Getting your subject combination right is very important for you to be able to gain admission into the university of your dream. Read full list of JAMB subject combination for Social Science courses.

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board conducts the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that is required for gaining admission into any higher institution in Nigeria. The board provides a syllabus brochure known as the JAMB Brochure which contains the subject combination for each programme, the universities offering each programme and the subject areas the candidates are expected to cover. This post contains a summary of the JAMB subject combination for different Social Sciences courses.

Social Science courses offered in Nigeria

Social Sciences courses are academic disciplines about the society and relationships of people in the society and with the society. These are the courses in Social Science in Nigeria:

• Accountancy
• Banking and Finance
• Business Administration
• Business Management
• Cooperative and Rural Development
• Demography and Social Statistics
• Economics
• Geography
• Human Resources Management
• Industrial Relations
• Insurance

• International Relations
• Library Science
• Marketing
• Mass Communication
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Religious Studies
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Tourism

Social Sciences course subject combination for JAMB

Note that Use of English Language is a compulsory subject to be taken by every JAMB candidate.

1. Accountancy

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other social science subject.

2. Banking and Finance

Use of English, Mathematics, one social science subject, and any other subject.

3. Business Administration

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other social science subject.

4. Business Management

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other subject.

5. Cooperative and Rural Development

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other subject.

6. Demography and Social Statistics

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics or Geography, and any other subject.

7. Economics

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, any of the following subjects: Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and Christian Religious Knowledge or Islamic Religious Knowledge.

8. Geography

Use of English, Geography, and two other Arts or Social Science subjects.

9. Human Resources Management

Use of English, Economics, Government, and any other relevant subjects.

10. Industrial Relations

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other relevant subject.

11. Insurance

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other subject.

12. International Relations

Use of English, Economics, Literature in English, and any of the following subjects: Geography, Government, History.

13. Library Science

Use of English, with any three Arts or Social Science subjects.

14. Marketing

Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other relevant Subject.

15. Mass Communication

Use of English, Literature in English, Economics, and any of the following subjects: Government or Christian Religious Knowledge or Islamic Religious Knowledge.

16. Philosophy

Use of English, Government, and any other two subjects.

17. Political Science

Use of English, Government, History, and any other Arts or Social Science subjects.

18. Psychology

Use of English with, and any three Arts or Social Science subject.

19. Public Administration

Use of English, Government, Economics, and any other subject.

20. Religious Studies

Use of English Language, Christian Religious Knowledge or Islamic Religious Knowledge, and any two other subjects.

21. Social Work

Use of English Language, Mathematics, Economics or Geography, and any other subject of your choice which is related to your choice.

22. Sociology

Use of English and any three Arts or Social Science subjects.

23. Sociology and Anthropology

Use of English. You are free to choose any three Social Science or Arts Subjects which is related.

24. Tourism

English, Mathematics, Economics, and any other subject.

For more information on subject combinations, programmes and universities and subject areas to cover, you can check JAMB Brochure which is available in hardcopy or online at http://ibass.jamb.gov.ng.