Nkumba University School of Education, Humanities and Sciences Postgraduate Courses

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

 

 

 

 

 

Application

15

60

45

03

NUEMP51102

Research Methods

45

00

45

03

NUEMP51103

Theories of Educational

 

 

 

 

 

Administration/Management

45

00

45

03

NUEMP51104

Politics and Power in Educational

 

 

 

 

 

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/

 

 

 

 

 

Management and Planning

45

00

45

03

NUEMP51204

Practicum/Internship

00

90

45

03

Year 2 Semester I

 

 

 

 

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUEMP51301

Theories of Counselling

45

00

45

03

NUEMP51302

Supervision for the Improvement of

 

 

 

 

 

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/

 

 

 

 

 

Management

 

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52205

Evaluation of School/Institution

 

 

 

 

 

of Higher Learning Programmes

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52206

Analysis of Teaching/ Learning/

 

 

 

 

 

Instructing

 

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52207

Human Relations in the

 

 

 

 

 

Studio/Classroom/Lecture Hall

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52208

School/Institution of Higher

 

 

 

 

 

Learning Business Management

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52209

Creative Problem Solving

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52310

Developing Programmes for the

 

 

 

 

 

Gifted and Talented

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52301

Theories of Behaviour

 

 

 

 

 

Management/Administration

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52302

Drug Use/Abuse in Schools

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52303

Child Abuse and Neglect in

 

 

 

 

 

Schools

 

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52304

Studies in Communication –

 

 

 

 

 

Public Address

 

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52305

Substance Abuse Prevention

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52306

Group Counselling

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52307

Public Administration/

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration of Values

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52203

Curriculum Development in

 

 

 

 

 

Future Studies

 

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52214

Creativity in Curriculum Design

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52215

Administration

and Supervision

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

and Organizational Theory

30

30

45

03

NUEMP52219

Evaluation of Curriculum

 

 

 

 

 

Programme

 

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52315

Administrative

Colloquium in

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Education

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52311

Seminar in Higher Education:

 

 

 

 

 

Administration in Higher

 

 

 

 

 

Education

 

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52312

Seminar in Higher Education:

 

 

 

 

 

Student services

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52313

Higher Education Curriculum and

 

 

 

 

 

Programme Planning

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52314

Instructional Strategies and

 

 

 

 

 

Techniques for the

 

 

 

 

 

Inst./University Instruction

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52315

Advanced Administrative

 

 

 

 

 

Colloquium in Higher Education

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52316

Internship in Higher Education

45

00

45

03

NUEMP52317

Internship in Higher Education

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Counsellors

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41104

Professional Orientation in

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Counselling

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41201

Guidance for the Classroom

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Environments

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41310

Introduction to Family Therapy

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41302

Practicum in Marriage and

 

Family Counselling

00

90

45

03

NUGDC41303

Career Development

Counselling

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41304

Facilitation of Students

Development

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41305

Counselling Children and

Adolescents

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41306

Gender related issues in

Counselling

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41307

Community Counselling

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41308

Counselling Special Population:

HIV/AIDS Clients

36

18

45

03

NUGDC41309

Healing, Spirituality and

Counselling

36

18

45

03

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