These study guides cover the basic concepts and skills required in a subject at first-year level and combine generic academic skills, professional skills and academic content. They simplify difficult concepts and allow the student to practice and apply these concepts. Each chapter covers the key areas of skills, ideas and practice. The step-by-step approach promotes an understanding of complex concepts. Practice for the exam exercises at the end of each chapter help students prepare for the exams. Tips are provided on how to cope with learning in the tertiary environment.

Sociology: Supplement for Southern Africa's a unique supplement to existing international foundation sociology textbooks. It is designed to assist first-year students and other interested readers to understand the myriad of social forces around them and provides them with a provocative and imaginative mix of Southern African sociological concepts, cases and perspectives.