Communication Science)

1^st Year-Semester 1

• 13701 Information Literacy (Broadening Course)

1^st Year-Semester 2

• 13702 Introduction to Information & Communication Studies

 

2^nd Year-Semester 1

• 23703 Information Sources in Social Sciences & Humanities
• 23704 Management Information Services
• 23705 Organization of Information I
• 23706 Information Technology I

2^nd Year-Semester 2

• 23702 Information Society (Broadening Course)
• 23707 Marketing of Information Service

 

 

3^rd Year-Semester 1

• 33709 Records Management

 

3^rd Year-Semester 2

• 33708 Organization of Information 2
• 33710 Information Technology 2

 

4^th Year-Semester 1

• 43711 Outreach: Information Extension Services
• 43714 Seminar: Information & Communication Issues

4^th Year-Semester 2

• 43713 Archives Management
• 43712 Fieldwork/Professional Practice

 

Bachelor of Arts with Honors (Major in Information & Communication Technology)

One-year program after completion of Bachelors of Arts (Major in Information & Communication Technology)

Semester 1

• 53712 Research Methods in Information Management
• 53713 Advance Information Sources, Systems & Services

Semester 2

• 53714 PNG’s Information Environment
• 53715 Sub-Thesis

Journalism & Public Relations Strand

Bachelor of Arts (Major in Journalism & Public Relations)

1^st Year-Semester 1

• 13801 Mass Communication

1^st Year-Semester 2

• Enrichment Courses

2^nd Year-Semester 1

• 23801 News Techniques
• 23803 Practical Reporting I
• 23804 Print Media Production I

2^nd Year-Semester 2

• 23802 Media Laws and Ethics
• 23805 Print Media Production II

3^rd Year-Semester 1

• 33803 Electronic Media 1
• 33804 Public Relations I

3^rd Year-Semester 2

• 33801 News Coverage
• 33802 Practical Reporting II

 

4^th Year-Semester 1

• 43805 Advance News Practice

4^th Year-Semester 2

• 43801 Electronic Media II
• 43802 Public Relations II
• 43803 Community Publishing
• 43806 Public Relations Practice

 

Bachelor of Arts with Honors (Major in Journalism & Public Relations)

One year program after the completion of Bachelor of Arts (Major in Journalism & Public Relations).

Semester 1

• 53807 Mass Media Theory
• 53803 Information & Communication

Semester 2

• 53806 Information & Communication Trends & Development
• 53801 Sub-Thesis