Programs
| # | module code | Module name And Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISS8112 |
Applied Maths I( Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Politics, Introduction to Economics) |
| 2 | ISS8112 |
Introduction to Social Sciences(Listening and Speaking Skills,Reading Skills and Vocabulary Building,Grammatical Structures and Writing Skills) |
| 3 | ICT8111 |
Information and Communications Technology I |
| 4 | SSK8112 |
Study Skills( Study Skills and Strategies, Introduction to Scientific Research, Academic Writing Techniques) |
| 5 | ENGI8111 |
General English I |
| 6 | DTI8122 |
Development Theory I(Introduction to Development Theories;Gender and Development;Religion and Development) |
| 7 | BMA8122 |
Basic Management(General Accounting;Theories and Prenciples of Management) |
| 8 | RUD8122 |
Introduction to Rural and Urban Development( Rural and Urban Development;Environment and Development) |
| 9 | PET8121 |
Philosophy and Ethics(Introduction to Philisophy; Protestant Ethics and Development;Political Education and Rwadan Culture) |
| 10 | RFD8212 |
Rural Finance Development( Cooperatives Management; Agriculture Finance) |
| 11 | PEC8212 |
Principles of Economics(Micro-economics; Macro-economics; Rwandan Economy) |
| 12 | SOR8211 |
Sociology of Organization( Sociology of Organizations; ) |
| 13 | AFM8212 |
Accounting and Financial Management( Management Accounting; Budgetary and Financial Management) |
| 14 | ENGII8211 |
General English II |
| 15 | GDF8222 |
Group Dynamics and Facilitation( Groups and Group Dynamics; Practice of group Facilitation; Communication for Development) |
| 16 | DET8223 |
Development Theory II( Development and Social Change; Population and development ) |
| 17 | ATD8223 |
Advocacy and Training in Development( Advocacy in Development Practices; Training in Development Process) |
| 18 | RCD8312 |
Rural and Community Development Management( o Rural and Community Development Approaches; o Rural Project planning and management) |
| 19 | ECD8312 |
Economics of Development( Economics Development; Agricultural economics) |
| 20 | GLD8313 |
Governance and Local Development( o Public policy analysis; o Globalization and local Development;o Democracy, civil society and development) |
| 21 | EAP8311 |
English for Academic Purposes |
| 22 | EPR8422 |
Entrepreneurship and Rural Development ( Microfinance and agribusiness; Creativity and technological innovation) |
| 23 | SPR8423 |
Strategic Planning for Rural Development( Strategic planning for rural development; Agriculture policy reform and development; Gender planning and development ) |
| 24 | PRP8421 |
Professional Practice PRACTICUM |
| 25 | RMS8422 |
Research Methods( Theoritical frameworks of social science research; Research design and Data collection; Data analysis and presentation) |
| 26 | EES8512 |
Environment, Ecology and Sustainable Development(Environmental science and sustainability;Environmental challenges and sustainable development) |
| 27 | LWM8512 |
Land and Water Resources Management( Agrarian land policy and administration;Water resources management) |
| 28 | FSA8512 |
Farming System and Agricultural Extension( Rural Engineering and land survey; Farming system) |
| 29 | PEV8512 |
Program Evaluation (Monitoring evaluation Concepts and processes;Evaluation methods for development) |
| 30 | RET8523 |
Rural Economic Transformation (seminar)( Development of rural based industries; Agricultural marketing; Agri-chain management) |
| 31 | INT8523 |
Internship |
| 32 | RDT8523 |
Research Dissertation |
| # | module code | Module name And Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | APM8101 | Applied Mathematics (General Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, Statistics) |
| 2 | ISS8102 | Introduction to Social Sciences (Introduction to Politics, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Psychology) |
| 3 | ICT8103 | ICT |
| 4 | SSK8104 | Study Skills (Study Skills and Strategies, Introduction to Scientific Research) |
| 5 | ENGI8105 | General English I |
| 6 | DET8106 | Development Theories I (Introduction to Development Theories, Gender and Development, Religion and Development) |
