FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Economics
• History
• Political Sciences
• Sociology
• Psychology

Courses Offered

Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Hons.) 3-years

Master of Arts (M.A.)         2-years

• Economics
• History
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Psychology
  

The Faculty of Social Sciences consists of five Departments and three independent Centers. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses and Ph.D. Programmes in the Departments of Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology & Sociology. The Faculty also offers Masters programme under the self- financing scheme in Social Work, Criminology Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (PMIR) and Public Administration. The three independent Centers in the Faculty, viz., Center for the Study of Nepal, Center for Women's Studies, and Malaviya Center for Peace Research (MCPR) provide various
interdisciplinary research inputs in their respective areas through seminars, workshops, publications and allied activities. The Centre for Integrated Rural Development attached with the Faculty has been offering certificate programmes and a range of outreach activities. In addition the Department of Economics has a research unit, the Department of Political Science has the Centre for the Study of State Governments and a Canadian Studies
Development Programme. The Department of Psychology has a Center for Guidance and Counselling and the Department of Sociology has a Women Cell attached with it.
The Faculty of Social Sciences is well endowed in offering facilities for higher learning. In addition to the departmental libraries, the Faculty has its own well stocked library. The three Centres have also built up an impressive collection of books and journals. A sizeable number of foreign students enrol themselves at the Masters level as also for its Ph.D. Programme.
A number of research projects are in operation in the various Departments and Centers of the Faculty. Teachers and research scholars of the Faculty have obtained various distinctions and awards and have to their credit several published books and research papers in national and international journals.