Nkumba University School of Education, Humanities and Sciences Postgraduate Courses
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
PhD
The School offers the PhD programme by thesis for a minimum period of three years a maximum of 6 years.
Master of Arts Education Management and Planning
This is a two years programme designed to prepare participants for a career in varied Educational/Managerial Services. It is divided into core course units and electives. The participants are required to submit a dissertation of about 20,000 words at the end of the programme. The programme structure is as follows.
Core Course Units
Year 1 Semester I
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUEMP51101 |
Education Computer Software |
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|
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|
Application |
15 |
60 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51102 |
Research Methods |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51103 |
Theories of Educational |
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|
|
Administration/Management |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51104 |
Politics and Power in Educational |
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|
|
Administration |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Semester II |
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUEMP51201 |
Tests and Measurements |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51202 |
Contemporary issues in Education |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51203 |
Practices of Education Admin/ |
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|
|
|
|
Management and Planning |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51204 |
Practicum/Internship |
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
Year 2 Semester I |
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|
|
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|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUEMP51301 |
Theories of Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51302 |
Supervision for the Improvement of |
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|
|
|
|
Educational Quality |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP51303 |
Public Relations |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52104 |
Curriculum Development: |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Semester II |
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUEMP52101 |
Educational Financial |
|
|
|
|
|
Management |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52102 |
Educational Strategic Planning |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52103 |
Academic and Administrative |
|
|
|
|
|
Staff Evaluation |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
Research Seminar |
30 |
30 |
45 |
03 |
|
Dissertation |
00 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Electives
Code |
Course Name |
|
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUEMP52203 |
Supervising the Student Teacher |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52204 |
Personnel Administration/ |
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|
|
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|
|
Management |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52205 |
Evaluation of School/Institution |
|
|
|
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|
|
of Higher Learning Programmes |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52206 |
Analysis of Teaching/ Learning/ |
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|
|
Instructing |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52207 |
Human Relations in the |
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|
|
Studio/Classroom/Lecture Hall |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52208 |
School/Institution of Higher |
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|
|
Learning Business Management |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52209 |
Creative Problem Solving |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52310 |
Developing Programmes for the |
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|
|
Gifted and Talented |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52301 |
Theories of Behaviour |
|
|
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|
|
Management/Administration |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52302 |
Drug Use/Abuse in Schools |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52303 |
Child Abuse and Neglect in |
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Schools |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52304 |
Studies in Communication – |
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|
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|
|
Public Address |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52305 |
Substance Abuse Prevention |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52306 |
Group Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52307 |
Public Administration/ |
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|
Management |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52308 |
Student Affairs Practice |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52309 |
Directed Individualized Study |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52210 |
Workshops in Motivation Change |
30 |
30 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52202 |
Methods of Stimulating the |
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|
|
Exploration of Values |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52203 |
Curriculum Development in |
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|
|
Future Studies |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52214 |
Creativity in Curriculum Design |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52215 |
Administration |
and Supervision |
|
|
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|
|
Urban Schools/Institutions |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52206 |
Educational Planning and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evaluation |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52217 |
New Dimensions in Education |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52218 |
Advanced Seminar in Curriculum |
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|
|
and Organizational Theory |
30 |
30 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52219 |
Evaluation of Curriculum |
|
|
|
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|
Programme |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52315 |
Administrative |
Colloquium in |
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|
|
Higher Education |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUEMP52311 |
Seminar in Higher Education: |
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|
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Administration in Higher |
|
|
|
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|
|
Education |
|
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52312 |
Seminar in Higher Education: |
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|
|
Student services |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52313 |
Higher Education Curriculum and |
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|
|
Programme Planning |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52314 |
Instructional Strategies and |
|
|
|
|
|
Techniques for the |
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|
|
Inst./University Instruction |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52315 |
Advanced Administrative |
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|
|
Colloquium in Higher Education |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52316 |
Internship in Higher Education |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP52317 |
Internship in Higher Education |
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|
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|
|
Seminar |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Master of Arts in Counselling
This programme embodies diverse community and institutional counselling as well as suicidiology. Students who wish to work with families or with issues of substance abuse may take electives specific to those concerns. This is a two years programme and its structure is categorised into cores and electives as follows.