| 7 | WAH8107 | World and African History (World History, African in World History) |
| 8 | IWP8108 | Introduction to World Politics (Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to Global Political Economy) |
| 9 | IPS8109 | Introduction to Peace & Conflict Studies (Theoretical Foundations of Peace and Conflict Studies, Approaches to Peace and Conflict) |
| 10 | PEC8202 | Principles of Economics (Micro-economics, Macro-economics, Rwandan economy) |
| 11 | CAR8203 | Conflict Analysis and Resolution (Foundations of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Frameworks and Tools of Conflict Analysis, Preventing, Managing and Transforming Violent Conflict) |
| 12 | API8201 | African Politics and International Relations (Political and Economic Systems in Africa, African IR and Global Political Economy) |
| 13 | ENGII8204 | General English II |
| 14 | SPBI8205 | Skills for Peacebuilding I (Nonviolent Communication, Negotiation and Mediation, Community Organizing) |
| 15 | GDF8206 | Group Dynamics and Facilitation (Groups and Group Dynamics, Practice of Group Facilitation, Communication for Development) |
| 16 | DET8207 | Development Theories II (Development and Social Change, Population and Development) |
| 17 | ATD8223 | Advocacy and Training in Development( Advocacy in Development Practices; Training in Development Process) |
| 18 | RCD8312 | Rural and Community Development Management (Rural and Community Development Approaches; Rural Project planning and management) |
| 19 | RCD8301 | Rural and Community Development Management (Rural and Community Development Approaches, Project Planning and Management) |
| 20 | REC8302 | Religion, Conflict and Peace (Religion in Conflict Resolution, Christian Approaches to Peacebuilding) |
| 21 | GHS8303 | Globalization and Human Security (Globalization and Local Development, National and Global Security, Global Governance and International Organizations) |
| 22 | EAP8304 | English for Academic Purpose |
| 23 | PRP8403 | Professional Practice |
| 24 | RMS8404 | Research Methods |
| 25 | NOV8401 | Nonviolent Social Change (History of Peace Movements, Nonviolence in Theory and Practice, Peace Education) |
| 26 | HRI8402 | Human Rights (Human Rights in Theory and Practice, Human Rights, Conflict and Development) |
| 27 | PEB8501 | Peacebuilding and Development (Post-War Reconstruction and State Building, Civil Society, Democracy and Development, Peace and Conflict Sensitive Development) |
| 28 | PSA8503 | Peace and Security in Africa (Sources and Dynamics of Conflict in African, Sources and Dynamics of Conflict in the GLR, Peacebuilding in the GLR) |
| 29 | PEV8504 | Program Evaluation (Monitoring and Evaluation Concepts and Processes, Evaluation Methods for Development) |
| 30 | INT8506 | Internship |
| 31 | RER8507 | Research Report |
| 32 | RDT8523 | Research Dissertation |
| # | module code | Module name And Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAT8111 | Mathematics(Elements of Algebra, Analytical elements) |
| 2 | FBI8112 | Fundamentals of Biology(General Biology, Introduction to Botany, Introduction to Zoology) |
| 3 | ICT8112 | ICT(Descriptions & application of a computer system, Descriptions & application of a computer system, Software applied to Environmental Management) |
| 4 | SSK8112 | Study Skills(Study skills and strategies, introduction to scientific-academic research writing) |
| 5 | ISS8122 | Introduction to Social Sciences(Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to politics, Introduction to Psychology) |
| 6 | PEC8122 | Principles of Economics(Introduction to micro-economy, Introduction to macro-economy, Rwandan economy) |
| 7 | EPE8122 | Earth's Physical Environment(Atmosphere, Biogeochemical cycle) |
| 8 | STA8121 | Statistics(Descriptive statistics, Inferential statistics) |
| 9 | PEC8212 | Principles of Ecology(Terrestrial ecology, Aquatic ecology) |
| 10 | NRM8212 | Natural Resources Management(Natural Resources Conservation, Integrated Natural Resources Management) |
| 11 | EEC8212 | Environmental Economics(Economic Analysis of Natural Resource Management, Economics of Renewable Resources) |
