Botswana · BA

Bachelor Of Arts In Social Sciences

University of Botswana · Gaborone & Francistown

About this programme

Structured foundation in Bachelor Of Arts In Social Sciences with practical skills for entry-level professional roles.

Entry requirement

Entry requirement: at least 34 points.

Qualification	BA
Institution	University of Botswana
Faculty / school	Faculty of Social Sciences
Duration	4 years
Location	Gaborone
Minimum points	34
Accreditation	BQA Accredited
Funding / sponsorship	Government Sponsorship Available
Demand outlook	HRDC forecasts about 363 openings a year in SOCIAL SCIENCES (2025). Years of backlog: not shown. Appendix 3 publishes no unemployment sector matching Social Sciences, so no figure is available. Graduates per opening: 1.59. ISCED bundles Journalism and Information with Social Sciences, so this ratio is indicative only. These openings are a forecast of need, not posts that are currently being filled. In July 2026 the Directorate of Public Service Management told Parliament's Public Accounts Committee that government "currently do not have the financial capacity to create new vacancies", and that more than 8,000 students now graduate each year while the economy is no longer creating jobs at the same pace. Government policy reserves 80% of entry-level vacancies for new graduates and is achieving about 70%. (Directorate of Public Service Management, evidence to the 62nd sitting of the Public Accounts Committee, reported by Mmegi (July 2026).) This describes the whole field, not this programme alone, and it is not a government waiting list — Botswana publishes no such figure. Source: HRDC Priority Skills Report, March 2025, Table 31 p.41; HRDC Tertiary Education Statistics Report 2024, Table 22.

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