Day Star Catalogue

University
2007-2011
CATALOGUE
NAIROBI CAMPUS ATHI RIVER CAMPUS

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MISSION STATEMENT
Daystar University exists to develop managers,
proffesionals, researchers and scholars to be effec-
tive, Christian faith and holistic learning for the
transformation of church and society in Africa
and the world.
VISION STATEMENT
Daystar University aspires to be distinguished,
Christ-centered African institution of higher
learning for the transformation of church and
society
CORE VALUES
Christian education and communication for excellence in
servant-leadership.
-Christian Values
-Servant Leadership
-Excellence
-Education
-Effective Communication
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Table of Contents
University Calendar ............................................... iii- Auditing of Courses ................................................ 20
xii Course Numbering ................................................. 20
VICE-CHANCELLORS DIVISION.................... 1 Withdrawal ............................................................. 20
Message from the Vice-Chancellor ......................... 2 Change of Academic Majors. .................................. 20
Daystar in profile ................................................... 3 Transcripts .............................................................. 20
The Functions of the University ............................. 3 University Examinations ........................................ 20
The Daystar University Campuses ......................... 4 Academic Dishonesty ............................................. 20
Corprate Affairs Department.............................. 5 Late Assignments and Examinations ....................... 20
Student Development Office .............................. 6 Remarking of Examinations .................................... 20
Campus Life .......................................................... 6 Deans List .............................................................. 20
Chaplaincy ............................................................. 6 General Education................................................ 22
Daystar University Students Association ................. 6 Diploma core Courses.............................................. 22
Daystar Christian Fellowship (DCF) ...................... 6 Undergraduate Courses............................................ 22
Doulos ................................................................... 7 Department of Biblical and Religious Studies ....... 24
Students Counselling............ ................................. 7 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Bible ............................. 24
Students Sports and Recreation Office ................... 7 Minor in Bible ........................................................ 25
FINANCE ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING Minor in Christian Ministries ................................. 25
DIVISION........................................................... 8 Minor in Peace and Conflict Transformation .......... 25
Financial Information.............................................. 8 Department of Communication .......................... 31
Fee Structure (Athi River Campus).......................... 9 Diploma in Communication.................................... 31
Fee Structure (Nairobi Campus).............................. 10 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication............. 34
Students Financial Aid ............................................ 11 Print Media Concentration ..................................... 35
Administration Section............................................ 12 Electronic Media Concentration. ............................ 35
ACADEMIC DIVISION . ................................... 13 Advertising Media Concentration ........................... 35
Academic Programmes ............................................ 13 Public Relations Concentration. ............................. 35
Research, Publication and Consultancy. .................. 14 Communications Minor......................................... 35
Staff and Student Exchange Programme .................. 14 Department of Humanities. ................................ 41
Library services ....................................................... 15 Graded Certificate Courses in Music (GCCM)........ 41
Computer Laboratories ........................................... 15 Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Language
Communication Studios ......................................... 15 and Literature.......................................................... 46
Goals of Daystars Academic Programmes ........... 15 Minor in English ................................................... 47
Common Academic Regulations .......................... 16 Bachelor of Education Degree in Arts or Science..... 52
Admission to Undergraduat Programmes .................. 16 Minor in Music....................................................... 56
Direct Entry into the Undergraduate Programmes.... 16 Department of Commerce (Diploma Programmes) 60
Admission on Transfer from Other Institutions......... 16 Diploma in Air Hostess & Cabin Crew Studies....... 60
Special Students ........................................................ 16 Diploma in Air Travel Ticketing & Tourism ........... 61
Admission into the Diploma Programme................... 16 Diploma in Business Administration and Management 62
Mature Age Entry Requirements .......................... 17 Diploma in Business Information Technology ......... 63
Exemptions........................................................... 17 Diploma in Entreprenuership................................... 63
Undergraduate Programmes Regulations............... 17 Diploma in Finance................................................. 64
Course Load ......................................................... 17 Diploma in Hospitality in Management .................. 65
Student Assessment ............................................... 17 Diploma in Human Resource Management ............ 66
Graduation Requirements ..................................... 18 Diploma in Purchasing & Business Logistics ........... 67
Double Majors ....................................................... 18 Diploma in Sales and Marketing ............................. 67
Graduation Honors ................................................ 19 Diploma in Tours and Travel ................................... 68
Registration ............................................................ 19 Department of Commerce (Degree Programmes).. 81
Registration Queries................................................ 19 General Requirements in Commerce ..................... 81
Academic Discontinuation ..................................... 19 Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting ..................... 82
Class Attendance .................................................... 19 Minor in Accounting ........................................... 82
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Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration Master of Arts Degree in Christian Ministries.......... 138
& Manangement .................................................. 82 Master of Arts Degree in Communication............... 141
Minor in Business Admin. & Management ........... 83 Master of Arts Degree in Counselling Psychology.... 145
Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing..................... 83 Master of Business Administration .......................... 148
Minor in Marketing .............................................. 83 Master of Theology in African Christianity ............. 154
Bachelor of Commerce in Management Information Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) ........... 158
Systems (MIS) ....................................................... 84 Postgraduate Diploma in Child Development .......... 163
Minor in MIS ........................................................ 84 UNIVERSITY COUNCIL ..................................... 165
Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics .............. 84 MANAGEMENT BOARD..................................... 166
Minor in Economics................................................ 85 ACADEMIC STAFF......... ...................................... 167
Bachelor f Commerce Degree in Purchasing &
Business Logistics ................................................... 86
Department of Community Development .......... 103
Diploma in Counselling ................... ...................... 103
Diploma in Community Development .................... 105
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Community Development 108
Minor in Community Development ....................... 109
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology ..................... 110
Minor in Psychology ............................................... 111
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work .................... 112
Minor Social Work ................................................... 113
Department of Science........................................... 122
Mathematics Minor................................................... 122
Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Computer
Science ..................................................................... 126
Pre-University Programme .................................... 132
Exemptions and Credit Transfers .............................. 132
Pre-University Curriculum ........................................ 133
Faculty of Postgraduate Studies............................ 135

Common Regulations.............. ................................ 135
Admission Requirements........................................... 135
Course Load.............................................................. 136
Probation and Discontinuation................................. 136
Special Students........................................................ 136
Student Assessment................................................... 136
Incompletes.............................................................. 136
Graduation Requirement.......................................... 136
Class Attendance...................................................... 136
Auditing of Courses.................................................. 136
Course Numbering................................................... 136
Adding or Dropping of courses................................. 136
Withdrawal............................................................... 136
Transcripts................................................................. 136
University Examinations............................................ 136
Academic Dishonesty................................................. 137
Time Limits for Degree Work.................................... 137
Late Assignments and Examinations.......................... 137
Additional Information.............................................. 137
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CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
2007 - 2011
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August - December Semester 2007
July 2007 August 2007 September
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Dates Days Activities
August 13-18 Mon Fri Orientation of new students

August 20 Monday Registration queries for returning students
August 21 Tuesday Classes start at 8:30am. (Athi River) 5:30p.m. NBI)
September 6 Thursday Day of prayer
September 17-28 Mon - Fri Setting of Exams
October 1-5 Mon Fri Internal Moderation of exams
October 8 19 Mon Fri Eternal moderation of exams
October 22-23 Mon - Tue Mid semester recess
October 22-23 Mon - Tue Department review of exams
October 23 (midday) Wednesday Meeting of external examiners with departments and final
day to submit exam drafts to exam office.
October 24 Wednesday Classes resume at 8:30 am (Athi |River) 5:30pm (NBI)
October 24-Nov23 Wed - Fri Typing of exams
November 7 Wednesday Registration for Janaury2008
November 19- 23 Mon - Fri Proofreading and packaging of exams
December 3-4 Mon - Tue Study days
December 5-19 Wed - Wed End of semester exam
December 6-7 Thur Fri University Council & company meeting.
December 19 Wednesday End of semester
December 20- Jan 6 Thur - Sun Christmas Vacation
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DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

January 7-8 Mon-Tue Departmental moderation of grades
January 7-12 Mon-Sat Orientation of new Students
January10-13 Thur-Sun External moderation of Grades
January 14 Mon Registration queries of Returning students
January 14 Mon Meeting of External Examiners with Departments, and final day
to submit Grades.
January 15 Tue Classes start
January 14-17 Mon-Thur Entering of Exam Grades into Computer
January 18-21 Fri-Mon Faculty Moderation of Grades & Verification of
Print-outs
January 21 Monday Correction of print-outs & faculty moderation changes.
January 22 Tuesday Verification of corrections by Faculties
January 25 Friday Senate meeting for Approval of August Semester 2007 grades
Week of January 28 Thursday (Jan. 31) Day of Prayer

February 4-15 Mon-Fri Setting of Exams
February 18-22 Mon-Fri Internal moderation of Exams
Feb. 25 Mar. 7 Mon-Fri External moderation of Exams
March 7 - 14 Friday - Friday Registration for Blocks & Aug. Semester 2008
March 10-11 Mon-Tue Mid Semester Recess
March 10-11 Mon-Tue Departments Review of Exams
March 12 Wednesday Classes Resume
March 12 Wednesday Final day to submit exam drafts to exams Office
March 13 April 11 Thur-Fri Typing of Exams
March 31 April 22 Mon-Tue Proof-reading and packaging
April 24-25 (Day) 25-26 (Ev.) Thur-Fri Study Days
April 28 May 14 Mon -Wed End of Semester Exams
May 14 Wed. End of Semester
May 19-20 Mon-Tue Departmental moderation of grades
May 20 Tuesday Final day to submit grades
May 20-27 Tue-Tue Entering of grades
May 26 June 28 Mon-Sat First block
May 30 Friday Faculty Boards moderation of grades
June 2 Monday Correction of print outs and Moderation changes
June 3 Tuesday Verification of the Corrections
June 4 Wednesday Board of Examiners Meeting
June 6 Friday Senate
June 18-June Wed-Friday University Council and Company Meeting
June 20 Friday Rehearsal
June 21 Saturday Graduation
June 30 Aug 1 Mon-Fri Second block
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August Semester 2008
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August 11-16 Mon-Sat Orientation of new students
August 18 Monday Registration Queries for returning students
August 19 Tuesday Classes start
Week of Sept 1 Thursday (Sept. 4) Prayer Day

September 15-26 Mon-Fri Setting of Exams
Sept. 29Oct. 3 Mon-Fri Internal moderation of Exams
October 6-17 Mon-Fri External moderation of Exams
October 21 - 22 Tue - Wed Departmental review of Exams
October 22 (Mid-day) Wed Meeting of External Examiners and final day
to Submit Exam drafts to Exam Office
October 20 - 21 Mon-Tue Mid-Semester Recess
Oct. 21 Nov. 21 Tue-Fri Typing of Exams
October 22 Wednesday Classes resume
November 10-17 Mon-Mon Registration for January 2009 Semester
November 17-28 Mon-Fri Proofreading and packaging of Exams
December 1-2 Mon-Tue Study Days
December 3-20 Wed-Sat End of Semester Exams
December 11-13 Thur-Sat Council and Company Meeting
December 20 Sat End of Semester
Dec. 20 Jan. 11 Sat-Sun Christmas Vacation

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January 6-7 Tue-Wed Departmental moderation of grades
January 9-11 Fri-Sun External moderation of Grades
January 12 Mon Meeting of External examiners with Departments and
final day to Submit Grades.
January 16-19 Fri-Mon Faculty Moderation of Grades & Verification of Print-
outs
January 23 Friday Senate meeting for Approval of August Semester
2008 grades
Week of January 26 Thursday (Jan. 29) Day of Prayer
March 6 - 13 Friday - Friday Registration for Blocks & Aug. Semester 2009
March 30 April 21 Mon-Tue Proof-reading and packaging of exams
April 23-24 (Day) Thur-Fri (24-25 Evening) Study Days
April 27 May 13 Mon-Wed End of Semester Exams
May 13 Wed End of Semester
June 2 Tuesday Correction of print outs and Moderation changes
June 3 Wednesday Verification of the Corrections
June 5 Friday Board of Examiners Meeting
June 10 Wednesday Senate
June 17-19 Wed-Frid Council and Company Meeting
June 29 Aug 1 Mon-Sat Second block
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Week of August 31 Thursday (Sept. 3) Prayer Day

September 4 Friday Approval of Block grades by Senate
October 19-20 Mon-Tue Mid-Semester Recess
October 19-21 Mon-Wed Departmental review of Exams
October 19 (Mid-day) Monday Meeting of External Examiners and final day
to Submit exam drafts to Exam Office
Oct. 19 Nov. 20 Mon-Fri Typing of Exams
October 21 Wednesday Classes resume
November 4 - 11 Wed - Wed Registration for January Semester 2010
Dec 3-4 (Day) Thur-Fri 4-5 (Evening) Study Days
December 7-19 Mon-Sat End of Semester Exams
December 10-12 Thur-Sat Council and Company
Dec. 20 Jan. 10 Sun-Sun Christmas Vacation

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January 4-5 Mon-Tue Departmental moderation of grades
January 7-10 Thur-Sun External moderation of Grades
January 18 Mon Meeting of External examiners with Departments and
January 15-18 Fri-Mon Faculty Moderation of Grades & Verification of Print-
outs
January 22 Friday Senate meeting for Approval of August Semester
2009 grades
Week of February 1 Thursday (Feb. 4) Day of Prayer

March 17-24 Wed-Wed Registration for Blocks & Aug. Semester 2010
March 12-15 Fri-Mon Mid Semester Recess
March 12-15 Fri-Mon Departments Review of Exams
March 16 Tuesday Classes Resume
March 16 Tuesday Final day to submit exam drafts to exams Office
April 26-27 Mon-Tue Study Days
April 28 May 15 Wed-Sat End of Semester Exams
May 15 Sat End of Semester
May 31 Monday Correction of print outs and Moderation changes
June 1 Tuesday Verification of the Corrections
June 2 Wednesday Board of Examiners Meeting
June 4 Friday Senate
June 16-18 Wed-Friday Council and Company Meeting
June 28 July 31 Mon-Sat Second block
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Week of August 30 Thur (Sept 2) Prayer Day

September 10 Friday Approval of Block grades by Senate
October 18-19 Mon-Tue Mid-Semester Recess
October 18-19 Mon-Tue Departmental review of Exams
October 19 (Mid-day) Tuesday Meeting of External Examiners
Oct. 19 Nov. 19 Tue-Fri Typing of Exams

October 21 Thursday Classes resume
November 1-8 Mon-Mon Registration for January Semester 2011
November 29-30 Mon-Tue Study Days
December 1-18 Wed-Sat End of Semester Exams
Dece-9-11 Thurs-Sat Council and Company Meeting
Dec. 19 Jan. 9 Sunday-Sunday Christmas Vacation

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January 5 - 6 Wed. - Thur Departmental moderation of grades
January 13-15 Thur-Sun External moderation of Grades
January 17 Monday Registration queries of Returning students
January 17 Monday Meeting of External examiners with Departments and
January 18 Tuesday Classes start
January 17-21 Mon-Fri Entering of Exam Grades into Computer
January 24-25 Mon-Tue Faculty Moderation of Grades & Verification of Print-outs
January 26 Wednesday Correction of print-outs & faculty moderation changes.
January 27 Thursday Verification of corrections by Faculties
February 2 Wednesday Senate meeting for Approval of August Semester 2010 grades
Week of January 31 Thursday (Feb. 3) Day of Prayer

March 11-17 Fri-Fri Registration for Blocks & Aug. Semester 2011
April 21-22 Thur-Fri (day) Study Days (Fri - Sat, evening)
April 25 May 11 Mon-Wed End of Semester Exams
May 11 Wed End of Semester
May 30 Monday Correction of print outs and Moderation changes
May 31 Tuesday Verification of the Corrections
June 2 Thursday Board of Examiners Meeting
June 10 Friday Senate Meeting for approval of January 2010 Semester grades
June 15-17 Wed-Friday Council and Company Meeting
June 27 July 30 Mon-Sat Second block
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Week of August 29 Thursday (Sept. 1) Prayer Day

Sept. 26-30 Mon-Fri Internal moderation of Exams
October 20-22 Thur-Sat Mid-Semester Recess
October 22-24 Fri-Mon Departmental review of Exams
October 24 (Mid-day) Monday Meeting of External Examiners and final day to
Submit Exam drafts to Exam Office
Oct. 24 Nov. 18 Mon-Fri Typing of Exams
October 24 Monday Classes resume
November 2-9 Wed- Wed Registration for January Semester 2012
November 28-29 Mon-Tue Study Days
Nov. 30 Dec. 17 Wed-Sat End of Semester Exams
Dec 8-10 Thurs-Sat Council and Company Meeting
Dec. 18 Jan. 8 Sun-Sun Christmas Vacation

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VICE-CHANCELLORS
DIVISION
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Message from the Vice-Chancellor

Be careful that you do not forget the Lord
your God Deut. 8. 11
My personal hope and prayer is that these modest
achievements do not cause us to forget the Lord our
God. We should with all humility give God the glory
for what has been achieved within a very short time. We
should increase in prayer for Gods hand of protection
to be upon this institution. Indeed there are real threats
to the institution due to its uncompromising Christian
witness. I call upon all members of Daystar family to
continue to trust God for all our needs and to walk in
obedience to His commands.
A new spirit of commitment and dedication to our

work as students or staff is needed as we add hard work
to prayer. As the saying goes; we should work as hard
as if everything depends on us and pray as if everything
depends on God. This is the only way that we shall
raise the quality of the programmes offered by the Uni-
Rev. Prof. Godfrey M. Nguru
B. Ed (Honours) University of East Africa (Makerere), MSc, versity and gain the much needed competitive edge.
Ed.s, Ed.D, University of Tennessee (USA), Specialist in Education The University needs to be more focused on its core
Planning - IIEP (Paris) business of equipping servant leaders for the continent
of Africa. Great emphasis should be placed on efficien-
cy, effectiveness, relevance and sustainability. Daystar
M
any of us human beings have short memories. has whole heartedly embraced Information Communi-
It is therefore little wonder that the writer of cation Technology (ICT) as it seeks to cope with the
the book of Deuteronomy tells us to be care- reality of globalization.
ful that we do not forget the Lord. There is recognition
here that it is possible to forget God and especially when Our strategic plan 2005-2010 clearly states our strategic
things are seemingly going well and our comfort level mission and details the programmes that the University
raised. When life is smooth with no apparent worries, plans to offer in pursuit to its mission. It is expected
then there is a risk of forgetting God. This point is made that during the plan, the university will not only en-
poignant later in the passage. hance the quality of the programmes currently offered
but new programmes will be launched including sci-
when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine ences and professional courses. All these will be taught
houses and settle down and when your herds and flocks through our unique approach whereby every lecturer in-
grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you tegrates Christian faith with subject matter to produce a
have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud holistic learning and teaching environment. Both stu-
and you will forget the Lord your God who brought dents development and chaplaincy programmes will be
you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. enhanced to enrich our academic programmes. This is
aimed at producing graduates that are not only intellec-
When we become wealthy and comfortable; when our tually and professionally well trained but who are also
earthly possessions increase, when we are successful or men and women of character.
have experienced great achievements, we tend to forget
where our successes came from. We want to claim all Christians who are not only academically and profes-
the credit and ascribe the successes to our own ingenu- sionally qualified but who are also known for their in-
ity, our abilities, knowledge, wisdom, competence and tegrity. This is what Kenya needs. This is what Daystar
so on. We forget that without God we can do nothing. promises the continent but must achieve it without ever
forgetting the Lord our God.
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Daystar in profile
ORIGINS OF DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY
We believe that Daystar University was in the plan of God from The Functions of the University
the foundation of the earth. In 1952, God called Dr. Donald and The University shall have the following functions:
Mrs. Faye Smith to South Africa as missionaries. He then linked
them with Dr. S. E. Motsoko Pheko. Together they launched a. to provide resources for university education, training and
Daystar Communications in Zimbabwe to train in communication. research and for the establishment of colleges, faculties, schools,
When civil war broke out, they moved to Nairobi in 1974 where departments, institutes, centres and such other institutions as the
Daystar had been incorporated as a non-profit company in 1973. Council may determine;
The ministry acquired a 1.54 acre plot to continue training in
communication and research. In 1976, Daystar began to offer a two- b. to determine who may teach, what may be taught and how it
year post high school diploma programme. In 1978, a two-year MA may be taught in the University;
programme in Communication and Christian Ministry was started
in collaboration with Wheaton College, Illinois, USA. In April c. to conduct research and encourage the conduct of research which
1984 Daystar launched its four-year Bachelors Degree programme enlarges the province of human knowledge in general and increases
in collaboration with Messiah College, Pennsylvania, USA with the effectiveness of the church in particular;
twelve students. In the same year, Daystar Communication changed
its name to Daystar University College. In 1989 Daystar acquired d. to assist in the preservation, processing, transmission and
a second campus (Athi River) situated at the foot of Lukenya Hills dissemination of knowledge and in the stimulation of the intellectual
on 300 acres. life and cultural development of the students and the African church
and society;
On September 29, 1994, Daystar was granted a charter by the
government of Kenya and became Daystar University with e. to conduct examinations for, and grant degrees, diplomas,
Prof. Stephen Talitwala and Dr. James Kamunge as its first Vice certificates, and other awards of the University;
Chancellor and Chancellor, respectively. The student population has
since grown to over 2,900 men and women from more than twenty f. to provide a balanced programme and experiences for harmonious
nationalities and a staff of 250. In August 2004, Rev. Prof. Godfrey and holistic development of students and staff;
Nguru was installed as the second Vice Chancellor and Dr. Florence
Musiime as the second Chancellor. g. to carry out any other functions as may be permitted and approved
The university now offers the following programmes: by the Council.
1. Undergraduate programmes leading to bachelors degrees in Arts,
Commerce, Education and Science. These programmes require four
years for full time students and 5 years for those on part time basis.
2. A two-year postgraduate programme leading to an MA degree
in either Communication, Counselling Psychology, Christian
Ministries, MTh in African Christianity and an MBA in Finance,
Marketing, Human Resource Management and Strategic
Management.
3. A two-year diploma programme which concentrates in either
Communication, Management, Development, Counselling, and
Christian Music among others.
4. A Christian Ministry Training (CMT) by extension programme
offering a number of courses, both on and off campus, for Christian
leaders.
5. A research and consultancy services programme that works with
the African Christian community to develop effective communication
strategies in evangelism, church planting and discipleship,
community development and leadership, and development.
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The Daystar University Campuses

Daystar University operates two campuses, one in Nairobi and the
other near Athi River town. The Athi River campus is the main
campus.
1. The Athi River Campus
Daystar University, Athi River

campus, is situated on the edge of
the Athi plains on the slopes of the
Lukenya Hills, approximately 39
kilometres from the city of Nairobi
and 12 kilometres from Mavoko
Town (Athi River). The campus,
which is on a 300 acre piece of land,
is connected to the main Mombasa
Road by a 5-kilometre all-weather
murram road. The campus is
supplied with piped water from
the EPZ water pipeline and the Nol
Turesh water pipeline, supplemented
by two water boreholes.
The University provides

accommodation to 800 students
in the campus hostels. Meals are
served in the University dining hall.
Recreation facilities include a soccer
field, basketball and volleyball courts,
and a recreation center for various
indoor games and entertainment.
Those who love walking and
mountain climbing have unlimited
space.
2. The Nairobi Campus
The Daystar University Nairobi

Campus is conveniently located
at the corner of Valley Road
and Ngong Road, about two
kilometres from the city centre,
and is well served by public
transport to and from all parts of
Nairobi. The campus is directly
opposite the Nairobi Hospital
and near the Kenyatta National
Hospital. The Campus borders
the Nairobi Baptist Church and
the Hurlingham shopping centre
is also close by.
On this campus, the University

offers short courses, diploma,
postgraduate and day and
evening undergraduate degree
programmes.
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Functions of Corporate Affairs Dept.
The Corporate Affairs Department deals with managing relationship
and image of the university. The department endeavors to create
and maintain a positive corporate image of the university to all its
involved and interested publics. The department has three sections
namely, Public Relations, Business Development and Fundraising.
Through the Public Relations section, the department assesses the

mood, attitudes and perceptions of the Universitys publics and
interprets them to the Management Board for action.
The Corporate Affairs Manager facilitates regular meetings for

leaders of various organizations to meet with the Vice-Chancellor.
The department has developed healthy working relations with the
media, with the aim of building and maintaining a positive image for
the institution and informing the public about Daystar University
and its mission.
Through a number of in-house publications, the department

ensures that the public, internal and external, are kept informed of
what is happening within and around the University. The weekly
Infospot newsletter keeps the University community informed on
the happenings in and around the two campuses. The biannual
Output links the University with its external public such as churches,
parents, alumni, donors and many other supporters of Daystars
ministry around the world.
Corporate Affairs Other publications of the University, besides the Catalogue, are
the Student Handbook, and the Luminator for Daystar alumni,
in addition to smaller publications like brochures and calendars.
Involvement, a student publication of Daystar University, is also
Department
published fortnightly through this department. Photography and
promotional items are also a concern of the department.
The Business Development section deals with course development

on the basis of market surveys and through strategic response to
emerging market opportunities. The department also coordinates
marketing, promotional and publicity activities. Through planned
yearly schedules, the department participates in exhibitions and
career symposiums.
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Campus life
T he student co-curricular activities are coordinated through
the Student Development Deparment headed by the Dean
of Community Life. Others include the Dean of Students, the
chaplain, assistant chaplain, the Sports and Recreation Officer,
Student Counsellors and the Resident Tutors. The Department
coordinates and facilitates all aspects of student life outside the
classroom. The objective is that every student will grow up in every
way into Him who is the head, that is Christ (Ephesians 4:15),
physically, spiritually, socially, ethically, and vocationally. Student
life at Daystar University is designed to complement the academic
learning, so as to produce Christian servant leaders who will make a
difference at all levels of society.
1. Chaplaincy
a. Chapels
Chapels are held twice a week. On Tuesdays, Students and Staff
meet for Chapel whereas on Thursdays they attend small group bible
study. Attendance is required of both staff and students. It is an
essential part of their regular weekly schedule and includes a variety
of worship styles, musical programmes, bible studies, speakers, and
drama. Chapel is the one activity in which the entire community
gathers together for worship and fellowship on a regular basis.
All staff and students of Daystar University are individually expected
Student
to be members of a church in which they worship and fellowship
regularly. As a vital part of spiritual growth, they are also encouraged
to serve the Lord in an active way through the programmes of their
respective churches. In addition, the Daystar Christian Fellowship
(DCF), sends out numerous student ministry teams to reach out
Development
beyond the campuses with evangelistic outreaches, ministry among
street children, and many other ministry opportunities. In addition
to the above, the University organises weekly spiritual activities as
given here below:
Department
b. Small Groups
The Chaplaincy organises small groups to which every staff and
student is assigned. The small groups meet once a week for prayer
and Bible study. The main goal of the small group meetings is to
provide a forum for spiritual growth.
c. Counselling
The University Chaplain, the Assistant Chaplains, the Student
Counsellors and other staff and faculty, are available to counsel
students in such areas as adjustment to life at Daystar University,
spiritual development, resolving personal problems, and making
major life decisions. In addition a large number of students have
been trained as peer counsellors. As a Christian community, the
Bible requires us to be our brothers keeper. Therefore, every member
of the Daystar University Community is expected to be sensitive to
the needs of others around them.
2. Daystar University Students Association

(DUSA)
Daystar University Students Association (DUSA) is the recognised
student organisation within the University. Every Daystar student
is automatically a member of DUSA. The DUSA Executive
Committee, is democratically elected by the student body during
the month of April every year, which is responsible for running
DUSA affairs. DUSA has the following sub committees: Academic
Affairs, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Clubs Associations,
International Students Association, Continuing Education and Post
Graduate Committee.
In addition, under the auspices of the DUSA, many student clubs
and associations offer opportunities for involvement. They include:
AIESEC, Drama, Environmental Conservation, French, Marketing,
Accounting, Communication, Community Development, Wildlife,
Debating and Current Affairs and Daystar University Students in
Free Enterprise. The key link person for DUSA activities is the Dean
of Students.
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3. Daystar Christian Fellowship (DCF)

Daystar Christian Fellowship (DCF) is a student-led group under
the University Chaplaincy. The group has about 14 subcommittees
where students develop their talents and nourish their faith through
various activities e.g. singing, dancing, drama, missions among
others.
4. Doulos
Doulos is a servant leadership programme at Daystar that derives its
name from Mark 10:45 and 2Cor 4:5, which means slave or servant
in Greek. The programme strives to help the university achieve
its mission of training servant leaders for Africa by using tools of
adventure, service and community in displaying the love of Christ
for all mankind and with equiping the students with a heart to serve
as they become leaders in various sectors of their careers.
5. Student Counselling
The Office exists in part to advocate for special concerns of
international students, raise and maintain international awareness
within Daystar University, and promote spiritual, social and career
development among international students. The Office also oversees
orientation programmes for new students and works closely with the
International Students Association of Daystar University (ISADU).
Their main duty is counselling students on all issues
6. Students Sports & Recreation Office

The Sports and Recreation Office coordinates intramural sports as
well as team sports and games throughout the academic year. Existing
sports and recreation activities include team sports, individual sports,
board games and other outdoor activities. Daystar University teams
compete in the Kenya Universities Sports Association (KUSA),
the Nairobi Fellowship of Theological Colleges (NFTC), Nairobi
Basketball Association and in other organized institutional sports.
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Financial Information
Tuition Fees and Charges
Daystar University tuition and other charges are modest, especially
when compared to the costs at other universities in Europe and North
America offering similar programmes. The University keeps costs
low through gifts from individuals, churches and other Christian
organizations, which assist in the Universitys capital development.
The tuition income is used to meet the annual operational budget.
The annual tuition fees are based on the following credit hours:
1. Postgraduate 12 Hours
2. Undergraduate 16 Hours
3. Diploma 15 Hours
Charges Per Credit Hour

The tuition charges per Credit Hour (as at 2007/2008 academic year)
is Kshs 5,125 for full-time Undergraduate programmes in Athi River
Campus; Kshs 5,815 for the Undergraduate programmes in Nairobi
Campus; Kshs 7,500 for Postgraduate programmes; and Kshs 4,625
for Diploma programmes. Pre-University will be charged a flat
tuition fee of Ksh. 60,000 per semester. A credit hour constitutes 16
hours of class attendance per semester. Fees for auditing courses are
charged at 50% of the tuition charges.
FINANCE,
Fees Payment
All fees for each semester are payable in advance or before the date
of registration by bankers cheque or direct bank. The University
does not accept cash payments or money orders. In order to assist
sponsors who cannot raise full fees, the University allows payment
of tuition and hostel fees in four equal monthly instalments from
ADMINISTRATION
the first day of the semester. Sponsors wishing to pay the fees by
instalments must apply to the Finance Manager before the semester
begins.
Allowances
Parents/sponsors are advised to remit living costs and other allowances
& PLANNING
for personal use directly to the students. Students are encouraged/
advised to open bank accounts to which all living allowances could
be sent by the sponsor. The University has arranged to have banking
services once a week at the Athi River Campus. Students from
outside Kenya need to secure funds for their entire study period
at Daystar before coming to Nairobi. This should include enough
funds to pay for their return travel back to their countries at the
end of the study period.
o Financial Information
Campus Accommodation
o Administration Section Students living in the University hostels are expected to provide
their own bedding (blankets, linens, bedcover, towels, pillowcases,
etc.) as well as bath and laundry items. Students living in the
rented University self-catering hostels are jointly responsible for the
cleanliness of the entire facility and payments for water, electricity
and gas usage. They also have to provide cooking utensils and
cutlery.
Off-Campus Accommodation
Married students who wish to bring along their families are advised
to locate off-campus accommodations before bringing their families
to Nairobi. The cost of a one-bedroom apartment varies between
Kshs. 4,000 and 12,000 per month, depending on location and the
kind of house. Further, such accommodation is available only in
Mavoko town or in Nairobi.
Refunds
In some cases for valid reasons acceptable to the University, a student
who drops a course may be refunded 100% in the first week; 90%
in the second week; and none thereafter. No refund is allowed
for a block course unless a claim for such a refund is made before
the commencement of the course. However, in cases of pressing
personal emergencies or illnesses which require such a drop of
course, the student may petition to the Faculty Board, through its
chairman, for refund to DVC (FAP). Each case will be discussed
independently. Room and board charges are for the whole semester
and no refund will be made for a student leaving the hostel after
the semester has started.
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Fee Structure: Athi River Campus
ATHI RIVER CAMPUS
PRE-UNIVERSITY 1ST SEMESTER PRE-UNIVERSITY 2ND SEMESTER
Boarder Dayscholar with Dayscholar with Boarder Dayscholar with Dayscholar with
Transport No Transport Transport No Transport
Tuition 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00
Exam 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
Computer 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00
Activity 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Library 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
Medical 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00
DUPA 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Orientation 5,250.00 3,000.00 3,000.00
Registration 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Caution 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
Textbook Loan 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
Boarding 39,288.00 39,288.00
Transport -Nairobi 17,500.00 17,500.00
TOTAL 132,038.00 108,000.00 90,500.00 107,788.00 86,000.00 68,500.00
Instalment fee 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
Tuition 82,000.00 82,000.00 82,000.00 82,000.00 82,000.00 82,000.00
Exam 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
Computer 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00
Activity 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Library 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
Medical 15,000.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 - - -
DUPA 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 - - -
Orientation 5,250.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 - - -
Registration 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 - - -
Caution 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 - - -
Text Book loan 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
Boarding 39,288.00 - - 39,288.00 - -
Transport- Nairobi - 17,500.00 - - 17,500.00 -
TOTAL 154, 038.00 130,000.00 112,500.00 129,788.00 108,000.00 90,500.00
Instalment fee 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
TOTAL 156,038.00 132,000.00 114,500.00 131.738.00 110,000.00 92,500.00
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Fee Structure: Nairobi Campus
NAIROBI CAMPUS
DIPLOMA PRE-UNIVERSITY
1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER 1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER
Boarder Dayscholar with Boarder Dayscholar with No
No Transport Transport
Tuition 69,375.00 69,375.00 60,000.00 60,000.00
Exam 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
Computer 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00
Activity 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Library 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
Medical 15,000.00 15,000.00
DUPA 1,000.00 1,000.00
Orientation 3,000.00 3,000.00
Registration 1,000.00 1,000.00
Caution 2,000.00 2,000.00
Textbook Loan 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
TOTAL 99,875.00 77,875.00 107,788.00 68,500.00
Instalment fee 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
TOTAL 101,875.00 79,875.00 70,500.00
UNDERGRADUATE DAY CLASSES UNDERGRADUATE EVENING CLASSES

1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER 1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER
Tuition 93,040.00 93,040.00 93,040.00 93,040.00
Exam 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
Computer 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00
Activity 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
Library 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
Medical 15,000.00 -
DUPA 1,000.00 -
Orientation 3,000.00 3,000.00 -
Registration 1,000.00 1,000.00 -
Caution 2,000.00 2,000.00 -
Book Book loan 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1,250.00
TOTAL 123, 540.00 101,540.00 106,290.00 100,290.00
Instalment fee 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00
TOTAL 125,540.00 103,540.00 108.290.00 102,290.00
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME
1ST SEMESTER 2ND SEMESTER
Tuition 90,000.00 90,000.00
Exam 1,250.00 1,250.00
Computer 3,000.00 3,000.00
Activity 1,000.00 1,000.00
Library 2,000.00 2,000.00
Orientation 3,000.00
Registration 1,000.00
Caution 2,000.00
TOTAL 103,250.00 97,250.00
Instalment fee 2,00.00 2,000.00
TOTAL 105,250.00 99,250.00
NB: Fees may change depending on the economic conditions and as may be determined by the governing council.
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Student Financial Aid (iv) Mustard Seed Scolarship
Mastered Seed Foundation is a Christian organization and awards
a. Work Study Programme scholarship to two students at Dayastar University every year. To
qualify for the scholarship, the students must score at least A-
The University is keenly aware that there are many qualified (minus) in KCSE. He or she must also be a Christian. Daystar
deeply committed Christian students from poor families. It University advertises the scholarship in daily newspapers each year.
therefore deliberately raises scholarship funds for needy students. Candidates will be intervied.
The University has set up a Work Study programme to which it
contributes five percent (5%) of the tuition fees income every year. (v) Non-Daystar Scholarships
The University also raises funds from churches, foundations and A number of students come to Daystar University with their own
individuals in order to help the many poor students. In January scholarships. Such students are advised to report to the Students
semester of the academic year, applications for Daystar Work Study Revenue Accountant in the Finance Department. The students
scholarships are invited from needy students through the Student will be required to provide the Revenue Accountant with details
Financial Aid Office. Scholarship awards are given according to the of their scholarships through a commitment letter from their
following guidelines: sponsors stating what the scholarship covers and the duration of
the scholarship.
(1) Daystar scholarships cover about one half (1/2) of the annual Students with sponsors in the USA and Canada are advised to have
tuition fees. The student must procure additional funding their funds sent through the Daystar offices in these countries.
from family, friends, employer, church, or private sources. Money from other parts of the world should be sent to the Daystar
University account by direct bank transfer. This ensures that money
(2) A student receiving Daystar scholarship is required to work ten is not lost in the international mail scam. The University does not
(10) hours every week on jobs assigned by the University. recommend cheques being sent by mail.
(3) Daystar scholarships are not available to first year students.

Only in very exceptional cases will consideration be given to
first year applicants.
(4) The following conditions are used to determine scholarship

awards:
(a) assessed level of poverty;
(b) depth of Christian commitment;
(c) a clear Christian behavioural pattern;
(d) a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA)
of 2.5;
(e) enrolment in a full-time study programme;
(f ) nearness to completion of course;
(g) the spread of Christianity in home area.
(b) Other Scholarships and Awards

(i) Academic Merit Scholarship
Every year Daystar University offers an academic merit scholarship
to the best student admitted to the undergraduate programme with
the highest academic grade A or A- (minus) in KCSE or equivalent.
The scholarship covers tuition for four academic years if the student
maintains a Cum G.P.A of 3.50.
(ii) Edith Locklin Berry Memorial Scholarship

The Edith Locklin Berry Memorial Scholarship Fund was established
by the Berry Family to assist needy female Postgraduate students.
Edith Berry completed the M.A. degree and joined the faculty of
Daystar University shortly before she died in 1990. Applicants for
the scholarship must:
(1) be full time female student in the Postgraduate programme.

(2) be of godly character and able to articulate her personal
relationship with Jesus Christ;
(3) have proven financial need;
(4) have achieved a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00
and mentain a GPA of 3.30.
(5) have a clearly articulated concern to help other women in
her home area by the application of her studies at Daystar
University.
(iii) Book Award

This is awarded to six returning undergraduate students, two
representing each year of study, (First year considered for those
who have completed 32 credits, 64 credits for second years and 96
credits for third years) who attain the highest cumulative GPA in an
academic year. The award covers the textbook allowance for that
academic year. It only applies to undergraduates.
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Administration Section
The Administration Section provides institutional support services 5. Information Communication Technology
in the areas of food, health, transport, bookstore, security, and The ICT Department offers user services to offices and students
maintenance of the physical facilities of the University. in both campuses. These sevices include maintaining an intranet
and providing internet access, computer and printer support, user
1. Bookshop Services support among others.
The University has an outsourced bookshop on each campus. The
bookstore provides stationery supplies, textbooks, photocopying and 6. Transport Services
mail services. A student can buy textbooks either by paying cash The University has outsourced bus transport for both staff and
or charging the pre-paid textbook allowance card. The Textbook students. Normally, Daystar University buses transport all staff and
allowance can be paid together with other fees at the beginning of faculty to and from the Athi River campus at scheduled times. These
the semester and the student is issued with a card by the Finance buses have strict departure times and all are required to adhere to the
Department. Each time a student buys a book, it is charged to the shuttle programme to avoid being left at the pick-up points.
Textbook account. Lost textbook allowance cards must be reported
immediately to the bookstore. The buses follow three fixed routes and students are required
to stick to their pick-up points along their routes in order to
2. Campus Services avoid overcrowding. Students are required to pay at the Finance
The campus services department offers services in office and Department at the beginning of the semester after which they are
classroom cleaning, security, grounds and utility maintenance, water issued with a bus pass. The bus passes must always be produced
and power provision, sewerage and general environment, postal when boarding the bus.
services and telecommunications for the two campuses. Recently,
a new PABX switch was installed and radio mast constructed by Athi River Campus resident students wishing to travel to Nairobi
Telkom Kenya to provide a reliable telecommunications link with for various reasons are required to make arrangements in advance
the outside world. with the Transport Office, indicating the intended date and time of
travel. They then buy tickets at the Finance Office, which they must
The Nairobi campus has two telephone booths available for produce when boarding the bus. The last bus for boarders returning
students use. The numbers are 2721064 and 2727092. The Athi to the Athi River campus on weekdays leaves the Nairobi Campus
River campus has two telephone booths as well, situated at the Hope at 5.00 pm everyday. Weekend travel is more flexible. A transport
Centre. The numbers are 045 22268/22535. fee of Kshs 70 is payable when boarding the bus.
Students are advised to give correct postal address to avoid
misplacement of mail. To avoid this, students should indicate Special organized groups like clubs and societies planning to make
their hostel of residence and have letters addressed to them at the official trips are required to make prior arrangements with the
appropriate address as given on this catalogue. Transport Office two weeks before the date of travel. Approval must
be sought from the Dean of Students if the travel charges are to be
Although the University provides security for both campuses, charged to the clubs account.
students are required to take care of their personal property. The
Athi River campus provides ample parking for staff and students 7. Human Resources
with personal vehicles. However, those studying at the Nairobi The Human Resource Department of Daystar University is involved
Campus or who wish to leave their cars at Nairobi as they go to Athi in various functions, including recruitment, selection, placement,
River are informed that parking at the Nairobi Campus is limited to deployment and induction of staff and faculty; drawing schemes of
staff and faculty only. Alternative parking is available at the Nairobi service; co-ordination of staff and faculty training and development;
Baptist Church behind the Nairobi Campus. labour and industrial relation matters; resolving staff and faculty
grievances; Staff and faculty appraisals compensation and reward
3. Food Services management; handling immigration matters; managing staff welfare
The Food Services Department caters for the total University and benefits such as health, safety, medical, benevolence fund and
community. Resident students are a priority for the department. remuneration; negotiating for the organization in several areas like
Such students who have paid the required fees receive meal cards medical scheme, insurance policy, training and consultancy work;
from the caterer at the beginning of the semester. managing the university work study programme.
Non-resident students can buy semester meal cards for lunch and/ 8. Procurement Services
or dinner. The department has canteens on both campuses selling The University has a centralized purchasing system with the
snacks and soft drinks. These cater for dayscholar students, staff Procurement Department coordinating all purchasing and supplies.
and faculty who may not want to have a full lunch or dinner in the For more details on procedures please see the Procurement Officer.
dining hall. More details on meal times are posted in the dining
halls and canteens.
4. Health Services
Medical insurance for outpatient and inpatient medical cover
is provided at a cost of Kshs15,000 per year for the 2007/2008
academic year for boarding and non-Kenyan students. Health
charges are payable in full at the time of registration for the first
semester each year. Cover continues for a full 12 months whether
or not a person remains enrolled in classes.
All students are required to pay for the medical insurance cover.
An approved private health care provider runs a medical clinic on
Athi River campus and has a full time medical doctor and a number
of full time clinical staff. There are strict regulations governing the
operation of the clinics and making reimbursement claims from
medical expenses. Students are advised to familiarize themselves
with the regulations.
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The Academic programmes are offered under four faculties: the
Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Faculty of
Science and Technology and Faulty of Postgraduate Studies each
headed by a Dean. The programmes offered are as follows:
1. Certificate Courses
Daystar University offers Certificate courses to equip Christian
leaders and workers who are already in ministry and who require
additional training in specialized areas of their work, but who
are unable, for various reasons, to enroll in a degree programme.
These Certificate courses are offered in five ministry areas, namely:
Christian Ministries, Communication Arts, Christian Music
Communication, Management, and Development. More detailed
information can be found under the respective departments.
2. The Pre-University Programme

This one-year academic programme is meant for Christian high
school graduates who have not obtained direct admission to the
undergraduate degree programme. It is intended to prepare such
students for university admission. However, no guarantee is given
that students admitted to this programme will automatically be
admitted to the undergraduate degree programmes unless they meet
the minimum requirements of a cumulative GPA of 2.50.
3. Diploma Programme
ACADEMIC
The Diploma programme offers courses in 16 areas in the following
departments::
a) Commerce
b) Communication
c) Community Development
d) Humanities
DIVISION
The programme is offered:
On a full-time basis lasting two years
Diploma programmes are offered in the Academic Division within
the relevant departments.
4. Undergraduate Programme
The undergraduate programme provides all students with a wide
range of academic curricula carefully planned to supply adequate
Academic Programmes
basic knowledge in the selected field. A major field of study is
provided and the total programme will teach the student to analyse
and synthesize information from different areas as a consequence of
the planned coherence of the various disciplines. The undergraduate
programme offers 14 majors. These can be taken either as full-time
programmes or as part-time through the Continuing Education
programme, which offers classes in the evenings and on Saturdays.
Undergraduate degrees offered are:
(a) Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with majors in Bible, Communication,

Community Development, English, Social Work, and
Psychology.
(b) Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) in Accounting, Marketing,

Business Administration and Management, Management
Information Systems (MIS), Purchasing and Business Logistics,
and Enterpreneurship.
(c) Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in Arts, Science or Social

Science
(d) Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree with major in Economics and

Applied Computer Science.
The University offers minors in most of the undergraduate courses

listed above in addition to Peace and Conflict Transformation,
Christian Ministries, and Mathematics. In the near future, we
plan to launch majors in Law, Primary Education and Electronic
Engineering.
5. The Continuing Education Programme

This is an undergraduate programme designed for people in full
time employment who desire to pursue a university education while
working. The programme offers classes in the evenings and on
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Saturdays. The requirements for admission are the same to those Services and Products.
for other undergraduate programmes as stated under Common Academic Research
Academic Regulations). 1. Generation of knowledge for teaching purposes through
conference presentations, consultancy and publications
6.PGDE
The Postgraduate Diploma in Education is a one-year intensive 2. Provision of academic support to faculty and postgraduate students
programme primarily designed to give untrained graduate teachers in all phases of their research: proposal writing, data collection, data
skills to carry out their instruction with a Christian commitment. analysis and report writing.
The programme will be conducted for two separate groups: The first
group consists of teachers who will take the programme during the 3. Provision of specialized equipment for field research: audio
school holiday periods of April, August, and December. (These recorders and transcribing machines
months are chosen because they are normally vacation months for
schools in Kenya and teachers from any part of the country will be 4. Identification, documentation and compilation of academic
able to attend the course). The second group consists of teachers research.
within Nairobi who prefer to pursue their studies in the evenings and
on weekends. The programme will then spread over a year and will 5. Strengthening of local and international research networks.
be part of Daystar University Continuing Education programme.
Publication.
7. PGDCD 1.Edit and publish academic publications
The postgraduate curriculum in Child Development is designed to 2.Host regional and international journals
equip individuals who work or wish to work with children who have 3.Plan and implement academic conferences and publish
lived under difficult circumstance with the requisite professional proceedings
qualifications in Child Development. In this respect, while some of 4. Disseminate research findings
the courses stipulated in this program may appear similar in content 5. Facilitate publications of monographs
to those offered in teacher training programs, the clientele for this
particular curriculum are essentially managers of child rehabilitation Research Consultancy
programs in Africa. 1. Coordinate research projects for local churches, Christian
organisations and other community-based organizations.
8. The Postgraduate Programme 2. Facilitate short courses in research and consultancy
The Masters programme is geared towards assisting students in 3. Host and facilitate local and international visiting researchers in
acquiring skills and understanding at an advanced (postgraduate) conducting their research projects
level in communication theory, communication arts, cross-cultural 4. Monitor and evaluate activities for development projects.
studies and Christian ministries, business and psychology; and
toward training them to do research in these areas. Products
PowerPoint presentations, books articles, journals, monographs,
The purpose of such study is to prepare students for high leadership audio and video presentations, interactive CDs and DVDs.
responsibility in churches and other organizations. The programme
offers five areas in: Communication, Christian Ministries, Business Examples: Research Methods and Youth in an African City by Prof.
Administration, Counselling Psychology and Theology. Emil Chandran Single Adults in an African City by Prof. Faith
Nguru, Integrating Faith and learning: interdisciplinary Perspectives
9. Department of Research, Publication & and Perspectives an academic Journal of Daystar University.
Consultancy
The Daystar University Charter recognizes research as an integral Through the Department of Research, Publications and Consultancy
part of the Universitys mission, objectives and functions. The ( RPC) Daystar University seeks to fulfil an important aspect of its
University aims at providing Christian-based higher education, mission as an academic and a research institution.
training and research for the expansion of Gods kingdom in Africa
and the world. 10. Staff and Student Exchange Programme
Daystar University is a member of the Council of Christian Churches
The objectives of the Department are to upgrade the level of and Universities (CCCU). This American based organization has
research with a view to strengthening the academic capacity of the over 200 members, churches and universities world wide. This
University, create and strengthen research network among University provides an avenue for numerous opportunities for students and
departments, develop cooperation in research, training and activities faculty exchange.
with institutions of higher learning worldwide, develop literature
on research methodology for the University as well as coordinate Those interested apply to the office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
research publications. Academic. The programme provides exchange students with an
opportunity to experience learning in an African context, build
Are you interested in building your personal or corporate research relationships with African students, appreciate Africas rich cultural
capacity? Are you interested in gathering and interpreting data values and develop a deeper faith in God. The day-to-day activities
for your organization? Does your project require monitoring of the student exchange are supervised by the Coordinator of
and evaluation by an independent research organization? Are Collaborative Academic Programmes. It provides an in depth
you interested in research and publishing? Do you need research orientation programme that exposes the exchange students to the
assistance for your proposal writing, thesis, or dissertation? Does history and culture of Kenya through excursions and visits with
your document need proofreading, editing or formatting? Are you Kenyan families
looking for a short course in Research Methods? Do you want your
data analysed either quantitatively or qualitatively, or both? a. Student Exchange Programme
The Daystar student exchange programme is open to second and
At Daystar University Research, Publication and Consultancy (RPC) third year students. Fourth year students can only participate
Department, we are well prepared to help you. Based at Daystar during their first semester of the final year. To qualify, students
University, Nairobi valley Road campus, the RPC department offers should be mature Christians with a GPA of 3.00 or above. They
the following services and products. are also required to pay full tuition and boarding fees for a semester
in Daystar, and be able to meet textbook and personal expenses
including a return air ticket from the United States. Students on
Work Study must raise fees in cash or have the credit equivalent
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to meet their full tuition and boarding fees. Students must check Senior administrative staff visit Daystar University and spend time
with their respective H.O.D to ensure that the courses they take working alongside their counterparts in such areas as the Library or
in a US college are transferable to Daystar. All credits taken at the in the Office of Admissions and Records. These professionals bring
US institution will appear on the students Daystar transcript as into Daystar University experiences that enrich and enhance our
transfer credits, meaning they will not affect the GPA. Students are institutional programmes.
required to return to Daystar at the end of the specified semester of
study in the US. While in the US, students are required to conduct As opportunities arise, both academic and senior administrative
themselves according to the Daystar Code of Conduct and abide staff from Daystar University go to institutions in other parts of the
by the regulations of the institution attended. On return, students world for similar exposure in teaching, research, or other experiential
are required to submit a written report of their experience while engagements. The experiences gained by our staff are seen as a very
in the US. Applications are made to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor important aspect of their professional development.
(Academic), through the Coordinator of Collaborative Programmes.
Applications must be accompanied by a parents, guardians or 11. Library & Resource Centre Services
sponsors written approval and commitment to participate in the The University has two automated libraries. One is located at the
programme. Nairobi Campus and the other is at the Athi River Campus. The
Agape Library at Athi River will eventually hold 83,000 volumes
Kosin-Daystar Faculty and Student Exchange Programme and provide seating for 316 readers.
Daystar operates a faculty and student exchange programme with
Kosin University, South Korea. Annually, five students and one Daystars libraries hold a collection of books, professional journals,
Daystar lecturer participate in the programme. This exchange periodicals, newspapers, microfilms, CD ROMs, research reports,
programme is open to second and third year students. To qualify, and learning packages in all relevant fields of study. The total stock
students must be mature with GPA of 3.00 or above. They are also of the Library system is over 65,000 volumes of books excluding
required to pay full tuition and boarding fees for the year in Daystar, bound volumes of periodicals.
plus 10 percent administrative costs fee. Those interested, apply to
the office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC), Academic through The Library includes a multi-media centre. Daystar University
the office of the Coordinator Collaborative Programmes (CAP). staff and students also use public libraries in Nairobi and in other
Christian and theological colleges within and near Nairobi.
Daystar partnership with Food for the Hungry GoEd programme
The University has a partnership with Food for the Hungry 12. Computer Laboratories
International (FHI) in the GoEd programme. FHI the NGO that The Computer Department within the Academic Division operates
runs the GoED programme is a Christian relief and community eight computer laboratories in Athi River Campus and Nairobi
development organization which works to help alleviate physical campus. The Nairobi campus computer laboratory caters for
and spiritual hungers worldwide, including East Africa. Students Continuing Education, Pre-University, Diploma and Post-graduate
from Daystar join students from the United States in a life-changing Diploma in Education students while the ones in Athi River campus
semester in Uganda, Rwanda, and other African nations. are for undergraduate, and pre-university. Athi-River campus has
six computer labs in the basement of the ultra-modern Bible,
The highlight of Go ED is a hands-on practicum that students Commerce and Communication (BCC) Centre. Both Campuses
can use to fulfill their practicum requirements. Practica take place have Internet access.
in either Ethiopia, Northern Kenya, Rwanda, or Uganda. In
addition, students travel to Kigali to study issues of peacemaking 13. Science Building
and reconciliation in the context of the Rwandan genocide. Also, The new science building located just beyond the BCC buildings
in Kampala, they take courses such as Economic Development and was dedicated on 18 September 2006. It was opened for use at the
African Literature. beginning of the August semester 2006. It includes the following
laboratories: chemistry, biology, physics, electronics, and two
Adding to the cross-cultural element of studying in another country, computer laboratories. It is a state-of-the-art building equipped
with: computer network data points throughout, electrical power
Daystar students, live, study, and minister alongside American
supply system for the electronic and physics laboratories, gas and
university students. These brothers and sisters from opposite ends water supplies and fume cupboards in the chemistry laboratories.
of the earth challenge and teach each other with their different Each lab is served by a central storage and preparation room. The
perspectives. Daystar is one of five Go ED. partners and the only building also includes faculty offices for the heads of the Science and
partner outside of the United States. Computer Science departments and four faculty offices. This is the
first phase of the proposed science complex.
Other partners are George Fox University, Greenville College,
Houghton College, and Huntington University. 14. Communication Studios
The Communication department operates a radio station, Shine FM
This programme is open to second and third year students. To 103.1, sound, video and television studio and a student newspaper,
qualify, students must be mature students with GPA of 3.00 or Involvement, so as to provide hands-on experience for students.
above. They are also required to pay US$3,000/- for the semester. The department also runs, in collaboration with the department
Textbooks and computers are provided by FHI. Those interested of Humanities, a Language Laboratory, a Resource Centre and a
apply to the office of the DVC, Academic through the office of the Speech & Writing Centre, all of which add value to the learning
Coordinator, Collabborative Programmes. process.
AICBE Programme
Daystar is a member of the Alliance for International Christian
Goals of Daystars Academic
Business Education which enables students to do some courses
online. Courses offered online are advertised every semester.
Programmes
Characteristic of Daystars programmes is a continual striving
Students register for these courses in the office of the Coordinator, for excellence in all things. The nine goals of Daystars academic
Collaborative Programmes. programmes are as follows:
b. Staff Exchange Programme a. Spiritual development is predicated on faith in and commitment to
Visiting professors and senior administrative staff from reputable Jesus Christ. Full spiritual maturity is contingent upon a relationship
universities in the USA and other parts of the world come to to the Christian community and adoption of a dynamic world and
Daystar University for varying periods of time. Such staff spend life view. Such spiritual growth fosters a distinctive value system
their sabbatical leave teaching or doing research at Daystar. that covers the spectrum of individual and social experiences. These
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commitments call one to involvement in the world, in ways that I. Direct Entry into the Undergraduate Programmes
affect wholeness in self and others. These concerns find expression a. Minimum Entry Requirement
in Christian life-goals, in accountable stewardship of talents and The minimum entry requirement shall be an overall grade of C+
resources, and in responsible care of the earth. for candidates taking KCSE or two (2) Advanced Level
Principal passes, or their equivalents for candidates coming from
b. Intellectual development begins with recognition of the outside Kenya and those using different system of education. This
importance and worth of mental activity. Intellectual growth is is, however, a minimum entry requirement and meeting it may not
marked by an appreciation of clear and creative thinking and a automatically entitle a candidate admission to the University.
capacity for theoretical thought. Intellectually developed people
have a broad understanding of ideas in the world, an awareness of b. Language Requirements
the contemporary situation and a deeper, more detailed knowledge (i) Applicants with grade B- in KCSE or 500 marks/points on
of one specific area of thought. They are capable of making TOEFL, 250 out of 300 TOEFL done electronically (results
relationships between specific categories. Such people are curious, not more than two years old), or at least Credit 6 under the old
engage in continuing research and form thoughtful conclusions. O Level system, or 60% with systems that use percentages or a
principal pass at A level in English, will be exempted from taking
c. While the years of university study are important in and of the English pre-test.
themselves, they must also provide preparation for later life. (ii) Applicants with English grades of C- to C+, in KCSE or Credits
Career development involves the investigation of career options 7 and 8 under the old O Level system, or 50-59% from English
and development of a personal career plan. Staff members, along speaking countries must take the English pre-test administered by
with other professionals in career development, should provide such the University. Those who do not pass the test will be required to
resources. The Daystar University curriculum prepares students to take an English course (ENG 098) for no credit for one semester.
enter a career after graduation or to continue their education at (iii) Applicants with English grades of D+ to E in KCSE or 9 in
postgraduate or professional levels. the old O Level system, or less than 50% with any stems that these
percentages, will be required to take an English course (ENG 098)
d. The learner is at the center of the education process. Ultimately, for one semester on a pass or fail basis for no credit. They do not sit
this process must promote personal development which in essence for the English pre-test.
is the development of a mature and well-rounded individual who (iv) Applicants from non-English speaking countries (where English
displays a healthy sense of relationship to creation and the Creator. is not used as the medium of instruction), must include results of
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) of not more than
e. Daystars undergraduate programme is intended to offer to the two years old, or the British examination (International English
increasing number of qualified secondary school graduates and Language Test) or its equivalent. Acceptance score on the TOEFL
mature Christians, a Christian alternative for higher education. test is 500.
Such an education will have a Christian foundation, a moral base (v) Applicants from non-English speaking countries coming with
and excellent quality, and is intended for Christians who will become lower scores will be required to take a preliminary course (ENG
leaders whether in church, government or industry. 096) for no credit. They will spend the first semester studying
English only, if the scores are significantly below 500. Candidates
f. Daystar offers a programme that is broad based, but with clearly coming without the TOEFL score will be required to spend at least
defined majors and minors. A major represents a students main a semester studying English language only.
subject of study, whereas a minor represents a secondary subject.
The students major will always carry more hours than the minor. A
student in certain programmes can decide to take electives instead II. Admission on Transfer from other Institutions
of a minor. 1.Daystar University will accept Grade C or better for relevant
courses from recognized/accredited universities which offer
g. Africa is a continent of many cultures and languages. It is therefore bachelors level courses.
absolutely essential that students are encouraged to develop a deep 2. A student who transfers to Daystar University from another
understanding of traditional Africa and modern Africa if they accredited institution must take a minimum of 33 credit hours at
are to play an effective role in the spiritual, social and economic Daystar University.
transformation of the continent. Therefore, Daystar programmes 3. A student must take a minimum of 17 credit hours in the major
are distinctly African in context. At the same time, they provide a area of study at Daystar University. In addition, 50% of all 300 and
platform from which a student can understand and relate to other 400 level major courses must be taken at Daystar University.
cultures. 4. Daystar University will consider transfering credits which
come from non-degree granting institutions but whose academic
h. Another positive feature of the programme is the focus on Africa. programmes are approved by the Senate, if the courses are equivalent
African cultures, traditions, nations and religions are studied in to Daystar Universitys 100 level and only 100 level courses.
detail. Western and Eastern cultures are also examined because Each request will be considered on an individual course basis. A
contemporary African society has been intertwined with them. comprehensive final examination may be given to the student
before credit is granted. No grade will be assigned to these credits.
i. The programme is practical and oriented to field experience in The student will be charged a fee for sitting for the examination
conditions very similar to those students will encounter at the equivalent to the cost of one credit hour in case of challenging a
conclusion of the degree programme. For that reason, courses course.
are focused on clear application to the contemporary situation in
Africa. III. Admission from Daystar Diploma Programme
1. Only those students with at least a GPA of 2.50 in the diploma
Common Academic Regulations programme will be considered.
2. Transfer of credits will be allowed only for the undergraduate 100
A. Admission to the Undergraduate Programmes level equivalent courses where the applicant has attained at least a
The University shall admit for study for degrees, diplomas,
B- grade in the diploma programme.
certificates or other awards of the University, such candidates as shall
3. A student from the diploma programme who challenges a 200
have been accepted by the Senate as being academically qualified,
level course successfully will be exempted from that course.
and who accept the Universitys Christian mission and philosophy
as provided under Sections 4 to 7 of the Charter, without regard
or preference to gender, ethnic origin, race or physical disability
IV Special Students
Only persons who are eligible for admission into particular
being imposed as a condition for admission. Other conditions for
programmes can enroll as special students. Such students will be
admission are given here below.
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enrolled for a maximum of one academic year only. Students who Transfer from an accredited university
wish to continue beyond this period must apply for admission into C or better
the regular programmes. Some A level courses (when one gets principals A to D)
Principal Pass
B. Admission into the Diploma Programmes
(i). Direct Entry into the Diploma Programmes Specific courses from the Daystar Diploma and Pre- university
(i) The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain) programmes that may qualify for exemption are listed within each
for candidates offering KSCE or Advanced Level Principal Pass or department.
the equivalent for candidates coming from outside Kenya. This is Transferred or exempted credits from a course may be allowed for
however a minimum entry requirement and meeting it does not 100 and 200level courses.
automatically entitle a candidate admission to the University. The
other requirements are: The student will be required to provide a transcript and course
syllabus to the University Registrar. If the syllabus is equivalent in
The diploma applicant will submit a written personal statement content to the course offered at Daystar University, then the student
of faith. The statement must address the following two areas: a) may be exempted.
Describe how you met the Lord Jesus Christ; b) Explain how you
have grown in your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, what A student may apply to challenge 300 and 400 level courses under
this involves and how this affects your daily life. the following conditions:
The student has taken an equivalent course and achieved a grade of
(ii) Admission on Transfer from other Diploma granting at least B-. Additional information will come from the department
Institutions as long as such information is approved by the senate.
1. Daystar University will accept a grade of B (Plain) or better The student has provided the transcript and course syllabus to the
for relevant courses from accredited universities and colleges which University Registrar. If the syllabus is equivalent in content to the
offer diploma level courses. course offered at Daystar University, the student may be allowed to
2. A student who transfers to Daystar University from another challenge the course. If exemption is sought on the basis of work
accredited institution must take a minimum of 33 credit hours of experience the student shall provide written evidence from the
the Diploma. In other words, a maximum of 27 credit hours with employer of having worked in the area that indicates their level of
comparable course content can be accepted for transfer with the competence.
following restrictions:
If the student challenges the course and receives a grade of B- or
C. Mature Age Entry Requirements better on the examination, exemption will be granted.
The university provides an avenue for students who do not have If the student has a working experience of at least a period of one
the minimum entry requirement for admission into programmes of year in the area of a practicum course, he/she may seek exemption.
study to enter under the mature age entry status. The students should
be over 23 years of age and have additional training in the major Transfer of credits will only be given to those students who did
they intend to pursue. The mature age entry grade to the diploma the course within the past ten years unless the student has been
programme is a minimum of a C- while that to the undergraduate practicing in the specific field.
programme is C constant or its equivalence in their final secondary
school examination plus extra studies.
Exemptions Undergraduate Programme

Daystar University recognizes training that students have had Regulations
prior to entering the university and exemptions may be offered
for specific courses upon application. Students are advised to a. Course Load
apply for exemptions in writing through the university Registrar (i) The normal class load for undergraduate students is 16-18 credit
upon admission. Transcripts and course syllabi or other relevant hours or 5 to 6 courses per semester. With permission, students
documents must be provided with the application. having a cumulative GPA of over 3.40 can take a load above 18
credits during the semester and nine credits during the blocks. The
A. Definitions maximum load a student can take is 21 credit hours. Students in the
Exemption or transfer of credits: When a student is exempted from Continuing Education Programme are allowed same load as (above)
a course the credit hours for the exempted course will be counted if they feel they can handle the load.
toward the total hours for graduation. The exempted course will be (ii) A credit hour is equal to 16 one hour lectures per semester.
counted as having fulfilled the relevant course requirement toward
the degree. The requirements for exemption are specified within the b. Student Assessment
relevant departments and for specific programs. Any grade assigned (i) Continuous assessment shall be part of a students assessment
will not contribute to the GPA. throughout his/her degree programme. Tests, assignments, projects,
term papers, practical work, etc. will be included in the calculation
Challenge: to challenge a course is to take an exam for a course of the students final mark for a given course.
which one feels has already completed the work but the university
is not convinced that one should be exempted. Such exam is taken (ii) In addition to the continuous assessment, a final examination
after paying for an equivalent of one credit hour and the student has shall be administered at the end of each semester in each course, and
passed the course. the marks will be added to the continuous assessment in accordance
The challenge exam for ACS 101 consists of two practicals and a with the special departmental regulations.
theory part. The student must achieve a B- (66%) or better overall
and 60% or better in two of the three sections. (iii) For each course the student is given a letter grade, which has
the following significance:
B. General guidelines for exemptions.
Transfer of credits for the undergraduate programme are granted on
the following conditions.
Transfer from a recognised diploma
B- or better
Transfer from a non-recognised institution
B or better
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Marks Letter Grade Grade Points Significance Accounting
Per Credit Logistics 162
91 100 A 4.0
81 90 A- 3.7 Superior Accounting
76 80 B+ 3.3 MIS 192
71-75 B 3.0 Average
66 70 B- 2.7 Business Admin. & Man.
61 - 65 C+ 2.3 Marketing 157
56 60 C 2.0
51 55 C- 1.7 Below Average Busines
46 50 D+ 1.3 Logistics 156
41 45 D 1.0
40 and below F 0.0 Unacceptable for Credit Business
MIS 182
(iv) All grades below D will carry no credit and will be calculated
as zero grade point. Marketing
(v) Students will be allowed to repeat failed required major courses Logistics 160
only twice except for the non-credit courses which can be repreated
until the student attains a pass. After that the student will be Marketing
discontinued. Repeated courses will receive whatever grade the MIS 186
student achieves. If the course failed twice is a general education
course the student is allowed to take a course in his/ her major Bible
concentration or minor in its place. Integrated Community Development 166
(vi) A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 must be Bible

maintained to continue studies in good standing. Communication 156- 162

(vii) A students cumulative grade point average (Cum GPA) is Bible
obtained by dividing the total number of semester credits attempted English 152
(those in which grade points may be earned) into the total number
of grade points obtained. Credits transfered from other institutions Bible
do not carry grade points. Furthermore, some courses which are Psychology 157
required but carry no credit or which are graded only on a simple
pass-fail basis are not used in calculating the grade point average. Bible
Rural Development 166
(viii) All degree candidates must achieve a cumulative GPA in their
major courses of at least 2.00 in addition to having a cumulative Communication
GPA of 2.00 in all courses. Integrated Community Development 174- 180

c. Incompletes Communication
An Incomplete is given to a student who does not complete the Psychology 163- 169
semesters work. The letter I may be awarded as a course grade, and
it signifies that the students work in that course is not complete and Integrated Community Development
a regular grade will not be assigned until it is completed. Incomplete Psychology 164
grades are given only on arrangement with the instructor and for
valid, excusable reasons. A student must make up any incomplete Communication
work within six weeks after the end of the semester. If one does not Rural Development 174 - 180
do so, the incomplete grade will be changed to F.
English
d. Graduation Requirements Communication 160 - 166
(i) All undergraduate students must take and pass all the prescribed
General Education courses. The normal course combination would English
be: Integrated Community Development 170
General Education
Major English
Minor (if any) Psychology 161
Free or General Electives
English
(ii) Specific graduation requirements for each degree programme will Rural Development 172
be spelled out separately by each department. Minimum graduation
requirements for candidates taking a Major and Minor or Electives Applied Computer Science
will be 129 credit hours for most majors. Economics 180
Education
(iii) A few students may opt to take a double major combination.
Teaching Subjects (2) 141 - 142
Graduation requirements for candidates taking double majors will
be as follows: (iv) A total of 38 upper division (300, 400, 500 level) credits must
Majors Credit hours required be earned.
Accounting
Business Admin. & Man. 159 (v) A full time single major student should be able to complete the
course in four years of two semesters each (8 semesters).
Accounting
Marketing 163 (vi) A student taking a double major may require 10 semesters to
complete the course.
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(vii) Special graduation requirements for each major or minor are for the students who are attending classes. However, during the
spelled out under separate sections in the respective departments. June/August semester, registration is done in one week. A late
registration fee of Kshs 300 will be charged after the two days of
(viii) Each course is given credits which indicate the number of registration queries. An additional Kshs 50 will be charged for
hours in class per week for a 17-week semester. Each course is each additional day late, till the last working day of the second
evaluated according to the number of credits assigned to it. To attain week. That fee must be paid in cash by the student. Students are
a degree, the student must have accumulated the number of credit responsible for seeing that they complete their registration process
hours indicated for the degree in the summary of ones academic for each semester, failure to which the student will receive no credit
programme spelled out by various departmental regulations. hours for the semester.
(ix) All diploma students must take and pass the prescribed course h. Academic Discontinuation
work and the field project. The graduation requirement for each A diploma and undergraduate student who obtains a Cumulative
diploma programme is the completion of 60-65 credit hours under GPA of less than 2.00 three times will be discontinued from his/her
the following combinations: program of study immediately.
A postgraduate student who obtains a Cumulative GPA of less than
Credit Hours for Diploma 3.00 three times will be discontinued from his/her program of study
Common Core Courses 15 immediately.
Required courses in the Major 30-35
Courses 24-44 i) Class Attendance
Field Project 6 It is assumed that students will make the most of the educational
Electives 12 opportunities available to them by regularly and punctually
TOTAL 60-65 attending all class sessions. Students who miss 25% or more of class
sessions will receive no credit (F grade) for the course. If a student
A few students may opt to take a double major combination. must be absent from classes for a very good reason, he/she must
Graduation requirements for candidates taking double major will fill absence-from-class forms which are obtained from the Office of
be as follows: Admissions and Records.
Credit Hours
Common Core Courses 15 j) Auditing of Courses (AU)
Required courses in the majors 48 A student may audit any course of his/her programme in this
Field project 12 catalogue, so long as his presence as an auditing student does not
Total Credit Hours Required 78 displace someone taking the course for credit. Enrolling for audit
permits one to attend lectures and to participate in various class
A student must apply for the double major during his/her second or activities, though no academic credit is earned for the experience.
third semester and be approved by the respective Faculty Board. The lecturer may mark assignments submitted by the auditing
student but is not obligated to do so. Those not already admitted to
the programme can only audit courses if they satisfy the admission
e. Graduation Honours requirements. A half of the normal fee for the course is paid for any
Outstanding students are selected for graduation honours by course that is audited.
a committee of the heads of academic departments based on the
following scales: k) Course Numbering
At least a 3.50 G.P.A Cum Laude I) Each course carries a three letter prefix and a three digit number.
(With Honours) The letter prefix indicates the subject area in which the course is
At least a 3.70 G.P.A Magna Cum Laude taught. NOTE: CHM indicates the course is a Christian Ministries
(With High Honours) course, while the number indicates the level at which the course is
At least a 3.90 G.P.A Summa Cum Laude taught. Thus a 100 level course would be designated for first year
(With Highest Honours) students. Some 500 level courses may appear for undergraduate
f. Registration programmes requiring a fifth year, or for courses limited to fourth
All students are expected to pre-register for their next semester or fifth year undergraduate students. Courses at 600 level are for
courses at a period of time designated by the university. Each student postgraduate students only.
should seek clearance to take particular courses from their advisors
before they can pre-register. II) For Diploma, ICC indicates Core Courses; ICM indicates
Christian Ministries; ICO indicates Communication and Media;
On receiving an invoice of registration, students should ensure that IMG indicates Management and Development and IMD indicates
they take their invoices to the finance department for registration Music Communication.
clearance. Students should note that it is only when their invoices
are stamped by the finance department that they are considered to III) It is possible for a student to enroll in a course numbered for
have been registered for their courses. This should be done within the ones own year of study or for one year advanced if one does not
period of time designated for registration by the university, failure to have enough load for his/her level, but no undergraduate student
which the student will not be considered registered for the semester. may enroll in post-graduate or diploma courses to fulfill graduation
Students who do not meet the registration requirements in the period requirements for the undergraduate degree programme. Likewise
designated by the university should not go on attending classes and no Diploma student will enroll in undergraduate or certificate
are advised to register in the following semester. In addition, such a courses to fulfil graduation requirements for the diploma as no
student should not attempt to take the universitys examinations and Postgraduate student will enroll in undergraduate course to fulfil
will not receive grades for any course that semester. graduation requirements for postgraduate degree.
Students are advised to follow the registration requirements in order l. Withdrawal

to avoid any embarrassment caused to themselves. (i) If a student must, for some personal emergency, withdraw
from a course after the deadline (two weeks) for routine changes
g. Registration Queries has expired, he may do so only as long as two thirds (2/3) of the
Students are expected to register in person on a day and time semester time has not passed, but the students transcript will show
designated for a specific semester. A registration schedule is included their performance. Withdrawals will be noted on the students
in the University calendar in this Catalogue. A registration period transcript with WP (Withdrawing Passing) or WF (Withdrawing
of two weeks is permitted from the day returning students arrive, Failing), depending on whether the student was passing or failing at
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the time of withdrawal. A penalty fee will be charged as indicated University examinations shall be conducted at the end of every
under Refunds on Page 8 of this Catalogue. semester in accordance with the University Statutes. Students are
required to carry their Student Exam cards and Identity cards to the
(ii) After two-thirds (2/3) of the time has passed, the student may examination room. No examination will be administered outside
not withdraw from any course, unless there is a pressing personal the timetable.
emergency or illness which requires it. The student will write to the p. Academic Dishonesty
department head who will table the case to the Faculty Board. This In the event of an alleged examination irregularity, the same shall be
must be approved by the respective Faculty Board. reported to the Dean of the Faculty, who will consult with the Vice-
Chancellor through DVC (Academic) and make an appropriate
m) Change of Academic Majors decision. Where the matter will require investigation, the Senate
Students who wish to change a major area of study must meet the shall appoint a committee which shall investigate the alleged
minimum entry requirements for the new major as specified in the irregularity. Any person involved in the alleged irregularity shall be
University Catalogue. Students from the Pre-University programme required to appear before this committee. The Chairman of the said
will be required to have attained equivalent grades for specific subject committee shall then report the findings and recommendations of
entry requirements of the new major. the committee to the Vice-Chancellor who, on behalf of the Senate,
shall decide what further action may be necessary. Such action shall
Applications for change of major must be submitted to the Registrar, be reported to the Senate at its next meeting for ratification. Such
with a copy to the Head of Department in which the student is disciplinary action taken shall be in accordance with the procedures
registered, by February 28 during the first three academic years. and regulations established by the Senate.
The student must have completed a minimum 16 credit hours or 10
credit hours for students on the Continuing Education Programme. q. Late Assignments and Examinations
Applications must be signed by the Head of Department for the Each academic staff is asked to state in the course outline his/her
major the student is transfering from, and must be accompanied by policy concerning acceptance of late assignments and examinations
a receipt for a non-refundable fee of Kshs 500. Approval of change in the course. Normally, such work can be made up only for good
of major will be communicated to the applicant by the Registrar reason (e.g. serious illness, death in the immediate family, etc.). In
by April 30th of the academic year the application was made, with no case will examinations be given early. If circumstances warrant,
copies to the two heads of the concerned departments. Likewise they may be given late and the student may be charged a grade
adding another major to ones programme will be charged at Ksh penalty and/or a late examination fee.
500 per additional major.
r. Penalty Fee for Special Exams
n) Transcripts A student who fails to sit for his/her final examinations as a result of
All grades for course work must be recorded on the transcript and fees defaulting will be allowed to apply and sit for special examinations
averaged into the grade point average. If a student fails a course within a period of one year, failure to which the student will receive
(that is gets an F grade) and retakes the course, the F grade will a withdrawal grade without the option of receiving a refund. Such a
remain on the transcript but will not carry any value. The student student will be expected to seek clearance to sit for the examination
will be given the grade received after re-taking the course. Other from the department head. In addition the student will also be
grades that a student may find in his/her transcript include: expected to first clear his/her balance for the semester and pay a
AU Audit: The student attends class but no grade is given. penalty fee of KShs. 2,500/= per examination paper to qualify to sit
I Incomplete: when the lack of a grade is not the fault of for the examination which will be taken at the end of the semester
the student. together with all other students who are taking the course in any
F Grade F is assigned when the student attempted all the given semester.
work but did not achieve satisfactory marks.
E Failure due to attendance; the student did not attend more A fees defaulter will not be allowed to register for the subsequent
than 75% of the classes. semesters without clearing the fees for the semester in which they
R Practicum results are not complete defaulted.
S The student missed the final exam due to sickness or
bereavement. In cases where the course is not in offer in a particular semester, the
T Thesis in progress. student will be expected to take the examination the next time the
W Withdrew course is offered as long as it does not exceed a one-year period.
WP Withdrew passing
WF Withdrew failing s. Application for Special Examination
X The student attended class throughout but did not sit the Students who miss their final examination with valid reasons will
final examinination for an unknown reason. be expected to apply for special examinations, through their head
Y The student did not sit for the final exam due to inability of departments, within a period of one year. Such students will be
to pay fees. expected to also attach evidence of the reason they missed their
Z There is no record of the students attendance examinations for presentation to the university Senate. Students
who have not met the 75% class attendance mark and those whose
The codes E and Z will revert to an F if no action is taken by the reasons are not convincing enough to the university will not have
student or no explanation is forthcoming. X and Y will revert to W their applications approved and thus will be expected to retake the
after two semesters. entire course if it is a required course.
S and R are treated as an incomplete until the results of the special
examination or practicum are completed. t. Remarking of Examinations
The reversion of the special codes will occur six weeks after the date A student who is dissatisfied with a grade obtained in a particular
the grades are released. However, the counting of weeks will start in examination may apply for remarking of the examination paper to
August for January Semester grades. the Head of the Department in which the course was offered. The
application should be made not later than two weeks after the release
o. University Examinations
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of the examination grades by the Registrars Office, except for the
January semester when the appeal can be made within the first two
weeks of the following August semester. This application should
give a valid justification for the request. The Head of Department
and members of Faculty will then review the case to see if remarking
is warranted. If the request is approved, the applicant should
present to the Head of Department a receipt for a non-refundable
remarking fee of Kshs 2000. An examiner other than the one who
initially marked the script will remark the paper. The grade awarded
after remarking of the paper will be final regardless of whether it is
lower, higher or the same as the first grade. The student may not
request for a second remarking of the same script. The grade will be
communicated to the student by the Registrar.
u. Deans List
The Deans List seeks to encourage academic excellence among
diploma and undergraduate students in the University. Students
who obtain a GPA of 3.6 and above, based on at least 15 credit hours
per semester, will be placed on the Deans List for that semester.
v. Additional Information
Further information on each programme or course is found in the
complete filed syllabus in the Office of the Department Head.
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Diploma in Communication, Counselling and
Development Core Courses
ICC 012 Communication and Culture I 3

