Nkumba University School of Sciences Diploma Courses

DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES

Diploma in Sustainable Agriculture

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDSA21101

Introduction to Soil

Science

30

30

45

03

NUDSA21102

Land Tenure Use

Planning and

Management

30

30

45

03

NUDSA21103

Urban Farming and

Horticulture

30

30

45

03

NUDSA21104

Livestock and Poultry

Farming

45

30

75

04

NUDSA21105

Water Harvesting and

Conservation

45

30

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH PH CH CU

NUDSA2121

Agricultural Statistics

30

30

45

03

NUDSA2122

Sustainable Agricultural

Development

30

30

60

04

NUDSA2123

Integrated Agricultural

Production Systems

30

30

45

03

NUDSA2124

Piggery production systems

30

30

45

03

NUDSA2125

Production Economics

30

30

45

03

NUDSA2126

Computer Applications

30

30

45

03

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDSA22101

Soil and Water

30

30

45

03

Management

NUDSA22102

Agro-forestry

30

30

45

03

NUDSA22103

Agricultural Extension and

30

30

45

03

Communication Skills

NUDSA22104

Introduction to Agro

30

30

45

03

Ecosystem Sustainability

NUDSA22105

Sustainable Bee Keeping

30

30

45

03

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDSA22201

Farm Planning and

Management

30

30

45

03

NUDSA22202

Agricultural Marketing

30

30

45

03

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDES21101

Earth Structure and Geo-

processing

30

30

60

04

NUDES21102

Soil Science

30

30

60

04

NUDES21103

Plant Resources

30

30

60

04

NUDES21104

Animal Resources

45

30

60

04

NUDES21105

Ecological Principles,

Concepts and Practices

45

30

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDES21201

Human Ecology

30

30

60

04

NUDES21202

Biodiversity Structure,

Function and

Interpretation

30

30

60

04

NUDES21203

Computer Applications I

30

30

60

04

NUDES21204

Indigenous Technical

Knowledge

30

30

60

04

NUDES21205

Wetlands Ecology and

Management

30

30

60

04

NUDES21206

Resource Economics

30

30

60

04

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDES22101

Environmental Health

30

30

60

04

NUDES22102

Waste Management

30

30

60

04

NUDES22103

Cleaner Production

30

30

60

04

NUDES22104

Land use and Planning

30

30

60

04

NUDES22105

Agriculture and

30

30

60

04

Environment

NUDES22106

Forestry Resources

30

30

60

04

Management

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDES22201

Energy Resources

Management

30

30

60

04

NUDES22202

Industrial Training

30

30

60

04

NUDES22203

Communication

Environment

30

30

60

04

NUDES22204

Environmental Disaster

Assessment and

Management

30

30

60

04

NUDES22205

Environmental Policy and

Legislation

30

30

60

04

NUDES22206

Fisheries Resources

Management

60

00

60

04

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDTO21101

Introduction to Tourism

60

00

60

04

NUDTO21102

East Africa environment

tourism product

development

60

00

60

04

NUDTO21103

East Africa Flora Ecology

45

30

60

04

NUDTO21104

Introductory Economics

60

00

45

03

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDTO21201

World Travel Geography

60

00

60

04

NUDTO21202

East Africa Fauna

Ecology

45

30

60

04

NUDTO21203

Tourism business

operations

60

00

60

04

NUBTO21204

Maps and Photographic

Interpretation

30

60

60

04

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDTO22101

Tourism Professional

Ethics I

60

00

60

04

NUDTO22102

Computer Applications I

30

60

60

04

NUDTO22103

Tourism and Hospitality

Services Management

45

30

60

04

NUDTO22104

Travel behaviour and

Management

60

00

60

04

NUDTO22105

Tourism Business Law

60

00

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDTO22201

Tourism Operations

60

00

60

04

NUDTO22202

Computer Application II

30

00

60

04

NUDTO22203

Airline Ticketing

60

00

60

04

NUDTO22204

Anthropology in Tourism

60

00

60

04

NUDTO22205

Travel Agency

60

00

60

04

NUDTO22206

Tour

Guiding

and

Leadership

60

00

60

04

NUDTO22207

Filed Work and Internship

(Extended Semester)