Core Course Units
Year 1 Semester I
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUMAC51101 |
Theories of Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51102 |
Counselling Relationships and |
|
|
|
|
|
Skills |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51103 |
Student Affairs Practice |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51104 |
Tests and Measurements for |
|
|
|
|
|
Counsellors |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Semester II |
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUMAC51201 |
Counselling Practicum |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51202 |
Professional Orientation in |
|
|
|
|
|
Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51203 |
Suicidology |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51204 |
Computer use in Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Year 2 Semester I |
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUMAC51301 |
Consultation procedures in |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
counselling |
|
|
|
|
NUMAC51352 |
Internship: School |
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51303 |
Internship: Community |
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51304 |
Internship: Student Affairs |
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
Semester II |
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUMAC52101 |
Cultural Contexts for |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
|
Counselling |
|
|
|
|
NUMAC52102 |
Research Methods |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC52103 |
Dissertation Seminar |
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
Electives
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUMAC51211 |
Guidance for the classroom |
|
|
|
|
|
Teacher |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51212 |
Life Span Development |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51233 |
Career Guidance Information |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51214 |
The Counsellor in the Schools |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51205 |
Group Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51206 |
Substance Abuse Prevention |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51207 |
Substance Abuse Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51208 |
Tertiary/University students and |
|
|
|
|
|
Environments |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51209 |
Introduction to Family Therapy |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51311 |
Practicum in Marriage and |
|
|
|
|
|
Family Counselling |
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51302 |
Special Topics in Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51313 |
Career Development Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51314 |
Pre-marital Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51305 |
Environmental Awareness |
|
|
|
|
|
Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51306 |
Facilitation of Students |
|
|
|
|
|
Development |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51307 |
Counselling Children and |
|
|
|
|
|
Adolescents |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51308 |
Gender related issues in |
|
|
|
|
|
Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51309 |
Community Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51210 |
Counselling Special Population: |
|
|
|
|
|
HIV/AIDS Clients |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51222 |
Special (Topic/s in Counselling: |
|
|
|
|
|
HIV/AIDS) |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51223 |
Psychology and Mental Health |
|
|
|
|
|
Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUMAC51204 |
Counselling Research and |
|
|
|
|
|
Evaluation Practicum |
00 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management and Planning
This is a one year programme intended to equip participants with managerial and administrative knowledge and skills in educational institutions. The programme structure is as follows.
Cores Course Units
Year 1 |
Semester I |
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH PH CH CU |
NUEMP41101 |
Theories of Education |
|
|
|
|
|
Administration / Management |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41102 |
Politics and Power in |
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Administration |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41103 |
Tests and Measurements |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41104 |
Contemporary issues in |
|
|
|
|
|
Education |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Semester II |
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUEMP41201 |
Supervision for the Improvement |
|
|
|
|
|
of Educational Institutions |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41202 |
Public Relations |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41203 |
Curriculum Development: |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Electives |
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUEMP41301 |
Supervising the Student Teacher |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41302 |
Analysis of Teaching /Learning |
|
|
|
|
|
/Instructing |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41303 |
Human Relations in the |
|
|
|
|
|
Studio/Classroom/Lecture Hall |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41304 |
Evaluation of Teachers / |
|
|
|
|
|
Lectures and Administration / |
|
|
|
|
|
Manager |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41305 |
Creative Problem Solving |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41306 |
Developing Programmes for the |
|
|
|
|
|
Gifted and Talented |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41307 |
Theories of Behaviour |
|
|
|
|
|
management/Administration |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41308 |
Drug Use/Abuse |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41309 |
Child Abuse and Neglect |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41310 |
Studies in Communication – |
|
|
|
|
|
Public Address |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41312 |
Substance Abuse Prevention |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41313 |
Group Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41324 |
Theories of Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41315 |
Student of Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUEMP41316 |
Educational Planning and |
|
|
|
|
|
Evaluation |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
Postgraduate Diploma in Education
This is a one programme designed to train participants for preparation in teaching in specific areas, of professional development. A participant shall have majored in two teaching subjects at undergraduate level to enable one teach at the point of specialisation. The programme structure is as shown below.