ICC 013 Communication and Culture II 3
ICC 014 Old Testament Intro. & Survey 3
ICC 015 New Testament Intro. & Survey 3
ICC 016 Intro. to Bible Doctrine 2
ICC 092 Communication Skills 1
TOTAL 15
Undergraduate General Education Courses

General Education courses are required for all undergraduate
students and aim at developing in students those abilities and
understandings which are common to a liberal arts education. The
General Education programme aims at giving the students a broad
knowledge of the world around them and a good foundation in
Christian teaching. It aims at developing the three components of a
human being: intellectual, spiritual and social.
Student Assessment
Assessment will be based on continuous assessment and written
examinations. Final marks in all courses in general education
will be derived at 70% from the final examination and 30% from
continuous assessment items.
GENERAL Requirements for Graduation

In order to graduate, all undergraduate students in the University
must obtain 30-51 credit hours of general education except ACS
that has fewer hours.
Credit Hours
EDUCATION
IntergratedStudies 14
Bible and Theology 16
Science and Mathematics 11
Aesthetics 2
Language Skills 6
PhysicalEducation 1
COURSES
Economics (For non-Commerce Students) 2
TOTAL 30- 51
Courses in General Education

Integrated Studies
See Course Description of INS 111 and 112 under Communication
Department, and the rest under Bible Department
Credit Hours
INS 111 Communication & Culture I 3
INS 112 Communication & Culture II 3
INS 212 African Societies & Traditional
Religion 2
INS 313 Historical Foundations of the
Modern World 3
INS 412 Development of Modern
Africa & Christian Values 3
TOTAL 14
Bible and Theology

See course descriptions under Bible Department.
Credit Hours
BIL 111 Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3
BIL 112 New Testament Introduction & Survey 3
BIL 212 Introduction to Bible Doctrine 2
PHL 111 Introduction to Philosophy 3
POL 111 Introduction to Economics 1
RET 320 Christianity & Islam in Africa 2
RET 321 Studying Theology in
the African Context 2
TOTAL 16
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Science and Mathematics Language Electives
See course descriptions under Science Department. See course descriptions under the Department of Humanities.
The following courses are available but not required.
Credit Hours
BIO 111 Biology 2 Credit Hours
ENV 112 Environmental Science 2 FRE 111 Beginning French I 3
MAT 102 Basic Mathematics FRE 112 Beginning French II 3
(for non-commerce/non-science students) 2 KIS 111 Beginning Kiswahili I 3
KIS 112 Beginning Kiswahili II 3
PHY 112 Physical Science
(for non-Science students) 2
HPE 113 Health and Physical Fitness 1
ACS 101 Basic Computer Knowledge
(for non ACS/MIS students) 2

TOTAL 11
Aesthetics
See course descriptions under Communication and Humanities
departments respectively.
(A Student must choose one of the following:)

Credit Hours
ART 111 Art in Africa (in Communication dpt) 2
or
MUS111 Music in Africa (in Humanities) 2
or
LIT 111 Appreciation of Literature 2
(in Humanities)
Language Skills
See course descriptions under the Department of Humanities.
Credit Hours
ENG 096 Basic English 0(9)
ENG 098 Basic English 0(3)
ENG 111 Advanced Reading 3
ENG 112 Advanced Writing 3
TOTAL 6
Commerce
See Course description under Commerce Department

Credit Hours
ECO 111 Introduction to Economics
(for non- commerce students) 2
Total General Education Requirements 52
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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Bible
Rationale
The growing number of of Christians in Africa has out paced the
leadership capacity in Churches and Christian Organizations. The
Bible major exists to meet that need by providing training, primarily
DEPARTMENT
in biblical studies, for those involved in Christian ministry, for those
preparing for further training at the masters level, for those preparing
to teach Christian Religious Education in secondary schools, and for
those preparing for work outside of professional Christian ministry
but who desire a firm biblical background. The programme also
requires studies in church history, world religions, and ethics so
OF BIBLICAL &
that students may think intelligently about their faith in the context
of its history, the religious world around it, and its application to
contemporary issues. Specifically, the goals of the major are:
1. To equip students for involvement in full-time Christian
ministry.
2. To give students, who plan to work with non-Christian
RELIGIOUS
organizations, a strong biblical background.
3. To enable students to supplement other majors with a strong
biblical studies background.
4. To prepare students for further study in seminary or other types of
graduate schools. This degree may serve as a terminal programme.
5. To prepare students to teach Christian Religious Education in
STUDIES
secondary schools.
Admission Requirements
The department has no special requirements for entry other than the
Universitys common entry requirements.
Student Assessment
a. Final marks for all courses in this department, except Senior
Paper/Project, Independent Study, and CHM 507 Christian
Ministries Practicum, will be derived 70% from marks on the final
exam and 30% from marks on continuous assessment items.
b. Marks for Senior Paper & Independent Study will be derived
90% from the final exam/paper and 10% from continuous
assessment items.
c. Marks for CHM 507 Christian Ministries Practicum and Senior
Project will be derived 60% from written assignments related to
the project/practicum and 40% from final assessment by an on-site
supervisor approved by the Department and the students teaching
staff advisor at the University.
Requirements for Graduation

A Biblical and Religious Studies major student must complete 48
credit hours within the major. These hours (in addition to required
credits in general education, the minor and general electives) must
be completed according to the following schedule:
Credit Hours
General Education 51
Bible courses: Required Courses 30
Bible Electives 18
Minor 18-22
Free Electives 12-8
TOTAL 129
*Bible Electives may be taken from any of the minors in the

Department to fulfill the requirements for graduation.
Bible Major Requirements

Required Courses (30) Credit Hours
BIL 332 Major Hebrew Prophets 3
BIL 342 Synoptic Gospels 3
BIL 432 Pentateuch 3
BIL 443 Romans 3
BIL 597 Senior Paper/Project 3
ETH 201 Introduction to Ethics 3
RET 231 Comparative World Religions 3
RET 333 History of Christianity upto 1500 C.E. 3
RET 334 History of Christianity from 1500 C.E. 3
COM 223Public Speaking 3
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Nine (9) Credit Hours from the following: introductory understanding of the ministry needs and opportunities
BIL 213 Wisdom Literature 3 confronting the church today. In addition, the programme provides
BIL 216 General Epistles 3 opportunity for assessment of individual gifts and abilities for
BIL 217 Apocalyptic Literature 3 ministry as well as introductory training for lay ministry in the
BIL 312 Hermeneutics 3 church.
BIL 340 Gospel of John 3
BIL 408 Topics in Biblical Studies 3 Admission and Student Assessment
GRE 341 Introduction to New Testament Greek 3 Regulations for Admission and Student Assessment are the same as
GRE 342 New Testament Greek 3 those for the Bible major.
GRE 441 New Testament Greek Exegesis 3
Nine (9) Credit Hours from departmental offerings of courses not A Christian Ministries minor must complete 19 credit hours
used to fulfill the above requirements. In addition to those courses determined in the following manner:
listed in the preceeding section the following may also be used to
fulfill this requirement: Required courses 10
BIL 496 Independent Study in Biblical Studies 3 Elective courses 9
CHM 325 Christian Social Ethics 3 TOTAL 19
ETH 408 Topics in Christian Ethics 3
ETH 496 Independent Study in Ethics 3 Required Courses Credit Hours
RET 317 History of Christian Expansion 3 CHM 221 Introduction to Christian Ministries 4
RET 408 Topics in Religious Thought 3 CHM 323 Evangelism and Church Growth 3
RET 496 Independent Study in Religious Thought 3 CHM 324 Discipleship and Group Bible
Study Methods 3
A student majoring in Bible must have a minor course of study in TOTAL 10
a different study area.
Electives Credit Hours
Bible Courses for Students in Education 3 CHM 222 Management in Christian
BIL 312 Hermeneutics 3 Organizations 3
BIL 332 Hebrew Projects 3 CHM 223 Introduction to Counselling 3
BIL 342 Synoptic Gospels 3 CHM 321 Theology of Missions 3
CHM 322 Worship in Africa 3
BIL 432 Pentateuch 3
CHM 325 Christian Social Ethics 3
BIL 443 Romans 3 CHM 326 Homiletics 3
RET 231 Comparative World Religions 3 CHM 334 Curriculum Design and
RET 333 History of Christianity up to 1500 3 Instruction 3
RET 334 History of Christianity After 1500 3 CHM 408 Topics in Christian Ministry 3
ETH 201 Introduction to Ethics 3 CHM 411 Church Music 3
CHM 325 Christian Social Ethics 3 CHM 421 Christianity and Islam 3
CHM 422 Christian Ministry in the
II. Minor in Bible Urban Setting 3
Rationale CHM 507 Practicum in Christian
The Bible minor exists to provide introductory training, primarily Ministries 3
in Biblical studies, for those involved in Christian ministry and for
those preparing for work outside of professional Christian ministry IV. Peace and Conflict Transformation Minor
but who desire a firm biblical background. Courses in BIL make Rationale
up the core of the minor, but students may take other courses in the The Peace and Conflict Transformation minor will use an
department in order to fulfill the elective requirements. interdisciplinary approach to conflict resolution and peacemaking.
The purpose of this course of study will be to integrate theory and
Admission and Student Assessment technique from the behavioural sciences with theological, moral
Regulations for Admission and Student Assessment are the same as and relational values of Christian discipleship in community. To
those for the Bible major. this end, the Peace and Conflict Transformation minor will place
emphasis on salvation, integrity and healing while addressing
Bible Minor Requirements for Graduation intrapersonal, interpersonal, intragroup and intergroup conflicts.
A Bible minor student must complete 18 credit hours determined The course is intended to train individuals who can work to
in the following manner: bring about transformations which serve the cause of peace and
Required Courses 12 reconciliation in a variety of settings, both public and private,
Elective Courses 6 such as community development, local churches, denominations,
TOTAL 18 businesses, governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Specifically, the goals of the minor are:
Required Courses Credit Hours
BIL 332 Hebrew Prophets 3 1. to help the student understand peace and reconciliation as an
BIL 342 Synoptic Gospels 3 integral part of the Judeo-Christian tradition from both pacifist and
BIL 432 Pentateuch 3 non-pacifist positions;
BIL 443 Romans 3
TOTAL 12 2. to provide the student with both the theory and practice of
conflict transformation at the micro and macro levels;
The remaining 6 credit hours will be filled from either BIL, RET,
ETH courses offered by the department OR CHM 325. 3. to enable the student to understand the history of war and peace
in the Old and New Testaments;
III. Christian Ministries Minor
Rationale 4. to enable the student to understand the various historical Christian
The Christian Ministries minor seeks to provide students with an attitudes towards war and peace;
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5. to enable the student to understand the root causes of conflict in BIL 213 Wisdom Literature 3 Credits
a community (Gemeinschaft) and society (Gesellschaft); General introduction and definitions of major terms and concepts
for the study of Wisdom Literature; The authorship, historical
6. to enable the student to gain personal skills useful in peacemaking background, content, purpose, of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of
and conflict transformation. Solomon, Ecclesiastes, and Lamentations; Characteristics of Hebrew
poetry; The history of interpretation of this literature, including its
Admission and Student Assessment setting and function in ancient Israel; Principles for interpreting this
Regulations for Admission and Student Assessment are the same as literature, including applicational principles for each of the books
those for the Bible major. studied.
Requirements for Graduation BIL 216 General Epistles 3 Credits

A student must complete 21 credit hours determined as follows: For each letter studied, the course will cover the following material:
Required Courses 18 Principles of exegesis for epistolary literature applied to the contents
Elective Courses 3 of the letter will comprise the major content of the course; Major
TOTAL 21 Greco-Roman epistolary and rhetorical features reflected in the
letter and their significance for determining a letters purpose and
Required Courses Credit Hours message; Major scholarly proposals regarding the purpose and
SOC 111 Introduction to Sociology 3 structure of each letter, and an evaluation of each; Major features
ETH 201 Introduction to Ethics 3 of first century Judaism which shape the ideological context of both
PEA 221 Political and Economic the writer of the letter and the early church, and the influence of this
Sources of Conflict 3 context on the key theological themes in the letter.
BIL 280 War and Peace in the Bible 3
PEA 324 Communication, Conflict BIL 217 Apocalyptic Literature 3 Credits
and Transformation 3 Principles of exegesis for apocalyptic literature and their application
PEA 360 Christian Attitudes Toward to the content of such literature found in the Bible will comprise the
War, Peace & Revolution 3 major content of the course; Scholarly discussion of: the origin, rise,
TOTAL 18 and demise of apocalyptic literature; The definition of apocalypse,
apocalyptic eschatology, apocalypticism, and apocalyptic imagery;
Elective Courses Credit Hours Possible social settings, functions, and purposes of apocalyptic
3 credit hours from the following: literature; The historical setting, major themes, purpose and function
CHM 223 Introduction to Counselling 3 of the biblical apocalyptic writings; The history of the interpretation
COM 322 Persuasion 3 of biblical apocalyptic writings, with particular emphasis on
CHM 325 Christian Social Ethics 3 contemporary interpretations and an evaluation of the same.
PEA 388 Peace and Justice The Churchs
Ministry in the World 3 BIL 280 War & Peace in the Bible 3 Credits
PEA 408 Topics in Peace and Conflict A historical survey of the biblical themes of war, shalom/peace,
Transformation 3 servanthood, love of the enemy, justice, righteousness; Old
PEA 411 Contemporary Conflicts in Africa 3 Testatament language and thought about war and shalom; The
PEA 507 Practicum in Peace & Conflict underlying theology of Israels war stories; War stories as confessions
Transformation 3 of faith in Yahweh and Yahwehs universal rule; The relationship
between shalom of the Old Testament and peace of the New
Course Descriptions Testament. Jesus teaching on non-violence.
BIL 111 Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3 Credits BIL 312 Hermeneutics 3 Credits
The importance of the study of the Old Testament and its authority Issues of semantics including presuppositions pools, denotative
for the Christian life; The divisions of the Old Testament; A survey and connotative meaning, sense and referent, and meaning and
of Old Testament history and the indispensable role it plays in significance; Author-centered, text-centered, and reader-centered
understanding the Old Testament; Selected issues of ancient Israels theories of meaning; Old Testament and New Testament history, with
culture; The background, content, purposes, and important themes emphasis on selected issues which offer insight for the understanding
of each Old Testament book; Key Old Testament theological of the biblical writings. For the Old Testament, such issues broadly
themes. include the entry into the land, the rise and disintegration of the
monarchy, and the exile and return. For the New Testament,
BIL 112 New Testament Introduction and Survey 3 Credits such issues broadly include the Maccabean revolt, Roman rule of
The history of the Jewish people from the time of Ezra until the Palestine, sects within first century Judaism in Palestine, and the
end of the New Testament period, how this history shapes Judaism challenge of Hellenism to Jewish self-understanding; The history
during the first century C. E., and how the New Testament church of biblical interpretation with special attention given to historical-
understood Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of the hopes and longings critical methodology, including its historical/philosophical origins,
of that Judaism and its Scriptures; Geography of Palestine as well its primary methodologies, and the problems, opportunities, and
as the northern and eastern Mediterranean during the first century challenges it presents to the interpreter. Special attention will be
C. E., and its significance for understanding the New Testament; given to the influence of historical-critical methodology upon
Introduction and summary of each New Testament book, including selected African scholars.
its purpose and key themes; a survey of the life and ministry of
Jesus Christ; A survey of the life and ministry of Paul, including BIL 332 Hebrew Prophets 3 Credits
an overview of the spread of the church outside the boundaries The history of Israel and the Ancient Near East during the prophetic
of Palestine; An introduction to important factors of the cultural period with specific attention to important individuals and events
background of the New Testament. Pre-requisite: BIL 111, relevant for understanding individual prophets; The various theories
regarding the origin, function, self-understanding of prophecy in
BIL 212 Introduction to Bible Doctrine 2 Credits ancient Israel as well as its cessation in the post-exilic period; The
The course will cover the following areas/doctrines: The doctrine various forms of prophetic speech and their possible functions
of Scripture; The doctrine of God; The doctrine of Christ; The within Israel; Methodology for interpreting prophetic literature; The
doctrine of the Holy Spirit; The doctrine of man; The doctrine of overall structure and content, especially theological themes, of each
the church. book chosen for study.
Pre-requisites: BIL 111, BIL 112.
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BIL 340 Gospel of John 3 Credits CHM 221 Introduction to Christian Ministries 4 Credits
Principles of exegesis applied to the content of the Gospel of John The biblical foundations for the manifestation and ministry of
will comprise the majority of the content of the course; The history of the church; The scope of Christian education (its definition
interpretation of the Fourth Gospel, including various interpretative and objectives); The biblical basis for Christian education; The
methodologies and proposals for the historical/ideological setting of historical development of Christian education; The theological
its origin; Major themes and structural features in the gospel; The and philosophical bases of Christian education; The psychological
comparison of John with the Synoptic Gospels; Application of the bases for Christian education; The sociological bases of Christian
message of the Fourth Gospel to contemporary life. education; Principles of curriculum development; Methods and
media in Christian education; Christian education of children, youth
BIL 342 Synoptic Gospels 3 Credits and adults; The organizational structure of Christian education;
The historical and ideological setting in which Jesus life and ministry Educational administration and supervision; Professional church
takes place and from which early Christianity (and its gospel leadership in Christian education; Teacher and leadership training;
writing) emerges; The history of interpretation of the synoptics and Problems in the educational ministry of the African church;
the life of Jesus, including major methodologies and assumptions Contemporary perspectives in Christian education; Parachurch
which guided these interpretations; Major theological themes vocations in Christian education.
(especially the kingdom of God), important structural features,
and distinctives of each gospel; The relevance of the Synoptic gospels CHM 222 Management in Christian Organizations 3 Credits
witness to Jesus Christ for contemporary issues. The history of management; Definition of basic concepts in
management and the management process; A Christian philosophy
BIL 408 Topics in Biblical Studies 3 Credits of management; Functions of management: planning, organizing,
Course content will be defined for each offering of the course as is rationing, evaluating, and controlling; Leadership: approaches and
appropriate for the subject matter covered. theories of leadership, leadership styles, and leadership in Christian
Pre-requisite: Three credits of BIL at 300 level. organizations; Decision-making: processes and common errors;
Authority and power: definition of terms, a biblical perspective,
BIL 432 Pentateuch 3 Credits sources of authority, and delegation; Personnel administration:
The Pentateuch as the foundation for understanding the rest of concepts of personnel management and job analysis (including
the Bible; Exegetical work in each of the books of the Pentateuch; job description, job specification, disciplinary procedures,
The details of the content, structure, and purpose of each book; staff development, job evaluation, salary administration, etc.);
Major biblical themes found in these writings; The significance and Bookkeeping and accounting: an introduction.
application of these books for today.
Pre-requisite: Three credits in O.T. at 300 level. CHM 223 Introduction to Counselling 3 Credits
Basic concepts in the theology of man, including creation in Gods
BIL 443 Romans 3 Credits image, the Fall and its consequences, redemption, and Christian
Principles of exegesis for epistolary literature applied to the content maturity; Theories of personality development; Evaluation of
of Romans will comprise the major content of the course; Major theories of personality development from Scripture; Crabbs model
epistolary features of first century Greco-Roman letters reflected of counselling cultural adaptation and application; Counselling
in Romans and their significance for determining the letters issues in the local church, including substance abuse, depression,
purpose; Common Greco-Roman rhetorical methods found in stress and burnout, polygamy, marital problems, demonisation, and
Romans and their significance for interpreting selected passages in family issues; Practice counselling in dyads and triads with discussion;
the book; Major scholarly proposals regarding the letters purpose Support systems available locally for referral; Counselling ethics,
and structure; Major theological themes found in the letter; Major including confidentiality, privileged information, transference,
features of first century Judaism which shape the ideological context contracts, and the Mental Health Act 1989.
of Paul and the early Christian movement.
Pre-requisite: Three credits in N.T. at 300 level. CHM 321 Theology of Missions 3 Credits
O.T. Theology of missions; N.T. Theology of missions; Theologies of
BIL 496 Independent Study in Bible 3 Credits missions as practiced in church history; Contemporary theologies of
The content for each study will vary depending upon the topics missions; Theology of missions as primarily evangelism; Theology
chosen. A student must have written approval from the Department of missions as primarily fulfillment; Theology of missions as
in order to enroll. mutual assistance of local churches; A theology of mission for
African churches reaching to other churches.
BIL 597 Senior Paper/Project 3 Credits
A. For Senior Projects, the following apply: CHM 322 Worship in Africa 3 Credits
Each project will have a written component consisting of the Introduction to worship, what worship is, importance of worship,
following: nature of worship; Worship in African indigenous cultures,
A 15-page minimum research paper on the area of ministry chosen characteristics, acts, intermediaries, occasions, places; Worship in
for the Project. The paper must conform to the standards of Turabian African Western oriented churches; Worship in the Bible: Among
5th edition and be written in good English. This paper must be Jews, among Christians; Worship in Church history: Western history,
completed by the end of the fifth week of the semester. On the basis African history; Making Christian worship more meaningful in
of the research paper plus the initial exposure to the Project ministry, contemporary Africa: Context, theology, types, elements, occasions,
the student will develop written goals for the Project. This is to be rituals and symbols.
submitted along with the 15-page research paper. The project will
involve a weekly reflection assignment. This may be in the form of CHM 323 Evangelism & Church Growth 3 Credits
a journal. The student will write an evaluation at the end of the Definition and meaning of the terms evangelism and church
project, evaluating the experience in the light of the goals established growth; Theological considerations of evangelism and church
early in the semester. The student is required to meet weekly with growth; The urgency of evangelism; The message of evangelism;
the departmental supervisor. Motives for evangelism; Personal evangelism; Principles of building
up the church; How the local church can be Gods effective
B. For Senior Paper, the following will apply: agent in evangelism; Worship and evangelism; The Holy Spirit in
A research paper of no less than 30 pages. The paper must conform evangelism; Consideration of a new model for Christian witnessing;
to the standards of Turabian 5th edition and be written in good Communicating the Gospel to resistant, secular people; Dynamics
English. The student must meet with the departmental advisor of church growth in the local church; Administering for church
weekly. growth; Evaluation of church growth strategies; How to get the local
church growing again.
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CHM 324 Discipleship & Group Bible Study Methods 3 Credits CHM 422 Christian Ministry in the Urban Setting 3 Credits
Definition and meaning of the term discipleship; The disciples role Biblical foundations: Old Testament lessons Jonah, Jeremiah,
in the world; Four phases in Jesus discipling strategy; Defining Nehemiah; New Testament lessons Barnabas, Paul; The nature
the process of discipling; Jesus strategy applied to a local church of urbanization in Africa: its growth and expansion, its patterns,
structure; Definition and examination of the quality of reciprocal implications for ministry; A case study Nairobi: the context of
living; Suggestions to develop a disciple-making philosophy in the the church, an overview of the churches, denominations, locations,
local church; Principles of dynamic Bible study; The devotional attendance, characteristics of attendees, leaders, church activity,
method of Bible study; The chapter summary method of Bible church growth; The task: the need for new models; The Poor of the
study; The character quality method of Bible study; The thematic City: housing, stratification, possessions, nutrition, employment,
method of Bible study; The topical method of Bible study; The book economics, social dynamics, self-perception and class perception;
survey method of Bible study; The biographical method of Bible Tools for evaluating ministry: Evaluative research, research
study; The word study method of Bible study. instruments, field methodologies; Models of Ministry: evangelism
and mission models, church-planting modelsWestern mission,
CHM 325 Christian Social Ethics 3 Credits African evangelical, African independent; Church edification
Addresses pertinent moral issues confronting Christians in African models: discipling, groups, Western patterns, church worship
societies by applying ethical principles found in scripture and models, service models.
in African cultures; Issues such as gender discrimination, female
circumcision, wife inheritance, polygamy, monogamy, rites of
passage, AIDS, corruption, democracy, globalizaiton, church and
state relations, civil resistance, witchcraft, war, peace, reconciliation,
refugees and urbanization.
Pre-requisite: ETH 201.
CHM 326 Homiletics 3 Credits

A theology of preaching: preaching in the Bible, preaching in the
history of the church, preaching in the modern world; The role of
preaching in the weekly life of the Christian leader; Basic speech
principles: vocal processes, volume, grammar, figures of speech,
sermon length, gestures, audience; Methods of presentation:
manuscript, memorization, impromptu, extemporaneous, outline,
without notes; Mechanics of preparation: importance of preparation,
sources for materials/ideas, planning, methods, files, illustrations,
choosing a text, pretesting; Types of sermons: topical, topical
textual, textual expository; Components of a sermon: Introduction,
CHM 507 Practicum in Christian Ministries 3 Credits
body, illustrations, application, conclusion; Contexts of a sermon:
Preparation for proposal; Practicum journal: each student is asked to
pastoral, didactic, evangelistic.
maintain a journal including weekly entries regarding the practicum
experiences. The journal should include tasks performed, meetings
CHM 334 Curriculum Design and Instruction 3 Credits
attended and insights gained. The journal should be presented to the
Definition of curriculum, curriculum design, goals, objectives and
practicum supervisor on a weekly basis; Selected readings: students
related concepts; Aims of church education; Schools of philosophical
will submit, at mid-term, a list of ten articles or books relating
thought; Psychological bases for curriculum decisions; Domains of
directly to their practicum area; Visitation of the site: practicum
learning; Organizing subject content; Lesson planning; Selecting
supervisor will visit students practicum site from time to time for
learning experiences; Assessment and evaluation; Curriculum unit
the purpose of observation and meeting with on-site supervisor;
development.
Term paper: At the end of the term each student will submit a
summary term paper which should encompass an overview of the
CHM 408 Topics in Christian Ministries 3 Credits
practicum experience as well as a weaving in of selected readings.
Course content will be defined for each offering of the course as is
The readings can be used to point up consistencies between theory
appropriate for the subject matter covered. Pre-requisite: CHM
and practice or suggest areas of expanded/new ministries.
221.
Pre-requisites: CHM 221, CHM 223, CHM 324.
CHM 411 Church Music 3 Credits
ETH 201 Introduction to Ethics 3 Credits
Introduction to course, logical fallacies, the infinite variety of music,
Introduction to ethical language; Introduction to religious ethical
meaning in music; Philosophies of music ministry, foundations
systems; Introduction to secular ethics; Introduction to Christian
in worship, textual considerations, matching of texts and tunes;
ethics.
Worship models, service planning continuums in worship, hymns,
congregational singing; Choir ministry, historical overview of
ETH 408 Topics in Christian Ethics 3 Credits
church music, psychological considerations in worship; Music for
Course content will be defined for each offering of the course as is
evangelism, the Engel scale, history of witness music; Popular music
appropriate for the subject matter covered.
styles, the secular/sacred debate, music for discipleship; History and
issues in African church music, summary.
ETH 496 Independent Study in Ethics 3 Credits
CHM 421 Christianity & Islam 3 Credits
The content for each study will vary depending upon the topics
Historical overview of Muslim-Christian relations, Historical models
chosen. A student must have written approval from the department
of Muslim-Christian relations; Causes of conflicts between the
in order to enroll.
two faith communities: Theological, practical, cultural, historical;
Christian approaches to Muslims: new alternatives; Theological
difficulties in Muslim-Christian relations; The role of the Christian
GRE 341 Introduction to New Testament Greek 3 Credits
leader in Muslim-Christian relations; The role of national and
The course will cover basic introductory elements of New Testament
regional Christian organizations in Muslim-Christian relations.
Greek including alphabet; present and imperfect tenses of regular
Pre-requisite: RET 320.
and -ew eimi verbs, including the verb eimi; noun cases; first and
second noun declensions; the definite article; the use of adjectives
and demonstratives; Basic vocabulary.
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GRE 342 New Testament Greek 3 Credits PEA 411 Contemporary Conflict in Africa 3 Credits
With regard to the verb, the course will cover: the present and Indepth analysis of the sources of contemporary conflicts on
imperfect middle and passive, the present imperative and infinitive, the African continent; Analysis and evaluation of strategies of
the uses of the infinitive, the future active, the future and aorist peacemaking employed in the recent past and currently in Africa;
of liquid verbs, and the active and middle First and Second aorist; Development of strategies for peacemaking in contemporary
With regard to the noun, the course will cover: the relationship African conflict.
of noun case and time, third declension nouns, and the use of Pre-requisites: SOC 111, ETH 201, PEA 221, BIL 280, PEA 324,
prepositions with specific cases; With regard to pronouns the course PEA 360.
will cover: the relative, personal, reflexive, possessive, interrogative,
and indefinite pronouns; In addition, the course will introduce PEA 507 Practicum in Peace & Conflict Transformation 3
forms of questions, the uses of the conjunction/particle oti, and Credits
the use of the verbs dunamai and ginomai; The course will also cover Preparation for proposal; Practicum journal: each student is asked to
basic vocabulary. maintain a journal including weekly entries regarding the practicum
Pre-requisite: GRE 341. experiences. The journal should include tasks performed, meetings
attended and insights gained. The journal should be presented to the
practicum supervisor on a weekly basis; Selected readings: students
GRE 441 New Testament Greek Exegesis 3 Credits will submit, at mid-term, a list of ten articles or books relating
Adjectives and pronouns of the first and third declensions, directly to their practicum area; Visitation of the site: practicum
comparative adjectives, the formation of adverbs, the perfect and supervisor will visit students practicum site from time to time for
pluperfect tenses, aorist and future passives, participles, the genitive the purpose of observation and meeting with on-site supervisor;
absolute, the subjunctive mood, and types of conditional sentences; Term paper: at the end of the term each student will submit a
Sight reading and prepared reading of selected passages in the Greek summary term paper which should encompass an overview of the
New Testament; Basic tools of Greek exegesis including: William practicum experience as well as an integration of selected readings.
Arndt and Wilbur Gingrich; A Greek-English Lexicon of the The readings can be used to point out consistencies between theory
New Testament and other Early Christian Literature. University and practice or suggest areas of expanded/new ministries.
of Chicago Press, 1957 - Harold Moulton; The Analytical Greek
Lexicon, Revised Edition, Zondervan, 1978- Nigel Turner; A RET 231 Comparative World Religions 3 Credits
Grammar of New Testament Greek Vol. 3 T & T Clark, 1976- H. Definition of religion; The variety of religions and their followers
E. Dana and Julius Mantey; A Manual Grammar of the Greek New in Africa; The concept of God in various religious view-points;
Testament, Macmillan, 1927; Basic principles of exegesis including: Basic beliefs of various religions compared; Basic beliefs of various
the need for and principles of textual criticism, diagramming religions contrasted; Basic practices of various religions contrasted;
sentences, principles of word study, and grammatical study. How to approach the study of religion; A Christian perspective on
Pre-requisite: GRE 342. other world religions; The effects science and secularism have on
world religions.
PEA 324 Communication, Conflict & Transformation 3 Credits
The nature and theory of social conflict; Conflict styles; The role RET 317 History of Christian Expansion 3 Credits
of communication in conflicts; Conflict intervention; Conflict Beginnings of the spread of Christianity 4 B.C - 30 A.D.; Judaism
assessment; Power in interpersonal conflict; Mediation process and and the spread of Christianity 30 A.D - 48 A.D.; Greek-Romanism
reconciliation. and spread of Christianity 48 - 100 A.D.; Persecutions and spread of
Pre-requisite: COM 223. Christianity 100 - 313 A.D.; Imperialism and spread of Christianity
313 A.D - 476 A.D.; Medievalism and spread of Christianity 1453
PEA 221 Political and Economic Sources of Conflict 3 Credits - 1517 A.D.; Protestanism and spread of Christianity 1517 - 1648
The definition and limitations of politics; How political philosophy, A.D.; Revivalism and spread of Christianity 1648 - 1793 A.D.;
empirical and behavioural political science, Christian faith and ethics Societies and Christianity 1793 - 1914 A.D.; Wars and spread of
all inform our understanding of politics; Underlying principles of Christianity 1914 - 1945 A.D.; Contemporaries and spread of
market economics; The role of capital in the market system; Free Christianity 1990s; Challenges facing the spreading of Christianity
market and distributive justice in market economies; Christian in the1990s; Unfinished task in spreading of Christianity in the
approaches to wealth; Introduction to the economic and political 1990s.
issues facing Africa in the 21st Century.
Pre-requisites: SOC 111, ETH 201. RET 320 Christianity and Islam in Africa 2 Credits
Beginnings of Christianity in Africa; Versions of African Christianity:
PEA 360 Church Attitudes Toward War, Peace & Revolution Coptic, Orthodox, Missionary, Colonial, Independent; Impact
3 Credits of Christianity on African cultures; Facilitators of the spread of
A historical survey of the various ways of perceiving Gods will Christianity in Africa and barriers to the spread of Christianity in
concerning war in Christian thought; Comparison and contrast Africa; Validity of Christianity as a religion for Africans; Challenges
between Pacifism and Just War thinking; Discipleship and Pacifism facing Christianity in Africa: religious pluralism, politics; Historical
in the early church; The emergence of the Christian Just War survey of the rise and early spread of Islam; The life, teachings and
theory (Augustine); Establishing the Just War tradition (Aquinas); role of Muhammad; Survey of Islamic beliefs and practices; Survey
Reformation interpretation of the Just War theory (Luther and of the historical development of Islam in Africa; The dynamics of
Calvin); Pacifism as a witness for the Kingdom of God (Humanist, contact between Islam and African primal religions; Survey of the
Anabaptist, and Quaker); Approaches of liberation theologies. varieties of Islam in Africa; Survey of historical models of contact
between Christianity and Islam; Current issues relating to contact
PEA 388 Peace & Justice: The Churchs Ministry in the World between Christianity and Islam.
3 Credits
Theology of ministry, evangelism, salvation, spiritual powers, justice RET 321 Studying Theology in the African Context 2 Credits
and peacemaking; Strategies for integrating ministry, evangelism, The nature and impact of various components that come between
peacemaking, and conciliation. a person and that persons knowledge of God; The challenge and
Pre-requisites: BIL 280, PEA 360. variation of theology in Africa; The impact of various components
on our knowledge of God: culture, world view, interpretation of
PEA 408 Topics in Peace and Conflict Transformation 3 revelation, the place of religion, our understanding of the Bible, the
Credits gospel and the church, the nature of Christian leadership, our view
Course content will be defined for each offering of the course as is of the task itself, and the ultimate theology adhered to.
appropriate for the subject matter covered. Pre-requisites: BIL 111, BIL 112, BIL 212, INS 212.
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RET 333 History of Christianity up to 1500 3 Credits societies in Africa; The Nile Valley civilization; The languages of
Introduction to the study of Church History: what is Church Africa; The empires of Western Sudan; Expansion of Bantu speaking
History, major schools of interpretation, why study Church History, cultures; Southern African societies; Central African societies; the
the organization of the study of Church History; Background to Arab and European impact on traditional African societies.
the Church: political, economic, religious, social; The five crises Pre-requisites: INS 111, INS 112.
of the Early Church: leadership, the Gentile question, heresy,
persecutions, organization; Persecutions to 313 A.D; The Church in INS 313 Historical Foundations of the Modern World 3 Credits
Egypt and North Africa; Apologists, Church Fathers; Monasticism Meanings of terms: history and civilization; The rise or early human
and the papacy; Heresy: its rise, consequences and effects on the societies agriculture, metal working, wiring and urban life; Early
Church; Church-State Relations: Church and Empire, Constantine, civilizations- Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, Greece and Rome; The
Byzantine Emperors, Goths; Christian Missions and the Crusades; early civilizations in the Americas Incas, Maya and Aztec; The
The Medieval Church. Renaissance and Reformation; The Early European exploration;
European imperialism in the Americas; Asia, Europe and the Middle
RET 334 History of Christianity: After 1500 3 Credits East; The world wars; The cold war, The rise of Super powers; The
Introduction to the study of Church History: what is Church fall of the Soviet Bloc; The New World Order; The changing role of
History, major schools of interpretation, why study Church History, the United Nations; Issues facing the modern world and a Christian
the organization of the study of Church History; Backgrounds to response to them. Pre-requisites: INS 111, INS 112, INS 212.
the Reformation; The Medieval Church: ripe for reform; The
Reformation: Issues and Thinkers; The Reformation: social and INS 412 Development of Modern Africa and Christian Values
political events and institutions; The Reformation and Christian 3 Credits
Mission; The Counter Reformation; The Church and the new Meaning of terms: development; underdevelopment; Christian
world; Revivals of the 18th and 19th centuries; The Church values and modern Africa; the coming of Europeans to Africa-
and Rationalism; The Church and Colonialism; The Church in explorers, traders and missionaries after 1800; the abolition of the
Nationalist Africa. slave trade and its impact; The scramble for and partition of Africa
and African reactions; European colonial life in Africa: colonial
RET 408 -Topics in Religious Thought 3 Credits administrative systems, colonial economies and impacts; the rise of
Course content will be defined for each offering of the course as is nationalism, decolonization; European cultural values imposed on
appropriate for the subject matter covered. African; Development of Western education, science and technology
Pre-requisite: Three credits of RET at 300 level. and their impact on Africa; the role of government and the church
in development at social, political and economic levels; Economic
RET 496 Independent Study in Religious Thought 3 Credits crises in Africa and the influence of the IMF and the World Bank;
The content for each study will vary depending upon the topics The AU and its role in African affairs; Issues facing modern Africa-
chosen. The student must have written approval from the military coups, civil wars, challenges facing the youth and families,
Department in order to enroll. Pre-requisite: Three credits of RET poverty, democratization and African leadership and Christian
at the 300 level. response to them.
Pre-requisite: INS 111, INS 112, INS 212, INS 313
INS 212-Afri Trad Societies from Earliest Times 1800 2 Credits
The early pre-history of man; Historical geography of Africa; North
and Eastern Africa from earliest times to 1000AD; Earliest human
SUGGESTED FOUR YEAR STUDY PROGRAMME
1 ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

Semester I Semester II Semester I Semester II
PHL 111 3 ECO 111 2 ACS 101 2 ETH 201 3

INS 111 3 BIL 112 3 ENV 112 2 BIL 332 3
BIL 111 3 ENG 112 3 COM 223 3 RET 231 3
INS 112 3 BIL 212 2 BIL Electives 3
MAT 102 2 HPE 113 1 INS 212 2 MINOR 6
ENG 111 3 PHY 112 2 MINOR 3
ART/MUS/LIT 2 BIO 111 2 BIL Electives 3
POL 111 1 ___ ___
___ ___ 17 18
16 17 == ==
== ==
4TH YEAR
3RD YEAR
Semester I Semester II
INS 313 3 RET 334 3 INS 412 3 BIL 597 3
RET 320 2 BIL 342 3 BIL 432 3 Free Electives 7
RET 333 3 RET 321 2 BIL 443 3 MINOR 3
BILElectives 3 BIL ELECTIVES 3 MINOR 3 BIL Electives 3
MINOR 3 ELECTIVES 6 BIL Electives 3 __
ELECTIVES 3 __ __ 16
__ 17 15 ==
17 == ==
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Diploma in Communication
Rationale
The Diploma in Communication Arts offers specialized training
in print and electronic media communication and provides a
broad understanding of the principles and concepts of effective
communication. The programme is designed for aspiring media
and communication professionals. In addition to the general
DEPARTMENT OF
communication courses, the learner may specialize in either print or
electronic media and will be trained to apply these skills to improve
his or her service to the Church and community.
The department prepares students to assess communication needs,

develop strategies to achieve communication goals, prepare audience-
COMMUNICATION
centered communication programmes and products, and work with
others to create understanding among various publics.
Applicants must meet the general admission requirements for the
Diploma programme of Daystar University.
In addition, applicants for a Diploma in Communication must
possess a minimum of grade B- (minus) in English in KCSE, or
500 marks on TOEFL done not more than five years previously, or
at least Credit 6 under the old O Level system, 60% with systems
that use percentages, or Principle Pass at A Level in English. Those
who do not meet these requirements must take an English pre-test
administered by the Department of Humanities. Those who do not
pass the test will be required to take an English course for no credit
until they have reached a level where they are able to pass the English
pre-test. Applicants with no proficiency in typing will be required
to take a typing course for which no academic credit will be given.
Student Assessment
The Diploma in Communication programme places emphasis
on the development and improvement of communication skills.
Letter grades are given for each course on the basis of continuous
assessment and the final examination. The continuous assessment
will constitute 70% of the total mark given, whereas the final exam
will constitute 30% of the total mark.
In addition, each student will be required to complete a

Communication field study. Grading is based on 60% from the
field report and 40% from field evaluation.

To graduate with a Diploma in Communication, a student must
meet the following criteria of course requirements and credit hour
combinations

Credit Hours
Common Core Courses 15
Communication Courses
Required Courses in Communication 44
Concentration: Print or Electronic Media 6
TOTAL 65
Required Courses in Communication Credit Hours

ICS 010 Introduction to Computers 2
ICO 016 Introduction to Mass Communication 3
ICO 018 Interpersonal & Group Communication 3
ICO 022 Introduction to Communication
Ethics, Law and Human Rights 3
ICO 026 Introduction to Public Relations
and Fundraisings 3
ICO 031 Writing and Editing skills 3
ICO 032 Introduction to Graphic Design
and Desktop Publishing 3
ICO 033 Introduction to Media Management 2
ICO 034 Writing & Reporting for Print Media 3
ICO 036 Introduction to Communication Research
Methods 1
ICO 049 Introduction to Photography
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and Photojournalism 3 paragraphs, transitions; writing a narrative, descriptive, personal
ICO 056 Communication by Radio 3 experience, interviews and personal profile; how-to-do-it and
ICO 065 Script writing for Electronic Media 3 devotional articles; the editing process and symbols.
ICO 066 Introduction to Video Production 3
ICO 094 Keyboarding 0(3) ICO 032 Introduction to Graphic Design & Desktop Publishing
ICO 099 Communication Field study 6 3 Credits
TOTAL 44 This is an introduction to the principles of graphic design with
emphasis on magazine page layout and practices in desktop
Electives (Take any 6 hrs from the concentration) publishing. Topics include: principles of design and layout;
Print Media Credit Hours introduction to typography; layout materials and techniques; using
ICO 013 Special Topics in Communication 3 photographs and illustrations; the typesetting process; use of colors;
ICO 035 Writing for Children 3 magazine design and introductory skills; using a desktop publishing
ICO 041 Book Publishing 3 computer package. Pre-requisite: ICS 010
ICO 047 Magazine Editing and Production 3
ICO 033 Introduction to Media Management 2
Electronic Media Credit Hours Credits
ICO 013 Special Topics in Communication 3 The course explores basic management principles and their
ICO 050 Visual Communication application to the media. It discusses different management theories
(Electronic and Print) 3 and how they affect a workers morals and production. Case studies
ICO 067 Script Writing for Electronic Media II 3 will be introduced to help students deal with ethical work dilemmas.
ICO 068 Video Production and Editing II 3 It will also discuss history, theory and practice of management,
media ownership patterns, characteristics of organizations,
media newsroom organizations, leadership styles in media, staff
management, budgeting, management of finances, advertising and
Course Descriptions distribution.
ICO 013 Special Topics in Communication (Print or Electronic)
3 Credits ICO 034 Writing and Reporting for the Print Media 3 Credits
Students may, with relevant approval and availability of faculty, The course is designed to teach students the principles of reporting
study specific areas of communication and media which are not and writing for newspapers and magazines. Students will also learn
in the regular diploma curriculum. The content will vary with how to write and prepare publishable copy on deadline. The course
specific course offerings. Topics may include news reporting and will examine definitions of news and various structures of new stories
writing; fiction writing; broadcast drama; newsletter production; and other journalistic forms.
communication research and design.
ICO 035 Writing for Children 3 Credits
ICO 016 Introduction to Mass Communication 3 Credits This course introduces students to the specialized nature of writing
The course aims at introducing students to the structures and for young audiences. It involves the study of child development;
functions of the communication media; creation, distribution, child and society in Africa; the child as a special audience; process
and exhibition of mass media content and legal and ethical of writing for children; choosing themes; plot development;
considerations. It includes all forms of mass communication- characterization; dialogue and conflict; principles of writing; words
newspapers, magazines, radio, television, book publishing, public and tools, proper use of language, emotion in the story; publishing
relations, advertising, photojournalism and computer mediated childrens stories. Pre-requisite: ICO 031.
communication. It will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each
medium, as well as media career opportunities. ICO 036 Introduction to Communication Research Methods
1 Credits
ICO 018 Interpersonal & Group Communication 3 Credits The course is aimed at introducing students to basic concepts and
The course explores self as communicator, attraction, friendships, process of communication. It will expose students to the techniques
self disclosure, competence, trust, power and signification; it also of using interviews, content analysis, questionnaires, and panel
examines organizational systems, group types, structure, group discussions (focus groups) to collect data, how to analyze data and
thought, group decision making, roles, leadership, action and prepare research report.
conflict resolution.
ICO O41 Book Publishing 3 Credits
ICO 022 Communication Ethics, Law & Human Rights An introduction to the editorial, management and commercial
3 Credits aspects of book publishing. Topics will include major categories
This course provides an introduction to the ethical questions of publishing: Structure and functions of the book trade; editorial
involved in interpersonal, public and mediated communication to department and roles of the book editor; acquisition and processing
enable the student to articulate a Christian ethic of communication. of manuscripts; editing process; elements of book design; book
Topics include: definition of ethics; ethical bases; Christian production; book costing; marketing and distribution. Pre-requisite:
communication ethics; sedition. It explores laws related to ICO 031.
journalism and communication such as copyright laws, sedition and
defamation. It further exposes students to human rights related to ICO 047 Magazine Editing & Production 3 Credits
communication and the role played by media in protecting them. An introduction to the principles and procedures of magazine
publishing. Topics will include: the print media industry;
ICO 026 Public Relations & Fundraising 3 Credits introduction to magazine publishing; types of magazines; editorial
This course introduces students to the principles and practice of concepts; editorial formula; production planning; financing the
public relations and fundraising for Christian and non-Christian magazine; magazine editing skills; costing and magazine production
organizations. Topics will include public relations theory and process.
practice; the public relations environment; internal and external
publics and communication strategies; producing PR materials; ICO 049 Photography & Photojournalism 3 Credits
fundraising skills and donor relations. An introduction to the basic knowledge and skills necessary to
produce photographs and photojournalistic work. Topics include
ICO 031 Writing & Editing Skills 3 Credits operational functions of a 35mm SLR camera; communication
This course exposes the student to the use of words i.e. nouns, properties of light and types of film; types and functions of lenses
adjectives etc; sentence construction, punctuation, conventions, and filters; composition and special effects; photojournalism; basic
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dark-room procedures for black & white film and print processing; ICO 067 Scripting for Electronic Media II 3 Credits
ethics and etiquette in photography. The course will also cover Designed to help the student acquire advanced skills in scripting
digital photography and computer-assited image processing as well for the dramatic formats. Emphasis is on the story, story
as the use of photographs to write a story. treatment, synopsis, plot, characterisation and internal logic in
story development, scripting a feature film script, serials and series
ICO 050 Visual Communication 3 Credits comedy. Prerequisite. ICO 066
An introduction to the selection, production and use of appropriate
visual aids. Topics will include: definition of terms; role of visual ICO 068 Video Production and Editing II 3 Credits
aids in communication; drawing materials and basic skills; types of This is an advanced course in video production designed to refine
visual aids; effective use and production of paper pictures; sequence the practical skills acquired by the student in the course ICO 065.
pictures; chalkboard; posters and charts; display boards; adhesive It focuses on the aesthetic aspects of video production in regards to
aids; demonstrations; tours and visits; exhibits; models; drama; the feature film and similar genres. The course focuses on the pre-
slides; overhead projectors; use of multimedia and evaluation of production, production, and post production processes, and seeks
visual aids. to develop the group dynamics of the production team. Special
emphasis is laid on producing, directing camera, lighting, sound
ICO 056 Communication by Radio 3 Credits management, editing, and the job market. Pre-requisite: ICO
This course introduces students to the basic principles, approaches 062.
and practical skills necessary for planning, producing and evaluating
programmes for radio broadcast. Topics will include: cross-cultural COM 099 Keyboarding 0(3) Credits
and aural-oral communication theory; understanding the role An introduction to keyboarding, designed to enable students to
and function of a producer; the audience; alternative programme master basic care and maintenance of the computer and standard
formats: devotional, documentaries, news, interviews, features, keyboard touch typing. Students become familiar with setting and
magazine, music; planning for production research; preparing an layout of various documents as well as word processing tools.
outline; specifying objectives and target audience; basic script writing
and layout; interviewing; music and radio; exposure to basic studio ICO 099 Communication Field Study 6 Credits
equipment and production techniques; evaluation of programmes This practicum enables the student to apply the knowledge and skills
and follow-up techniques. acquired in the classroom to a practical communication ministry
situation that is related to the concentration taken. Content will
ICO 065 Scripting for Video Production I 3 Credits be based on assigned tasks related to course work as proposed and
This course trains students in writing effecting video scripts for agreed upon by the student, the faculty and, where applicable,
various programme formats and audiences. It provides an overview the employer. A minimum of eight weeks (320 clock hours) or a
of communication principles and basic technology underlying the communication project or research project and an accompanying
production of an audio and video signal; challenges in writing; paper of at least 30 pages typed in double spacing will be required.
mechanics and language of script writing; writing non-dramatic Students should do their Project /Practicum during the last semester
material including commercials, public service announcements, of study as stipulated by the study programme. Pre-requisite:
interviews, talks, documentary, magazine, educational, news, music Complete 56 credits and GPA of at least 2.00 be maintained.
and special events; writing dramatic material including drama, plot,
characterization and comedy; ethics and evaluation of scripts. Pre-
requisite: ICO 016.
SUGGESTED TWO YEAR STUDY PROGRAMME
ICO 066 Introduction to Video Production 3 Credits 1 ST YEAR
An introduction to the principles and skills of video production. The Semester I Semester II
course rovides exposure to basic video equipment and production ICC 012 3 ICC 013 3
techniques. Topics include: overview of video as a medium of ICC 014 3 ICC 015 3
Christian communication; video camera; basic camera; shots ICC 092 1 ICO 034 3
and frames; pictorial composition; use of lights; pre-production ICC 016 2 ICO 030 3
planning: audience issues, goals; scheduling; writing a treatment and ICS 010 2 ICO 056 3
scene script; logging; production; crew functions; location scouting ICO 016 3 ICO 065 3
and post production (audio, editing); legal issues; evaluation. Pre- ICO 018 3
requisites: ICO 016, ICO 065. ICO 094 0 (3)
Total 17 18
Block I Block II
ICO 022 3 ICO 026 3
ICO 033 2 ICO 066 3
ICO 036 1
Total 6 6
2ND YEAR
ICO 032 3 ICO 099 6
ICO 049 3
Electives for Print
or Electronic Media 6
Total 12 6
(Also take ICO 018 if did
not do first semester)
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Rationale
The Communication major curriculum is designed to equip
students with foundational knowledge of concepts and practice
of communication which enables graduates of the programme to
effectively serve the church and society in a variety of roles.
The curriculum emphasizes, without limitation to, communication

through the mass media as well as interpersonal and group
communication. Students are presented with a menu of courses
which could lead to careers in electronic media (radio, television,
film, etc.), or print media (newspapers, magazines, book
publishing), advertising or public relations. Specifically, the goals of
the Communication major are to:
1. give students a foundational and biblically-derived understanding

of theory and practice in communication study at interpersonal,
group, intercultural and mass communication levels;
2. provide students with a menu of courses which leads to a guided

focus and in-depth study of at least one area of communication;
BACHELOR OF
3. prepare students to apply communication principles and skills in
church, business, government and social settings;
4. prepare students to assist others in various church and community

settings to recognize and apply the principles and concepts of
effective communication to address specific problems be they
ARTS DEGREE IN
individual, communal, institutional or organizational; and
5. prepare students for further study in communication.
Applicants for a major in Communication must have a pass in
COMMUNICATION
Mathematics and a minimum grade of B (plain) in English in KCSE
or its equivalent. Applicants with a B- in English will be admitted
on condition that they take a remedial course, ENG 214. Applicants
with no proficiency in typing will be required to take a course in
keyboarding, COM 099, for which no academic credit will be given.
Exemption from COM 099 can be given to students who produce
a certificate in keyboarding from a reputable examining body and
have attained a speed of at least 25 wpm.
Students Assessment
Grades for courses offered by the department are computed as
follows with minor variations, depending on the type of course:
1. Grades for courses that are concerned only with skill development
(like COM 099) depend entirely on the final examination.
2. Grades for courses that involve both conceptual understanding

and acquisition of skills are computed at 70% from final examination
and 30% from continuous assessment.
3. Grades for Independent Study and Senior Projects are computed

at 90% from the final paper and 10% from continuous assessment.
4. Grades for Field Study, are derived from 60% field report and
40% from field evaluation.
To graduate with a major in Communication, a student must

meet the following criteria of course requirements and credit hour
combination from various disciplines:
Credit Hours
Communication Courses 58-64
Required Courses in Comm 34
Concentration courses 24-30
Minor/electives 16-22
TOTAL 129-137
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Required Courses Credit Hours COM 361 Audio Production 3
COM 099 Keyboarding 0 (3) COM 466 Video Production 3
COM 223 Public Speaking 3
COM 226 Interpersonal and Small Group Advertising Required Courses Credit Hours
Communication 3 COM 263 Writing for Broadcast 3
COM 231 Introduction to Mass Media 3 COM 322 Persuasion 3
COM 243 Writing for Business 3 COM 344 Photography 3
COM 302 Communication Statistics 3 COM 346 Creative Graphic Arts 3
COM 321 Communication Research & Design 3 COM 448 Advertising 3
COM 323 Communication Systems in Africa 3 COM 449 Advertising Copy Writing 3
COM 419 Communication Ethics & Law 3 COM 459 Electronic Publishing & Design 3
COM 421 Strategies of Communication 3 COM 472 Management in Advertising 3
COM 422 Media and Christianity 3
COM 497 Senior Project or 4 Coose one course from the following:
COM 507 Practicum 4 COM 450 Advertising Creative Strategy and
TOTAL 34 Execution 3
COM 451 Advertising Media Strategy and Tactics 3
Concentration Courses in Communication COM 461 Advertising Campaigns 3
Each student will choose, based on his or her instructors advice, a
narrowed area of Communication in which to concentrate additional *Advertising students must take ART 111
studies. These areas are Print Media, Electronic Media, Advertising
and Public Relations. Minor in Communication
Print Media Required Coureses Credit Hours Students with a minor in communication must have a B (plain) in
COM 247 News Writing & Reporting 3 English at KCSE and fulfill the following requirements:
COM 344 Photography 3
COM 349 Feature & Magazine Writing 3 Required Courses in Communication Credit Hours
COM 436 Editorial & Opinion Writing 3 COM 231 Introduction to Mass Media 3
COM 445 Editing Skills 3 COM 323 Communication Systems in Africa 3
COM 459 Electronic Publishing & Design 3
COM 470 Management in Print 3 Students wishing to minor in a particular specialization in
Commuincation should choose as follows:
Choose One Course from the Following:
COM 408 B Business & Economic Journalism 3 Print Media Credit Hours
COM 408 C Issues Reporting 3 COM 247 News Writing & Reporting 3
COM 408 D Publishing 3 COM 349 Feature & Magazine Writing 3
COM 408 E Photojournalism 3 COM 445 Editing Skills 3
Electronic Media Required Courses Credit Hours
COM 263 Broadcast Writing 3 Electronic Media
COM 264 Broadcast Techniques 3 COM 263 Broadcast Writing 3
COM 361 Audio Production 3 COM 361 Audio Production 3
COM 364 Writing for the Screen 3 COM 466 Video Production 3
COM 466 Video Production 3 COM 467 Broadcast Journalism 3
COM 467 Broadcast Journalism 3
COM 471 Broadcast Management 3 Public Relations
COM 468 Broadcast Presentation 3 COM 247 News Writing & Reporting 3
OR COM 426 Public Relations 3
COM 469 Broadcast Programming, Promotion COM 427 PR Writing 3
& Strategy 3 COM 459 Electronic Publishing & Design 3
Choose One Course from the Following: Advertising

COM 365 Broadcast Drama 3 COM 322 Persuasion 3
COM 408 Advanced Audio Production 3 COM 346 Creative Graphic Arts 3
COM 465 Broadcast Programming 3 COM 448 Advertising 3
COM 468 Broadcast Presentation 3 COM 459 Electronic Publishing & Design 3
COM 408 F Introduction to TV Production &
Directing 3
Public Relations Required Courses Credit Hours

COM 247 New Writing & Reporting 3
COM 263 Broadcast Writing 3
COM 322 Persuasion 3
COM 426 Public Relations 3
COM 427 PR Writing 3
COM 445 Editing Skills 3
COM 473 Management & Research in PR 3
Choose One Course from the Following:

COM 264 Broadcast Techniques 3
COM 344 Photography 3
COM 349 Feature & Magazine Writing 3
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Course Descriptions apply basic statistical procedures to quantitative data. Pre-requisite:
MAT 102
ART 111 Art in Africa 2 Credits
A survey of art in traditional and contemporary African societies. COM 321 Communication Research & Design 3
The course develops in students an appreciation of art form and Credits
content and an understanding of how African culture and society A course designed to develop student understanding of the process
relate to African art. and terminology of communication research including elements of
research; various research methods; sampling techniques; hypothesis
COM 099 Keyboarding 0(3) Credits formulation and testing; data analysis techniques; research report
An introduction to keyboarding, designed to enable students to writing. Pre-requisites: COM 302, ENG 112, INS 112
master basic care and maintenance of the computer and standard
keyboard touch typing. Students become familiar with setting and COM 322 Persuasion 3 Credits
layout of various documents as well as word processing tools. An exploration of the historical, classical and modern foundations of
persuasion theory. The course considers persuasion in interpersonal,
COM 223 Public Speaking 3 Credits group, and mass mediated contexts and introduces students to
An introduction to theory and skills in public speaking. Topics related theory in each area. Emphasis is placed on application of
include topic choice, organization, delivery, speaking to inform and persuasive principles to current social and media contexts. Pre-
persuade, language and style, visual aids and audience analysis. A requisites: ENG 112, INS 112
substantial component of the course is devoted to student speeches
and critiques. COM 323 Communication Systems in Africa 3 Credits
A survey of problems, promises, and features of transition from
COM 226 Interpersonal & Group Communication 3 Credits traditional to modern communication systems in Africa. The course
An overview of interpersonal and small group communication examines the interactive influence of Africas socio-economic,
processes including theories of interpersonal and group technological and political conditions on the development and form
communication, preparation and management of group interactions, of communication systems on the continent. Pre-requisites: ENG
group formation and development, group leadership, interviewing, 112, INS 112, POL 111
self-disclosure, perception, relationships, and interpersonal conflicts.
Prerequisite; INS 112 COM 344 Photography 3 Credits
A basic introduction to photography covering operational functions
COM 231 Introduction to Mass Media 3 Credits of a 35mm SLR camera, digital cameras and principles of the
An overview of the mass media covering basic definitions, concepts photographic process. Students get hands on experience on dark
terminologies and history of print and electronic media, media room procedures. The course also covers types of photography and
literacy, ethical considerations in media and an overview of career film, composition, editing, legal and ethical considerations. Students
opportunities in the media field. The course includes all forms of are required to bring their own manual camera. Pre-requisites: ENG
mediated communication; newspapers, magazines, radio, television, 112, INS 112
film, books, PR and advertising. Pre-requisites: INS 112, ENG
112 COM 346 Creative Graphic Arts 3 Credits
An introduction to graphic design as the visual communication
COM 243 Writing for Business 3 Credits of print media including typography, uses of photographs and
An examination of principles of written and oral communication in illustrations, color publication layout and techniques, print
business settings. Students will develop skills in writing in a variety production processes, computer graphics, exhibition and display,
of business formats including letters, memos and emails as well as and use of graphics in various media. Pre-requisites: ART 111,
employment and interviewing skills. Special attention is paid to COM 344
grammar and expression. Pre-requisites: COM 099, ENG 112
COM 349 Feature & Magazine Writing 3 Credits
COM 247 News Reporting and Writing 3 Credits A course focused on developing writing skills appropriate for
An introduction to the concept and nature of news reporting and magazine and newspaper feature sections. Significant emphasis is
writing, including characteristics and determinants of news, elements placed on assessing trends in the industry and in the development of
of good news writing, interviewing and gathering information, media different types of feature articles including the first-person narrative;
trends and ethical issues in the newsroom. Significant emphasis is the how-to-do-it article; the personality profile; the column; and the
placed on reporting and writing news stories. Pre-requisites: COM critical review. Pre-requisite: COM 247.
099, COM 231
COM 361 Audio Production 3 Credits
COM 263 Writing for Broadcast 3 Credits An introduction to basic theoretical and practical skills for planning,
An introduction to writing for the broadcast media. The course producing and evaluating radio programmes. Students gain
covers basic elements of radio and television script formats and experience in professional handling and operating of radio studio
introduces students to writing for different types of programming facilities, conducting effective radio interviews, writing radio scripts
including documentaries, talk shows, features, newscasts, and radio for particular target audiences, and creating various radio formats.
and television commercials. Pre-requisites: COM 231 Emphasis is placed on use of radio as a tool for development and
behaviour change in the African setting. Pre-requisite: COM 264
COM 264 Broadcast Techniques 3 Credits
An introduction to basic principles and terminologies associated COM 364 Writing for the Screen 3 Credits
with television, radio and film production. Content includes studio A theoretical and practical explanation of writing for the visual
experience, demonstrations of the workings of the studio, and media which covers elements of good script writing, script writing
production process including technical and creative aspects of the for specific television and video genres, and introduction to the
electronic media. production process. Pre-requisites: COM 264.
COM 302 Statistics for Communication Research 3 Credits COM 365 Broadcast Drama 3 Credits
A basic course in the use of statistics in communication research. The A theoretical and applied study of drama in the electronic media.
course is designed to give students a foundational knowledge of the The course aims at assisting students in acquiring skills in planning,
most common statistical procedures so that they become informed designing, scripting, adapting and producing a radio play. Pre-
consumers of research reports and can, with little additional training, requisite: COM 361
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COM408 Special Topics in Communication 3 Credits COM 445 Editing Skills 3 Credits
Although topics offered under this course number will vary A course designed to develop students editing abilities through
depending on faculty availability and student need, regular topics considering definition and functions of the editor and the editing
will include without being limited to the following: business and process. Students gain skills in writing various types of news stories,
economic journalism, photojournalism, advanced audio production, magazine stories, textbooks, and childrens books. A strong emphasis
advanced video production, introduction to television production is placed on practical application of editing skills. Pre-requisite:
and directing. Pre-requisites vary. COM 247 or COM 349
COM 415 Advanced Writing & Speech Consultation 3 Credits COM 448 Advertising 3 Credits
A limited enrollment course that trains selected students in advanced An exploration into the history and theory of advertising and
writing and speaking pedagogy as well as consultation methodology. advertising agencies. The course considers a range of types of
Course contents include English grammar and syntax, bibliographic advertising, advertising design, art and photography, advertising
and reference formats, techniques and philosophies of tutoring, campaigns, advertising in various contexts, and measures of
advanced public speaking instruction. Pre-requisite: Invitation by effectiveness in advertising. Pre-requisites: COM 099, COM 322,
instructor COM 346
COM 419 Communication Ethics & Law 3 Credits COM 449 Advertising Copy Writing 3 Credits
An examination of ethics and law in the various areas of the field of A study of the language of advertising including writing campaigns,
communication including interpersonal, public speaking, and mass headlines, taglines, body copy, and use of typefaces for various types
media contexts. Students are introduced to major theories of ethics of publications. Focus is on application of knowledge to advertising
and examine related case studies as well as the laws and statutes that procedures. Pre-requisite: COM 448
govern media in Kenya. Pre-requisites: ENG 112, INS 112,
COM 247 or COM 349 or Com 263 COM 450 Advertising Creative Strategy and Execution
3 Credits
COM 421 Strategies of Communication 3 Credits An in-depth practical study of the creative side of advertising
An exploration of the different definitions of communication and including examination of branding, direct response advertising, out-
the impact of these definitions on the approach to communication of-home advertising and broadcasting. Pre-requisite: COM 449
situations including the biblical foundation for communication.
Topics include different elements of communication: the COM 451 Advertising Media Strategy & Tactics 3 Credits
communicator, the audience, the channel, the message, feedback, An advanced exploration of the media used in advertising. The
noise, and the environment of communication; an in depth course examines the functions of media planning in advertising,
analysis of the characteristics of mass media; the process of setting media planning operations and tactics, setting objectives, developing
goals of communication; analysis of the different strategies for strategies, and staging a media plan. Pre-requisite: COM 448
communication. Pre-requisite: Must be a fourth year student to take
this course. COM 459 Electronic Publishing & Design 3 Credits
This course covers the publishing and designing of various print
COM 422 Media & Christianity 3 Credits materials using computer software. Through completing assigned
This course provides communication majors with opportunities to exercises and projects students learn the ins and outs of using
study, discuss, defend and integrate a Christ-centered worldview appropriate software, editing, image sourcing and acquisition,
in the field of communications, electronic media and emerging scanning, computer based design, typography, color and production.
technologies. The course entails a comprehensive analysis of Pre-requisites: ACS 101, COM 445
fundamentalist and evangelical Christianitys appropriation of
media in a comparative context, giving attention to similarities and COM 461 Advertising Campaigns 3 Credits
differences in various religious traditions. Students examine how to In this course basic skills acquired in previous advertising courses
integrate their faith into their careers and give practical responses to are utilized and refined. Students examine creation and presentation
cultural and historical shifts in worldviews. Pre-requisite: Must be a of a full campaign for a new product including marketing concepts,
fourth year student to take this course objectives, product positioning, goals, layouts, media and actual
commercial presentation. Pre-requisite: COM 449
COM 426 Public Relations 3 Credits
An overview of the theory and practice of PR as a profession in the COM 466 Video Production 3 Credits
modern organizational context. Contents include specific tasks of An examination of and training in the tools of video production.
PR within an organization, PR tactics for dealing with media, crisis, Topics include use of the cameras; camera shots, angles and
fund raising, and various stakeholders. The course also examines PR movements; composition; lighting; scripting; editing; post-
as it is practiced in various contexts such as Christian ministries, production work. Pre-requisite: COM 264
NGOs, governmental organizations, corporations, and other
enterprises. Pre-requisites: COM 243, COM 247, COM 223 COM 467 Broadcast Journalism 3 Credits
An advanced exploration of the essentials of broadcast news writing,
COM 427 Public Relations Writing 3 Credits reporting, and production. The course emphasizes skills in copy
An advanced level writing course for students who are familiar writing, good grammar, techniques of field reporting, interviewing
with concepts and principles of PR. The course involves and news editing for radio and TV news. The course also examines
planning, organizing, writing and editing various organizational the ethical/professional dimension of broadcsat journalism from a
communication materials. It helps to shape, refine and strengthen Christian perspective. Pre-requisites: COM 361, COM 466
students written communication skills with particular emphasis on
communicating on behalf of the organization or clients to diverse COM 468 Broadcast Presentation 3
publics. Pre-requisites: COM 426 CreditsAn introduction to the art, discipline, and business of radio
and television presentation skills. The course gives the student both
COM 436 Editorial and Opinion Writing 3 Credits a theoretical and practical experience in performing for broadcast.
This course aims at developing thoughtful contributors to Pre-requisites: COM 223, COM 361, COM 466
commentary pages in print and online publications. It involves a
theoretical and applied study of the opinion piece and examines COM 469 Broadcast Progamming, Promotion & Strategy
several types of commentary, including the editorial, the column 3 Credits
and the blog. A significant portion of the course is devoted to the An exploration of broadcast programming and promotion strategies
practice of opinion writing. Pre-requisites: COM 247 and practices for radio, television and the web. The course focuses
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on audience and programme research, promotion and marketing; by other communication theorists. The course is considered to be
programme acquisition, selection, promotion, scheduling and the foundation of student experience in Daystar.
evaluation. Pre-requisites: COM 361, COM 466
INS 112 Communication and Culture II 3 Credits
COM 470 Management in Print 3 Credits A continuation of INS 111 that introduces student to additional
An overview of the principles and theories of print media communication and anthropological concepts and theories.
management. Course content includes the philosophy of print Emphasis is placed on integrating course material into student
media organizations, management structures of various types of understanding of contemporary events and issues in society from a
print media, approaches to circulation and readership, management biblical viewpoint.
of finances and budgeting, ethical management and corporate Prerequisites: INS 111.
culture. Management topics are examined through the lens of the
Christian faith. Pre-requisite: COM 445
COM 471 Management in Electronic Media 3 Credits

An exploration of the principles and theories of broadcast management
including the philosophy of broadcast station management; station
structure; management of the audience, programmes, human
resources, technical issues, sales and advertising; management of
finances. The course explores the ethics of management from a
Christian world view. Pre-requisites: COM 361, COM 466
COM 472 Management in Advertising 3 Credits

A course that provides an understanding of management in the
advertising industry as well as practical application of organizational
planning. Topics include creative directorship, account supervision,
agency/client relations, personnel management, management
of finances, theories of leadership and a Christian world view of
management. Pre-requisite: COM 448.
COM 473 Management in Public Relations 3 Credits

A course that explores principles and theories of management as
they relate to public relations. It examines management skills in
crisis situations, media, events, personnel, networking, integrated
marketing communication, and a Christian worldview of
management. The course will also expose students to research in PR.
Pre-requisite: COM 426.
COM 496 Independent Study 3 Credits

There are times when a student may be interested in an area of
study but which for varied reasons the department may not be able
to offer. In such case a student may, in consultation with either a
member of faculty or the head of department, design a programme
of study to satisfy that interest. Pre-requisite vary.
COM 507 Communication Field Study 4 Credits

An assigned task for which the students course work has prepared
him/her and to which the student, faculty, and employer agree. The
minimum time-period for the field study is seven weeks of full time
work with the employer, or 270 clock hours. The assignment must
require competence in areas relevant to the students chosen sequence
of study and stimulate growth in those areas of competence. Under
special circumstances to be determined in consultation with the
head of department a student may replace COM 507 with Senior
Project COM 597, for example when a student has a cumulative
GPA of less than 2.5. Pre-requisite: Completion of third year and all
or most courses in the concentration area.
COM 597 Senior Project 4 Credits

In special cases students may substitute a senior project for the
communication field study. Students will turn in a 3-4 page proposal
containing enough information about the project for the faculty
advisor to assess. The paper should be an original piece of research
which includes a review of relevant literature, statement of the
problem, description of method, presentation of research findings,
interpretation of findings, and conclusions and recommendation,
or a radio or video production of a specified length. Pre-requisite:
COM 321
INS 111 Communication and Culture I 3 Credits

A course that introduces students to foundational concepts
in communication and anthropology as well as intercultural
communication. The course is built around twenty-three principles
of communication as articulated by Donald Smith with amplification
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ELECTRONIC MEDIA CONCENTRATION
1 ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

INS 111 3 INS 112 3 ACS 101 2 COM 226 3

BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 ECO 111 2 COM 263 3
ENG 111 3 ENG 112 3 INS 212 2 INS 313 3
PHY 112 2 PHL 111 3 COM 223 3
ENV 112 2 BIO 111 2 BIL 212 2 Minor or
MAT 102 2 HPE 113 1 COM 231 3 Electives 6
ART/LIT/ COM 099 0 (3) POL 111 1
MUS 111 2
___ ___ ___ ___
15 14 (17) 15 18

3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR
RET 320 2 RET 321 2 INS 412 3 COM 419 3

COM 302 3 COM 361 3 COM 468/469 3 COM 422 3
COM 243 3 COM 364 3 COM 467 3 COM 471 3
COM 264 3 COM 466 3 COM 421 3 Minor or
COM 323 3 COM 321 3 Minor or Elective 6
Minor or Minor or Elective 4
Electives 3 Electives 3
___ ___ ___ ___
17 17 16 15
June/August Block
COM 507 4
PRINT MEDIA CONCENTRATION

1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR
Semester I
Semester II Semester I Semester II
INS 111 3 INS 112 3
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 PHY 112 2 RET 320 2
ENG 111 3 ENG 112 3 ART/LIT/MUS 111 2 BIO 111 2
PHY 112 2 BIL 212 2 INS 212 2
ENV 112 2 HPE 113 1 COM 226 3 COM 263 3
ACS 101 2 COM 099 0 (3) COM 243 3 COM 323 3
ART/LIT/ MAT 102 2 COM 223 3 COM 247 3
MUS 111 2 COM 231 3
___ ___ ___ ___
15 14 (17) 18 15
3RD YEAR
Semester I Semester II 4TH YEAR
INS 313 3 RET 321 2 COM 459 3 INS 412 3
RET 320 2 COM 321 3 COM 427 3 COM 419 3
COM 302 3 COM 323 3 COM 421 3 COM 422 3
COM 349 3 COM 436 3 COM 473 3 Minor or
COM 344 3 COM 445 3 Minor or Electives 6
Minor or Minor or Electives 4
Elective 3 Elective 3 ___ ___
___ ___ 16 15
17 17
June/August Block
COM 507 4
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ADVERTISING CONCENTRATION
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

INS 111 3 INS 112 3
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 POL 111 1 COM 226 3
ENG 111 3 ENG 112 3 PHY 112 2 COM 243 3
PHL 111 3 ECO 111 2 COM 263 3
ACS 101 2 COM 099 0 (3) BIL 212 2
BIO 111 2 MAT 102 2 ENV 112 2 COM 302 3
HPE 113 1 INS 212 2 COM 223 3
ART 111 2 COM 231 3
___ ___ ___ ___
16 14 (17) 14 15
3RD YEAR
INS 313 3 COM 323 3
RET 320 2 COM 346 3 Semester I Semester II
COM 321 3 COM 448 3 COM 449 3 INS 412 3
COM 322 3 INS 412 3 COM 421 3 COM 422 3
COM 344 3 Minor or COM 459 3 COM 472 3
COM Elective 3 Electives 9 COM 419 3 Minor or
___ ___ Minor or Electives 7
17 18 Electives 3
___ ___
15 16
June/August Block
COM 507 4
PUBLIC RELATIONS CONCENTRATION
1ST YEAR
Semester I Semester II 2ND YEAR
INS 111 3 INS 112 3 Semester I Semester II
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3
ENG 111 3 ENG 112 3 POL 111 1 COM 226 3
PHL 111 3 COM 247 3
ACS 101 2 COM 099 0 (3) ECO 111 2 COM 263 3
BIO 111 2 MAT 102 2 BIL 212 2 COM 323 3
HPE 113 1 PHY 112 2 ENV 112 2 COM 302 3
ART 111 2 INS 212 2 COM 223 3
___ ___ COM 231 3 Minor or Electives 3
16 16 (19) COM 243 3___ ___
18 18
3RD YEAR
INS 313 3 COM 323 3 Semester I Semester II
RET 320 2 COM 426 3 COM 427 3 INS 412 3
COM 321 3 COM 445 3 COM 421 3 COM 422 3
COM 322 3 INS 412 3 COM 459 3 COM 473 3
COM Electives 3 Minor or COM 419 3 Minor or
Minor or Electives 6 Minor or
Electives 3 Electives 6
___ ___ ___ ___
17 18 18 9
June/August Block
COM 507 4
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Graded Certificate Courses in
Music (GCCM)
Rationale
Music plays a major role in the church and society in general. However,
many churches lack well trained musicians and instrumentalists in
music ministry. The GCCM is designed to develop musicians that
are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to provide music
leadership in the administration of the church music administration,
and to develop musicians with entrepreneurial skills needed in the
music industry. It is also designed to provide music education for
people interested in short term music training and those interested
in acquiring music knowledge and skills for further training.
Graduates in GCCM are prepared for a variety of careers includin

music producer, music composer and arranger of songs, performing
artist, instrumentalist/accompanist, theatrical musician, music
writer, music researcher, music educator, music technologist, choral
trainer, church music administrator, worship leader, music video
producer, dancer, and choreographer.
The graded certificate courses in music are designed to:
DEPARTMENT OF
1. produce qualified Christian musicians who can apply biblical
principles in the development, administration and management
of church music in Africa;
2. provide students with opportunity for developing their individual
capabilities in music through practical training;
3. produce musicians who can demonstrate the capacity to impact
HUMANITIES
their fellow musicians and congregations with positive moral
and spiritual values through their music compositions and
choice of songs for ministry;
4. equip students with aural and written theory, and composition
skills used in Africa and the West;
5. enable students to read and write music in staff and solfa
notations;
6. enhance students individual abilities in music through practical
music training;
7. equip Christian workers for evangelism, spiritual formation and
worship that is relevant to the needs of contemporary Africa;
8. produce Christian musicians who are well informed, skilled,
disciplined and knowledgeable in music for the church in Africa,
schools, and the music industry at large;
9. prepare students for further training in music education.
Applicants must fulfill the spiritual requirements that apply to the
admission of all Daystar University students. In addition, they must
demonstrate competence of the English language and have attained
O Level education or its equivalence. No prior knowledge of music
is required. Those students intending to pursue diploma in music
at Daystar University after the GCCM must have obtained at least
a C- in O Level or its equivalence and a GPA of 2.5 at GCCM
level.
Student Assessment
All quizzes, assignments, projects, tests, term papers, practical work,
and final examination will be included in the calculation of the
students final grade for a given course.
All grades below D will carry no credit and will be calculated as 0
grade point and automatically carry an F rating.
The student is allowed to repeat failed courses only once. If the
student fails the course again, s/he will be discontinued from the
program.
A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.00 must be
maintained.
Course grades are derived from continuous assessment and from
final examination as guided by the following two categories.
First category 100% Continuous Assessment, 0% Final

Examination.
Courses under this category are purely practical in orientation.
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Students are continuously graded on contact hour basis. The final Certificate In Performance
grade constitutes an average of all the grades attained throughout Term One (15 Hours) Term Two (14 Hours)
the course. The following courses fall under this category. CMU 001 3 CMU 002 2
CMU 003 2 CMU 006 3
CMU 003 Performance Instruction I CMU 005 3 CMU 004 2
CMU 004 Performance Instruction II CMU 018 3 CMU 019 4
CMU 007 Recital I CMU 007 1 CMU 008 1
CMU 008 Recital II CMU 030 3 CMU 030 2
CMU 016 Music Project Planning and Management
CMU 018 Class Instrumental/Vocal Studies &
Techniques Certificate In Church Music
CMU 026 Performance Repertoire I Term One (12 Hours) Term Two (12 Hours)
CMU 027 Performance Repertoire II CMU 001 3 CMU 002 2
CMU 028 Dance Performance CMU 003 3 CMU 006 3
CMU 031 Instrumental instruction CMU 005 3 CMU 004 2
(keyboard/guitar/voice) CMU 011 3 CMU 010 2
CMU 007 1 CMU 009 2
Second category 70% Continuous Assessment, 30% Final CMU 030 3 CMU 008 1
Examination. Courses under this category combine both knowledge CMU 030 1
and skills in music. The final grade consists of an average of written
continuous assessments and the final examinational marks. Courses Certificate In Music Business
under this category are: Term One (13 Hours) Term Two (11 Hours)
CMU 001 3 CMU 008 1
CMU 001 Basic Music Theory and Aural Skills I CMU 003 2 CMU 014 2
CMU 002 Basic Music Theory and Aural Skills II CMU 005 3 CMU 015 3
CMU 005 Biblical Foundation of Performing Arts CMU 007 2 CMU 016 2
CMU 006 Presentation, Stagecraft & Concert CMU 012 2 CMU 017 3
Organization CMU 013 2 CMU 030 2
CMU 009 Church Music Administration CMU 030 3
CMU 010 Church Music and Ministry
CMU 011 Leading Worship
CMU 012 Business Ethics in Music Certificate In Performing Arts
CMU 013 Music Business Outlets and Marketing Term One (13 Hours) Term Two (11 Hours)
CMU 014 Music Business Management CMU 001 3 CMU 002 2
CMU 015 Basic Principles of Administration & CMU 005 3 CMU 006 3
Personnel Management CMU 007 1 CMU 008 1
CMU 017 Music Production CMU 020 2 CMU 021 1
CMU 019 Music Collection and Composition for CMU 025 2 CMU 027 2
Ministry CMU 026 2 CMU 028 2
CMU 020 Performing Arts Instruction I CMU 030 3 CMU 030 2
CMU 021 Performing Arts Instruction II
CMU 022 General Teaching Methods & Administration Certificate In Teaching Music
in Music Term One (13 Hours) Term Two (11 Hours)
CMU 023 Micro-teaching CMU 001 3 CMU 002 2
CMU 024 Music Educational Planning & Human CMU 003 2 CMU 003 3
Development CMU 005 3
CMU 025 African Performing Arts CMU 007 1
CMU 029 Curriculum Development in Music CMU 024 2
CMU 030 Special Topicelective CMU 029 2
CMU 030 3
Students will be required to take music courses in their area of
concentration. They will require a minimum of 24 credit hours Term Two (12 Hours)
in the relevant and required courses to qualify for graduation with CMU 008 1
a certificate in music. Each of the certificate courses lasts for six CMU 022 3
months. There are two terms of three months each. CMU 023 1
CMU 025 2
Concentrations
There are six different certificates with different concentrations.
Outline Of Concentrations In Graded Certificate Courses

