History of Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences has been developed along with
Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University.
Initially, Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences was not divided as
department. Teachers attached to
Department of Humanities and Social
Sciences are responsible in teaching
several important courses in the
educational curriculum. In B.E.2518
(1975), there was the Act enacting all
teacher's colleges to transform into
academic colleges; therefore, Department
of Humanities and Social Sciences was
founded by opening for teaching in
diploma degree, Bachelor's Degree:
(4 years) and Bachelor’s Degree (2
years) (Post-diploma). For field of
studies, the faculty had 3 major
subjects, namely Thai language, English
language and social studies. After that,
in the year of B.E. 2527 (1986), the
curriculum was improved and the
curriculum of liberal arts was opened
for teaching in 2535 (1992).
“Department of Humanities and
Social Science” was transformed
into “Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences” in according with
the Rajabhat Institute Act and the
position of “Chief of
Department” was changed to
“Dean”; the faculty
supervised 11 departments. Later, in the
year of B.E. 2542 (1999), a structure of
the departments was changed to be
programs according to curriculum for
producing undergraduate students, total
11 programs and in the year of B.E. 2543
(1987), Programs of Liberal Arts, Dance,
Drama and Music were separated to
establish as Faculty of Liberal Arts.
Faculty of Humanities and Social
Science, therefore, had the programs
opening for teaching in Bachelor's
Degree (4 years), departments of
educations and art, total 7
programs. In the year of
B.E.2555 (2012), the faculty developed 2
Master's Degree Curriculum, namely
Master of Liberal Arts: Innovative Local
Management and Chinese
Teaching.
All the past time, Faculty
of Humanities and
Social Sciences are
responsible for management of lesson
plans, General Education Courses for
students of faculties, including
teaching in major/specific subjects for
students of faculty, total 13
fields. Bachelor's
Degree : Programs in
1. Thai
program
However, Nowadays, the social
condition is changed into a competitive
way; therefore, the faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences has to
develop learning matter to keep the pace
with globalization and to possess
potential in service and education in
standard level to be recognized in local
and international stage...
As, in the present time,
the needs of personnel possessing
foreign language skills are increased,
both in public sector and private
sector. All the time from the past, the
faculty has opened Japanese Language and
French Language and Chinese language
subjects all of which are elective
subjects of Tourism Industry Program,
Business English Program and English
Program, all of which were interested by
students every year. In the academic
year of B.E. 2545 (2002), therefore, the
faculty improved potential of Japanese
Language Program and Chinese Language
Program consisted of the curriculum,
lesson plans, teachers, media, lecturer
source and field experience by opening
“Japanese Language Program”
and “Chinese Language
Program” in Bachelor's Degree
(4 years) in the academic year of B.E.
2546. Moreover, the faculty received
academic cooperation with Yunnan Normal
University, PRC in establishment of
Chinese Language and Culture Center by
holding official opening ceremony on
June 10, 2002; the faculty opened
Chinese Language Training Curriculum for
faculty of teachers and interesting
persons. In addition Yunnan Normal
University provided cooperation with
SSRU in making lesson plans
“Chinese Language Program”
in Bachelor's Degree (4 years). In
the academic year of B.E.2546 (2003),
SSRU signed in academic cooperation in
providing education for students of
Yunna Normal University (Joint Venture
2+2 Bachelor's Degree Program) as
the students would study at Yunna Normal
University for 2 years and other 2 years
would study at SSRU in the Tourism
Industry Program, Faculty of Humanities
and Social Science. The aforementioned
Chinese students started studying in
Tourism Industry Program in 1st
semester, academic year of B.E, 2548
(2005) henceforth. Furthermore, in
academic year of B.E.2547 (2004), the
faculty developed the curriculum and
opened for teaching in Bachelor's
Degree (4 years), namely Cultural
Management, fields in the academic year
of 2548 (2005): Hotel and Lodging
Business Management, Geography and
Geo-Informatics and other 2 fields in
the academic year of 2550 (2007): Social
Innovation Management and Information
Management; the Social Innovation
Management opened for enrollment in
semester 1/2007 and Information
Management started opening for
enrollment in semester 1/2008. In the
academic year of B.E. 2554 (2011) the
faculty opened Local Government
(Curriculum of Public
Administration).
2. English program
3. Business
English program
4. Japanese
program
5. Chinese program
6. Public
Administration program
7. Tourism Industry
and Hospitality and Hospitality
Management program
8. Hotel and
Lodging Business Management
program
9. Geography and Geo-Informatics
program
10. Social and Cultural
Management program
11. Information
Science program
12. Laws program
13. Police
Administration
program