Academic & Career Advisory & Counselling Services (ACACS)

The Department was originally called the Department of Sociology at its inception in the early 1960s and continued under this label until recently.  The eleven year rebel war in Sierra Leone saw the emergence of many burning social problems which necessitated the establishment of the Social Work unit. In 2006 the Social Work Unit was absorb into the Department Sociology and was called the Department of Sociology and Social Work. At Fourah Bay College Campus, the Department is housed on the fifth floor of the iconic Kennedy building. The Department of Sociology and Social Work is the largest in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

The building was named after the late Mr. Michael Jollife, an expatriate who served as librarian between 1961 and 1970.   The main College Library consists of five floors which house the Sierra Leone Collection, Textbook Collection, Periodicals Department, Issue/Circulation Desk, American Shelf, Cataloguing Department, Reference Collection, General Lending Collection, Photocopying Room, Bindery and the Librarian’s Office. There are satellite libraries such as the Postgraduate Library at the Division of Educational Studies, Institute of Education and Extra Mural Studies (INSEEMS) and the Law Library in the Department of Law.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers the following programs: Diploma in Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science General, Bachelor of Science with Honors in Mathematics, Bachelor of Science with Honors in Statistics, Post Graduate Diploma in Statistics, Post Graduate Diploma in Mathematics. Master of Science in Statistics, Master of Science in Mathematics, A PhD in Mathematics or in Statistics is possible if there is a Supervisor interested in your work.

The Department of Mass Communication at Fourah bay College, University of Sierra Leone was established over 20 years ago. It seeks to provide training for the new generation of Mass Communication professionals in Print and Broadcast journalism, Public Relations and Advertising, Radio, Television and Video Production and Multimedia.

The Short Course and Consultancy is a unit under the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM) – University of Sierra Leone (USL). It was established in June 2006 and IPAM is the first institute to set up an outfit solely for the delivery of short course in Freetown.