Nkumba University School of Social Sciences Diploma Courses

DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES

Diploma in Development Studies

This is a two years programme that has been developed to expose students to both theoretical and practical experiences in relation to development.

Second year students undertake practical projects in communities to enable them to learn the practice of development research. The programme structure is as shown below.

Year 1 Semester I
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDES21101	Development Theory	30	30	45	03
NUDES21102	Introduction to Political	30	30	45	03
	Economy
NUDES21103	Introduction to Sociology	30	30	45	03
NUDES21104	Introduction to Psychology	30	30	45	03
NUDES21105	Communication Skills	30	30	45	03
NUDES21106	H.I.V/AIDS and Development	30	30	45	03
Semester II
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	C	CU
				H
NUDCS21101	Computer Applications I	30	30	45	03
NUDES21202	Gender and Development	30	30	45	03
NUDES21203	Human Rights	30	30	45	03
NUDES21204	Social Services	30	30	45	03
NUDES21205	Economics I	30	30	45	03
NUDES21206	Sociology of Organisations	30	30	45	03
Year 2 Semester I
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDES22101	Community and Rural	30	30	45	03
	Development
NUDES22102	Urban-Rural Sociology and
	Development	30	30	45	03
NUDES22103	Project Planning and	30	30	45	03
	Management
NUDES22104	Social Policy and Planning	30	30	45	03
NUDES22105	Contemporary Social Problems	30	30	45	03
NUDES22106	Population Studies	30	30	45	03
Semester II
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU

NUDES22201	Participatory Rural Appraisal	30	30	45	03
NUDES22202	Human Resource		30
	Management	30		45	03
NUDES22203	Sustainable Development	30	30	45	03
NUDES22204	Community Based Health		30
	Care	30		45	03
NUDES22205	Decentralisation and Local
	Government Administration	30	30	45	03
NUDES22206	Research Methods	30	30	45	03

Diploma in Public Administration and Management

This programme provides candidates with the understanding and skills necessary to apply the knowledge of Public Administration and Management. The Programme has been developed on the knowledge of Uganda’s Public Sector and enriched with International Studies Curriculum. The programme structure is as shown below.

Year 1 Semester I:

Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDPM2110	Theories of Public
1	Administration	30	30	45	03
NUDPM2110	Introduction to Political		30
2	Science	30		45	03
NUDPM2110	Communication Skills		30
3		30		45	03
NUDPM2110	Introduction to Political
4	Economy	30	30	45	03
NUDPM2110	H.I.V/AIDS and Development		30
5		30		45	03
NUDPM2110	Introduction to Psychology		30
6		30		45	03
Semester II
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDPM21201	Human Rights	30	30	45	03
NUDPM21202	Introduction to Gender&
	Development	30	30	45	03
NUDPM21203	Political Philosophy	30	30	45	03
NUDPM21204	Sociology of Organisations	30	30	45	03
NUDPM21205	Social Services	30	30	45	03
NUDCS21101	Computer Applications I	30	30	45	03

Year 2 Semester I

Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDPM22101	Comparative Public
	Administration	30	30	45	03
NUDPM22102	Contemporary Social
	Problems	30	30	45	03
NUDPM22103	Population Studies	30	30	45	03
NUDPM22104	Social Policy and
	Planning	30	30	45	03
NUDPM22105	Project Planning and
	Management	30	30	45	03
NUDPM22106	Development Theory	30	30	45	03
Semester II
Code	Course Name		LH	PH	CH	C
						U
NUDPM2220	Human Resource Management
1			30	30	45	03
NUDPM2220	Decentralisation and Local
2	Government Administration		30	30	45	03
NUDPM2320	Ethics in Public Administration
3			30	30	45	03
NUDPM2320	Research Methods
4			30	30	45	03
NUDPM2320	Government and Politics in
5	Uganda		30	30	45	03
NUDPM2320	Sustainable Development
6			30	30	45	03

Diploma in HIV/AIDS Education and Management

This unique programme offered at Nkumba University was designed and is taught in collaboration with The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) is intended for persons interested in education and management of HIV/AIDS. It is suitable for fresh ‘A’ level Certificate holders as well as professionals like Teachers and Proprietors of schools; Welfare officers/ Wardens; Career Masters; Senior Women Teachers; Counsellors; Nurses and Midwives; Paramedics; Primary Health Care Workers; Extension staff in sectors likes agriculture, health, education and community development; Community Care Staff; Community HIV/AIDS Trainer’s; Community

HIV/AIDS trainers; Human Resource Managers, Personnel Officers; and Staff and members of Faith Based Organisations /Civil Society Organisations. The programme structure is as shown below.

Year 1 Semester I

Code

Course Name

LH PH CH CU

NUHEM21101	Introduction to HIV
	Infection and Disease	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21102	HIV/AIDS in the
	Community	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21103	Introduction to Sociology	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21104	Introduction to
	Psychology	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21105	Communication Skills	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21106	HIV/AIDS and
	Development	30	30	45	03
Year 1 Semester II
Code	Course Name	LH	PH	CH	CU
NUDCS21101	Computer Applications I	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21202	Introduction to Gender and
	Development	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21203	Guidance and Counselling	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21204	Community-Based Health
	Care	30	30	45	03
NUHEM21205	Psychosocial Support in
	HIV/AIDS	30	30	45	03
NUHEM2126	HIV/AIDS and Children	30	30	45	03

Practicum (for four weeks) after Year 1 in a TASO Centre.

Year 2 Semester I
NUHEM22101	Management of HIV
	Infection and Disease	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22102	Financial Management	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22103	Project Planning and
	Management	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22104	HIV/AIDS Policy and Human
	Rights	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22105	Counselling in HIV Infection
	and Disease	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22106	HIV/AIDS Sectoral Impact
	and Responses	30	30	45	03
Semester II
NUHEM22201	Training of Trainer’s Skills 30	30	45		03

NUHEM22202	Micro-Enterprise
	Management	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22203	Development and
	Application of Life Skills	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22204	Mass Media and
	HIV/AIDS	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22205	HIV/AIDS and Youth	30	30	45	03
NUHEM22206	Research Methods	30	30	45	03

Practicum (for four weeks) after Year 2 in a TASO Centre.

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