| 12 | WRM8222 | Water Resources Management(Introduction to hydrology system, Integrated water resources management, Water pollution and remediation) |
| 13 | IGR8222 | Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing(Principles of GIS, Principles of Remote Sensing) |
| 14 | EPL8221 | Environmental Policy and Law(Principles of environmental law, Rwanda National Environmental Policy, Multilateral Environmental Agreements) |
| 15 | SLM8222 | Soil and Land Resources Management(Land Resources Management) |
| 16 | ITN8221 | Internship |
| 17 | ENGII8221 | Advocacy and Training in Development(Advocacy in Development Practices, Training in Development Process) |
| 18 | RCD8312 | English II |
| 19 | FRM8311 | Forestry Resources Management(Introduction to Agroforestry, Forestry Resources Conservation) |
| 20 | WMG8311 | Waste Management(Solid Waste Management, Liquid Waste Management) |
| 21 | EHS8311 | Environment Health and Safety(Disaster Management and preparedness, Occupational Health Safety and Environment) |
| 22 | EBT8312 | Environmental Biotechnology(Principles of environmental biotechnology, Applications of Environmental Biotechnology) |
| 23 | ECD8312 | Environment and Community Development(Community conservation, Environmental Education and Advocacy) |
| 24 | EIS8421 | Environmental Information Systems(Information Cycle and Needs assessment, Information networking and data mobilization) |
| 25 | EIA8421 | Environmental Impact Assessment(Methods of assessing Environmental impacts, Environmental Inspection and Audits) |
| 26 | CCD8422 | Climate Change and Development(Introduction to the earth's climate, Climate change and global environment, Efforts to control climate change) |
| 27 | ARM8422 | Applied Research Methods in Resources Management(Theoretical Framework on Applied Research, Applied Research on Resources Management) |
| 28 | EAP8421 | English for Academic Purpose |
| 29 | PEV8511 | Population and Environment(Demographic explosion, Conflicts and Environment management, Environmental Planning) |
| 30 | EBD8512 | Environmental Business and Development(Environmental Business for self employment, Entrepreneurship applied to natural resources) |
| 31 | ETG8512 | Environmental Technology(Introduction to Environmental Technology, Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development) |
| 32 | AGR8512 | Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing(Principles of advanced GIS and Remote Sensing, Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing for environmental management, Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation) |
| 33 | ITP8523 | Internship |
| 34 | RDT8523 | Research Dissertation |
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Year I
| Module Codes | Module Components | Credits | Hours | Semester |
| GEN8113 | 1. General English 1131 Language skills (Listening, reading, speaking and writing skills in English) 1132 Grammar and vocabulary | 20 | 200 | I |
| MST8111 | 2. Mathematics and Statistics 111-1 General mathematics 111-2 Statistics 111-3 Financial mathematics | 10 | 100 | I |
| RMT8112 | 3. Research Methods I 112-1 Theoretical Frameworks of Social Science Research 112-2 Research Design and Data Collection 112-3 Data Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation | 15 | 150 | I |
| CSK8111 | 4. Computer skills 111-1 Introduction to PC 111-2 Introduction to MS office 111-3 Internet and email communications | 10 | 100 | I |
| IPM8122 | 5. Introduction to Urban planning and management 122-1 Urbanization in history 122-2 Evolution of Urban Planning and Management 122-3 Urban issues and challenges in the third world Cities | 15 | 150 | II |
| GIS8123 | 6. Geographical Information Systems 123-1 Introduction to GIS and its software 123-2 Data and Mapping 123-3 Spatial referencing and positioning | 20 | 200 | II |
| UED8122 | 7. Urban Economics and development 122-1 Introduction to urban economics 122-2 Economic forces and development of cities 122-3 Agglomeration economies | 15 | 150 | II |
| RSP8122 | 8. Research Seminar Project I 122-1 spatial data collection and entry 122-2 cartography and mapping project | 15 | 150 | II |
| Total Credits | | 120 | 1200 | |
Year II
|
Module Codes |
Module components |
Credits |
Hours |