Course Credit Hours
1. Certificate In Performance 24
2. Certificate In Church Music 24
3. Certificate In Music Business 24)
4. Certificate In Performing Arts 24
5. Certificate In Teaching Music 24
6. Certificate In Instrumental Instruction 2
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Course Descriptions For GCCM CMU 007 Recital I 1 Credit
The purpose of the course is to develop the students ensemble
CMU 001 Basic Music Theory And Aural Skills I 3 Credits performance skills in music. Singing selected pieces within students
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to African and ability; playing musical instruments to accompany group songs;
Western music literacy skills (reading and writing music) and to conducting music performances; team work; song selection; sight-
develop students music aptitude and aural skills. Emphasis is placed singing songs for performances; performance skills; SATB harmony
on developing the aural skills of sight singing using tonic solfa and and singing; composition skills; choral arrangement; adaptation and
staff notations. Introduction to the grandstaff; note names, values arrangement techniques; vocal production skills; practical choral
and rests; key and time signatures, major scales in all keys in treble rehearsal techniques; and accompaniment skills and techniques.
and bass clefts, introduction to minor scales; intervals, primary triads
with their inversions and basic performance directions, sight singing CMU 008: Recital II 1 Credit
of melodies in sofa and staff notation within pentatonic scales; aural This course is a development of CMU 007: Recital I. The objectives,
dictation of melodies and rhythms up to four bars using semibreves, teaching methodology, instructional materials/equipment, and
minims, crochets, quavers and semiquavers; composing simple student assessment remain the same. Only the choice of songs/
melodies and rhythms up to 8 bars; knowledge and use of Kodalys music pieces will vary according to the students level of performance
solfa hand signs and introduction to simple four part harmony in skills and competence. Singing selected pieces within students
major keys. ability; playing musical instruments to accompany group songs;
conducting music performances; team work; song selection; sight-
CMU 002 Basic Music Theory & Aural Skills II 2 Credits singing songs for performances; performance skills; SATB harmony
This course is a development of music concepts, skills and materials and singing; advanced composition skills; choral arrangement;
acquired in CMU 001. Sight-sing melodies in diatonic major and adaptation and arrangement techniques for choirs and small singing
minor keys in both treble and bass clefts; identify and sing intervals groups; advanced vocal production skills; practical choral rehearsal
up to one octave; aural identification of harmonic and melodic forms techniques; and accompaniment skills and techniques.
of minor scales; chromatic scale; major and minor triads; clapping
and aural recognition of simple and compound time rhythms with CMU 009 Church Music Administration 2 Credits
syncopation using semi-breve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, The course aims at providing the student with basic administrative
in original and dotted notes, double sharps and flats; composing and leadership skills in the management of church music ministry
rhythm to words; four-bar rhythms and melodies; irregular time and musicians. Biblical perspective of accountability; introduction
signatures and beat divisions; harmonizing a melody; common chord to financial management; budget and audit practices; general
progressions; basic principles in choral singing; analysis of chords in procurement; maintenance of inventory; time management; church
4 parts (Roman numeral and popular chord analysis); voices in music ministries; record keeping; introduction to modern trends in
score; dominant sevenths, augmented and diminished triads. information technology; basic principles of administration; work
of boards and committees; decision making and problem solving
CMU 003 Performance Instruction I 2 Credits processes; efficient and effective administrators; planning for music
The course is designed to enable each student to acquire and develop ministry and management; and managing the church music office.
performance skills and knowledge on a chosen musical instrument.
Emphasis is placed on correct expressions, execution and techniques CMU 010 Church Music and Ministry 2 Credits
of performing the musical instrument. This course introduces the student to church music as ministry. It
The content will vary depending on the musical instrument chosen examines the use of music for worship, evangelism, and discipleship
and the students entry level/experience with the musical instrument. in the context of the African church. Definitions of terms; an
The students will be exposed to the care of instrument chosen; examination of the use of music for worship, evangelism, and
playing and/or singing techniques; the role of the instrument in discipleship; issues of African church music; identification of music
ministry; and skill development of the range and performance areas in church ministry; choral ministries; conducting and song
ability of the instrument. selection; worship and worship teams ministry and leadership;
instrumentalists and instruments; solo and group ensembles;
CMU 004 Performance Instruction II 2 Credits ministry needs for the church musicians and the congregation; music
This course is a development of CMU 003: Individual Performance as ministry; communication through music; and contemporary
Instruction I. It is designed to further advance and develop the gospel music.
students performance on his/her chosen instrument. The content
varies depending on the musical instrument chosen and students CMU 011 Leading Worship 3 Credits
previous level/experience in CMU 003: Individual Performance The course is designed to prepare the student to be an effective
Instruction I. General contents include advanced playing and/or worship leader who has a deep biblical understanding of worship.
singing techniques, and performance skill development. Definitions of worship; biblical patterns of worship; music in
worship; patterns for personal and group worship; biblical teachings
CMU 005 Biblical Foundation of Performing Arts 3 Credits on corporate worship; qualities of a worship leader; the roles of a
This course exposes the student to biblical principles, knowledge and worship team; congregational worship; practical guide to leading
understanding of music, dance and drama. Definitions of performing worship; building effective worship teams; and ministry evaluation.
arts; biblical teachings on God; biblical patterns of worship; music,
dance and drama in worship; performing arts as ministry; African CMU 012 Business Ethics in Music 2 Credits
performing arts; determining culturally appropriate performing arts The course seeks to equip the student with moral principles and
for the church; and issues in contextualization of performing arts in convictions in the music business in order to work and behave as
church worship, evangelism and discipleship. an upright person at his/her place of work. Principles of business
ethics to the world of music business; Christian concept of work;
CMU 006 Presentation, Stagecraft & Concert Organization fair employment practice; honesty in business; social responsibilities;
3 Credits relationship with competitors; work ethics; morality with advertising;
The course seeks to equip the student with production skills of major definition of ethics; structure of an ethical system; free enterprise and
musicals. Essential elements of music, dance and drama; forms and fair competition; the socially responsive manager; and a Christian in
varieties of dance and drama; production skills; voice, speech, design the business world.
and costume for productions; scenery and stage-setting for concert
productions; preparing, planning and organizing Performing Arts CMU 013 Music Business Outlets & Marketing 2 Credits
concerts; and evaluating and directing concerts. The purpose of the course is to prepare the student to perform
marketing roles and functions in the music production and service
industry. It will expose the student to a wide range of career
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opportunities in the music business. Definitions of marketing and dance elements; dance drama; dramatization; dance patterns, styles
terminology used in marketing; principles of marketing; integration and choreography; stage performance; preparing for performance;
of Christian faith and marketing; marketing opportunities in music song/music piece selection for performing arts; creating performing
business; product, price, promotion and distribution decisions; arts that educate; acting; rehearsal techniques; and presentations.
designing marketing strategies; marketing management; and music
production. CMU 021 Performing Arts Instruction II 1 Credit
This course is a development of CMU 020: Performing Arts
CMU 014 Music Business Management 2 Credits Instruction I. Elements and concepts learnt in CMU 020 will
The course aims at preparing the student for management roles in further be developed for deeper understanding. The purpose of
music business. Starting a music business; management functions; this course is to advance the performance skills of the student. An
biblical principles of stewardship; music business development; examination of drama, music and dance elements; dance drama;
book-keeping and costing; marketing, pricing and costing; risks dramatization; dance patterns, styles and choreography; stage
of music business; loan schemes and insurance; attitude and performance; preparing for performance; song/music piece selection
performances; and legal issues such as copyright laws, patents, for performing arts; creating performing arts that educate; acting;
contracts, performing laws, publishing and distribution laws. rehearsal techniques; and presentations.
CMU 015 Basic Principles of Administration and Personnel CMU 022 General Teaching Methods & Admn. Music
Management 3 Credits 3 Credits
The course is designed to prepare students for administrative This course seeks to prepare the student to be a practical and
and personnel management roles in running a music business. effective music teacher and administrator. It will assist the student
Basic principles of administration; interview skills for personnel to identify and choose the best methods and materials suitable for
selection; task clarification; discipline; orientation of new workers; his/her lessons and appropriate ways of managing the classroom.
conducting appraisal, interviews and planning for personnel Organization and planning for music lessons; techniques of teaching
development; employing and placing staff according to competency; music; nature and components of teaching and learning process;
employee relations and working with volunteers; wage and salary planning for instruction; lesson objectives; lesson plans, scheme
administration; and keeping personnel records. of work; record of work; marking scheme; effective classroom
communication; basic principles of teaching; preparation and use
CMU 016 Music Project Planning & Management 2 Credits of learning and teaching materials: electronic media, photographic,
This course prepares the student for management roles and non-projected media; graphic media, and other visual /audio media;
functions in a music business organization. It equips the student and leadership management.
with practical skills in developing music projects/businesses of his/
her choice. Identifying of investment opportunities; market and CMU 023 Micro-teaching 1 Credit
demand analysis; technical analysis; financial analysis; institutional The course aims at developing the students teaching methods,
analysis; planning and developing a music project. techniques, and confidence. Demonstration in a simulated
classroom; evaluation and critique of demonstrations.
CMU 017 Music Production 3 Credits
The course seeks to prepare students for the music production careers CMU 024 Music Edu Planning & Human Devt 2 Credits
and functions.Video, CD and audiocassette work and production This course is designed to prepare students to plan effectively for
processes; research and strategies for cassette/CD/video project; music education with specific reference to the human developmental
the distribution system; knowing your audiences musical tastes; stages/needs of their pupils/students.
selecting musical styles; music CDs/tapes/and video for Christians Definition of human development terms such as growth,
and non-Christians; programming recorded music for evangelism; development and maturation; music education; planning for music
production facilities; purchasing equipment; and management in teaching; rationale for studying child development; psychological
Christian music recording ministry. theories of Piaget, Ausubel and Bruner and their application to music
education; authorities in music education and their philosophies-
CMU 018 Class Instrumental/Vocal Studies & Techniques Zoltan Kodaly, Carl Orff, and Suzuki; music developmental stages;
3 Credits music needs of students; elements of planning and their application
The purpose of the course is to equip the student with theoretical to music education; and factors to consider in music education
understanding of their chosen instrument and ensemble planning.
performance skills. This course will be taken as a class. All students
taking similar instruments will be grouped together for instruction. CMU 025 African Performing Arts 2 Credits
Students can select African and/or Western instruments. The course This course aims at exposing the students to the history, practice,
content will vary depending on the instrument chosen. General and nature of African performing arts. An examination of the music,
topics will include historical background of instruments, harmony, dance and drama in Africa; vocal forms, history, values and cultural
ensemble performance, rehearsal techniques, varied accompaniment contexts of performing arts in Africa; traditional and contemporary
or performance techniques, tonal range of chosen instrument (s), forms of African performing arts; definitions of terms used in
theoretical and cultural issues of instrument chosen, and use of performing arts; the role of performing arts in Africa; dance drama,
instruments in African context. dance rituals, dramatized dances and songs; choreography; music
making in Africa; organology; church music in Africa; approaching
CMU 019 Music Collection & Composition for Ministry 4 Credits innovations in church music and other performing arts in Africa,
The course aims at helping the student to develop a repertoire of and presentations of African performing arts.
resource materials for use in music performances and teaching.
The course provides an essential preparation for Christian music CMU 026 Performance Repertoire I 2 Credit
composers who will enhance worship ministry. Topics include This course provides an opportunity for students to practically
repertoire selection; music and ministry; identifying song texts for develop their performance skills and to collect a large repertoire of
worship, evangelism and discipleship; composing songs for church the performing arts. Content will vary depending on chosen musicals
ministry; record-keeping of songs/pieces; principles of music ethics; for a given term. General content will include theme, songs, artistic
melodies, rhythms, text and accompaniment; and compositional interactions, dance, integration of music and other performing
styles. arts, and choice of props, movements, costumes, choreography and
performing arts.
CMU 020 Performing Arts Instruction I 2 Credits
This course prepares students to be effective and efficient African CMU 027 Performance Repertoire II 2 Credits
Christian performing artists. An examination of drama, music and This course is a development of CMU 027: Performance Repertoire
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I. New musicals will be used to add to the repertoire of the students
experiences. The objectives, content, teaching methodology,
instructional materials/equipment, and assessments remain the
same. Content will vary depending on chosen musicals for a given
term. General contents discussed and demonstrated in CMU 026:
Performance Repertoire I will be developed further.
CMU 028 Dance Performance 2 Credits

The course aims at preparing the student for dance roles and functions
in the church such as choreographer, dancer, and dance teacher.
Biblical foundation of dance; types of dance; dance choreography;
dance movements and patterns; dance styles; body language;
interpretative dances; music and dance; dance aerobics; care of the
body; diet for dancers; dancers psychological, social, physical and
spiritual well-being and performance; dance performance; dance
aerobics; and costumes.
CMU 029 Curriculum Development in Music 2 Credits

The purpose of this course is to prepare the student for music
curriculum development roles in schools, private sectors, and
churches. It will also aid students in developing and managing teaching
resources. Definition of terms used in curriculum development;
curriculum goals and objectives; social cultural and spiritual forces
affecting curriculum; psychological basis for curriculum design;
the curriculum development process with specific reference to
music education in schools (pre-school, primary, Sunday school,
music schools); formulating learning objectives; organizing subject
content; selecting learning experiences; curriculum evaluation; and
developing resources for music education.
CMU 030 Special Topic (Elective) 3 Credits

This course will only be offered to a student who has had prior music
training in music theory and aurals. If the students level is higher
than the course, CMU 001: Basic Music Theory and Aural Skills
I, s/he will be given a proficiency placement test (Written music
theory and aural tests) to determine his/her level of competency. The
minimum grade required for this test is 70% for each exam (written
and aural). A student who gets less than the required grade will need
to take CMU 001. Students who pass the proficiency placement
test will be allowed to take CMU 031. In term two, these students
will be allowed to take the special topic course for 2 credit hours in
place of CMU 002: Basic Music Theory and Aural Skills II, which
also carries 2 credit hours.
CMU 031 Instrumental Instruction (Keyboard/guitar/voice)

The course is designed to enable students to acquire and develop
performance skills and knowledge on a chosen instrument.
Emphasis is placed on correct expressions, execution and techniques
of performing the instrument. The course is open to all students/
staff and faculty of Daystar. The content will vary depending on the
instrument chosen and the students entry level/experience with the
instrument. The student will be exposed to the care of instrument
chosen; playing/singing techniques; the role of the instrument in
ministry; and skill development of the range and performance
ability of the instrument.
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Rationale
English plays a significant role in Kenya as one of the two official
languages and a medium of instruction in educational institutions.
It is used as a medium of communication orally and in written forms
in both public and private institutions.
Graduates in English can pursue a variety of vocations, including

teaching, writing, editing, journalism and such related fields as civil
service, the Christian ministry and business. Courses in Language
and Literature seek:
1. to acquaint students with both historical and current
developments in literature and language;
2. to help students develop skills of literary criticism;
3. to help students improve in their receptive and productive
abilities;
4. to promote human values as seen from a Christian perspective;
and
5. to give students a scientific insight into the structural, psychological
and sociological properties of human language in general and the
English language in particular.
In addition to the general requirements by the University, a student
BACHELOR OF
taking the Language and Literature major must have a minimum
grade of B- in English at KCSE or Credit 4 under the 0 Level
system , or 66% with systems that use percentages, or a Principal
Pass in Literature at A Level. In addition, the student must have
used English as the medium of instruction at secondary school.
ARTS DEGREE IN
Student Assessment
Course grades in this department will be derived as follows:
1. For conceptual courses (e.g. ENG 111 and ENG 210), 70%
will come from the final examinations and 30% from continuous
assessment items.
2. For courses that include a significant skill component (e.g. ENG
ENGLISH
112, ENG 314), 70% will come from the project and 30% from

1. The student must do 30 credit hours of the required courses.
2. In addition to required courses :
LANGUAGE AND
The student must take nine (9) credits from the Language electives
and nine (9) credits from the Literature electives.
Those doing English and Education major will be required to do

ENG 320 and ENG 325.
LITERATURE
English Major (non-teaching) Credit Hours
English 54
Minor 18-
22
Free Electives 2-6
TOTAL 129
Required Courses: Credit Hours
ENG 210 History and development of the

English Language 3
ENG 211 African Literature 3
ENG 212 The Phonology of English 3
ENG 213 Theory of Literature 3
ENG 214 English Structure and Usage 3
ENG 215 Oral Literature 3
ENG 314 Creative Writing 3
ENG 315 Major Trends in World Literature 3
ENG 327 Modern African Poetry 3
ENG 411 Stylistics and Literary Criticism 3
ENG 416 Advanced English syntax 3
ENG 597 Senior Project 3
TOTAL 36
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English Electives Credit Hours
a. Language (All students must choose three (3) courses, but Education
students must include ENG 320):
ENG 317 Psycholinguistics 3
ENG 320 Second Language Learning 3
ENG 408 Special Topics 3
ENG 413 Discourse Analysis 3
ENG 414 Sociolinguistics 3
ENG 496 Independent Study 3
b. Literature (All students must choose three (3) courses, but Education
students must include ENG 325):
ENG 229 Introduction to Dramatic Art 3
ENG 323 East African Literature 3
ENG 324 European Drama 3
ENG 325 Shakespeare 3
ENG 326 Survey of English Literature 3
ENG 343 Fiction Writing 3
ENG 408 Special Topics 3
ENG 412 African-American and Caribbean
Literature 3
ENG 421 The English Novel 3
ENG 496 Independent Study 3
English Minor
Rationale
The course is designed to prepare Education majors to teach English
language and literature in secondary schools in and outside Kenya.
The student will be given an opportunity to study language and
literature both for self-improvement and for enabling him/her to
teach all aspects of language and literature in schools. Specifically,
the goals of the minor are to:
1. acquaint the student with both historical and current developments
in literature and language; Course Descriptions
2. help the student improve listening, speaking, reading and writing
skills; ENG 096 Basic English 0(3) Credits
3. help the student develop skills of literary criticism; and This is a non-credit course that covers one semester. It is intended for
4. promote human values as seen from a Christian perspective. those students who come to Daystar from educational backgrounds
where English is not the medium of instruction. The only criterion
Requirements for Graduation for exemption is a TOEFL score of at least 500 out of 700 or 250
Students with a minor in English, must have accumulated 21 credit out of 300 computer based points less than two years old. Such
hours in English as follows: students are introduced to the basic English skills which will enable
Credit Hours them to do other English courses as well as all other courses taught in
English at the University. The course focuses on oral skills, grammar,
Required Courses Credit Hours intensive and extensive reading and various writing tasks. It helps
ENG 210 History and Development of the students to get intensive practice in using the English language.
English Language 3
ENG 211 African Literature 3 ENG 098 Remedial English 3 Credits
or Listening comprehension; Reading comprehension involving extracts
ENG 215 Oral Literature 3 depicting different styles of writing; Grammar, comprising parts
ENG 212 The Phonology of English 3 of speech and their functions: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives,
ENG 214 English Structure and Usage 3 adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections; Tenses; Modal
ENG 320 Second Language Learning auxiliaries; Vocabulary: common roots, synonyms, antonyms,
TOTAL 15 homonyms; Figures of speech: similes, metaphors, personification,
hyperbole, euphemism, onomatopoeia, proverbs; Sentence structure
Electives I Language (Student must choose one) and punctuation; Creative writing, including official letter writing,
Credit Hours report writing, minute writing, writing of memos and notices,
ENG 314 Creative Writing 3 essays of different types; Literature analysis of given texts.
ENG 413 Discourse Analysis 3
ENG 414 Sociolinguistics 3 ENG 111 Advanced Reading 3 Credits
ENG 496 Independent Study (in Language) 3 A variety of listening passages given regularly; Faster reading
skills: establishing reading goals, time management, dealing with
Electives II Literature (Student must choose one) bad reading habits, developing vocabulary, previewing, scanning
Credit Hours and search reading, noting relationships; Various comprehension
ENG 315 Survey of World Literature 3 passages that help the student to appreciate varieties of written
ENG 323 East African Literature 3 English: formal, informal, literary, journalistic, etc; verbal
ENG 326 Survey of English Literature 3 expressions: defining; Facts and opinions; transcoding; judging
ENG 411 Stylistic and Literary Criticism 3 interpretations; summarizing skills; critical thinking, connotations;
ENG 412 African-American and Caribbean book reviewing techniques; analysis of given texts in terms of plot,
Literature 3 themes, characterization, styles, taking exams etc.
ENG 496 Independent Study in Literature 3
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ENG 112 Advanced Writing 3 Credits organizational language; Acting and movement: techniques of acting,
Introduction to the research paper process; Using the library and use of senses and body, relaxation and concentration; Improvization:
other sources of information; Pre-writing and thesis statement; the idea, characterization development of the plot and acting;
Outliningpurpose and method; Quotations; Footnotes and Production skills: casting, rehearsals, production team, design, stage
endnotes; Tables, illustrations, numbering systems; Bibliography; management, directing; Voice and speech in drama: production of
Sentence structure: sentence types and fragmentscomma splices, sounds, variety of speeches, oral interpretation; Design of costumes
fused sentences, unbalanced sentences; Punctuation: the period, and make-up in drama: planning a production, role of costumes
capitalization, quotation marks, underlining, comma, semicolon, and reasons for make-up; Sound and lighting effects. Pre-requisites:
colon, apostrophe; Spelling; Paragraph writing: Topic sentence, ENG 111, ENG 112.
assertions and supports; deductive, inductive, combination
paragraphs; Methods of paragraph development; Types of writing: ENG 314 Creative Writing 3 Credits
expository, descriptive, argumentative, narrative; Research paper A study of the basic elements of fiction writing: plot, theme,
project. Pre-requisite: ENG 111, ICA 111 setting, atmosphere, characterization, conflict, dialogue, suspense,
flashbacks, story beginnings, story endings, climax; A critical
ENG 210 History and Devt of the English Language 3 Credits analysis of these techniques in selected stories from different writers;
The origin of English; Old English; Celtic and Christian influence on Individual writing of short stories of a given length; Elements of
English; Invasions and their influence (The Danes and the Normans); drama; A study of these elements of drama in short, one-act plays;
Latin and Greek influence on the grammar and vocabulary of Students individual writing of short, one-act plays; Elements of
English; Sound change from the Early Modern English period to the poetry; A comparative study of different poems to appreciate how
present; Standardization of English: Expansion of English; English the different techniques have been employed; Individual writing of
today. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112. poems as guided. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG 214.
ENG 211 African Literature 3 Credits ENG 315 Major Trends in World Literature 3 Credits
Study of the major concerns of African writers during the colonial This course aims at introducing students to literature as universal
and post- colonial periods. These will include anti-colonial and as a world experience. The students will therefore study selected
literature, cultural conflicts in different parts of Africa, struggle works from different regions and historical periods with the purpose
for independence, disillusionment, apartheid, current social and of enabling them to appreciate world socio-economic, political
political themes; Textual analysis of short stories, novels, plays and and philosophical experiences and hence be able to put their own
poems from leading writers in Eastern, Western, Southern and experiences into perspective. The course surveys world literature
Northern Africa. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112. by focusing on selected texts that exemplify major philosophical
and literary trends that have significantly influenced literature. The
ENG 212 The Phonology of English 3 Credits trends include classism, realism, feminism et.c. Samples from Greek
Organs of speech; Articulation of English vowels (including literature, European, Russian, Afro-American and Indian literatures
diphthongs), and consonants; Phonemic analysis and transcription; are studied. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG 214.
Stress, rhythm and intonation; Strong and weak forms and how
they occur in spoken English; Relation between English sound ENG 317 Psycholinguistics 3 Credits
and the spelling systems; American and British English; Rhoticity; Introduction to the area of study, nature and limitations of
Varieties of spoken English; The choices of a formal standard of available evidence; Child language development; Nativism
pronunciation and its uses; Appropriateness of other varieties for versus Behaviourism; Development stages; Chomskys premises;
different purposes; A comparison of English sounds with those of Syntactic approaches to child language development; Pivot
the students mother tongue. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112. grammar; Telegraphic speech; Semantic approaches; Case grammar;
Holophrases; Functional and interactional approaches; Ontogenetic
ENG 213 Theory of Literature 3 Credits and philogenetic development; Lexical development; Caretaker
General Introduction to theory of Literature; definition of literature; speech; Comparability of first and second language development;
theory, critic and criticism. Functions of Literature with special focus Animal language and attempts to teach human language to animals;
on: Plato (427-347) and Aristotle (384-322B.C), Dante Alghieri Language and the brain; Evidence for laterisation and localisation;
(1265-1321) Alexander Pope (688-1744), William Wordsworth Insights and evidence from speech disorders, surgery and autopsy;
(1770-1850), Henry James (1843-1916); Reader response criticism, Language and the mind; Memory storage and retrieval; Encoding
new criticism; structuralism, realism; romanticism; maxism, and decoding language. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG
feminism; deconstruction; cultural poetics and post-colonialism. 214.
Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG112.
ENG 320 Second Language Learning 3 Credits
ENG 214 English Structure and Usage 3 Credits The concept of a second language; The audio-lingual approach;
Traditional school of grammar; Principle elements of sentence Direct association principle; Learning by immersion; The
structure; Common sentence patterns; Parts of speech; Phrases: translation approach; Theories of learning vocabulary and grammar;
their sub-classes and internal structure; Clauses: their sub-classes First and subsequent language inference; Variability; Learning and
and internal structure; Morphological categories of number, person, communication strategies. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112,
gender, tense and mood; Practice exercises. Pre-requisites: ENG ENG 210.
111, ENG 112.
ENG 323 East African Literature 3 Credits
ENG 215 Oral Literature 3 Credits The concept of East African literature. Poetry: examples; Jared
Definition and general characteristics of oral literature; Oral poetry: Angira, Everett Standa, Amateshe, Luvai, Kassam from Kenya;
praise, pleasure, survival, relationships, gods and ancestors, protest Okot pBitek, Kalungi Kabuye, Richard Ntiru, Laban Erapu from
and satire; Oral narratives: content and form; Proverbs: form, Uganda; Noah Ndosi , Richard S. Malaba, Eric Ngmaryo, Bahadur
style and content; Riddles: style and content; field techniques and Tejani from Tanzania. Drama: Francis Imbuga from Kenya, John
methods. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112. Ruganda from Uganda, Hussein from Tanzania. Prose: Ngugi
wa Thiongo from Kenya, Taban Lo Liyong from Uganda, Eric
ENG 229 Introduction to Dramatic Art 3 Credits Ngmaryo from Tanzania. These may be changed from time to time
The history and development of drama: Greek, Medieval, to include new authors. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112.
Renaissance, Elizabethan, Western and African; Essentials of drama:
(a) Characterization, conflict, plot, performance, meaning (b) ENG 324 European Drama 3 Credits
Forms: tragedy, comedy, ritual; Variety of drama: play, musical, A historical survey of European drama ; Major thematic concerns
dance-drama; Script writing and development: raw material, of chosen European dramatists; Such themes as love, nature versus
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the supernatural, class struggle and the implications will be studied; written discourse; The role of context in interpretation; Discourse
Playwrights like Shakespeare, Marlowe, Henrik, Ibsen, Homer, topic; Cohesion; Coherence; Analysis of discourse. Pre-requisites:
Chekov, etc. will be studied; Changes in European drama through ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG 214.
time e.g. the shift from gods to man and nature as influencing
mans character. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112. ENG 414 Socio Linguistics 3 redits
The meaning and domain of socio-linguistics in the study of
ENG 325 Shakespeare 3 Credits language; The linguistic principles and methods involved in the
The course will deal with chosen plays and poems by Shakespeare. study of geographical, social and stylistic variations within languages;
These will be chosen from four categories namely: comedies, Language and human interactions; Bilingualism, multilingualism;
histories, tragedies and poems. Life and times of Shakespeare Pidgins and creoles, lingua franca; Speech communities; Idiolect,
comedies such as The Comedy of Errors, Much ado About dialect, languages in contact (transfer, code switching and language
Nothing, A Midsummer Nights Dream; Histories such as shift); Language and culture and how they affect modes of thinking;
King Richard the Second, King Henry the Fifth, King John, Language choice and language planning; Policy with regard to
King Richard the Third; Tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet, education, administration, commerce; Language registers; Language
Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet; Poems such situation in Kenya and the roles of former colonial languages,
as Sonnets, A Lovers Complaint, Venus and Adonis, The indigenous languages in Kenya and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Passionate Pilgrim. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112. Pre-requisites: All ENG 200 level courses.
ENG 326 Survey of English Literature 3 Credits ENG 416 Advanced Grammar 3 Credits
Early English literature (from antiquity to the 15th Century); 15th Introduction to the study of syntax; traditional approaches to
- 18th Century English literature; 19th - 20th Century English syntax; structural approach to syntax; basic English syntax; the
literature; Major movements in English literature (a) Romanticism simple sentence; the verb phrase; noun, pronoun and the basic
(b) Realism (c) Socialism. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112. noun phrase; adjectives and adverbs; the verb; adjuncts, disjuncts,
conjuncts; sentence connection; complex sentence; focus, theme
ENG 327 Modern African Poetry 3 Credits and emphasis. Pre-requisites: All 200 level courses.
The study will focus on the rise of modern African poetry, its origin
and growth; Major features of African poetry case studies, e.g. ENG 421 The English Novel 3 Credits
pBitek and the cultural revolutions; A study of poetry from different The rise of the novel: Contribution of philosophers such as Descartes,
regions, i.e. poets from North, South, West, East and Central Africa. John Locke, Thomas Reid, etc.; The rise of the reading republic,
Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG 214. social change, e.g. effects of the industrial revolution movements that
have affected the English novel: Realism, Romanticism, Naturalism,
ENG 343 Fiction Writing 3 Credits Surrealism, Formalism, Art for Arts sake, Social Darwinism, etc.
Plot structure; characterization; theme; viewpoint; dialogue; Points of view and the narrative modes of the English novel: First
suspense and suprise; flashbacks and transitions; beginnings and person, Omniscient narrator and other aspects of the novel; Critical
endings; emotions and conflicts; setting; language style; The short examination of novels by chosen English Novelists, e.g. Defoe,
story and the novel. Pre-requisites: ENG 112, ENG 213, ENG Richardson, Fielding, Dickens, Austen, D.H. Lawrence, Conrad,
214. E.M. Forster, James Joyce etc.; The place of modern theory in
the English novel; Deconstruction, Feminism, New Historicism,
ENG 408 Special Topics in Language & Literature 3 Credits Psycho-analysis, etc. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112.
The course will be offered when students wish to study areas in
language or literature which are not in the Daystar curriculum. The ENG 496 Independent Study 3 Credits
course is intended to enrich what students have studied in Language This will depend on the area of study that the student wants
and Literature. The topic chosen may not have the same content as to explore. Students are free to choose study areas from either
any required course or an already chosen elective in any department Language or Literature, as long as they do not have the same content
at Daystar. The course will be taught when there is faculty with as a required course or a chosen elective.
interest and expertise in that area and a complete course outline
approved by the Faculty Board is availed to the student. Examples Examples:
of proposed areas of study include the English verb phrase; Error Study of a particular author in prose, drama or poetry; Study of a
analysis; The noun phrase; North American literature; African particular theme from different authors; A comparative study of
drama; Drama in education; Women in African literature; Women style in specific texts; A comparative study of the effects of the sound
writers; Generative phonology; Transformational syntax and system of a specific first language on speakers of English as a second
pragmatics. Contents of the course may change from semester to language; Gender issues in literature or language; A comparative
semester. Pre-requisites: All 200 level courses. study of sentence patterns between a specific language and English;
Error analysis; Aspect and mood; Textual analysis with special
ENG 411 Stylistics and Literary Criticism 3 Credits reference to school textbooks; Oral literature a Comparative
General introduction to the concepts of style and stylistics, language Study. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG 112, ENG 214.
and criticism; An overview of literary criticism beginning with
clasical times to the present; Literature and language use: inflections, ENG 597 Senior Project 3 Credits
word formation, fore-grounding, lexico-semantic choices in literary The course enables students to apply what they have learned in their
style,syntax; Literature and style. Pre-requisites: ENG 111, ENG major fields of study through a written research paper. A students
112, ENG 214. topic must meet departmental approval. The student will submit
a 3-4 page proposal stating: the problem, objectives of study,
ENG 412 African-American &Caribbean Literature 3 redits method of study, preliminary outline of study, expected results,
Introduction I: Landmarks in African-American Literature. tentative bibliography. The final paper will be typed and should
Introduction II: Landmarks in Caribbean Literature; African- contain: statement of the problem, objectives of study, literature
American, Caribbean literature and history. Major thematic review, methods, presentation of the research findings, analysis of
concerns of the author in the Caribbean and African-American the findings, conclusions and recommendations. The writing of the
regions; Perspective, style and innovation in literary art from the paper will be reviewed every week. Pre-requisite: 33 credit hours in
two regions. Pre-requisites: All ENG 200 and 300 level courses. Language and Literature.
ENG 413 Discourse Analysis 3 redits FRE 111 Beginning French I 3 Credits
The meaning of discourse in the study of language; The domain and Introduction includes how to greet people and introduce oneself in
objectives of discourse analysis: functions of language; Spoken and French, different kinds of professions; French phonetics; Numbers
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and French alphabet; Days of the week, months of the year and
telling time; French regular verbs; Forming simple sentences in
present tense; Negation using the words Ne Pas; Interrogation;
Articles, both definite and indefinite plurals; Presentation - voici,
voila, il ya ....; Demonstrative and possessive adjectives; Pronouns;
Tenses; Irregular verbs and verbs of other categories; French
expressions, polite and impolite language; Reading aloud of texts
and making conversation on different topics such as ordering a meal
in a restaurant, looking for a house to rent.
FRE 112 Beginning French II 3 Credits

The preposition a and the article; Questions with quel, quelle(s);
Imperativepositive and negative; Verbs simple present; Indirect
interrogation; Pronominal verbs; Adjectives; Tenses (futur proche,
passe compose); The pronoun moi with imperative; Interrogation
using qui; Reciprocal verbs; Answering using the words parce que;
Expression of quantity; The past tense with etre as auxiliary; The
past tense of auxiliary verbs; Construction of sentences using the
infinitive; The past tense using il y a. Pre-requisite: FRE 111
KIS 111 Beginning Kiswahili I 1 Credit

Introduction: A short introduction to the Kiswahili language; The
language situation geographically and historically; Dialects and
related languages; Greetings; Morphology: Vowels and consonants;
The syllable; Sentence formation; Verb forms infinitive, imperatives
and plurals; The Noun Classes: Introduction to noun classes.
M-Wa class: its pronominal concords, prefixes; possessives and
demonstrative agreements; Adjectives: types and their pronominal
concords; Other noun classes and their agreements will be dealt
with as above. Diminutive and Augmentative forms; The Phrase
Structure: Noun Phrases, verb phrases and prepositional phrases;
Adverbs: Adverbial concepts and prefixes Pa - Definite, Ku-
indefinite, etc; Complex structures with amba, ingine -enye, ndi
and si; Conclusion: Miscellaneous notes/and drills. Pre-requisite:
KIS 111.
KIS 112 Beginning Kiswahili II 3 Credits

Introduction: To discuss and revise the work covered in KIS
111, to establish a systematic grammatical structure base for KIS
112; Verb Forms; Reciprocal, prepositional, passive, etc; Negative
tenses prefixes, present and past; The Ja tense; The Ki tense
conditional and present participle; The Ka verb tense; Subjunctive;
The Relatives: Amba and Infixes, general relative, manner and
time; Adjectives: compound adjectives, comparison of adjectives,
-ote, -oenye, etc; Prepositions and Conjunctions coordinating
conjunctions, subordinating; Adverbs Adverbial concepts, prefixes
Ku, Pa, Mu, adverbial concepts and phrases; Nouns; Noun
formation from verbs; Nouns Diminutives, augmentatives and
collectives; Conclusion: general revision.
LIT 111 Literature 2 Credits

This course provides an introduction to Literature, different genres
and concept of literature, different themes addressing a variety of
contemporary issues, e.g. Love, Human Suffering, Culture conflict,
Racism, Religion and Gender issues. The primary aim of the course
is to sensitize the student to the universality of some of these themes
regardless of differences in culture, race, age or ethnicity.
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SUGGESTED FOUR YEAR PROGRAMME
1ST YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR 2ND YEAR
Semester 1 Semester II
Semester 1 Semester II
INS111 3 POL111 1
BIL111 3 BIL 112 3 ECO111 2 ENG215 3
ENG098 or 111 3 ENG112 3 INS212 2 BIL212 2
MAT 102 2 PHY112 2 ENG 211 3 BIO111 2
HPE113 1 ELECTIVES 3 ENG212 3
ENV112 2 INS112 3 LIT/MUS/ART 2 ENG214 3
PHIL111 3 FREE ELEC 3 ENG210 3 ENG Electives 3
16 16 15 16
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

Semester 1 Semester II Semester 1 Semester II
ACS 101 2 RET 321 2 ENG 597 3 ENG Electives 6
RET 320 2 ENG 327 3 INS 412 3 FREE Electives 12
INS 313 3 ENG 411 3 FREE Electives 10
ENG 314 3 ENG 411 3 16 18
ENG 315 3 ENG Elecives 6
ENG ELECTIVES 3
16 17
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Rationale
As a result of the implementation of the free primary education,
there is an increased demand for school teachers. The demand for
higher qualifications in every profession also necessitates the crea-
tion of an education program that would meet that need among
serving teachers. Daystar University would train teachers that will
provide high quality instruction in different disciplines. Africa re-
quires people who are intrinsically motivated by their Christian
moral values to discern right or wrong and act in the best interest of
their neighbours and society.
The Bachelor of Education Programme is committed to inculcating

Christian values through integration of faith and learning. This is an
effort to rid the African continent of such evils as corruption, greed,
crime, moral decadence and violence.
There is also a growing number of Christian schools which require

teachers who can integrate their faith with their profession. In addi-
tion, the restructuring of the education programme emanates from
BACHELOR OF
the need to harmonise it with the other four-year programmes at
Daystar University and at other private and public Universities.
Specifically, the goals of the major are to:

By the end of the programme, the student should be able to:
EDUCATION
1. apply curriculum theory and the teaching pedagogy in the
development of instructional programmes for school classes,
institutions and nations;
2. interpret, implement and evaluate curriculum in the learning

environment for various levels of school system;
DEGREE 3. use appropriate instructional strategies and educational media

effectively to promote learning;
4. develop and implement appropriate visions, missions, plans and
(ARTS/SCIENCE)
management strategies for schools;
5. use both intellectual and professional capacity to integrate their

Christian faith with their teaching profession in the context of
the diverse and transformed African cultural heritage;
6. practice servant leadership at different managerial levels of the

education system in contemporary Africa;
7. acquire professional qualifications for higher studies or responsi-

bilities in the field of education;
8. be thoroughly competent in at least two subject areas;
9. impact their students and communities with positive moral and

spiritual values.
Students must meet the general admission requirements of the Uni-
versity undergraduate programme plus any special requirements
that apply to their teaching subjects.
Student Assessment
Final course grades in this department will be derived as below:
1. Marks for Teaching Practice will be derived 60% from field
observation, and 40% from students and schools reports.
2. Marks for Micro Teaching, Educational Media and Teaching
Methods will be derived 30% from final examination and 70% from
3. Marks for all other courses will be based 70% from final
examination and 30% from continuous assessment items.
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Requirements for Graduation Course Description and Exemptions
To be eligible for graduation, a student shall be required to take
142 (one hundred and forty two) credit hours and attain a cumula- EDU 111 History of Education 2 Credits
tive GPA of at least 2.00. The courses will be distributed as shown Definition of history; definition of education; purpose of studying
below: history of education; historical development of historical ideas from
Credit Hours antiquity to the present: Egyptian, Hebrew, Sumerian, Chinese,
General Education 30 Indian, Greek, Roman, Islamic civilizations, the rise of medieval
Education 46 universities, the age of the Renaissance, the Protestant reformation;
2 Teaching methods 6 meaning and impact of their influence on thought towards the rise of
2Teaching subjects 60 modern science and technology; factors that influenced the growth
TOTAL 142 of education during the twentieth century with particular emphasis
Core Courses Comprise The Following: on Africa; historical background on the trends and development of
Educational Foundations education in Kenya from the pre-colonial era to the present.
Credit Hours
EDU 111 Historical of Education 2 EDU 112 Philosophy of Education 2 Credit
EDU 112 Philosophical Foundations of Education 2 Definition of philosophy; meaning of philosophy of education;
EDU 214 Sociology of Education & Contemporary Issues 3 purpose of studying philosophy of education; branches in philoso-
EDU 323 Comparative Education 3 phy; nature, meaning and relevance of philosophy of education in
teaching and learning; major schools of thought in philosophy of
Educational Psychology education from antiquity to the contemporary scene; the concept of
EDU 220 Introduction to Educational Psychology 3 education; criteria and aims of education; worldview and nature of
EDU 222 Human Growth and Development 3 humankind; formulation of African philosophy of education; theo-
EDU 226 Exceptional Children 3 ries of knowledge and their relevance in education; value of educa-
EDU 310 Guidance and Counseling 3 tion in contemporary Africa; education and value choices; educa-
EDU 322 Educational Tests and Measurements 3 tion and scheme of values; democracy and education; democracy in
education; Christian view of education in the context of the human
Teaching Strategies and Technology quest for the application of knowledge towards national develop-
EDU 223 General Teaching Methods 3 ment. (Prerequisite EDU 111
EDU 224 Educational Technology and Media 3
EDU 507 Teaching Practice (3 months) 6 EDU 214 Sociology of Edu and Contemporary Issues 3 Credits
Meaning of sociology, definition and meaning of society; origin and
development; branches of sociology; relation of sociology to other
Curriculum Development and Educational Administration
social sciences; theories and methods of sociology; family social po-
EDU 225 Curriculum Planning and Development 3
sition: socio-economic status, race, religion, social system, family
EDU 431 Educational Administration and Planning 3
structure and interrelations; effects of gender on personal abilities,
personality traits, motivation and socialization; Individual abilities:
Environmental Education
I.Q, its origin, cognitive style, creativity and testing consequences;
EDU 432 Environmental Education 3
the school as a social system: principal, teachers, special service per-

sonnel, the students; classroom role structure, student/teacher roles,
Total 46
teacher structure, relationship; the effectiveness of the school: char-
A student is required to take 6 credit hours of teaching methods acteristics of students, school size, social context, equality of educa-
from the following: tional opportunity; school environment: school board, government
role in education, centralized vs. decentralized school system and
EDU 361 Teaching Methods: Language 3 policy, effects of external examination; cross-cultural comparison of
EDU 362 Teaching Methods: Literature 3 societies and schools: relations of societies and schools, work ideolo-
EDU 365 Teaching Methods: Christian Rel. Edu 3 gies, moral instruction, vocational training, cross cultural difference
EDU 367 Teaching Methods: Music 3 in achievement; some social issues in education today: social, marital
EDU 368 Teaching Methods: Business 3 and family problems, adolescents, juvenile delinquents; educational
EDU 370 Teaching Methods: Mathematics 3 problems, religious conflicts, poverty, inequality, unemployment;
EDU 372 Teaching Methods: Computer Science 3
General Education Courses

INS 111 Communication and Culture 1 3
INS 112 Communication and Culture 11 3
BIL 111 Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3
BIL 112 New Testament Introduction and Survey 3
BIL 212 Introduction to Bible Doctrine 2
ENV 112 Environmental Science 2
ART 111/MUS 111/LIT 111 Art/Music/Literature 2
ACS 101/2 Basic Computer Skills 2
ENG 111 Advanced Reading 3
RET 320 Christianity and Islam in Africa 2
BIO 111 Biology 2
Those who wish to teach Computer Science should take ACS 102
instead of ACS 101.
TOTAL 30
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population problems, birth rate, health, minority groups, class con- curriculum; development; social and cultural forces affecting curric-
flict; HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. (Prerequisite EDU 111) ulum; philosophical and psychological bases for curriculum design;
curriculum designs and patterns; the curriculum development proc-
EDU 220 Introduction to Educational Psychology 3 Credits ess with special emphasis on the development of schools curriculum
Definition of educational psychology; importance of educational in Kenya; domains of learning; formulating learning objectives; or-
psychology in learning; Behavioral theories of learning and their ganizing subject content; selecting learning experiences; curriculum
educational implications; Classical Conditioning, Operant condi- interpretation, implementation and assessment; developing a cur-
tioning, Social learning; Concepts and theories of reinforcement riculum unit; curriculum evaluation. (Prerequisite EDU 223)
and punishment in the classroom; Cognitive theories of learning;
Piagets theory of cognitive development; Chomskys theory of lan- EDU 226 Exceptional Children 3 Credits
guage development; Kohlers theory of emotional development; In- Definition of key terms and concepts in exceptional children; cat-
dividual differences; I.Q., Ability grouping, Reading ability; Blooms egories of exceptional children: gifted and talented, children with
taxonomy of educational objectives and its relevance and effective- learning disabilities, visually impaired, hearing impaired, physically
ness in teaching; Cognitive processes; memory; Theories of motiva- challenged, mentally challenged, aggressive children, withdrawn
tion and their application to classroom instruction; Approaches to children, emotionally disturbed children, children living under diffi-
classroom management. cult circumstances street children, refugee children, slum children,
children of prisoners, abused and neglected children, child labor-
EDU 222 Human Growth and Development 3 Credits ers, children affected by HIV and AIDS, children in rehabilitation
Introduction to developmental theories and exceptionalities in hu- homes; factors contributing to exceptional children; assessment of
man growth and development. The meaning of change and delayed exceptional children; interventional strategies for exceptional chil-
change; principles of development and history of child development dren; institutions and interventional programmes for exceptional
and education; theories of human development, cognitive, affective, children; current trends and immerging issues with regard to ex-
social, physical, psychosocial, humanistic etc. Pre-natal, neo-natal, ceptional children; advocacy for the rights of exceptional children.
postnatal development; birth process African and Western ap- (Prerequisite EDU 220, EDU 222)
proaches Lamase; Leboyer approaches; beliefs, taboos, of births,
motor, language, personality, social, emotional development; tradi- EDU 310 Guidance and Counselling 3 Credits
tional child rearing practices birth, naming and adolescents cer- Definition of guidance and counseling; distinction between guid-
emonies meaning and definitional children; historical background ance and counseling; significance of guidance and counseling in
of special education in developed world and Africa; types, charac- early childhood development; theories and principles of guidance
teristics and causes of exceptionalities, early intervention; assess- and counseling; psychodynamics; ethics of counseling; qualities and
ment screening, referrals and services of the handicapped children; skills of an effective counselor; types of counseling; counseling pro-
educational policies; advocacy and pressure groups for handicapped cedures; behavioral problems in early childhood education; skills in
children and youth. (Prerequisite EDU 220) guiding and counseling children; challenges of counseling. (Prereq-
uisitesEDU 220, EDU 222, EDU 226)
EDU 223 General Teaching Methods 3 Credits
The concept of education; goals and objectives of education; agen- EDU 322 Educational Tests and Measurements 3 Credits
cies of education; types of education; nature and components of Definitions of tests, measurements and evaluation; classifications of
teaching and learning process; a systems approach to classroom tests; purposes of tests; test construction: taxonomies of educational
instruction; educational aims and instructional objectives; Blooms objectives, table of specification, test item types; administration and
Taxonomy of educational objectives; principles of teaching; teach- scoring of tests; item analysis; distractor analysis, item difficulty and
ing strategies (e.g. lecture, discussion, project, field trip, debate); discrimination; scales of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval,
introduction to the range of media in learning; communication in ratio; frequency tables and graphs; measures of central tendency;
the classroom; planning for instruction (syllabus, scheme of work, mode, median, mean, percentiles; measures of dispersion; range,
lesson plan, record of work); preparation and use of learning and variance, standard deviation; distribution curves and converted
teaching materials; preparation and use of learning/teaching mate- scores: skewness, z- and t-scores; correlations; Rank Difference and
rials; measurement and evaluation; motivation and reinforcement; Pearson Product Moment; reliability; test retest, parallel forms, in-
individual differences ternal consistency, standard error of measurement; validity; content,
construct, predictive and concurrent. (Prerequisite EDU 220, EDU
EDU 224 Educational Technology and Media 3 Credits 222, EDU 226)
Definition of terms; concept of educational technology: instruction-
al design, systems approach to instruction; communication process: EDU 323 Comparative Education 3 Credits
communication model and learning, communication interactions Definition of comparative education; the aim of schools, schools
in the classroom, barriers to communication and the way to over- and the community; the major contrasting educational systems;
come them, effective communication in the class-room; visual com- education in Britain goals, objectives, structure; education in USA
munication in learning; verbal and non-verbal aspects of communi- and Canada; education in Russia, Japan and South Korea. Educa-
cation in the classroom; non-projected media: chalkboard, graphics, tion in France, Germany; education in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and
charts, posters, still pictures and three dimensional materials; dis- South Africa. (Prerequisite EDU 111, EDU 112)
play boards: flannel, peg, magnetic, felt boards; projected media:
overhead projector, multimedia projector, slides, films strips, TV, EDU-361Subject Methods (English Language) 3 Credits
video, DVDs, CDs, VCDs; audio: tape recording, educational radio The development of skills necessary for the teaching of English as
and broadcasting to schools; audio-visual; realia: dioramas, speci- a second language; Aims and objectives of English language; ap-
men, models (textbooks, magazines, newspapers), community re- proaches to teaching pronunciation, grammar, reading and writing;
sources; computer: online instruction, computer based instruction; Evaluative and critical study of books and other materials for lan-
duplication of materials (duplicating machine, photocopier). guage teaching; Development of instruments to measure language
skills; Recognition and identification of various purposes for which
EDU 225 Curriculum Development 3 Credits English is used; Current issues and problems to the teaching of Eng-
Meaning of curriculum; curriculum goals and objectives; theories of lish as a second language; The relationship between literature and
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language in the curriculum; Construction of schemes of work, Les- EDU- 370 Teaching Methods (Mathematics) 3 Credits
son plans and Records of work; Identification, selection, acquisition, An introduction to Mathematics education philosophy and
development and use of resources; Evaluation of English learning. foundation of Mathematics; what is Mathematics; general goals
(Prerequisite EDU 223, EDU 224) and objectives of teaching Mathematics; the secondary school
Mathematics curriculum and syllabus; psychology and teaching
EDU-362 Subject Methods (Literature in English) 3 Credits of Mathematics; learning and instructional theories in teaching
Aims and objectives of Literature in English; Approaches to teaching Mathematics lessons; techniques of teaching Mathematics; models
oral literature, poetry, drama, novel and short stories; An evaluative for teaching and learning the objects of Mathematics (arithmetic,
and critical study of books and other materials for the teaching of algebra, geometry); teaching/learning resources in Mathematics;
Literature in English; The development of instruments to measure planning to teach Mathematics; testing students learning in
learning in Literature in English; Recognition and identification of Mathematics (types of tests, examination marking schemes); micro
various purposes for which Literature in English is used; Current teaching (demonstrations in a simulated classroom; evaluation of
issues and problems to the teaching of Literature in English in sec- demonstrations). (PrerequisiteEDU 223, EDU 224)
ondary schools in Kenya; The relationship between Language and
Literature in English in the curriculum; Evaluation of learning in EDU- 372 Teaching Methods (Computer Science) 3 Credits
Literature in English. Schemes of work, lesson plans, and records of Introduction to Computer Science education philosophy and
work; Identification, selection, acquisition, development and use of foundation of Computer Science, general goals and objectives
learning resources. (Prerequisite EDU 223, EDU 224) of Computer Science; the secondary school Computer Science
curriculum and syllabus; learning and instructional principles
EDU-365 Subject Methods (Christian Religious Edu) 3 Credits in teaching Computer Science lessons; models for teaching and
The nature of Religious Education and its place in school: Its contri- learning Computer Science; teaching/learning resources.
bution to the upbringing of upright and responsible citizens; Ethics:
Spiritual development in the adolescent, Character formation and EDU 431 Education Administration and Planning 3 Credits
the nature of religious experience; The Education Act of 1968 and An introduction to the theory and practice in organizational leadership,
its implications to the teaching of Religious Education; Approaches management and planning with particular emphasis on education
to the teaching of Religious Education; Organization and planning as an organization; principles of organization; definition of major
for teaching: Syllabus, Schemes of work, Lesson plans, Preparation terms and concepts such as organization, leadership management,
of class work and Records of work, Development, Improvisation administration, planning, organizational theory, management and
and use of learning resources; Measurement and evaluation of Reli- organizations; organizational planning, span of control and levels of
gious Education. (Prerequisite EDU 223, EDU 224) management; selected theories of management: Maslows hierarchy
of needs, McGregors X and Y theories that influence educational
EDU 367 Subject Methods (Music) 3 Credits administration: Herzbergs theory of motivation, bureaucracy,
Development of principles of teaching Music skills and concepts; organizational leadership; communication as a tool of organizational
Philosophical, psychological and sociological basis of teaching Mu- management; the school as an organization, school administration,
sic; Systems approach to teaching and learning; Preparation for basic considerations in leadership management, education system
teaching writing schemes of work, lesson plans and records of as an organization; the Kenya educational structure: the Education
work; Identification, selection, acquisition, development and use of Act as legal instrument for governance; organizational structure
resources; Evaluation of Music Learning; Core activities. (Prerequi- of the Ministry of Education, educational planning; rationale for
sites EDU 223, EDU 224) educational planning, policies in educational planning, financing of
education, the cost sharing policy.
EDU-368 Subject Methods (Business /Economics) 3 Credits
The nature of business studies and its role in the school curriculum; EDU-432 Environmental Education 3 Credits
the business studies syllabus; instructional objectives for business Foundations and perspectives of environmental education; the earth:
studies; role of mathematics in teaching business studies; strate- its environmental systems and resources; environmental manage-
gies of teaching business studies; preparation of schemes of work, ment, demography and the environment; human settlements; eco-
lesson plans and records of work covered; appropriate learning re- systems; society culture and environmental awareness; source of
sources (identifying, selecting, acquiring and developing resources); energy: renewable and non-renewable resources; deforestation and
purpose of measurement and evaluation of business studies; testing desertification; water resource policy; environmental conservation;
students learning in business studies (types of tests, examination environment and human health; environmental economics; nucle-
marking schemes); micro teaching (demonstrations in a simulated ar science and radiation; global warming and loss of stratospheric
classroom; evaluation of demonstrations). (Prerequisite EDU 223, ozone; weathering; soil erosion and earthquakes; technology and
EDU 224) settlement; development and environment; chemicals and envi-
ronment; pesticides and pest control; legal aspects of environment;
teaching of environmental education in the secondary schools.
EDU 507 Teaching Practice 6 Credits

Demonstration of acquired knowledge and skills in a classroom
situation; class control and discipline; preparation of detailed
and appropriate schemes of work for the term; preparation and
utilization of appropriate lesson plans in the classroom as well as
supportive teaching notes and teaching/learning resources; updated
records for every class taught; setting classroom tests and other
forms of assessments; preparation of schemes of work; administering
tests, scoring and grading of scores; effective evaluation of learning;
participation in various school activities as assigned to him/her
by the schools administration; perfecting of teaching skills by
integrating the assessors input after every assessment; report on the
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teaching practice experience at the end of the school term; strategies The following courses fall under this category:
of teaching; handling exceptional learners. MUS 111 Music in Africa
MUS 112 Music Literacy in Theory & Practice I
Minor in Music MUS 211 Music Literacy in Theory & Practice II
MUS 213 I Instrumental Instruction I
Rationale MUS 213 II Instrumental Instruction II
The Music minor programme is designed to help students to acquire MUS 215 Music Technology and Media
knowledge and skills in music as well as promote the application of MUS 216 Music Production and Documentation
these skills in the communication and contextualization of the gospel MUS 315 The Performing Arts
in Africa. Many churches and schools in Africa lack qualified and MUS 313 Advanced Music Literacy in Theory & Practice
trained musicians. The program therefore seeks to equip students MUS 215 Communication through Music
with musical skills and understanding which will enable them to MUS 321 Music Composition
carry out their roles effectively. The specific goals of a music minor MUS 411 Church Music
programme are: MUS 412 Ethnomusicological Survey of World Music
MUS 314 Music Teaching
1. to produce qualified Christian musicians (choir directors for MUS 496 Independent Study in Music
school and church music festivals, worship leaders and ministers MUS 408 Special topics in Music
of music) capable of using music effectively to communicate the
gospel of Jesus Christ in the African Christian Church. Grading for this course will depend on the area of study selected.
2. to widen students understanding of an international range For certain kinds of topics, the first category of grading will be
of musical cultures, equip them with a foundational grasp of the applied while for others, the second category will be applicable.
history of music of different cultural procedures and the role of
music in contemporary society. Required Courses
3. to provide students with opportunities for developing their MUS 112 Music Literacy in theory 3
individual abilities in music through practical training. MUS 113 Introduction to Choral Singing 1
4. to equip students with advanced skills in aural and written theory, MUS 211 Music Literacy in Theory II 3
harmony and composition as well as reading and writing music in MUS 213 I Instrumental Instruction I 1
staff and solfa notations. MUS 213 II Instrumental Instruction II 1
5. to enhance students general musicianship through choir training MUS 315 The Performing Arts 2
and conducting, composition and adjudication. MUS 312 Conducting 2
6. to prepare students for further education in music. MUS 321 Music Composition 3
7. to equip students with the necessary skills for effective music MUS 411 Church Music 3
teaching in schools and teacher training institutions. MUS 412 Ethnomusicological Survey
8. to enable students to contribute to the National Consciousness of World Music 3
of their cultural heritage through participation in musical events TOTAL 22
and research.
Electives in Music Credit Hours
Admission Requirements MUS 215 Music Technology and Media 3
Applicants must fulfil entry requirements that apply to the admission MUS 216 Music Production and
of all Daystar undergraduate students. In addition, they must have Documentary 3
obtained at least a grade C+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary MUS 313 Advanced Music Literacy in
Education (KCSE) or its equivalent in Music. Theory 3
MUS 314 Teaching Music 3
Student Assessment MUS 408 Special topics in Music 3
a. All quizzes, assignments, projects, tests, term papers, practical MUS 496 Independent Study in Music 3
work and the final examination will be included in the calculation
of the students final grade for a given course. Students who demonstrate by standardized examination a prior
b. All grades below D will carry no credit and will be calculated as mastery of the content of a course will not be asked to take the
zero grade point and automatically carry an F rating. course again, but will instead substitute an equal number of hours
c. The student is allowed to repeat failed courses only twice. If the in elective music courses
failed course is a required course, the student will be discontinued
from the programme.
d. A cumulative grade point average (G.P.A) of at least 2.00 must
be maintained.
e. Course grades for this major are derived from the continuous
assessment items and from the final examination as guided by the
following two categories.
First Category-100%Continuous Assessment, 0% Final Exam.

Courses under this category are purely practical in orientation.
Students are continuously graded on contact hour basis. The final
grade constitutes an average of all the grades attained throughout
the course. The following course falls under this category:
MUS 113 Introduction to Choral singing
Second Category-70% Continuous Assessment, 30% Final Exam.

Courses under this category combine both knowledge and skills in
Music. Students are required to apply the knowledge acquired by
giving elaborate musical performances applicable to each area of
study. The final grade consists of an average of written Continuous
Assessments, Mid-Semester Examination, Performances and the
Final Examination marks.
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Course Descriptions meaningful musical growth from her/his entry level. Each student
is expected to go through two consecutive semesters of the chosen
MUS 111 Music in Africa 2 Credits instrument leading to the proficiency examination. The course can
Definition and meaning of major terms and concepts such as be repeated twice or thrice for the credit on the same instrument or
ethnomusicology, musical culture, musical syncretism and musical a different instrument. Pre-requisite: MUS 112.
acculturation; Role of music in the African societies; Characteristics
of African music; Study, functions and categorization of African MUS 215 Music Technology and Media 3 Credits
musical instruments; African vocal music and style (including Composing and selecting music to enhance media communication
African popular music); African dances and dance dramas; Process through television, radio, film, audio, and video recordings;
of musical acculturation in Africa; Characteristics of contemporary computer music software, cassettes, discs, staff/solfa notaion in
African music; Approaches in ethnomusicology; History of software, composition, sight reading with appropriate feedback.
church music in Africa; Characteristics of African church music; Employing music in mass communication products-sound effects,
Approaching innovations in church music and worship in Africa. pacing, cueing, stimulus variation; Primary and secondary music for
television, film video and radio; developing traditional folk media
MUS 112 Music Literacy in Theory and Practice 1 3 Credits forms like dance and drama, and integrating it with extending
Understanding the grand staff, note names, leger lines, note values media; communication principles for selecting music for any
and rests, accidentals, key and time signatures, major scales in all medium; using foreign music media.
keys in treble and bass clefs, introduction to minor scales, intervals
up to one octave, primary triads with their inversions and basic MUS 216 Music Production & Documentation 3 Credits
performance directions; sight singing of melodies in both pentatonic Processes used in the production and distribution of video/audio
and diatonic major minor scales; aural dictation of both melody cassettes and discs, production ethics, safeguarding from piracy,;
and rhyhtm and melody, up to 4 bars using semibreves, minims, mobility of music cassettes, research and strategies for Christian
crotchets, quavers and semi quavers; composing simple melodies music cassettes and CDs; organising a casette/CD project; selecting
and rhythms up to 8 bars; knowledge and use of kodalys sol-fa musical styles for a target group or purposes like oral communication,
hand signs; analysis of simple four part harmony in major keys using evangelism, worship and discipleship, computer software music
Roman numerals or popular chord symbols. and solfa notations; braille music software; purchasing equipment,
management in Christian music production ministry.
MUS 113 Introduction to Choral Singing 1 Credit
Vocal exercises with attention to proper posture and breathing to MUS 312 Conducting 2 Credits
develop good vocal technique; Rehearsal of selected songs as a choir; During this course, students are taken from rudimentary levels
Performances of well rehearsed/learned songs in Daystar chapel of conducting expertise to the point where they are able to
services or outside. competently conduct a song of intermediate conducting difficulty.
Class sessions will primarily consist of conducting practice. While
MUS 211 Music Literacy in Theory and Practice II 3 Credits the emphasis is on practice in conducting technique, related areas
Sight singing melodies in major and minor keys in treble and of importance to the choral conductor will be discussed. Topics
bass clefs, identifying and singing of intervals up to one octave, in addition to conducting techniques include: Physiology of
aural identification of harmonic and melodic forms of minor breathing, diaphragmatic breathing, the role of the conductor,
scales, chromatic scale and major/ minor triads; clapping and rationale for church choirs, the role of the choir in the church and
aural recognition of simple and compound time rhythms with school; Accompaniment, elementary diction, marking a score,
syncopation using semi-breve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semi- advantages of various musical styles, e.g. Western and African, choir
quaver, in original and dotted dots, demisemiquavers, double competitions; Techniques of choral arrangers, composing for choirs,
sharps and flats; composing 4 bar rhythms, 8 bar melodies and rehearsal techniques, performance considerations, and basic seating
composing rhythms to word; review of major scales, minor and arrangements. Pre-requisite: MUS 217
chromatic scales, compound intervals; irregular time-signatures
and beat divisions, sol-fa, rhythm and notation, especially for four MUS 313 Advanced Music Literacy & Theory 3 Credits
part harmony; Alto and tenor clefs, transposing between the two Rhythmic and melodic dictation (African and Western styles);
; voices in score, analysis of chords in four part harmony- Roman Interval recognition- harmonic form up to two octaves; Alto and
numeral and popular chord analysis; augmented and diminished Tenor clefs; Diminished sevenths and Neopolitan sixths; Realizing
triads, dominant sevenths, cadences, voice, leading and part writing; Figured Bass for keyboards and for voices; Composing Figured Bass
Choral arranging in African and Western styles; ornaments. to a given melody; Part-writing and chorale harmonization; Melodic
composition and harmonization (African and Western styles);
MUS 213 I & II Instrumental Instruction 1,1 Credits Secondary Seventh and their inversions in major and minor keys;
The content will vary depending on the instrument chosen, and Suspensions, modulations; Composing within a given harmonic
the students entry level/experience with the instrument. Emphasis framework (African and Western styles), counterpoint; Analysis of
is placed on correct execution and technique, as well as musical rhythmic structure and of phrasing (African and Western music).
expression. The course is designed so that each student can Pre-requisite: MUS 211
acquire meaningful musical growth from her/his entry level. The MUS 314 Teaching Music 3 Credits
course is designed so that a student goes through two consecutive Teaching method applicable to music, strategies and techniques;
semesters with one instrument of study. This is to ensure reasonable Music and Education/ communication; The basic principles and
exposure to an instrument before changing from one to another. methods of teaching music; the music syllabus for schools; Scheme
The proficiency requirements also form a guideline for non-music of work and lesson plans and records of work in music; Music course
students taking the course. All students will be required to pass objectives for teaching Music, motivation and class room climate,
a proficiency examination. A pass in proficiency is a graduation concept development in teaching; Selection and organisation of
requirement. The proficiency requirements are as follows: music content; Teaching various aspects of music-vocal production,
1. Any major scale -2 octaves both hands ascending and descending a new song, teaching song composition, accompaniment of song,
2. Two contrasting ear pieces listening skills, principles for developing reading staff notation and
3. One prepared piece sight singing abilities; use of teaching aids in music; Music education,
4. A four part harmony piece methods appropriate for Africa; Kodaly, Sizuki and/or methods
Students coming with prior experience of the instrument under of music eduation; Organising music programmes-competition,
study will be expected to advance progressively from their entry festivals; requisites of a Christian music teacher; Creating a musical
level. Their proficiency will be at a higher level to match the progress resource and material collection; music and communication.
envisaged. The course is designed so that each student can acquire
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MUS 315 The Performing Arts 2 Credits SUGGESTED FOUR YEAR STUDY
Basic concepts and meanings-arts, oral, literature, dance/song,
drama, music, poetry; African arts in fusion; western concept of the PROGRAMME
arts, related disciplines, music as an art and its function-Rules of ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJOR
music performance in different cultures and sub-cultures-African,
European, American and Oriental; analysis of selected musical 1st Year
performances, appreciation of varieties of arts expressed through
music-African, European, American and Oriental; A summary of the
art music and the forces that have affected its historical development 1ST Semester 2nd Semester
from the middle ages to the present age; The influence of Western
Art on African and Oriental music; Contemporary music and its ART/MUS/LIT 111 2 INS 112 3
artistic forms- European, African, American, and Oriental; Creating BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3
and performing Christian dance drama in African style for the EDU 111 2 EDU 112 2
church. ENG 098/111 3 EDU 214 3
ENV 111 2 EDU 220 3
MUS 321 Music Composition 3 Credits ACS 101/102 2 ENG 112 3
Aural training techniques of composition incorporating motif, INS 111 3 Total
phrase, cadence, augmentation, diminution, ornamentation, 17
Total 17
modulation, part-writing for voices and keyboard; Composing
in the style of hymns, chorales, traditional melodies from Africa
and other parts of the world, composing vocal descants to a given 2nd Year
melody, composing vocal/instrumental music and applying African
multi-part harmonic style in vocal composition; Principles and 1st Semester 2nd Semester
application of music ethics. Pre-requisite: MUS 311.
RET 320 2
BIO 111 2
MUS 408 Special Topics in Music 3 Credits BIL 212 2
Topics will be offered depending on students interest and availability EDU 220 3
EDU 224 3
of faculty. Course content will vary depending on the nature of the EDU 223 3
EDU 225 3
topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic is different. Teaching subjects 9 3
Pre-requisites will be determined by the nature of the topic offered. Total 17 EDU 226
6
The department will provide advice in all classes. Teaching Subjects
19
Total
MUS 411 Church Music 3 Credits
Introduction to course, logical fallacies, the infinite variety of music,
meaning in music; Philosophies of music ministry, foundations
in worship, textual considerations, matching of texts and tunes;
Worship models, service planning, continuums in worship, hymns, 3rd year
congregational singing; Choir ministry, historical overview of
church music, psychological considerations in worship; Music for 1st Semester
evangelism, the Engel scale, history of witness music; Popular music 2nd Semester
styles, the secular/sacred debate, music for discipleship; History EDU 310 3
and issues in African church music, directions for the 21st century, 3
EDU 322 Subject Methods 6
summary. Pre-requisite: MUS 111.
EDU 323 3 Teaching subjects 12
MUS 412 Ethnomusicological Survey of World Music 3 Credits Teaching Subjects 9 Total 18
Introduction to course, connections between the New and Total 18
Old Worlds; Music philosophies of China; The nature of
ethnomusicology, relationship of ethnomusicology to the social
sciences and the arts, history and approaches from ethnomusicology, 4th Year
field methods in ethnomusicology (including sound recording and 2nd Semester
reproduction techniques, notation and transcription), participant 1st Semester
observation, acoustics; American Indians; Overview of African
EDU 431 3 EDU 507 6
music: selected African cultures and their use of music, African
music in Diaspora; Music of the Middle East: music of India, music EDU 432 3 Teaching subjects 12
of Indonesia; Forces of world musical acculturation, summary. Pre- Teaching subjects 12 Total 18
requisite: MUS 217, MUS 411. Total 18
MUS 496 Independent Study in Music 3 Credits NB:The EDU 507 course will be taken during the 2nd term and
Topics will vary according to students interest and the availability of finalized through compilation of reports during the 2nd Semester
faculty. Topics are generally more advanced in nature than those of the final year of study.
covered in class setting. Such topics include orchestral music,
history of Western Art Music, contexualisation of worship music in
the African church, and the music industry.
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English Teaching Required Courses 2. KACE/EAACE Certificate with 2 Principal passes, or

Credit Hours 3. Diploma ISI certificate from a recognised college with mean
Language Courses grade C (plain) at KCSE or KCE/EACE Division 111.
ENG 210 : History and Development of the
English Language 3 School Based Programme
ENG 212 : The Phonology of English 3
ENG 214 : English Structure and Usage 3 1st Year
ENG 317 : Psycholinguistics 3
ENG 320 : Second Language Learning 3 April (3 weeks) August (3 weeks)
ENG 413 : Discourse Analysis 3 BIL 111 3 INS 111 3
ENG 414 : Sociolinguistics 3 ACS 102(101) 2 EDU 111 2
ENG 416 : Advanced English syntax 3 ENG 098/111 3 EDU 112 2
ENG 597 : Senior Project 3 TOTAL 8 BIO 111 2
27 TOTAL 9
December (4 Weeks)
English Electives BIL 112 3
Credit Hours ENG 112 3
a. Language (choose one course) EDU 214 3
ENG 408 : Special Topics 3 EDU 220 3
ENG 496 : Independent Study 3 TOTAL 12
2nd Year
Literature Requirements: Teaching Subjects 3
INS 112 3
BIL 212 2
Literature Courses Credit Hours EDU 223 3
EDU 222 3
Required Courses: Teaching Subject 3
TOTAL 8
ENG 211 : African Literature 3 TOTAL 9
ENG 213 : Theory in Literature 3
ENG 215 : oral Literature 3 EDU 226 3
ENG 229 : Introduction to Dramatic Art 3 EDU 224 3
ENG 314 : Creative Writing 3 EDU 225 3
ENG 315 : Major Trends in World Literature 3 Teaching Subject 3
ENG 325 : Shakespeare 3 TOTAL 12
ENG 327 : Modern African Poetry 3
ENG 411 : Stylistics and Literary Criticism 3 3rd Year
27 EDU 310 3 EDU 323 3
b. Literature (All students must choose one (1) course EDU 322 3 RET 320 2
ENG 324 : European Drama 3 Teaching Subject 3 Teaching Subject 3
ENG 326 : survey of English Literature 3 TOTAL 9 TOTAL 8
ENG 412 : African-American and Caribbean Literature 3
ENG 421 : The English Novel 3 ENV 112 2
Rationale for School Based Programme Teaching Subject 9
Available data indicate that many professionally qualified non- TOTAL 11
graduate teachers need undergraduate studies to enable them to
obtain bachelors degree in education. However, lack of funds, 4th Year
family commitment and reluctance by ministries of education
to give them leave with or without pay have made it difficult for Teaching Subject 9 EDU 431 3
practicing teachers to pursue further studies on a full-time basis. TOTAL 9 Teaching Subject 6
Subject Methods 6 TOTAL 9
The objectives of the school focused bachelor of education Teaching Subject 6
programmes are to: TOTAL 12

i. Upgrade teachers knowledge and skills in teaching their subjects
5th Year
of specialization
ii. Equip teachers with knowledge and skills to implement reforms
Teaching Subjects 6 EDU 507 6
in education
EDU 432 3 Teaching Subject 3
iii. Equip teachers with skills necessary for them to effectively
TOTAL 9 TOTAL 9
conduct educational research
iv. Enhance teachers competence in administering and managing
schools.
ART/MUS/LIT111 2
Admission Requirements Teaching Subject 6 NB:
1. P1 certificate from a recognised Teacher Training College in TOTAL 8 The EDU 507 course will be
addition to a mean grade of C (plain) at KCSE or KCE/EACE taken during the 2nd term and
Division 111, or finalized through compilation
of reports during the August
holiday of the final year of study.
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About Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce offers Diplomas in Business
Administration and Management, Sales and Marketing
Management, Purchasing and Business Logistics, Business
Information Technology, tours and Travel, Hospitality
Management, Air Travel Ticketing and Tourism, Human Resource
Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance and Air Hostess and
Cabin Crew Studies; Bachelor of Commerce degree with majors in
Accounting, Business Administration and Management, Marketing,
Management Information Systems, Purchasing and Business
Logistics, besides a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. The
Bachelor of Commerce degree programme is broadly based and aims
at enabling the student to integrate knowledge and skills acquired
in various fields of commerce with the right relationship with God
and people. Its objective is to produce a well rounded person, a
worthy citizen of the nation and the world at large, ready to face
challenges and contribute fully to the development of society and
the community they live in.
Diploma in Air Hostess and Cabin Crew Studies

Rationale
DEPARTMENT OF
Tourism is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing industries.
In terms of revenue and number of people involved, it has become
worlds number two industry next to petroleum industries.
It helps nations to earn a large sum of foreign exchange without

exporting any tangible product. Tourism helps to earn the much-
COMMERCE
needed foreign exchange for our country. Tourism ranks as one of
the top foreign exchange earning industries. The Government of
Kenya is therefore taking special efforts to increase foreign exchange
earning through tourism such as preserving national parks, beaches,
and historical sites. The industry needs professionals to handle the
foreign tourists visiting the country.
(Diploma Programmes)
Having the above need of trained personnel in mind, new courses
have been designed for two year diploma in tourism to enable
individuals enter the field of tourism including airlines, hotel
industry and travel trade as junior level executives.
The Air Hostess and Cabin Crew Studies Diploma is a broad market
oriented programme intended to provide managerial and operational
orientation to the emerging tourism industry. The programme is
designed to develop well-rounded executives in air travel facilities.
Objectives of Diploma in Air Hostess and Cabin Crew Studies

The student will gain a broad understanding of cabin crew and
air hostess functions and also become familiar with related subject
matters such as customer services and industry regulations of dealing
with people.
After successfully completion, the student will be able to:

1. learn ways of communicating with people in the internal and
external environment of an organization;
2. acquire and learn first aid, safety management skills and emergency
management techniques;
3. equip students with interpersonal skills of managing people,
communicating and handling customer and build lifelong
relationships with consumers based on limited and complete
personalization.
The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain)
and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced
Level Principal Pass or the equivalent for candidates coming from
outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and
meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to
the University.
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Additional Industry Requirements Diploma in Air Travel Ticketing and Tourinsm
Students wishing to pursue Diploma in Air Hostess and Cabin
Crew Studies will be required to meet the following additional Rationale
requirements: Tourism is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing industry.
1. Height 5 2 (157.5 cm) to 5 9 (173.3 cm) for ladies. Men 5 In terms of revenue and number of people involved, it has become
3 (160 cm) to 6 0 (182.9 cm) worlds number two industry next to petroleum industry.
2. Weight shall be proportional to the height.
50.8kg 54kg Small frame It helps nations to earn a large sum of foreign exchange without
5 2 53kg 58kg Medium frame exporting any tangible product. Tourism helps to earn the much-
57kg 64kg Large frame. needed foreign exchange for our country. The Government of
3. Attractive Kenya is therefore taking special efforts to increase foreign exchange
earning through tourism such as preserving national parks, beaches,
Student Assessment and historical sites. The industry needs professionals to handle the
Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously foreign tourists visiting the country.
during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/
research papers, project work, and final examinations. The Air Travel Ticketing and Tourism Diploma is a broad Market
oriented programme intended to provide managerial and operational
Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an orientation to the emerging tourism industry. The programme is
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the designed to develop well-rounded executives in air travel facilities
continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course and tourism.
to course and will be specified in the course syllabi. For courses that
are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of Objectives of Diploma In Air Travel Ticketing And Tourism
information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based The students will gain a broad understanding of travel agency and
on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment. airlines operation and will be familiar with related subject matters
For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that such as industry regulations, codes, worked geography, tour
require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by programmes, health requirements and customer services.
the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final
exam and 40% for continuous assessment. After successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
1. understand the basic skills and knowledge of travel agency and
Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and airline operations;
seminars. They will be required to do an attachment in a business 2. understand IATA/UFTAA procedures;
organization. A University lecturer and the person directly in charge 3. give correct advice and information to clients;
of the student in the business organization will supervise and assess 4. make appropriate travel arrangements and reservations;
the student. 5. calculate appropriate air fares;
Requirements for Graduation 6. complete international travel documents in accordance with
Core courses 43 Credit Hours applicable IATA rules.
Concentration Courses 21 Credit Hours
Total 64 Credit Hours Admission Requirements
Requirements for the Dip.in Air Hostess and Cabin Crew Studies and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced
Required Core Courses Credit hours Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from
ICC-014: Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3 outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and
ICC-015: New Testament Introduction and Survey 3 meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to
MGT-009: Introduction to Information Technology 3 the University.
MGT-010: Professional Business Communication 3
MGT-011: Financial Accounting 3 Student Assessment
MGT-012: Organization & Management 3 Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously
MGT-013: Principles of Marketing 3 during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/
MGT-014: Economics 3 research papers and project work.
MGT-015: Business Law 3
MGT-021: Managerial Accounting 3 Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an
MGT-022: Quantitative Techniques 3 examination at the end of the semester.
MGT-023: Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3
MGT-024: Entrepreneurship and Risk Management 3 The relative weight of the continuous assessment to the final
MGT-098: Research Project; or examination will vary from course to course and will be specified in
MGT-099: Practicum 4 the course syllabi.
Total Required Core Courses 43
For courses that are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is
Concentration Courses Credit Hours required is mastery of information or cognitive aspect of learning,
AHC-023: Customer Care Service 3 assessment will be based on 70% for final examination and 30% for
AHC-024: Public Relations 3 continuous assessment. For courses that are essentially skills oriented,
AHC-025: First Aid and Safety Management 3 i.e. courses that require the students to demonstrate specific skills as
AHC-026: People Management 3 demanded by the particular content, assessment will be based on
TSM-021: Tourism Principles and Practices 3 60% for final exam for 40% for continuous assessment.
TSM-022: Hospitality Management 3
TSM-027: French 3 Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and
Total Concentration Courses 21 seminars. They will be required to do an attachment in an business
Total Credit Hours 64 organizations. A University lecturer and the person directly in charge
of the student in the business organization will supervise and assess
the student.
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Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours d) ground the student in theoretical and practical foundations in
Required General courses 43 management in an ever changing and dynamic environment;
Required courses 21 e) help the student appreciate theories of management and their
Total 64 applications to contemporary issues;
f ) provide a solid base in business administration, management;
Requirements for the Diploma in Air Travel Ticketing and g) prepare students to be upright and responsible citizens who will
Tourism apply Christian principles of honesty, morality, integrity and
Required Core Courses Credit hours ethics in their profession, while appreciating the importance of
ICC-014 : Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3 nation building and national heritage.
ICC-015 : New Testament Introduction and Survey 3
MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3 Admission Requirements
MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3 The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain)
MGT-011 : Financial Accounting 3 and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced
MGT-012 : Organization & Mgt. 3 Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from
MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3 outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and
MGT-014 : Economics 3 meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to
MGT-015 : Business Law 3 the University.
MGT-021 : Managerial Accounting 3
MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3 Student Assessment
MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3 Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously
MGT-024 : Entrepreneurship & Risk Management 3 during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/
MGT-098 : Research Project; or research papers and project work.
MGT-099 : Practicum 4 Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an
Total Required Core Courses examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the
43 continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course
Concentration Courses are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of
Credit hours information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based
ATT-023 : Transportation (Air Travel) & Communication 3 on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment.
ATT-024 : Marketing Management for Destinations For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that
and Attractions 3 require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by
ATT-025 : Air Fares and Ticketing 3 the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final
ATT-026 : Selling Skills 3 exam and 40% for continuous assessment.
TSM-021 : Tourism Principles and Practices 3
TSM-022 : Hospitality Management 3 Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and
TSM-027 : French seminars. They will be required to do a compulsory attachment in
3 business organizations. A University lecturer and the person directly
Total Concentration Courses 21 in charge of the student in the business organization will supervise
Total Credit Hours 64 and assess the student.
Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours

