Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty Job Description

The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

The Faculty has a mandate to prepare and provide a quality education experience to help its students acquire knowledge and analytical skills, thus contributing to meaningful development of the region, South Africand neighboring countries. The Faculty is committed to excellence in scholarship and tuition, and to the ideals of human dignity, freedom of expression and the pursuit of knowledge that enables students to meet the growing needs of their communities and be prepared to face challenges in the changing world. The Faculty aims to equip those with an interest in community engagement with relevant scientific knowledge and skills and promote interest in and cultivate research proficiency as a precondition for developing a critical mass of scholars and researchers in the field of humanities.

The Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law aspires to become a prestigious Faculty that will become a Faculty of first choice for learners, by providing quality programmes handled by efficient professionals. The vision and mission of the faculty is aligned with the broader vision and mission of Walter Sisulu University and places emphasis on responding to the needs of the communities. The vision of the Walter Sisulu University is to be a leading African comprehensive university focusing on innovative educational, research and community partnership programmes that are responsive to local, regional, national development priorities and cognisant of continental and international imperatives.

Humanities and Social Science

The study of humanities focuses on the cultural factors of society in a more subjective way than the study of social science does. The study of humanities is thought to be more rational than the study of social sciences. Humanities is a discipline of science that questions the factors that make a person unique and helps tackle customs, heritage, culture, and values of the community.

It includes subjects like religion, primeval languages, history, present-day languages, performing arts, law, and philosophy. The study of Social science is found in the middle of natural sciences and humanities. Sociology is a branch of science that includes a lot of different subjects.

Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim are acknowledged for their contributions to social sciences. The study of culture is considered an extensive subject of study under the humanities. The study of literature, history, art, archaeology, religion, politics, law, and so on are all humanities.

The study of humanitarian subjects helps emphasize the human and social characteristics of the sciences. The study of humanities is more descriptive than other sciences. The educational studies that provide intellectual knowledge are listed under humanities.

Music, theatre, visual arts, and other humanities activities are included in the subject. The field of humanities helps people with their knowledge. The republic would not flourish without humanities.

Humanities and Social Sciences

Human aspects like politics, law, linguistics, economics, and psychology are dealt with in humanities and social sciences. The humanities and social sciences have different approaches to analytical and scientific thinking. It is considered a branch of study in between humanities and natural sciences because of the scientific approach to social sciences.

Sociology, anthropology, criminology, administration, archaeology, education, economics, psychology, linguistics, political science, law, and history are all related to social sciences. The study of humanities can be traced back to Greece. The concept of seven liberal arts was developed during the Roman times.

The study of humanities shifted in the 15th century. After the 15th century, humanities was seen as a subject to be studied rather than practiced. Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber are credited with giving a modern definition to social sciences.