00

120

60

04

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUWFM21101

Land Tenure, Uses,

Planning and Management

60

00

60

04

NUWFM21102

Plant Resources

60

00

60

04

NUWFM21103

Animal Resources

45

30

60

04

NUWFM21104

Vertebrate Animal

Resources

60

00

60

04

NUWFM21105

Ecological Principles,

Concepts and Practices in

Wildlife Management

45

30

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUWFM21201

Biodiversity Structure,

Function and Interaction

60

00

60

04

NUWFM21202

Indigenous Technical

Knowledge

45

30

60

04

NUWFM21203

Wildlife and Forestry

management inside Protected

Areas

30

60

60

04

NUWFM21204

Wildlife Inventory and

Population Dynamics

60

00

60

04

NUWFM21205

Rangeland Management

30

60

60

04

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUWFM22101

Wildlife Forestry

Management Outside

Protected Areas

60

00

60

04

NUWFM22102

Forestry Resources

Management on Private

Land

30

60

60

04

NUWFM22103

Afforestation and

Community

Conservation

45

30

60

04

NUWFM22104

Computer Applications I

60

00

60

04

NUWFM22105

Fundamentals of

Accounting

60

00

60

04

NUDWFM22106

Utilisation, Processing

and Marketing of

Wildlife and Forestry

Resources

30

60

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUWFM22201

Species Re-introduction,

translocation and

Captive Wildlife

Management

60

00

60

04

NUWFM22202

Community Wildlife

Conservation

30

00

60

04

NUWFM22203

Industrial Training

60

00

60

04

NUWFM22204

Natural Resources

Conservation Education

60

00

60

04

NUWFM22205

Wildlife Diseases

60

00

60

04

NUWFM22206

People and Wildlife /

People Interface

Conflicts

60

00

60

04

NUWFM22207

Trade in Wildlife and

Forestry Resources

60

00

60

04

Diploma in Fisheries Management and Technology

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUFMT21101

Aquatic Ecology

55

20

75

05

NUFMT21102

Nutrition and Fish

Utilization

50

25

75

05

NUFMT21103

Fisheries Biology

(Ichthyology)

50

25

75

05

NUFMT21104

Aquaculture (Fish

Farming)

50

25

75

05

NUFMT21105

Fish Farm Management

and Record Keeping

50

25

75

05

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUFMT21201

Natural Resources

Economics

60

00

60

04

NUFMT21202

Fish Marketing and Business

Management

65

15

75

05

NUFMT21203

Computer Application

45

15

60

04

NUFMT21204

Public Health and Hygiene

30

15

45

03

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH PH CH CU

NUFMT22101

Fisheries Policies, Laws, and

Institutions

60

00

60

04

NUFMT22102

Fishing Methods and Gear

Technology

40

35

75

05

NUFMT22103

Fisheries Management and Tools 65

10

75

05

NUFMT22104

Mechanics and Marine

Engineering

40

35

75

05

NUFMT22105

Urbanization/Industrialization

and Pollution

50

10

60

04

NUFMT22106

Trans-Boundary Fisheries

Management

25

05

30

02

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUFMT22201

Fish Handling, Processing and

Preservation

50

25

75

05

NUFMT22202

Fish Pond Sitting,

Construction, Watering

25

20

45

03

NUFMT22203

Fisheries Extension and Co-

Management

40

5

45

03

NUFMT22204

Industrial Attachment (Field

Practical)

