page_title: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
section_title: Economics and Social Sciences
hierarchical_section_title: Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo / Faculties / Economics and Social Sciences
caption_attribution_description: English: A history class-Undergraduate students at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). Español: Estudiantes de historia en la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD).
context_page_description: The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo is the public university system in the Dominican Republic with its flagship campus in the Ciudad Universitaria of Santo Domingo and with regional campuses in many cities of the Republic. It was founded by Jose Gabriel Garcia and Emiliano Tejera in 1866 as the Professional Institute, replacing the former Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, one of the first universities of the Western Hemisphere, which was founded unofficially by a Papal bull in 1538, officially by royal decree in 1558, and closed in 1822. It was later renamed University of Santo Domingo in 1914.
  In structure, the school followed the model of the University of Alcalá de Henares. The university organized its offerings into four schools: Medicine, Law, Theology, and the Arts. Today, the University has expanded to eight schools: Humanities, the Arts, Law and Political Science, Health Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences, Science, Engineering and Architecture, and Agricultural Sciences.
context_section_description: By Law 4412 of 24 March 1956 the University Organization Law of 21 October 1937 was modified, adding the Economics and Commerce Faculty to the existing faculties.  The new faculty would award the degrees of Licentiate in Commercial Science and Doctor in Economics and Commercial Science.
  At the same time, Law 4413 decreed that the four courses "of the second cycle of the Superior School of Accountant Technician, established by the decree 2383... were assigned to the Economics and Commerce Faculty of the Santo Domingo University from 12 October 1956, under the name of Commercial Science Department".
  The Law 4439 dated 4 May 1956 changed the name of the "Economics and Commerce Faculty" to the "Economics, Finance and Commerce Faculty". This same law authorized to the graduates of the Superior School of Accountant Technician, with the title of Accountant Technician "provides them with licence to practice the profession of Authorized Public Accountant  and carry the title in Commercial Science and allows them to opt for the Doctorate in Commercial Science by the presentation of a thesis, following the regulation dictated by the University Council".
  In 1960, Law 5130 changed the "Economics, Finance and Commerce Faculty" to the "Economic Science Faculty" and included the Public Administration School. The Organic statute approved by the University Cloister in 1966, gave the faculty with its current name of the "Economics and Social Sciences Faculty".
  Currently, the Economics and Social Sciences Faculty is formed of the Schools of Economics, Accountant, Statistics, Sociology, Marketing and Administration Schools.
  The authorities for the period 2008–2011 are:
  Dean: Prof. Juan Antonio Cerda Luna
  Deputy Dean: Prof. Ramón Desangles
  Director of Economics School: Prof. Melvin Pérez Sarraf
  Director of Administration School: Prof. Alixis Martínez
  Director of Marketing School: Prof. José Antonio Burgos
  Director of Accountant School: Prof. Norberto Hernández
  Director of Statistic School: Prof. Francisco Roa Familia
  Director of Sociology School: Prof. Marisela Duval Pérez
  Director of Postgraduate:
caption: Undergraduate students at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
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