Core Course Units
Year 1 Semester I
Code |
Course Name |
LH PH CH CU |
NUGDE41111 |
Education Psychology |
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDE41102 |
Foundations of Education |
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDE41103 |
Curriculum Development: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nursery/ Primary/ Secondary |
|
|
|
|
||
|
/Through higher Institution of |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Learning |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41164 |
Practicum I |
|
|
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
Semester II |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
|
|
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUGDE41201 |
Contemporary |
issues |
in |
|
|
|
|
|
Education |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41202 |
Supervising |
for |
the |
|
|
|
|
|
improvement of Quality |
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDE41203 |
Tests and Measurement |
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDE41204 |
Practicum II |
|
|
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
Specialisation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Code |
Course Name |
|
|
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUGDE41211 |
Methods of Teaching English |
|
|
|
|
||
|
language |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41212 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business English |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41213 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shorthand |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41214 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Typewriting |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41205 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commerce |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41206 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economics |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41207 |
Methods of Teaching Office |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Practice |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41208 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounting |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41209 |
Methods of Teaching French |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
||
NUGDE41301 |
Methods of Teaching History |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
||
NUGDE41302 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Geography |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41303 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Religious Education |
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDE41304 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Computer Education |
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDE41314 |
Methods of Teaching – A/B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Art/Craft/Design Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Double Main) |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41305 |
Methods of Teaching English |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Literature |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41306 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Luganda |
|
|
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41307 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Political Education |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41308 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Kiswahili |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41309 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Business Education |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41221 |
Methods of Teaching Social |
|
|
|
|
|
Studies |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41222 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Computer Science |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41213 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Entrepreneurship |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41224 |
Methods of Teaching Early |
|
|
|
|
|
Childhood Studies |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUGDE41215 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Mathematics |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41216 |
Methods of Teaching Physics |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41217 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Chemistry |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41218 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Biology |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41219 |
Methods of Teaching Social |
|
|
|
|
|
Science |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41321 |
Methods of Teaching |
|
|
|
|
|
Physical Education |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDE41342 |
Methods of Teaching – A/B |
|
|
|
|
|
Agriculture Education |
|
|
|
|
|
(Double Main) |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling
This is a one year programme encompassing diverse community and institutional counselling as well as suicidiology. Students who wish to work with families or with issues of substance abuse may take electives specific to those concerns. Its structure is categorised into cores and electives as follows.
Cores
Year 1 Semester 1
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUGDC41101 |
Theories of Counselling |
45 |
00 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41102 |
Counselling Relationships and |
|
|
|
|
|
Skills |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41103 |
Tests and Measurements for |
|
|
|
|
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Counsellors |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41104 |
Professional Orientation in |
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Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
Semester II
Choose any four course units from the following
Electives
Code |
Course Name |
LH |
PH |
CH |
CU |
NUGDC41105 |
Cultural Contexts for |
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Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41201 |
Guidance for the Classroom |
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Teacher |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41202 |
Life Span Development |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41203 |
Career Guidance Information |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41204 |
Student Affairs Practice |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41205 |
The Counsellor in the Schools |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41206 |
Group Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41207 |
Substance Abuse Prevention |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41208 |
Substance Abuse Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC51209 |
Tertiary/University students and |
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Environments |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41310 |
Introduction to Family Therapy |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41302 |
Practicum in Marriage and |
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Family Counselling |
00 |
90 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDC41303 |
Career Development |
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Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDC41304 |
Facilitation of Students |
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Development |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDC41305 |
Counselling Children and |
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Adolescents |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDC41306 |
Gender related issues in |
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Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDC41307 |
Community Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
NUGDC41308 |
Counselling Special Population: |
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HIV/AIDS Clients |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
|
NUGDC41309 |
Healing, Spirituality and |
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Counselling |
36 |
18 |
45 |
03 |
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