Core courses 46
Diploma in Business Administration and Concentration courses 18
Management Total 64 Credit Hours
Rationale Requirements for a Diploma in Business Administration and

The Diploma program in Business Administration and Management Management
is designed to cater for the increased demand for basic management Required Core courses Credit Hours
skills among employees of different cadres and disciplines within ICC-014 : Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3
various organizations. It has now become essential for almost every ICC-015 : New Testament Introduction & Survey 3
worker to be familiar with basic concepts of management so that MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3
they can improve the efficiency of their organization. In todays MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3
world you find that, for example, an engineer is working for a firm MGT-011 : Financial Accounting 3
and with the passage of time he or she is promoted to the level of MGT-012 : Organization & Management 3
a manager. Such a person will be required to utilize management MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3
skills. The Diploma in Business Administration and Management MGT-014 : Economics 3
is therefore growing from a need to service the business enterprises MGT-015 : Business Law 3
with people who must be knowledgeable in basic management MGT-021 : Managerial Accounting 3
practices. As business enterprises embrace more and more people MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3
who are multi-disciplinary this diploma will be of help in bridging MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3
management skills not earlier learnt by the employee. MGT-024 : Entrepreneurship & Risk Management 3
MGT-025 : Business Research Methods 3
Objectives MGT-098 : Research Project; or
The Diploma in Business Administration and Management seeks to: MGT-099 : Practicum 4
a) train students to work in both public and private sectors; Total Required Core Courses 46
b) equip students with management principles and skills that can
enable them carry out research and to assist them in providing Concentration Courses
solutions to practical issues; MNG-030 : Organizational Behavior 3
c) train the student to design and implement effective management MNG-031 : Company Law 3
strategies; MNG-032 : Business Finance 3
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MNG-033 : Human Resource Management 3 business organizations. A University lecturer and the person directly
MNG-034 : International Business Management 3 in charge of the student in the business organization will supervise
MNG-035 : Corporate Strategy 3 and assess the student.
Total Concentration Courses 18
Total Credit Hours 64 Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours
Core Courses 33
Concentration Courses 31
Diploma in Business Information and Technology Total 64
Rationale Requirements for the Diploma in Business Information

The dynamism of the Internet and other telecommunication Technology
networks, and the willingness of business organizations to adopt these Required Core Courses Credit Hours
technologies in their business functions in both the strategic and ICC-014 : Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3
middle levels of the organization, calls for both business organizations ICC-015 : New Testament Introduction & Survey 3
and individuals to keep abreast of the current information technology MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3
for effective business enterprise management. MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3
MGT-011 : Financial Accounting 3
Due to the effectiveness and efficiency of the information systems, MGT-012 : Organization & Management 3
their usage has spread in all sectors of business from production to MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3
service delivery. This wide spread use of information systems calls for MGT-014 : Economics 3
well trained middle level people who can design, develop, implement MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3
and maintain information technology based systems. MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3
Therefore, the Business Information Systems Diploma Programme Total Required Core Courses 33
would meet these growing business challenges and demand.
Concentration Courses
Objectives of Diploma In Business Information Technology BIT-012 : Computing Mathematics 3
This Programme is designed to prepare business information systems BIT-021 : Database Management systems 3
graduates to: BIT-022 : Fundamentals of Computer Technology 3
a) be servant leaders and can be entrusted with the organizations BIT-023 : Visual programming 3
Information Technology Systems resources; BIT-031 : Systems Analysis and Design 3
b) develop and implement information technology based system BIT-032 : Computer Networks
products for business organizations; 3
c) integrate information technology knowledge to business BIT-033 : Information Technology Project Management 3
functions and processes; BIT-034 : Business Information Systems 3
d) understand and comprehend the business functions and BIT-041 : Web Design and Development 3
processes and apply the acquired information technology BIT-098/099: Information Technology Project or Practicum 4
knowledge to design innovative information systems product Total Concentration Courses 31
for such functions; Total Credit Hours 64
e) oversee proper functionality and maintenance of information
systems in business organization; Diploma in Entrepreneurship
f ) enter and excel in any information systems degree Programme.;
Rationale
Admission Requirements Africa has often been described as developments last frontier. This
The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain) is happening at particular Asia, is developing rapidly while many
and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced African countries appear to be sliding back into forth World.
Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from Economic growths as well as income per capital are quite low and
outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and majority of citizens still live below the poverty line. Real earnings and
meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to purchasing power are low, unemployment and underdevelopment
the University. are high, hunger and famine are endemic causing many to depend on
food aid. Despite the negative aspect there is still hope that African
Student Assessment countries can emulate Asia and develop. This can be done in many
Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously ways such as good governance political stability and empowerment
during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/ economically.
research papers and project work.
The situation of unemployment in Kenya is very serious. Every
Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an year both the public and private universities release about 13,000
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the graduates into the labour market. Polytechnics and other tertiary
continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course institution, secondary schools and primary school release some more
to course and will be specified in the course syllabi. For courses that into the same labour market as well. According to the Government
are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of of Kenya Central Bureau of Statistics, more than half a million young
information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based people each and every year join this large labour market looking
on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment. for jobs. The exact number of unemployed in this country remains
For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that unknown. This figure of more than 500,000 young people pouring
require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by into the labour market annually forms the formidable potential
the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final market for this diploma in Entepreneurship.
exam and 40% for continuous assessment.
The dismal performance of many African Economies for many years
Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and now has resulted in massive unemployment amongst a majority of
seminars. They will be required to do a compulsory attachment in a the population. Worst hit have been the majority of the youth who
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despite good education and training remain unemployed, dependant, Requirements for Diploma in Entrepreneurship
miserable and hopeless. The situation has been worsened by sudden Required Core Courses
and growing infux of retrenches who despite having retrenchment ICC 014 : Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3
benefits often do not know how or where to invest viably. ICC 015 : New Testament Introduction & Survey 3
MGT 009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3
Daystar University hopes to contribute to Africas development MGT 010 : Professional Business Communication 3
through entrepreneurship training. Our Diploma in entrepreneurship MGT 011 : Financial Accounting 3
graduates will be ale to holistically to apply the management skills MGT 012 : Organization & Management 3
of traditional business disciplines to the recognition and shaping MGT 013 : Principles of Marketing 3
of entrepreneurial opportunities. They will develop business models MGT 014 : Economics 3
that make use of those opportunities in ways that create value, MGT 015 : Business Law 3
thereby becoming wealth and employment creators. MGT 021 : Managerial Accounting 3
MGT 022 : Quantitative Techniques 3
Objectives of Diploma in Entrepreneurship MGT 023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3
The Diploma in entrepreneurship seeks to: MGT 024 : Entrepreneurship & Risk Management 3
1. enable students understand and apply Biblical perspectives, in MGT 098 : Research Project; or 3
mobilizing African People to sustainable enterprise creation and MGT 099 : Practicum 4
development; Total Required Core Courses 46
2. enable student to understand the African micro and small
enterprise environment and appreciate its attendant problems, Concentration Courses Credit Hours
challenges and opportunities; ENT-011 : Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3
3. develop responsible entrepreneurs who will apply Christian ENT-012 : Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3
principles of morality integrity, honesty and ethics in business; ENT-013 : New Venture Creation 3
4. enable student to understand the genesis unemployment in ENT-014 : New Product Mgt. & Sale of Knowledge 3
Africa with a view towards employment generation through ENT-015 : Family Business Management 3
entrepreneurial ventures; ENT-016 : Imagination, Entrepreneurship &
5. equip students with knowledge and skills in business creation, Creative Business Problem Solving 3
development, counseling and management process through Total Concentration Courses 18
which they will gain and understanding of what it takes to be Total Credit Hours 64
successful entrepreneur;
6. challenge each student to recognize develop an act upon their Diploma in Finance
innate potential in the ones self creativity, innovation and
entrepreneurship. Rationale
Finance has traditionally been a major part of financial management.
Admission Requirements Every organization is keen about its financial matters. Ordinary people
The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain) have also been intrigued with the area of finance. In Kenya there has
and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced been a growing interest in finance and investments. It is true that a
Level Principal Pass or the equivalent for candidates coming from person cannot invest their money well without first understanding
outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and how finance is handled and how the finance and money markets
meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to operate. Organizations are now also involved in investments in a
the University. bigger way than before. Large sums of capital are been invested by
organizations in capital projects while the individual investor is
Student Assessment Policy interested in areas such as real estate and stock exchange and other
Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously money markets. With this growing tendency to invest, it has now
during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/ become imperative that people be educated in finance. It is with
research papers, project work, and final examinations. this in mind that this new diploma is being developed. The Finance
diploma will equip the individual to be more skilled in handling
Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an financial matters. Fraud is today at high levels leading to the collapse
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the of organizations. Anti-money laundering and other practices have
continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course created a crisis in financial management. Organizations are in dire
to course and will be specified in the course syllabi. For courses that need of help to arrest these cases and the Finance Diploma will
are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of appropriately equip the student to manage the financial resources
information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based of an organization.
on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment.
For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that Objectives of Diploma in Finance
require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by The diploma programs seek to:
the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final 1. train students to work in the area of finance in both the public
exam for 40% for continuous assessment. and private sectors;
2. equip students with sound financial management principles and
Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and skills that can enable them carry out research and to assist them
seminars. They will be required to do a compulsory attachment in in providing solutions to practical issues;
business organizations. A University lecturer and the person directly 3. train the student to design and implement effective financial
in charge of the student in the business organization will supervise strategies;
and assess the student. 4. ground the student in theoretical and practical foundations in
financial management in an ever changing and dynamic world of
Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours financing;
Required core courses 46 5. assist the student to appreciate financial theories and their
Required courses 18 application to contemporary issues;
Total 64 6. provide a solid base in sound financial management that will
help an organization to gain competitive advantage;
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7. prepare students to be upright and responsible citizens who will Diploma in Hospitality Management
apply Christian principles of honesty, morality, integrity and
ethics in their profession, while appreciating the importance of Rationale
nation building and national heritage. Tourism is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing industry.
In terms of revenue and number of people involved, it has become
Admission Requirements worlds number two industry next to petroleum industry.
and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced It helps nations to earn a large sum of foreign exchange without
Level Principal Pass or the equivalent for candidates coming from exporting any tangible product. Tourism ranks as one of the top
outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and foreign exchange earning industry. Government of Kenya is therefore
meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to taking special efforts to increase foreign exchange earning through
the University.
tourism such as preserving national parks, beaches, and historical
sites. The industry needs professionals to handle the foreign tourists
Student Assessment Policy
visiting the country.
Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously
research papers, project work, and final examinations. The Diploma in Hospitality Management is a broad market oriented
programme intended to provide managerial and operational
Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an orientation to the emerging tourism industry. The programme is
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the designed to develop well-rounded professionals in the hospitality
continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course industry.
are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of Objectives of Diploma in Hospitality Management
information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based The student will gain a broad understanding of hospitality
on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment. management and be familiar with related subject matters such as
For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that industry regulations, the management and practices of hospitality
require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by services
the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final
exam for 40% for continuous assessment. After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. understand the basics of accommodation and catering services
Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and and focus on the industrys opportunities and future trends;
seminars. They will not be required to do a compulsory attachment 2. understand the importance of management of hospitality
(clinical) in law courts or in business organizations. However, where services;
they do so a University lecturer and the person directly in charge 3. equip students with skills required in the industry.
of the student at the law courts or in the business organization will
supervise the student. Admission Requirements
Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced
Required core courses 46
Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from
Required concentration courses 18
Total 64
meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to
Requirements for Diploma In Finance the University.
Required Core courses Credit Hours
ICC 014 : Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3 Student Assessment
ICC 015 : New Testament Introduction & Survey 3 Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously
MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3 during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/
MGT 010 : Professional Business Communication 3 research papers and project work.
MGT 011 : Financial Accounting 3
MGT 012 : Organization & Mgt. 3 Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an
MGT 013 : Marketing Principles 3 examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the
MGT 014 : Economics 3 continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course
MGT 015 : Business Law 3 to course and will be specified in the course syllabi. For courses that
MGT 021 : Managerial Accounting 3 are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of
MGT 022 : Quantitative Techniques 3 information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based
MGT 023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3 on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment.
MGT 024 : Entrepreneurship & Risk Management 3 For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that
MGT-025 : Business Research Methods 3 require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by
MGT-098 : Research Project; or the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final
MGT 099 : Practicum 4 exam for 40% for continuous assessment.
Total Required Core Courses Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and
46 seminars. They will be required to do an attachment in business
organization. A University lecturer and the person directly in charge
Concentration Courses of the student in the business organization will supervise and assess
Credit Hours
the student.
FIN 011 : Business Finance 3
FIN 012 : Financial Institutions 3
FIN 013 : Financial Analysis and Reporting 3
FIN 021 : Financial Management 3 Required core courses 43
FIN 022 : Portfolio Mgt & Investments 3 Required concentration courses 21
FIN 023: International Finance 3 Total 64 Credit Hours
Total 64
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Requirements for the Diploma in Hospitality Management Admission Requirements
Required Core Courses Credit Hours The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain)
ICC-014 : Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3 and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced
ICC-015 : New Testament Introduction and Survey 3 Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from
MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3 outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and
MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3 meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to
MGT-011 : Financial Accounting 3 the University.
MGT-012 : Organization & Management 3
MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3 Student Assessment
MGT-014 : Economics 3 Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously
MGT-015 : Business Law 3 during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/
MGT-021 : Managerial Accounting 3 research papers and project work.
MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3
MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3
Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an
MGT-024 : Fraud and Risk Management 3
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the
MGT-098 : Research Project; or
MGT-099 : Practicum 4 continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course
Total Required Core Courses 43 to course and will be specified in the course syllabi. For courses that
are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of
Concentration Courses information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based
HOM-023 : Principle and Practices of Management on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment.
in the Hospitality Industry 3 For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that
HOM-024 : Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism 3 require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by
HOM-025 : Hospitality and Travel Marketing 3 the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final
HOM-026 : Hospitality and Related Services 3 exam and 40% for continuous assessment.
TSM-021 : Tourism Principles and Practices 3
TSM-022 : Hospitality Management 3 Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and
TSM-027 : French 3 seminars. They will not be required to do a attachment in law courts
Total Concentration Courses 21 or in business organizations. However, where they do so a University
Total Credit Hours 64 lecturer and the person directly in charge of the student at the law
courts or in the business organization will supervise the student.
Diploma in Human Resource Management
Rationale Required Core courses 46
The new concept of People Management has revolutionized the Required concentration courses 18
role and function of human resource management within business Total 64
organizations. The Diploma in Human Resource Management will
develop persons who will contribute to the role and function of Requirements for the Diploma in Human Resource Management
human resource management in an organization. As organizational Required Core courses Credit Hours
structures become more complex the human resource management ICC-014 : Old Test. introduction and survey 3
function is also changing. This diploma seeks to disseminate ICC-015 : New Test. introduction and survey 3
knowledge and skills that are necessary for creating new human MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3
resource functions within organizations. MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3
Objectives MGT-012 : Organization & Mgt. 3
The diploma programme seek to: MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3
a) train student to work in both public and private sectors; MGT-014 : Economics 3
b) equip student with sound computer and management principles MGT-015 : Business Law 3
and skills that can enable them carry out research and to assist MGT-021 : Managerial Accounting 3
them in providing solutions to practical issues; MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3
c) train the student to design and implement effective management MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate. Governance 3
strategies; MGT-024 : Entrepreneurship & Risk Management 3
d) ground the student in theoretical and practical foundations in MGT-025 : Business Research Methods 3
management and information systems in an ever changing and MGT-098 : Research Project; or
dynamic environment; MGT-099 : Practicum 4
e) help the student appreciate theories of management and Total Required Core Courses 46
information systems and their applications to contemporary
issues; Concentration Courses
f ) provide a solid base in business administration, management, HRM-011: Human Resource Management 3
strategic planning, and policy formation and be prepared to HRM-012: Organizational Behaviour 3
assist top management in purchasing and logistics into strategic HRM-013: Employee Relations & Labour Law 3
and annual planning efforts to reduce costs, improve customer HRM-014: Industrial Psychology 3
service and satisfaction, and gain competitive advantage; HRM-015: International Human Resource Mgt 3
g) develop skills in proper planning and implementation of HRM-016: Public Relations 3
modern, cost effective organizations for purchasing, inventory Total Concentration Courses 18
management, transportation, warehousing and stores, packing Total Credit Hours
and materials handling, customer service etc; 64
h) prepare student to be upright and responsible citizen who will
apply Christian principles of honesty, morality, integrity and
ethics in their profession, while appreciating the importance of
nation building and national heritage.
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Diploma in Purchasing and Business Logistics Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the
Rationale continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course
The supply chain management concept is currently revolutionizing to course and will be specified in the course syllabi. For courses that
global business. Modern business organizations are becoming more are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of
and more aware that the management of logistics activities, also information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based
referred to as supply chain management, has tremendous impact on on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment.
sales and corporate profitability. As African enterprises attempt to For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that
compete with foreign imports or find a place for African products require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by
and services in world markets, there is a growing demand for workers the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final
with the knowledge and skills necessary to use the tools of modern exam for 40% for continuous assessment.
supply chain management to create:
a) significant cost savings for the firm, its partners in the supply Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours
chain, and the final customer. Required Core courses 46
b) increased focus on the needs of the customer, improved customer Required Concentration courses 18
satisfaction, and, ultimately, increased sales and profits. Total 64
c) marketing weapons that become major competitive advantages
for the firm.
Requirements for the Diploma in Purchasing and Business
Logistics
The Diploma in Purchasing and Business Logistics is aimed at
Required Core courses Credit Hours
developing students who are well trained and skilled in all aspects
ICC-014 : Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3
of creating value for customers and for the firm by management
of purchasing and other logistics functions. The Diploma will ICC-015 : New Testament Introduction & Survey 3
give the students theoretical as well as practical knowledge in areas MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3
such as purchasing, inventory management, packing and materials MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3
handling, warehousing and stores management, transportation, MGT-011 : Financial Accounting 3
forecasting, production control, customer service management MGT-012 : Organization & Management 3
etc. The curriculum focuses on developing the quantitative tools MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3
necessary for application of computer based logistics management MGT-014 : Economics 3
systems. MGT-015 : Business Law 3
Objectives MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3
The diploma programs seek to: MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3
a) train student to work in both public and private sectors; MGT-024 : Entrepreneurship and Risk Management 3
b) equip student with sound computer and management principles MGT-025 : Research Methods 3
and skills that can enable them carry out research and to assist MGT-098 : Research Project; or
them in providing solutions to practical issues; MGT-099 : Practicum 4
c) train the student to design and implement effective management Total Required Core Courses 46
strategies;
d) ground the student in theoretical and practical foundations in Concentration Courses
management and information systems in an ever changing and LOG-011 : Introduction to Business Logistics 3
dynamic environment; LOG-012 : Purchasing Principles & Management 3
e) help the student appreciate theories of management and LOG-021 : Inventory Planning and Control 3
information systems and their applications to contemporary LOG-022 : Warehousing & Stores Management 3
issues;
LOG-031 : Management of Customer Service 3
f ) provide a solid base in business administration, management,
LOG-032 : Transportation Management 3
strategic planning, and policy formation and be prepared to
assist top management in areas including; purchasing and
logistics to strategic and annual planning efforts to reduce costs, Total Courses 64
improve customer service and satisfaction, and gain competitive
advantage;
g) develop skills in proper planning and implementation of modern, Diploma in Sales and Marketing Management
cost effective systems for purchasing, inventory management,
transportation, warehousing and stores, packing and materials Rationale
handling, customer service etc; The arena of sales and marketing has become dynamic in the world.
h) prepare student to be upright and responsible citizens who will As people move from markets dominated and commanded by the
apply Christian principles of honesty, morality, integrity and seller to those dictated by the buyers, a lot of creativity is required
ethics in their profession, while appreciating the importance of from todays organizationsin trying to attract customers to buy their
nation building and national heritage. product. Organizations in this dynamic world of marketing are
constantly pushing their sales and marketing personnel to achieve
Admission Requirements even higher target levels. Today business organizations are looking
The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain) for sales executives who can be used to make sales and service delivery
and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced to create a competitive advantage. The art of selling is distinguished
Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from from the art of marketing that involves more persuasion. The
outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and Diploma in Sales and Marketing will enhance the skills of the
meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to student and develop a versatile person who can open and close a sale
the University. transaction successfully. As a result of effective sales and marketing
skills the organizations will begin to experience higher levels of sales
Student Assessment and in turn the profits will be maximized. The Diploma in Sales
Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously and Marketing will provide the students with an appreciation of
the theoretical aspects of marketing. Ranges of practical skills are
research papers and project work.
included in the program in order to enhance the students value to
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the employer. The courses are designed so that they build on one MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3
another moving from the basics right to the more strategic areas in MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3
management. MGT-024 : Entrepreneurship & Risk Management 3
Objectives MGT-099 : Practicum 4
The Diploma in Sales and Marketing seek to: Total Required Core Courses 46
a) equip student with sales and marketing management principles
and skills that can enable the student close a sale and provide Concentration Courses
solutions to practical issues; MKT-011 : Consumer Behavior 3
b) train and challenge the student to design and implement effective MKT-012 : Advertising 3
sales and marketing strategies; MKT-013 : Sales Management 3
c) ground the student in theoretical and practical foundations in sales MKT-021 : Marketing Management 3
and marketing in an ever changing and dynamic environment; MKT-022 : Public Relations 3
d) provide the student with an appreciation of theories and their MKT-023 : International Marketing 3
applications to contemporary issues; Total Concentration Courses 18
e) prepare student to be upright and responsible citizen who will Total Credit Hours 64
apply Christian principles of honesty, morality, integrity and ethics
in their profession, while appreciating the importance of nation
building and national heritage. Diploma in Tours and Travel
Admission Requirements Rationale
The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain) Tourism is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing industry.
and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced In terms of revenue and number of people involved, it has become
Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from worlds number two industry next to petroleum industry.
meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to It helps nations to earn a large sum of foreign exchange without
the University. exporting any tangible product. Tourism ranks as one of the top
foreign exchange earning industries. Government of Kenya is
Student Assessment therefore taking special efforts to increase foreign exchange earning
Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously through tourism such as preserving national parcels, beaches, and
during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/ historical sites. The industry needs professionals to handle the
research papers and project work. foreign tourists visiting the country.
Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an Having the above need of trained personnel in mind, the diploma in
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the tourism will enable individuals to enter the field of tourism including
continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course airlines, hotel industry and travel trade as junior Level executives.
are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of The Tours and Travel Diploma is a broad market oriented programme
information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based intended to provide managerial and operational orientation to the
on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment. emerging tourism industry. The programme is designed to develop
For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that well-rounded tours and travel executives.
require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by
the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final Objectives of Diploma in Tours And Travel
exam and 40% for continuous assessment. The students will be able to gain a broad understanding of Tours
and Travel and will be familiar with related subject matters such as
Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and transport systems, the management of tourists, tour organizations,
seminars. They will be required to do a compulsory attachment in tourist behavior and tourist transport; and other industry
business organizations. A University lecturer and the person directly regulations.
in charge of the student in the business organization will supervise
and assess the student. After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
a) understand the growth, role and impact of transport system;
Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours b) have a broad understanding of different travel organizations and
Required General courses 46 understanding of the relationship between travel and tourism;
Required courses 18 c) understand different types of tourists and factors motivating them
Total 64 to travel;
d) identify different travel operations.
Requirements for the Diploma in Sales and Marketing Admission Requirements

Management The minimum entry requirement is an overall grade of C (Plain)
Required Core Courses Credit Hours and Mathematics C (plain) for those with KCSE; or Advanced
ICC-014 : Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3 Level Principal Pass or equivalent for candidates coming from
ICC-015 : New Testament Introduction & Survey 3 outside Kenya. This is, however, a minimum entry requirement and
MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3 meeting it does not automatically entitle an applicant admission to
MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3 the University.
MGT-012 : Organization & Management 3 Student Assessment
MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3 Continuous Assessment: This will be carried out continuously
MGT-014 : Economics 3 during the semester and will include tests, assignments, term/
MGT-015 : Business Law 3 research papers and project work.
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Final examinations: Each student will be required to do an AHC-024: First Aid & Safety Management 3 Credits
examination at the end of the semester. The relative weight of the Introduction: meaning and scope of first aid, applications/instances,
continuous assessment to the final examination will vary from course importance of first aid, limitations of first aid. Assessment of the
to course and will be specified in the course syllabi. For courses that situation: control of the situation, safety enhancement, locally
are essentially conceptual i.e. much of what is required is mastery of available resources. Diagnosis: listening, smelling, looking,
information or cognitive aspect of learning, assessment will be based touching. Treatment: urgent treatment, importance treatment
on 70% for final examination and 30% for continuous assessment. important treatment, after treatment. Common first aid practices:
For courses that are essentially skills oriented, i.e. courses that respiration, asphyxia, circulatory and circulation disorders,
require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded by wounds and bleedings, nervous system and unconsciousness, bone
the particular content, assessment will be based on 60% for final injuries, aches, poisoning, burns, etc. Safety management: safety
exam and 40% for continuous assessment. precautionary measures.
Practical: Students will be required to do class presentations and AHC-025: Public Relations 3 Credits
seminars. They will be required to do a compulsory attachment in History of public relations; Public relations defined and
business organizations. A University lecturer and the person directly distinguished; definition, characteristic and role of public relations.
in charge of the student in the business organization will supervise Public relations departments; The public relations officer, press
and assess the student. relations, gaining publicity, the familiarization visit, handling the
unfavourable publicity. Planning public relations programs; Public
Requirements for Graduation Credit Hours of public relations; The news media; Press relations; Created private
Core courses 43 s media; Budgeting; Photography; The ethics of public relations;
Concentration courses 21 Management and employee relations; Sponsorships; Export public
Total 64 relations; Marketing research; Public relations in developing
countries. Pre-requisite: MGT-013.
Requirements for the Diploma in Tours and Travel
Required Core Courses Credit Hours AHC-026: Customer Care 3 Credits
ICC-014 : Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3 Customer service skills: customer communication skills; listening
ICC-015 : New Testament Introduction and Survey 3 skills; demonstrating or positive attitude to customers; letter writing
MGT-009 : Introduction to Information Technology 3 in a service environment; dealing with customers by telephone;
MGT-010 : Professional Business Communication 3 handling criticisms and complaints; customer care and selling
MGT-011 : Financial Accounting 3 skills; importance of teamwork in customer service; how to make
MGT-012 : Organization & Management 3 a customer feel special. Putting customer service into practice:
MGT-013 : Principles of Marketing 3 introducing customer services and management change; service
MGT-014 : Economics 3 mission statements; service actions plans; setting standards of
MGT-015 : Business Law 3 service; service chains managing the service process; measuring
MGT-021 : Managerial Accounting 3 customer service; the internal customer; etiquette and grooming;
MGT-022 : Quantitative Techniques 3 relationship marketing. The role of positive-impact, methods of
MGT-023 : Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3 responding effectively to customer needs, effective interpersonal
MGT-024 : Entrepreneurship and Risk Management 3 kills for handling upset customers, recognizing sources of stress and
MGT-098 : Research Project; or methods of coping with stress. Prerequisite; MGT 013
MGT-099 : Practicum 4
Total Required Core Courses 43 ATT-023: Transportation (Air Travel) and Comm 3 Credits
Modes of Transport: road, rail, sea and air; public, private and
Concentration Courses individual modes of transport; their characteristics. Organization
TAT-023 : Transport Systems 3 and management of transport enterprises: economics of transport;
TAT-024 : Travel Organization 3 need for regulation; customer oriented policies. Types of aircrafts
TAT-025 : Travel Behaviour and Management 3 used in civil aviation: airports and runways; Role and functions of
TAT-026 : Tour Operations Management 3 ICAO; Department of Civil Aviation; domestic and International
TSM-021 : Tourism Principles and Practices 3 Tariff, fares and schedules; Air cargo. Role and functions of IATA.
TSM-022 : Hospitality Management 3 How supply of transport stimulates development of Tourism. How
TSM-027 : French 3 growth of travel leads to improvement in air transport network.
Total Concentration Courses 21 The transport component in the travelers expenditure, his choice of
carrier. Price elasticity, promotional rates, group travel, scheduled
Total Credit Hours 64
and supplementary carriers. Charter rates and IATA fares. Impact
of technology on transport. Airlines in the hotel business.
Course Descriptions
ATT-024: Marketing Mgt for Destinations & Attractions 3 Credits
AHC-023: People Management/Managing Behaviour 3 Credits Tourism perspective, role of branding, marketing, research,
Behavioural science: meaning and scope, origin of behavioural statistics etc. a range of case studies reviewing both success
science, contribution of behavioural science to people management, stories and worldwide failures used to consider issues involved in
importance of scientific methods of studying individual behaviours. destination management. Introduction to marketing, marketing
Nature of management: historical foundations, of management, research, understanding needs and wants, product policy, pricing,
theories of management, roles of management. Individual system; communication process (reaching the customer), distribution
personality and attitude, perception and attribution, learning and channels, selling skills, Market segmentation, advertising and sales
reinforcement, managerial problem solving styles. Group dynamics: promotion, marketing for destinations. Pre-requisite: MGT-013.
group formation and development, characteristics of an effective
work groups, formal and informal groups, group decision making ATT-025: Air Fares & Ticketing 3 Credits
model, individualism and collectivism, inter group dynamics. Team History; Fare selection criteria, currency rules and rounding
leadership and motivation; working with peoples staff retention and procedures, OW fare component steps and checks, special mileage
turnover, staff recruitment and selection, employee development, provisions, RT/CT/RW Fare construction, exceptions the HIP
selection and training, labor cost management. Pre-requisite MGT- and other checks, Add-ons, journey with surface sectors, normal
012 fare open jaw construction, journey vs pricing unit concept,
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lowest combination principle, limitations on indirect travel, C requirements. System design: process modeling, logic modeling,
construction, taxes, fees and other charges, PTA transactions, mixed conceptual data modeling. Selecting the best alternative design
class travel, rerouting and reissuances, control and security of BSP strategy. Pre-requisite; BIS 024
Accountable documents and special fares, NUCs and round resulting
local currency fares, endorsement procedures, reissue tickets with BIT-032: Computer Networks 3 Credits
additional correction, voluntary and involuntary rerouting, fare Introduction to data communications. Network applications,
calculation techniques, pricing units and service sectors, issue and architectures, devices and circuits. Layers of networking technology.
honour NICO/MPD, normal one way, round trip, circle trip and Local area network and wide area network. Communication:
round the world fares in NVCs. wired and wireless, data, voice, and video. Data communication
protocols, carrier options. Broadband technologies including their
ATT-026: Selling Skills 3 Credits application, regulation, standards, and cost issues. Frame relay and
Understanding the difference between sales and marketing, the ATM. Project: Students will connect a small LAN comprising two
changing role of travel sales sand the new millennium. Understanding or three computers and set the protocols.
the sales process: making initial contact with a prospect, identifying
needs, demonstrating features and benefits, getting a commitment, BIT- 034: Business Information Systems 3 Credit
overcoming objections and making a follow up. Understand selling Introduction to information systems: Information system
by telephone versus selling in person the role of travel sales and the development, kinds and types of information systems and the strategic
new millennium. Recognizing the buying influences in large account role of information systems. Information systems, organizations, and
sales and difference between large account and other account sales. management, computers and information processing. Information
The use of social and personal skills, the sales sequence, the role systems software. data resources management. Telecommunications
of the sales representative, managing sales representatives, selling systems and networks. The Internet and business applications.
through travel agents, use of selling tools: advertising objectives, Redesigning the organization with information systems. Approaches
strategy, agencies, door to door distribution; travel brochure, its role, to system building. Ethical and social impact of information
preparing a brochure, distributing a brochure; sales promotion; its systems. Information systems security and control
nature, techniques, planning, its impact; exhibitions and trade fares,
planning and organizing consumer presentation. Pre-requisite: BIT-041: Web Design and Development 3 Credits
MGT-013. Web fundamentals. Client/server architecture. Page design. Content
design. Site design. Intranet design. Web browsers. Accessibility
BIT-012: Computing Mathematics 3 Credits for users with disabilities. International (Global) Use of the internet
Introduction to matrix, determinants, inverses and their and E-commerce. The trend and future of the Internet. Simplicity
applications. Introduction to differentiation, definition of in web design. HTML and ASP programming. Introduction to
derivative, derivative of sum, product and quotient. Application of Dream weaver
differentiation in determining the maximum and minimum points
of function and curve sketching. Differentiation of logarithmic BIT 042: IT Project Management 4 Credits
functions. Introduction to integration as reverse of differentiation. Introduction to project management, IT project phases: IT project
Integration methods and their application. Introduction to logical initiation, It project planning, IT project scheduling network
statements and constructing the truth tables and their application diagrams: A map of the IT project, Building an IT project Team,
to computing. IT project assignment. Risk management: Evaluation of Risks
and Constraints in an IT project and their management. IT
BIT- 021: Database Management Systems 3 Credits project implementation Phase: starting an IT project, leadership,
Introduction to Database: File systems and databases. Database communication protocols. Controlling phase: monitoring and
design methodology. The relational models. Entity-Relationship control, conflict resolution, change management, management of
(ER) modeling, introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL). common project problems. Termination phase: project conclusion,
Design and development of database tables, forms and reports. termination and evaluation.
Conceptual database design & verification, logical database design
and implementation. Database Administration. Limitation of BIT- 045: Information Technology Systems Project 3 Credits
relational database management systems such MS-Access. Project The student will be required to apply the acquired knowledge
using MS-Access. Pre-requisite; MGT 009. to develop an information technology based system within an
organization or business function of his or her choice.
BIT-023: Fundamentals of Computer Technology 3 Credits
Computer structure, components their connectivity and their LOG-011: Introduction to Business Logistics 3 Credits
functions, computer abstraction and technology, introduction to To introduce the role of logistics in the economy and the organization,
integrated circuits, language of machines, arithmetic for computers, customer service management and logistics information systems.
processors and peripherals, I/O devices and multiprocessors, Inventory concepts and the basics of inventory management.
computer registers and counters. Managing materials flow in production and operations.
Transportation and traffic management. Warehousing, materials
BIT-024: Visual Programming 3 Credits handling, computerization, and packaging issues. Introduction to
Over view of visual basic, an introduction to Visual Basic, Designing global logistics. Organizing for effective logistics and controlling
Applications, Using Variable and constants. The selection and the logistics performance. Fundamentals of supply chain management.
Repetition structure. Sequential Access file, menu and reports. Developing and implementing logistics strategy. Prerequisite; MGT-
Dialog boxes and Error Trapping. Random Access files, Database 022.
access using visual data manager and Variable arrays
ENT-011: Introduction to Enterpreneurship 3 Credits
BIT-031: System Analysis & Design 3 Credits In addition to definition of terminology this course gives an
The system development environment. System development overview of a variety of issues surrounding new venture creation,
process models, e.g., waterfall, spiral and structured system analysis such as opportunity identification, the business plan, the economics
and development methodology (SSADM): Systems study and of the business, determining resource needs an acquiring resources,
requirement specification, managing an information systems project, marketing requirement , harvesting issues, among others.
identifying and selecting systems development projects, Initiating
and planning system development projects, determining systems ENT-012: Innovation and Enterprenuership 3 Credits
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This course will explore the following aspects of innovation: FIN-011: Business Finance 3 Credits
The nature and process of innovation: Theories of innovation, Sources of business finance: shares, loans, hire purchase, lease-hire,
Technological change, Entrepreneurship and innovation, The trade credit; ploughed back capital; financial institutions: specialized
changing nature of the innovation process. financial institutions, ICDC, KIE, IDE, AFC, KTDC, HFCK, CDC,
Innovation Strategies: Innovations as a source of competitive ADB; savings and credit cooperative society; cooperative insurance;
advantage, Specific strategies: defensive/offensive, imitative. The expected future financing of cooperatives; the commercial banks,
management of Innovation: Networks, Collaboration and innovation, merchant banks, etc.; Other institutions: the CBK; the banking
Organizational and individual learning, Implementing innovations: system; problems of indigenous banks and possible solutions;
risk assessment, project planning and team coordination. the stock exchange: functions, issuing of shares, purchase timing;
CMA, dealings, yield and P/E ratio; cost of capital; working capital
ENT-013: New Venture Creation 3 Credits management; the capital budgeting decision; financial analysis: ratio
Students will work in teams to launch companies, working analysis. Prerequisites: MGT-011and MGT-014.
through issues of market analysis, technology viability assessment,
competitive positioning, team- building, product lifecycle planning, FIN-012: Financial Institutions 3 Credits
marketing strategy, sales channel analysis, and strong emphasis Overview of the financial system, theory of the financial system,
on the entrepreneurship as a sales person. They will map the new mobilizing savings, asset transformation, Central banking, the
company, and well address the strategic considerations for creating determinants of interest rates, modern central banking, principles
companies that can quickly define and dominate a new category of of banking, retail banking, wholesale banking, building societies,
disruptive technology. The course will feature a prestigious line- up regulation and the control of the financial system, issues concerning
of guest speakers and hands- on mentors who have deep and recent the prudential controls of the financial system, the demand for and
experience starting and building companies. Topics to be covered in supply of assets, models of the demand for assets, models of the
this course include the process of identifying and quantifying market supply of assets.
opportunities, then conceptualizing, planning, and starting a new
venture. Topics include opportunity assessment, value propositions,
FIN-013: Financial Analysis and Reporting 3 Credits
the entrepreneur, legal issues, entrepreneurial ethics, the business
plan, the founding team, and seeking funds. Also to be covered Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement review and
in this course are issue relating to business risks analysis, strategic the big picture analysis, profitability and risk analysis, ratios analysis,
and operational planning, financial planning and measuring and common size analysis, trend analysis, Percentage change analysis,
controlling performance; managing innovation, marketing the cross-sectional analysis, time series analysis.
entrepreneurial organization, managing human resource in rapidly
growing firms, and the exit strategies. Identifying and evaluating the FIN-021: Financial Management 3 Credits
main sources of funding new ventures; including: venture capital, Capital budgeting cost of capital, portfolio analysis, capital structure,
informal investors, banks, investment bank, suppliers, buyers foreign exchange, merger, and acquisitions. Prerequisite: FIN-011.
and the government. Some of the topics for this course include
valuation, guerilla financing, joint ventures, strategic alliances, FIN-022: Portfolio Management & Investment 3 Credits
private placements, IPOs, ESOPs and management buyouts. Pre- Nature and Scope of Investment Management. Risk and Returns.
requisite: ENT-011 Security Valuation. Alternative Forms of Investment. Investor and
Interest Rates, Dividend Policies and Tax Planning. Fundamental
ENT-014: New Product Mgt. and Sale of Knowledge 3 Credits Analysis. Technical Analysis. Efficient Market Theory. Portfolio
This provides an extensive and detailed focus on the new product. It Analysis. Prerequisites: BUS-314 and STA-211.
explores in detail the process of converting ideas, technologies, and
customer needs into new products, services and processes, packaging, FIN-023: International Finance 3 Credits
branding and labelling decisions. It also examines the role of a new International monetary system, balance of payments, foreign
product in the sustainable marketplace advantage. Attention is also exchange markets, parity conditions, derivatives, foreign exchange
paid to registration and protection issues. Students will be required risk management, transaction exposure, economic exposure,
to identify an idea and develop it into a product. Prerequisite: Also translation exposure, Global financial markets, Capital structure,
examines the history, development and components of franchisee, capital budgeting and cash management in the global market.
licensee and distributorship systems, focussing particularly on
business format franchise networks. The perspectives of both LOG-012: Purchasing Principles & Management 3 Credits
franchise and franchisor are considered, as are various management Introduction to the purchasing profession, Christian ethics
issues which may arise within the network. Prerequisite: ENT-011 and professional standards, the role of purchasing and supply
& MNG-022. ENT- 011 management in business, and purchasing objectives, policies and
procedures. Computer based systems including EDI and purchasing
ENT-015: Family Business Management 3 Credits on the Internet. Purchasing organization and strategic role in the
Family businesses represent the interests of two distinct, yet firm. Purchase descriptions, specifications and standardization.
overlapping institutions: the firm and the family. It examines special Purchasings role in new product development. Outsourcing and
problems of family business and other closely held corporations. make-or-buy decisions. Finding, evaluating and selecting domestic
Attention is devoted to family business planning, effective governance and international sources of supply. Price and cost analysis.
approaches in family businesses, preparing heirs for entry into and Principles of contracting and negotiation. Purchasing capital
management of family firms, tax and compensation planning, and equipment and services. Contract administration, managing for
succession strategies. Actual family business case studies will be used quality, and general management responsibilities including value
to examine these issues. Family business owners will serve as invited analysis, developing the buying plan, and appraisal and control of
speakers. Prerequisite: ENT-011 the purchasing function. Pre-requisite: LOG-013.
ENT-016: Imagination, Entrepreneurship and LOG-021: Inventory Planning and Control 3 Credits
Creative Business Problem Solving 3 Credits Functions, types and uses of inventories. Nature and uses of
This is a practical course that aims at stimulating students to apply forecasts in the firm. Demand management, forecasting periods
the theories and skills acquired from the other entrepreneurial and accuracy. Forecasting approaches including Box-Jenkins,
courses on real life situations. Prerequisites: ENT-011, ENT-012, econometrics, Delphi method, market surveys, statistical series,
ENT-013, ENT-014. time series, moving average, exponential smoothing, and Bayesian
techniques. Adjusting for seasonality and cyclic patterns around
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LOG-031: Management of Customer Service 3 Credits
Developing a customer orientation in all functions of the firm,
especially those that interface with the customer. Integrating
customer service management with other functions of the firm.
The essential elements of great customer service. Developing and
implementing the customer service call path for telephone customer
service operations. Techniques for identifying how the company is
perceived and establishing action plans to maintain or enhance the
reputation of the business. Ethical standards in customer service
to build credibility, believability and professionalism. Empowering
customer service providers to improve their ability to serve the
customer. The importance of communications in customer service to
include effective listening, appropriate word usage, and proper voice
inflection. Techniques for dealing with difficult or angry customers.
Selecting, training, monitoring and motivating customer service
representatives and first line managers. Building effective customer
service operations on the Internet. Dealing with communications
barriers and prejudice in a multicultural environment. Measuring
customer satisfaction and customer churn, and developing programs
for continuous improvement. Financial implications of customer
service including cost vs. service level trade offs, measuring the
value of an existing customer, and controlling customer churn.
the trend. Monitoring and controlling forecasting systems by using
Prerequisite; BUL 011, MGT-013.
mean absolute deviation, mean absolute error, mean absolute percent
error, and tracking signals. The use of focus forecasting, pyramid
LOG-032: Transportation Management 3 Credits
forecasting, and combination methods to improve forecast accuracy.
Transportations interaction with the supply chain and the economy.
Vector smoothing for simple and multiple items. Percentage done
Transportation regulation and public policy. Motor carriers including
estimating method. Percent of aggregate demands method. Slow
truck load (TL), less than truck load (LTL) and small package
moving item forecasting using exponential smoothing and vector
carriers. Freight documentation including the bill of lading (B/L),
smoothing. Measures of inventory system performance including
carrier freight bill, and delivery receipt (D/R). Use of railroads.
ROI and ROA. Inventory distribution by value and Pareto (ABC)
Inland water carriers. Air carriers including air cargo, integrated
analysis. Trade offs between holding costs, set up costs, ordering
carriers, small package express delivery, freight forwarders, and next
costs, costs of production down time, and cost of stock-outs. Basic
flight out (NFO) services. Air transportation documentation. Use
order point/order quantity systems and calculation of EOQ/EPQ.
of pipelines. Use of special modes of transportation including bulk
EOQ with quantity discounts and shortages. Annual, cycle count,
carriers, heavy haul carriers, and temperature controlled carriers.
and low point inventory systems. Multi-item joint replenishment
Ocean freight carriers including bulk, container, and roll on/roll
inventory models including Browns algorithm and Kaspi and
off (Ro-Ro) ships. Intermodal transportation including trailer-
Rosenblatts algorithm, Joint replenishment production quantity
on flat-car (TOFC), container-on-flat-car (COFC) piggy-back
models. Inventory systems under risk including calculation of
services. Transportation tariffs and rate determination. Negotiating
safety stocks. Interaction between service levels and safety stocks.
transportation pricing. Use of private transportation and the
Balancing backorder or lost sales costs against inventory costs. Lead
economic and operational advantages and disadvantages of private
time adjustments and variability. Impact of demand lumpiness
trucking vs., common carriers. Relationship management and
and variability. Impact of anticipated price changes on demand.
partnering between shippers and haulers. Information systems in
Common inventory control systems in practice. Aggregate
transportation and the growing importance of technology in the
inventory management including lot size inventory management
transportation industry. Prerequisites; BUL 011, MGT-022.
interpolation technique (LIMIT), exchange curves, LaGrange
multipliers, unit and situation stock-out objectives. Facility location
ICC-014: Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3 Credits
decisions including echelon inventory and echelon holding costs.
The importance of the study of the Old Testament and its authority
Types of distribution systems, distribution requirements planning,
for the Christian life; The divisions of the Old Testament; A
and allocation systems. Outsourcing of distribution and inventory
survey of Old Testament history and indispensable role it plays
storage. Pre-requisites; BUL-011, MGT-025.
in understanding the Old Testament; Selected issues of ancient
Israels culture; The background, content, purposes, and important
LOG-022: Warehousing and Stores Management 3 Credits
themes of each Old Testament book; Key Old testament theological
Nature and importance of warehousing. Types of warehousing.
themes.
Three functions of warehousing movement, storage, and
information transfer. Receiving, transfer or put away, order
ICC-015: New Testament Introduction Survey 3 Credits
picking, cross-docking, and shipping functions. Information
The history of the Jewish people from the time of Ezra until the
transfer including computerization, EDI, and bar coding. Private
end of the New Testament period, how this history shapes Judaism
vs. public warehousing. Determining warehouse number, types
during the first century C. E., and how the New Testament church
size, and location. Warehouse location models. Warehouse layout
understood Jesus Christ as the fulfilment of the hopes and longings
and design. Use of randomized and dedicated storage locations.
of that Judaism and its Scriptures; Geography of Palestine as well
Product groupings in dedicated storage. International dimensions
as the northern and eastern Mediterranean during the first century
of warehousing. Warehouse productivity measurement and
C. E., and its significance for understanding the New Testament;
improvement. Financial dimensions of warehousing. Activity based
its purpose and key themes; a survey of the life and ministry of
costing. Warehouse security, accounting and control. Materials
Jesus Christ; A survey of the life and ministry of Paul, including
handling equipment types, uses and costs. Manual and automated
an overview of the spread of the church outside the boundaries
storage facilities. Warehousing for JIT environment. Packaging and
of Palestine; An introduction to important factors of the cultural
its effects on costs, customer service and satisfaction. Computers
background of the New Testament. Prerequisite: ICC-014.
and technology in warehousing and tracking operations. Warehouse
activity profiling. Humanizing warehouse operations. Prerequisite;
BUL 011.
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HOM-023: Principles & Practices of Mgt in of accommodation facilities. Demand for hospitality services;
the Hospitality Industry 3 Credits Consumer demographics, Educational impacts on hospital demand.
A perspective on the hospitality service industry; the hospitality Supply conditions; Food and labor. The environment: competitive
service industries an overview; industry segments; types of environment, physical environment, Global issues, and technical
food service operations; inns, hotels, and motels. Management environment. Service standards: Factors promoting service standards;
history development, theory and organization: history of Other related services Recreation, Game viewing, Medical, etc.
management; elements of management; definitions of management; Planning and management of hospitality related services.
characteristics of management, the resources of management;
roles and skills of a manager; the functions of management; the HRM-011: Human Resource management 3 Credits
environs of management; the levels of management and the goals Human Resource Management in Perspective; History of Human
of management. Development of modern management thought: Resource Management; Human Resource Management and the
classical scientific management; classical organization theory; the Legal Environment; Recruitment, Selection, and Human Resource
human relations approach; management science; contingency Planning; Training and Development; Compensation and Benefits;
approach to management; the Japanese approach to management; Employee and Labor Relations; Safety, Health, and Security;
systems approach to hospitality management. Organization: the Global Human Resource Management; Human Resource Research;
need for organization; formal organization; classical principles of Electronic Human Resource Management; Future Considerations
organization; organization structure; the organization chart; types and Issues for Human Resource Management. Pre-requisite: MGT-
of formal organization; modern organization theory; theory X & 012.
Y; factors in hospitality organization. Information, planning and
decision making. Special areas of management concern: control; HRM-012: Organizational Behavior 3 Credits
production management; labor relations and safety management; Motivational perspectives; Managing conflict; Interpersonal
financial management; marketing and sales management; legal communication, Organization culture and change; Leadership;
aspects, insurance and risk management; business ethics and International aspects; Ethics; Diversity management; Group
professionalism. dynamics; Decision making; Managing careers; Organizational
structure and design: Psychology at work; Social philosophy; Work
HOM-024: Hospitality Leisure and Tourism 3 Credits behavior. Pre-requisite: MGT-012.
Travel and Tourism: Partnership in hospitality; Relating hospitality to
travel and tourism, marketing and promoting hospitality and tourism, HRM-013: Employee Relations & Labour Law 3 Credits
destination development, destination marketing, Tourism motives Labor history in Kenya; Major legal influences on labor law; Union
and destinations: Mass-market tourism, Man made environments: structure and strategy; Union organizing; Collective bargaining;
Theme parks, casinos, gaming. Natural environments. The role Impasse resolution; Contract administration; Arbitration and
of tourism in the hospitality industry. Effects of hospitality, travel mediation; Employee discipline; Management rights; Economic
and tourism: economic and non economic, Leisure and hospitality: issues; Labor relations in the public sector; Labor relations in
Leisure defined, leisure vs. recreation, leisure segments in the multinational corporations. Pre-requisite: HRM-011.
industry, managing leisure segments, purpose of leisure segments,
recreation management. Specific leisure segments: Novel lodging HRM-014: Industrial Psychology 3 Credits
facilities, clubs (types and ownership), Health and fitness facilities, Introduction: Definitions and history; Research methods in
casions (checks and balances, legal aspects), The cruise industry, organizational psychology; Job analysis; Employee selection;
Recreation facilities (Theme parks, Resorts, Resorts and tourism). Evaluating employee performance; Employee training and
The role of entertainment. Marketing in the different sectors of development; Job satisfaction and positive employee attitudes and
leisure industry: 4Ps of marketing mix and leisure. The future of the behaviour; Worker stress and negative employee attitudes and
hospitality industry: demographics and cultural diversity. behaviour; Communication in the workplace; Group processes
in the workplace; Influence, power, and politics; Organizational
HOM-025: Hospitality and Travel Marketing 3 Credits culture and development; Human factors and occupational health
Introduction to marketing: marketing defined; Differences between psychology. Pre-requisite; HRM 011.
marketing products and hospitality/travel services; The hospitality
and travel marketing system. Planning: customer behavior in the HRM-015: International Human Resource Mgt. 3 Credits
hospitality and travel industry; Analyzing marketing opportunities; Meaning of international human resource management;
Marketing research; Marketing strategy market segmentation Contemporary issues-expatriate banking; Multinational corporations;
and trends, marketing mix, Positioning and marketing objectives; Cultural dimensions; Human resource management practices in
Marketing plan and the 8Ps of hospitality and travel marketing. foreign companies in Kenya; Human resource management practices
Implementing the marketing plan: The product/service mix and and environment in foreign countries; HR trends and innovations
people: Packaging and programming; The distribution mix and the Expatriate development; Maintaining corporate identity through
travel trade; Communications and the promotion mix; Advertising; corporate culture; Factors affecting human resource management in
Sales promotion and merchandizing; Personal selling and sales the international market. Pre- requisite; HRM-011, HRM-012.
management; Public relations and publicity, Pricing. Controlling,
measuring and evaluating the plan: Marketing management, HRM-016: Public Relations 3 Credits
evaluation and control. Pre-requisite: MGT-013. History of public relations; Public relations defined and
distinguished; Public relations departments; Planning public
relations programs; Public of public relations; The news media;
HOM-026: Hospitality and Related Services 3 Credits Press relations; Created private media; Budgeting; Photography;
Introduction: An overview of the hospitality service industry, The ethics of Public relations; Management and employee relations;
definition of service, types of service, rendering personal service, Sponsorships; Export public relations; Marketing research; Public
management in service transaction; How organizations organize relations in developing countries. Pre-requisite: MGT-013.
for service, service strategy, service culture, importance of people.
General classifications of hospitality/accommodation services, MGT-009: Introduction to Information Technology 3 Credits
their distinctive features, Functional areas of hotel organization. History of computers and development information technology.
Classification criteria of hotels, reasons for classifications. Hospitality Computer hardware: Overview and definitions, input/output devices,
services available in Kenya and East Africa. The main objectives of processors, memory, storage. Computer software: data/information.
hospitality services: sales, profits, guest satisfaction, boosting image Operating systems: overview and definitions; Examples: DOS,
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Windows 98/2000, Windows NT, Unix, linux. Internet: definition, MGT-013: Principles of Marketing 3 Credits
brief history, URL, search engines, searching techniques Marketing: the marketing concept, the role of marketing in
an organization and within an economy and the concept of
MGT-010: Professional Business Communication 3 Credits marketing mix, Integration of Christian faith and marketing, and
The communication process; business communication and the new marketing challenges. Marketing opportunity analysis:
management; packaging and delivering effective messages, document Environmental analysis, opportunity identification, market
layout, letters and memos; reports; special topics in business segmentation, market information systems, consumer behavior.
communication- cross cultural communication, technology aided Product decisions: Definitions, classifications, product life cycle,
communication, public presentation, persuasive communication, consumer adoption process, product development and management,
non-verbal communication, working in teams, receiving and packaging, branding and labeling decisions. Price decisions: Price
answering telephone calls, job applications and networking. setting, objectives and approaches and pricing policy. Promotion
decisions: Tools of promotion. Distribution decisions: Channel
MGT-011: Financial Accounting 3 Credits decisions, types of Middlemen and distribution systems.
The need for accounting records and accounts information. Parties
who need accounting information. Principles and concepts used MGT-014: Economics 3 Credits
in writing up accounts. Terminologies used in accounting. Double Introduction: meaning of economics, nature and scope of
entry book-keeping. The accounting equation. The golden rule economics, central economic goals and problems, basic concepts,
of accounting. The ledger accounts of sole proprietors. The day historical survey of economics; economic system: free enterprise
books; The journal proper. Balancing up ledger accounts. The trial systems, salient features, merits and demerits, centrally planned
balance. The trading and profit and loss account. The balance sheet: systems characteristics, advantages and limitations, mixed economy;
The presentation of fixed assets, current assets and the liabilities. Introduction to price theory: law of demand, individual demand
The two column cash book. The three column cash book. Cash and markets, determinants of demand, determinants of supply,
discount accounts. Bank reconciliation statement. The petty cash market price determination; Production: meaning and forms
book. Errors in accounts. Suspense accounts and the correction of production, factors of production, combination of factors of
of errors. Year end adjustments: Prepayments and accruals. The production; introduction to market structures; National income,
depreciation of fixed assets - commonly used. Capital expenditure Aggregate demand and aggregate supply: meaning of national
and revenue expenditure. Manufacturing accounts. Reserve and income and related concepts, the circular flow of income and the
provisions. methods of accounting, problems of measurement, importance
of national income accounting; Money and banking: the nature
MGT-012: Organization & Management 3 Credits and functions of money, the role of commercial banks, the role
Definition and nature of management; management and managers. of central bank; Introduction to international trade and balance
Management a profession, a commitment. Efficient and effective of payments: Importance and limitations of international trade,
managers. Dimensions of management. The development of balance of payments accounts, current account, capital account and
management and organization theory. Planning and decision-making: monetary account; Economic growth and development: Classical
organizational goals, strategy and strategic planning, developing and and neoclassical growth theory, endogenous growth theory,
implementing plans, managerial decision-making: steps in decision liberalization, SAPs: IMF and World Bank.
making, quantitative techniques for decision-making, management
by objectives. The organizing process: Concept and approaches MGT-015: Business Law 3 Credits
of organization theory, designing structures, span of control, Nature and meaning of law. Sources of law in East Africa and law
departmentation, delegation, centralization and decentralization, of persons. The legal systems in Kenya. Law of contract. Tort
organization charts, line and staff authority. Staffing: Its nature law. Law of agency. Types of business organizations in East Africa:
and purpose, manager and organization development. Leading: Sole trader, partnership, company corporation, the legal person.
motivation, leadership, communication and the personnel factor. Negotiable instruments. Hire purchase. Banking law. Insurance
The controlling process: Steps in control, effective control, resistance law. Sale of goods.
to controlling and strategic perspectives of controlling. Management
and society, ethical issues in management, social responsibility. MGT-021: Managerial Accounting 3 Credits
Management and Christianity. Coordination - the essence of Introduction: Definition of management accounting, Role of
management. A managers roles and skills. management accounting, Difference between financial accounting,
Cost accounting and management accounting, Kind of decisions
that need the use of management accounting statements. An
overview of management accounting: Planning decisions, Control
decisions, Organizing decisions, Production decisions, Marketing
decisions, Personnel decisions, Financial decisions, Forecasting
decisions. Cost volume profit analysis: Marginal costing: concept;
cost variations, Break even analysis, Relevant costs for decision -
making. Capital expenditure decisions. Inventory control. Cost of
holding stock. Stock re-order planning. Budgeting and budgetary
control. Responsibility accounting. Pre-requisite: MGT 011
MGT-022: Quantitative Techniques 3 Credits

Collection, organization and presentation of data: Definition,
scope and role of statistics, Sources and types of data, Methods
of collection, organization and presentation of data. Descriptive
statistics: Measures of central tendency, Measures of dispersion.
Correlation: Scatter diagram, Coefficient of correlation, Coefficient
of determination, Simple linear regression. Functions and graphical
representations: Functions and graphs, Linear functions and non-
linear functions, Economic applications of linear functions and
non-linear functions. Differential calculus: Rate of change, Concepts
of limits and continuity, Derivative and differentiation, Partial
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differentiation, Economic applications of differential calculus. writing report; Layout of the research report; Types of reports;
Integral calculus: Introduction, Rules of integration, Economic Mechanics of writing a Research report. Hypothesis; Definitions;
applications of integral calculus. Matrix algebra: Introduction: characteristics. Issues in research: Validity; Reliability; Objectivity;
Definitions and basic concepts, Properties of matrices, Determinant Research report. Prerequisite: MGT-022
of a matrix, Matrix operations, Matrix inversion, Solution to linear
simultaneous equations: matrix approach, Economic applications MGT-098: Research Project 3 Credits
of matrix algebra. Linear programming: Formulation of linear The student will be expected to choose a topic with the help of a
program, Graphical and simplex methods, Duality theory, Sensitivity lecturer. The lecturer must be specialized in that area of study as
analysis, he/she will be required to give guidance to enable the student to
write a report at the end of the course. Pre-requisite: Permission of
MGT-023: Business Ethics & Corporate Governance 3 Credits Instructor
Definition and significance of business ethics terms and ideas
in ethics. The corporate governance system, the legal obligation MGT-099: Practicum 4 Credits
of directors, effective boards, the board CEO relationship the The student is responsible for acquiring his/her own practicum
boards role in management. Basic principles and practices of site, which meets the minimum requirement of the University
corporate governance; development in the governance of enterprise, undergraduate programme for approval and which agrees with the
duties and liabilities of stakeholders, corporate governance and employers need and students training. He/she will do an average of
reporting, determining good governance, assessing board and 40 hours per week at the site over the course of the ten-week period
Directors performance. Governance, leadership and management: after the last semester of course study for a minimum of 280 hours.
competence of board members, designing the governance process, He/she will be required to receive at least one hour per week of
leadership, monitoring and evaluation. Christian ethics. individual supervision from his/her on-site supervisor. The project
report should reflect an application of learnt theories and concepts
MGT-024: Entrepreneurship And Risk Management 3 Credits to describe, diagnose, prescribe and provide appropriate business
The Entrepreneur. Theoretical and conceptual base for solutions and strategies to respective cases. The report should be at
entrepreneurship(myths and origin). Entrepreneurship least 55 pages.
vs Intrapreneurship. The importance and drawbacks of
entrepreneurship. Types of entrepreneurship. Innovation, creativity MKT-011: Consumer Behavior 3 Credits
and entrepreneurship. Business idea generation Assessment and The nature and diversity of consumer behavior: The 7 keys to
evaluation of new ventures. Business plan and business proposal. consumer behavior; Market segmentation; Consumer behavior
Elements of fraud related offences- theft, obtaining property influences and consumer research; the consumer as an individual
by deception, obtaining a financial advantage, false accounting, (internal influences): Consumer motivation and personality,
Furnishing false information, falsification of documents, fraudulently Consumer perception and attitude formation, Learning and
inducing a person to invest money, Secret commissions, conspiracy; consumer involvement. The consumers in their social and cultural
Computer crime- computer crime law, Impact of computer crime, settings (external influences): The concept of culture and its
internet based crime, hacking, computer security framework, the influence in consumer behavior, Social stratification (social class),
forensic process as it applies to computers; Crime investigations- Families and households, Group influences and consumer behavior,
general investigations, evidence and its sources, crime scenes. Cross-cultural consumer behavior (international perspective). The
Risk Management- Fundamental concepts; Types of risks and consumer decision process: choosing and consuming: Situational
their management; Financial risks, Industry and company risk, influences, problem and need recognition, information search,
Regulators, sovereign and country risk, Operations risk. alternative evaluation and selection, outlet selection and purchase
decision, post purchase processes, customer satisfaction, repeat
MGT-025: Business Research Methods 3 Credits purchases and customer commitment. Case studies and project
Meaning and purpose of research, objectives of research, types of presentation. Pre-requisite; MGT-013.
research, significance of research, research methods and methodology,
research and scientific method, research process, characteristics of MKT-012: Advertising 3 Credits
a good research, problems encountered by researchers, selecting The foundations of advertising: advertising and society: ethics and
and defining of the research Problems: what is research problem? regulation, ethical issues in advertising. The marketing concept, The
Selecting the problem; Techniques involved in defining a problem; 4 Ps of marketing. Advertising agencies: The consumer audience:
Importance and scope of literature review; Conceptual framework. Consumer behavior, Influences on you as the consumer personal
Research design: Meaning of research design; Need for research influences. Strategy and marketing planning. The marketing
design; Features of a good research design; Important concepts plan, the advertising plan, creative plan and copy strategy. How
related to research design; Different types of research designs; Basic advertising works: Media strategy and planning: Print media: News
principles of experimental designs; Important experimental designs. papers, magazines. Broadcast media: The structure of television,
Case study: Develop a research plan and a proposal; Sampling of TV advertising, the TV audience, advantages and disadvantages of
research design: Sampling need, Sampling definitions, Census and TV, the structure of radio, radio advertising, the radio audience,
sample survey, Implication of sample design, Steps in sampling design, advantages and disadvantages of radio. Media buying: Media
Criteria for selecting a sampling procedure, Characteristics of a good buying functions, special skills and expert knowledge of media
sample design, Different types of sample designs, Determining the opportunities, knowledge of media pricing, media vehicle selection
sample size. Measurement and scaling techniques: Measurements in and negotiation, maintaining plan performance. The Creative side
research; Measurement scale; Sources of error in measurement; Tests of advertising: The creative concept, creative execution, and effective
of sound measurements; Techniques of developing measurement creativity. Creating print advertising: Print advertising, writing for
tools; Meaning of scaling; Scale classification bases; Important print, print production. Creating broadcast advertising: Mastering
scaling techniques. Methods of data Collection: Methods of TV commercials, the TV environment; nature of commercials,
collecting primary data; Methods of collecting secondary data; planning and producing commercials. Sales promotion: defining
Construction of a questionnaire; Case study method. Processing sales promotion, the size of the sales promotion, the role of sales
and analysis of data: Processing operations; Types of data analysis; promotion in marketing, the relationship between sales promotion
Measures of central tendency; Measures of dispersion; Skewness; and advertising, types of sales promotion, the future of sales
Regression analysis. Interpretation and report writing: Meaning promotion. Public relations: The challenge of public relations,
of interpretation; Techniques of interpretation; Precaution in comparing public relations and advertising, The components
interpretation; Significance of report writing; Different steps in of public relations, public relations techniques. International
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advertising: The global perspective, organization of international organizational behavior. Meaning of motivation, primary motives,
advertising agencies. Prerequisite: MGT-013. work motivation approaches. Motivation applied - job design
and goal setting. Interpersonal and group behavior, dynamics and
MKT-013: Sales Management 3 Credits influence, the informal organization, group dynamics, organizational
Origin and development of salesmanship; overview of sales conflicts and politics; leadership styles; adapting organizations to
management; strategic role of selling and sales management; changing conditions: Organizational culture - nature, creating and
knowledge of the buying motives: the process of buying and selling; maintaining a culture; organization change, development and the
environmental influence on sales programs and performance. future of organization behavior.
Effective presentation and demonstration: overcoming objections
organizing sales force; demand estimation; sales territories; MNG-031: Company Law 3 Credits
motivation of salesmen; training of salesmen: remuneration of Historical background; the meaning of a company; fundamental
salesmen; sales analysis. Pre-requisite; MGT-013. concepts of company law; legal personality, limited liability, veil
of incorporation, advantages and disadvantages of incorporation;
MKT-021: Marketing Management 3 Credits memorandum of association and concept of ultra-vires; articles of
Definition of marketing management, adapting marketing association; variation of class rights: variation of the rights clause;
management to new economies; building customer satisfaction, promoters of prospectuses; companys organs and officers; the rule
value and retention, market oriented strategic planning; information in Turquands case and subsequent case law; directors duties; the law
gathering and measurement of market demand; environmental relating to auditors; minority protection; raising and maintaining
analysis; consumer markets and buyer behaviour; analyzing business capital, reduction of capital; distribution of dividends; types of
markets and business buying behaviour; dealing with competition; corporate securities; shares and debentures; reconstructions, mergers
market segmentation; product planning; new product development; and takeovers; winding-up process; promoters; prospectuses. Pre-
global marketing; branding strategies; service marketing; pricing requisite: MGT-015.
strategies; placing and promotion strategies. Pre-requisite; MGT
013. MNG-032: Business Finance 3 Credits
Sources of business finance: shares, loans, hire purchase, lease-hire,
MKT-022: Public Relations 3 Credits trade credit; ploughed back capital; financial institutions: specialized
History of public relations; Public relations defined and financial institutions, ICDC, KIE, IDE, AFC, KTDC, HFCK, CDC,
distinguished; Public relations departments; Planning public ADB; savings and credit cooperative society; cooperative insurance;
relations programs; Planning of public relations; The news media; expected future financing of cooperatives; the commercial banks,
Press relations; Created private media; Budgeting; Photography; merchant banks, etc.; Other institutions: the CBK; the banking
The ethics of public relations; Management and employee relations; system; problems of indigenous banks and possible solutions;
Sponsorships; Export public relations; Marketing research; Public the stock exchange: functions, issuing of shares, purchase timing;
relations in developing countries. Pre-requisite: MGT 013. CMA, dealings, yield and P/E ratio; cost of capital; working capital
management; the capital budgeting decision; financial analysis: ratio
analysis. Prerequisites: MGT-011, MGT-014.
MKT-023: International Marketing 3 Credits
Introduction: International marketing concept - International MNG-033: Human Resource Management 3 Credits
marketing, basis for international trade. The international marketing An overview of HRM: The origins of human resource management
environment: the economic environment, the cultural and social [HRM]; Personnel management versus HRM where is the
environment, the political and legal environment, the financial difference; pressures behind the rising interest in HRM; the nature and
environment, international institutions. Strategic decisions in place of people (employees) in creation; characteristics of a Christian
international marketing; the market selection decision; screening human resource manager. Context of human resource management:
and segmentation; international market research: Research strategy; the environment of HRM; HRM a developing country perspective;
desk research; field research; organizing for international market HRM in Kenya. Employee resourcing: human resource planning;
research. International product decision I: Product standardization recruitment and selection; selection problems in Kenya; orientation
or product modification, new product development; Product of new employees; employee layoffs; a biblical approach to employee
elimination. International product decision II: Packaging, layoffs; dismissing employees biblical principles. Employee
labeling, servicing and trade markets. International distribution Processes: human resource policies; job analysis; job evaluations.
decisions: Channels between nations; channels within nations. Performance Management: the performance management process; a
Direct vs. Indirect export. Joint ventures; Licensing; franchising; biblical approach to employee performance management. Salary and
industrial co-op agreements; Contract manufacture; management benefits administration: salary administration; biblical principles for
contract; International pricing: Pricing strategies, Export pricing, salary administration; benefits administration; biblical principles
Devaluation; Government influences on pricing. International for benefits administration. Training and Development: meaning
communications: Media advertising, Sales promotion and public of training and development (T&D); training and development
relations; International sales management. Management of risk in responsibility, the process; a biblical approach to training and
International marketing. Pre-requisite: MGT-013 development. Managing promotions and employee Discipline: a
biblical approach to managing promotions; the promotion system;
MNG-030: Organizational Behavior 3 Credits managing employee discipline; a biblical approach to disciplining
Managers and organizational behavior, definition, fundamental employees. Employee relations: the context of industrial relations;
concepts, the emerging organizational: The role of information healthy and safety; managing HIV/AIDS in the workplace; selected
technology; benchmarking; mimicking brains; electronic Kenyan labour laws. Prerequisite: MGT 012.
data interchange, reengineering; flattening and downsizing of
organizations. Behavior. personality: meaning, development MNG-034: International Business Management 3 Credits
and major determinants of personality. Perception: nature and The nature and scope of international management: definition of
importance of perception, perceptual selectivity, perceptual international management, reasons for international management,
organization and social perception. Attitudes and job satisfaction: risks of foreign trade and investment ventures, international
nature and dimensions of attitudes, importance of employee business environment. Corporate strategy: motives for operating
attitudes, job satisfaction sources, consequences of job satisfaction/ internationally, expansion and trading strategies, the vital choice.
dissatisfaction; Body language. Job stress: meaning, background Trade in goods and services: pre-export, market selection, significant
of stress, causes of stress, coping strategies for stress; the focus of obstacles, the options, the foreign agent, organization and staffing,
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documentation procedures. Trade in knowledge and expertise: and management of transport enterprises; economics of transport;
visible and invisible trade, selling knowledge abroad, technology need for regulation; customer oriented policies. How supply of
transfer, licensing agreements, franchising agreement, management transport stimulants development of tourism. Transport demand,
contracts, selecting and control of contract partners, organization transport network, transport costs and pricing; transport planning
and management of the foreign base. Foreign investment: the and economic development in the third world; transport problems
first steps, motives for direct investment, foreign subsidiaries in rural and urban areas in the developing countries, price elasticity,
for manufacture and services, ownerships and joint ventures, the promotional rates, group travel, scheduled and supplementary
parent company and subsidiary, disinvestment, time and reasons. carriers, impact of technology on transport.
International marketing management: market research in a foreign
country, product policies, consumer identification and produce TAT-024: Travel Organization 3 Credits
image, pricing policies, promotion and sales, elements of marketing Concepts related to leisure, recreation and tourism; intermediaries
mix, counter trade, external affairs management, international (travel agents and operators). Travel agents: historical development
finance and control, international corporate planning. Human and their present status, organization and management of the travel
resources and industrial relations: staffing policies, industrial agency i.e. ticketing and reservations, information tours, transport
relations, personnel policies, and regulatory environment of labour. administration, relationship between tour operators and travel agents;
Purchasing and supplies management: procurement, distribution, transport undertakings and accommodation unit fares, liability
production, record research and development. Decision-making and f travel agents. Tour operations: functions and roles. Activities,
organization in international management, organizational structure- aims and competence of national tourist organizations. Planning,
channels of decision-making, centralization and decentralization- development and maintenance of travel and services. National and
process in decision-making. The company and national state: the cultural resources. Travel requirements (formalities): passport, visa,
types of country authority, power and politics of national state, currency, customs, health and taxes. Removal of travel barriers.
basis of conflict, investment policies of national states, power of the Role of Kenya Tourism Board and National Museums. Role and
multi-national company. International trade organizations and the functions of international travel and travel organizations.
new international economic order: Regional trade arrangements,
the United Nations and its trade organs, the World Bank, the IMF, TAT-025: Travel Behaviour and Management 3 Credits
GATT, UNCTAD. Regional organizations, international financing, Needs assessment among travelers; choice of places to be visited,
international trade order, regulatory bodies, ISO standardization and optimizing and satisfying behavior in individual and mass travel
ethical codes of conduct, doing business in industrialized countries schedules, management of travel; air, sea, road and rail travel;
the Less Developed Countries (LDCs). The command (controlled) travel requirements including government procedures, immigration
economies (communist and socialist), peace, war, reconciliation, procedures and regulations; operations of travel agencies; travel
economic embargoes; the global village concept; the future of law rights of travelers; liability of travel agents. Different types of
international management. Prerequisite: MGT 013. tours, bookings conditions, organization of tours, tour brochures,
bookings and reservations, the economic physical and social impacts
MNG-035: Corporate Strategy 3 Credits of tourists at a destination.
Nature, scope and need for corporate strategy: importance of corporate
strategic planning, definitions, models, characteristics of corporate TAT-026: Tour Operations Management 3 Credits
strategic decision making, elements in development of corporate Tour operations business in tourism; location of tourists circuits
strategy. Application of corporate strategy in different organizations, in Kenya and neighborhood counties; detailed case students of the
strategy development for small businesses, manufacturing and service management geography and facilities available in national parks
organizations, public sector, not-for-profit organizations, patterns of and game reserves and other tourist areas; conducting of tours:
strategy development intended vs. realized strategies, pre-planned reservations, tour packages, accommodation, reservations, travel
vs. emergent strategies, imposed strategy. Factors affecting strategy and transport procedures including the airport; payment and billing
development; challenges for strategy development. Analysis of for services, budgeting and writing tour reports, preparation of
corporate strategy: environmental analysis, PEST; steps, stages and itineraries, office management relating to tours communications,
techniques for auditing the environment, strategic group analysis, costing, invoicing. Linkages between tours, travel and hotels.
competitor based strategies market leaders, market followers and Components of the tourism industry and their relationship with
market challengers; SWOT analysis; identifying strategic options: tour operations.
mission, vision, objectives; Ansoffs Product Market matrix; mergers,
acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances; competitive advantage TSM-021: Tourism Principles and Practices 3 Credits
strategies cost and price based strategies, added value strategies, Tourism in perspective: the study of tourism principles and
differentiation strategies, focus and hybrid strategies. Strategy practices; economic importance. Tourism through the ages: early
evaluation and selection: concepts and techniques of evaluating beginnings; early and later tourism attractions; the first travel agents;
and selecting strategic options, concept of strategic fit and synergy, historic transportation; accommodations. Tourism organization:
decision tree analysis, risk analysis, financial analysis. Implementing international organization; development organizations (international
and controlling strategies: factors affecting implementation and and national); regional international organizations; national
control, determination of policies, procedures and budgets, resource organizations; regional organizations. Passenger transportation:
allocation and control. Techniques for corporate strategies: BCGs the airline industry: the rail industry; the motor coach industry;
Growth Share Matrix, directional policy matrices, Porter industry/ automobile industry; cruise industry. Hospitality and related
market evolution matrix, A D Littles competitive position/ services: the lodging industry; the food service industry; meetings
industry maturity matrix, the parenting matrix, PIMS technique, and conferences. Organizations in the distribution process: travel
the experience curve concept and GAP analysis; Contemporary agents; tour wholesalers; specialty channels. Attractions, recreation
and future developments such as Information Technology and entertainment and others: attractions; gaming; recreation;
Information systems, international and global aspects of corporate entertainment; festivals and events; shopping; marketing and
strategic planning. publicity organizations. Understanding travel behavior: pleasure
travel motivation; cultural and international tourism for life
TAT-023: Transport Systems 3 Credits enrichment. Sociology and tourism: life characteristics and travel;
Spatial interaction, movement of goods, materials and people; flow group travel patterns; social tourism. Tourism safety, demand,
of information, growth of transport network and its role in economic planning and development: tourism components and supply:
development; modes of transport, road, rail, sea and air; private and
individual modes of transport; their characteristics. Organization
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infrastructure; transportation; hospitality and cultural resources; greetings. Use of French alphabet. Diacritical signs. French sounds
matching supply with demand. Meaning and forecasting demand: (French phonetics). Use of verbs etre (to be) and avoir (to have) in
Measuring demand. Tourism economic impact: generators the present tense. Name things in the classroom. Introduction to
of economic impact; number of visitors; economic multiples. masculine and feminine. Use French numbers up to 100. Learn
Tourism planning, development, and social considerations: the how to ask questions in French (qui, quell, quand, ou...). Talk about
planning process; goals of tourism development. Tourism and the your family and your home. Talk about other peoples families and
environment: sustainable development; current tourism industry homes. Talk about the days of the week. Use the definite article (le,
practices. Tourism marketing: nature and scope; marketing concept; la, l) and the indefinite article (une, une). Use possessive adjectives
marketing mix; risk segmentation. Future of tourism: professional (mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes). Practice numbers up to 100 by
impacts of tourism; nature of future growth; future scope of tourism listening to the audio tape. Days of the week verb etre, masculine
marking; tourism and peace. and feminine, etc. Talk about animals, especially pets. Describe
animals and other things (use colors and size). Talk about your
TSM-022: Hospitality Management 3 Credits likes, dislikes and preferences. Use French adjectives and agreement
A perspective on the hospitality service industry; an overview and between adjectives and nouns. Ask for and give the date. Talk about
operational structure, management history, development theory public holidays in France. Talk about some clothes. Talk about
and organization; The development of modern management birthdays and present. Talk about the weather. Talk about the four
thought, Systems approach to hospitality management, Trends and seasons in France. Talk about sports and other leisure activities Say
development in the hospitality industry: globalization, government what you do at weekends. Use of regular verbs with er (ler groupe).
policy, future prospects, etc. Areas of management concern in the Use of regular verbs with ir (2eme groupe). Exercises on festivals
industry: Hotel management; Catering sectors and management; and seasons. Prepositions (a, a, la, au, aux). Using prepositions
Front office operations: Front office procedures: Front office with countries (au Kenya, en Ouganda). Use some irregular verbs
management. Planning in the hospitality industry: planning (aller, venire, mourir) Say where things are using prepositions.
concepts, long range planning tools: organization in hospitality As what the time is. Talk about places in town. Ask for, and give
management: line and staff, departmentation, issues in organization. directions. Understand and tell the time in French. Talk about
Staffing: human resource management in hospitality industry, fitting school subjects. Learn some examples of reflexive verbs. Talk abou
people with jobs, staff planning and retention. Training: Tools for the time of the day. Talk about a typical day. Talk about food and
control in hospitality industry. drinks. Talk about means. Accept or refuse food and drinks. Talk
about food and drinks you like and dislike. Use the negative ne..
TSM-027: French 3 Credits pas. Use the partitive article du, de la, l, des (some). Use the verb
This course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of with re(3eme groupe). Practical learning activity: go out for lunch.
French. However, students with some basic knowledge of French Exercises on time, prepositions, verbs. Talk about leisure activities.
could be allowed to take the course. Use and understand the 24 hour clock. Say what you do to help at
Introduction to the course syllabus. Introduction to the French home. Use a verb and an infinitive. Use possessive adjective. Use
language. Study tips on how to learn French. Formal and informal the past and future of the vers ettre and avoir.
SUGGESTED TWO YEAR STUDY PROGRAMME