Semester |
|
AEN8213 |
9. Advanced English 213-1 Essay and Advanced writing 213-2 Writing letters and reports 213-3 Writing and public presentation of academic papers |
20 |
200 |
I |
|
RMT8211 |
10. Research methods II 211-1 Qualitative research 211-2 quantitative research 211-3 Research proposal and report |
10 |
100 |
I |
|
RS8212 |
11. Remote sensing 212-1 Remote sensing principles 212-2 Remote
sensing Imagery and Analysis 212-3 Introduction to Remote sensing software ERDAS (Earth Resources Data Analysis system) 212-4 Integrated
remote sensing & GIS |
15 |
150 |
I |
|
AGIS8212 |
12. Advanced GIS for urban planning and management 212-1 Data
management and processing 212-2 Data
visualization and analysis 212-3 Spatial data analysis and presentation |
15 |
150 |
I |
|
URS8221 |
13. Urban and Rural spaces 221-1 Urban spaces 221-2 Rural spaces 221-3 Urban-rural linkages |
10 |
100 |
II |
|
LAD8222 |
14. Land Administration 222-1 Land Administration procedures 222-2 Land tenure and ownership 222-3 Land policy 2224 Land disputes and conflict management |
15 |
150 |
II |
|
GUD8221 |
15. Geomorphology in Urban Planning and design 221-1 Introduction
to urban geomorphology 221-2 Geomorphological processes 221-3 Urbanization Impacts to urban geomorphology |
10 |
100 |
II |
|
UTC8221 |
16. Urban Planning techniques and concepts 221-1 Urban
planning concepts 221-2 Urban planning techniques |
10 |
100 |
II |
|
RSP8222 |
17. Research Seminar Project II 222-1 Spatial Data
collection and inventory for
a planning project 222-2 Data entry and analysis using Advanced GIS & Remote techniques 222-3 Project presentation |
15 |
150 |
II |
|
Total Credits |
|
120 |
1200 |
|
Year III
| Module Codes | Module Components | Credits | Hours | Semester |
| HUD8313 | 18. Housing and Urban Development 313-1 Housing policy 313-2 -Housing Market 313-3 Housing provision and affordability | 20 | 200 | I |
| IUS8312 | 19. Informal Urbanization and settlement 3121 Introduction to Informal urbanization 312-2 Forms of urban settlement informality and their issues 312-3 Informal settlement upgrading | 15 | 150 | I |
| SPP8313 | 20. Spatial planning 313-1 Strategic urban planning 313-2 Land use Planning 313-3 Land readjustment 313-4 Spatial planning and design standards | 20 | 200 | I |
| UPMR8311 | 21.Urban planning and Management in Rwanda 311-1 Urban planning policies and regulations in Rwanda 311-2 Challenges for urban planning and Management in Rwanda 311-3 Case study: Planning and management in Rwanda | 10 | 100 | I |
| UD8323 | 22. Urban design 323-1 Fundamentals of urban design 323-2 sustainable urban design and Planning 323-3 introduction to urban design (Auto CAD, sketch up…) | 20 | 100 | II |
| UDS8322 | 23. Urban design Studio I 322-1 Lecture tutorials and studio introduction 322-2 Studio work | 15 | 15 | II |
| IAT323 | 24. Industrial attachment 323-1 Work experience 323-2 Evaluation of work experience | 20 | 200 | II |
| Total Credits | | 120 | 1200 | |
Year IV
| Module Codes | Module Components | Credits | Hours | Semester |
| TIP8413 | 25. Transport and Infrastructure planning 413-1 Urban transportation planning 413-2 Public transportation 413-3 Sustainable transport and mobility | 20 | 200 | I |
| SUPM8413 | 26. Sustainable Urban planning and Management 413-1 Urbanization and environment sustainability 413-2 Management of Urban Infrastructure 413-3 Participatory urban planning and management | 20 | 200 | I |
| UR8413 | 27. Urban Resilience 412-1 Introduction to Urban resilience 412-2 Resilience in cities (resilient infrastructure, communities, ecosystem) 412-3 Climate change | 20 | 200 | I |
| PUDP8423 | 28. Planning and Management of Urban Development Projects 423-1 Introduction to Project planning 423-2 Public Investment Management for urban development projects 423-3 Project management process and principles | 20 | 200 | II |
| UDS8423 | 29. Urban design Studio II 423-1 Lecture tutorials for advanced urban studio introduction 423-2 Studio work | 20 | 200 | II |
| ARP8422 | 30. Academic Research Project/Thesis 422-1 Research topic and proposal 422-2 Data collection and analysis 422-3 Research report and defense | 20 | 200 | II |
| Total Credits | | 120 | 1200 | |