2

58

60

04

NUFMT22205

Fundamentals of Ecology

20

40

60

04

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUPMS21101

Earth Dynamics**

30

20

45

03

NUPMS21102

Sedimentation

30

30

45

03

NUPMS21103

Geological Engineering

Analysis/Calculus

30

30

45

03

NUPMS21104

Basic Geophysics and

Geochemistry

30

30

45

03

NUPMS21105

Mineralogy and Petrology*

30

30

45

03

NUPMS21106

Earth Surface System

30

30

45

03

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUPMS21201

Petroleum Geochemistry

30

30

45

03

NUPMS21202

Mineral Geophysics

30

30

45

03

NUPMS21203

Computer Programming

30

60

45

03

NUPMS21204

Cleaner Production*

30

20

45

03

NUPMS21205

Pollution Prevention and

Control*

30

20

45

03

NUPMS21206

Waste Recycle and Re-use of

Minerals*

30

20

45

03

NUPMS21207

Industrial Training

00

150

75

05

* These course units have 10 Tutorial Hours each

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUPMS22101

Petroleum Exploration,

Drilling and Production

Technology

30

20

45

03

NUPMS22102

Mineral Exploration,

Excavation and Production

Technology*

30

20

45

03

NUPMS22103

Environment Remote Sensing

and GIS

30

10

45

03

NUPMS22104

Petroleum and Mineral Project

Management*

30

20

45

03

NUPMS22105

Management and Legislation

of Hazardous Substances and

Wastes/Pollutants*

30

20

45

03

NUPMS22106

Oil Exploration and

Production Law

45

00

45

03

* These course units have 10 Tutorial Hours each

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUPMS22201

Conflict Management*

30

10

45

03

NUPMS22202

Climate Change

30

00

30

02

NUPMS22203

Biodiversity Sensitivity and

Changes*

30

10

45

03

NUPMS22204

Petroleum and Mineral

Economics and Risk Analysis

30

20

45

03

NUPMS22205

Principles of Financial

Management

45

00

45

03

NUPMS22206

Occupational Health and Safety

45

00

45

03

Diploma in Agribusiness

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDAB21101

Introduction to Micro Economics

30

30

60

04

NUDAB21102

Introduction to Agricultural

30

30

60

04

Statistics

NUDAB21103

Principles of Livestock

45

30

75

05

Management

NUDAB21104

Principles of Agricultural

45

30

60

04

Marketing

NUDAB21105

Business communication

30

30

60

04

NUDAB21106

Livestock Production Systems

30

30

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDAB21201

Annual Crops Management

45

30

60

04

NUDAB21202

Agribusiness Systems and

45

Planning

30

60

04

NUDAB21203

Production Economics

45

30

60

04

NUDAB21204

Computer Applications

45

30

60

04

NUDAB21205

Perennial Crops

45

Management

30

60

04

NUDAB21206

Agro-forestry

45

30

60

04

NUDAB2102

Field Attachment/Industrial

Training

00

150

75

05

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDAB22101

Entrepreneurship

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22102

Farm Planning and

Management

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22103

Gender and Agricultural

Development

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22104

International Agro-product

Trade and Marketing

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22105

Sustainable Natural

Resources Management

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22106

Agriculture Extension and

Communication Skills

30

30

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH CU

NUDAB22201

Cooperatives

and Credit

Management

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22202

Commodity

Pricing and

Risk Management

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22203

Agricultural Finance

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22204

Agricultural Records,

Accounting and Analysis

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22205

Management Information

Systems

30

30

60

04

NUDAB22206

Business Computing

30

30

60

04

Diploma in Biological Sciences

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDBS21101

Origin and Diversity of

Organisms

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21102

Computer Applications

30

10

45

03

NUDBS21103

Fundamentals of Physical

Chemistry

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21104

Chemical and Cellular

nature of life

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21105