Diploma in Air Hostess and Cabin Crew Studies Diploma in Air Travel Ticketing and Tourism
1ST YEAR 1ST YEAR
1st Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester
ICC-014 3 AHC-023 3 ICC-014 3 ATT-023 3
MGT-009 3 AHC-024 3 MGT-009 3 ATT-024 3
MGT-010 3 ICC-015 3 MGT-010 3 ICC-015 3
MGT-011 3 MGT-013 3 MGT-011 3 MGT-013 3
MGT-012 3 MGT-014 3 MGT-012 3 MGT-014 3
MGT-022 3 MGT-015 3 MGT-022 3 MGT-015 3
Total 18 Total 18 Total 18 Total 18
2ND YEAR 2ND YEAR
1st Semester First Semester
AHC-023 3 2nd Semester Second Semester
ATT-024 3
AHC-024 3 AHC-026 3 ATT-026 3
ATT-025 3
AHC-025 3 MGT-098/098 4 MGT-098/099 4
TSM-021 3
MGT-024 3 TSM-027 3 TSM-027 3
TSM-022 3
TSM-021 3 Total 10 Total 10
MGT-021 3
TSM-022 3 MGT-024 3
Total 18 Total 18
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Diploma in Business Administration and Management Diploma in Entrepreneurship
1ST YEAR 1ST YEAR
1st Semester Second Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester
ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3 ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3
MGT-009 3 MGT-013 3 MGT-009 3 ENT 011 3
MGT-010 3 MGT-014 3 MGT-010 3 ENT-012 3
MGT-011 3 MGT-015 3 MGT-012 3 MGT 011 3
MGT-012 3 MGT-021 3 MGT-013 3 MGT-014 3
MGT-022 3 MGT-023 3 MGT-022 3 MGT-023 3
2ND YEAR 2ND YEAR

MGT-021 3 MGT-099 4 ENT-013 3 ENT-016 3
MGT-024 3 MNG-034 3 ENT-014 3 ENT-017 3
MNG-030 3 MNG-035 3 ENT-015 3 MGT-098/099 4
MNG-032 3 Total 10 MGT-015 3 Total 10
MNG-033 3 MGT-025 3
MNG-031 3 Total 18
Total 18
Diploma in Business Information Technology Diploma in Finance

1ST YEAR 1ST YEAR
ICC-014 3 BIT-012 3 ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3
MGT-009 3 BIT-021 3 MGT-009 3 MGT-013 3
MGT-010 3 BIT-022 3 MGT-010 3 MGT-014 3
MGT-011 3 ICC-015 3 MGT-011 3 MGT-015 3
MGT-012 3 MGT-013 3 MGT-012 3 MGT-021 3
MGT-022 3 MGT-014 3 MGT-022 3 MGT-023 3
2ND YEAR 2ND YEAR

BIT-023 3 BIT-032 3 FIN-011 3 FIN-022 3
BIT-031 3 BIT-041 3 FIN-012 3 FIN-023 3
BIT-033 3 BIT-098/099 4 FIN-013 3 MGT-098/099 4
BIT-034 3 Total 10 FIN-021 3 Total 10
MGT-023 3 MGT-024 3
MGT-025 3 MGT-025 3
Total 18 Total 18
Diploma in Hospitality Management Diploma in Human Resource Management

1ST YEAR 1ST YEAR
First Semester 2nd Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester
ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3 ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3
MGT-009 3 MGT-013 3 MGT-009 3 MGT-013 3
MGT-010 3 MGT-014 3 MGT-010 3 MGT-014 3
MGT-011 3 MGT-015 3 MGT-011 3 MGT-015 3
MGT-012 3 MGT-021 3 MGT-012 3 HRM-011 3
MGT-022 3 MGT-023 3 MGT-022 3 HRM-012 3
2ND YEAR 2ND YEAR

First Semester Second Semester 1st Semester 2nd Semester
HOM-023 3 HOM-026 3 HRM-013 3 HRM-016 3
HOM-024 3 MGT-099 4 HRM-014 3 HRM-017 3
HOM-025 3 TSM-027 3 MGT-021 3 MGT-099 4
MGT-024 3 Total 10 MGT-022 3 Total 10
TSM-021 3 MGT-024 3
TSM-022 3 MGT-025 3
Total 18 Total 18
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Diploma in Purchasing and Business Logistics Diploma in Tours and Travel
1ST YEAR 1ST YEAR

ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3 ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3
MGT-009 3 MGT-013 3 MGT-009 3 MGT-013 3
MGT-010 3 MGT-014 3 MGT-010 3 MGT-014 3
MGT-011 3 MGT-015 3 MGT-011 3 MGT-015 3
MGT-012 3 LOG-011 3 MGT-012 3 TAT-023 3
MGT-022 3 LOG-012 3 MGT-022 3 TAT-024 3
2ND YEAR
2ND YEAR
First Semester 2nd Semester First Semester Second Semester
LOG-021 3 LOG-031 3 TAT-025 3 MGT-098/099 4
LOG-022 3 LOG-032 3 TSM-021 3 TAT-026 3
MGT-021 3 MGT-026 3 TSM-022 3 TSM-027 3
MGT-023 3 MGT-098/099 4 MGT-021 3 Total 10
MGT-024 3 Total 13 MGT-023 3
MGT-025 3 MGT-024 3
Total 18 Total 18
Diploma in Sales and Markaeting Management

1ST YEAR
1st Semester 2nd Semester

ICC-014 3 ICC-015 3
MGT-009 3 MGT-013 3
MGT-010 3 MGT-014 3
MGT-011 3 MGT-015 3
MGT-012 3 MKT-011 3
MGT-022 3 MKT-012 3
Total 18 Total 18
2ND YEAR
1st Semester 2nd Semester
MKT-013 3 MGT-098/099 4
MKT-022 3 MKT-021 3
MGT-021 3 MKT-023 3
MGT-023 3 Total 10
MGT-024 3
MGT-025 3
Total 18
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General Requirements
Applicants to the Bachelor of Commerce must fulfill entry
requirements that apply to all Daystar undergraduate students,
i.e. An overall minimum grade of C+ in KCSE or equivalent. In
addition they must have obtained at least a Grade of C (plain) in
Mathematics.
Student Assessment
Grading will be based on continuous assessment and written
examinations. Student assessment will be based on class participation,
class attendance, continuous assessment such as assignment, group
work and quizzes, project work and a final examination. The relative
weight of each of these assessments will be specified in the course
syllabi.
DEPARTMENT OF Practicum marks will be based on 60% in field reports and 40% in
field evaluations.
Independent study marks will be based on 60% in final examination/

paper and 40% in continuous assessment tests.
COMMERCE Exemptions
Exemptions from certain courses may also be granted based on work
done in professional courses from recognized (accredited) institutions
such as CPA, ACCA, CFA, CIMA, CIPS etc. and Diplomas in
areas of Business Management, Marketing, Sales, Accounting,
Finance, etc. Exemption will only be granted for completed parts,
(Degree Programmes)
levels or diplomas. No exemptions will be granted for partial
completion. Exemptions will not be granted for foundational
stages such as technical courses, KATEC, certificate level work etc.
Only professional stages of the examination will serve as a basis for
exemption.
General Courses for Commerce Credit Hours

ACS 101 (ACS 102 for MIS) Basic Comp Knowledge 2
ART 111/MUS 111 or LIT 111 2
BIO 111 Biology 2
BIL 111 Old Testament Introduction & Survey 3
BIL 112 New Testament Introduction & Survey 3
ENG 098/111Basic English 0(3)/3
INS 111 Communication & Culture I 3
INS 112 Communication & Culture II 3
PHY 112 Physical Science (MIS students only) 2
POL 111 Introduction to Political Science 1
RET 320 Christianity and Islam in Africa 2
Total 30
Core Courses in Accounting, Business Administration &

Management, Marketing and Purchasing & Business Logistics
Majors Credit Hours
ACC 111 Financial Accounting 3
ACC 112 Managerial Accounting 3
BUS 113 Professional Business Communications 3
BUS 211 Organization and Management 3
BUS 213 Business Research Methods 3
BUS 309 Business Finance 3
BUS 313 Human Resources Management 3
BUS 314 Financial Management 3
BUS 321 Business Law 1 3
BUS 323 Business Ethics 3
BUS 414 Strategic Management & Decision Making 3
MIS 211 Management Information Systems 3
ECO 211 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3
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ECO 212 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 ACC 314 Cost Accounting 3
MAK 212 Marketing Principles 3 ACC 315 Taxation I 3
MAT 111 Mathematics for Economics and Management I 3 Total 21
MAT 112 Mathematics for Economics and Management II 3 Students in the department of commerce who do a minor in
STA 211 Business Statistics I 3 Accounting will be required to substitute ACC 111 and ACC 112
STA 212 Business Statistics II 3 with two electives, from Accounting Major.
Total 57
Acounting Courses for Students in Education
Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
ACC-111 Financial Accounting I 3
Rationale ACC-112 Managerial Accounting 3
The purpose of the Accounting major programme is to prepare ACC-211 Financial Accounting II 3
persons who are serving or intend to serve as accountants in public ACC-311 Intermediate Accounting I 3
and private sector organizations, to handle their duties efficiently and ACC-314 Cost Accounting 3
with confidence. The programme is designed to produce dependable, ACC-315 Taxation I 3
reliable, dedicated and efficient executives and entrepreneurs ACC-316 Auditing I 3
capable of performing accounting duties the way such duties should ACC-416 Computerized Accounting 3
be performed, with undoubted honesty. MAT-112 Management Mathematics I 3
MAT-211 Operations Research 3
Specifically, the goals of the major are: Total 30
1. to develop in the student an understanding of the major areas
of accounting, economics, quantitative methods, management Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration
information systems, computer applications, statistics, marketing, and Management
costing, auditing and business law;
2. to prepare the student to apply the principles learned in the Rationale
performance of accounting duties, upon completion of the course, The programme is broadly based and aims at developing the students
and to apply Christian principles of integrity, dependability and into mature people who have the right relationship with God and
honesty in the performance of such duties; the people around them, men and women who know themselves
3. to enable the student to be in a position to take up any other and who can use their talents and opportunities available in the
alternative job, such as the job of auditor, treasurer, tax assessor, environment to serve mankind. They will see the need to aim high
supplies officer, teacher of business subjects or development and will want to improve their standards of performance, and their
coordinator in a church or a public or private sector lives.
organization;
4. to prepare the student to be of service to voluntary organizations Thus, while aiming at being executives in management, accounting
such as churches and welfare organizations in the field of and other professional fields, they will be prepared through studying
accounting in his/her spare time; and such subjects as theology, communication and natural science, to
5. to prepare interested, capable students for post-graduate studies have a world view based on Christian principles and values. The
in business. courses will enable them to understand the African cultural heritage
and will develop in them valuable attributes such as industry,
Requirements for Graduation diligence, dependability, integrity and faithfulness.
Students with a major in Accounting must fulfill the following
course requirements: Specifically, the goals of the major are:
Credit Hours 1. to encourage the student to consider a business profession or
General Education 30 career as a worthy means of serving God, country and self;
Required: Commerce Courses 96 2. to challenge the student to practice Christian principles of
Core Courses 57 integrity and honesty in the church and market place as an
Concentration 39 expression of his/her Christian commitment;
General Electives 6 3. to prepare and equip the student to practice his vocation as a
Total 132 Christian business person in church, para-church organizations,
government, and private business;
Concentration Courses in Accounting Major Credit Hours 4. to develop in the student a foundational understanding of the
ACC 211 Financial Accounting II 3 major areas of business administration and management, in
ACC 311 Intermediate Accounting I 3 accounting, management informatioin systems, computer
ACC 312 Intermediate Accounting II 3 applications, economics, statistics, management, marketing,
ACC 313 Intermediate Accounting III 3 human resource management and business law;
ACC 314 Cost Accounting 3 5. to provide the student with the necessary basic skills, knowledge,
ACC 315 Taxation I 3 and methods for the successful practice of a business vocation;
ACC 316 Auditing I 3
ACC 411 Advanced Accounting 3 and
ACC 412 Auditing II 3 6. to prepare the interested, capable student for post-graduate
ACC 414 Management Accounting II 3 studies in business.
ACC 415 Taxation II 3
ACC 416 Computerized Accounting 3 Requirements for Graduation
MAT 211 Operations Research 3 Students with a major in Business Administration must fulfill the
Total 39 following course requirements:
Credit Hours
Minor in Accounting Credit Hours General Education 30
ACC 111 Financial Accounting I 3 Commerce Courses 91
ACC 112 Management Accounting I 3 Core Courses 57
ACC 211 Financial Accounting II 3 Concentration 34
ACC 311 Intermediate Accounting I 3 General Electives 12
ACC 312 Intermediate Accounting II 3
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Total 133 disciplines gives the student excellent tools and a firm ground in the
technicalities of marketing management. The treatment of various
sectors of the market and conceptual analytical tools are studied to
Concentration Courses in Business Administration and enhance understanding of the management of markets. The global
Management Credit Hours and ethical dimensions of the marketing decisions are emphasized.
BUS 318 Organizational Behaviour 3 This course incorporates: analysis of markets, planning, research and
BUS 319 Insurance Practice 3 project synthesis which constitute the marketing major.
BUS 322 Business Law II 3
BUS 324 Investment 3 Specifically, the goals of the major are to:
BUS 330 Conflict Management 3 1. encourage the student to consider a marketing profession or
BUS 415 Project Planning and Management 3 career as a worthy means of serving God, country and self;
BUS 417 Entrepreneurship and Leadership 3 2. challenge the student to practice Christian principles of integrity
BUS 419 Corporate Governance 3 and honesty in serving customers as an expression of Christian
BUS 420 Risk Management 3 commitment;
BUS 326 Industrial Psychology 3
3. prepare students to practice their vocations as Christian business
BUS 520/598 4
persons in church, para-church organizations, or government
Total 34
and private businesses;
Business Electives Credit Hours 4. develop in students a foundational understanding of the major
BUS 111 Business Studies 3 areas of marketing, accounting, economics, management
BUS 328 Small Business Management 3 information systems, statistics, management, human resource
BUS 329 Labour Relations and Labour Law 3 management, business law; and
BUS 340 Cooperative Management 3 5. provide students with the necessary basic skills, knowledge, and
BUS 416 Special Topics in Business & Mgt 3 methods for success in the marketing effort.
BUS 496 Independent Study 3
BUS 520 Business Practicum 4 Requirements for Graduation
Students with major in Marketing must fulfill the following course
Minor in Business Administration and Management requirements:
Students with a minor in Business Administration and Management Credit Hours
must fulfill the following requirements: General Education 30
Credit Hours Required: Commerce courses 94
ACC 111 Financial Accounting 3 Core Courses 57
BUS 211 Organization and Management 3 Concentration 37
BUS 309 Business Finance 3 General Electives 9
BUS 313 Human Resources Management 3 Total 133
BUS 417 Entrepreneurship & Leadership 3
ECO 211 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 Concentration Courses Credit Hours
MAK 212 Marketing Principles 3 BUS 498/520 Senior Project/Business Practicum 4
Total 21 MAK 315 Consumer Behaviour 3
MAK 316 Advertising 3
Students doing majors in department of commerce cannot do a MAK 317 Marketing Research 3
minor in Business Administration and Management except for MAK 335 Marketing Communication 3
Economics major students who will be required to substitute ACC MAK 336 Marketing of Service 3
111, BUS 309& ECO 211 with electives from the required Business MAK 418 Marketing Management & Strategy 3
Major courses. MAK 420 Sales Management 3
MAK 421 International Marketing 3
Business Administration and Management Courses for MAK 422 International Business Management 3
Students in Education MAK 423 Customer Care and Public Relations 3
MAK 424 Marketing Management 3
Course Code Course Name Credit Hours Total 37
ACC-111 Financial Accounting I 3
ACC-112Managerial Accounting 3 Marketing Electives Credit Hours
BUS-111Organization and Management 3 MAK 330 Product Strategy and Planning 3
ECO-211Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 MAK 331 Financial Aspects of Marketing 3
ECO-212Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 MAK 333 Agricultural Marketing 3
MAK-212Marketing Principles 3 MAK 334 Marketing for non Profit Organizations 3
MAT-112 Management Mathematics I 3 MAK 337 Retailing Management 3
STA-211Business Statistics I 3 MAK 338 Export Marketing 3
STA-212 Business Statistics II 3 MAK 416 Special Topics in Marketing 3
Total 30 MAK 419 Business to Business Marketing 3
MAK 492 Independent Study in Marketing 3
Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing
Minor in Marketing
Rationale Requirements for graduation with a minor in Marketing
The Marketing major is a broad-based globally oriented programme Credits Hours
which is intended to provide managerial orientation to marketing in MAK 212 Marketing Principles 3
a complex, rapidly changing global environment. The programme is MAK 315 Consumer Behaviour 3
designed to develop well rounded marketing executives with a sound MAK 316 Advertising 3
working knowledge of activities involved in developing marketing MAK 317 Marketing Research 3
programmes and strategy to achieve competitive advantages MAK 418 Marketing Management and Strategy 3
both locally and globally. A wide selection of topics in related
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MAK 421 International Marketing 3 ACS 211 Algorithms and Data Computer 3
MAK 422 International Business Management 3 ACS 212 Advanced Objected Oriented Programming 3
Total 21 ACS 223 Computer Organization, Design & Architecture 3
Students in the Department of Commerce doing a minor in ACS 231 Operating Systems 3
Marketing will be required to substitute MAK 212 with a Marketing ACS 302 Software Engineering 3
elective. ACS 351 Computer Network 3
ACS 352 LAN Design and installation 3
Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Management ACS 361 Introduction to Database Systems 3
Information Systems (MIS) ACS 431 Computer Security 3
Rationale BUS 113 Professional Business Communication 3
As years go by, the world is becoming more and more an BUS 211 Organization & Management 3
electronic global village. This poses many challenges like privacy, BUS 213 Research Methods 3
confidentiality, availability, and integrity of information held in BUS 313 Human Resource Management 3
individual/ organizational database. This calls for both individual BUS 309 Business Finance 3
and organizations to keep abreast with the current information BUS 520/598 Business Practicum (IT) 4
technology for effective protection and efficient production by ECO 211 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3
optimizing the technology. ECO 212 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3
MAK 212 Marketing Principles 3
There is a dire need of people who are well literate in the usage of MAT 111 Mathematics for Economics and Management I 3
computers to assist in the production of data and information that MAT 112 Mathematics for Economics and Management II 3
will go along way in helping managers to make good decisions. MIS 211 Management Information Systems 3
Therefore, this program will seek to address this shortage/gap. MIS 281 Systems Analysis & Design Methods I 3
MIS 282 Systems Analysis & Design Methods II 3
Specifically, the goals of the major are to: MIS 311 Information Systems Management 3
a) prepare students to be servant leaders in a business environment MIS 400 Information Systems Project 3
or other organization to develop and implement information MIS 418 Information Systems Project Management 3
systems for business management and: MIS 451 Designing & Building Web Sites 3
b) create an in-depth understanding of performing a needs analysis STA 211 Business Statistics I 3
and the design development, and implementation of information STA 212 Business Statistics II 3
systems in their in a business environment including data base Total 99
management;
c) prepare the student to have a broad general understanding of Electives (Choose 3)
the latest computer technology as it is applied to information ACS 411 Developing Distributed Applications 3
systems within the organization, including networking and ACS 451 Data Comm. Security & Network Controls 3
programming; ACS 462 Data & Data base Administration 3
d) provide the student with a solid base in business administration, BUS 328 Small Business Management 3
management, strategic planning, forecasting, and policy BUS 417 Entrepreneurship and Leadership 3
formulation; MAT 211 Operations Research 3
e) develop in the student a foundational understanding of business MIS 408 Special Topics in Mgt Information Systems 3
administration process such as accounting , human resource MIS 413 Introduction to Electronics Commerce 3
management, marketing , inventory control, capacity planning
and material requirement planning and how these can be Minor in Management Information Systems
integrated into an information system; Requirements for graduation with a minor in management
f ) challenge the student to practice being a responsible citizen who Information System
will apply Christian principles of morality, integrity, honesty Credit Hours
and ethics in his or her profession as an expression of his or her ACS 111 Introduction to Programming 3
Christian commitment; ACS 223 Computer Organization, Design & Architecture 3
g) prepare the student to enter an advanced degree program in MIS 211 Management Information Systems 3
information systems or other post graduate program. To prepare MIS 281 System Analysis & Design Methods I 3
and equip the student to practice his vocation as a Christian MIS 282 System Analysis & Design Methods II 3
business person in church, par-church organizations, government MIS 400 Information Systems Project 3
and private business. MIS Elective 3
Total 21
Requirement for Graduation
Students pursuing this major must fulfill the following Bachelor of Commerce and Economics major students will be
requirements: required to choose an additional course from the MIS courses to
Credits Hours substitute for MIS 211 already done in the major. Students doing
General Education 30 a major in Applied Computer Science (ACS) cannot do a minor in
ACS 35 MIS.
Required Business Courses 43
MIS Required Courses 21 Bachelor of Commerce in Economics
Electives in MIS 9
Total 138 Rationale
The Economics Major is a broad based globally oriented programme
Required Courses in Management Information Systems Major designed to provide the student with sound knowledge of economic
Credit Hours disciplines and adequate tools for the understanding of economic
ACC111 Financial Accounting 3 variables, necessary for effective decision making in a rapidly
ACS 102 Basic Computer Skills 2 changing global economic environment.
ACS 111 Introduction to Programming 3
ACS 112 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming 3 The programme is also designed to equip the student with adequate
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knowledge and skills in related disciplines. This will enhance its ECO 314 Economics of Population 3
application in problem solving in public, private and non-profit ECO 316 Econometrics I 3
making organizations, as well as in academic fields. It emphasizes ECO 317 Econometrics II 3
interrelationships with other disciplines and utilization of techniques ECO 318 Environmental & Resource Economics 3
that can be applied in the allocation of the scarce resources available ECO 411 Public Finance 3
to mankind, in an effort to create a better world to live in. ECO 412 Economic Planning Techniques &
Structural Adjustment 3
In development, the expertise of economists is in great demand, MAT 111 Management Mathematics I 3
especially as regards economic planning and development MAT 112 Management Mathematics II 3
programmes. A wide selection of topics provides the student with STA 211 Business Statistics I 3
a firm ground and excellent tools to work with in dealing with STA 212 Business Statistics II 3
technicalities of economic management. Research and conceptual TOTAL 87
analytical methods are studied to sharpen the students knowledge
Economics Electives (Choose Two) Credit Hours
in the real economic environment. Global and multi-disciplinary
BUS 112 Business from a Christian Perspective 3
approaches to problem solving are emphasized. The carefully ECO 320 Comparative Economic Systems 3
selected topics, such as analysis of economic variables, planning, ECO 319 Economics of Industry 3
research, project evaluation and design, synthesize the many ECO 322 Economics of Labour 3
components of the economics major programme. ECO 408 Special Topics 3
ECO 413 Economics of Tourism 3
Specifically, the goals of the Economics major are to: ECO 415 Economics of Poverty & Income Distribution 3
1. stimulate the student to consider a career in economics as a worthy ECO 416 Gender & Economic Development 3
cause of serving God, country and mankind as a whole. ECO 417 Economics of Rural Development 3
2. challenge the student to practice the Christian principles ECO 418 Advanced Micro-Economics 3
of integrity and honesty in performing his/her duties as an ECO 419 Advanced Macro-Economics 3
expression of Christian commitment to the community and the ECO 520 Economics Practicum 4
nation as a whole. ECO 597 Senior Project 3
3. equip the student with core knowledge of economics and related
disciplines such as business management, accounting, finance, Minor in Economics
marketing, information systems, business law, business ethics, a. Economics minor for Non-Commerce students
and human resource management. Credit Hours
4. introduce the student to contemporary economic thought and ECO 211 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3
economic trends in an effort to control or eliminate hunger, ECO 212 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3
disease, ignorance and other human deprivations. ECO 311 Money and Banking 3
5. provide the student with an adequate foundational base to proceed ECO 312 African Economic Problems 3
to graduate courses in the field of economics, management, MAT 112 Mathematics for Economics & Mgt. 3
finance and research. ECO 313 Economic Development 3
6. prepare the student to become a well grounded future executive One Economics elective 3
Total 21
in economics multi-disciplinary field, ready to assume career
responsibilities in the management of public and private
Students exempted from any of the above courses will be required to
institutions. substitute exempted courses with courses from the Economics major
7. equip the student with necessary tools for economic analysis, policy for Commerce major students (see [b] below).
formulation, problem identification and problem solving.
Students from non-commerce majors who do an Economics minor
Requirements for Graduation will not be required to do ECO 111. The student will however be
Credit Hours expected to substitute ECO 111 with any other 2 or 3 hour course
General Education 30 (i.e. Free elective).
Required Courses in Economic 87
Economics Electives 6 b. Economics minor for Commerce students
General Electives 6 Credit Hours
Total 129 ECO 309 Economic Theory (Micro) 3
ECO 310 Economic Theory (Macro) 3
Required Economics Major Courses Credit Hours ECO 311 Money and Banking 3
ACC 111 Financial Accounting 3 ECO 313 Economic Development 3
ACC 112 Management Accounting 3 ECO 316 Econometrics I 3
BUS 113 Professional Business Communication 3 ECO 411 Public Finance 3
BUS 213 Research Methods 3 ECO 412 Economic Planning Techniques &
BUS 309 Business Finance 3 Structural Adjustment 3
BUS 313 Human Resource Management 3 Total 21
BUS 321 Business Law I 3
BUS 323 Business Ethics 3 Economics Courses for Students in Education
BUS 414 Strategic Management & Decision Making 3 Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
BUS 415 Project Planning and Management 3 ECO-211 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3
MIS 211 Management Information Systems 3 ECO-212Principles of Economics (Macro) 3
ECO 211 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 ECO-308International Economics 3
ECO 212 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 ECO-309International Economics 3
ECO 308 International Economics 3 ECO-310 Economic Theory (Micro) 3
ECO 309 Economic Theory (Micro) 3 ECO-311Economic Theory (Macro) 3
ECO 310 Economic Theory (Macro) 3 ECO-312Money and Banking 3
ECO 311 Money and Banking 3 ECO-313African Economic Problems 3
ECO 312 African Economic Problems 3 ECO-316Economic Development 3
ECO 313 Economic Development 3 MAT-112Econometrics I 3
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Management Mathematics I 3 organization to develop and implement modern purchasing and
Total 30 supply chain management procedures appropriate to the African
environment.
Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Purchasing and 2. Explaining the role and functions of purchasing and business
Business Logistics logistics in the organization, and integrating the quantitative and
general management skills of these functions into the operations
Rationale of the organization.
The supply chain management concept is currently revolutionizing 3. Mastering purchasing and logistics resources and support systems
global business. Modern business organizations are becoming more and how to access them for the benefit of the firm.
and more aware that the management of logistics activities, also 4. Providing a solid base in business administration, management,
referred to as supply chain management, has tremendous impact on strategic planning, and policy formation and being prepared to
sales and corporate profitability. As African enterprises attempt to assist top management in including purchasing and logistics
compete with foreign imports or find a place for African products into strategic and annual planning efforts to reduce costs,
and services in world markets, there is a growing demand for improve customer service and satisfaction, and gain competitive
graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to use the tools of advantage.
modern supply chain management to create: 5. Acquiring skills in proper planning and implementation of
a) significant cost savings for the firm, its partners in the supply modern, cost effective organizations for purchasing, inventory
chain, and the final customer; management, transportation, warehousing and stores, packing
b) increased focus on the needs of the customer, improved customer and materials handling, production planning and control,
satisfaction, and, ultimately, increased sales and profits. project management, management of service operations,
c) marketing tools that yield major competitive advantages for the customer service, international logistics, and logistics planning
firm. and control.
6. Developing a responsible citizen who will apply Christian
The Purchasing and Business Logistics major at Daystar is a broad principles of morality, integrity, honesty and ethics in his/her
based programme of study aimed at developing servant leaders and profession.
managers who are well trained and skilled in all aspects of creating 7. Sensitizing the student to seek for further studies in Logistics or
value for customers and for the firm by management of purchasing for an MBA.
and other logistics functions. The programme is prepare students for
careers in purchasing, inventory management, packing and materials Admission Requirements
handling, warehousing and stores management, transportation, Applicants must fulfill entry requirements that apply to admission
forecasting, production control, customer service management, of all Daystar University Undergraduate Students. In addition
project management, field service and support, international logistics, they must have obtained at least a C+ plus grade in the Kenya
logistics information systems, and management of integrated supply Certificate of Secondary Education or its equivalent in Mathematics
chain functions. and English language.
The curriculum focuses on developing the quantitative tools Students Assessment

necessary for application of computer based logistics management Student assessment will be based on class participation, class
systems, and for integrating supply chain management principles attendance, continuous assessment such as assignments, group work
and techniques with the other functions of the firm. It also carefully and quizzes, project work and a final examination. The relative
combines specialized purchasing and logistics courses with a solid weight of each of these assessment items will vary from course to
foundation in the humanities and basic business disciplines to give course depending on the nature of the course and will be specified
the student a world view based on Christian principles and values in the course syllabi. However, practicum courses will be based on
as well as a complete understanding of the international business 60% field reports and 40% on field evaluation.
environment. Graduates will be well prepared to undertake studies
leading to an MBA or a Masters in Supply Chain or Logistics MIS-211 & MIS-413 will require project papers and will be scored
Management. on 40% continuous assessment and 60% final examination.
A six course minor in Purchasing and Business Logistics will also Independent courses will be based 60% on final project/paper and
be offered to provide a broader business perspective to Commerce 40% on continuous assessment items.
Department students majoring in Marketing or Business
Administration and Management. For courses that are essentially conceptual (much of what is
required is mastery of information or cognitive aspect of learning),
Whereas there are many colleges and universities in Africa offering assessment will be based on 70% for final examination and 30%
degree programs in Marketing, Business Administration and from continuous assessment. Such courses are: BUS-211, BUS-321,
Management, Economics, and Accounting; there are few universities BUS-322, BUS-323, BUS-431, ECO-211, ECO-212, MAK-212.
in Kenya offering a comprehensive and holistic study of managing
both the supply and demand fulfilment activities of a firms business. For courses that are essentially skills-oriented (these are courses that
There is a similar programme in the Department of Transportation will require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded
Economics and Logistics at the University of South Africa leading to by, the particular content. Assessment will be based on 50% for
Bachelor of Commerce degrees in Logistics or Transport Economics. final examination and 50% from continuous assessment. Such
These are three-year distance learning programs, however, that focus courses are: ACC-111, ACC-112, ACC-314, BUS-418, LOG-211,
heavily on transportation and do not include the solid foundation in LOG-221, LOG-311, LOG-321, LOG-331, LOG-341, LOG-351,
general business courses that will be required at Daystar. LOG-361, LOG-411, LOG-421, LOG-431, LOG-441, LOG-451,
MAK-418, MAT-112, MAT-211, STA-211 & STA-212.
The Daystar University program is unique in Africa in the breadth
and depth of preparation of its graduates to take on positions of Requirements for Graduation
responsibility and leadership in managing supply chain functions in Bachelor of Commerce Purchasing and Business Logistics major
the modern business environment. students must fulfill the following requirements:
General Education Courses 30
Objectives of the Purchasing and Business Logistics Major Required Courses 99
This course aims at: Core Courses 57
1. Preparing servant leaders in a business, NGO, or other Concentration Courses 42
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Purchasing and Business Logistics Electives 6 EOQ); Budgeting and budgetary control: cash budget, flexible
Total 135 budget, master budget, administrative budgets and functional
budgets; Responsibility accounting. Pre-requisite: ACC 111.
Concentration Courses in Purchasing and ACC-211 Financial Accounting II 3 Credits
Business Logistics Major Credit Hours Final accounts; preparation of trading profit & loss accounts &
LOG-211 Introduction to Business Logistics 3 balance sheet of sole traders & partnerships, preparation of receipts
LOG-221 Purchasing Principles and Management 3 and payments accounts, income and expenditure accounts and
LOG-311 Inventory Planning and Control 3 balance sheets of non trading organizations; Accounting statements
LOG-321 Warehousing and Stores Management 3 for incomplete records; Introduction of company accounts; financial
LOG-331 Production and Operations Management 3 & legal framework of limited liability companies, quoted & unquoted
LOG-341 Management of Customer Service 3 companies preparation of final accounts of companies. Financial
LOG-351 Logistics Financial Decision Analysis 3 statements for farming enterprises including issues of livestock
LOG-361 Transportation Management 3 & produce valuation financial statements of banks and financial
LOG-411 Advanced Supply Chain Management 3 institutions, insurance companies, building societies, accounting for
LOG-421 Logistics for e-Commerce 3 hospitals, religious institution, educational establishment; Accounts
LOG-431 Management of Service Operations 3 of professional firms such as advocates, architects, doctors and
LOG-441 Advanced Modeling of Logistics Systems 3 accountants. Accounts for charitable organizations. Prerequisite:
LOG-451 International Transportation and Logistics 3 ACC-111
MAT-211 Operations Research 3
Total 42 ACC 311 Intermediate Accounting I 3 Credits
Accounting theory, accounting standards, the universality of
Purchasing and Business Logistics Electives accounting; Company accounts, published accounts legal
(choose any two) requirements; Balance sheet and profit and loss account; Movement
BUS-431 International Trade 3 of fixed assets; Cash flow statements; Financial analysis ratios;
BUS-520 Business Practicum (Logistics) 4 Adjustments in accounts, accruals, bad debts, provision for bad
MAK-419 Business to Business Marketing 3 debts; Deferred revenue expenditure; Prior year changes; Accounting
MIS-413 Introduction to Electronic Commerce 3 for depreciation; Control accounts; Self balancing ledgers; Receipts
and payments accounts; Income and expenditure accounts. Pre-
Minor in Purchasing and Business Logistics requisite: ACC 211.
Students with a minor in Purchasing and Business Logistics must ACC 312 Intermediate Accounting II 3 Credits
fulfill the following requirements: Bills of exchange; Consignment accounts; Issues of shares and
LOG-211 Introduction to Business Logistics 3 debentures; Share premium accounts; Over-subscription; Forfeiture
LOG-221 Purchasing Principles and Management 3 of shares; Accounting for banks; Partnership accounts; Deed of
LOG-311 Inventory Planning and Control 3 partnership; Legal provisions; Appropriation accounts; Goodwill
LOG-321 Warehousing and Stores Management or definition; How goodwill arises; Accounting standard of goodwill;
LOG-331 Production and Operations Management 3 When goodwill may be recorded in accounts; Negative goodwill;
LOG-341 Management of Customer Service 3 Writing off goodwill; Introduction of new partners, retirement of a
LOG-351 Logistics Financial Decision Analysis or partner; Dissolution of partnership; Conversion of a partnership to a
LOG-361 Transportation Management 3 limited company; Investment accounts; Purchase of shares; Purchase
Total 18 of debentures; Income tax in accounts; Royalty accounts; Hire
purchase accounts; Installment payments; Valuation of business and
Course Descriptions shares; Shareholders ratios; Returnable containers. Joint venture.
Pre-requisite: ACC 311.
ACC 111 Financial Accounting I 3 Credits
Need for accounting and accounting information, parties who need
ACC 313 Intermediate Accounting III 3 Credits
accounting information; Terminologies in accounting; Generally
Valuation of tangible assets; IAS 16; Revaluation; Estimated Useful
accepted accounting principles; Principles and concepts in writing
life (EUL) extension; Change in the depreciation method; Long
up accounts; Double entry book keeping; The accounting equation;
term contracts: percentage of work completed; completed contract
The golden rule for accounting; The day books; The journal proper;
method; Stock-IAS 2; Valuation of intangible assets; IAS 38;
The ledger accounts of sole proprietors; Balancing up the ledger; The
Good will- IAS 22; Research and Development Expenditure-IAS;
two-column and three-column cash books, cash discounts; The petty
Leases -IAS 17; Departmental accounts; Branch accounts; Business
cash book; The trial balance; Errors in accounts, suspense accounts,
combinations: absorption amalgamation; Reconstruction: internal
correction of errors; The trading, profit and loss and manufacturing
(capital re-organization), external; Bankruptcy and receivership.
accounts; The balance sheet; Presentation of fixed assets, current
Public sector accounts. Accounting for insurance claims. Pre-
assets and liabilities; Year end adjustments; Prepayments and
requisite: ACC 312.
accruals; Reserves and provisions; Capital expenditure and revenue
expenditure; Bank reconciliation statement; Depreciation
ACC 314 Cost Accounting 3 Credits
meaning, methods and need for depreciation.
Introduction to cost accounting: Definitions, Cost accounting
ACC 112 Managerial Accounting I 3 Credits concepts, difference between cost, financial and management
Purpose of managerial accounting: difference between financial accounting; Elements of cost: materials, labour and over heads; Job
accounting, cost accounting and management accounting; Role costing; Process costing; Contract costing; Standard costing,; Cost
and functions of management accountant; Cost volume profit volume profit analysis; Budgeting; Transfer pricing. Pre-requisites:
analysis: break even analysis multiple products; Managerial costing ACC 112.
vs absorption costing statements; Application of marginal costing in
analyzing make or buy decisions, sell or process further decisions, ACC 315 Taxation I 3 Credits
add or drop decisions, pricing standard products, pricing special Taxation theory. Basic concepts: why governments levy taxes, types
orders, choosing product mix; Capital expenditure decisions: NPV, of taxes, purpose of taxes, principles/canons of taxation, classification
IRR, ARR, Payback Period Method; Profitability index; Inventory of taxes, incidence of a tax, taxable capacity. Taxation of the income
Control: cost of holding stock re-order planning (stock levels & of persons and institutions: taxable incomes, non-taxable incomes,
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specified sources, allowable and non-allowable deductions, taxable independence, how to improve the auditors independence further.
and non-taxable persons and institutions, tax rates, individuals, Special audit consideration: social responsibility, environmental
companies, withholding taxes, individuals sources of income, tax at auditing, group accounts, financial institutions, insurance
source, personal relief, tax payable, corporate bodies, taxable income, companies, non-governmental organizations, building societies.
tax payable. Capital deductions: investment deductions, industrial Auditing computerized environment: impact of computers in the
building deductions, wear and tear allowances. Administration of audit, internal control in a computerized environment, approaches
taxes: Kenya Revenue Authority, identification of new taxpayers to audit of computerized systems. Audited related services: reviews,
through: pin, investigators, public media and business registrars, agreed upon procedures, complications. Concluding the audit:
assessments: self-assessments, additional assessments, estimated going concern, subsequent events, management presentation,
assessments, installment tax, tax returns, notices, objections, appeals review of financial statement. Auditors report: management letter,
and relief of mistake, appellant bodies, collection, recovery and re- auditors report to shareholders, management letter of representation.
payment of taxes, offences, penalties and interest. Administration of Introduction to audit investigations: lawyers, acquisitions, fraud,
value added tax: introduction and development of V.A.T. in Kenya, lending, small enterprise, partnerships, profit forecasts, prospective
VAT Act Cap (476), taxation of goods and services, registration financial. Pre-requisite: ACC-316.
of taxable persons, de-registration of taxable persons, accounting
for VAT, remission, rebate and refund of VAT tax, offences and ACC-414 Managerial Accounting II 3 Credits
penalties, privileges and rights of a VAT registered person, appeals Cost estimation and forecasting engineering, simulation methods
and objections requirements. Other revenue sources: miscellaneous and statistical methods, simple and multiple regression, the
revenue sources; road licenses, inspection charges, trade licenses, statistical properties of regression, time series models, smoothing
airport taxes, cesses, stamp duties, royalties, property taxes, petroleum and extrapolation, stochastic time series, linear time series models,
levy, new taxes, levies and cheques. Pre-requisite: ACC-311. forecasting with time series models; short term planning decisions;
sequential decisions; resource allocation decisions; routing and
ACC-316 Auditing I 3 Credits transportation decisions; strategic and transportation decisions;
The general audit environment: definition and nature of auditing, performance evaluation decisions. Pre-requisite: ACC-112.
objects of an audit, users of audit, reports, differences between
auditing and accounting, types of audit, internal auditing and ACC-415 Taxation II 3 Credits
external auditing, stages of an audit. The legal and professional Income Tax: Cap 470 Income tax act, imposition of tax in Kenya,
requirement for an auditor: appointment, remuneration, qualities chargeability of tax, features of taxable income. taxation of incomes:
and qualifications of auditors, letter of engagement, rights and employment income PAYE, business income hire purchase,
duties of auditors, resignation and removal of auditors, professional insurance company sole proprietorship, construction, partnerships,
ethics, legal liability of auditors/negligence, auditing standards and co-operative societies, clubs & non-profit making organizations,
guidelines; audit evidence: definition of audit evidence, evidence tax computations, incomplete records, application of case-law, tax
and sources, techniques of collecting audit evidence, sampling planning opportunities. capital deductions allowances: wear & tare
in audit. Audit programme, audit files, audit working papers: allowances; industrial building deduction; Investment deduction
vouching process, purposes and objectives, cash transactions, - Ordinary manufacture, manufacture under bond, mining
trade transactions, bank reconciliation; internal control systems: investment deduction, Shipping investment deduction; Farm
definition, types of internal control, qualities of a good internal work deduction; Diminution in value of loose tools; Use of capital
control system, evaluating the efficiency of internal control system deduction tax planning; Controversies in definition of qualifying
(I.C.Q); auditing report: contents, types, companies and auditing capital expenditure. Tax investigation: Tax evasion and avoidance,
standards requirements, circumstances leading to unqualified/ Ant. avoidance provisions in Cap 470, Back-duty Investment, In-
qualified reports. Pre-requisite: ACC-311. depth investigations. Critical appraisal of Kenya tax System in
relation to other countries: Double tax agreement/treaty, tax treaties
ACC 408 Special Topics in Accounting & Finance 3 Credits through regional economic integration e.g. COMESA, EAC, tax
As faculty are available and as student demand is apparent, special amnesty in Kenya and other countries, most favoured nations status
topics in finance and accounting will be offered as separate courses concept. Tax administration in Kenya: PIN, notice of assessment,
in a classroom setting and may be repeated for credit if topics are tax set-offs section 39, types of assessments, local committee &
different. For example: personal finances of non-profit organizations; tribunals, tax returns, collection and recovery of tax, relief of
Public finances and national accounting; Fund raising and donor errors, penalties & interest including offences. VAT (CAP 476):
funding, etc. Theoretical background, registration and deregistration, accounting
for VAT, rights and privileges of a registered person, VAT records,
ACC 411 Advanced Accounting 3 Credits VAT refund audit and certificate, offenses and penalties. Customs
Consolidated accounts: horizontal and vertical groups, complex and excise duty (CAP 472) handout: Definitions, purpose of the
groups, associate companies and subsidiaries, acquisition and mergers, duty, goods subject to customs control, dumping and anti-dumping
foreign exchange; IAS 7: cash flow statement; Inflation accounting: measures, bond security, Refund of duty, valuation of imports and
current purchasing power (CPP), current cost accounting (CCA); exports. Pre-requisite: ACC-315.
Value added statements; Earnings per share: basic EPS, Diluted
EPS; Taxation in accounts: current tax, deterred tax; Accounting for ACC-416 Computerized Accounting 3 Credits
VAT; revision of accounting concepts and principles. Pre-requisite: Introduction to systems: Definition and meaning of accounting
ACC 312; Co-requisite: ACC 313 ( i.e. ACC 312& ACC 313 can information system, different views of a system; contextual and
take place simultaneously). control view, basic concepts and strategies in the study of systems.
Types of information systems: Accounting application software:
ACC 412 Auditing II 3 Credits Sage, quick book, cash call, sage line 50, access accounts horizons.
Introduction: Framework of auditing, the agency problem and its Prerequisites: ACC-111, ACC-112 & MIS-211.
costs, solution to agency problem including the need for an audit,
corporate governance, audit committee. Verification process: BUS 111 Business Studies 3 Credits
verification of assets, verification of liabilities, auditing profit and loss Definition of commerce, commercial goods and services,
account. Errors, fraud and other irregularities: types of errors, fraud production nature of buying and selling, aids to trade occupation;
and irregularities, detection, correction and prevention, role of the Domestic and foreign commercial activities, direct and indirect
auditor in respect to detection and prevention of errors and fraud, production, location of industry, specialization; Types of business
auditor independence; importance, matters threatening auditors organizations, sole proprietors and partnerships; Incorporated and
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non-corporated companies, legal limitation, mode of operation, the BUS 213 Business Research Methods 3 Credits
legal person; Government, municipal, community cooperatives Introduction: meaning and purpose of research, basic and applied
and interest organizations, women, youth, humanitarian and research, research and scientific methodology, overview of the
community ventures; Complex business organizations, mergers, research process; selection and definition of the research problem;
joint ventures, franchise holders, manufacture under license; importance and scope of literature review; developing the conceptual
Channels of distribution, producers, stockists, wholesalers, framework; research designs: basic designs, exploratory research,
middlemen, retailers, warehousing, indenters, manufacturers descriptive research, casual research, secondary designs, case studies,
representatives, commission agents, physical distribution, clearing surveys, experiments; developing a research plan or proposal; sample
and forwarding; How businesses buy and pay for goods and services, design: population of interest, sample and census studies, sample
social responsibility of businesses to the community; Banks and units, sample size, sample selection; data collection: secondary
banking in commerce, financing the business, short-term and data, primary data, construction of data collection instruments e.g.
long-term financing; Financial institutions, credit societies, hire- observation forms and questionnaires, measurement scales, attitude
purchase institutions, statutory and marketing boards, motive and
measurement, attribute measurement, multidimensional scaling,
mode of operation; Stock market, capital market organization,
communicating with respondents and fieldwork, procedures and
public quoted stock companies; Service organizations, insurance
companies; Transport and communication in commerce, modes of management; data analysis and interpretation: preliminary steps,
transport and communication, effect on commercial activity of the summarizing techniques, measuring differences, discriminate
nation; International trade barriers, concept of export processing analysis, cluster analysis; issue in research: validity, reliability,
zones (EPZ); Problems of international trade, economic unions, objectivity; research report. Pre-requisites: STA 212.
preferential trade tariffs, co-operations and trade agreements, case
of African countries. BUS 309 Business Finance 3 Credits
Sources of finance; share capital: ordinary share capital, preference
BUS 112 Business from a Christian Perspective 3 Credits share capital; debit finance: term loans, bonds and debentures; other
Introduction: Business from a Christian perspective, personal goals sources of finance: bills of exchange, trade credit, debtors factoring,
and business; Understanding the Biblical principles of business; lease finance and hire purchase, venture capital etc; decapital and
Gods intention and our response to work; Obligation and right money market: money market- operations of banks in Kenya,
management as means of doing justice; Christian concept of financial instruments in money markets; capital markets- the stock
leadership and use of power; Self control, accountability, motivation market and the operations of CMA, specialized financial institutions,
and manipulation, human selfishness; Moral responsibility of the central bank; financial analysis (ratios): liquidity ratios, turnover
business, social control; Biblical principles of stewardship, justice ratios, profitability ratios, gearing ratios, investment ratios; capital
and wealth; Morality in business transactions; Biblical truth in world budgeting, NPV, IRR, PI, PBP and DPBP, ARR; cost of capital:
of change, secularism, moral decadence, corruption, the Biblical role components cost of capital, weighted average cost of capital,
modeling in business. marginal average cost of capital: dividend policy and theories;
working capital management: management of cash, management of
BUS-113 Professional Business Communication 3 Credits debtors, management of inventories e.g. Economic Order Quantity
Theoretical background of communication: Purpose of (EOQ). Pre-requisites course is ACC 111 and ECO 211.
communication, communication process, barriers of communication
and how to overcome them. Modes of communication: Letters, BUS 313 Human Resources Management 3 Credits
memos, reports, press releases, essays. Techniques of oral Human resource management An overview: The origins of human
communication: Telephone, effective listening. Strategic visual resource management [HRM]; Personnel management versus HRM
communication: Graphical presentations, statistical presentations. where is the difference; Importance of HRM; Goals of HRM;
Speech delivery and presentation of self: Visual aids, stimulating Pressures behind the rising interest in HRM; The environment of
audience response. Non-verbal communication: communication HRM; The growth of personnel management/HRM in Kenya;
without words, non-verbal skills. Conducting effective meetings and HRM in African perspective. Employee resourcing: Human
interviews: The structural framework, panel documentation layout. resource planning [HRP]; Recruitment and selection; Selection
Business communication vs. information technology: Application problems in Kenya; Orientation of new employees; Release from the
of I.T. in communication, job applications and networking and organization [redundancy, dismissals, resignations, etc.]. Employee
Internet use via world wide web (www). Developing business processes: Human resource [HR] policies; Developing HR policies;
proposal. Revising HR policies; Job analysis. Performance management: The
performance management processes [PMP]; Elements of the PMP;
BUS 211 Organization and Management 3 Credits Performance appraisals. Training and development: Managing
Definition and nature of management; Management principles: training and development [T&D]; Current trends in T&D;
Unity of command, scalar principle, unity of direction, management Methods used; Problems with T&D. Reward management: Reward
and managers; Management - a profession, a commitment; management systems; Pay and benefits; Job evaluation; Welfare
Efficient and effective managers; Dimensions of management; services. Employee relations: Industrial relations; The context
The development of management and organization theory; of industrial relations, HRM approach to employee relations;
Planning and decision making: organizational goals, strategy Important Kenyan labour laws. Prerequisite; BUS-211
and strategic planning, developing and implementing plans,
managerial decision making: steps in decision making, quantitative BUS 314 Financial Management 3 Credits
techniques for decision making, management by objectives; The Capital budgeting: revision of investment appraisal techniques
organizing process: concept and approaches of organization theory, covered in BF, Risk analysis in capital budgeting, capital rationing,
designing structures, span of control, departmentation, delegation, complex capital budgeting situations e.g. replacement of an asset;
accountability, centralization and decentralization, organization Valuation models; valuation of bonds and shares, yield to maturity;
charts, line and staff authority; Staffing: its nature and purpose, Cost of capital: weighted average cost of capital, marginal average
manager and organization development; Leading and directing, cost of capital. CAPM: Introduction to portfolio theory: systematic
motivation, leadership, communication and the personnel factor; risk and unsystematic risk, CAPM, security market line, arbitrage
Coordination; The essence of management; The controlling process: pricing theory; Capital structure theories: net income approach,
steps in control, effective control, resistance to controlling and net operating income approach, traditional view of middle group,
strategic perspectives of controlling; Management and society, MM theories; Foreign exchange: determination of foreign exchange
ethical issues in management, social responsibility.
i.e purchasing power parity and interest parity, foreign exchange
risk, hedging against foreign exchange e.g use of options, futures
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or fowards, swaps; Introductory management. Pre-requisites: ACC
111, MAT 112, ECO 211, ECO 212, BUS 309. BUS 324 Investment 3 Credits
Overview of basic investment concepts identifying methods and
BUS 318 Oganizational Behaviour 3 Credits techniques for analyzing investment opportunities with emphasis
Introduction to organizational behaviour: the subject, history, placed on common stock investments. Consider both traditional
nature and scope of organizational behaviour; Individual behaviour: (descriptive) techniques and modern portfolio theory (quantitative
personality development and characteristics, stress, perception, techniques). Pre-requisite: STA 211, ECO 211, ECO 212, BUS
motivation learning; Interpersonal and group behaviour, dynamics 314 or 309.
and influence: Groups, interactive behaviour and conflict,
communication, power and politics leadership; Organizational BUS 326 Industrial Psychology 3 Credits
structure and behaviour: Classical organization structures, modern Nature, scope and significance of industrial psychology; The
organizations structures, behavioural aspects of decision making; development of industrial psychology in developed and developing
Adapting organizations to changing conditions: managing change, countries; Emergence of industrial society; Urbanization; The
organization development. Pre-requisite: BUS 211. factory system; Factory as a social organization; Attitude to work;
Why people work; The effects of work; Workers analysis; Work
BUS 319 Insurance Practice 3 Credits environment; Formal and informal organizations; Quality of work
Introduction: Risk - definition of the concept of risk, types, life;
measurement and hazards of risk; Risk management: objectives
and process; Insurance: definition, history, mechanism, role and BUS 328 Small Business Management 3 Credits
principles; Types of insurance; Mathematics of insurance; Insurance An examination of the entrepreneurial role; Review of all aspects of
administration; Reinsurance: definition, purpose, methods and starting a new business and analysis of management practices in the
types of reinsurance; Government regulation of insurance: structure ongoing running of small businesses.
and registration; The Christian faith and insurance.
BUS 329 Labour Relations & Labour Law 3 Credits
BUS 320 Career Development 3 Credits Definition, meaning and nature of labour relations and law; Historical
Introduction to the study of career development; Environment for development of industrial law; basis of Kenyas labour laws; The role
career development; Home environment, school and organization of the government, employer and employee; Individual relations;
environment; Means of career development, education, training and Principles of negotiation; The role of trade unions; Collective
experience; Model of career stage; Employment problems in Kenya; bargaining agreement (CBA); Trade disputes; Employment Act
Career planning; The labour market; Training and development in Chapter 226, Wages Act Chapter 229, Industrial Training
organizations; International careers. Act Chapter 237, Workmans Compensation Act Chapter
236, Factories Act Chapter 514; The law of master and servant;
BUS 321 Business Law I 3 Credits Control of essential services.
Nature and meaning of law; Sources of law in East Africa and law of
persons; The legal systems in East Africa; Law of contract; Tort law; BUS 330 Conflict Management 3 Credits
Law of agency; Relations of the East Africa business organizations Definition: Nature and source(s) of conflict. The conflict process;
to the economic systems: sole trader, partnership, company, stages in conflict development. Types of conflicts; conflict
corporation; Negotiable instruments; Hire purchase; Banking law; situations in organizations. Levels of conflicts; intrapersonal,
Insurance law; Sale of goods. interpersonal, intragroup, intergroup, and inter-organizational
conflicts. Consequences of conflicts; functional and dysfunctional
BUS 322 Business Law II 3 Credits consequences, effects of conflicts at the work place. Managing
The provisions of the Companies Act relating to the following: conflicts; strategies for managing intrapersonal, interpersonal,
Nature of registered company, registration/incorporation, certificate intragroup, intergroup and inter-conflict - stress detection and
of incorporation, efect of registration, types of companies. company control, managing change, motivation, job enrichment and job
formation; promotion and floatation, prospectus or statement in lieu, satisfaction. Implications of conflict management.
contents and registration of memorandum and articles of association,
membership: members, qualifications and cessation of membership, BUS 340 Cooperative Management 3 Credits
lifting of the corporate veil. Share capital; classes of shares, Cooperative management; Cooperatives and members participation;
variation of class rights, alteration of capital (reduction), transfer The government and cooperatives; Application of commercial
and transmission, certificates and warrants, calls, lieu, forfeiture knowledge in cooperatives; Office administration; Cooperative
and surrender, borrowing powers: mortgages and debentures. banking and finance; Store-keeping; Cooperative transport
Company management and powers; Directors - appointment, share management; Cooperative production and marketing.
qualification, vacation of office, remuneration powers and duties,
election, etc., company secretary - duties and responsibilities of, BUS 414 Strategic Management & Decision Making 3 Credits
auditor - duties and responsibilities, appointment, re-election and Introduction to subject matter. Scope of the course. Purpose and
removal, managing director. Meetings; statutory meetings, annual important terminologies: Policies. strategies, mission. Strategic
general meeting, extraordinary meetings, class meetings, general management objectives. The role of the general manager: The general
procedures, voting, rights, resolutions. Dividends; capitalization of manager of general managers; Attributes privileges and qualities
profits. Winding up; Members and creditors voluntary winding-up, of the GM, The GMS role in policy formation, The GM as a
powers and duties of liquidators and receivers. Arrangements and strategist strategy as posture, The G.M. as an organization builder.
reconstruction: Elementary knowledge of amalgamations (mergers) Governing the Enterprise; The board of directors, The chairperson
and reconstruction. Pre-requisite: BUS-321. of the board, roles, duties and responsibilities (handout), The use
of committees (handout). Mid semester examination; Strategy
BUS 323 Business Ethics 3 Credits and organization building, strategy and organization structures,
Definition and significance of the major terms; Honesty in business characteristics of successful organization structures, strategic business
and fair competition; Justice and love at the work place; Justice to units, the management for division, advantages and disadvantages,
shareholders; Justice to customers; Justice to the public; Business divisionalization vs. conglomeration, multi-national corporations
and international morality; Morality in advertising; Work ethics, and/or companies. The environment: The general managers response;
time for leisure; Virtues and values; A Christian worker in the Competitive analysis (SWOT), leadership styles vs management
business world. styles, team building. Group dynamics, internal and external audit
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of the firm. Company policies: policy and policy formulation: trade, advantages and disadvantages of international trade,
Financial (dividend) policies, marketing policies: Customer policies, problems of international trade; International trade and foreign
product line policies, pricing policies ( 4Ps), human resource policies investment: direction of trade, major trading partners and foreign
(personnel). Management of change; unfreezing change refreezing. investment; Theories of international trade, barriers to international
Group presentations (company profiles). Revision & handing in trade, arguments for and against protection; Exporting: how to enter
of semester projects. End of semester examination. Pre-requisites: foreign markets, types of markets, procedure and documentation
BUS-211, & BUS-314. and prices in international trade payments; Importing: procedure,
documentation payments and restricting imports; International
BUS 415 Project Planning & Management 3 Credits organizations relevant to international trade: examples, World
Identification of Investment Opportunities. Market and demand Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Finance
analysis. Technical analysis. Financial analysis. Financial and Corporation (IFC), International Development Association (IDA),
economic appraisal of projects. Institutional analysis. Preparation World Trade Organization (incorporating GATT); International
monetary system and balance of payments: the gold standard,
of feasibility reports. The Christian work ethics.
balance of payments, equilibrium and disequilibrium experiments
in floating money markets and foreign exchange; Government
BUS 416 Special Topics in Business and Management 3 Credits involvement in international trade: functions of customs and excise
Course content will vary. The instructor will define the content department, government aids to exports, commodity markets and
for each course. Examples of subjects which may be covered are: international cooperation. Pre-requisite: ECO 211, ECO 212.
Industrial psychology; Consumerism; The Green Movement and
marketing; Consumer laws; Employee motivation; Marketing BUS 492 Independent Study in Business Admn & Mgt. 3 Credits
for non-profit organizations; Marketing of agricultural products This course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to
and the role of marketing boards especially in selected African explore specialized and innovative topics in Business Administration
countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania and others), and Management through directed study. The student will choose a
Procurement and other management areas. topic and will discuss it with the lecturer responsible for the subject.
The lecturer will study the students proposal and make suggestions
BUS 417 Entrepreneurship & Leadership 3 Credits to ensure that sufficient ground will be covered. The lecturer will
The Entrepreneur: theoretical and conceptual base for then give the student a list of textbooks, newspapers and magazines
entrepreneurship (myths and origin), Entrepreneurship vs. to read. He will set questions for the student and discuss his answers
iIntrapreneurship. Characteristics of entrepreneurship. The with him not less than once a week. Pre-requisite: Permission of
importance of entrepreneurship (benefits of entrepreneurship). Instructor.
Drawbacks to entrepreneurship. Types of entrepreneurs. Innovation,
creativity and entrepreneurship. Business idea generation: BUS 520 Business Practicum 4 Credits
Assessment and evaluation of new ventures. Entrepreneurship The student will be expected to do an assigned task in an employing
and risk management. Entrepreneurship and stress management. business organization, which agrees with the employers need and
Business plan = business proposal: Elements of a business plan. the students training. As part of the assignment, the student will be
Presentation of business plan (oral and written). Revision and end expected to examine and report on the relative effectiveness of the
of block examination. Pre-requisite; BUS-212, BUS-309. business functions to which he is assigned and of his performance of
his assigned functions. Specific reading will be assigned that relates
BUS 419 Corporate Governance 3 Credits to the nature of the students task. The assignment will take seven
Corporate governance system: The legal obligation of directors, (7) weeks or 270 hours. Pre-requisite: Permission of Instructor.
effective board, the board CEO relationship, the boards role in
management. Basic principles and practices of corporate governance: BUS 598 Senior Project 4 Credits
Development in the governance of state enterprise, duties and The student will get involved with one or two companies in order to
liabilities of directors of corporation, corporate governance and develop a creative idea that may be of use to one or more of them.
reporting, determining good governance, governance and good The student chooses, with the help of a lecturer, a specialized and
results, assessing board and directors performance. Governance, creative topic he/she would like to explore. The lecturer must be
leadership and management: competence of board members, specialized in that area of study, so as to give all guidance necessary
designing governance process, leadership, monitoring and to enable the student to write a report for grading. Pre-requisite:
measuring. Institutional involvement in corporate governance: Permission of Instructor.
Possible benefits from greater monitoring, possible problems into
greater monitoring, potential for integral institutional monitoring, MIS 211 Management Information Systems 3 Credits
without legal reform, investors protection and corporate governance. Information systems revolution; transforming business and
Institutional involvement in corporate governance in Kenya: Direct management; the strategic role of information systems; information
industry wide monitoring, direct firm-level monitoring, indirect systems; organization and management; ethical and social impact
firm-level monitoring, indirect industry wide monitoring. of information systems; computers and information processing;
information systems software; managing data resources;
BUS 420 Risk Management 3 Credits telecommunications and networks; the internet: electronic
Elements of fraud related offences- theft, obtaining property commerce and electronic business; redesigning an organization with
by deception, obtaining a financial advantage, false accounting, information systems; approaches to systems-building; managing
furnishing false information, falsification of documents, fraudulently knowledge; enhancing management decision making; information
inducing a person to invest money, secret commissions, conspiracy; systems security and control; managing international information
Computer crime- computer crime law, Impact of computer crime, systems. Pre-requisites: ACS 101
internet based crime, hacking, computer security framework, the
forensic process as it applies to computers; Crime investigations- ECO 211 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 Credits
general investigations, evidence and its sources, crime scenes. Risk Introduction: Meaning, nature and scope of micro economics;
management - fundamental concepts; Types of risks and their Methodology; Central economic problems; Basic economic
management; Financial risks, industry and company risk, regulators, concepts; Economic systems; Types; Merits and demerits; Price
sovereign and country risk, operations risk. theory; Theory of demand and supply; Determinants; Demand
and supply functions; market equilibrium; Elasticity of demand
BUS 431 International Trade 3 Credits and supply; Theory of consumer behaviour; Cardinal and ordinal
Introduction: Meaning of term international trade, forces in approaches; Income and substitution effects; Consumer and
international trade environment, importance of international producer surpluses; Theory of production; Demand and supply
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of factors of production; Production function; Law of variable ECO 311 Money and Banking 3 Credits
proportions; Combination of factors of production. Theory of costs; Definition of money, the nature of money and historical background
short run and long run costs; profit maximization. Theory of the firm of money; The role of finance in the economy; Financial assets,
and market structures: perfect competition, imperfect competition securities, bonds, stocks; The principal financial markets, capital
monopoly, Monopolistic competition, Oligopoly; Price and markets, stock brokerage, relationship of capital markets and
output determination; profit maximization; Welfare economics and economy; Concept of funds flow liquidity; Monetary theory and
microeconomic analysis: Free market; Government intervention policy, control of currency circulation, interest rates, re-valuation
and policy. Pre-requisite; ECO-111 (for non Commerce major and devatications; Role of governments in the monetary and fiscal
students, and those doing a minor in Business Administration and policy of the nation; Regulatory control of banks and banking
Management) systems in Kenya, role of the central bank, exchange control
regulations, deposit protection fund; Management of banks and
EC0 212 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 Credits financial institutions in liquidation functions of official receiver.
Definition and meaning of major terms; National incomes and Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212,
national output; Determination of national output; Inflation and
national growth; Economic growth and population; Economics ECO 312 African Economic Problems 3 Credits
of environment and energy problems; Environmental policy and Meaning of economic growth and development. What is
economics of public choice; Money and banking; The banking underdevelopment? African development history. Problems and
system; International trade and trade policy; Economic problems of policies: Common characteristics of African countries (poor
poverty; Markets for capital and natural resources; Integrated view countries), Poverty - meaning of poverty, vicious circles of poverty,
of monetary and fiscal policies; International economics; National breaking out of vicious circles, unemployment issues in African
debt; Donor aid and economy. Pre-requisite: ECO 211 countries. Population and economic development: Population
growth and resource use in Africa, problems associated with high
ECO 308 International Economics 3 Credits population growth rate, the positive side of population growth,
Introduction: Meaning and definition; Nature and scope; The measures to control population growth, Malthusian population
classical theory of comparative advantage, including Adam Smith, theory: its relevance in Africa. Natural disasters, management issues
Ricardo; Application to developing countries; Herbelers theory and democracy in relation to Africas development: Famine, drought,
of opportunity cost. Terms of trade; The modern theory of factor floods, desertification and other natural disasters, Governance,
endowments i.e. Heckscher-Ohlin Theory (H.O.); Its superiority corruption and development, management issues - tribalism,
over the classical theory; International trade and economic growth; nepotism, clanism, racism, linguistic, racial, linguistic, religious
Terms of trade; Gains from trade; Commercial policy: free trade problems and differences, Civil wars, political disturbances and
vs. protection, tariffs, import quotas; Exchange control and custom development. The West, donor agencies and development in Africa:
union; Case for integration in Africa; Balance of payments: meaning How is the west under developing Africa? Donor agencies - role of
and components; Balance of payment policy; Foreign exchange rate World Bank, IMF and other International donor agencies. Debt
and policy; International economic relations and organizations: crisis and the new international economic order (NIEO); Economic
i..e., foreign aid, multinationals and economic development; crisis in Africa; The nature and dimension of the third world debt
International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.), The International Bank crisis - with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa. Attempts at
for Reconstruction and Development (I.B.R.D.) and international alleviation, The new international economic order (NIEO), origins
liquidity; World Trade Organization (W.T.O.). Pre-requisites: and the content of NIEO, the future of Africas debt crisis. Future
ECO 211, ECO 212. development in Africa: Regionalization and trade arrangements viz:
Preferential Trade Area (PTA), COMESA, East African Economic
ECO 309 Economic Theory (Micro) 3 Credits Integration, ECOWAS, Strategic approach to development priorities
Introductory definition, scope and nature of economics, micro- - in Africa. Pre-requisites; ECO 211, ECO 212
economics; Consumer theory; Cardinal utility theory; Ordinal utility
theory; Utility maximization, a mathematical treatise; Derivation ECO 313 Economic Development 3 Credits
of consumers demand for commodities; Income and substitution The meaning of development e.g. measuring development; Difference
effects; Income and substitution effects: a mathematical treatise; between growth and development; The main characteristics of
Consumer surplus; Application of ordinal utility analysis; Theory developing countries; Dimensions of poverty; Concept of basic needs
of production; The firm profit-maximization assumption; The law approach; Trade off between growth and distributions; Measuring
of diminishing marginal productivity; Returns to scale; Specific poverty; Theories of economic development: classical theories,
production functions; Concepts for costs and revenue; Market dependency and counter-revolution; Mobilization of domestic
structures; Definition of a market; Perfect competition; Monopoly; resources for development; Savings; Cooperative; Industrialization
Monopolistic competition and oligopoly markets; Input/factor as a development strategy; The role of agriculture in economic
market structure; Price and employment of factors in competitive development; Human resources in development; Population growth
factor and product market; Price and employment of factor inputs and development; Population control, education and training;
in competitive input markets and monopolistic product markets; Health; Mobilization of foreign resources for development: with
Bilateral monopoly. Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212. particular emphasis on aid, foreign direct investment; Trade
and economic development; Regional economic cooperation;
ECO 310 Economic Theory (Macro) 3 Credits Development planning: rationale for planning; Planning process
The analysis of the behaviour of economic aggregates; National and basic models: micro and macro planning. Pre-requisites: ECO
accounting; Consumption: Keynes and post-Keynesian theories 211, ECO 212.
of consumption (including absolute, relative, permanent Income
hypothesis, and life cycle hypothesis); Investment: interest rates and ECO 314 Economics of Population 3 Credits
acceleration principle. The production function and the supply Introduction: Meaning and nature of demography; Sources and
and demand for labour; Price levels and goods markets; Money users of demographic data; History of population growth; Less
market demand for and supply of money including major theories; developed versus developed countries population growth; Population
General macro-economic models: Classical model; Keynesian theory theories: Malthus and non-Malthusian perspective; theory of
of income, employment and the price level and including the optimum population; Theory of demographic transition; Relative
multiplier IS-LM analysis; Inflation and cycles; Macro-economic income theory; Population processes; Fertility; Socio-economic
policy. Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212. effects of high/low fertility; Measurement: Policy measures;
Mortality; Determinants, measurement; Policy issues; Migration;
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Determinants; Policy; Age and sex structures: Impacts of population determination of their efficiency and return; Risk and uncertainty in
processes; Population and urbanization: demographic components; agriculture; Agricultural development policy in Kenya: characteristics
Impacts of population processes; Labour supply; Population growth of Kenyas rural economy, obstacles to Kenyas agricultural
and economic growth and development; Structural changes with development, structural, institutional and technological; Kenyas
economic development; Population and food supplies: Population agricultural development policy and strategy pre and post 1963
and capital formation: Population policies: Assessing the future; problem of land size e.g. land reforms, problems of labour and
Kenyas population policy; Family planning programmes. wages and working conditions, price fluctuation and stabilization;
Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212. Agricultural credit and finance; Adequacy and need; Institutional
structure of rural credit e.g. cooperatives and commercial banks.
ECO 316 Econometrics I 3 Credits Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212, MAT 212.
Introduction: Definition of econometrics; Processes of econometric
analysis; Econometric models; Correlation; Regression; Two variable ECO 322 Economics of Labour 3 Credits
linear regression models; Multivariable linear regression model; The theory of labour: labour market, labour productivity, personnel
Evaluation of the statistical rehalbilitor of the model; Non-linear management, labour as a factor of production; Equilibrium
relationships, estimates and regression analysis of variance; Problems allocation of time of work: marginal analysis, income and
of econometrics; Regression of matrix algebra; Simultaneous substitution effect of wage changes, backward (kinked) labour
equation models. Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212, STA 211, supply curves; Market demand for supply of labour: market supply
MAT 112 or Permission of Instructor. of labour services, population effects on wages; Wage differentials:
reasons for wage differentials, compensating wage differential;
ECO 318 Environmental & Resource Economics 3 Credits Motivating workers: personnel management, signing, screening and
Definition of major concepts relating to environment, population recruitment of personnel, personnel development; The economics
and pollution abatement externalities and environment public of labour unions, organizational problems of labour unions,
choice; Emissions and pollution; Methods of pollution concept economic theories of labour, labour unions in developed countries
of optimum pollution; Pollution control measures; Social cost of of Europe and America, labour unions in less developed countries
pollution; Estimating the cost and benefits of pollution control; (LDCS), labour union movement in Kenya, labour shop stewards
Negative externalities, efficient pollution control; Pollution and membership, labour union and productivity; Collective
abatement policies; Regulation, command and control, emission bargaining and employment: impact of unions on wages; Monopoly
charges, pollution tax permits, excise duty on manufacture of of labour marginal input cost for monopsony firms, monopsony
pollutants, tax rebates, recent EPA policies, lobby groups; Coping power; Bilateral monopoly: effects of labour unions on wages
with negative externalities; Wood stoves improvement, appropriate and employment in dealing with monopsony; Conflict between
technology on renewable resources, rehabilitation and recycling; labour unions and modern technology, place of computers, robots,
Political reality of environmental economics; Economics of electronic impact, competition and future of labour unions. Pre-
exhaustible resources; Markets for depletable natural resources; requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212, or Permission of Instructor.
Renewable resources, property rights and laws; Interest groups
and economics of environment; World environmentalism, the ECO 411 Public Finance 3 Credits
Green movements, public awareness, consumer education and Introduction: Meaning and scope of public finance; Functions
environmental matters mobilizing public awareness on economic of public finance; Role of government; Evaluating public policy;
changes of pollution use of dangerous chemicals and application Theory of public goods: Private versus public sector provisions;
in Agriculture and livestock. Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212, Characteristics of public goods; Free rider problem; Efficiency output
STA 211, MAT 112 or Permission of Instructor. of public goods; Principles of taxation: Characteristics of a good tax
system; Theories of taxation; Patterns of taxation; direct and indirect
ECO 319 Economics of Industry 3 Credits taxation; Taxable capacity and tax burden; Theory of tax incidence;
Introduction: Firms, objectives and industrial structure, conduct Taxation for development; Tax structure and development in LDCs;
and performance approach; Cost conditions and pricing Tax policy and international trade; Economic effects of income
behaviour; Market structure and concentration including product taxation; Public expenditure systems and fiscal policy: Theories of
differentiation, monopolies and barriers to entry; Role of advertising expenditures; Composition of Kenyas public expenditures; Kenyas
in individual growth; Vertical integration and diversification; fiscal policy and economic growth; National budget: Importance
Invention, innovation and diffusion; Industrial location; State or and functions; Budget process in Kenya; Types of budgets; Medium
private control; De-industrialization; Public policy and industrial term expenditure framework; Balanced budgeting and issues of
structure in Kenya and the East African cooperation region. Pre- public debt; Structure of national debt; burden of national debts;
requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212. debt management. Pre-requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212, MAT
112.
ECO 320 Econometrics II 3 Credits
Matrix algebra: Solving linear simultaneous equations using matrix ECO 412 Economics of Planning Techniques & Structural
algebra; Classical linear regression: Assumptions of the linear Adjustment 3
regression, the K-variable model estimation (OLS); Hypothesis Credits
testing and dummy variables; Simultaneous equation systems: Introduction: Meaning and rationale for development planning
instrumental variable estimation, indirect least squares estimation, in LDCs; The planning process and types of planning; Economic
two-stage least squares estimation, identification problem; Time planning and relevance to Kenya; Case Study the current
series analysis: Characteristics of time series data, Stationary and development plan; Project appraisal and evaluation: Rationale for
non-stationary series, Unit roots; Limited dependent variable project planning; Project evaluation techniques; Discounted and
models: Linear probability model, Probit model logit model and non-discounted case flow methods; Merits and demerits; Transition
standard model. Pre-requisite: ECO 316. from financial to socio-economic evaluation: Structural adjustment
programmes; Meaning and basis of SAPS and LDCs; Nature of
ECO 321 Economics of Agriculture 3 Credits adjustment; Expenditure reducing versus expenditure switching
Production analysis: nature and scope of agriculture; Demand policies; Impacts of SAPs on development of LDCs; Role of IMF
for agriculture; Marketing farm products; Agricultural prices and World Bank; funding; Economic role of developed countries;
fluctuation, objectives and methods of price stabilization; The farm Monitoring the SAPs process. Pre-requisites: ECO-211, ECO-
firm; Profit vs. satisfaction; Maximization principles of production; 212.
Resource-product relationship; Factors of farm production and the
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ECO 413 Economics of Tourism 3 Credits theory, prisoner/s dilemma, Nash equilibrium, introduction to
Tourism as an invisible industry; Introduction and the dynamics simultaneous-move games. Pre-quisites: ECO 211, ECO 212,
of the industry; Tourism as a national asset and liability; Cost ECO 309, MAT 112.
benefit analysis of the tourism industry; National and international
influences on tourism industry: political influences; Revenue; Tariffs ECO 419 Advanced Macro-Economics 3 Credits
and taxes; The effects of macro-economics policies on tourism; Introduction: basic concepts of macro-economic theory, varieties of
Effects of exchange rate on fluctuations; Supply and demand macro-economic theory; Keynesian model of Income determination
economies with regard to tourism: tourism products, the pricing in a closed economy: Keynes vs. classical economists; Extension of the
of tourism products; Tourism investment: Financing tourism; Keynesian model of income determination in an open economy: the
Investment policies in the tourism sector Investment incentives; foreign trade multiplier and changes in the level of income; Critique
Kenya tourism strategy; Marketing; The competitiveness of Kenya and relevance of Keynesian system; Supply-side macro-economics:
as a tourist destination in comparison with other countries in the aggregate supply function: Keynesian and classical; Rational
the region; Role of multinational corporations in tourism. Pre- expectations; Trade (real business) cycles: phases of a trade cycle;
requisites: ECO-211 and ECO-212. Theories of trade cycle; Theories of growth: Harolds growth model,
Domars growth model, the link between Harrolds and Domars
ECO 414 Economics of Poverty & Income Distribution 3 Credits models (Harrold-Domar model), Neoclassical growth theories. Pre-
Definition of poverty and economic inequality; Distribution curves, requisites: ECO 211, ECO 212, ECO 309, MAT 112.
income entitlement approach; Indicators of poverty, Lorenz Curve;
Factors determining distribution of income: human capital, vicious ECO 520 Economics Practicum 4 Credits
cycle of poverty, theories of poverty, dynamics of input markets and The student will be placed with any agency (Governmental or
income distribution; Technology and productivity change; Personal non-governmental), involved in business developmental work.
distributions of income in developed countries and developing The student will be expected to examine and report on the relative
countries including Kenya; The role of the government in income effectiveness of the organization, functions to which he/she is
distributions, taxation, development of social capital, health care, assigned, performance of the duties assigned to him/her, report on
social welfare (NSSF, Pensions, Provident Funds, old age & child strengths, weakness, opportunities of the organization and make any
welfare programmes); Fighting poverty and human deprivation; recommendation.
The new economic order; South/North divide; Poverty gap. ECO
211, ECO 212. ECO 597 Senior Project 4 Credits
The student will choose a research topic of his/her choice and be
ECO 415 Gender & Economic Development 3 Credits supervised by a lecturer specialized in that area. At the end of the
Basic concepts of division of labour by gender, time allocation, gender study, the student will compile the findings and present the written
oppression and subjection; Basic models: feminist, technological report for grading.
and welfare models; The new household economics: intra-household
relationships, cooperation and conflict; Feminization of poverty; LOG-211 Introduction to Business Logistics 3 Credits
Rights of women, property ownership, and the girl child; Bridging The role of logistics in the economy and the organization. Customer
the gender inequality gap, gender policies, eradicating gender service management. Logistics information systems. Inventory
underprivileges; Role of United Nations bodies in fostering gender concepts and the basics of inventory management. Managing
sensitivity and equitable income distribution. ECO 211, ECO materials flow in production and operations. Transportation
212. and traffic management. Warehousing, materials handling,
computerization, and packaging issues. Introduction to global
ECO 417 Economics of Rural Development 3 Credits logistics. Organizing for effective logistics and controlling logistics
The nature of rural development (definition of peasant societies); performance. Fundamentals of supply chain management.
Measurement and dynamics of rural poverty; Operational Developing and implementing logistics strategy.
strategies for rural development; Policies and programmes for rural
development; Rural population and rural poverty in developing LOG-221 Purchasing Principles & Management 3 Credits
countries, impact of Agricultural development; Migration and Introduction to the purchasing profession, Christian ethical
its effects on rural development; Population, landlessness and and professional standards, the role of purchasing and supply
rural development; Nutrition levels in rural areas and effects in management in business, and purchasing objectives, policies and
productivity; Government and non-government intervention procedures. Computer based systems including EDI and purchasing
in rural development; Education levels and rural development; on the Internet. Purchasing organization and strategic role in the
Resource distribution acquired human capital, breaking the vicious firm. Purchase descriptions, specifications and standardization.
cycle of rural poverty; Informal sector development in rural areas; Purchasings role in new product development. Outsourcing and
The new home economics, farm size, and technical change; the make-or-buy decisions. Finding, evaluating and selecting domestic
green movement of rural development. Pre-requisites: ECO 211, and international sources of supply. Price and cost analysis.
ECO 212. Principles of contracting and negotiation. Purchasing capital
equipment and services. Contract administration, managing for
ECO 418 Advanced Micro-Economics 3 Credits quality, and general management responsibilities including value
Introduction: A brief overview of micro-economic analysis, analysis, developing the buying plan, and appraisal and control of
basic concepts and techniques of micro-economic theory; Partial the purchasing function.
equilibrium analysis of markets: arshallian supply-demand synthesis;
Neoclassical theories of consumption and production including LOG-311 Inventory Planning and Control 3 Credits
uncertainty i.e. choice under uncertainty; Optimal risk sharing Functions, types and uses of inventories. Nature and uses of
and implicit contracts; Input/output and linear programming forecasts in the firm. Demand management, forecasting periods
analysis; Further treatment of perfect and imperfect competition: and accuracy. Forecasting approaches including Box-Jenkins,
perfect competition, monopolistic competition, monopoly, econometrics, Delphi method, market surveys, statistical series,
oligopoly, duopoly; General equilibrium and welfare theory: general time series, moving average, exponential smoothing, and Bayesian
equilibrium and macro-economic equilibrium, equilibrium is techniques. Adjusting for seasonality and cyclic patterns around the
exchange and production, criteria of social welfare, maximization trend. Monitoring and controlling forecasting systems by using
of social welfare; Game theory: players, objectives, payoffs and mean absolute deviation, mean absolute error, mean absolute percent
strategies, normal form representation of a game, N-player game error, and tracking signals. The use of focus forecasting, pyramid
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forecasting, and combination methods to improve forecast accuracy. perceived and establishing action plans to maintain or enhance the
Vector smoothing for simple and multiple items. Percentage done reputation of the business. Ethical standards in customer service
estimating method. Percent of aggregate demands method. Slow to build credibility, believability and professionalism. Empowering
moving item forecasting using exponential smoothing and vector customer service providers to improve their ability to serve the
smoothing. Measures of inventory system performance including customer. The importance of communications in customer service to
ROI and ROA. Inventory distribution by value and Pareto (ABC) include effective listening, appropriate word usage, and proper voice
analysis. Trade offs between holding costs, set up costs, ordering inflection. Techniques for dealing with difficult or angry customers.
costs, costs of production down time, and cost of stock-outs. Basic Selecting, training, monitoring and motivating customer service
order point/order quantity systems and calculation of EOQ/EPQ. representatives and first line managers. Building effective customer
EOQ with quantity discounts and shortages. Annual, cycle count, service operations on the Internet. Dealing with communications
and low point inventory systems. Multi-item joint replenishment barriers and prejudice in a multicultural environment. Measuring
inventory models including Browns algorithm and Kaspi and customer satisfaction and customer churn, and developing programs
Rosenblatts algorithm, Joint replenishment production quantity for continuous improvement. Financial implications of customer
models. Inventory systems under risk including calculation of service including cost vs. service level trade offs, measuring the value
safety stocks. Interaction between service levels and safety stocks. of an existing customer, and controlling customer churn.
Balancing backorder or lost sales costs against inventory costs. Lead
time adjustments and variability. Impact of demand lumpiness LOG-351 Logistics Financial Decision Analysis 3 Credits
and variability. Impact of anticipated price changes on demand. Cost system concepts including committed and flexible costs,
Common inventory control systems in practice. Aggregate inventory costs of resource supply and usage, opportunity costs, theory of
management including lot size inventory management interpolation constraint, and cost of unused capacity. Financial considerations
technique (LIMIT), exchange curves, LaGrange multipliers, unit and in choosing an optimal product mix. Short-term budgeting and
situation stock-out objectives. Facility location decisions including resource allocation. Identifying and quantifying support and service
echelon inventory and echelon holding costs. Types of distribution department costs. Activity Based Costing including assigning
systems, distribution requirements planning, and allocation systems. resource costs to activities, activity cost drivers, and cost hierarchy.
Outsourcing of distribution and inventory storage. Use of regression analysis in cost estimation. Activity Based
Management including use of ABC for pricing analysis, life cycle
LOG-321 Warehousing and Stores Management 3 Credits product costing, target costing, kaizen costing, and cost of quality.
Nature and importance of warehousing. Types of warehousing. Decision making about products including measuring product and
Three functions of warehousing movement, storage, and customer profitability. Using the Balanced Scorecard to measure total
information transfer. Receiving, transfer or put away, order business unit performance. Linking scorecard measures to corporate
picking, cross-docking, and shipping functions. Information strategy decisions. Financial measures of performance including,
transfer including computerization, EDI, and bar coding. Private ROI, ROA, IRR, and economic value added (EVA). The nature
vs. public warehousing. Determining warehouse number, types of financial control including measurement of sales, profitability
size, and location. Warehouse location models. Warehouse layout and productivity variances. Responsibility accounting and transfer
and design. Use of randomized and dedicated storage locations. pricing. Shortcomings of ROI measure and adjustments to POI
Product groupings in dedicated storage. International dimensions and EVA calculations. Measuring performance from customer and
of warehousing. Warehouse productivity measurement and internal business process perspectives. Total quality management
improvement. Financial dimensions of warehousing. Activity based and continuous improvement. Cycle time management and time
costing. Warehouse security, accounting and control. Materials to market measures. Investments in technology related to customer
handling equipment types, uses and costs. Manual and automated satisfaction, process improvements, and internal capabilities and
storage facilities. Warehousing for JIT environment. Packaging and their impact on supply chain costs. Computer modeling in financial
its effects on costs, customer service and satisfaction. Computers decisions.
and technology in warehousing and tracking operations. Warehouse
activity profiling. Humanizing warehouse operations. LOG-361 Transportation Management 3 Credits
LOG-331 Production and Operations Management 3 Credits Transportations interaction with the supply chain and the economy.
Developing a customer orientation in the production environment. Transportation regulation and public policy. Motor carriers
Integrating operations management with other functions of the including truck load (TL), less than truck load (LTL) and small
firm. Supply chain decisions and configuration strategies to align package carriers. Freight documentation including the bill of lading
the production process with customer expectations and supplier (B/L), carrier freight bill, and delivery receipt (D/R). Use of railroads.
processes. Product and service design process. Process selection Inland water carriers. Air carriers including air cargo, integrated
and capacity planning. Facilities layout, location, and design of carriers, small package express delivery, freight forwarders, and next
work systems. Total quality management, continuous improvement, flight out (NFO) services. Air transportation documentation. Use
quality improvement tools, and six sigma quality programs. of pipelines. Use of special modes of transportation including bulk
Aggregate planning, master scheduling, and their interaction carriers, heavy haul carriers, and temperature controlled carriers.
with inventory decisions. Materials Requirement Planning Ocean freight carriers including bulk, container, and roll on/roll
(MRPII) systems including system logic, supply chain impact, and off (Ro-Ro) ships. Intermodal transportation including trailer-
detailed scheduling in an MRP environment. E-commerce based on flat-car (TOFC), container-on-flat-car (COFC) piggy-back
improvements to master scheduling and inventory management. services. Transportation tariffs and rate determination. Negotiating
Control of work in process inventories. Planning and control of transportation pricing. Use of private transportation and the
Just-in-Time systems. Mathematical optimization techniques economic and operational advantages and disadvantages of private
including linear programming, the transportation model, and trucking vs., common carriers. Relationship management and
queuing analysis. partnering between shippers and haulers. Information systems in
transportation and the growing importance of technology in the
LOG-341 Management of Customer Service 3 Credits transportation industry.
Developing a customer orientation in all functions of the firm,
especially those that interface with the customer. Integrating LOG-411 Advanced Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
customer service management with other functions of the firm. Gaining competitive advantage through logistics. Creating the
The essential elements of great customer service. Developing and logistics vision within the firm. Developing the logistics organization
implementing the customer service call path for telephone customer and using it as a vehicle for change. Importance of information
service operations. Techniques for identifying how the company is
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in an integrated supply chain management environment. Blueprint applications in supply chain management. New advances
Inter-organizational information systems (IOIS). Information in CRM and SCM software.
requirements determination for a supply chain IOIS. Information
and technology applications for supply chain management. Supply LOG-451 International Transportation and Logistics 3 Credits
chain management impact on customer service and customer The evolution and design of global logistics operations. Formulation
retention. Setting customer service priorities and standards. Total of global logistics strategies and integrating them into the strategic
cost analysis and the principles of logistics costing. Logistics and planning of the firm. Supplier network development, global
shareholder value. Benchmarking and mapping the logistics supply chain management, and logistics network design for global
process. Identifying key logistics performance indicators and re- operations. Risk management in global operations. Current
engineering the supply chain. Time based competition including technology and information management systems in global
lead time and logistics pipeline management. Quick response and logistics. Organizational structures and performance measurements
JIT logistics. Production strategies for quick response. Vendor in global logistics. Dealing with cultural and legal differences in
managed inventories. Conceptual model of alliance development. global logistics. Logistics and trade in different parts of the world.
Developing a trusting relationship with partners in the supply Government interests and regulation of global transportation.
chain. Resolving conflicts in a supply chain relationship. Sharing Types of ocean ships and shipping, rate determination, and charter
risks in inter-organizational relationships. Managing the global processes. Land transport to and from ports. International air
supply chain. transportation. International logistics intermediaries. Terms of sale
and terms of payment. Managing foreign exchange. Documentation
LOG-421 Logistics For E-Commerce 3 Credits and insurance. Foreign trade zones, bonded warehousing
Building e-commerce logistics infrastructure including defining and transportation. Advanced technologies in international
business processes and resources. Protecting consumer privacy on transportation and logistics management. Prerequisites: LOG-221:
line. Dealing with children on line. Measuring e-business financial Purchasing Principles and Management, LOG-361: Transportation
costs and values. E-business cost reduction potential, including Management
reductions in the cost of supply and the cost of sales. Cost of
acquiring customers vs. retaining them. On line payment methods MAK 212 Marketing Principles 3 Credits
and processing. Internet fraud and taxation issues. Online customer Marketing: definition, historical development of marketing thought
service. Multiple customer service contact points and customer self- and practice, the marketing concept, the role of marketing in an
service. Evolving from call centers to contact centers to commerce organization and within an economy and the concept of marketing
centers. Customer relationship management systems. Shipping for mix, the Christian faith and marketing and the marketing
e-commerce and the importance of trace ability. Online shipping philosophy; Marketing opportunity analysis: environmental
tools for e-commerce. Online vs. offline fulfillment models. E- analysis, opportunity identification, market segmentation, market
fulfillment processes. Global logistics in e-commerce. Databases information systems, consumer behaviour; Product decisions:
and data exchange standards. Reverse logistics in e-commerce. definitions, classifications, product life cycle, consumer adoption
Return policies and the return merchandise authorization (RMA) process, product planning and management, packaging, branding
process. Pros and cons of outsourcing and drop shipping. Evaluating and labelling decisions; Price decisions: price setting, objectives
potential outsourcing partners. Third party logistics providers. and approaches and pricing policy; Promotion decisions: tools
of promotion; Distribution decisions: channel decisions, types of
LOG-431 Management Of Service Operations 3 Credits middlemen and distribution systems; Marketing management: plan
The role of services in the economy. The nature of services, service components and development, profitability and introduction to
encounters, and service quality. New service development and international marketing; Agricultural marketing: special problems,
process design including the design and location of service facilities. role of cooperative societies and marketing boards; Marketing of
Customer attitudes and needs for services. Risk perception in service services: characteristics of services, problems in service marketing
purchases, and strategies for reducing perceived risk. Forecasting and role of service marketing; Non-profit oriented marketing: aims
demand for services, planning capacity, and managing waiting lines. and objectives, classifications and expectations of the consumers;
Queuing models and simulations. Service facilitating goods and Course review: careers in marketing and marketing problems in
supply chain management. Process and information technologies in developing countries. It is strongly recommended that the course is
service systems. Human resource planning, recruiting, training, and taken in the second year of study.
supervision of service providers. Balancing service standardization
and empowerment. Teamwork and recognition. Focus on customer MAK 315 Consumer Behaviour 3 Credits
satisfaction and achieving service quality. The gaps model of Introduction: diversity of consumer behaviour; What is consumer
service quality. Benchmarking and continuous improvement. The behaviour; Consumer research; Market segmentation: bases for
importance of good recovery and service guarantees. Measuring segmentation, criteria for effective targeting of market segments;
and improving service productivity. Data envelopment analysis for Consumer needs and motivation; Dynamic nature of motivation
measurement of service efficiency. Routing and scheduling problems types and systems of needs; Personality and consumer behaviour:
and models for their solution. Use of linear and goal programming theories of personality, personality and understanding consumer
in managing service operations. Special problems in managing diversity; Self and self images; Consumer perception: what is
provision of technical and repair services including management of perception?, the dynamics of perception, consumer imagery;
spare parts. Consumer learning and involvement: what is learning?, behavioural
learning theories, cognitive learning theory; Brand loyalty and brand
LOG-441 Advanced Modeling of Logistics Systems 3 Credits equity; Consumer attitude formation and change; Communication
Review of probability concepts, game theory, and decision theory and persuasion: components of communication, the communication
models. Decision trees with utility theory. Advanced forecasting process, designing persuasive communication: Group dynamics
and inventory control models. Linear programming modeling and consumer reference groups: what is a group; applications of
applications using Excel and QM for Windows. Transportation reference group concept; The family: what is a family; functions of
and assignment models. Integer programming, goal programming, the family, family decision making, the family life cycle; Social class
nonlinear programming, and branch and bound model applications and consumer behaviour: what is culture; characteristics of culture,
in logistics. Network models, waiting lines and queuing theory sub-culture; Aspects of consumer behaviour: what is sub-culture;
models. Simulation modeling and Markov analysis. New models Personal influence and opinion leadership process; Dynamics of
for material requirement planning and Just-In-Time inventory. the leadership process and measurement of opinion. Pre-requisite:
Quantitative models for reverse logistics. The SAP R/3 Business MAK 212.
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MAK 316 Advertising 3 Credits a strong, well-known identity overtime for non-profit organization.
Introduction: What makes great advertising players; Advertising Pre-requisite: MAK 212.
and society; Ethics and regulation; Advertising; The marketing
mix; Advertising agencies; How agencies are organized; Consumer MAK 335 Marketing Communication 3 Credits
audience; Strategy and planning: the advertising plan, creative Promotional management; Foundation: Promotion and marketing,
plan and copy strategy, psychology of advertising, how brand Marketing communication systems, Interpersonal communication
image works; Media planning: media operation, setting objectives, process. Setting for the promotional effort: Establishing promotional
developing strategies, media selection, procedures, staging a media objectives, objectives and the promotion lick. Advertising and
plan, print media, broadcast media, media buying functions, special advertising management: Importance of advertising, advertising
skills expert knowledge on media opportunities; Creative side of objectives, advertising media strategy, advertising message. Personal
advertising: creative concept, execution and effective creativity; selling and sales management: Personal selling - roles, activities and
Creating print advertisements: writing for print, print production; process, developing sales strategy, executing the sales strategy. Sales
promotion and publications: Managing sales promotion - objectives,
Creating broadcast advertising: mastering television commercials,
activities, sales promotion to consumer, to dealer, sales personnel,
the television environment, the nature of commercials, planning
public relations - process, role, publicity. Pre-requisite: MAK 212.
and producing commercials; Sales promotions: defining sales
promotions, the size of sales promotion, the future of sales promotion;
Public Relations: the challenge of public relations, comparing public MAK 336 Marketing of Services 3 Credits
relations and advertising, international advertising, the global Development of services marketing: Marketing - an Introduction,
perspective, organization of international advertising agencies. Pre- development of marketing theory, environment, organizations.
requisite: MAK 212. Marketing today. Green marketing. Is service marketing different?:
Marketing defined. The marketing mix, special characteristics of
MAK 317 Marketing Research 3 Credits services, nature of the service product, services marketing. The
Introduction to the course: definition of marketing research, process scope and range of services marketing: The service economy, service
and problem formulation, the Christian faith and marketing providers and manufacturers service, classification of services
research; Problem definition; Identification of information needs marketing, technological developments in services marketing,
and formulating specific projects; Research designs: types of research international services marketing, competition in services, future
design, nature and functions of design; Data collection: secondary trends. Organization for services marketing: The role of marketing
data; Data collection: primary data; Levels of measurements, validity in service organization, Functions of marketing. Understanding
and reliability; Processing and analyzing data; Writing report. Pre- the market for services: Marketing research applications for
requisite: MAK 212. service marketing, developing new services. Services marketing
management: Corporate mission and objectives, strategic growth
MAK 330 Product Strategy and Planning 3 Credits options, strategic marketing planning. Marketing planning for
Product and marketing planning strategy focus on describing and services: The marketing audit, the marketing planning process. Roles
demonstrating how strategy is derived and put into action. The course and responsibilities. Internal marketing. relationship marketing.
uses simple planning approach by helping students understand the Service quality. The services marketing mix: Packaging the service
current state of product or products in the market, clarifying the product, pricing the service, promotion and communications in
mission and vision of the organization, synthesizing data such as services marketing, service distribution planning, people - the
fifth P, process and physical evidence. Special aspects of services
the resulting opportunities for products, product audience, product
marketing. Not-for-profit services marketing. Leisure services
message. Product research, production process, product strategy and
marketing. Tourism marketing. Industrial marketing. charities
strategic options for product and markets. Prerequisite MAK 212. marketing. Financial services marketing. Professional services and
marketing. The internationalization of services. The importance
MAK 331 Financial Aspects of Marketing 3 Credits of after-sales-service; consumer/industrial markets. Pre-requisite:
The emphasis here is on the need for financial literacy amongst
MAK 212.
marketing practitioners. An analysis of the financial concepts and
their relevance to marketing, basic computations, interpretations
MAK 337 Retailing Management 3 Credits
and application of financial principles to issues concerning the
marketing mix elements (product, price, promotion and place). Introduction to retailing, nature and framework, retail strategy,
Pre-requisite: ACC 111, MAK 212. owning or managing a business, retail institutions, environment
of retailing, consumer behavior, marketing research in retailing,
MAK 333 Agricultural Marketing 3 Credits choosing store location, retail organization and resource
Particular features and problems in agricultural marketing in management, merchandise planning and management, pricing
developing countries; The importance of supplies, prices and profits and retailing, communicating with customers, promoting strategy,
in farming and the food sector; National policies for food and service retailing, the virtue store and retail database marketing and
agriculture; Production, storage, processing, pricing and distribution the changing environment of retailing. Pre-requisite: MAK 212.
of food and farm products; Making the best use of the resources to
satisfy consumers needs against a background of technical progress, MAK 338 Export Marketing 3 Credits
innovation and the influence of culture. Pre-requisite: MAK 212. Problems of product, price, communication and distribution policies
with special reference to the exporting of semi-processed industrial
MAK 334 Marketing for Non-profit Organization 3 Credits and consumer goods from developing economies to other developing
Historical selling problem for non-profit organization, community countries and to developed countries. An analysis is made of export
awareness, developing and maintaining a visible credible identity promotion strategies, export financing, export documentation and
in the market. Non profit organization and its definition of the the concept of export processing zones (EPZ). The role of regional
intended audience, target message to fit strategic plan that will best groupings and international organizations like PTA, COMESA,
use limited resources to meet organization goals, image building for GATT, UNCTAD etc is also examined. Pre-requisite: MAK 212.
non-profit organization, marketing proposal plans to communicate
the results for program of non-profit organization, marketing and MAK 418 Marketing Management & Strategy 3 Credits
its role in financial partnership for non-profit organization, multiple Business and marketing strategies: The strategic role of marketing,
communication tactics for non-profit organization, select and use dynamic business arena, getting closer to the customer, product/
of appropriate media for non-profit organization. How to develop service Innovation, developing strategies for competitive advantage,
competing in global markets, business strategy and competitive
advantage, environmental turbulence, competitive advantages,
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business strategy and strategic analysis and strategy selection, media, press relations, ethics of public relations, sponsorship. Loyal
marketing strategy, strategic marketing, situation analysis, etc. for life how to take unhappy customers from hell to heaven in
Marketing situation analysis: Defining and analyzing markets, 60 seconds or less (John Ischohl). The customer is boss: Practical
market segmentation, analyzing competition, Michael Porter five ways of making a difference when providing customer service,
forces driving industry competition, marketing strategies for marker communicate with your customer, build effective relationships with
leader, challenger, followers and nichers. Tools for competitive your customers, positive attitudes, be solution focused think of
differentiation. Designing marketing strategy: Market targeting and all your possibilities, be part of a winning team, keeping promises,
positioning strategies, marketing strategies for selected situations, service recovery, one customer at a time, genuine care, its the little
planning for new products. Marketing program development: things that count in customer care and the unpredictable factor
Product portfolio strategy, distribution strategy, price strategy, in customer care, You dont bring me flowers any more. Public
promotion strategy. Implementing and managing marketing strategy: speaking: Fundamental techniques in handling people, ways to win
Designing effective marketing organization, marketing strategy people to your way of thinking, how to develop self-confidence and
implementation and control. The strategic role of information - influence people by public speaking, steps in successful speaking,
information and competitive advantage, computerized information business executive branding i.e. self-branding, achieving excellence
systems, artificial intelligence and expert systems, issues in managing through customer service. Pre-requisite: MAK 212.
information, creating successful long-term growth. Pre-requisite:
MAK 212, MAK 315, MAK 316. MAT-111 Mathematics for Economics and Mgt. I 3 Credits
Nature of management mathematics, role of mathematics in
MAK 419 Business to Business Marketing 3 Credits economics analysis, applications of mathematics in business
A business marketing perspective. Business and consumer market. management, strengths and limitations of mathematics in
The business market: Perspectives on the organization, buyer. The management. Set theory: Definitions and concepts in set theory,
organizational buying behavior new task, straight Rebuy, modified set operations and laws, Venn diagrams. The real number system;
Rebuy. Forces shaping organizational buying behavior. Relationship Types of numbers, Rules of algebraic operations, Permutations and
marketing/buyer-seller connection. Relationship marketing combinations binomial expansion. Equations and inequations:
strategies. Supply chain management. Logistics in supply chain Equations, definition and types of equations, linear and non-linear
management. Market driven organizations. The marketing plan. equations, single and simultaneous equations, solutions to equations
The management of innovation. Managing services for business (linear and non-linear), applications; inequations - definition and
markets. Managing services for business markets. Pre-requisite: types of inequations, Solutions to inequations. differential calculus:
MAK 212. Rate of change, concepts of limits and continuity, derivative and
differentiation, partial differentiation, applications. Integral calculus:
MAK 420 Sales Management 3 Credits Rules of integration, applications. Matrix algebra: Definitions and
Salesmanship: Origin and development of salesmanship. Overview basic concepts, properties of matrices, determinant of a matrix,
of sales management, strategic role of selling and sales management, matrix operations, matrix inverse, solution to linear simultaneous
knowledge of the buying motives: the process of buying and selling, equations: matrix approach.
environmental influence on sales programs and performance,
effective presentation and demonstration: overcoming objectives MAT-112 Mathematics for Economics and Mgt. II 3 Credits
organizing and sales force. Sales management: Demand estimation, Functional and graphical representations: Functions and graphs,
sales territories, motivation of salesmen, training of salesmen: linear functions and their applications, non linear functions and
remuneration of salesmen, sales analysis. Pre-requisite: MAK 212. functions with more than one independent variables and their
applications. Matrices: Matrix operations, determinant of a matrix,
MAK 421 International Marketing 3 Credits inverse of a matrix. Matrix applications to business problems: Solution
Objective: To gain greater insight into the process of management of simultaneous equations, input-output analysis, Markov analysis.
at the international level and to understand the role of the calculus: Concepts of limits, differentiation, Integration, maximum
international marketing manager in overseeing international and minimum points, lagrange multipliers and applications.
operations. The importance of exports to a developing country; Mathematics of finance: Simple and compound interest, Present
The global approach; Comparative analysis of world markets; World and future values, ordinary annuities, capital investment appraisal
marketing infrastructures and intra-community trade activities; methods. Linear programming model: formation, graphical method
The international marketing planning and control; International of solution, simplex method of solution, duality theory. Sensitivity
market research, marketing planning and control; International and analysis. Prerequisites: MAT 111, ECO 211.
multinational marketing strategy; Exporting and international trade
regulations. Pre-requisites: MAK 212. MAT 211 Operations Research 3 Credits
Linear programming models: simplex method, dualily theory,
MAK 422 International Management 3 Credits sensitivity analysis. Network analysis (CPM/CPA and PERT):
Objective: To gain greater insight into the process of management at construction of network determination of critical path(s), time and
the international level and to understand the role of the international resource analysis. Transportation models: Formulation, solution,
business manager in overseeing international operations. Contents: search methods. Assignment models: Formulation, solution,
The international business environment; Alternative foreign search methods. Inventory models: Optimal levels of inventory,
involvement strategies (exporting, licensing, franchising direct deterministic and stochastic methods, materials requirement
investment); International competition; Relations between multi- planning, limitations of EOQ. Queuing models: Queues and
national firms and host nations; International transfer of technology; queuing systems, evaluating queuing systems, solution methods,
position of developing countries in the international trade. Pre- nature of single channels and multiple channels queues, economic
requisite: MAK 212. implication of queues, limitations. Integer and non-linear
programming. Dynamic programming models, goal programming
MAK-423 Customer Care and Public Relations 3 Credits models, integer programming and heuristic programming.
Customer care - is there a definition?: Building profitable business Simultation models: simultation process, stochastic simultation,
through world-class marketing - using marketing to understand, the Monte Carlo simultation techniques, simultation languages.
create, communicate and deliver value. Identifying opportunities and Prerequisites: MAT 111, 112; ECO 211, 212S
developing targeted value offering; Developing value propositions
and building brand equity. Competitive strategies, acquiring, MIS 281 System Analysis & Design Methods I 3 Credits
retaining and growing customers. Public relations programs: New The system development environment. System development
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process models, e.g. waterfall, spiral, and structured system and database administrator, strategic data planning, information
analysis and development methodology (SSADM): systems study resource management, data quality, data security, global information
and requirement specifications, managing an information systems architecture; advanced data manipulation languages, comprehensive
project, identifying and selecting systems development projects, DBMS facilities and object oriented DBMS; analysis and data
initiating and planning system development projects, determining mining tools; deploying and managing databases in a distributed
systems requirements. System design: process modeling, logic environment. Data integrity and privacy. Technologies include
modeling, conceptual data modeling. Selecting the best alternative Oracle database server and Oracle enterprise (OEM) graphical DBA
design strategy. Prerequisite MIS 211 interface.
MIS 282 Systems Analysis & Design Methods II 3 Credits MIS 413 Introduction to Electronic Commerce 3 Credits
Logical design: Designing forms and reports, designing the Business models and market. Effective content for electronic
interfaces and dialogues, designing databases: logical data modeling. commerce. Marketing for electronic commerce. Electronic
Physical design: designing physical files and databases, designing commerce security. Transaction security and payment technology.
the internals: program and process design, designing distributed Business to business electronic commerce. The outlook for E-
systems. Implementation strategies: object oriented analysis and Commerce.
design, rapid application development. System implementation
and maintenance. Pre-requisite MIS 281 MIS 418 Information Systems Project Management 3 Credits
Project management power: Projects, projects everywhere; the
MIS 311 Information Systems Management 3 Credits process that works; the rules of the project game; You? A project
This course is a follow up of the Management Information Systems manager? The project Initiation phase: identifying projects that are
courses and is geared to equipping the students with the concept worth doing; scooping out the goals for a project; understanding
of information systems planning and management. Prerequisite: risks and constraints; building a project team. The project planning
MIS-282. phase: the breakdown of tasks what really needs to be done? The
network diagram: A map for the project; getting who and what you
MIS 400 Information system project 3 Credits need; project start to finish; the steps to the critical path; budgeting
The student will chose an area or business function of his/her interest options for the projects; putting it all together; the approved plan.
and develop an information system that can support the business The Implementation phase: getting started on the right track;
function, compute a document/report on the process and present leadership and the project manager; form of project organization;
to the supervisor. operating guidelines; making the communications count. The
controlling phase: monitoring and control; conflicts resolving and
MIS 408 Special Topics in Mgt Information Systems 3 Credits benefiting; changes; common project problems. Termination phase:
Topics offered under this course number will vary depending on project smooth conclusion; the final evaluation. Software for all
faculty availability and interest and student need. These topics will projects.
allow students to go into greater depth in areas of special interest.
Regular topics will include, without being limited to the following: MIS 451 Designing & Building Web Sites 3 Credits
Web fundamentals. Client/server architecture. Page design. Content
MIS 408A Internet /Intranet Application Devpt 3 Credits design. Site design. Intranet design. Web browsers. Accessibility
Inter-networking applications and development with a focus on for users with disabilities. International (Global) use of the Internet
the internet and corporate intranets. Topics include electronic and E-commerce. The trend and future of the Internet. Simplicity
data interchange; electronic commerce (EC); information access; in web design. HTML and ASP programming. Introduction to
application development technologies and techniques. Special JAVA language. Writing JAVA applets.
emphasis is placed on planning, security, privacy, ethics and
management as related to developing a Website in a business. STA 211 Business Statistics I 3 Credits
Impact of the Internet on the disciplines of business, including Introduction: Meaning of statistics, role of statistics in decision
information produces and distribution channels, Internet focused making process; Sampling: statistical inquiry, samples and proportion,
marketing, operational transformation, formation of electronic reasons for sampling, sampling methods; Data collection: sources of
markets and digital economy. Fundamentals enabling technologies, business data, methods of collecting data, design of questionnaire;
including World Wide Web, browsers, search engines, portals and Organizing and summarizing data; Tabular and graphical
internet service providers, HTML and web development tools, and representation, frequency, distribution and its measures of location,
Website metering tools. Designing principals of EC applications in charts and diagram; Measures of central tendency; Measures of
business process contexts. Skills for simple WebPage development, variation or dispersion: range, average, deviation, variance, standard
WebPages development with embedded spreadsheets and data base deviation, relative measures, coefficient of varian, Lorenz curves and
functionality. Software to be used may include HTML (including their significance; Linear regression and correlation; Index numbers;
frames, tables, forms, and image maps), Microsofts Front Page, VB Introduction to probability. Pre-requisite: MAT 111.
Script and JavaScript.
STA 212 Business Statistics II 3 Credits
MIS 408B Multimedia Programming 3 Credits Probability and sampling distribution: theory of probability,
Introduction to concepts of multimedia. It coves applications, binomial, normal distribution; Sampling distribution; Mean and
tools, and design of multi media systems. Students will be expected proportions; Statistical inference; Estimation and hypothesis testing;
to develop a multi media system or systems. Chi-square distribution; Test for independence; Goodness of fit test;
Analysis of variance; Non-parametric tests; Mann-Whitney U rank
MIS 408C Data & Database Administration 3 Credits test, Kruskal -Wallis rank test; Time series analysis, forecasting. Pre-
This course explores the planning and management of corporate requisite: STA 211.
data, information and knowledge resource. Topics include data
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Accounting Major
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

ACC 111 3 ACC 112 3 ACC 211 3 BUS 211 3
ACS 101 2 ART/LIT/MUS 2 ECO 211 3 ECO 212 3
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 ENV 112 2 MAK 212 3
ENG 111/098 3 BUS 113 3 POL 111 1 MAT 211 3
INS 111 3 INS 112 3 MIS 211 3 ENG 112 3
MAT 111 3 MAT 112 3 STAT 211 3 STA 212 3
HPE 113 1 Total 15 18
Total 17 18
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

ACC 311 3 ACC 312 3 ACC 313 3 ACC 411 3
ACC 314 3 ACC 315 3 ACC 314 3 ACC 412 3
BUS 213 3 ACC 316 3 ACC 414 3 ACC 416 3
BUS 309 3 BUS 314 3 ACC 415 3 ACC 416 3
BUS 314 3 BUS 323 3 BUS 313 3 Free Electives 3
BIO 111 2 RET 320 2 Free Electives 3
Total 17 17 Total 18 15
Business Administration and Management Major
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

INS 111 3 INS 112 3 BUS 211 3 ENV 112 2
ENG 111/098 3 ART/LIT/MUS 111 2 POL 111 1 MAK 212 3
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 MIS 211 3 ENG 112 3
MAT 111 3 MAT 112 3 STA 211 3 BUS 313 3
ACC 111 3 ACC 112 3 ECO 211 3 STA 212 3
ACS 101 2 BUS 113 3 BIO 111 2 ECO 212 3
HPE 113 1 Total 15 17
Total 18 17
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

BUS 213 3 BUS 414 3 BUS 415 3
BUS 326 3 RET 320 2 BUS 319 3 BUS 417 3
BUS 309 3 BUS 318 3 BUS 324 3 BUS 419 3
BUS 321 3 BUS 314 3 BUS 322 3 BUS 420 3
BUS 330 3 BUS 323 3 General Electives 3 BUS 498/520 4
General Electives 3 General Electives 6 Total 15 16
Total 18 17
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Economics Major
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 MIS 211 3 ECO 212 3
ACS 101 2 ART/LIT/MUS111 2 POL 111 1 STA 212 3
ENG 111/098 3 INS 112 3 ECO 211 3 ENV 112 2
INS 111 3 ACC 112 3 STA 211 3 BIO 111 2
ACC 111 3 MAT 112 3 BUS 313 3 ECO 312 3
MAT 111 3 BUS 113 3 ENG 112 3
HPE 113 1 Total 16 13
Total 18 17
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

BUS 213 3 RET 320 2 ECO 317 3 ECO Electives 6
ECO 308 3 ECO 311 3 BUS 414 3 ECO 411 3
BUS 309 3 BUS 323 3 BUS 415 3 ECO 412 3
ECO 310 3 ECO 316 3 ECO 318 3 Free Electives 3
ECO 309 3 ECO 313 3 Free Elective 3
BUS 321 3 ECO 314 3 Total 15 15
Total 18 17
Marketing Major
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

ENG 111/098 3 BUS 113 3 BUS 211 3 BUS 321 3
INS 111 3 INS 112 3 POL 111 1 MAT 112 3
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 MIS 211 3 MAK 212 3
ART/LIT/MUS111 2 ENG 112 3 STA 212 3
MAT 111 3 ACC 112 3 STA 211 3 ECO 212 3
ACC 111 3 BIO 111 2 ECO 211 3
ACS 101 2 ENV 112 2 Total 16 15
HPE 113 1
Total 18 18
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

General Electives 3 BUS 314 3 BUS 414 3 BUS 498/520 4
BUS 213 3 RET 320 2 MAK 418 3 MAK 420 3
BUS 309 3 MAK 316 3 BUS 313 3 MAK 422 3
BUS 323 3 MAK 317 3 MAK 421 3 MAK 423 3
MAK 330 3 MAK 335 3 MAK 424 3
MAK 315 3 MAK 336 3 General Electives 3
Total 18 17 Total 18 13
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MIS Major
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

INS 111 3 INS 112 3 ACS 211 3 ACS 212 3
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 PHY 112 2 MIS 282 3
ENG 098/111 3 BUS 113 3 MIS 281 3 STA 212 3
ACS 111 3 ACS 112 3 ENV 112 2 MAK 212 3
ACC 111 3 MIS 211 3 STA 211 3 BUS 213 3
ACS 102 2 MAT 111 3 BUS 211 3 MAT 112 3
HPE 113 1 Total 16 18
Total 18 17
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

ACS 231 3 ACS 302 3 MIS 400 3 MIS Electives 9
ACS 351 3 ACS 352 3 MIS 451 3 MIS 418 3
ECO 211 3 ECO 212 3 MIS 311 3 BUS 498/520 4
ENG 112 3 BUS 309 3 ACS 431 3
ACS 223 3 ART/LIT/MUS 111 2 RET 320 2
BUS 313 3 POL 111 1 ACS 361 3
BIO 111 2 Total 17 16
Total 18 17
Purchasing and Business Logistics Major
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

ACC 111 3 ACC 112 3 MAK 212 3 ENV 112 2
ACS 101 2 ART/LIT/MUSIC 2 BUS 309 3 ECO 212 3
BIL 111 3 BIL 112 3 ECO 211 3 BUS 314 3
ENG 111/098 3 BUS 113 3 BUS 211 3 ENG 112 3
INS 111 3 INS 112 3 MIS 211 3 BUS 213 3
MAT 111 3 MAT 11 2 3 STAT 211 3 STA 212 3
HPE 113 1 Total 18 17
Total 18 17
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

LOG 211 3 LOG 421 3 BUS 323 3 BUS 414 3
LOG 311 3 RET 320 2 LOG 341 3 LOG 411 3
POL 111 1 LOG 321 3 LOG 351 3 LOG 361 3
BUS 321 3 LOG 331 3 LOG 441 3 LOG 451 3
BUS 313 3 LOG 221 3 MAT 211 3 Free Electives 6
BIO 111 2 LOG 431 3 Total 15 18
Total 15 17
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Diploma in Counselling
Rationale
Many people are facing problems caused by the complexity of
modern life and breakdown of the traditional ways of life. At the
same time we realize that many people have not heard the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. In response to these needs, the Department offers
diploma certificates in Missions and Counseling. The courses aim at
producing church workers interested in mission and counseling at
the Diploma level, at the end of the course.
Students will graduate with a diploma in Counseling. This will enable

our counseling students to be recognized by Kenyan Association of
Professional Counselors.
Applicants must meet the general admission requirements for the
Diploma programme.
Student Assessment
Both diplomas in Christian Counseling and Missions emphasize the
DEPARTMENT OF
development of skills. A letter grade will be given for each course on
the basis of continuous assessment and a final examination, graded
as follows:
Continuous assessment - 70%

Final examination - 30%
COMMUNITY Field Project (practicum) will be graded separately with 20%

being assigned to periodical reporting and 80% to field project
evaluation.
DEVELOPMENT
Credit Hours
Counselling Required Courses 33
Practicum 6
Electives 6
Total 61

Required Courses
ICM 056 Introduction to Psychology 3
ICM 060 Human Growth and Development 3
ICM 057 Personality Development 3
ICM 063 Introduction to Social Psychology 3
ICM 081 Introduction to Sociology 3
ICM 051 Principles and Practice of Counselling 3
ICM 053 Marriage and Family Counselling 3
ICM 058 Abnormal Psychology 3
ICM 059 Loss and Bereavement Counselling 3
ICM 099 Field Project/ Practicum 6
OR
ICM 065 HIV/AIDS and Crisi Counselling 3
ICM 066 Personal and Professional Development
for Counsellors 3
ICM 064 Christian Counselling 3

Electives
ICM 054 Counselling with Young People 3
ICM 067 Spiritual Growth and Development 3
ICM 071 Substance Abuse 3
ICM 062 Urban Mission Strategy 3
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ICM 058 Abnormal psychology 3 Credits
A study of the nature, causes and intervention of a wide variety of
mental disorders such as personality disorders, anxiety , mood stress
and adjustment, schizophrenia, disassociate and effective disorders;
case studies. Pre-requisites: ICM 056,ICM 060, ICM 057, ICM
063, ICM 081.
ICM 059 Loss & Grief Counseling 3 Credits

Biblical view of suffering and human pain; including divine
omnipotence and goodness, human wickedness and the fall of man;
the loss of life; the meaning of grief: effects and factors influencing;
the grief process, problems in grieving and recovery; recovering from
other forms of losses; counseling in grief. Pre-requisite: ICM 051.
ICM 060 Human Growth & Development 3 Credits

The course will cover all aspects of growth and development from
conception to death. This will include physical and mental growth
touching areas of learning, emotions, and behavour.
ICM 061 Understanding the Old Testament 3 Credits

Old Testament history, geography and culture; literary genres; ways
of understanding the content of various books of the Old Testament;
major divisions of Old Testament; Old Testament interpretations;
major themes in the Old Testament.
ICM 062 Understanding the New Testament 3 Credits

History of the inter-testamental period; first century Judaism;
fulfillment of scripture; summary of contents and themes of each
New Testament book; a survey of the life and history of Jesus
Christ; Growth and expansion of the Early Church in Acts; history
, geography and cultural background of the New Testament; survey
and ministry of Paul; New Testament interpretation; key themes in
the New Testament.
ICM 063 Introduction to Social Psychology 3 Credits

The course will cover the definition of social psychology; building
blocks of social life- what makes humans unique: socialization;
Courses Descriptions organization of the self- the world as you think it is, the world as
you feel it is, who am I? Organization of personal relationships-
ICM 051 Principles & practices of Counselling 3 Credits communication, social changes, social interdependence; complex
This course will cover meanings and definitions; structure and process; group interaction setting- group structure and processes, social
the counsellor and counselee; counselling. Crisis intervention and networks.
case studies. Prerequisites: ICM 058
ICM 064 Christian Counselling 3 Credits
ICM 053 Marriage & Family counselling 3 Credits This course will cover the concepts of the Biblical and Christian
The course deals with the problems and conflicts within marriage counseling; the presuppositions and principles- meaning of life,
and family set up: systems, sex, and love, family planning, raising hope, prayer, reconciliation; the Christian counsellor; practice
and disciplining children, amongst others; Biblical basis of marriage; and process language of counselling; language of emotions, sin,
counselling techniques and behavioral methods of solving marriage confession, forgiveness, love; effective Biblical change-conversion,
and family problems and conflicts; conflict resolution; premarital salvation, spirituality the Christian personality; the art of pastoral
counseling: building healthy relationships, choosing a marriage conversation; Biblical case histories. pre-requisites; ICM 051, ICM
partner, courtship, wedding and honeymoon, sexual problems e.g 057, ICM 063
gender roles and discrimination, prostitution, child labour. Case
studies. Prerequisites: ICM 051. ICM 065 HIV/AIDS and Crisis Counselling 3 Credits
The course is intended to bring awareness of the pandemic nature of
ICM 054 Counselling with young People 3 Credits the diseases and also develop skills that are necessary for dealing with
This course will cover the understanding of young people in general; victims of HIV/AIDS; it will cover HIV/AIDS overview; human
understanding their problems; the challenges they face; issues sexuality; methods of management; cultural beliefs and practices;
concerning family relationships; peer pressure and delinquency. Pre- socio-economic development; Biblical and theological issues; ethical
requisites: ICM 060, ICM 057,ICM 051, ICM 051. and legal issues; behavior modification; skills in counsellor care,
training of trainers; dealing with crises. Pre-requisites. ICM 051
ICM 056 Introduction to Psychology 3 Credits
Definition and the history of psychological aspects of human ICM 066 Personal & Professional Dvpt for Counsellors 3 Credits
development such as learning, cognition, memory, motivation and This course will include what is personal and professional
emotions and consciousness. development; further training; professional recognition; personal
therapy; supervision; contribution to the furtherance of knowledge;
ICM 057 Personality Development 3 Credits resourcing yourself; determining a personal and professional
An overview of personality theories represented by the major schools development. Pre- requisites: ICM 056, ICM 060, ICM 057, ICM
such as analytic or dynamic, humanities, cognitive, existential and 051.
behavioral; personality disorders; case studies.
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ICM 067 Spiritual Growth and Development 3 Credits The nature of sociology and theories; socialization; organization and
This course is intended to help a Christian grow in faith. The contexts mobilization; social stratification and inequality; race and ethnicity;
will include understanding and applying the biblical principles in group relations; the changing family; functions of religion; problems
ones daily life; understanding Christian faith and applying it in of social change; African social issues and problems e.g polygamy,
daily life; understanding sin and salvation in order to develop deeper barenness and impotency, medicine men and women, soothsayers,
faith in Jesus Christ; spiritual morals and discipline; discipleship sorcerers, witches and wizards, witch craft, magicians, elders, priests
and discipline; interpreting the mission of Daystar University and and prophets, etc. and their roles in society; African concept of God
its philosophy. and his/her role in regulating individual and corporate life.
ICM 071 Substance Abuse 3 Credits ICM 099 Field Project in Christian Counseling 6 Credits
An introduction to chemical dependency including definitions of Assigned tasks related to the course work done as agreed upon by
alcohol and drug dependencies; diagnosis; management; recovery; the student, the faculty, and , where applicable, the employer. A
community responses to dependency problems and case studies. minimum of 10 weeks ( 400 clock hours) and production of a
project paper of at least 30 pages typed in double spacing will be
ICM 081 Introduction to Sociology 3 Credits required.
EXEMPTIONS TO THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME

Phsychology Major
Diploma Courses Equivalent Required Courses

ICM 056 PSY 111 3
ICM 057 PSY 212 3
ICM 058 PSY 214 3
ICM 060 PSY 211 3
ICM 099 PSY 508 6
Sub-Total hours 18
SUGGESTED TWO-YEAR STUDY PROGRAMME
Diploma in Counselling
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

ICC 012 3 ICC 013 3 ICM 059 3
ICC 021 3 ICC 015 3 ICM 064 3 ICM 066 3
ICC 014 3 ICM 053 3 ICM 057 3 Electives 3
ICC 092 1 ICM 065
ICM 056 3 ICM 060 3 OR ICM O59 3 ICM 099 6
ICM 051 3 ICM 063/081 3 Electives 3
------ ----- ICC 016 2
16 15 ------ -----
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Diploma in Community Development
Rationale
The Community Development Diploma was established to train Required Courses Credit Hours
on-the-job leaders who do development work in churches, church MNG 022 Basic Functions of Management 3
related ministries and para-church organizations. Such leaders may IMD 014 Fundamentals of Leadership 3
be first time entrants into a post-secondary education programme IMD 021 Basic Principles & Practices of
or they may already have a first degree. What all have in common is Administration 3
the desire to build on their past training and experience. The courses IMD 033 Foundations of Community
offered in this programme are designed to provide advanced training Development 3
in the practical skills of community development. IMD 051 Communication For
Development 3
The concentration in Community Development builds student IMD 099 Field Project/Practicum in
competencies in facilitating church related ministries that are Management or Development 6
focused on meeting human needs in community-based ministry. IMD 034 Facilitation of Development
in Local Communities 3
Admission Requirements IMD 035 Urbanization & Development 3
Applicants will be expected to fulfill the general entry requirements IMD 042 Community Development & the
for the Diploma programme of Daystar University. Church 3
IMD 065 Gender and Development 3
Student Assessment
The Diploma in Community Development primarily puts emphasis Free Electives (Choose Two) Credit
on mastery of concepts and principles pertinent to community Hours
development and project management work. A letter grade will be IMD 061 Managing Change for Development 3
given for each course on the basis of continuous assessment and a IMD 053 Training of Trainers 3
final examination. The continuous assessment will constitute 70% IMD 064 Environmental Conservation 3
of the total possible mark while the final examination will constitute IMD 068 Health, Community & Communication 3
30% of the total mark. The field project will be graded differently IMD 041 Special Topics in Development 3
whereby 20% of the total mark will be derived from periodical
reporting and 80% from the field project evaluation. NOTE: IMD 064: Environmental Conservation is housed by the
Science Department. Some other Courses are also housed and taught by
Requirements for Graduation specific departments. Your HoD will advise.
Credit
Hours *Exemptions into the undergraduate programme(Below)
Development 33
Free Electives 12
TOTAL 60
Exemptions into the undergraduate Programme

Community Development Major Equivalent Requirement
ICM 081 SOC 111 3

IMD 021 DEV 214 3
IMD 033 DEV 111 3
IMD 034 DEV 211 3
IMD 051 DEV 213 3
IMD 099 DEV 508 6
SubTotal hours 21
Course Descriptions
IMD 014 Fundamentals of Leadership 3 Credits procurement; maintenance of inventory; preparing correspondence
Biblical models and principles of leadership; various leadership for business purposes; time management; record keeping and
qualities roles described and students do self analysis to determine concepts for filling systems; office layout and management of space.
their own spiritual gifts, strengths and limitations as leaders; proper Also introduced are modern trends in informational technology.
use of authority; practical aspects of managing conflict, group
dynamics, managing conflict and evaluating group effectiveness; IMD 033 Foundations of Community Development 3 Credits
Understanding a world view in working with diverse types of people Foundations of community development for Christian workers;
groups is also studied. The nature of community (koinonia) and development is
studied from Biblical perspective then applied to contemporary
IMD 021 Basic Principles & Practices of Admin 3 Credits development issues; causes of poverty and need for development;
Building on a Biblical perspective of accountability, the course Six steps around development cycle; different strategies and
develops introductory level skills in financial management approaches to community problems; definition of key terms:
through level skills in financial accounting and financial controls relief and rehabilitation, development, community, participation,
including budget and audit practices. Other topics include: general transformation, facilitation.
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IMD 034 Facilitation of Devt. in Local Communities 3 Credits IMD 052 Supervision & On-the-Job Training 3 Credits
Focus is on rural community development; understanding power The course explores the activities and skills necessary for adequate
and conflict issues at community level; overcoming hopelessness supervision and training of workers on the job; the Biblical mandate
and encouragement of less developed communities toward for discipleship is applied to boss-subordinate relations as the boss
development; community organization, empowerment and capacity oversees work activities and personal growth workers; Participatory
building; applying the scientific method to problem solving for approaches to setting performance standards and work objectives;
development decisions; characteristic of successful community Job task analysis; How to plan and conduct an on-job training
facilitators; practice in performance of basic community facilitation programme; How to adjust training strategies when outcome is
skills. Pre-requisite: IMD 031, IMD 051. change in knowledge vs. skills vs. attitude vs. thinking process.
Prerequisite: ICC 021; Prior experience as supervisor.
IMD 035 Urbanization & Development 3 Credits
Theories of urban development focusing on how to help the poor; IMD 053 Training of Trainers 3 Credits
factors influencing rural-urban migration; cocial problems unique Adult learning principles establishes a basis for practical student
to urban living; church related interventions especially for slum experiences in the following areas: writing lesson plans and learning
areas; public policy and planning processes; problems of housing objectives, developing, selecting and using appropriate training
and ecological issues in urban living; developing understanding and aids and methods, handling problem situations among learners,
unity among peoples of diverse cultures; strategies for assistance preparing and facilitating a learning session; the process of critical,
to the most vulnerable groups: street children, prostitute, adult reflective thinking; assessment of learning styles and evaluation of
beggars, etc. teaching effectiveness. Pre-requisite: IMD 031.
IMD 041 Special Topics in Management & Devpt. 3 Credits IMD 061 Managing change for Development 3 Credits
The content will vary with specific courses. Topics may include, Understanding change as a process of information in knowing,
but are not limited to: Participatory rural assessment; training of doing, feeling, and acting; the process is studied as applied to
trainers; low cost housing; AIDS prevention. individuals, groups, organizations and communities; factors that
lead to resistance or promotion of change; four models for change:
IMD 042 Community Development & the Church 3 Credits force field analysis, problem solving; adopting-diffusion, praxis.
A theology for social interventions; Biblical mandate for the
Christian ministry to poor and suffering people provides the basis IMD 065 Gender and Development 3 Credits
for this course; The responsibility for, and activities of Christians Definition of gender and how gender issues affect men and women
as light and salt of the world; Church involvement in business and differently; gender roles in the society; women, rural economy
political issues related to development; a pro-active role of local and the impact of urbanization on gender dynamics; gender and
churches and para-church organizations in meeting specific needs health; justice and gender, marriage, separation, succession and
is discussed; problems of partnership among churches and with inheritance.
government agencies; how the church can minister to those with
special needs. IMD 068 Health, Community & Communication 3 Credits
Community health problems; community based health care
IMD 043 Small Scale Enterprise 3 Credits programme: planning, implementation; appropriate preventative
Review of all aspects of starting a small business; analysis of methods; Appreciating traditional and modern methods of
management practices; Biblical principles stewardship; small prevention; how to evaluate community based health practices;
enterprise development; buying and selling; planning for the new community health education and services; methods of contacting
enterprise; bookkeeping and costing; marketing, pricing and credit; the community; how to produce media training materials; how to
risk and constraint analysis for small scale for-profit enterprise; loan train others in their use.
schemes; institutional support and policy implications; insurance.
IMD 099 Field Project/ Practicum in Mgt. and/or Dvpt. 6Credits
IMD 051 Community For Development 3 Credits Supervised field experience; professional practice opportunities;
Understanding the community as media audience; Community selected readings; written project reports.
participation in communicating development messages; Organizing
the communication work; media; Evaluating the impact of
communications.
SUGGESTED TWO-YEAR STUDY PROGRAMME
Diploma in Development
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

ICC 012 3 ICC 013 3 ICC 016 2 IMD 042 3
IMD 021 3 ICC 015 3 IMD 034 3
ICC 014 3 MNG 022 3 IMD 035 3 Electives 3
ICC 092 1 IMD 051 3 IMD 065 3
IMD 033 3 IMD 021 3 IMD 099 6
IMD 014 3 Elective 3----- Electives 6
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Rationale
The curriculum for a Community Development major is designed
to equip an undergraduate student with integrated knowledge
and skills that he/she may apply in a wide range of community
development situations. The programmes aim is to develop a worker
who has both a high degree of creativity and leadership skills, and
who understands that community development work is holistic and
involves all aspects of community life (spiritual, economic, social,
political).
Specifically, the goals of the major are to:

1. equip the student with skills and techniques of involving
communities in planning, implementation and evaluation of
plans towards the attainment of their goals at the individual,
group and community levels;
2. enable the student to integrate his/her Christian ministry with
development, addressing the diverse needs at the individual,
group and community levels;
3. present community development to the student from a Christian
ministry perspective, emphasizing the concept that it involves
meeting the needs of the whole person spiritual, physical,
emotional, social and material;
4. enable the student to carry out social science research which will
serve as a valid basis for the development of new social policies
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and programmes;
5. enable the student to introduce appropriate methods and practices
for preventing and overcoming human poverty, ignorance and
disease;
6. adequately equip the student with knowledge and skills for better
conceptualization and articulation of development issues; and
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7. prepare the student for employment in Christian, non-
governmental, public and private sector organizations in
community development positions.
Applicants must possess a minimum grade of C+ or its equivalent in
COMMUNITY
any one of the following subjects: economics, CRE or social ethics.
Student Assessment
1. All course grades in this major will be derived thus: 60% from
final examination and 40% from continuous assessment.
2. Practicum marks will be based 40% on students field reports,
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30% from site supervisors report and 30% by Daystar University
supervisors.

Credit
Hours
Major Requirements 66
Free Electives 12
TOTAL 129
Core Courses for Integrated Community Development & Rural

Development Majors

Credit Hours
DEV 111 Introduction to Community Development 3
DEV 211 Community Development & the Church 3
DEV 213 Communication for Development 3
DEV 214 Development Administration 3
DEV 323 Economic Development 3
DEV 413 Gender and Development 3
DEV 415 Participatory Development
Techniques/methodology 3
DEV 416 Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation 3
DEV 508 Practicum/ Project work 6
SOC 314 Introduction to Social Statistics 3
SOC 315 Social Reseach Methods 3
PSY 111 Introduction to Psychology 3
SOC 111 Introduction to Sociology 3
TOTAL 42
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a) Specialized Courses in Integrated Community Development
Major (24 Credit hours)
Credit Hours
DEV 310 Urban Sociology & Sustainable Development 3
DEV 317 Planning for Development 3
DEV 318 Personnel/Human Resource Management for
Development 3
DEV 319 Extension, Education for Development 3
DEV 320 Financial Management for Development 3
DEV 408 Special Topics in Development: Issues on
Contemporary Development 3
DEV 414 Integrated appropriate technology 3
DEV 417 Community Development Approaches
& Strategies 3
DEV 418 Project Management 3
DEV 419 Sociology & Politics of Development 3
DEV 422 Programmes for Community Development 3
DEV 496 Independent Study 3
DEV 597 Senior Project 3
b) Specialized Courses in Rural Development (24 Credit hours)

Credit
Hours
RUD 311 Concepts & Dimensions of Rural Development 3
RUD 312 Community Health 3
DEV 317 Planning for Development 3
RUD 313 Rural Industrialization 3
RUD 314 Psychology for Rural Development 3
RUD 316 Rural Sociology & Sustainable Development 3
RUD 408 Special Topics: Issues in Rural Development 3
RUD 412 Cartographics 3
RUD 414 Rural appropriate Technology 3
RUD 417 Integrated Rural Planning & Management 3
RUD 418 Strategies & Programmes for Rural Development 3
RUD 419 Rural Economics & Agricultural Extensions 3
RUD 496 Independent Study 3
RUD 597 Senior Project 3
Dev 408 Students can be allowed to take more than one topic but
not exceeding two.
Minor in Community Development

To graduate with a minor in either Integrated Community
Development option or Rural Development Option, the Student
must take the following courses:
DEV 111 Introduction to Community Development 3

DEV 323 Economic Development 3
In addition to the above courses, the student must take a minimum

of 9 credits from any specific specialization. Total number required
hours for a minor is 21.
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The Psychology major degree is designed to equip students with
skills for the change of human behaviour, promotion of human
growth, and development of human communities. The programme
aims at producing graduates whose responsibility is not only to
help change maladjusted behaviour of members of the community,
but also to promote spiritual maturity. It enables the student to
acquire knowledge on human behaviour and mental processes,
rehabilitation through restoration and reconciliation, in the light of
Gods word. Specifically, the goals of the major are to:
1. provide students with a clear understanding of the principles of

human behaviour;
2. enable the student to develop coping skills, self-acceptance, self-
appreciation, positive self-image, self-esteem, self-dignity and
appreciation of other people despite their limitations;
3. promote and foster human relationships and adopt an objective
outlook to life;
4. provide psychological tools to collect, analyze, and evaluate
information and behaviour in order to draw out/formulate
sound conclusions;
5. promote holistic growth and maturity in the student as an
individual;
6. provide courses which will enhance the understanding of the
student and help him/her appreciate and promote Gods
workmanship in human creation;
7. enable the student to integrate psychology and Christianity; and,
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Psychology and African traditional culture.
8. prepare the student for advanced study at the graduate level in
psychology; and
9. enable the student to assume the responsibilities of a Christian
professional whose main goal is commitment to bettering the
contemporary society as Gods steward, co-worker and an agent
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of change.
Applicants must have obtained a minimum of C (Plain) in Biology
or General Science in KCSE or its equivalent, and a minimum of
C+ in English.
PSYCHOLOGY Student Assessment

1. The final course grades will be derived 30% from continuous
assessment and 70% from the final examination except for
Independent Study and Practicum courses.
2. Practicum will be based 40% from students field report, 30%

from site supervisors written report, and 30% from evaluations
by Daystar University supervisors.

A Psychology major student must complete the following credit
hours to be able to graduate:
Credit Hours
Psychology Major 57
Minor (optional)/ Free Electives 22
TOTAL 130
Required Courses for Psychology Major

Credit Hours
PSY 112 History, Systems & Schools of Psychology 3
PSY 211 Human Development 3
PSY 212 Psychology of Personality 3
PSY 213 Physiological Psychology 3
PSY 214 Abnormal Psychology 3
PSY 311 Psychology of Learning 3
PSY 312 Christian Guidance & Counselling 3
PSY 313 Introduction to Clinical Psychology 3
PSY 408 Special Topics in Psychology 3
PSY 411 Social Psychology 3
PSY 412 Theories of Marriage and Family 3
PSY 413 Group Dynamics in Psychology 3
PSY 414 Ethics in Psychology 3
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PSY 415 Human Sexuality 3
PSY 508 Psychology Practicum 6
SOC 314GIntroduction to Social Statistics 3
SOC 315 Social Reseach Methods 3
TOTAL 57
Minor in Psychology
To graduate with a minor in Psychology, the student MUST take
PSY 211 Human Development 3
PSY 311 Psychology of Learning 3
PSY 411 Social Psychology 3
In ADDITION to these courses, the student must take any other

three (3) courses from the following:
PSY 212 Psychology of Personality 3

PSY 214 Abnormal Psychology 3
PSY 312 Christian Guidance and Counselling 3
PSY 313 Introduction to Clinical Psychology 3
PSY 408 Special Topics in Psychology 3
PSY 412 Theories of Marriage and Family 3
PSY 413 Group Dynamics in Psychology 3
PSY 414 Ethics in Psychology 3
PSY 415 Human Sexuality 3
PSY 496 Independent Study in Psychology 3
A student who graduates with a minor in Psychology is not

professionally qualified to counsel or set up a counselling clinic.
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Rationale
1. The social problems facing Africa are many and the needs are
pressing. Poverty, homelessness, AIDS, natural and human made
disasters, domestic violence, community tensions, criminal
activity, hunger and unemployment plague the continent. There
is an urgent need for Christians with social work problem-solving
knowledge and skills to address these problems both within the
church, in non-government agencies, and in the public sector.
Social Work programme prepares students to help stand in the
gap that is very large and demanding within and outside Kenya.
2. It is a natural, in deed critical, way to carry out the mission of
Daystar by providing Social Work programme that prepares men
and women to respond to the many pressing social needs in Africa.
3. While Social Work is taught and practiced from many different
philosophies, it is widely agreed that the profession emerged
out of a Judeo-Christian commitment to ministering to those
in need. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God,
according to James, involves caring for orphans and widows in
their distress (1:27). Jesus relates judgment to the feeding of the
hungry, giving water to the thirsty, clothing the naked, caring
for the stranger, and visiting those in prisons. The social work
profession, with its emphasis on values of service, dignity and
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worth of the individual, social and economic justice, competence,
and integrity, particularly when presented from a Christian
framework, fits well with the stated Christian philosophy of
the university and its Biblical statement of faith and practice.
Social Work Programme Objectives
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The programme objectives for social work major include the
following:
1. to prepare students for general social work practice in public and
private organisations with a special commitment to needs of
Africa;
2. to utilize a spiritually enriched Ecological Systems framework in
SOCIAL WORK
providing students with a holistic perspective about themselves,
others, society, the world, and their creator;
3. to teach students to identify themselves, others, society, the world,
and their creator;
3. to teach students to identify multiple causes of problems and act
as agents of social change in order to bring about inner peace,
interpersonal reconciliation, and social justice.
4. to prepare students to work sensitively with diverse populations
including people of various ages, ethnic groups, religions,
countries, and income levels with special commitment to the
needy and those who are at risk;
5. to instill in students a commitment to life-long learning, and
provide preparation for graduate social work education, research
and consultancy;
6. to provide a learning context that empowers students to think
crtitically and integrate social work techniques with their
Christian faith in a proffesionally sound manner;
7. to provide a stimulating and challenging educational experience
that is personal, interactive, and responsive to students with
faculty who are role models and professionals and Christians.
Requirement For Graduation

Students majoring in Social work must complete the following
credit hours to be able to graduate:
Credit
Hours
Major requirements 60
Electives 19
Total Required Course 130
Required Courses for Graduation in Social Work

SWK 111 Introduction to Social Work 3
SWK 112 Principles of Helping & Ethics of Social work 3
SWK 211 Human Behaviour and Social Environment 3
SWK 212 Methods & Techniques of Social Work 3
SWK 213 Social Work and the Church 3
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SWK 214 Social Work Practice With Individual & Family 3 Course Descriptions
SWK 311 Crime And Criminal Justice 3
SWK 312 Community Health 3 DEV-111 Introduction to Community Development 3 Credits
SWK 313 Family Studies 3 Definition of the problem: Definitions and principles of community
SOC 314 G Statistics for Social Sciences 3 development; Essential elements, philosophies and faiths behind
SOC 315 Social Research Methods 3 and objectives of community development (including directed vs.
SWK 317 Social work Practice With Groups 3 non-directed approaches) and Approach to rural development.
SWK 412 Social Policy and Social Welfare Administration 3 Communication: problem and approaches; Cultural factors in
SWK 413 Gender and Development 3 community development and how they affect development; Micro
SWK-414 Social Work Practice With Communities 3 and macro level factors in planning and implementation; Difference
SWK 507 Seminars and Social Work Practicum 9 between extension worker and a community development worker;
TOTAL 60 Agents and their roles; Types and case studies of community
Electives in Social Work development programmes in developing countries and their changing
SWK-215 Youth and Development 3 nature; Case studies of community development programmes
SWK-316 Medical Information & Psychiatric Social Work 3 in the Western world; Projects; and project visits; Extension and
SWK 318 Social Action & Social Movements 3 administration: extension work in Kenya, extension abroad;
SWK 408: Special Topics 3 Meaning and principles of programme planning (including the
SWK 410 Stress Management 3 interplay between central formulated policies and locally generated
SWK 411 Social Conflict and Disaster Management 3 projects); Need for developed programmes in underdeveloped
SWK 415 Participatory Development Techniques countries; The integration of the Christian faith and community
Methodologies 3 development. Prerequisites: PSY-111 and SOC-111
SWK 416 Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation 3
SWK 417 Labour Problems and Labour Welfare 3 DEV-211 Community Development and the Church 3 Credits
SWK 418 Project Management 3 Introduction and definitions: The city as a city of God; Systems,
SWK 419 Strategies & Programmes for Rural Development 3 empowering the poor through community organization, urban
SWK 420 Poverty Eradication 3 work which empowers; Networking; Coalition building; Acting/
SWK 496 Independent Study 3 reflecting/acting; and Leadership empowerement. The birth of
SWK 596 Senior Project 3 a community: Difference between community organization and
community development; and Standards upon which local ministry
Minor in Social Work is built; The task of para-church organizations; denominations; or
To graduate with a minor in Social Work, the student must take mission groups in supporting the local Church; Issues and leaders;
SOC 111 Introduction to Sociology 3 The gatekeepers, the caretakers; flak catchers, brokers; Organizing
PSY 111 Introduction to Psychology 3 the money; Making a power analysis; Confrontation. Prerequisites:
SWK 111 Introduction to Social Work 3 All 100 level courses.
SWK 112 Principles of Helping & Ethics of Social work 3
SWK 212 Methods and Techniques of Social 3 DEV-213 Communication for Development 3 Credits
Meaning and significance; Theories and principles; ocial,
In addition to the above courses, the student must take a minimum cultural, political and economic environment; Communication
of two courses adding up to a total of six credit hours from any of versus development programmmes i.e. Family Planning, AIDS
the required/ elective courses. awareness, agriculture, etc.; Understanding channels: The audience;
Total number of required credit hours for a minor 21 Participatory communication; Formulation of messages; Types
and tools of development communication (media selection).
Prerequisites: All 100 level courses.
DEV-214 Develpment Administration 3 Credits

Meaning, nature and scope; Need and changing role of
administration; Bureaucracy and development; Theories and
assumptions; Education and training in development administration;
Development administration at various spatial levels; Peoples
participation, leadership and participatory development;
Development programmes i.e. DFRD; International agencies and
development administration. Prerequisites: All 100 level courses.
DEV-323 Economic Development 3 Credits

Meaning and importance: Features of the underdeveloped economies;
Main obstacles to economic development; Natural resources -
land, water, forests water and energy resources; Agriculture - role
in development; Human resource: meaning, use, size and growth.
Consequences of high and low growth to development; Financial
resources, sources, importance; Industrialization: meaning and
contribution to development; Poverty and unemployment:- nature,
causes, trends and consequences to development; Problems in the
African continent i.e. obstacles to development; Development theories
and analysis for social change; Examples of theories; Modernization,
Liberation and Transformation; their relationship to participation in
Community Development, strategies for development in urban and
rural poor communities; Evaluation of strategies; micro-enterprise
development, community organization, consciousness raising,
relief and development and project development and appraisal.
World system Theory; Dependency school of thought; Dependent
development perspective. Prerequisites: All 100 level courses.
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towns, programs for urban development; Planning; Administration;
Problems; Strategies for alleviation of problems. Prerequisites: All
100 level courses.
DEV-317 Planning for Development 3 Credits

Development and underdevelopment; Meaning and definitions
of planning, elements of planning, nature and need for planning,
types of planning; Economic planning; Development planning; The
rationale of planning in developing countries; Planning models -
Thingan; Theories and technique of development planning: basic
two sector planning models, Harrod-Doman model, the solo
model, input - output, linear programming; planning experiences in
developing i.e. implementation; Future of planning. Prerequisites:
All 100 level courses.
DEV-318 Personnel/Human Resource Mgt. 3 Credits