Elementary Genetics

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21106

Photosynthesis and

Respiration

30

20

45

03

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDBS21201

Introductory Microbiology*

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21202

Nutrition in Plants and

Animals**

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21203

Basic Entomology and

Parasitology**

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21204

Gaseous Exchange in Plants

and Animals*

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21205

Transport and Regulation of

Body Fluids in Plants and

Animals**

30

20

45

03

NUDBS21206

Biostatistics*

25

20

45

03

NUDBS21207

Preparation and

Preservation of Biological

Specimen*

15

20

45

03

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDBS22101

Ecology of Populations and

Communities*

30

10

45

03

NUDBS22102

Comparative Physiology,

Immunology and

Pathology*

30

10

45

03

NUDBS22103

Ecosystems and

Biogeography**

20

10

30

02

NUDBS32104

Climate Change: Impacts,

Vulnerability, Coping and

Mitigation **

30

10

45

03

NUDBS22105

Animal Behaviour

20

10

45

03

NUDBS22106

Limnology, Fisheries Science

and Aquaculture**

30

20

45

03

NUDBS22107

Applied Microbiology **

20

10

45

03

Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDBS22201

Environmental Health and

Sanitation

20

10

45

03

NUDBS22202

Environmental Protection

and Impact Assessment

20

10

30

02

NUDBS22203

Horticulture

20

10

30

02

NUDBS22204

Applied Parasitology

30

30

45

03

NUDBS22205

Ethnobotany and

Phytochemistry

30

20

45

03

NUDBS22206

Research Methods and

Communication Skills

30

30

45

03

These course units above have 5 Tutorial Hours each

Diploma in Hotel Management and Catering

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHMC21101

Introduction to Foods

and Nutrition

30

60

60

04

NUDHMC21102

Food hygiene and Safety

30

30

45

03

NUDHMC21103

Housekeeping

30

30

45

03

NUDHMC21104

Communication Skills

45

00

45

03

NUDHMC21105

Introductory

French/German

45

30

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHMC2121

Information Technology

45

30

60

04

NUDHMC2122

Hotel Accounting

30

60

60

04

NUDHMC2123

Front Office Procedures

45

30

60

04

NUDHMC2124

Food Theory I

60

00

60

04

NUDHMC2125

Intermediate

45

30

60

04

French/German

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHMC22101

Food Production and

Presentation

30

60

60

04

NUDHMC22102

Introduction to Tourism

45

00

45

03

NUDHMC22103

Food Service Operations

30

60

60

04

NUDHMC22104

Food Theory II

30

60

60

04

NUDHMC22105

Advanced

French/German

45

30

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHMC22201

Baking and

30

60

60

04

Confectionery

Production

NUDHMC22202

Hospitality Supervision

15

60

45

03

NUDHMC22203

Customer Care

45

00

45

03

NUDHMC22204

Food and Beverage

50

20

60

04

Costing

NUDHMC22205

Bar and Beverage

60

00

60

04

Management

NUDHMC22301

Industrial Attachment

00

150

75

05

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHE21101

Introduction to Home

Economics

60

00

60

04

NUDHE21102

Foods and Nutrition

60

00

60

04

NUDHE21103

Physical Science

45

30

60

04

NUDHE21104

Health and Hygiene

45

30

60

04

NUDHE21105

Communication Skills

60

00

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHE21201

Information Technology

45

30

60

04

NUDHE21202

Home Management

30

60

60

04

NUDHE21203

Fundamentals of

30

60

60

04

Accounting

NUDHE21204

Introduction to Sociology

60

00

60

04

NUDHE21205

Food Preparation

60

00

60

04

Principles I

Year 2 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHE22101

Store Keeping

60

00

60

04

NUDHE22102

Food Preparation

Principles II

60

00

60

04

NUDHE22103

Clothing, Fashions and

Textiles

60

00

60

04

NUDHE22104

Backyard Farming

15

90

60

04

NUDHE22105

Food Production and

Presentation

30

60

60

04

Semester II

Code

Course Name

LH

PH

CH

CU

NUDHE22106

Economics

60

00

60

04

NUDHE22107

Mother Craft

45

30

60

04

NUDHE22108

Family and Society

60

00

60

04

NUDHE22109

Small Business

60

00

60

04

Management

NUDHE2220

Food Costing

50

20

60

04

NUDHE22301

Industrial Attachment

00

150

75

05