Human resources, management, meaning and need, development,
changing needs of development; Recruitment, training and
development - types and methods of training; Promotion;
maintenance of discipline, motivation, participation. Prerequisites:
DEV-413 Gender and Development 3 Credits All 100 level courses.
Introduction to gender and development; Feminism and
ethnocentrism; Housing, health and welfare; Population policies DEV-319 extension Education for Develpment 3 Credits
and reproductive rights; Environment and eco-feminism: Provision Definition, principles, concepts, types, techniques and approaches,
of fodder and fuel in the rural areas; Sexual division of labour and methods, role in development; foreign aid; factors affecting,
womens status; Women workers in the global economy; Impact of planning and designing, training, experiences and lessons learnt.
international debt and structural adjustment on women; Women, Prerequisites: All 100 level courses.
resistance and empowerment. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level
courses. DEV-320 Financial Management for Development 3 Credits
Finance, meaning, need and importance; types, sources of revenue;
DEV-415 Participatory Dvt. Techniques/Methodologies 3 Meaning and nature of principles of accounting i.e. cost accounting,
Credits proposal writing, budgeting; co-operative loans; capital structure;
Development; Rural development approaches/strategies; cost of capital; working capital management; capital expenditure
Participatory rural appraisal; Participatory rural appraisal tools/ decisions; and investment decisions. Prerequisites: All 100 level
menu; Conducting a participatory rural appraisal exercise; Other courses.
participatory development methodologies; PRA case studies;
Participatory development methodologies. Prerequisites: All 100 DEV-408 Special Topics in Development:
and 200 level courses. Issues in Contemporary Development 3 Credits
Course content will be defined each time the course is offered as is
DEV-416 Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation 3 Credits appropriate to the subject matter to be covered. Prerequisites: All
Project plans, objectives, choice and design: feasibility report, 100 and 200 level courses.
financial estimates, programme monitoring and accountability-
target population and programme coverage monitoring delivery DEV-414 Appropriate Technology 3 Credits
of services; strategies for impact assessment-single and group Meaning; its unique position in development; its integration with
designs for impact assessment, measuring efficiency, the content technical and social sciences; provisions of the basic needs such
of evaluation research - financial, economic and social cost benefit as food, shelter, water, health, housing, agriculture and energy;
analysis. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level courses. issues: Understanding the rural environment; Needs identification;
Resource mobilization; Water; Soil; Agricultural technology;
DEV-508 Practicum/ Project Work 3 Credits Forestry; Renewable energy; Production technology. Prerequisites:
The student will be assigned to work for 11 weeks full time (420 All 100 and 200 level courses.
hours) with a community development agency on a project. During
that time, they will also be expected to assess the status of the DEV-417 Community Dvpt Approaches & Strategies 3 Credits
project and to prepare a comprehensive report at the conclusion of Meaning and need; Economic, socio-psychological and cultural
the Practicum experience; Covering understanding the community approach political or power approaches; Organization; Mobilization;
social profile; Establishing the demographics of the community and Participation; Motivation; Empowerment; Issues of concern -
whether there is any systematic way in which people have settled obstacles. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level courses.
in the light of the following factors; tribal, religious, social class,
income variations, education, family composition, employment and DEV-418 Project Management 3 Credits
political application; Community work profession; components of Introduction to project planning and organization; roject planning
community work practice. Pre-requisites: All 100, 200 and some process, goals, objectives and targets; Implementation and
300 level courses e.g. SOC-314 & SOC-315. DEV-508 will be management techniques and systems programming. Prerequisites:
taken only at the end of the third year. Integration of theory and All 100 and 200 level courses.
practice will be brought out in the written report.
DEV-419 Sociology & Politics of Development 3 Credits
DEV-310 Urban Sociology & Sustainable Devpt 3 Credits Empowerment; Gender, Power and Empowerment; Alternative
Sociology as a discipline; Origins of urban sociology; Major Development and Power; Civil Society Building; Social Capital;
concerns of urban sociology; Research methodologies; Research Religious or Spiritual Alternatives; Globalization and Collective
applied to village communities and the rural-urban continuum Action; Introduction to Politics of Development; State, Nations
debate; Case studies of urban communities: slum dwellers and and Civil society; Power, Politics and Development; African
hawkers. Community leadership; Social stratification; Urban social State; Ethnicity, Nationalism and Gender; Markets, Civil society
institutions: definition of social institutions, the family, cooperatives, and NGOs; Capitalism and Democracy in Third World; Global
harambee self-help; Sociological issues in urban labor; Social change Capitalism and State; Review of African Political Development.
and development; homelessness. Urban Development; municipality, Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level courses.
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DEV-422 Strategies & Programmes for as striated, smooth, and cardiac and the glandular systems such
Community Devt 3 Credits as endocrine and exocrine; The relationship between physiological
Evolution of strategies and programmes, changing concept of systems and behaviour; Chemo-physiological influence or behaviour
community development; Growth oriented strategy; Welfare oriented including drug effects. Pre-requisites: PSY 111, PSY 112.
strategy; Responsive strategy; Holistic strategy; Area development
strategies and programmes. Community based programmes: adult PSY 214 Abnormal Psychology 3 Credits
education, primary health care, sustainable agriculture, Jua Kali The history of psychological disorders; Various kinds of
artisans. Programme management; Need based programmes; Goals psychological disorders including anxiety, mood and personality
and objectives; Design, plan and adjustment; Organization and disorders, stress, schizophrenia, substance use and addiction;
administration politics; Human resources; Activities and defined Special emphasis on identification; Symptomatology; Aetiology;
expected results; Performance management and monitoring; Management: biological, pharmaceutical, psychosocial; Cultural
Indicators, evaluation and reporting. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 and demoniacal view points. Pre-requisites: PSY 111, PSY 211.
level courses.
PSY 311 Psychology of Learning 3 Credits
DEV-496 Independent Study 3 Credits Introduction; Historical background of learning; Observational
The content for each study will vary depending on the topic chosen. learning; Theories of learning classical or Pavlovian conditioning,
The student will choose the topic and discuss it with the lecturer Pavlovs experiments, their meaning and application; Operant or
responsible for the subject. The topic chosen must have sufficient Skinners conditioning, Skinners experiments, their meaning
content equivalent to any course outline done in community and application; Application of principles of learning to animal
development. The whole study must be done by the student in and human behaviour including transfer of learning; Relationship
consultation with the lecturer who will ensure the availability between animal experiments and human behaviour; Perception;
of textbooks, magazines, newspapers etc. and also supervise; Cognition; Sensation and motivation. Pre-requisites: PSY 111, PSY
Assessment tests and examinations; and weekly consultation 112, PSY 211.
meetings. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level courses.
PSY 312 Christian Guidance & Counselling 3 Credits
DEV-597 Senior Project in Integrated Community Dvpt 3 Introduction and definition of counselling; The Principles of
Credits counselling; The counsellor/counselees language; Model of
A 3-4 page proposal containing enough information about the counselling (Carkhuffs): Psychoanalytical Therapy, Reality
project, for the advisor to advise. The components are: Objectives Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Cognitive Therapy; A biblical view of
of study; Methods of study; Preliminary outline of study; Expected people, problems and solutions; Counselling attitudes; Basic Skills:
results of study; Tentative bibliography; The writing of the paper Listening, Responding and Feelings; Case analysis/case study;
which will be reviewed weekly. This will be divided into: Review of The communication process; Crisis intervention; Some essential
research; Statement of problem; Statement of method; Presentation conditions for crisis counselling; Loneliness/depression: Grieving
of research data; Interpretation of findings and Conclusions and Process; Drug abuse/drug addiction: commonly abused drugs;
recommendations. Prerequisites: All required 100, 200, and 300 Alcoholism: the scope of the problem, the family of the alcoholic;
level courses. Suicidal persons and suicidal counselling; Basic principles of suicide
prevention; AIDS/HIV counselling; Ethical issues. Pre-requisites:
PSY 111 Introduction to Psychology 3 Credits PSY 111, PSY 211, PSY 213.
Introduction; Psychology and Christianity; Family issues and
parenting; Neuroscience and behaviour; Sensing; Learning; PSY 313 Introduction to Clinical Psychology 3 Credits
Cognition; Memory; Motivation; Emotion; Personality; Stress and Meaning of clinical psychology; Examine psychological assessment
health; States of consciousness; Psychological disorders: anxiety theories; Interviewing techniques carry out video taped and
disorders, somatoform, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, audiotaped interviews with clients; Classroom presentations and
organic mental disorders, paranoia, affective disorders, schizophrenia; role play on interviewing style with a client; Practical exercises on
Preventive measures of psychological disorders; Treatment and taking of the history; Test construction, analysis and application;
therapy; Individual and cultural diversity. Diagnosis and how to draw out therapeutic conclusions. Pre-
requisites: PSY 111, PSY 211, PSY 312.
PSY 112 History, Systems and Schools of Psychology 3 Credits
Historical roots of psychology; Development of psychology from PSY 408 Special Topics in Psychology 3 Credits
its beginnings to today; Contributions of Sigmund Freud, Erick The course content will vary depending on the topic chosen.
Erickson, Carl Jung, Gestalt, Skinner, C. Rogers, J. Watson, Beck, Examples of special topics are Loss and Bereavements; Identity
W. Glasser, A. Adler, A. Ellis, T.S. Mwa Mwenda; How psychology crises, relationships and dating; AIDS/HIV etc. Pre-requisites: All
relates to philosophy, science; Psychology and African culture. Pre- 100 and 200 level courses.
requisite: PSY 111.
PSY 411 Social Psychology 3 Credits
PSY 211 Human Development 3 Credits Introduction; Social theories; Relationship between social theories
Introduction; Prenatal development and birth; Physical and cognitive and individual/social behaviour; Development of the self as a process
development in infancy; Early influence on development; The pre- ,individual/social perception attitudes, motives, values, affiliations,
school child; The school age child; Adolescence; Early adulthood; aggression and relationships; Interpersonal commnication dynamics
Middle adulthood; Late adulthood; Death and dying; Developmental in the society; Peace and resolution in homes, churches and society.
theories. Pre-requisites: PSY 111, PSY 112, PSY 113. Pre-requisites: All 100 and 200 level courses.
PSY 212 Psychology of Personality 3 Credits PSY 412 Theories of Marriage & Family 3 Credits
Theories of personality: Sigmund Freud Psychoanalytic; Neo- Introduce the major models and schools of marriage and family
freudian Analytic; Abraham Maslow Humanistic; Albert Ellis theories structural, functional, post-modern, behavioural etc;
(RET) Cognitive; Pavlov and Skinner Learning; J. Watson General systems theory; Family systems; Family communication;
Behavioural; J. Piaget Developments; Integration of personality Intergenerational and multigenerational patterns; Marriage and
theories with biblical teachings on human personality. Pre-requisite: family structural-strategic systems; Marriage and family cognitive
PSY 111. behaviour patterns; Genograms; African and biblical concepts
of marriage and family; Marriage and family functions and role
PSY 213 Physiological Psychology 3 Credits allocation today; Changing concept of marriage and family; Its
Introduction; Body senses and how they work; The nervous systems effects on couples, siblings, society and the church. Pre-requisites:
such as central, autonomic, and somatic; The muscular systems such PSY 111, PSY 211.
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PSY 413 Group Dynamics in Psychology 3 Credits RUD-313 Rural Industrialization 3 Credits
Introduction and definition of groups; Characteristics of groups; Meaning; The rural environment Back to land policy; District
Major concept of groups; Group resources; Types of groups; Roles focus for rural development policy. Income generating activities
played by members; Advantages and disadvantages of groups; for rural areas; Rural industrialization; Types of industries and their
Conflicts in groups, home, church, family and application of integration with agriculture handicrafts; Capital techniques and
group dynamics in East Africa and the region; Peace and Conflict skills; Extent of market and market organization; Prices and quality
resolution. Pre-requisites: PSY 111, PSY 211. of production; - labour intensive or capital intensive. Prerequisites:
All 100 level courses.
PSY 414 Ethics in Psychology 3 Credits
Introduction; Morality, community standards, laws, RUD-314 Psychology for Rural Development 3 Credits
professionalism; Legal and ethical issues in child abuse, rape, Meaning; Basic counseling skills; Psychology as a science of human
incest, homosexuality, lesbianism, sodomy, infidelity, suicide and behaviour; Heredity and environment motivation of rural people
suicidal attempts; Confidentiality; Human rights and divorce; for development; Social behaviour; Social psychology; Beliefs and
Abortion; Professional codes governing a therapeutic relationship; attitudes; Structure and functions of social groups; Leadership;
Legal, moral, and spiritual issues and the African code of conduct. Carkhuffs model of counseling. Prerequisites: All 100 level courses.
Pre-requisites: PSY 111, PSY 211.
RUD-316 Rural Sociology&Sustainable Development 3 Credits
PSY 415 Human Sexuality 3 Credits Sociology as a discipline; Origins of rural sociology; Major concerns
Introduction; Sex roles; Gender issues; Sexual dysfunctions and of rural sociology; Research methodologies; Research applied to
functions; Sexual script and attitudes; Traditional African and biblical village communities and the rural-urban continuum debate; Case
concepts of human sexuality; Pre and extra marital sex; The role studies of rural communities: peasantry and pastoralism; Community
of sex in marriage; Homosexuality, lesbianism, sodomy; Other leadership; Social stratification; Rural social institutions: definition
perverted sexual behaviours in relation to African Traditional beliefs of social institutions, the family, cooperatives, harambee self-help;
and biblical teachings on sex. Pre-requisites: All 100 and 200. Sociological issues in rural labor and migration; Social change and
development; Land tenure. Rural Development; municipality,
PSY 496 Independent Study in Psychology 3 Credits small rural towns, programs for rural development; Planning;
The content for each study will vary depending on the topic chosen. Administration; Problems; Strategies for alleviation of problems;
The student will choose the topic and discuss it with the lecturer Foreign Aid; Dependency Syndrome and its effects. Prerequisites:
responsible for the subject. The topic chosen must have sufficient All 100 level courses.
content equivalent to any course outline done in a Psychology
Major but must not be part of a course already taken by the student. rud-408 Special Topics:
The whole study is to be done by the student in consultation with Issues in Rural Development 3 Credits
the lecturer who will ensure the availability of textbooks, magazines, Course content will be defined for each time the course is offered, as
newspapers etc; Assessment tests; Examinations; and weekly it is appropriate to the subject matter to be covered. Prerequisites:
consultation meetings. All 100 and 200 level courses.
NOTE: A student who graduates with a minor in Psychology is not RUD-412 Cartography & other Techniques
professionally qualified to counsel or set up a counselling clinic. for Rural Development 3 Credits
Definition of cartography and communication; Relevance in
PSY 508 Psychology Practicum 6 Credits rural development, Importance in project planning, Generation
Supervised field work in a placement site. The student is expected of resource data, Cartographic products, Conventional signs and
to apply knowledge in Psychological assessment, History taking symbols, Computer usage. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level
and Diagnosis. Other areas of supervision include the ability to courses.
work with site supervisor and other personnel demonstrating
maturity, responsibility, stewardship, and promoting interpersonal RUD-414 Rural Appropriate Technology 3 Credits
and interactional skills. At the end of the practicum, the student Meaning, principles, types and sources; Appropriate technology as
presents a written document of his/her observation and experience, a source of income generation among the rural communities; the
including a sealed confidential letter of the students report from various sources of funding for appropriate technology: private,
the site supervisor. This must be sent directly to the University cooperative and commercial banks; Long term prospects of rural
Departmental Supervisor/ Chairman/Director. PSY 507 can only industrialization; national industrial structure; Challenges facing the
be done during blocks either after completion of third year, or adoption of appropriate technology among the rural communities;
during fourth year. The student must NOT register for any other How the rural communities can be encouraged to adopt appropriate
course during practicum. Pre-requisites: All 100, 200, and 300 technology. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level courses.
level courses e.g. PSY 111, PSY 112, PSY 211, PSY 212, PSY 213,
PSY 311, PSY 312. RUD-417 Integrated Rural Planning
& Management 3 Credits
RUD-311 Concept & Design of Rural Development 3 Credits The major concepts; Approaches and paradigms in development;
Rural development concept meaning; Objectives; Principles; Project management rural capacity; Building the process of
Historical review; Rural social structures and constraints to rural mobilization of communities; Project formulation and planning;
development (poverty, unemployment, disease, low motivation, Networking techniques; Project sustainability; monitoring and
landlessness, malnutrition, ignorance); Theories of development; as evaluation; Impact assessment; Approaches and techniques; Project
applicable to rural development; Planning organization; Resources; Proposal writing; Projects; Formulation; Appraisal; Implementation;
Finance; Local level participation as a prerequisite for rural Monitoring; Management information system; Evaluation.
development. Prerequisites: All 100 level courses. Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level courses.
RUD-312 Community Health 3 Credits RUD-418 Strategies & Programmes for Rural Devpt 3 Credits
Meaning; Theories and historical background; Principles, Meaning of key concepts; Strategies for rural development;
Approaches; Preventive clinical and curative strategies; Primary Community development process; Integrated rural development
health care centres; Nutrition; Pre-natal and post-natal; Family programmes:- Target group approach; Area development welfare
planning; Infectious diseases (diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, TB, STDs, programmes and self help groups; DFRD Systems approach to rural
HIV\AIDS); Industrial related diseases (lung cancer, stress, injuries, development; Planning for rural development. Prerequisites: All
carcinogens): National health policies. Prerequisites: All 100 level 100 and 200 level courses.
courses.
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RUD-419 Rural Economics & Agricultural Extension 3 Credits takes to receive help, The helping factor, Helping, values systems,
Rural economics and its meaning; Scope and subject matter of rural and religious belief, Interviewing: Nonverbal communication,
economics; Land and its implications; Rural industrialization; Labour; Active listening, Questioning, Introductory phase, developmental
Agriculture and rural technology; Production marketing and pricing; phase, termination, Special aspects of interviewing, Recording:
in rural development; Significance in rural development. Sustainable Uses of social work records, Content of social work records,
agriculture; Sustainable development; Banking credit; Economics of Social history, Narrative and other clinical records; Practice Issues:
agriculture; Ownership and land reforms; Agricultural policies in Professional Social Work Ethics, Ethical principles, Ethical Values
Kenya, including their historical background; Methods applied in and Christianity and Social Work Ethics. Pre-requisites: SOC-111
agricultural extension. Agricultural extension: meaning and scope and PSY-111.
of extension education, methods of extension education, training
of extension personnel, field visits, philosophy and significance of SWK 211 Human Behaviour & the Social Envt 3 Credits
extension education in rural development. Prerequisites: All 100 Introduction; The Social Systems Approach; Culture and Society;
and 200 level courses. Communities and Organizations; Groups; Families and The Person.
Pre-requisites: SOC-111 and PSY-111.
RUD-496 Independent Study In Rural Development 3 Credits
The content for each study will vary depending on the topic chosen. SWK 212 Methods & Techniques of Social Work 3 Credits
The student will choose the topic and discuss it with the lecturer Social case work; History and development of social case work;
responsible for the subject. The topic chosen must have sufficient Definitions of social case work; principles of social case work;
content equivalent to any course outline done in community components of social case work; Basic skills in social case work;
development. The whole study is to be done by the student in Intervention models; use of worker-client relationship; interviewing
consultation with the lecturer who will ensure the availability in social case work; Recording in social case work.
of textbooks, magazines, newspapers etc.; Assessment tests and Social Group work: Social group work as a method of social work;
examinations; and weekly consultation meetings with the lecturer. Role of a group in personality development; Basic principles of social
Prerequisites: All 100 and 200 level courses. group work; Types of groups in social group work; Group planning
and Development in social group work; concept of leadership in
RUD-597 Senior Project in Rural Development 3 Credits relation to group work; Role of a group worker.
A 3-4 page proposal containing enough information about the
project, for the advisor to advise. The components are: Objectives Community Organization: Definition of community, Difference
of study; Methods of study; Preliminary outline of study; Expected between rural and urban community; community organization
results of study; Tentative bibliography; The writing of the paper as a method of social work; objectives; principles and steps of
which will be reviewed weekly. This will be divided into: Review of community organization; community organization and community
research; Statement of problem; Statement of method; Presentation development; Inter-relationship of case work; group work and
of research data; Interpretation of findings; Conclusions and community organization; Role of a community organizer. Pre-
recommendations. Prerequisites: All required 100, 200, 300 and requisite PSY-111, SOC-111and SWK-111.
400 level courses.
SWK 213 Social Work and the Church 3 Credits
SOC-314 Introduction to Social Statistics 3 Credits Introduction; The Church as a Community: The historical
Meaning of statistics; Use of statistics in development research; framework, Life in the community, The Churchs participation in
Functions of statistics; Data summarizing - Frequency distributions social welfare network; Importance of faith and peoples relentless
and Graphical Presentations; Measures of Dispersion and economic deprivation/ social isolation: Generalist practice, The five
skewness; Simple correlation Analysis; Simple Regression Analysis; divine roles of a Church social worker, the Gestalt intervention of
Introduction to Probability theory and concepts; Discrete Probability a Church setting; Justice, values and ethics of Church social work:
Distribution; The Normal Probability Distribution; Tests of Gods justice and social segregation, Social work and the pursuit
Hypothesis: Large and small samples; CHI - Square Distribution of justice through mediation; Counseling using social work theory:
and Tests of Independence; Analysis of Variance; Non-parametric Ethnic variation in dying, death and grief, Attempted suicide;
Tests; Time Series Analysis. Prerequisites: All 100 level courses and Changing dysfunctional behaviour relying on spiritual beliefs and
MAT-102. practices; Mental health services in faith communities: The role of the
clergy in service delivery, Service delivery in Christian communities,
SOC-315 Social Research Methods 3 Credits Factors responsible and associated with service delivery; The social
Introduction to social research; Simple observation; Uses of available worker as a moral citizen: Ethics in Christian action: Contemporary
data; Participant observation; Experimental method; Survey research; transformation, Framework of moral citizenship, Moral citizenship
Data analysis; Special techniques; Report preparation; Ethical issues in practice; Church and Denominational Interventions: Mezzo-level
in research; Quantitative and qualitative analysis. Prerequisites: All intervention, Skills and knowledge necessary to help mobilization
100 level courses and SOC- 314. for resources for social ministry and various subsystems in the
community and the Church. Pre-requisites: All 100 level courses,
SWK 111 Introduction to Social Work 3 Credits SWK-211.
Competing Perspectives on Social Welfare: Basic Concepts, Political
perspectives, Competing worldviews, Christian theology of social SWK 214 Social Work Practice with the
welfare, Social welfare in Africa, Social Work as a Profession: Individual & Family 3 Credits
Historical development in western society, Development of Review of Helping Principles and Philosophy: The helping
social work in Africa, Social work values and ethics, Christianity relationship, Principles of helping, Spiritually Enriched Ecological
as a foundation for social work, Social Work Practice: Theories, Systems framework, Phases of helping individuals and families:
frameworks and models of social work practice, Methods of social Initial phase, Ongoing phase, Ending phase, Modalities, Methods,
work practice, Generalist social work practice, The relationship and Skills when Working with Individuals & Families: Casework,
of social work to other helping professions, Fields of Social Work Stressful life transitions, Traumatic events, Environmental stressors,
Practice: Child Welfare, Crime and Criminal Justice, Mental Dysfunctional processes, Diversity sensitive practice: Ethnic
Health and Developmental Disability, Health Care, Housing and issues, Gender issue, Religious issues, Economic issues and Special
Homelessness, Aging and Displaced Persons. situations. Pre-requisites: All 100 level courses, SWK-211 and
SWK-212.
SWK 112 Principles of Helping &
Ethics of Social Work 3 Credits SWK 215 Youth and Development 3 Credits
Basic Components in Social Work Helping: What we mean by The changing role of development today: emphasis on people
help, The helping relationship, What it takes to give help, What it participation; The place of the youth in development viz
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understanding the youth, socio-economic, cultural, political and stage; Special Considerations: Record keeping for groups, Groups
spiritual settings; existing disparities, challenges and problems; with children, Groups with teens, Groups with adults and Groups
Empowerment, capacity building strategies for youth development; with mental/emotional issues.
Youth projects/programs by the government, NGOs, Church and
other development partners and Case studies i.e. youth and health, SWK-318 Social Action & Social Movements 3 Credits
education, sports, culture, technology etc. Pre-requisites: All 100 Introduction and definition of social action; Introduction and
level courses, SWK 211, SWK 212. definition of social movements; Community organization and
social action; Church and social problems; Social policy; Social
SWK 311 Crime and Justice 3 Credits development; Politics and governance and The impact of social
The nature of crime and deviance; definitions of concepts; legal movement and social action in Community Development. Pre-
classification of crime; classification according to age; Theories of requisites: All required 100 and 200 level courses.
crime causation; penology, treatment of offenders and crime control;
the rationale or justification for punishment; efficacy or non-efficacy SWK-408 Special Topics 3 Credits
of types of punishment and penal reform; Juvenile Delinquency; Course content will be defined each time the course is offered as is
The causes and prevention of crime and Juvenile delinquency; appropriate to the subject matter to be covered. Prerequisites: All
Institutional organization; the role of a Christian in the prevention required 100 and 200 level courses.
of crime and in the handling of offenders. Pre-requisite All 100 and
200 level courses. SWK-410 Stress Management 3 Credits
Introduction: Definitions of stress/ stressors, Stress psychophysiology,
SWK312 Community Health 3 Credits Stress and illness; General Applications: - Life-situations &
Meaning; Theories and historical background; Principles, perception Intervention: Intervention, Life-situation intervention:
Approaches; Preventive clinical and curative strategies; Primary Interpersonal & Intrapersonal, Perception intervention; Relaxation
health care centres; Nutrition; Pre-natal and post-natal; Family techniques: Meditation, Autogenic training, Progressive training,
planning; Infectious diseases (diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, TB, Biofeed back & other techniques; Physiological Arousal and
STDs, HIV\AIDS); Industrial related diseases (lung cancer, stress, Behavioural change intervention; Strategies for reducing stressful
injuries, carcinogens): National health policies. Prerequisites: All behaviours; Specific applications: Occupational stress, College
required 100 and 200 level courses. student stress; Stress and sex-roles and Family stress. Prerequisites:
All required 100, 200 and level courses.
SWK 313 Family Studies 3 Credits
Exploring the family: definition and functions, theories of the family, SWK-411Social Conflict & Disaster Management 3 Credits
types of families, influences that impact families today, methods of Introduction and definition of social conflict; Introduction and
studying the family; Dating: personal ties, mate selection, love, self definition of disaster management; Causes and actors of social
esteem; Sexual selves: singles, sexuality through marriage; Defining conflicts; Dynamics of social conflicts; Types of disaster management;
marriage and family marriage: beginning a marriage, communication The role and impact of disasters management; The dynamics of
in marriage, power\ authority in marriage and families, problems in disaster management and Ethical issues in social conflict and
marriage, conflict resolution; Family commitment: parenting, work disaster management. Prerequisites: All required 100 and 200 level
and family, managing financial resources; Family change and crisis: courses.
dysfunctional families, divorce, abuse, illness, Aging policies family
and Impact of religion i.e. Christianity on the family. Prerequisites: SWK-412 Social Policy and Social Welfare 3 Credits
All required 100 and 200 level courses. Introduction, social policy; Administration; social welfare
administration; The social services, Basic needs, Fund raising, Role
SWK 316 Medical Information & of a social welfare administrator. Prerequisites: All required 100 and
Psychiatric Social Work 3 Credits 200 level courses.
A. Medical Information and Medical Social Work
Concept of health and disease; causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
and prevention of the following diseases, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, SWK-413: Gender and Development 3 Credits
venereal diseases including AIDS; Malaria; cancer; diabetes; heart Defining gender issues; women in rural society; women in urban
diseases; hypertension, small pox; whooping cough. Nutrition and society; women in development, men in development, justice and
balanced diet; effects of malnutrition; common deficiency diseases gender, gender roles in the economy; women in politics, Women
and their prevention; Blood; blood grouping; blood bank; concept in education; women empowerment. Pre-requisites: All 100 and
and development of social preventive medicine, social and public 200 level courses. Prerequisites: All required 100, 200 and 300 level
health approach in prevention of illness. Scope and uses of medical courses.
social work; social and emotional Psychological components of
illness with special references to diseases like, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, SWK-414 Social Work Practice with Communities 3 Credits
cancer, heart diseases, physical handicaps: epilepsy and HIV/AIDS. Models of macro practice; Historical roots of macro practice;
Role of social worker in hospitals, special clinics and community Locality development; Social planning; Community organizing;
health programme. Pre-requisites: All required 100 and 200 level Administration and Management; The Community as a Target of
courses. Change; A framework for conceptualizing community; Identifying
target populations; Determining community characteristics;
B. Psychiatric Information and Psychiatric Social Work Identifying structure; Understanding community human service
Psychiatric - definition; concept; development of psychiatry and system; The Organization as a Target of Change; Bureaucracy and
social sciences; concept of mental health; factors affecting mental organizational structure; Management theories; Decision-making; A
health; Brief reference to major psychiatric disorders; use of framework for organizational analysis; Macro Change; Identifying
psychiatric social work; Psychiatric social work with various types the population and the problem; Analyzing the problem; Developing
of psychiatric disorders; Role of the social worker in different types an intervention strategy; Assessing resource considerations and
of psychiatric settings like mental hospitals; child guidance clinics, Selecting appropriate tactics. Prerequisites: All required 100 and
and psychiatric clinics. Prerequisites: All required 100 and 200 level 200 level courses.
courses.
SWK-415 Strategies & Programmes
SWK-317 Social Work Practice with Groups 3 Credits for Rural Development 3 Credits
Group Work Theories and Terms: Group work history, Group Meaning of key concepts; Strategies for rural development;
theories, Types of groups; Stag es of Group Development: Forming a Community development process; Integrated rural development
group, Initial stage of a group, Transition stage, Working stage, Final programmes:- Target group approach; Area development welfare
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programmes and self help groups; Systems approach to rural SWK-420 Poverty Eradication 3 Credits
development; Planning for rural development. Prerequisites: All Understanding development vs. underdevelopment; Understanding
required 100, 200 and 300 level courses. poverty i.e. nature; Manifestation and effect on society; Strategies/
Interventions for prevention and poverty eradication i.e. Macro
SWK-416 Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation 3 Credits and Micro level; strategies, Participatory development techniques,
Project plans, objectives, choice and design: feasibility report, SAP; The role of the government N.G.O.s, the Church and other
financial estimates, programme monitoring and accountability- development partners and Case studies of poverty eradication
target population and programme coverage monitoring delivery programmes or projects. Prerequisites: All required 100, 200 and
of services; strategies for impact assessment-single and group 300 level courses.
designs for impact assessment, measuring efficiency, the content
of evaluation research - financial, economic and social cost benefit SWK-496 Independent Study 3 Credits
analysis. Prerequisites: All required 100 and 200 level courses. The content for each study will vary depending on the topic chosen.
The student will choose the topic and discuss it with the lecturer
SWK-417 Labour Problems & Labour Welfare 3 Credits responsible for the subject. The topic chosen must have sufficient
Labour Conditions Development of modern industry, evolution content equivalent to any course outline done in Social Work. The
of industrial labour, characteristic of African labour, Wage levels, whole study is to be done by the student in consultation with the
Family budgets, consumer price index, standard of living of workers lecturer who will ensure the availability of textbooks, magazines,
in different industries and regions. Industrial housing, industrial newspapers etc.; Assessment tests and examinations; and weekly
hazards, hours of work. Economic implications of labour in a consultation meetings with the lecturer. Prerequisites: All 100, 200
developing economy, Labour market demand and supply, labours and 300 level courses.
share in national income, wage theories, wage structure, wage
determination, minimum wage and living wage. Labour Welfare SWK-507 Seminars & Social Work Practicum 9 Credits
Concept, need, objectives, principles and limitation. Agencies of The student will be assigned to work for 17 weeks (650 hours)
labour welfare - employees; trade unions, voluntary agencies, welfare with a Social Work agency or project. The student will be under
trusts, coordination of various agencies. Labour welfare activities; the supervision of a Social Worker in the agency for four days
education, housing, health hygiene, safety, recreation, catering, in a week for the entire working day (8 hours). This experience
family and child welfare, employees benefit plans, prevention of will afford the student an opportunity to apply and integrate
social evils such as drinking, gambling, indebtedness, prostitution, social Work philosophy, ethics, values and skills in a social work
corruption. Use of methods of social work in industries like setting. In addition, a seminar will be held weekly with other social
employee counselling, family therapy, etc. Labour welfare officer, work students and faculty to process the experience, and help
training and his role, duties and status, Labour welfare department make connections to social work theory, and to provide required
in an industry undertaking. Labour legislation Its need, scope and support. SWK-507 will be taken only at the end of the fourth year.
principles, historical development, labours basic laws or legislation Integration of theory and practice will be brought out in the written
like the factories Act, minimum wages Act, maternity benefits Act, report. Pre-requisites: All 100, 200, 300 level required courses.
provident fund Act, etc. Prerequisites: All required 100 and 200
level courses. SWK-597 Senior Project 3 Credits
The student will be required to come up with a 3-4 page proposal
SWK-418 Project Management 3 Credits containing enough information about the project, for the advisor to
Introduction to project planning and organization; Project advise. The components are: Objectives of study; Methods of study;
planning process, goals, objectives and targets; Implementation and Preliminary outline of study; Expected results of study; Tentative
management techniques and systems programming. Prerequisites: bibliography; The writing of the paper which will be reviewed
All required 100 and 200 level courses. weekly. This will be divided into: Review of research; Statement
of problem; Statement of method; Presentation of research data;
SWK-419 Participatory Dvelopment Interpretation of findings; Conclusions and recommendations.
Techniques/ Methodologies 3 Credits
Development; Rural development approaches/strategies;
Participatory rural appraisal; Participatory rural appraisal tools/
menu; Conducting a participatory rural appraisal exercise; Other
participatory development methodologies; PRA case studies;
Participatory development methodologies. Prerequisites: All
required 100, 200 and 300 level courses.
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SUGGESTED FOUR-YEAR STUDY PROGRAMME
C0MMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MAJOR
Integrated Community Development Option
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR
PSY 111 3 DEV 111 3 DEV 211 3 DEV 214 3

SOC 111 3 ENG 111/112 3 DEV 213 3 DEV Electives 3
INS 111 3 BIL 112 3 Electives or Minor 3 INS 212 2
BIL 111 3 HPE 113 1 POL 111 1 BIO 111 2
ENG 098/111 3 ECO 111 2 INS 112 3 ENV 112 2
MAT 102 2 PHL 111 3 ACS 101 2 Electives
PHY 112 2 or Minor 6

17 17 15 18
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR
SOC 314 3 SOC 315 3 DEV 413 3 DEV 508 6

DEV 316 3 DEV Electives 9 DEV 415 3 Electives
DEV Electives 6 INS 313 3 or Minor 10
BIL 212 2 RET 313 3 DEV 416 3
LIT/MUS/ART111 2 DEV Electives 6
RET 320 2 INS 412 3
-
18 17 18 16
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MAJOR

Rural Development Option
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR
PSY 111 3 DEV 111 3 DEV 211 3 DEV 214 3

SOC 111 3 ENG 111/112 3 DEV 213 3 RUD Electives 3
INS 111 3 BIL 112 3 Electives or Minor 3 INS 212 2
BIL 111 3 HPE 113 1 POL 111 1 ENV 112 2
ENG 098/111 3 ECO 111 2 INS 112 3 BIO 111 2
MAT 102 2 PHL 111 3 ACS 101 2 Electives
PHY 112 2 or Minor 10
-- -
17 17 15 18
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR
SOC 314 3 SOC 315 3 DEV 413 3 DEV 508 6

DEV 316 3 RUD Electives 9 DEV 415 3 Electives
RUD Electives 6 INS 313 3 or Minor 9
BIL 212 2 RET 321 2 DEV 416 3
LIT/MUS/ART111 2 RUD Electives 6
RET 320 2 INS 412 3
-
18 17 18 15
NOTE: Electives must come from 300 or 400 level courses.
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PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR
1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR
Semester I Semester II Semester I Semester II PSY 213

3
INS 111 3 HPE 113 1 ACS 101 2 PSY 214 3
BIL 111 3 INS 112 3 PHY 112 2 iNS 212 2
ENG 098/111 3 POL 111 1 BIO 111 2 ENV 112 2
MAT 102 2 BIL 112 3 PSY 212 3 BIL 212 2
PHL 111 3 PSY 211 3 PSY 311 3
PSY 111 3 PSY 112 3 Free Electives PSY 312 3
ECO 111 2 ENG 111/112 3 or Minor 3 SOC 314 3
-
16 17 18 18
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR

LIT/ MUS/ART111 2 RET 321 2 INS 412 3 PSY 507 4

INS 313 3 PSY 412 3 PSY 408 3 Electives
PSY 313 3 PSY 413 3 or Minor 7
SOC 315 3 PSY 414 3 PSY 415 3 PSY 496 3
PSY 411 3 Free Electives Free Electives
or Minor 4 or Minor 6
RET 320 2
- 15 14
16 15
SOCIAL WORK MAJOR

1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR

PSY 111 3 SWK 111 3 SWK 211 3 SWK 213 3
SOC 111 3 SWK 112 3 SWK 212 3 SWK 214 3
INS 111 3 Electives 3 Electives 3 Electives 3
BIL 111 3 INS 112 3 INS 212 2 BIO 111 2
ENG 111/098 3 ENDG 112 3 BIL 212 2 ENV 112 2
POL 111 1 BIL 112 3 PHL 111 3 MAT 102 2
Total 16 Total 18 ACS 101 2 HPE 113 1
Total 18 ART/MUS/LIT 2
Total 18
3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR
SWK 412 3 SWK 414 3
SWK 311 3 SWK 313 3
SWK 413 3 SWK 507 9
SWK 312 3 SWK 315 3
Electives 7
SWK 314 3 Electives 6
INS 412 3
RET 320 2 RET 321 2
-
PHY 112 2 ECO111 2
15 12
INS 313 3
Total 16 Total 16
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Rationale
The Science courses taught at Daystar University are required courses
for all undergraduate students enrolled for any degree programme.
This enables the student to have an all-round development which is
the aim of a liberal arts education. It helps students to have a broad
knowledge of the world around them with a Christian perspective
in addition to their major areas of specialization, which helps them
develop an all round personality.
They gain basic knowledge in physical science, environmental
science, biology, mathematics and Health.
The science courses offered are a requirement for all students
admitted to the undergraduate degree programme.There is therefore,
no special entry requirement for doing these courses once the
student has been admitted to any undergraduate programme.
Student Assessment
Assessment will be based on continuous assessment work and final
examination. Generally, continuous assessment items carry 30%
and final examination carries 70% of the total marks.

In order to graduate, all undergraduate students in the University
must obtain 9 credit hours in science courses ( 7 for Commerce
Students)
Course Offering
DEPARTMENT OF
General Science Courses Credit
Hours
MAT 102 Basic Maths (for non-commerce and ACS) 2
BIO 111 Biology 2
PHY 112 Physical Science 2
SCIENCE
Mathematics Courses Credit

Hours
MAT 096 Bridging Mathematics 0(3)
MAT 120 College Algebra (For Science and Mathematics Students) 3
MAT 121 Differential Calculus 3
MAT 221 Integral Calculus 3
MAT 223 Discrete Mathematics 3
MAT 312 Linear Algebra 3
MAT 313 Vector Analysis 3
MAT 322 Probability and Statistics 3
MAT 323 Ordinary Differential Equations 3
MAT 324 Complex Analysis 3
MAT 334 Differential Equations 3
Physics Courses Credit

Hours
PHY 123 Mechanics 4
PHY 222 Wave Motion & Sound 3
PHY 223 Electricity & Magnetism I 4
PHY 224 Thermodynamics I 4
PHY 322 Optics I 3
MAT 096 is a non-credit course for those students who wish to take a major in
Commerce but who had a grade of D+ to C- in KCSE in Mathematics. A grade
of B- or better in this course allows the student to select a major in Commerce.
Mathematics Minor
Rationale
The Minor provides a background for those disciplines that require
a knowledge of mathematics for further study.
Specifically, the goals of the Mathematics Minor are to:
1. help the student to take up postgraduate studies in disciplines

that require a background in mathematics.
2. prepare the student to work for private or public organizations in
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professional positions which require mathematical skills.
3. prepare the student to be of service to volunteer groups, such as
Course Descriptions
church and welfare organizations, in areas such as data collection, BIO111 Biology 2 Credits
analysis, and interpretation. Relationship between biology and our Christian faith; principles of
4. to enable students to develop into decisive, innovative, and nutrition; types of nutrients, balanced diet, diet plans and demands;
productive members of the society, who are able to use mathematical diet and health; protein calorie, malnutrition, eating disorders,
tools in meeting challenges and solving problems ethically. diabetes; food preservation, food handling and food storage; human
diseases (selected) control, prevention and treatment; drug resistance
Admission Requirements by pathogens; types of immunity; vaccines and their application; role
1. The student must, in addition to meeting the entry requirements of the immune system in the transplantation; introduction to human
of the undergraduate programme of the University, possess a genetics, DNA, RNA, genes, chromosomes; human reproduction;
minimum grade of C+ in Mathematics in KCSE or score 60% in gamesomeness, prenatal development, pregnancy, infertility, genetic,
Mathematics in systems that use percentages. birth defects, and introduction to biotechnology.
Prerequisite: None
Student Assessment
Final score grades in this department will usually be comprised EEE 221 Digital Logic 3 Credits
30% from continuous assessment items and 70% from the final Introduction; digital electronics; analog and digital, relation to
examination. computers; number systems: binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal;
codes systems; basic logic components: AND, OR, NOT; universal
Requirements for Graduation gates: NAND, NOR; higher order gates: EXOR, ENOR gates;
To graduate with a minor in Mathematics, a student must successfully truth tables and combinational circuits; laws of Boolean algebra:
complete 18 credit hours, excluding MAT 111(Mathematics). These Boolean expression; implementation using sum-of-products(SOP)
18 credit hours comprise 15 hours of required courses and 3 hours and product of sums (POS); simplification using Boolean algebra
of electives as follows: and Karnaugh maps (K-maps); analysis and design of combinational
Credit Hours circuits using K-maps; implementation of combinational circuits
Required courses 15 using practical gates (TTL and/or CMOS gates); sequential circuits:
Electives 3 characteristics and operation; flip flops(FFs); S-R FF, D-FF,TFF,
TOTAL 18 JKFF; application of FFs in design of ripple counters and shift
registers. Prerequisite: none
Required Courses Credit Hours
MAT 120 College Algebra 3 ENV112 Environmental Science 2 Credits
MAT 121 Differential Calculus 3 The need to study the environment, introduction of environmental
MAT 221 IntegralCalculus 3 concepts, environmental pollution, impact of pests and pesticides
MAT 312 LinearAlgebra 3 on the environment, environmental improvement, role of man in
MAT 322 Probability & Statistics 3 the environment, population, demography and renewable and non-
TOTAL 15 renewable resources, deforestation and desertification, environmental
conservation, the environment and human health, nuclear science
Electives(Choose One) Credit Hours and radiation, weathering, soil erosion and earthquakes. Prerequisite:
MAT 211 Operations Research 3 None
MAT 334 Differential Equations 3
ACS 111 Intro to Programming 3 HPE113 Health And Physical Fitness 1 Credit
General anatomy: naming and identification of bony and soft tissue
Students interested in Business oriented programme may substitute landmarks; health: meaning of and differences in health; benefits of
STA 211 (Business Statistics I) for MAT 322 and STA 212 (Business physical fitness: description of the importance of physical fitness and
Statistics II) for MAT 334. This is not allowed for Commerce majors. activity, well-being; identification and description of the five health-
related components of fitness; description of the proper strategies
to exercising effectively; nutrition and weight control: identification
and description of the six classes of nutrients and their relationship
to wellness; body composition: definition, description of body
fat and obesity and its health related problems; cardio-respiratory
endurance: explanation of effective exercise strategies to develop
cardio-respiratory endurance; Muscular endurance; strength training
and flexibility; interpretation of diagnostic signs and triage; athletic
injuries: dislocations and sprains; basic life support(CPR); first aid;
HIV management. Prerequisite: None
MAT102 Basic Mathematics 2 Credits

Logic: simple and compound statements, logical connectives,
truth tables, types of statements; sets: definitions, operations, Venn
diagrams, enumerating sets; real numbers: sets of real numbers,
properties, fractions and decimals, LCM and HCF, absolute values;
powers, standard forms; linear equations, quadratic equations, linear
simultaneous equations in two unknowns, application of equations;
inequalities, functions: general concepts, linear functions, quadratic
functions, graph of linear and quadratic functions, application of
linear and quadratic functions; empirical functions: visual fit, direct
and indirect variations. Prerequisite: None
MAT 120 College Algebra 3 Credits

Equations: linear, quadratic, equations convertible to linear and
quadratic form, functions and graphs; domain, range and value
of a function, linear functions, quadratic functions and graphs,
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composite and inverse functions, graphs of functions, shifting of MAT 313 Vector Analysis 3 Credits
graphs; polynomial functions: definition of, division of, roots of; Vector algebra in 2 and 3-dimensional space: components of a vector;
remainder and factor theorems, rational functions, asymptotes of vector addition and scalar multiplication; inner(dot) and cross
rational functions, exponential functions, properties of exponents; products: inner product of vectors; application of inner product; cross
logarithmic functions, properties of logarithms; trigonometry, (vector) product; properties of cross product of vectors; scalar triple
angle measures, basic trigonometric functions, identities, double, product; applications of the cross product; vector derivatives: vector
half-angle and reduction formulae, other trigonometric functions; and scalar functions and fields; derivative of vector functions; partial
introduction to sequences and series, sequences, arithmetic and derivatives; tangents and arc lengths; velocity and acceleration; grad,
geometric sequences, binomial theorem; introduction to statistics: divergence and curl: gradient of a scalar field; divergence of a vector
measures of central tendency, measures of variation; introduction to field; curl of a vector field; curvilinear co-ordinates; vector integral
probability. Prerequisite: none calculus; line integrals; line integrals independent of path; double
integrals; Greens theorem; surface integrals; Gauss divergence
MAT 121 Differential Calculus 3 Credits theorem and applications; Stokes theorem. Prerequisites: MAT 121,
Limits and continuity of functions: rates of change and limits; limits Co-requisite MAT 221
and their properties; rules of finding limits; sandwich theorem;
infinite limits; continuity at a point; continuity on intervals and MAT 322 Probability & Statistics 3 Credits
intermediate value theorem; differentiation: the derivative of a Probability: events, conditional and joint probabilities, multiplication
function; rules of differentiation; rates of change (motion); tangent rule, Bayes theorem; random variables: probability distributions,
and normal lines; trigonometric functions: revision on trigonometric probability density functions, independence, expectation and
identities; limits of trigonometric functions; derivatives of sine and variance: binomial, hyper-geometric, geometric, Poisson, exponential
cosine from 1st principles; differentiating trigonometric functions; and normal distributions: sampling distributions: chi-square, t, and
exponential, logarithmic and implicit differentiation: exponential and f: statistical inference: estimation, confidence intervals, hypotheses
logarithmic functions; differentiating exponential and logarithmic testing, non-parametric tests, quality control and acceptance
functions; implicit differentiation; related rates of change (growth sampling. Prerequisite MAT 121 and MAT 221
and decay); LHospitals Rule; partial derivatives; application of
differentiation: extreme values (local and global); Rolles theorem MAT 323 Ordinary Differential Equations 3 Credits
and the mean value theorems; chain rule, critical and stationary Separable differential equations, exact differential equations, linear
points (Fermats theorem); increasing and decreasing functions; first differential equations modeling 1st order and 2nd order linear
derivative test for local extrema; second order derivative test for local differential equations: homogeneous, linear equations: Euler-Cauchy
extrema; curve sketching (identifying asymptotes); optimization. equation, existence and uniqueness theory, non-homogeneous
Prerequisite MAT 120 equations, undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters:
3rd order, linear differential equations: systems of differential
MAT 221 Integral Calculus 3 Credits equations: linear systems with constant coefficients, critical points,
Introduction to integration and techniques of integration: integration methods for non-linear systems; numerical methods for differential
as reverse of differentiation; integration by substitution (standard equations; methods for 1st order ordinary differential equations:
substitution); integration by parts; trigonometric substitutions; Laplace transforms: inverse transform, linearity, t-shifting, unit
trigonometric integrals; integration by partial fractions step function, convolution, partial functions, periodic functions,
application of integrals: area under the curve and between two general formula: Fourier series, integrals, and transforms, difference
curves; volume of solids of revolution; surface area of surfaces of equations. Prerequisites: MAT 121, MAT 221
revolution; arc lengths and simple harmonic motion; improper
integrals; inverse trigonometric and hyperbolic functions: definitions; MAT 324 Complex Analysis 3 Credits
differentiation (revisit implicit differentiation); integration; standard Complex numbers: numbers, complex analytical functions,
substitutions for hyperbolic functions; numerical methods: Taylors Cauchy-Riemann equations, exponential function, limits: complex
approximations to functions; bounding the errors; numerical integration: line integrals, Cauchys integral theorem, derivatives
integration; solving equations numerically and linear interpolation; of analytical functions: power series: Taylor series, Laurent series,
fixed point methods. Prerequisite MAT 121 convergence tests, singularities and zeros: residue integration method;
residues residue theorem, evaluation of real integrals: conformal
MAT 223 Discrete Mathematics 3 Credits mapping; harmonic functions; linear fractional transformations;
Basic concepts of discrete mathematics are introduced including Riemann theorem. Prerequisites: MAT 121, MAT 221
understanding the concepts of sets and logical statements, defining
a function, constructing a function, knowing what constitutes a PHY 112 Physical Science 2 Credits
formal proof and understanding the basic concepts of applied logic. Exploration of the magnificence of God through His created world;
Topics will include: elementary notations, functions, construction nature of science, scientific method, impact of science on daily life;
techniques, equivalence, order and inductive proof, analysis basic mechanics: force, motion, Newtons laws of motion; energy:
techniques, elementary, predicate, applied and computational logic. forms [mechanical (kinetic and potential), nuclear (fusion, fission,
Prerequisite MAT 221 E=mc2), chemical, thermal], transfer of thermal energy (conduction,
convection, radiation), conservation of energy, second law of
MAT 312 Linear Algebra 3 Credits thermodynamics, basic electricity; properties of matter: physical,
Systems of linear equations; row reduction and echelon forms chemical; states of matter: elements: basic atomic structure, isotopes,
(Gaussian elimination); matrices and matrix operations; diagonal, ions, period table; compounds: ionic and covalent bonding, acids,
triangular and symmetric matrices; inverse of a matrix and bases and salts; chemical reactions; introduction to inorganic,
elementary matrices; determinants: introduction to, properties of, organic chemistry, polymers. Prerequisite: None
Cramers rule, characterization of an invertible matrix, application to
computer graphics; vector spaces and subspaces; linear independence; PHY 123 Mechanics 4 Credits
basis and dimension; null spaces, column spaces and row spaces; Measurement; basic concepts of mass, velocity, acceleration; motion
rank of a matrix; Euclidean n-space; linear transformations from in one dimension, vectors, motion in two-dimensions, Newtons
Rn to Rm ; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; characteristic equation; three laws of motion, free-body technique; circular motion;
diagonalization; eigenvectors and linear transformation; equations momentum; work and energy; conservation of energy and linear
of lines, planes and orthogonality: co-ordinate and position vectors; momentum; rotational motion; static equilibrium and elasticity,
parametric equations of lines and planes; inner product, length and strength of materials, bending of beams; power transmission through
orthogonality; cross products of vectors; angles between lines and gears, belts and pulleys; angular momentum; moment of inertia,
planes; orthogonal sets; orthogonal projections. Prerequisite MAT center of gravity; gravity; fluid mechanics, pressure, measurement
221 of pressure and flow rates (manometers, Pitot tubes, venturi meter),
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surface tension and energy of liquids, viscosity, laminar flow and PHY224 Thermodynamics I 4 Credits
Bernoullis equation. Introductory course covering: temperature: zeroth law of
Prerequisite: MAT 120 Co-requisite MAT 221 thermodynamics, heat flow by conduction, convection, radiation;
work and heat, internal energy, adiabatic, isothermal and isobaric
PHY 222 Wave Motion and Sound 3 Credits processes; first law of thermodynamics, equations of state, kinetic
Oscillatory motion, simple harmonic motion, damped and forced theory of gases; entropy; gas laws; basic P-V diagrams; cyclical
oscillation, resonance; wave motion: transverse and longitudinal, processes, Carnot cycle and heat engines; refrigerators; entropy and
traveling waves; the wave equation; superposition; reflection and second law of thermodynamics.
transmission coefficients, interference and beats, standing waves; Prerequisite: PHY 123, MAT 121
sound waves; sound intensity; relationship between frequency,
velocity and wavelength; acoustic measurements and applications, PHY 322 Optics I 3 Credits
Doppler effect. Electromagnetic waves; light; color; geometric optics: laws of
Prerequisite: PHY 123, MAT 121 reflection and refraction, Snells law; plane and spherical mirrors;
lenses; lens equation; simple magnifiers; telescopes; microscopes;
PHY 223 Electricity And Magnetism I 4 Credits optical fiber; diffractive optics: interference effects due to path
Electrostatics: electric charge, insulators and conductors; Coulombs length differences; thin films; diffraction; holography; polarization;
law, electric fields, electric flux; Gausss Law; electric potential, introduction to lasers, light emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes;
potential energy; capacitance and dielectrics; current and resistance; optical isolators.
direct current circuits, Ohms law, Kirchoffs rules; magnetic fields, Prerequisite: PHY 223
Biot-Savart law, Amperes law, magnetic flux, magnetic field of a
current and a moving charge, force on a moving charge, torque on
a current loop, Faradays law of magnetic induction, self and mutual
inductance; alternating current circuits. The laboratory sessions will
include components on basic circuits, electronic devices including
resistors, capacitors, RC circuits, diodes, transistors, digital circuits,
and integrated circuits.
Prerequisite: PHY 222, MAT 221
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Rationale
The goal of Daystar University is to train students to become
servant-leaders in Kenya and throughout Africa and other parts of
the world. As such the students need to be creative and innovative
thinkers who will lead in the development of new technologies and
systems in whatever area they work, creating jobs and computer
solutions to societies problems.
The use of computers in business, industry and service organizations

has completely changed the way we work and live. Computers
affect almost every area of life. Computer technology is changing
at a rapid pace. Those working in this area must have the critical
thinking skills needed to not only adapt or react to the changes but
to creatively participate in the changes to ensure that progress is
made in the proper direction.
Students will be encouraged to relate their Christian faith to their

work as computer scientists. This may express itself in a variety of
ways such as: in the nature of their work, level of commitment to
BACHELOR OF
employer and employee and to society through their ethical and
moral conviction. Every system they build should be motivated by
the desire to reflect the creativity of God and for the glory of His
kingdom. In the liberal art tradition, the students will be expected
to study in a number of areas such as Bible, literature and language,
history, music or art and communication to provide a broad-
SCIENCE DEGREE
based education. As professional leaders the graduates will need
to effectively communicate their ideas both orally and the written
word. In addition to teaching specific skills, a significant goal of
the program will be to teach the students to think critically, broadly
and conceptually.
IN APPLIED Admission Requirements

Applicants must fulfill entry requirements that apply to the
admission of all Daystar undergraduate students as stated in the
current Daystar University Catalogue. They must have a C+ or
better overall average on the KCSE examination or equivalent.
COMPUTER In addition, they must meet the following requirements: C+ or better

in mathematics on the KCSE examination or equivalent [Note that
a C+ grade does not guarantee entrance into the major, C+ or better
in physics (or C+ or better in chemistry) on the KCSE examination
or B- or better in physical science on the KCSE examination or
SCIENCE
equivalent.
Students may also enter the ACS major from the Daystar University
Pre-university program if their grades in mathematics, physical
science and basic computer knowledge are B or better.
For students coming from outside Kenya the equivalent percentages

will be used.
Student Assessment
Student assessment will be based on class participation, class
attendance, continuous assessment such as assignments, group work
and quizzes, project work and a final examination. The relative
weight of each will vary from course to course depending on the
nature of the course and will be specified in the course syllabi.

To graduate with a degree in Applied Computer Science, students
must obtain 142 credit hours distributed as follows:
Credit
Hours
Applied Computer Science 67
Required Courses 58
Electives 9
MIS 9
Mathematics, Science & Electronics 35
TOTAL 142
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General Education Courses for Computer Science: ACS 303 Software Project Management 3
Course Credits ACS 311 Principles of Programming Languages 3
BIL111 Old Testament Introduction and Survey 3 ACS 351 Computer Networks 3
INS111 Communication and Culture I 3 ACS 352 LAN Design and Installation 3
ENG111 Advanced Reading 3 ACS 353 Internet Technologies 3
BIO111 Biology 2 ACS 361 Introduction to Database Systems 3
ACS 431 Computer Systems Security 3
ENG112 Advanced Writing 3
ACS 441 Applied Artificial Intelligence 3
BIL112 New Testament Intoduction and Survey 3 ACS 461 Advanced Database Systems 3
MUS111 Music in Africa 2 ACS 491 Computer Science Project Part I 3
ENV112 Environmental Science 2 ACS 492 Computer Science Project Part II 3
INS212 African Societies and Tradn. Religion 2 Management Information Systems courses (9 Credit Hours)
HPE113 Health and Physical Fitness 1 MIS 211 Management Information Systems 3
RET320 Christiniaty and Islam in Africa 2 MIS 213 Research Methods 3
PHL111 Introduction to Philosophy 3 MIS 281 System Analysis & Design Methods I 3
ECO111 Introduction to Economics 2 TOTAL 67
Total 31 Mathematics, Science & Electronics (35 Credit Hours)
MAT 120 College Algebra 3
Required Courses 67 Credit Hours MAT 121 Differential Calculus 3
Computer Science courses (58 Credit Hours) MAT 221 Integral Calculus 3
ACS 102 Basic Computer Knowledge 2 MAT 312 Linear Algebra 3
ACS 111 Introduction to Programming 3 MAT 223 Discrete Mathematics 3
ACS 112 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming 3 MAT 322 Probability and Statistics 3
ACS 201 Computer Ethics & Social Values 2 PHY 123 Mechanics 4
ACS 211 Data Structures & Algorithms 3 PHY 222 Wave Motion and Sound 3
ACS 212 Advanced Object Oriented Programming 3 PHY 223 Electricity and Magnetism I 4
ACS 223 Computer Organization, Design & Architecture 3 PHY 224 Thermodynamics I 3
ACS 231 Operating Systems 3 EEE 221 Digital Logic 3
ACS 302 Software Engineering 3 TOTAL 35
Electives in Computer Science (select 3) (recommended to select 3 from the same group) Group Credit Hours
ACS 412 Computer Graphics 1 3
ACS 413 Computational Theory 1 4 6 3
ACS 414 Compilers 1 3
ACS 442 Neural Networks 4 3
ACS 444 Knowledge Based Systems 4 3
ACS 451 Data Communication Security and Networks Controls 5 7 3
ACS 452 Internet/Intranet Applications Development 7 3
ACS 454 Distributed Systems 5 6 3
ACS 455 Human Computer Interaction 5 7 3
ACS 462 Data and Database Administration 6 3

ACS 111 Introduction to Programming 3 Credits
Course Descriptions A first course in programming that covers basic programming
concepts and style. Topics include: definition of a program and
ACS 101 Basic Computer Knowledge 2 Credits algorithms, steps to writing a good program, design using flowcharts
A basic introduction to computers, their history, functions and use and pseudocode, modules, hierarchy charts structure: sequence,
in society today. Personal computers (PC) hardware and software selection and loop, decision making using Boolean, AND, OR logic,
will be introduced including a current, commonly used operating looping using: While, For, Do Until, Nesting loops; arrays, menus
system and application programs. Topics include: PC hardware and debugging. The programming language will be a current,
and peripherals; memory, CPU functions, a current operating simple, structured language such as Basic, C or Pascal. Co-requisite:
system and applications in the following areas; word-processing, ACS 102
spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, E-mail and use of the
Internet facilities. ACS 112 Introd. to Object Oriented Programming 3 Credits
Introduction to solving real world cases in business and engineering
ACS 102 Basic Computer Knowledge 2 Credits using Object Oriented Systems Development. Emphasis is on the
In addition to the contents of ACS 101 this course includes: number Event Driven Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) approach.
systems used in computing such as binary, octal and hexadecimal; Topics include: OOP concepts: objects and classes, inheritance,
memory hierarchy, microprocessor operations and an introduction dynamic binding, message passing, polymorphism, abstraction and
to the UNIX and LINUX operating systems; features in word information hiding, basic data types, elementary syntax, control
processing and spreadsheets of use to science and engineering structures, testing, debugging and documentation; introduction to
students such as, equation writer, graphing and curve fitting. building classes, pointers, virtual functions, templates and dynamic
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programming. The programming language will be a current structures, distributed-file systems, distributed co-ordination;
OOP language such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi or JAVA protection and security: protection, security; case studies: DOS,
Prerequisite: ACS 111 Unix or Linux, Windows (current version). Prerequisite: ACS 221
and ACS223
ACS 201 Computer Ethics & Social Values 2 Credits
Social, legal and ethical issues related to computing emphasizing ACS 302 Software Engineering 3 Credits
professional responsibilities, risks and liabilities in the computer Advanced topics associated with design and implementation of
industry. Topics include: ethical issues in computing, privacy software systems. The emphasis is on software methodology and
concerns in a computerized society, work in computerized society, engineering. A continued emphasis on problem solving concepts
the World Wide Web and Internet governance, piracy, intellectual is integrated with a treatment of modeling the process and the
property and copyright law, computer professionals and their ethical software life cycle, planning and managing the project, requirement
responsibilities, the ten commandments of computer ethics and role specifications, writing and testing the programs, testing and
of governments in a computerized society. Prerequisite: All 200 delivering the system, verification and validation, maintaining the
level courses system. Other topics include code control, management of test and
administration of bug fixes. Consideration is given to make/buy
ACS 211 Data Structures & Algorithms 3 Credits decisions. Prerequisite ACS 311 and ACS 361
An advanced course that further develops programming skills
using visual, object-oriented application development and ACS 303 Software Project Management 3 Credits
programming techniques applied to real world problems. Topics Software project management looks at project initiation, planning,
include: Relationship between data structures and algorithms, implementation or design, controlling, and termination. The course
Data structures and processing such as arrays, lists, stacks, queues, provides an in-depth understanding of the importance of Software
indexes, records, files and database structures; hierarchy of data: bit, Project Management in todays fast growing economy and how to
byte, fields, records, files, databases; sorting and searching methods, deliver successful projects. Topics include: Project identification
modular design, cohesion and coupling concepts, applications of and appraisal, estimation of resources: development activities,
data structures and file processing techniques: streams and files; efforts in human hours, financial cost, software, hardware; project
simulation and modelling. A major project will be carried out that management techniques: project initiation document (PID), Gantt
will involve user interface construction, simple file/database/object charts CAPM tools, SWOT analysis, resource histogram, budget,
searches and updates, and report generation. The software to be network analysis: PERT/CPM; team selection: evaluation of skills
used will be a current OOP language such as C++, Visual BASIC required, team structure: wide (flat), tall (hierarchical), the tasks to
or JAVA. Prerequisite: ACS 212 for ACS majors, ACS211 for be performed and the sequencing; change control: configuration
MIS majors management, process, configuration audit, configuration standards;
quality and productivity factors: quality management, team size,
ACS 212 Advanced Object Oriented Programming 3 Credits standards: level of-technology, reliability; product implementation:
Extensive experience and advanced features of object oriented features planning for implementation, parallel runs, benchmarking,
are applied to create comprehensive programs. Topics include: integration of hardware and software, post implementation reviews;
advanced application of object oriented programming paradigms: project deliverables: qualitative and quantitative information,
data abstraction, objects, classes, methods, messages, inheritance, reviews, inspections; approaches to software quality assurance (SQA):
polymorphism, encapsulation and information hiding; input and metrics, productivity and software, reliability factors, standards: e.g.
output streams; working with files to process large quantities of data; ISO 9000 concepts, CMM. Co-requisite ACS 302, Prerequisite:
exception handling for making robust programs; templates and ACS 211
class libraries; application programming interfaces (APIs); database
applications; creation of more responsive and interactive programs. ACS 311 Principles of Programming Languages 3 Credits
Prerequisite: ACS 112 Advanced programming topics and skills incorporating the most
recent developments in programming language design. Topics
ACS 223 Computer Org, Design & Architecture 3 Credits include: the art of language design; the programming language
A study of the fundamentals of current computer design, exposing spectrum; compilation and interpretation; programming
students to the basic understanding of the operation of computer environments; an overview of compilation; lexical and syntax
components and organisation. Topics include: fundamentals analysis; semantic analysis and intermediate code generation; target
of computer design; computer abstraction and technology: code generation; code improvement; programming language syntax;
integrated circuits and chips; CPU architecture (ISA): RISK & specifying syntax: regular expressions and context-free grammars;
CISC architectures: principles and examples; role of performance syntax errors; top-down and bottom up parsing; grammar and
and measuring performance; machine language: introduction to language classes; the role of the semantic analyzer; control flow:
assembly language; pipelining: introduction, principles, enhancing expression evaluation, precedence and associativity, assignments;
performance; system memory: introduction, semiconductor data types; subroutines and control abstraction; building a runnable
memory technology, and hierarchical memory organization; input/ program; data abstraction and object orientation; non-imperative
output sub-systems: peripheral devices, I/O module organization; programming models. Prerequisite: ACS 212
secondary storage: the HDD, floppy drive, CD/DVD, flash
disks; introduction, physical organization, operational overview, ACS 351 Computer Networks 3 Credits
performance factors, quality and reliability; computer arithmetic: Concepts of data communications and networking requirements
signed and unsigned numbers, addition and subtraction, logical including telecommunications technologies, hardware and
operands, multiplication, division, floating point numbers; project: software. Topics include: Introduction and basic concepts:
assemble a typical PC; physically assess memory modules and introduction data communications and networks, impetus for
different processors. networked communication system, specific network applications,
Prerequisite: EEE 221 and PHY 122 basic communication model and components, classification of
networks; transmission media and cabling: structured cabling,
ACS 231 Operating Systems 3 Credits campus backbones, WANs & links, transmission media and their
An introduction and general survey of operating system concepts. characteristics, considerations in network installation; data transfer
Topics include: computer system overview, OS overview; functions and synchronization the ISO/OSI model: communication modes:
of operating systems: I/O device drivers, file systems; process simplex, half & full duplex, network protocols, packet switched
management: processes, CPU scheduling, process synchronization, and circuit switched networks, carrier options, synchronization:
deadlocks; storage management: memory management, virtual synchronous, asynchronous, frame relay, ATM, FDDI, SMIDs etc.;
memory, file-system implementation, I/O systems, secondary-storage communications and network standards: wired and wireless, data,
structure, tertiary-storage structure; distributed systems: network voice and video etc.; emerging data communication technologies,
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full-blown wireless technologies: computer telephony integration, ACS 414 Compilers 3 Credits
pans, dans and wearables, grid computing & distributed computing; An introduction to the principles of compiler writing. Focus is on
the Internet: evolution, growth, advantages and dangers. Co- lexical analysis, parsing, and simple code generation. Topics include:
requisite ACS231 Introduction; formal treatment of programming language translation
and compiler design concepts; compilers and interpreters; language
ACS 352 LAN Design and Installation 3 theory; parsing context free languages; translation specifications and
Credits machine independent code optimization; main phases of compilation;
Working in groups, students install the necessary hardware and lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis; symbol table
software to set up a LAN server with several clients and configure design, program compilation; loading and execution; compilation
it for a WAN application. Topics include: Defining network techniques; code generation optimization; machine-independent
specifications; designing a network; requesting quotations; analysis code optimization and machine- specific code optimization; design
of responses; contracting with suppliers; documentation; regulations of a simple complete compile. Prerequisite: all 300 level courses
and legalities; installing and testing a network; compliance with local
requirements; evaluation of the network project; project management; ACS 431 Computer Systems Security 3 Credits
multiplexing; signal encoding; errors in communication systems. Business, conceptual, and technical aspects of computer systems
The course will be based on a current popular operating system such security. Topics include: information security in computer &
as Windows 2000, UNIX or LINUX. Prerequisite ACS 351 communication systems; potential security lapses in computer
systems; security evaluation in computer systems; identification and
ACS 353 Internet Technologies 3 authentication; access control; security models; the security kernel;
Credits introduction to cryptography; application of computer security in:
Internet Technologies covers a broad range of protocols and operating systems (e.g. UNIX security, Windows NT), worldwide
techniques in todays Internet and World Wide Web technologies. web, databases, network security. Prerequisite: s ACS 231 and
Topics include: introduction to Internet technologies: basic ACS351
definitions; internet topology and application protocols: Internet
addresses, sockets, ports, ftp and telnet, http and html, Internet ACS 441 Applied Artificial Intelligence 3 Credits
e-mail, other internet application protocols; communication An exploration of concepts, approaches and techniques of artificial
protocols: TCP/IP architecture, RFC; the world wide web: http intelligence with application to problem solving. Emphasizes
protocol, web servers/browsers, intranets, client/server architecture, both underlying theory and applications. Topics include: artificial
web design fundamentals (page design, content design, site design, intelligence: introduction, intelligent agents; problem solving;
web usability and accessibility); design and implementation of solving problems by searching, informed search methods, game
Internet application programs: client side programming using client playing; knowledge and reasoning: agents that reason logically,
side web development tools (such as: html, Javascript, Java applets); first-order logic, building a knowledge base, inference in first-
network programming: overview, specifying an address, opening order logic, logical reasoning systems; acting logically: planning,
a communication channel, data transfer (UDP, broadcast, TCP. practical planning, planning and acting; uncertain knowledge and
Prerequisite: ACS351 reasoning: uncertainty, probabilistic reasoning systems, making
simple decisions, making complex decisions; learning: learning from
ACS 361 Introduction to Database Systems 3 observations, learning with neural networks, reinforcement learning,
Credits knowledge in learning; communication, perceiving, and acting:
Design and implementation of database management systems. Topics agents that communicate, practical communication in English,
include: file systems and databases; database design methodology; perception, robotic. Prerequisite all 300 Level Courses
the relational database model; Entity Relationship (ER) Modeling;
introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL); normalization ACS 442 Neural Networks 3 Credits
of database tables; models for databases: relational, hierarchical, A study of concepts of neural networks, its benefits and applications.
networked and object oriented designs; data dictionaries, Topics include: Introduction to neural networks: basic definitions,
repositories, warehouses; conceptual design verification, logical biology neural systems vs. convention serial computers; pattern
design and implementation; database administration, limitations of recognition theory and decision making; artificial neural networks:
relational database management systems. A project using a selected perceptions, multilayer perceptions, back propagation, biopsychology,
current database management program. Prerequisite: ACS 211 learning, learning paradigms; Hopfield and hamming networks; self
ACS 412 Computer Graphics 3 Credits

A study of the hardware and software principles of computer
graphics. Topics include: computer graphics basic concepts; basic
hardware requirements for computer graphics; algorithmic aspects of
creating a computerized image; modeling: representing 3-D objects,
constructing models for specific objects; animation: generating
the motion of objects, giving animators control of this motion;
rendering: simulating the formation of images, simulating real world-
light interaction; interactive graphics; graphics programming using
C++ and OpenGL; computer graphics using a graphics application
package; application areas such as industrial design, entertainment,
user interfaces, etc. Prerequisite: all 300 level courses
ACS 413 Computational Theory 3 Credits

An examination of what computations can be accomplished with
various combinations of computing resources. Topics include:
automata and languages; finite automata; regular expression and
languages; context-free grammars and languages; pushdown
automata; computability theory; introduction to turing machines:
turing thesis and variants of turing machines; decidability: decidable
languages, the halting problem; reducibility: undecidable problems;
complexity theory: time complexity and space complexity;
intractability.
Prerequisite: all 300 level courses
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organizing techniques: self organizing maps, Kohonen networks; ACS 455 Human Computer Interaction 3 Credits
adaptive systems: adaptive resonance theory, Boltzmann machines; A study of how users interact with computer technology, human
simulated annealing; genetic algorithms; hardware realization; neural computer interaction is becoming one of the most important areas
networks applications: robotics control. Prerequisite: ACS441 of study in information science, library science and technology
management as well as in the industrial domain. Topics include:
ACS 444 Knowledge Based Systems 3 Credits introduction to human-computer interaction (HCI): human
An application of artificial intelligence techniques and strategies in factors, usability, accessibility; theories and principles: high-level
the management of information systems. Topics include: overview of theories, object-action interface model, golden rules of interface
artificial intelligence; introduction-definitions and history; branches design; evaluation of interface design: expert review, usability
of AI; applications of AI; state space search strategies; brute force and testing, acceptance tests, experiments; interface techniques and
heuristic search strategies of depth-first, breadth-first, uniform-cost technologies: graphical user interface (GUI), direct manipulation,
search, A* Search algorithm, greedy search, etc; knowledge-based menu selection, form filling and dialog boxes, command and natural
systems (KBS); definitions- knowledge, knowledge representation, languages, multiple windows, hypermedia and world wide web,
inference; components of a KBS; types of KBS-Expert systems, rule virtual environments; user interface: interface widgets, interactive
based systems, KB DSS, etc; KBS development and implementation; devices, printed and online facilities; user interface design: design
knowledge acquisition; knowledge representation schemes/ development process, software tools, user and task analysis,
techniques; prepositional and predicate logic; definitions: rules, multimodal interfaces, response time and display rate, presentation
frames, semantic networks, e.g., overview of logic programming; style; advanced topics: ubiquitous computing interaction,
examples of shells for ES implementation; reasoning; inference information visualization Prerequisite: s All 300 level courses
strategies; forward and backward chaining systems; reasoning with
uncertainty, fuzzy logic; learning systems; evolutionary algorithms. ACS 461 Advanced Database Systems 2
Prerequisite: s All 300 level courses Credits
This course is a continuation of ACS361 and goes into greater depth
ACS 451 Data Communication Security & Networks Controls in covering information systems design and implementation within
3 Credits a database management environment. Topics include: Transaction
This course continues from ACS431 with an emphasis on network management and concurrency control; distributed database
security issues. Conventional encryption, cryptography and many management systems; object-oriented databases; client-server
other hardware, software and managerial controls needed to operate a systems; the data warehouse; database administration; current issues
data communication network in a safe and secure manner. Emphasis in database management systems. Prerequisite ACS361
is on security attacks, malicious programs, authentication and
availability. Legal and ethical issues may also be discussed. Topics ACS 462 Data & Database Administration 3
include: cryptography, message authentication, digital signatures, Credits
electronic mail security, IP, web, intruders, viruses and worms and This course follows ACS361 and is intended to go further into
firewalls. Prerequisite: ACS 352 and ACS 431 planning and management of corporate data and knowledge
resources. Topics include: hardware configurations; logical and
ACS 452 Internet/Intranet Applications Development 3 Credits physical database layouts; database-related networking; managing
Internetworking applications and development with a focus on the development process; database monitoring; database tuning;
the Internet and corporate intranets. Topics include: special focus database security and auditing; backup and recovery; managing
on e-commerce; e-commerce application re-engineering; design packages and utilities; managing large databases; configuring client-
principles of e-commerce applications in a business context; client/ server and network computing. Prerequisite ACS 361
server internet environments; server-side applications; building
new web based applications for server-side; web based application ACS 491 Computer Science Project Part I 3
software architectures; access and integration of legacy applications Credits
through the web; web development with embedded spreadsheet and The student will carry out a significant real-world project from
database functionality; server side implementation concepts; impact conception, through design, development (or implementation),
of internet on business operations: information products and testing, demonstration to delivery. The student, in conjunction
distribution; internet focused marketing: formation of electronic with the lecturer, will identify a project during the previous January
markets and a digital economy. Prerequisite: MIS451 semester. The project could include investigating current literature,
software development, network development, web development, or
ACS 454 Distributed Systems 3 Credits other. If the project involves software development, the student must
Provides an in-depth knowledge of distributed systems especially be involved in at least two of the major phases (requirements, design,
the principals and paradigms that underlie the issue of distributed implementation and testing). The student will work under the direct
computing. Topics include: distributed systems: introduction: supervision of a lecturer from the Computer Science department
definitions, motivations, characteristics, components; distributed unless an external supervisor has been approved by the department.
systems & O-O models; operating systems, distribution For example, the customer, at their discretion, may opt to provide
transparency; middleware: positioning middleware, middleware the project manager. The project will be executed during blocks, i.e.,
models, middleware services, middleware & openness; distributed from May through August, but could continue through November.
processing: introduction, synchronization, IPC, models of Very large projects may continue the following year with a new team
communication, RPC, RMI; directory services: introduction, name of students. Prerequisite: all 300 Level Courses
spaces, name spaces, name resolution, implementing distributed
services; fault tolerance: basic concepts, failure models, redundancy; ACS 492 Computer Science Project Part II 3 Credits
replication: introduction, functional model, replication control ( This is the second of two courses in which the student completes
active & passive replication; clocks: clock synchronization, logical and reports on the real-world project he or she had carried out in
clocks, physical clocks, clock synchronization algorithms; mutual ACS491. Student will complete and report on a real-world project,
exclusion: mutual exclusion algorithms (centralized, distributed, write a comprehensive report on the work done; document the
token ring); atomic transactions: introduction to atomic transactions, work; create and make a presentation describing the project and its
transaction primitives, transaction properties; implementing outcome. Prerequisite: ACS491
transactions, concurrency control (locking, optimistic control,
timestamps) deadlocks; distributed file systems: introduction to
DFS, features of a good DFS, file models, file replication security;
introduction to security, security threats, policies and mechanisms,
encryption algorithms. Prerequisite: s All 300 level courses
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Applied Computer Science Minor
The minor in Applied Computer Science comprises a core of 8 re-
quired courses for 24 credit hours. These core courses provide an
introduction to each of the major areas of computer science. These
courses are:
Code Title Credit

ACS 111 Introduction to Programming 3
ACS 112 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming 3
ACS 211 Data Structures and Algorithms 3
ACS 223 Computer Organization, Design & Architecture 3
ACS 231 Operating Systems 3
ACS 353 Internet Technologies 3
ACS 351 Computer Networks 3
ACS 361 Introduction to Database Systems 3
TOTAL 24
The minor is not available to students in the MIS Major since they
will already have taken most of the required courses.
SUGGESTED STUDY PROGRAMME FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJORS
FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR

1ST Semester 2ND Semester 1ST Semester 2nd Semester
ACS102 2 ACS112 3 ACS212 3 ACS211 3
ACS111 3 MIS211 3 ACS361 3 MAT223 3
MAT120 3 MAT121 3 MIS281 3 PHY223 4
BIL111 3 PHY123 4 MAT221 3 PHY224 3
INS111 3 BIO111 2 MAT312 3 EEE221 3
ENG111 3 ENG112 3 PHY222 3 BIL112 3
17 18 18 19
THIRD YEAR FOURTH YEAR
1ST Semester 2ND Semester 1ST Semester 2ND Semester

ACS223 3 ACS302 3 ACS492 2 ELECTIVE1 3
ACS351 3 ACS303 3 ENV112 2 RET320 2
ACS461 3 ACS353 3 MUS111 2 PHL111 3
MAT322 3 MIS213 3 INS212 2 ECO111 2
18 18 HPE113 1 16
14
BLOCKS
ACS491 4
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This is a two-semester programme meant for Christian, high school
leavers who achieved a KCSE grade C (plain) and thus do not have
direct admission to the undergraduate degree programme of Daystar
University. It is intended to prepare students for admission to the
undergraduate degree programmes. The aim is to help students to
develop skills, knowledge, understanding and attitudes required for
further education at Daystar University.
Students intending to join this programme can begin in August,
May or January in Nairobi and Athi River Campuses. Applications
are due at least three months before the start date.
Benefits of the Pre-University Programme

1. Holistic Education The Pre-university programme at Daystar
moulds students to be good servant-leaders by taking care of the
academic, spiritual, and moral character of its students.
2. Credit Transfer Up to nine credit-hours are transferred to the
undergraduate programme on admission, thus enabling a student to
finish the degree programme within a shorter period.
3. Students who have gone through the Pre-university programme
successfully are admitted into the degree programme of their choice
in Daystar University.
4. The Pre-university graduates from Daystar University are also
admitted into other private universities and can also join parallel
programmes of the public universities.
5. Daystar pre-university graduates are admissible to overseas
PRE-UNIVERSITY
universities especially in countries such as USA and Britain.
Admission to the Undergraduate Degree Programme

On completion of the programme, the student may be admitted
to the undergraduate degree programme if he or she meets the
following conditions.
PROGRAMME
1. Obtained an overall (cumulative) GPA of 2.5 or better with the
following additional, minimum requirements:
Commerce: Average GPA of 2.5 for the three math
courses
Communication: Average GPA of 2.5 for the two language
courses
Applied Computer Science: Average GPA of 2.5 for the
three math courses and a 2.5 or better in physical science.
2. Received a favourable recommendation from the University

Chaplain regarding spiritual growth and commitment.
Financial Information
The cost of tuition for the program is Ksh 60,000 per term for two
terms. This is subject to change.
Academic Probation
Any student whose GPA is below 2.5 at the end of the first semester
is placed on academic probation. Such students are given extra help
and counseling.
Daystar Pre-University gives an opportunity to enroll Any student who does not achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.5 at
and graduate with a Daystar degree. the end of the second semester will not secure admission to the
undergraduate degree programme. However, all students who
complete the two semesters will receive a certificate of attendance.
A student failing to achieve the required GPA of 2.5 after the

two semesters may elect to repeat the entire programme. It is not
permitted to repeat individual courses or a single semester.
Examination
Students are examined in all the courses taken during each
semester.
Exemptions and Transfer of Credits

A student who is admitted to the undergraduate degree programme
and obtains a grade of C or better in certain relevant courses will be
exempted from the equivalent course in the undergraduate degree
programme. Possible exemptions (transfer of credits) are shown in
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the table below.
Pre-university course Undergraduate Degree Course Hours

ACS092 Basic Computer Knowledge ACS101 Basic Computer Knowledge 2
BIL093 Bible Survey BIL111 OT Introduction & Survey 3
BIO092 Bioscience BIO111 Biology 2
PHY092 Physical Science PHY112 Physical Science 2
TOTAL 9
All students who complete the programme and enter the university
are not required to take ENG098.
Pre-university course Undergraduate Degree Course Hours

ACS092 Basic Computer Knowledge ACS101 Basic Computer Knowledge 2
BIL093 Bible Survey BIL111 OT Introduction & Survey 3
BIO092 Bioscience BIO111 Biology 2
PHY092 Physical Science PHY112 Physical Science 2
TOTAL 9
All students who complete the programme and enter the university are not required to take ENG098.
Pre-University Curriculum
The Pre-university programme comprises two semesters of seventeen simple equations, evaluating formulae, solving simultaneous
weeks each. Each semester is considered to be a term. The terms are equations: substitution and elimination; solving quadratic equations:
taught alternately throughout the year. The student may start with factorization, completing the square, quadratic formula.
either term according to which is being offered when he or she joins
the programme. The courses in each term are listed below along with BIO 092 Bioscience 2 Credits
the credit hours for each. The total programme requires 24 hours Relationship between biology and our Christian faith; principles of
for completion. nutrition; types of nutrients, balanced diet, diet plans and demands;
diet and health; protein calorie, malnutrition, eating disorders,
Term I diabetes; food preservation, food handling and food storage; human
Course Title Credit Hours diseases (selected) control, prevention and treatment; drug resistance
ACS 092 Basic Computer Knowledge 2 by pathogens; types of immunity; vaccines and their application; role
ALG 092 Algebra 2 of the immune system in the transplantation; introduction to human
BIL 093 BibleSurvey 3 genetics, DNA, RNA, genes, chromosomes; human reproduction;
COM 092 Communication & Study Skills 2 gamesomeness, prenatal development, pregnancy, infertility, genetic,
ENG 092 English Language 2 birth defects, and introduction to biotechnology.
PHY 092 Physical Science 2 BIL093 Bible Survey 3 Credits
TOTAL 13 Introduction to the contents and message of the Old Testament
in its historical, cultural, and theological context; the relationship
Term II between the Old and New Testaments and the importance of each
Course Title Credit Hours to the Christian life.
LIT092 English Literature 2
BIO092 Bioscience 2 BIS093 Christian Religious Education 3 Credits
BIS093 Christian Religious Education 3 Introduction to the Bible, how it was put together, books of the
MAT092 Geometry 2 Bible; basic Bible study tools: individual and group study; principles
TRI092 Trigonometry 2 of Bible interpretation, principles and procedures of Bible study.
TOTAL 11
COM 092 Communication & Study Skills 2 Credits
Course Descriptions Introduction to campus life; critical thinking skills; time management;
listening and note taking; understanding text; reading and studying
ACS 092 Basic Computer Knowledge 2 Credits strategies; library and research skills; the communication process;
A basic introduction to computers, their history, functions and use the research paper; small group discussion; pubic speaking; test
in society today. Personal computers (PC) hardware and software preparation; memory techniques.
will be introduced including a current, commonly used operating
system and application programs. Topics include: PC hardware ENG092 English Language 2 Credits
and peripherals; memory, CPU functions, a current operating Intensive practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills;
system and applications in the following areas; word-processing, focus on developing writing skills, sentence construction, paragraph
spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, E-mail and use of the development, grammar composition and comprehension.
Internet facilities.
LIT092 English Literature 2 Credits
ALG 092 Algebra 2 Credits Nature and function of literature: genres, language in literature;
Rules of algebra, algebraic expressions, substitution, powers, techniques in analyzing plays, analysis of a specific play: conflicts,
addition, multiplication, use of brackets, factors, binomial products, plot structure, themes; historical, social and political context;
factorization, factorization of quadratic expressions, linear equations, introduction to poetry: stylistic devices, figurative language,
making algebraic expressions from verbal statements, constructing poetic license, thematic aspects, tone, attitude, and mood; critical
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appreciation of selected poems; introduction to oral literature, forms [mechanical (kinetic and potential), nuclear (fusion, fission,
significance of oral literature in contemporary African society. E=mc2), chemical, thermal], transfer of thermal energy (conduction,
convection, radiation), conservation of energy, second law of
MAT 092 Geometry 2 Credits thermodynamics, basic electricity; properties of matter: physical,
Definitions: angles, types of angles, lines, parallel lines, perpendicular chemical; states of matter: elements: basic atomic structure, isotopes,
lines; constructions; bearings; triangles: types, standard notation; ions, period table; compounds: ionic and covalent bonding, acids,
Pythagoras theorem; isosceles and equilateral triangles; congruent bases and salts; chemical reactions; introduction to inorganic,
triangles, similar triangles, areas of similar triangles; quadrilaterals: organic chemistry, polymers.
parallelogram, rhombus, square; polygons: sum of interior and
exterior angles; TRI092 Trigonometry 2 Credits
Trigonometric ratios: angle measurement, definition of trigonometric
PHY092 Physical Science 2 Credits ratios (sine, cosine, tangent), basic identities, special angles of 30o,
Exploration of the magnificence of God through His created world; 45o and 60o; applications: right triangles, bearings; unit circle:
nature of science, scientific method, impact of science on daily life; trigonometric functions; sine rule, cosine rule.
basic mechanics: force, motion, Newtons laws of motion; energy:
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Rationale
Daystar University postgraduate programmes are designed to prepare
students for leadership roles in church and society. It is expected
that the graduates whether counsellors, journalists, church leaders,
educators, researchers, or business people, will play an important
role in helping the church to effectively communicate the message of
Jesus Christ to a rapidly changing world. The Faculty of Postgraduate
Studies operates eleven major goals:
1. To articulate a vision of excellence for the postgraduate

community;
2. To establish a set of policies which define good practice in the
postgraduate programs, high quality in curriculum, excellence in
student selection, retention and completion and rigor in faculty
appointments;
3. To manage and coordinate an extensive and rigorous system of
academic program development and reviews;
4. To ensure equity across all academic disciplines within the
Faculty in such areas as admission, teaching and completion
requirements;
5. To define what postgraduate education is and what it is not. In
particular, to clarify the difference between postgraduate and
undergraduate education;
FACULTY OF
6. To bring an institution-wide perspective to all postgraduate
endeavors and provide a cross-university perspective;
7. To enhance the intellectual community of scholars among both
postgraduate students and faculty;
8. To serve as an advocate for issues and constituencies critical to
postgraduate education within and outside the university;
POSTGRADUATE
9. To emphasize the institution-wide importance of training future
university teachers; this is particularly so in the case of PhD
programs;
10. To develop ways for postgraduate education to contribute to and
enhance undergraduate education;
11. To support and further the non-academic interests of
STUDIES
postgraduate students.
Common Regulations
1. Admission Requirements
a: Direct Entry: Entry requirement to the postgraduate shall be
possession of an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
of higher learning, with a cumulative grade point average of at least
3.00 (on a 4.00 scale), or a degree awarded with first class or upper
second class honours. Those with GPA of 2.5 or lower second
class honours and Higher National Diploma, and have relevant
experience may be considered if the degree or diploma is relevant to
the field they want to pursue at Daystar University,
(2) Language Proficiency: Applicants must exhibit sufficient
mastery of the English language to study in classes taught in English,
as demonstrated by a score of 500 or higher on the Test of English
as a Foreign Language, or an equivalent score on the British English
language examination (International English Language Test), or on
an examination set by the University. Students from Anglophone
countries will be exempted from the test, though the University may
request any student to sit for a diagnostic English examination if
the academic staff believes the students mastery of English may be
insufficient.
(3) Bible and Theology Proficiency: Candidates must demonstrate
proficiency in basic knowledge of Bible and theology, such as
a Christian lay leader should have, as demonstrated either by
standardized written examination set by the University, with a pass
mark of 60%, or by undergraduate credit in survey courses covering
Old Testament, New Testament, and theology. (Those lacking
the required background in Bible and theology may enroll in the
necessary undergraduate courses at Daystar, but without university
credit for them.)
(4) Computer Proficiency: Applicants must possess at least basic
computer competency in word processing, able to type at least 20
words per minute and able to do formatting of documents. If at
admission the student lacks this competency, he/she is expected to
gain this competency within the first semester.
(5) Christian Faith: The University shall admit to study for
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degrees, diplomas, certificates or other awards of the University, calculating the grade point average.
such candidates as shall have been accepted by the Senate as being (4) The grade point average (GPA) for a student is obtained by
academically qualified, and who are committed Christians. dividing the total number of credits attempted into the total number
of grade points obtained. The total grade points is the sum of the
product of the course grade point and the course credit hours.
b. Transfer from other Institutions
Daystar will accept credits of B or better for relevant masters level 6. Graduation Requirements
courses from recognized accredited universities, up to a maximum of Each student will satisfy the requirements specified in the
25% of the total course work required and 25% of the course work departmental special regulations for his/her degree programme.
in the major area of study. No credit for thesis may be transferred.
Credits cannot be transferred for courses that have already earned 7. Class Attendance
an academic qualification. It is assumed that students will make the most of the educational
opportunities available to them by regularly and punctually attending
2. Course Load all class sessions. Students who miss more than 25% of class sessions
a.The normal class load for full time postgraduate students is between will receive no credit for the course. If a student must be absent from
9 and 12 credit hours per semester. No student will be permitted to classes for a very good reason, he/she must fill absence-from-class
enroll for more than 15 credit hours (exclusive of thesis) of course forms which are obtained from the office of Admission and Records.
work in any semester. These forms must be filled in triplicate and copies filed with the
b.A student whose cumulative grade point average falls below 3.00 lecturer, the HOD and the Dean.
will be required to enroll for fewer credits than normal until his/her
cumulative grade point average rises to the minimum of 3.00. 8. Auditing of Courses
A student may audit any course in this catalogue, as long as his/her
3. Probation and Discontinuation presence as an auditor does not displace someone taking the course
a. Each student working towards the M.A, MBA or MTh degree for credit. Enrolling for audit permits him/her to attend lectures
must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 and to participate in various class activities, but no academic credit
throughout his/her programme. He/She must have achieved a final is earned for the experience. The instructor may mark assignments
minimum grade point average of 3.00 in order to graduate. This is submitted by the auditor but is not obligated to do so. For a person
also true for PGDCD. to audit a postgraduate course, he/she must satisfy the requirements
for admission to postgraduate studies and the special pre-requisites
b. A student is placed on academic probation at the conclusion of of the course.
any semester in which his or her cumulative grade point average falls
below 3.00. 9. Course Numbering
Only courses carrying a number of 600 or above following the
c. Action will be initiated by the Deans office to help the student on subject prefix (e.g. GRA 611) gain postgraduate credits for the
probation to overcome his/her academic problems, and will include student completing them.
a restriction on total course load permitted in any given semester.
10. Adding or Dropping of Courses
4. Special Students a. Students may add or drop courses from their schedules without
Only persons who are eligible for admission into particular financial penalty during the first week of a course that runs for a full
programmes can enroll as special students (ie students taking semester.
courses but are not admitted to the program). Such students will be
enrolled for a maximum of one academic year only. Students who b. The last day to add a course is the last working day of the second
wish to continue beyond this period must apply for admission into week after returning students have reported.
the regular programmes.
c. Such changes are not allowed during the June-August semester
5. Student Assessment except in cases of emergency approved by the Faculty Board.
a. Continuous assessment shall be part of each students evaluation
throughout the degree programme. Tests, assignments, term papers, 11. Withdrawal
practical work, etc., will be included in the calculation of each a. If a student must, for some personal emergency, withdraw from
students final mark for a given course. a course after the deadline for routine changes has expired, he/she
may do so only as long as two-thirds (2/3) of the course has not
b. In addition to the continuous assessment, a final examination passed, but the students transcript will show his/her performance.
shall be administered at the end of each semester and the marks Withdrawals will be noted by WP (Withdrawing Passing) or WF
scored will be added to the continuous assessment in accordance (Withdrawing Failing) depending on whether the student was
with the special regulations for each degree programme. passing or failing at the time of withdrawal.
c. For each course the student is given a letter grade, which has the
following significance: b. After 2/3 of the course has passed, the student may not withdraw
from any course, unless there is a pressing personal emergency or
Marks Letter Grade Grade Point Significance illness that requires it. Then he/she must petition to the Faculty
Board to do so.
91 - 100 A 4.0
81 - 90 A- 3.7 Superior 12. Transcripts
76 - 80 B+ 3.3 All grades for course work must be recorded on the students
71 - 75 B 3.0 Average transcript and averaged into the grade point average (except those
66 - 70 B- 2.7 courses carrying no credit are not calculated into the cumulative
61 - 65 C+ 2.3 grade point average). If a student fails a course and retakes the
56 - 60 C 2.0 Below Average course, the F grade will remain on the transcript but the new grade,
55 & below F 0.0 Fail will be averaged in the grade point average in place of the old one.
A failed course can be retaken only twice.
(1) A course receiving an F grade must be repeated in order to
receive credit. 13. University Examinations
(2) Students will be allowed to repeat failed courses only twice. University examinations shall be conducted at the end of every
(3) Courses which are required but carry no credit are not used in semester over course work taught in that semester.
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14. Academic Dishonesty
In the event of an alleged examination irregularity, the same shall
be reported to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs)
who will consult with the Chairman of the Senate and make an
appropriate decision. Where the matter will require investigation,
the Senate shall appoint a committee that shall investigate the
alleged irregularity. Any person involved in the alleged irregularity
shall be required to appear before this committee.
The Chairman of the said committee shall then report the findings
and the recommendations of the committee to the Vice-Chancellor
who on behalf of the Senate shall decide what further action may
be necessary. Such action shall be reported to the Senate at its next
meeting for ratification. Such disciplinary action taken shall be in
accordance with the procedures and regulations established by the
Senate.
15. Time Limit for Degree Work
Work for the Master of Arts degree normally must be completed

within five (5) years from the time of admission into the programme.
Extensions of time may be granted by the Senate only for good
reason, upon application through the Dean, Faculty of Postgraduate
Studies. No extensions can be granted beyond seven (7) years from
the beginning of course work for the degree. A student must be fully
registered in the semester he/she plans to graduate.
16. Late Assignments and Examinations
Each faculty member is asked to state in the course outline his/her

policy concerning acceptance of late assignments and examinations
in the course. Normally, such work can be made up only for good
reasons (e.g. serious illness, death in the immediate family etc.).
IN NO CASE WILL EXAMINATIONS BE GIVEN EARLY. If
circumstances warrant, they may be given late and the student may
be charged a grade penalty and/or a late examination fee.
17. Additional Information
More information on each programme or course is found in the

complete syllabus on file in the office of the Department Head.
Core Course for MA Communication, Christian Ministries,

Counselling
BIL 615 Biblical Foundations 2
INS 612 Principles & Processes of
Communication & Culture 3*
GRW 611 Graduate Research & Writing I 2
GRW 613 Graduate Research & Writing II 2
Subtotal 9
Students who have obtained an undergraduate degree from Daystar

are exempted from INS 612 and should replace it with a second
optional course from their chosen or another concentration.
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About the MA in Christian Ministries
The MA in Christian Ministries is a two-year, 48 credit hour
programme, designed to train and equip Christian leaders for
ministries both within and beyond the church. Though many of
our students are in full -time ministry as pastors or lay leaders, a
number of students come from business, media, and administrative
contexts. Recent Christian Ministries graduates are serving as
Deans of Universitites, General Secretaries and Directors of NGOs,
Community Developers, Educators, and Counsellors, as well as
serving full-time in church or para-church ministries.
Rationale
It is the purpose of the postgraduate curriculum in Christian
Ministries to advance the Kingdom of God through training of
effective leaders for church outreach ministries of various kinds.
Building on prior training and experience of students in Bible,
theology, practical ministry of various forms, and other relevant
disciplines, the programme prepares students for effective service as
Christian leaders in church, para-church organisations, and society
at large. The programme also prepares students for further academic
training at higher levels.
MASTER OF ARTS
Special Regulations:
Student Assessment
a. In some courses, where development of skills is the objective, the
final examination and other assignments will include, or be limited
to, elements which require demonstration of the skills taught.
b. Final marks in postgraduate courses will be derived as follows,
DEGREE IN
depending on the type of course:
(1) Grades for courses that are primarily conceptual in content are
based 40% on the final examination score and 60% on combined
score for continuous assessment items.
(2) Marks for courses that are both conceptual in content and require
development of skills are derived 60% from the final examination
CHRISTIAN
and 40% from continuous assessment items.
(3) Grades for Independent Study courses and thesis are based
entirely on the final paper (and the oral examination with it, in the
case of a thesis).
Objectives
MINISTRIES
1. To equip African Christians, both clergy and lay leaders, for
ministry leadership and management, whether within the church
or society at large;
2. To equip Christian leaders with knowledge and skills to effectively
serve within the dynamics of the rural-urban field unique to the
African setting;
3. To enable Christian leaders to think theologically and critically
on issues facing the African church, society and individual
communities and Christians;
4. To prepare Christian leaders to serve in holistic ministries within
their communities, addressing spiritual, physical and social
realities.
5. To enable Christian leaders to work across ethinic and ecclesiatical
divides, to work towards reconciliation and cooperation among
the diversity within the national, regional and global Body of
Christ, towards the large purposes of Gods Kingdom, while at
the same time, appreciating uniqueness in the local church;
6. To enable Christian leaders to train others in discipleship and
leadership, to inculcate the holistic Kingdom world view
transforming the church and the society;
7. To prepare Christian leaders to engage in relevant quality research
and publication from the African context contributing to local
contextual efforts as well as to global forums.

To qualify for graduation, a student must successfully complete 48
credits including 150 hours of practicum. In addition, the student
must orally defend his/her thesis before a panel appointed by the
Dean of Postgraduate, and pass with a minimun grade of B (GPA
3.00). An error free copy of the thesis must be submitted to the
department no more than 90 days after a successful defence, and
final copies must be bound before the student will be allowed to
graduate.
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Course Requirements and now; Introduction to important tools available to assist in
Postgraduate Core Courses 9 interpreting the Bible.
Christian Ministries Core Courses 33
Electives 6 CHM 607 Practicum 3 Credits
Total 48 An assigned task for which a students courses can be applied, and to
which a students faculty and employer agree. Minimum 150 hours
Christian Ministries Core Courses with the employer, either 10 hours per week for 15 weeks during the
ANT 617 Urbanization in Africa 3 semester or 15 hours per week for 10 weeks during the blocks or in
BIL 617 Hermeneutics 3 other configurations approved by the department. Assignment must
CHM 661 Introduction to Counselling 3 require competence in areas relevant to the students course of study,
CHM 665 Evangelism and Discipleship 3 and which will enable growth in that area. Written assessment will
RET 611 Christian Theology: God & Man 3 be part of the experience. Pre-requisite: completion of 36 credits
GRA 614 Leadership Development 3 within the M.A programme.
RET 613 Christian Theology: Church & mission 3
CHM 663 Counselling young people 3 CHM 608 Seminar in Christian Ministries 3 Credits
CHM 607 Practicum 3 Course content will be defined for each offering of the course as is
CHM 698 Thesis 6 appropriate for the subject matter covered. Possible topics include
TOTAL 33 counselling substance abusers, ministry to the aging, and homiletics.
Pre-requisite depends on topic.
In addition, students must select from the following list, any two
courses of electives depending on the ministry for which the student CHM 611 Dynamics of Church Growth 3 Credits
is preparing and the availability of courses: Introduction to church growth; Foundational teachings; Church
CHM 608 Seminar in Christian Ministries 3 growth principles; Statistics and church growth; Vital signs of a
CHM 611 Dynamics of Church Growth 3 church; How to do a church survey; Setting goals; Evangelism; How
CHM 625 Curriculum Design and Development 3 to grow a church; Spiritual dynamics of growth.
CHM 662 Marriage and Family Counselling 3
CHM 664 Christian Education as a Ministry 3 CHM 625 Curriculum Design & Development 3 Credits
CHM 668 The Local Church and Community Definition of models of curriculum design at various levels,
Development 3 philosophies of educational curriculum design, andragogy vs
CHM 696 Independent Study in Ministries 3 pedagogy, models of education; Steps of curriculum development
from situational analysis, to aims, goals, instructional objectives,
selection of content, and learning experiences, evaluation strategies
Course Descriptions for curricula; curriculum implementation documentation; Principles
to be applied to students fields of interests, whether communication,
GRW 611, 613 Graduate Research & Writing I, II 2, 2 Christian education, or related fields of training others.
Credits
These courses are an introduction to attitudes, skills, and knowledge CHM 661 Introduction to Counselling 3 Credits
necessary to fulfill academic requirements for producing and Basic concepts in the theology of man: creation in Gods image, fall
evaluating postgraduate communication research and writing. and its consequences, redemption, Christian maturity; Theories of
Through the courses, students gain exposure to major steps in personality development: Piaget, Freud; Evaluation of theories of
designing, implementing, and reporting research personality development from Scripture; Lawrence Crabbs model
of counselling cultural adaptation and application; Counselling
ANT 617 Urbanization in Africa 3 Credits issues in the local church: substance abuse, depression, suicide
The biblical basis for urban studies: the Old Testament, the New and homicide, stress and burnout, marital problems and divorce,
Testament; Definitions: urban, urbanism, urbanization; The polygamy, demonization; Basic Counselling skills: listening,
urban explosion; World-wide data; Africas urbanization; History guiding, asking questions, empathy, accountability boundaries;
and trends of urbanization in Africa; Ancient cities; The impact Practice listening skills and counselling in dyads and triads: Practice,
of colonization: Muslim, European; Patterns of urbanization and discussion of practice; Support systems available locally for referral;
implications for: Christian ministry, economic and technological Counselling ethics: confidentiality, privileged information, contracts,
patterns, secularization, industrialization, housing, employment, Mental Health Act (1989).
social patterns, social networks, deviancy, migration, ethnicity,
organizations, family, youth and children; Christian strategies CHM 662 Marriage and Family Counselling 3 Credits
for the city; Ministry in the city, evangelism and church growth; Key concepts defined; Family: parental and sibling units, family
Shepherding in the city. boundaries, genogram; Family systems theory; Anatomy of the
genogram; Structural approach to family counselling; African family:
BIL 615 Biblical Foundations of Christian Service 2 Credits nuclear, extended, effects of modernity on nuclear and extended
Introduction and definition of terms: Kingdom of God; Servanthood; family; Premarital counselling issues; traditional, contemporary,
Jesus teaching on the Kingdom of God; Parables of the Kingdom; polygamy; Husband-wife relationship; Parent-child relationship;
The teaching of the early church on the Kingdom of God; Various Family and marriage: a biblical perspective.
views on the Kingdom of God; Ethics of the Kingdom; Implication
of Kingdom teaching for believers; Analysis of Christian service/ CHM 663 Counselling Young People 3 Credits
servanthood; Biblical teaching on Christian service; Christian Detailed exploration of normal development, physiologically,
service and the contemporary world; Integration of Kingdom ethics psychologically, and socially, from birth to young adulthood;
into Christian life. Selected theories of development, including: Freud, Piaget, Erickson;
Childhood and child rearing problems; Understanding adolescence;
BIL 617 Hermeneutics 3 Credits Interpersonal issues: relating to the opposite sex, Sex apart from
Definition of hermeneutics as art of science, with historical overview marriage; Sex deviations and perversion; Peers and peer pressure;
of practices of interpretation from Old Testament times to the Relating to parents; Quest for autonomy; Courtship and marriage;
present day; Basic issues of historical and cultural context, semantics, Identity issues: development of self esteem, singleness, adolescent
including denotative and connotative meanings; A survey of genres subculture(s); Special youth issues: substance abuse, delinquent
found in biblical literature with basic principles of interpreting each; behaviour, stress and depression.
Introduction to exegetical methodology using sample passages from
Old and New Testaments; Introduction to contextualization here
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CHM 664 Christian Education as a Ministry 3 Credits the church as ecumenical, missiological, academic, and pastoral;
Definition of Christian education; Theology of Christian education; evangelistic, prophetic and discipleship roles; the HolySpirit, the
Means of Christian nurture; Education in the church: the childrens ministry of teaching, healing and guidance. Spiritual reality and
ministry, the youth ministry, the adults ministry, the womens power in Africa, spiritual warfare; the priesthood of all believers,
ministry, the singles ministry, the physically challenged ministry; spiritual gifts and the mission of the church. Role and practice of
Education in para-church organizations; Christian education in sacraments; church growth related to kingdom growth; independent
schools. church movement in Africa; forms and structures of the church
as contrasted to those of para-church organization; church and
CHM 665 Evangelism and Discipleship 3 Credits contemporary politics; church and responsibility in society, the
Definition of evangelism and discipleship; Biblical basis for evangelism church and the poor; theology of suffering and healing; staffing;
and discipleship; Content of evangelism; Motives, methods and personnel administration; staff development; evaluation; decision
objectives for evangelism; Types and levels of evangelism; Difference making, conflict resolution; authority; types of power; delegation,
between evangelism and discipleship; Principles and methods of motivation; building trust; mission; team-work; issues of leading
effective discipleship; Design of an effective discipleship programme; within an African context.
Biblical model of Jesus ministry of discipleship and mandate to
make disciples; Content of discipleship.
CHM 668 Local Church & Community Development 3

Credits
Introduction and definition: community, development, church,
community work, work of the church; analysis of urban poverty,
poverty and power, the city and the city of God, systems, involvement
of both poor and rich in community development; the churchs
role: the church to the city, the church with the community, why SUGGESTED TWO-YEAR PROGRAMME
local church should be involved, supportive task of para-church,
denomination, and mission agency, standard for local ministry;
community development activity: community organization vs 1ST YEAR
community development, urban work which empowers, networking,
coalition bulding, reflecting, acting, leadership empowerment, the Semester 1 Credits Semester, II Credits
pedagogy of action and reflection, organizing and money; issues and BIL 615 2 GRW613 2
leaders: gatekeepers, caretakers, flak catchers, brokers, action and GRW 611 2 CHM 668 3
project, power analysis, confrontation; birth of a community. CHM 665 3
INS 612 3
BIL 617 3 RET 611 3
CHM 696 Independent Study in Ministries 3 Credits
Content will depend on the topic chosen and will be worked out COM 302 0(3) Total 11
in conference with the assigned lecturer for the project. Examples Total 10
of topics which might be explored are curriculum development
for non-literates, theological education by extension, church
relationships with people of a different religion, etc. Pre-requisite: June- July Blocks
Departmental approval, based on adequacy of background course ANT 611 3
work and availability of qualified instructor. CHM 661 3
Total 6
CHM 698 Thesis or Project 6 Credits
Content will depend on the topic chosen and will be worked out in
conference with the students thesis advisor.
GRA 614 Leadership Development and Management 3 Credits

Defining leadership vs. management (differentiating Christian 2ND YEAR
leadership); Introduction to and comparison and contrast of the
basic models and theories of leadership and their applications;
Semester I Credits Semester II Credits
Exposition of Clintons model of leadership in The Making of a
Leader; Spiritual giftedness, Biblical models of leadership New GRA 614 3 CHM (Elective) 3
Testament; The disciplines of leadership; The major tasks of RET 613 3 CHM (Elective) 3
leadership; Guidelines for excellence in leadership; Building trust, CHM 3 CHM 698 6
vision, teamwork, finishing well; Issues of leading in an African Prepare MA Thesis Total 12
context. Proposal and Defend (0)
Total 9
RET 611 Christian Theology: God & Man 3 Credits
Introduction to fundamental aspects of Christian theology in
contemporary Africa; Historical context of Christianity in Africa,
including the western missionary inheritance and emergent African
theology; the nature, task, sources, and methods of theology; selected
aspect of doctrine of God, Christ, creation, humanity, the fall, sin,
salvation, atonement, sanctification, individual and community,
birth, life, and death. Exploration of theology in the context of
Africa with application for ministry.
RET 613 Christian Theology: Church & Mission 3 Credits

Overview of church and church growth in Africa; a biblical
perspective of the church; relationship of the church to the kingdom
of God. Purpose and function of the church. The mission task of
church as seen in cosmic, community, and charismatic perspective;
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Rational
The MA in Communication Programme is a two-year 48 credit hour
programme designed to prepare graduates with sound theory and
professional skills for further postgraduate study in communication
and for service in the church, the media, corporate and development
establishments and the society at large. Our graduates are servng
in media houses, corporate establishments, NGOs, academic
institutions, churches and para-church organisations.
Objectives
1. To prepare students for leadership, management and service
in communication-related offices in churches, para-church
organizations, non-governmental organizations, government
agencies, corporate establishments and other societal
institutions;
2. To equip students for further postgraduate study in
communication;
3. To promote students ability to integrate their Christian faith
with the various disciplines in the field of communication;
4. To develop students ability to think critically about human
problems and to effectively strategize communication-related
solutions;
5. To equip students with advanced research and writing skills;
6. To train students to be critical consumers of communication
research and to effectively apply research findings.
MASTER OF Requirements for Graduation

M.A. in Communication students are expected to begin their M.A.
studies with basic knowledge and skills in communication. Students
accepted into the programme without sufficient undergraduate
coursework in those areas will be required to enroll in a remedial
ARTS DEGREE IN
block course (COM 592) that will take place during the first
semester. A basic knowledge of statistics is also assumed; therefore
students who have not had statistics at the undergraduate level will
be expected to take COM 302 (Statistics) during their first semester
of the M.A. study.
To qualify for graduation, a student must successfully complete
COMMUNICATION
48 credits including an oral defence of his or her thesis before a
panel appointed by the Dean of Postgraduate Studies and pass with
a minimun grade of B (GPA 3.00). An error free copy of the thesis
must be submitted to the department no more than 90 days after
a successful defence, and final copies must be bound before the
student will be allowed to graduate.

Credit Hours
Postgraduate Core Courses 9
Communication Core Courses 18
Required Courses in Concentration 18
Optional Communication Courses 3
Total 48
Remedial Communication Courses

COM 302 Statistics 0 (3)
COM 592 Exploring Mass Media 0 (3)
Communication Core Courses

COM 618/
GRA 614 Communication and Leadership 3
COM 621 Communication Theory 3
COM 624 Communication Ethics 3
COM 636 Global Communication 3
COM 698 Advanced Communication Thesis/Project 6
Subtotal 18
Students choose one of three concentrations: Corporate

Communication, Development Communication or Media Studies.
Students should follow the degree requirements for the specific
concentration they have selected.
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Corporate Communication Concentration these are offered. Examples of special topics in media studies that
Required Courses might be offered are E-Communication and Journalism or Gender,
COM 600 Corporate Communication 3 Ethnicity and Communication.
COM 639 Media Relations and Crisis Communication 3
COM 643 Advanced Public Relation Writing 3 Note: Students with a Daystar undergraduate degree will take six
COM 652 Communication and Advocacy 3 hours of optional communication courses rather than three.
COM 653 Public Relations Research 3
COM 654 Advanced Corporate Communication Mgnt 3 TOTAL 48
Subtotal 18
TWO-YEAR SUGGESTED PROGRAMME
Optional Courses (3 hours)
Students must also take three additional hours of communication 1ST YEAR
courses. These may be either courses from other concentrations, or 1st Semester 2nd Semester
special topics courses (COM 608s) on corporate communication COM 302 0 (3) COM 624 3
topics when these are offered. Examples of special topics in COM 592 0 (3) GRW 613 2
corporate communication that might be offered are Marketing for BIL 615 2 COM 618 3
Non-profits, International Relations and Diplomacy, and Risk and COM 621 3
Crisis Communication. GRW 611 2 Corporate
INS 612 3 COM 639 3
Development Communication Concentration OR COM 643 3
Required Courses COM 636
COM 652 Communication and Advocacy 3 COM 600 3 Media
COM 684 Theories of Development Communication 3 OR COM 668 3
COM 685 Theories of Health Communication 3 COM 675 3 COM 682 3
COM 686 Programme Monitoring and Evaluation 3 OR
COM 687 Risk Communication 3 COM 684 3 Development Communication
COM 692 Development Communication Campaigns 3 TOTAL 13 COM 685 3
Subtotal 18 COM 687 3
TOTAL 14
Optional Courses (3 hours)
Students must also take three additional hours of communication
courses. These may be either courses from other concentrations, or June/July Blocks
special topics courses (COM 608s) on development communication COM 608a 3
topics when these are offered. Examples of special topics in OR
development that might be offered are Epidemiology and Gender, COM 608b 3
Ethnicity, and Development OR
COM 608c 3
Media Studies Concentration TOTAL 3
Required Courses July Blocks
COM 668 Writing for Media 3 COM 608a 3
COM 669 Applied Media Research 3 OR
COM 675 Mass Media Language, Formats Aesthetics COM 608b 3
and Criticism 3 OR
COM 681 Advanced Audio and Video Production 3 COM 608c 3
COM 682 Advanced Print and Multimedia Production TOTAL 3
and Design 3
COM 683 Media Planning, Evaluation and Strategy 3
Subtotal 18
Optional Courses (3 hours) 2ND YEAR

Students must also take three additional hours of communication
courses. These may be either courses from other concentrations, or 1st Semester 2nd Semester
special topics courses (COM 608s) on media studies topics when COM 636 3 COM 698 6
OR TOTAL 6
COM XXX Credits
(Students with Daystar
undergraduate degree) 3
Corporate
COM 652 3
COM 653 3
COM 654 3
Development
COM 686 3
COM 652 3
COM 692 3
Media Studies
COM 669 3
COM 683 3
COM 681 3
TOTAL 12
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Course Descriptions COM 636 Global Communication 3 Credits
This course introduces the student to the underlying historical
GRW 611/613 Graduate Research & Writing 2/2 Credits
These courses are an introduction to attitudes, skills, and knowledge trends of global communication, the attempts to theorize global
necessary to fulfill academic requirements for producing and communication, the globalization of media industries its impact on
evaluating postgraduate communication research and writing. the world economy, politics and culture as well as the implications
Through the courses, students gain exposure to major steps in of new technologies for communication in the future.
designing, implementing, and reporting research.
COM 639 Media Relations & Crisis Communication 3 Credits
INS 612 Process And Principles of This course will develop skills in students for effectively dealing
Communication & Culture 3 Credits with the news media and create an understanding of the make up,
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic methodology and motivations for media relations efforts. Students
principles of communication and their application in messages to will learn how to assess and critique media relations to meet the
audiences and to acquaint them with key concepts and assumptions needs of their organization or client. Emphasis will be placed on
with which cultural anthropologists work. writing and interviewing for the news media in addition to methods
of preparing for and dealing with crisis communication.
COM 592 Exploring Mass Media 0(3) Credit
An introduction to the main principles, terms and process, as well COM 643 Advanced Public Relations Writing 3 Credits
as the theories of mass media. The course is a requirement for all This course provides guidance in crafting a story for the media on
M.A. students joining the M.A. programme without undergraduate behalf of an organisation, with an emphasis on strategic thinking, and
or sufficient professional background in communication. Content sharply focused writing. Attention is paid to defining clear message
covered includes: history and development of media globally, points, organizing information for clarity, and understanding
regionally and nationally; impact of media on society; uses different audiences and media. Students will learn to conceptualise
and gratification; future of media industry in Kenya; specific and execute a variety of written pieces. An introduction to research
characteristics of various print and electronic media; fundamentals and writing about and for the ever-changing new media. Prerequisite
of print and electronic media writing, production, and editing;
photography and caption writing. COM 427, COM 600 and COM 654.
COM 600 Corporate Communication 3 Credits COM 652 Communication & Advocacy 3 Credits
An introduction to the importance of corporate communication This course provides information and skills to plan, implement an
and its role and function in organizations. Topics covered in the evaluate advocacy programs, that is, to highlight important issues to
course include: theoretical foundations, historical development, decision makers in order to influence and facilitate eventful change
corporate communication practice, corporate citizenship, corporate in policy maker attitudes, practices, or policies. This course provides
identity, corporate culture, the role of corporate communication in the students with the tools to plan, implement and evaluate advocacy
propagating an organizations purpose and goals, public opinion and programmes to effectively impact society.
persuasion, developing communication policies, and public relations
ethics and professionalism. Prerequisite: COM 592 or equivalent. COM 653 Public Relations Research 3 Credits
This course is designed to equip students with the theoretical
COM 618/GRA 614 Communication & Leadership 3 Credits background and research methodology skills for successful transition
This course explores ideas in leadership, management, and to continued education or to professional employment in the
communication from a realistic and Christian framework, and to public relations field. It introduces the major theoretical traditions
apply those ideas to current communication challenges in East in public relations illustrated by specific theories, and builds on
Africa. Leadership skills addressed include problems-solving, understanding of PR research methodologies. The students will
decision-making, persuasion, negotiation, and compliance-gaining, learn to apply various theories and skills for PR research in the work
managing internet and external communication. Emphasis is on place. Topics covered will include: communication audit, opinion
active learning, personal assessment and Christian growth. polls, audience analysis, context analysis, focus groups, evaluation
of message exposure, measurement of audience awareness, attitude,
COM 621 Communication Theory 3 Credits activity, supplemental activity, web and email surveys, market
The purpose of this course is to review the development of the research.
academic study of communication, focusing on the theoretical
frameworks that have shaped the field. It studies the nature of COM 654 Advanced Corporate Communication Mgt 3 Credits
communication theories and theory development, theories of An examination of the importance of strategic corporate
meaning, information processing and influence with applications communication to the success of organizations, providing
to selected communication contexts. Attention will be directed analyses of critical challenges confronting todays communications
throughout the course to the processes of developing a theoretically- professionals in business, government and non-for-profit enterprise
based research program within a disciplinary context, conducting as well as enhancing development of communication skills to resolve
useful and significant research, and understanding the relation these challenges. Topics covered include: theoretical foundations,
between types of claims and the data and arguments used to support definition, and characteristics of strategic corporate communication;
them. Students will be invited to envision themselves as potential communication processes, principles and models; the social context
developers of original programs of communication research. of strategic communication; philosophical implications of strategy,
Content includes the history of communication studies, the broad tools and techniques used by communications practitioners;
intellectual and institutional contours of the field, issues related strategic planning, execution, and evaluation of communications;
to disciplinarity and professionalism, epistemological foundations practical and ethical dimensions of communications. Prerequisite:
of communication research, and how basic assumptions about COM 600.
knowledge shape research and theory in the field.
COM 668 Writing For Media 3 Credits
COM 624 Communication Ethics 3 Credits The course enhances students skills in writing quality professional
This course acquaints students with important ethical issues involved script for the electronic media (radio, print, television and film).
in the communication process as human beings interact with one Content covered includes principles of good writing; news writing;
another, with particular attention to the ethical problems arising style, format, script; news features and documentaries; entertainment
from the use of the mass media. Course content includes: definition programmes; music shows, variety show, radio magazines, radio
of ethics; components of ethical systems; bases for ethical judgment: drama, analysis and critique of radio and television drama; childrens
legal constraints on the mass media; laws concerning defamation, programmes, womens programmes, writing for the Christian world,
libel and slander; copyright law; registration of publications; ethics and social responsibility of journalism and media.
systems of media law; constitutional guarantees; Christianity and
communication ethics.
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COM 669 Applied Media Research 3 Credits COM 684 Theories of Devt Communication 3 Credits
The course equips the student with knowledge and skills in applied An introduction to use of communication and information systems
media research. Topics explored include: application of mass and processes to promote national and regional development,
media theories to research, formative research for programme to support specific development projects, and to facilitate social
design, production, and pre-testing; audience research; uses and change. By the end of the course, students should have developed
gratification, audience dynamics, analysis of programme design; through exposure to a variety of approaches the flexibility to
research for public communication; public opinion research; market critically adapt to specific social, political, cultural, and economic
research; research skills on media effects; research for programme realities. Topics covered include: definition, history, and philosophy
rating, viewership, listenership and readership. of development; theories of development; definition and concept
of development communication; development communication
COM 675 Mass Media Language, Formats, theories; development communication study as a multi-disciplinary
Aesthetics & Criticism 3 Credits field; strategies in communication for development; participatory
The course helps the student to explore the history of various media, development; perspectives on participation in development; nature
and how content interacts with each to form a message. Content of aid agencies; debates on information flow and new technologies,
covered in the course includes history of media aesthetics, media diffusion theory and practice; social marketing; entertainment
language and formats; media appreciation; criticism of media and education/infotainment; indigenous communication and folk
society; art for arts sake, technical and artistic critique; working media; meanings of third world. Prerequisite: COM 592 or
and implications of digital technology. Prerequisite: COM 592 or equivalent.
equivalent.
COM 685 Theories of Health Communication 3
COM 681 Advanced Audio & Video Production 3 Credits Credits
This course explores the aesthetics of picture and sound through An introduction to theories and research about the role that
studying the design and creation of video, audio, graphic and communication plays in health behavior change programs. The first
narrative content. The visual portion will include such topics as: half of the course focuses on behavioural change theories. The second
the color of light, sound in its environments, color schemes, the half of the course covers research on specific topics relevant to health
emotions of color, theories of editing, aesthetics of lighting and the communication. Topics covered include: entertainment education,
aesthetics of composition; use of the camera to tell a story; explore multicultural audiences, the relationship of health communication
the way the camera uses color, depth of field, exposure, movement, theory to general communication theory, community-based health
angles and composition to express deeper message meaning. The care organizations, health and daily interpersonal communication,
audio portion studies advanced recording and mixing techniques for health literacy, patient provider communication, popular media and
voice, music, sound effects and silence while focusing on the quality health, , the role of faith-based organizations in health and health
of emotions and messages it produced. The students will evaluate communication, and health communication ethics. Prerequisite:
both audio and video production but will spend considerable time COM 684.
in the practice of production.
COM 686 Programme Evaluation & Monitoring 3 Credits
COM 682 Advanced Print & An introduction to issues and strategies for monitoring and
Multimedia Production & Design 3 Credits evaluating development programs in a variety of settings. The
This is a practical course designed to sharpen the student reporting, course establishes a framework, rationale, and the basic concepts
writing, editing, publishing and design skills in print media. essential to planning, designing, and conducting an evaluation of
development and health programming at various stages. Content
Content covered includes: advanced reporting and writing of news; includes: background and significance of programme evaluation and
designing and writing online news; fundamentals and principles of monitoring; programme conceptualization and design; programme
page design; typography; fundamentals of jacket design; computer coverage and delivery; participatory planning and evaluation;
editing of text; and the editor-writer relationship. Students will planning an evaluation; internal, construct, and external validity;
spend considerable time in practical work of designing, writing and impact evaluation; formative evaluation; process evaluation; cost
editing using the appropriate computer software. evaluation; the evaluation report; critiquing evaluation proposals;
and needs assessment. Prerequisites: GRW 611, GRW 613.
COM 683 Media Mgt, Planning & Evaluation 3 Credits
A capstone course that highlights and analyses the field of management COM 687 Risk Communication 3 Credits
within the print and electronic media industry. The course aims at An examination of theory and research related to communication
developing and sharpening skills in media management. Content of scientific information about environmental, agricultural, food,
includes: management philosophy and principles, management of health, and nutritional risks. Course concentrates on social theories
media institutions; radio, television, cable, print and the Internet; related to risk perception and behavior. Case studies involving waste
management of not-for-profit and for-profit media entities; media management, water quality, environmental hazards, and/or personal
ownership and control, resource management and mobilization, health behaviors are examined. Topics covered include: defining
audience management, media policy regulations and ethics; planning, risk; situating risk communication in the field of risk studies;
promotions, sales and advertising; management of convergent media psychological aspects of risk; risk assessment; trust and credibility
and the future of media management; strategic management skills, as related to risk perception; media coverage and risk; sociological
and evaluation of media performance.. Prerequisite: COM 668. aspects of risk; strategies for risk communication; stakeholder
involvement in risk communication. Prerequisite: COM 684.
COM 692 Development Communication Campaigns 3 Credits

A critical and practical examination of what does and does not work
with development campaigns. Blending theory and practice, the
course encourages thoughtful criticism of past campaigns based on
solid theoretical ideas and the subsequent development of worthwhile
applications. Students are expected to apply theories by creating a
mini-campaign on the development issue of their choice. Topics
covered include: history of campaigns; free and paid modalities;
application of social marketing, risk communication, edutainment,
and media advocacy to campaigns; assessing campaign effectiveness;
planning models for communication campaigns, ethical issues in
campaigns planning and implementation. Prerequisites: COM 684,
COM 685.
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Master of Arts with Major in Counseling
Psychology
Rationale
The MA in Counseling Psychology is a two year, 48 credit hour
programme, designed to equip Christian professional counselors
who will be well grounded in Christian spirituality (theology),
psychological principles, and African cultural perspectives.
The Counseling psychology programme requires more than sincere
intentions and humanitarian concern. It will try to understand and
adequately address the human psycho-social-spiritual needs and
issues. It will do this by incorporating integration on a number
of levels of psychology, Christian and African worldviews; ethical
and multi-cultural concerns through the use of all-round trained
Christian counselor-lecturers. Training will enable students to handle
clients become whole persons: spiritually, emotionally, socially,
intellectually and physically; enabling them to grow personally
and professionally as they critically look at their spiritual, social,
emotional, intellectual and physical life.
Objectives
The Objectives for the M.A. in Counseling Psychology are to:
MASTER OF ARTS
1. prepare students academically and professionally to counsel
effectively and ethically.
2. provide advanced training in experimental design and data
analysis so that students may conduct research in psychology.
3. equip students to be knowledgeable consumers of research
literature.
DEGREE IN
4. provide opportunities for advanced study and practice in
counseling methods with clinical populations of interest to the
student.
5. promote students ability to integrate psychology with Christianity
and with multi-cultural issues.
6. develop students ability to think critically about human problems
and solutions.
COUNSELLING
7. instill in students a desire for life-long learning through continued
study and through informal academic/professional pursuits.
8. prepare women and men to assume leadership roles, especially in
Africa, with the aim of reducing human suffering and promoting
psychological well-being.
9. improve students ability to communicate clearly both orally and
PSYCHOLOGY
in writing, to professionals and to lay persons about psychological
matters.
10. integrate throughout the course content, discussion, and
practical experiences relevant to psychological knowledge, Christian
principles and African perspectives.
Special Regulations
Student Assessment
The guidelines for assessment which apply to all MA programmes are
the standard. It is noted that in the MA in Counseling Psychology
programme, the practicum/internship will be assessed as follows:
30% from students written reports of experience at the internship
site, 10% from students proposal, 10% from students journal, 20%
from the site supervisors written reports and evaluations, 30% from
the Daystars seminars and faculty supervisors evaluations.
Students will periodically be evaluated by faculty on a number of

dimensions related to personal readiness to engage in the professional
practice of counseling psychology. Daystar University recognizes
that it has responsibility to graduate only those students who exhibit
the ability to practice counseling psychology independently with the
highest degree of professional/ ethical standards.

The MA in Counseling Psychology consists of 48 semester credits
in specified coursework, which includes a 500-hour practicum/
internship. Optional electives are available but must be taken over
and above the specified 48 credits.
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Students must do an internship. and AIDS home-based care; church and community care; new
Students must provide verification from a professional counselor trends in understanding and dealing with HIV and AIDS; VCT.
that he/she has completed a minimum of 25 sessions of personal
psychotherapy. The student must also submit a report of what has been PSY 640 Personality Theories 2 Credits
gained from the experience of personal counseling/psychotherapy, Overview of personality of theory; Research and methodology issues
including lessons learned, difficulties faced, and overall evaluation of in personality theory; Psychodynamic theory: Sigmund Freud, Carl G.
the process of the personal counseling/psychotherapy experience. Jung, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Erich Fromm,; Phenomenological
Students will periodically be evaluated by faculty on a number of theory: Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow; Behavioral and Learning
dimensions related to personal readiness to engage in the professional theory: B.F. Skinner, J.B. Watson, Ivan Pavlov, Albert Bandura,
practice of counseling psychology. Jullian Rotter, Albert Ellis; Cognitive - Behavior theory: George Kelly;
Interpersonal theory: Harry S. Sullivan, Jean Piaget; Dispositional
NB. theory: Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattel; a non-Western Approach.
All students whose undergraduate degree is not in psychology will
be required to have done PSY 211 Human Development before PSY 641 Theories of Counseling 2 Credits
commencing their MA in counseling programme or to do it during Overview of counseling theories; Creating a personal
the first or the second semesters of the programme. Those who have philosophy of counseling; Research and methodology issues
psychology degree or have done this course on the undergraduate in counseling; The counseling relationship and the issue of
level are exempted from doing it. effectiveness; Client and therapist variables affecting effectiveness;
effectiveness of psychodynamic and brief therapies; critique of
Common Courses Credit Hours psychoanalytic model of counseling; Feminist approaches and
BIL 615 Biblical Foundations ofChristian Service 2 cross-cultural issues; Transference and counter-transference
GRW 611 Graduate Research and Writing 2 issues in counseling: Boundary issues, touch and physical
GRW 613 Graduate Research and Writing 2 contact in counseling; Therapist self-disclosure and the ethics
INS 612 Principles and Processes of Communication of sharing Christian values (faith); Gestalt model of counseling.
and Culture 3
GRA 614 Leadership Development and management 3 PSY 642 Additions and Their Interventions 3 Credits
COM 302 Statistics 0(3) Addiction diagnosis, treatment, research and theory; co-
PSY 211 Human Development 0(3) dependency diagnosis, treatment, theory and research; Christians
TOTAL 12 and addictive disorders; African and addictive disorders; Substance
abuse involving alcohol, marijuana, prescription medication,
Required courses for MA Counseling Psychology Major amphetamines, benzodiazepines (addiction), nicotine, cocaine,
PSY 608 Special Topics in Psychology 2 opiods, hallucinogens, sedatives, khat, hypnotics, gasoline, glue
PSY 640 Theories of Counseling 2 and paint ( the behavioral impulse control disorders, such as
PSY 641 Personality Theories 2 rage gambling and sex addiction, eating disorders; common
PSY 642 Addictions, Interventions And Psychopharmacology 3 co-morbid disorders, such as depression, post-traumatic stress
PSY 643 Counseling Fundamentals and Micro-skills 3 disorders; treatment models, such as AA, harm reduction,
PSY 644 Family Systems and Marital Therapy 2 abstinence, inpatient, residential outpatient group, family, and
PSY 646 Group Processes 2 individual therapies; case reviews; program visits and participation.
PSY 650 Psychopathology 3
PSY 651 Neuropsychology 3 PSY 643 Counseling Fundamentals and Micro-skills 3 credits
PSY 656 Psychological Assessment 1(Career and Intelligence Introduction to counseling; the counselor as a person; general
Assessment) 2 counseling models; introduction to ethical issues; art of constructive
PSY 657 Psychological Assessment 11 (Personality and feedback; diversity issues in counseling; rapport and structuring:
Psychopathology Assessment, report writing and Treatment attending behavior, observational counseling and active partnership;
planning) 2 clarifying clients present scenario; clarifying core concerns and assets;
PSY 662 Professional Issues and Ethics 2 basic listening sequences; encouraging, paraphrasing, summarizing,
PSY 671 Integration of Psychology, Christian (Biblical) and reflecting and feeling and positive asset search. establishing
AfricanWorldviews 2 therapeutic contact: goal setting, best fit strategies and agreeing
PSY 697 Practicum and Seminars 6 on counseling plan; implementing counseling plan: evaluation and
modification; termination and follow-up; skills of integration and
TOTAL 36 personal style including and African therapeutic skills, such as story-
telling, myths.
Electives
PSY 696 Independent Studies 3 PSY 644 Family Systems and Marital Therapy 2 credits
PSY 698 Thesis 6 Introduction and definitions; key family theorists: Minuchin,
Bowen, Whitaker, Satir, and others; general systems theory and how
Course Descriptions it applies to family systems; Family relationship and communication
PSY 608 Special Topics in Psychology 2 Credits patterns; Multigenerational patterns; Genograms and sculpting;
Effective parenting /family violence and child therapy; human Cultural (especially African) considerations in family theory
sexuality and sexual therapies -virginity in the African context; issues of and therapy: polygamy, monogamy, parenting; Rites of passage:
aging and gerontology (GERIATRICS); loss and grief; gender issues; conception, birth, naming, initiation, family structure: nuclear and
adolescence and adolescent therapy; psychological issues of orphaned/ extended, marriage and death rites; Christian family and marriage:
adopted children; crisis intervention; psychological issues in HIV definitions and conceptions (meanings); Biblical marriage; role
and AIDS; mental health in specials situations: care and counseling relationship: communication, gender and sexuality, unfaithfulness,
in refugee camps; support of pastors; missionaries and their families. adultery; sexual problems and marriage: impotence and infertility,
premature ejaculation, family planning, sex and HIV positive
PSY 608A HIV and AIDS Counseling 2 Credits partner(s)
Introduction; definitions of terms; facts about HIV and AIDS;
human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases (infections); PSY 646 Group Processes 2 credits
impact of HIV and AIDS on family income, population, education, History of group therapy; theoretical approaches to group therapy;
health, employment, and economy; women, children and HIV curative factors and limitations of group therapy; group therapist
and AIDS; mother-child-transmission and prevention; HIV and characteristics; Group therapy techniques; group formation: screening
AIDS management and prevention, treatment and control; HIV and selection of members; ground rules; group development:
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conflict, power, coalitions, cohesiveness; african community support PSY 697 Practicum and Seminars 6 credits
system; dynamics of african social groups; special issues in group Students are responsible for acquiring their own practicum sites,
therapy: termination issues; ethical issues in group therapy. which meet the minimum requirements of the Daystar graduate
programme. They will be guided and encouraged in that process by
PSY 650 Pschopathology 3 credits the faculty. Students will average 20 hours per week at the site over
Course introduction: ethical, political, and economic considerations the course of the school year from August to May, for a minimum
in diagnosis; validity and reliability of diagnostic categories; overview total of 500 hours combined. Students will be required to receive
of DSM-1V: Multiaxial assessment and emerging diagnostic at least one hour per week of individual supervision from their
categories; clinical disorders and their pharmacological treatment on-site supervisor. About half of the students hours should be in
(addiction): mood disorders, anxiety disorders, thought disorders; direct clinical service, with the remaining hours dedicated to staff
interface between mental and medical conditions; eating disorders, meetings, supervision, consultation with staff, and other training
sexual disorders, personality disorders, childhood disorders, substance activities. The site and supervisor must be approved by Daystar
abuse disorders; Christian and African understanding of mental and meet qualification standards established by the Daystar M.A.
disorders: witchcraft, demonology, exorcism; holistic understanding programme.
of psychopathology psychologically, physiologically, socially,
culturally, and spiritually. Overview of issues surrounding Christian and African Counseling:
What does it mean to be psychologically healthy? Spiritually
PSY 651 Neuropsychology 3 credits healthy? Are they related? Inner healing: Healing of memories;
Introduction to the field of neuropsychology: neuron structure and Steps to freedom, Prayers, offerings, sacrifices and use of scripture
function and synaptic transmission. Neuropsychopharmacology: in counselling. Spiritual abuse; Misbelief therapy; Nouthetic
basics of neuropsychopharmacology principles of drug action Counselling. Hypnotherapy; Sin, evil, forgiveness, and redemption;
and their adverse side effects. System organization: neurological Case presentations weekly. Prerequisite: All counseling concentration
assessment and brain development. Visual perception: other sensory courses.
systems. States of consciousness: motivation and sexual behavior;
emotions: learning and memory; cognitive disorders; literalization
and language; disorders of language and brain damage. African
medicine: herbs, antipsychotic drugs, anti-anxiety drugs, anti-
depressant drugs and ECT (shock therapies).
PSY 656 Psychological Assessment 1 (Career & Intelligence Asses

sment) 2 credits
Philosophy and history of psychological assessment: Issues in
administering surveys and tests; norms, reliability, and validity in
assessment; cross-cultural issues: Issues arising from psychological
testing; report writing; interest inventories; aptitude measures; SUGGESTED TWO-TYEAR PROGRAMME
intelligence testing; achievement testing; organicity testing and
social maturity; future of assessment. Year I
PSY 657 Psychological Assessment 11 (Personality GRW 613 2
BIL 615 2
psychopathology Assessment, Report Writing & Treatment GRA 614 3
Planning) 2 credits GRW 611 2
INS 612 3 PSY 211 0(3)
Course introduction and Overview: Diagnostic Interviewing; Mental
COM 302 0(3) PSY 640 2
status exam; MMP-2; Theory, Administration, Interpretation, and
report writing; MCMI-3, Beck Depression Inventory: BVGT, SCL- PSY 641 2 PSY 650 3
R-90: Theory, administration, interpretation and report writing; PSY 643 3 PSY 656 2
Projective Testing: theory, administration, interpretation and report Total 12 Total 12
writing; Integrating Assessment Data: Considerations of testing
in the future and limitation, especially cultural bias of assessment
instruments. Year II
PSY 662 Professional Issues and Ethics 2 credits PSY 671 2
PSY 651 3
Introduction to African code of conduct: Ethical, legal, and
PSY 646 2 PSY 697 6
professional issues; Client rights: Confidentiality; professional
responsibility: duty to warn; counselor as a person; professional PSY 657 2 PSY 698 (Optional) 3
abuses and liabilities; values and controversial issues; christian PSY 698 (optinal) 3 Total 8 or 11
values, competence, training, certification, ethics in research, testing Total 7 or 10
and diagnosis, suicide and right to die; multicultural concerns;
boundary issues, especially dual role relationship; supervision and
consultation; child, marriage and family issues; group counseling/
therapy issues; community issues; recognizing burnout issues; sssues June Block July Block
of termination. PSY 642 3 PSY 608 A 2
PSY 644 2 PSY 662 2
PSY 671 Integration of Psychology, Christian (Biblical) and Total 4
Total 5
African Worldviews 2 credits
Definition of worldview, and specifically, a Christian worldview
and an African worldview; the Kingdom of God and an individual:
spiritual maturity; African spirit world; models of integrating
psychology, Christianity and African world view; a Biblical
understanding of the nature of persons, sin, evil, demonology, and
spiritual warfare with implications for counseling psychology; The
role of personal faith in professional life; the process of healing.
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Rationale
The 21st century organizations operate within an increasingly intricate
framework of interrelated environments, with disparate stakeholders
whose expectations of business include profit maximization, public
policy compliance, and ethical responsibility.
The Daystar Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree is

a broad-based, internationally oriented programme that aims at
providing advanced skills in selected business and management
disciplines including practical exposure in the application of those
skills in a contextualized perspective.
The program also aims at giving opportunity to working executives

aiming at high standards of attainment so as to be able to
understand the organizational work environment and to enhance
their ability to contribute positively to the organizational welfare
and development.
The course will also benefit those students completing first degrees and
intending to take careers in private, public and other organizations
MASTER OF
in the areas of finance, marketing, business management and human
resource management.
Objectives
1. To enable the student to acquire advanced knowledge in such
areas as finance; accounting; marketing; economics; social and
BUSINESS
ethical issues in management; investment; humanresource
management and other business disciplines;
2. To equip the student with knowledge and skills needed for playing
an effective role in the running of organizations in this age of
diversity and change;
ADMINISTRATION 3. To enable the student to learn how to obtain knowledge they will
need to keep abreast with new developments in the ever changing
and competitive global environment.
4. To assist the student to understand the need for economic
(MBA)
interdependence between the various countries in the world
today.
5. To enable the student to understand the realities of global

economic problems and to acquire skills that will enable them
to play an important role in their organizations efforts to cope
with the problems.
6. To provide opportunity for the student to exchange knowledge

with students from other countries.
7. To provide the student with opportunity to learn to be creative

and innovative managers by gaining knowledge about what
creative and innovative managers are doing in the local and
international business scene.
8. To enable students to adopt firm Christian values and ethics that

will enable them to contribute to the building of a just society
within the organizations, in the countries, and in the world as a
whole.
9. To provide the student with opportunity to learn to be a manager

with an international outlook by studying such subjects as general
management, advanced international management, advanced
international marketing and international finance.
10. To enable the student to learn to be a socially responsive manager

who has a desire to respond positively to the social, economic
and environmental problems in the world, both in the role of
executive, and as volunteer workers, giving assistance to the
under-privileged, the suffering and those who assist in the effort
to eliminate poverty and improve peoples standards of living.
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Students Assessment MBA Strategic Management Concentration
Course grades for the MBA program generally are derived 70% from Concentration Requirements 16 (or 18) Credit Hours
the final examination and 30% from continuous assessment items, BUS 620 Integrative (4hrs) Project or Thesis 4 or 6
except for Research Projects or Thesis courses and Independent MGT 612Strategic Policy Management 3
Study. Thesis or Projects will be based 90% on final paper and 10% MGT 614 Mgt Design and Organisation Transformation 3
on continuous assessment items. However, for most courses the MGT 617 Strategic Management Seminar 3
relative weight might vary from course to course depending on its MGT 618 Organisation Leadership & Mgt 3
nature and would be specified in the course syllabi by respective
course instructors. MBA - Human Resource Management Comcentration
Concentration Requirements 16 (or 18) Credit Hours
Grading BUS 620 Integrative Project (4 hrs) or Thesis 4 or 6
All grades below C (including grade of C-) will carry no graduate HRM 611 Human Resource Management Strategy 3
credit and will be calculated as zero grade points. HRM 612 Managing Behavior 3
HRM 613 Employee Motivation and Productivity 3
A GPA of 3.00 must be maintained by graduate students to retain HRM 617 Human Resource Management Seminar 3
good academic standing and graduate. Undergraduate courses taken
as prerequisites or for other reasons are not calculated in the GPA MBA - Elective Courses
for determining good standing, nor do they receive graduate credit Course Title Credit
towards the degrees. Hours
BUS 612 Special Topics 3
Requirements For Graduation BUS 613 Independent Study 3
To graduate a student must complete 58 (or 60) credit hours and BUS 614 Business Logistics and Management 3
obtain a GPA of B average in all subjects studied. A student who ECO 611 Monetary Economics 3
fails in a required course cannot graduate unless the deficiency is ECO 612 Gender and Economic Development 3
corrected. He/she will be allowed to repeat the course only once. FIN 616 Corporate Finance 3
HRM 614 Compensation and Employee Benefits 3
Curriculum For The MBA Degree HRM 615 Public Relations for Managers 3
The MBA program consists of four specialized concentrations. The INS 610 Christian Mission and Economic Justice 3
program is arranged in three parts: the core or required courses INS 700 Christian Mission and Social Transformation 3
(compulsory for all students), the concentration requirements and MAK 615 Marketing Financial Services 3
the general electives parts. Students with business background will MAK 614 Advertising Production and Consumption 3
be exempted from the course BUS 530. MAK 616 Marketing Research 3
MGT 615 Management of Non-Business Organizations 3
Core Courses 42 Credit Hours
Course code Course Title Credit Hours
BIL 615 Biblical Foundations of Christian Service 2
BUS 530 Introduction to MBA 0(3)
BUS 610 Business Research Methods 3
BUS 611 Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility 3
ECO 610 Managerial Economics 3
FIN 610 Financial Accounting Theory 3
FIN 611 Financial Management and Control 3
FIN 612 Managerial Accounting 3
GRA 613 Introduction to Postgraduate Studies 1
HRM 610 Human Resource Management 3
MAK 610 Marketing Management 3
MAT 610 Quantitative Techniques 3
MAT 611 Operations Research 3
MGT 610 Cross Cultural Management 3
MGT 611 Strategic Management & Innovation 3
MIS 610 Management Information Systems (MIS) 3
Total 42
MBA - Finance Concentration

Concentration Requirements 16 (or 18) Credit Hours
BUS 620 Integrative Project (4hrs) or Thesis 4 or 6
FIN 613 Financial Analysis and Reporting 3
FIN 614 International Financial Management 3
FIN 615 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management 3
FIN 617 Finance Seminar 3
MBA Marketing Concentration

Concentration Requirements 16 (or 18)
BUS 620 Integrative Project (4hrs) or Thesis 4 or 6
MAK 611 Marketing Strategy and Management 3
MAK 612 Consumer Behavior 3
MAK 613 Global Marketing 3
MAK 617 Marketing Seminar 3

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Course Descriptions Early in the second semester the MBA Coordinator will circulate
a list of possible supervisors and their areas of interest. Students
BUS 530 Introduction to MBA 0(3) Credits should then approach two appropriate supervisors to discuss their
Introduction; collection, presentation, organization of data; proposals. Students wishing to undertake a project within a firm
measures of central tendency; measures of dispersion; correlation; are responsible for organizing their own placements. However, the
probability analysis; matrices; calculus. Introduction to accounting, Postgraduate Office will have a file of possible leads from companies
double entry bookkeeping; the accounting equation and the balance and other organizations.
sheet; double entry for income and expenses, balancing off accounts,
final accounts for sole traders. ECO 610 Managerial Economics 3 Credits
Introduction: Factors influencing managerial decisions; scope of
BUS 610 Business Research Methods 3 Credits managerial economics. Demand analysis; theory of production;
Problem selection and formulation; Writing proposals that work; the laws of return; returns to scale; proportional change in inputs;
Project definition; Research objectives and design; Sampling; economies of sale: internal and external; optimal input combination;
Questionnaire design; Fieldwork; Using the Statistical Package for cost concepts; optimum size and long run cost curves; break-even
Social Sciences (SPSS), Data analysis using both quantitative and analysis; pricing and market structure: monopoly, monopolistic,
qualitative approaches. Thesis writing; Reporting results. competition; oligopoly.
BUS 611 Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility 3 Credits ECO 611 Monetary Economics 3 Credits
Introduction to sources of law Kenya and the East African Definition of money and banking; d0epositing institutions; central
Community (EAC); The legal system in Kenya; the law of persons, banks of independent states; bonds, interest rates, discounting;
law of torts, law of contracts; legal principle on partnership and commercial banks; private, state and joint stock banks; financial
corporations; protection of business secrets; company law - company markets with a view to their impact on the national and world
act, property law, protection of business secrets; introduction to ethics economy; monetary theory and policy; the functioning of banks
concepts; businessmens attitudes towards ethical issues; some ethical and other financial institutions; financial deregulation; money and
problem areas in business organizations; protecting consumers, capital markets; simple share valuation relationships;iInterest rates
shareholders, employees, and the environment; Christian influence and foreign exchange rates; international finance and economy;
in ethical decisions making in business; the gospel, business and the third world debt problems, aid financing and debt servicing.
state.
ECO 612 Women in Economic Development 3 Credits
BUS 612 Special Topic 3 Credits Introduction: concepts for the analysis of women; reproductive
Course content will vary according to the subject. The instructor versus production; the subordination of womens female and
will define the content for each course. Possible topics include: Africa nutrition; theories of women in development; women in the rural
development policy, African business development, development areas; the economies of polygamy: status of younger wives, work
consulting, development of cooperatives, strategies for inner city input and women status, influence of caste on womens work and
ministry, housing in community and economic development, wages; the impact of agricultural modernization on the employment
restructuring, decontrol of prices, past present and future role of the of women; urban women and development; women in a mans
stock exchange, etc. world; why employers prefer male workers to female, urban job
opportunities for women; the design of education; the new home
BUS 613 Independent Study 3 Credits economics; economics and intra-household relationship; policy
The student will discuss the topic chosen with the lecturer responsible implications; practical strategic needs; aim at how to improve the
for the subject. The lecturer will make suggestions to ensure that current rates of return on investment in women and female children;
sufficient ground will be covered. The lecturer will give a list of practical gender needs; protection of entitlement; changing rights
textbooks, newspapers and magazines to the student. He will set to land and common property resources; access to credit; gaining
questions each week and discuss answers with the student. equal opportunities to employment and equal wages, empowering
women.
BUS 614 Business Logistics Management 3 Credits
The role of logistics in the economy and the organization; FIN 610 Financial Accounting Theory 3 Credits
customer service; logistics information systems; inventory concepts; Accounting theory: Objectives of financial statements, user groups,
inventory management; management materials flow transportation; and desirable characteristics of accounting reports, fundamental
warehousing; materials handling, computerization, and packaging accounting concepts-I.A.S.I presentation of financial statements;
issues; purchasing; global logistics; organizing for effective logistics; the Companies Act: legal framework, requirements of the Act
methods to control logistics performance; supply chain management; in reporting. Regulatory framework: accounting standards
implementing logistics strategy. committee, standards setting process, standardization; international
accounting standards-an overview of all international accounting
BUS 620 MBA Thesis or Project 6 Credits standards; cooperate governance; published accounts and annual
The third and final part of the MBA degree, is the preparation of reports including income statements, balance sheet and cash flow,
a thesis or a project that should commence after the two taught statements based on I.A.S.7, I.A.S.1; Valuation of tangible and
semesters. Thesis is more theory-based and often involves testing of intangible assents I.A.S.38, IAS 36 and 16; Preparation of important
hypothesis while projects are focused more on providing solution(s) financial statements from various accounts books. Ratio analysis;
to practical problems in a firm or outside a firm. Students are introduction to auditing; environmental accounting and auditing;
encouraged to think about their topics from early in the second introduction forensic accounting; creative accounting.
semester so that they can begin work immediately the examination
results are available. Most students might find that the thesis or FIN 611 Financial Management & Control 3 Credits
project represents three to four months of full-time work. The role and environment of financial management; agency theory;
sources of finance and financial markets; risk and return; capital
Projects are of an academic nature fulfilling the requirements of investment appraisal; valuation of securities; cost of capital; capital
thesis writing i.e. they should include chapter 1, 2 and 3 similar to structure; managing working capital, dividend policies and theories,
that of a thesis, with slight variation to suit the nature of the project. mergers and acquisitions.
Instead of Chapter 5 and 6 which traditionally have data analysis
and interpretation, the project should be a creative solution to a FIN 612 Managerial Accounting 3 Credits
particular well-documented problem. Evolution of management accounting; user decision models;
information economics and its relation to management accounting;
the nature of managerial decisions; short-term planning decisions;
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basic C-V-P analysis, C-V-P under uncertainty, real risks analysis employee benefits. Developing human resources: training, employee
with multiple products, selection of product mix, analysis of special development, and career management. Increasing the effectiveness
orders; performance evaluation decisions; cost-variance investigation of human resource practices through technology.
models; materiality significance, statistical significance, and control
charts, cost-benefit investigations. Inventory control decisions; HRM 611 Human Resource Management Strategy 3 Credits
stock replenishment models; strategic and tactical decisions; and Corporate and Business Strategy; the Academic debate on human
Game theory. Transfer pricing in domestic and multi-national resource management; The changing business environment; The
organizations; performance evaluation in domestic and multi- contribution of HRM to business strategy: the planning process,
national organizations; strategic management accounting issues philosophies and policies; Organization structure and the human
resource function; Human resource management models and roles
FIN 613 Financial Analysis & Reporting 3 Credits
Overview of financial reporting, financial analysis, and valuation; HRM 612 Managing Behaviour 3 Credits
asset and liability valuation and income measurement; income flows Fundamentals of organizational behavior; Working with people,
versus cash flows; profitability analysis; risk analysis; bankruptcy Historical developments of organizational behavior; Fundamental
risk; financial reporting manipulation risk; quality of accounting concepts; Organizational climate and models of behavior and social
information and adjustments; accounting for effects of changing systems; Motivation and reward systems; Mainsprings of motivation,
prices; accounting for investments and business combinations; Motivating employees, Job satisfaction; Organizational change;
reconstruction of companies; valuation of business and shares; Leadership, Employee participation, Interpersonal dynamics,
different methods; financial analysis. Group dynamics, and managing change. Conflict management;
Organization and social environment; Communication and
FIN 614 International Financial Management 3 Credits counseling, Employee communication, Communication
International trade concepts; foreign currency accounts; relationships, Employee stress and counseling
international monetary agreements and institutions; international
trade finance; players in international trade finance; international HRM 613 Employee Motivation & Productivity 3 Credits
cash management; financial control in multi-national enterprises; Introduction: The motivation process; Motivation theories; Intrinsic
financial policy in multi-national enterprises. Capital budgeting for and extrinsic motivation; The relationship between motivation
multinationals; capital structure of multinationals. and performance; The Nature of work: the psychological contract;
Motivational models for developing countries; Bases of work;
FIN 615 Investment Analysis & Motivation in developing countries; Designing work in developing
Portfolio Management 3 Credits countries; The issue of culture fit; Reward management: Employee
Introduction to investment; an overview of investment, differences benefits, pensions and allowances; The management of compensation
between investments, savings and speculation, risk and returns, and Welfare services; Involvement and participation management;
types of investments: fixed and variable return securities, shares and Work alienation.
debentures, government securities, real estates, certificate of deposit,
investment in building societies and other kinds of investments. HRM 614 Compensation & Employee Benefits 3 Credits
Security markets; securities commissions, capital markets, stock Economic and psychological foundations related to compensation.
exchange operations, i.e. organization, members and dealings of Job analysis: job description, job specification and person
the stock exchange, listing requirements, regulation of the stock specification. Administration of salaries and wages; Distinguish,
exchange e.g. the capital market authority and retirement benefits factors influencing wage rates wage and salary policy; Objectives of
authority acts. Security analysis; valuation of securities, fundamental a sound policy; Wage structure, salary structure, creating scales from
analysis, technical analysis and random walk analysis. Portfolio job evaluation results; Discretional increments, overtime payments;
management; portfolio risk and return, efficient market hypothesis: Salary planning, wage salary surveys, international comparison of
forms and tests, portfolio construction models, capital asset pricing salaries. Pay related benefits, total benefits package; Conditions
model, arbitrage pricing theory, need for and problems of portfolio of service; Hours of work, holidays, shift working, Sickness pay,
revision. Introduction to derivatives; financial futures, options and pension schemes, and welfare policies. Pricing and updating
warrants. performance appraisals; Incentives management; Administration of
fringe benefits.
FIN 616 Corporate Finance 3 Credits
Corporate governance and investor protection; portfolio theory; the HRM 615 Public Relations for Managers 3 Credits
capital asset pricing model; capital budgeting under uncertainty; Nature of Public Relations; Origin and development of Public
cost of capital; gearing and corporate valuation; dividend policy; Relations function, The concept of publics, responsibility of the
mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and Sorporate control. Public Relations function, Theoretical underpinnings. Need for
Public Relations; Public Relations management process; Experiences
FIN 617 Finance Seminar 3 Credits of managing the PR activities in Kenya; Strategic planning and
Overview of financial management-concept of value; capital organizing the Public Relations function; Social and ethical issues
market efficiency; Market risk return relationship and valuation in Public Relations; Social responsibility and the PR function;
of risky assets-CAPM and APT; capital structure and the cost of Communication in Public Relations; Leading and control in Public
capital; portfolio selection decision; dividend policy decision; Relations; Managers as leaders of PR activities; Evaluating the PR
theory of the firm-agency theory; financial strategy and analysis-the Function; Interpreting and using results of evaluation for control
discriminant analysis; understanding the stock exchange; Financial of PR activities.
risk management; topical issues in Kenya for example, interest rates
control level of investment and so on. HRM 616 Human Resource Management Seminar 3 Credits
The field of Human Resource Management; The external context
HRM 610 Human Resource Management 3 Credits of HRM; Functions of Human Resources Management; The
Introduction; a historical view of Human Resource Management secular view of work; Christian views of work; The internal context
(HRM), HRM models, competitive challenges influencing HRM, of HRM; Management of the employee relationship; Christian
meeting the competitive challenges through HRM practices, a principles of employee relations; The managing diversity discourse;
conceptual framework of HRM. Acquiring human resources: the Outcomes of HRM.
Human resource planning process; Job choice and recruitment of
human resources; employee selection and placement. Assessing MAK 610 Marketing Management 3 Credits
work and work outcomes: the analysis and design of work, The market objectives of successful organizations, the information
performance management. Compensating human resources: Pay input (MIS) market research, market research, sales fore-casting;
structure decisions, recognizing individual contributions with pay, product planning, development, and management; promotion,
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planning and management of sales advertising, sales promotion, Kenya. Role and importance of market places and roadside selling
publicity. distribution; understanding and managing the distribution in Kenya. Critically review the promotion mix (advertising, personal
channels; customer service, framework for marketing planning; selling, sales promotion, and publicity) as it is currently used in
control: profits and performance analysis, contribution analysis cash Kenya. Is marketing a catalyst (stimulus) or response to Kenyas
flow analysis and net present value. socioeconomic development? The main objective of the structural
adjustment programs (SAPS) in Kenya has been to reduce the role
MAK 611 Marketing Strategy & Management 3 Credits of government in the production and distribution of goods and
The strategic role of marketing; nature and value of strategic services and to increase that of the private sector. To what extent
management; business strategy and competitive advantage; has this objective been achieved? Critically discuss the marketing
formulating long-term strategies and grand market strategies; strategies followed by micro and small-scale enterprises (SSEs) in
marketing strategy; Strategic analysis and choice of markets; market Kenya. What are the marketing implications of the Uruguay Round
segmentation; analyzing competition; designing marketing strategy; Agreement to Kenya? Critically discuss marketing implications of
marketing and program development; implementing and managing the recent adoption of modern information technology (IT) by
marketing strategy financial and product distribution sectors in Kenya. Problems and
opportunities for transferring marketing know-how from western
MAK 612 Consumer Behaviour 3 Credits countries to Kenya and vice versa. Evaluate the marketing roles
Introduction; keys to consumer behavior; market segmentation and of regional economic groupings with special reference to those in
consumer research; consumer needs and motivation; personality and Africa. Marketing cases and problem solving exercises will be given
consumer behavior; consumer perception; learning and consumer later. Time allowing, guest speakers will also be invited.
involvement; the nature of consumer attitudes; communication
and persuasion; group dynamics and consumer reference groups; MAT 610 Quantitative Techniques 3 Credits
the family; social class and consumer behavior; the influence of Functions; Definitions; graphical representation; types of functions;
culture and sub-cultural aspects on consumer behavior; consumer polynomial; exponential and logarithmic; multivariate; matrix
decision-making process; diffusion of innovations; public policy and algebra; matrix operations; matrix applications; solutions to systems
consumer protection. of equations; input-output models, markov analysis. calculus;
integration and applications; linear programming; descriptive
MAK 613 Global Marketing 3 Credits statistics; probability; decision theory and decision trees. probability
A Conceptual Overview: introduction to global marketing; global distributions; inferential statistics; hypothesis testing: Z test, T test,
marketing planning. The global marketing environment: economic X2 tests, ANOVA tests, non-parametric tests; correlation; regression
environment, social and cultural environment, legal and regulatory Analysis; scatter diagrams, parameter estimation; fitness of overall
environment, financial environment. Targeting global markets: global model R2 and F-tests; significance of regression parameters.
marketing information systems and research, global segmentation,
targeting and positioning. Formulating global marketing strategy; MAT 611 Operations Research 3 Credits
sourcing decisions and the value of chain, strategy alternatives for Meaning and scope; linear programming; graphic, simplex and
global market entry and expansion, competitive analysis and strategy, duality methods; transportation; assignment and sequencing
cooperative strategies and global strategic partnership. The global problems; replacement decisions; queuing theory; inventory
marketing mix: global product strategies, global pricing strategies, management; statistical quality control; investment; PERT and
logistics. Global business involvement: market entry strategies, CPM; forecasting techniques; work study; simulation.
global promotion strategies. Exporting and importing. Leading,
organizing and controlling the marketing effort. Ethics and global MGT 610 Cross-Cultural Mgt in a Global Society 3 Credits
marketing; the future of global marketing. Comparing culture; shifts in culture; organisational culture vs
national culture; culture and ethic; cross cultural management and
MAK 614 Advertising Production & Consumption 3 Credits communication; culture and structure; motivating across cultures;
History of advertising, advertising and the marketing mix, models conflict mediation across cultures; cross -cultural negotiations;
of communication, semiotics, targeting, advertising, media choices cultures influence on decision making and planning; global
gender, race, ethical issues, and the future of advertising staffing policies; managing cultural teams; training for an expatriate
assignment; doing business with: Europeans, Americans, Latin
MAK 615 Marketing Financial Services 3 Credits Americans, Arabs, Asians and Africans.
Market segmentation; product development; pricing; branch location
and distribution; advertising; promotion and communications; MGT 611 Strategic Management & Innovation 3 Credits
control of marketing programs; credit cards; insurance salespersons The nature of strategic management: An introduction; models of
management. strategic management; competitive advantage; strategic planning for
IT; organizational learning as a competitive strategy; cross-cultural
MAK 616 Marketing Research 3 Credits transferability of management strategies; IT outsourcing as a
The Marketing research system; Role of marketing research; the competitive strategy; managing technical change in Japan; innovation
marketing system; gathering marketing intelligence; research and management of information systems; managing business process
process; the Christian faith and marketing research; the marketing re-engineering; exploiting the World Wide Web for marketing and
research business; practice of marketing research, ethics and legal business collaboration; The investment appraisal of innovative IT
aspects; the problem setting, study proposal and the research project; based projects; managing the IT resource infrastructure.
research designs; exploratory, descriptive and causal; data-collection
methods; secondary and primary; marketing decision support MGT 612 Strategic Policy Management 3 Credits
systems; sampling and data collection; measurement and causality; Introduction to the course; methodological practices; practices of
measurement process, attitude measurement, causal design; data integrating work groups; general strategies; strategic administration;
analysis; data processing; reporting research findings; applications; types of strategies; implementation of strategies; business missions;
demand measurement and forecasting; product research and test external evaluation; internal forces; analysis and choosing strategies;
marketing; advertising research. annual policies and objectives; aspects of marketing, finances, research
and development and information systems in the implementation,
MAK 617 Marketing Seminar 3 Credits evaluation and control strategies; strategic management in a
Course introduction and overview of marketing management. globalized world.
Topics for presentation and discussion in class; citing introduction,
where appropriate, discuss the relevance of marketing management MGT 614 Mgt Design & Organisation
as demand management in Kenyas market place environment. Transformation 3 Credits
Briefly discuss the major market (customer) characteristics in Introduction; different types of change; understanding change;
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organisation vision and strategic planning; managing change; MGT 617 Strategic Management Seminar 3 Credits
organisation development and change; designing and developing The management challenge; The formulation, implementation
organizations; organisation culture as a vehicle of change; and control of competitive strategy focusing on concepts like: key
designing work-centric organisations;; the learning organisation; success factors, core competencies, strategic business units, employee
transformational processes/ models. empowerment, reengineering, organization restructuring and total
quality management in an African context.
MGT 615 Mgt of Non-Business Organizations 3 Credits
Meaning of non-business organization: historical perspectives of MGT 618 Organizational Leadership and Mgt. 3 Credits
non-profit organizations; mission, purpose and objectives of non- The nature of leadership; Learning about leadership; leadership and
profit organizations; principles of management - the meaning of management; role of leader and manager; leadership theories, trait
management; organizing in the non-profit organization; management theory; behavior theory; transformational theory; characteristics
and people; employment policy; communication, co-ordination, of leaders; Gender and leadership; the development of leadership;
delegation and control; managing donor relations and conflict leaders and risk.
resolution; financial management: mechanics of non-profit finance
management, budgetary control, costing control; measurements of MIS 610 Management Information Systems 3 Credits
performance; serving the consumer, the satisfaction of consumers Business systems fundamentals; transaction processing systems and
needs. public relations: dealing with interested parties; government, management reporting systems; decision support systems; expert
suppliers, associations, staff, and organization. systems & executive information systems; data as a corporate
resource; models of MIS; the IT platform; the systems development
lifecycle; Tools of structured systems analysis; Controlling MIS;
management issues arising from MIS and IT.
TWO - YEAR SUGGESTED PROGRAMME
YEAR 1
Semester 1 Semester 11 Blocks
GRA 613 2 ECO 610 3 FIN 612 3
BUS 530 0 (3) MAT 611 3 MGT 611 3
MAT 610 3 FIN 611 3 HRM 610 3
FIN 610 3 BUS 611 3 Total 9
MGT 610 3 MIS 610 3
MAK 610 3 Total 15
BIL 615 2
Total 16
YEAR 11
Semester 1
Finance Strategic Mgt HRM Marketing
BUS 610 3 BUS 610 3 BUS 610 3 BUS 610 3
FIN 613 3 MGT 612 3 HRM 611 3 MAK 611 3
FIN 614 3 MGT 614 3 HRM 612 3 MAK 612 3
FIN 615 3 MGT 618 3 HRM 613 3 MAK 613 3
Total 12 12 12 12
YEAR 11
Semester 11
Finance Strategic Mgt HRM Marketing
FIN 617 3 MGT 617 3 HRM 617 3 MAK 617 3
BUS 620 4 0r 6 BUS 620 4 or 6 BUS 620 4 or 6 BUS 620 4 or 6
Total 7 0r 9 7 0r 9 7 or 9 7 or 9
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Rationale
The M.Th in African Christianity is a two-year, 48 credit hour
programme that is designed to provide relevant theological training
for Christian leaders in the African Church and society. Since Africa
is now acknowledged to be a heartland of the gospel and a central
zone of theological activity in the world, the program focuses on
the serious study of African Christianity. In particular, it examines
theological issues arising in African contexts, and explores the
ongoing formulation of African theologies that address such issues.
However, given the local and the global dimensions of theology, the
program examines African Christianity in relation to the worldwide
development of Christian tradition, both past and present.
The program is therefore relevant for theological educators in formal

and informal (e.g., TEE) settings, for those in pastoral ministries
within church and para-church organizations, and those in Christian
NGO and development agencies.
Objectives
MASTERS
The objectives of the M.Th. in African Christianity are to enable
students:
1. To understand and express the substance of contemporary
African Christianity in relation to the historical and theological
development of Christian tradition worldwide
2. To become thoroughly grounded in the history of Christianity
THEOLOGY
in Africa, including missionary proclamations of the gospel and
African initiatives in evangelism and church growth.
3. To identify, and discuss leading theologians in Africa (both
ancient and modern)
4. To identify and evaluate major theological trends across the
continent.
(M. Th) IN AFRICAN

5. To discern and critique various theological methodologies
employed in African theologies
6. To demonstrate serious engagement in contextual theology
through one of the following means:
6.1. Researching and writing a thesis of publishable quality, or
6.2. Completing a practicum and writing a ministry project
CHRISTIANITY
Requirements for Admission
Applicants must hold a first degree in theology, or equivalent, from
an accredited university, with a minimum of 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0
scale), or the degree awarded with first class or upper second class
honours. Applicants with a first degree other than in theology will be
considered for admission on the basis of their academic transcript,
Christian ministry experience, and the submission of an integrative,
personal reflection paper on an assigned topic.

Required Courses: 30 credits
Elective Courses: 12 credits
Academic Thesis, or Practicum 6 credits
& Ministry Project:
Total 48 credits
Required Courses: 30 credits

Course Title Course Hours
BIL 618: Biblical Hermeneutics in Africa Today 2
BIL 619: Biblical Spirituality and Ethics in Africa 3
CUL 601: African Cultural Knowledge 3
PRW 601/602: Postgraduate Research and Writing 4
WCH 601:World Christianity History from Apostolic
Origins to 1453 CE 3
WCH 602: World Christianity History from 1453
CE to the Present 3
WCT 611: World Christianity Theology from Apostolic
Origins to 1453 CE 3
WCT 612: World Christianity Theology from 1453 CE to
the Present 3
TEO 601: African Christian Theology from the 20th Century
to the Present 3
TEO 602: Advanced Seminar in African Christian Theology 3
Total: 30
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Elective Courses in TEO or GRA 614: 12 underpinnings; research design: fixed vs. flexible, or quantitative vs.
Students select 4 of the following courses qualitative; methods of data collection: surveys and questionnaires,
GRA 614: Leadership Development and Management 3 interviews and focus groups, observational methods; informed
TEO 617: Urban Ministry in Africa 3 consent procedures; institutional review boards; Pilot testing;
TEO 622: New Religious Movements 3 methods of data analysis quantitative and qualitative including
TEO 623: Christian Muslim Relations in Africa 3 exposure to computer software programs (e.g., SPSS 11 and NVivo
TEO 624: Gospel and Culture 3 2); Writing and critiquing research proposals and reports
TEO 625: African Womens Theology 3
TEO 631: A Theology of Healing in Africa, WCH 601: World Christianity History from
with Special Reference to HIV/AIDS 3 Apostolic Origins to 1453 CE 3 Credits
TEO 632: African Theology and Justice, Peace, Issues in Christian historiography: historical and contemporary
and Reconciliation 3 trends; The rise of key geographical centres in the expansion of
TEO 633: African Theology and Social Transformation 3 Christianity: the great church Sees (Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome,
TEO 608: Special Topics in African Christian Theology 3 Alexandria, Constantinople); Roman North Africa; the rise of Latin
TEO 696: Independent Study Christianity; Egypt; Ethiopia and Nubia; Armenia; the British
Academic Thesis, or Practicum and Ministry Project: 6 Credits Isles; Slavic Christianity; The split between western and eastern
churches in 1054 AD; The rise of scholasticism; religious orders;
Students must also complete one of the following: the crusades
TEO 698: Academic Thesis (6 credits) or
TEO 607: Practicum (3 credits) and TEO 609: Ministry Project WCH 602: World Christianity History from
(3 credits) 1453 CE to the Present 3 Credits
Issues in Christian historiography: historical and contemporary
TEO 607: Practicum 3 trends; key historical movements in the ongoing expansion of
TEO 609: Ministry Project 3 Christianity: corruption, reform, and counter-reform in the church;
These two courses function together to equip students to integrate european expansion (Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch) and the trans-
theological reflection and praxis in a particular context within their Atlantic slave trade; the modern missionary movement (Pietism,
area of ministry or vocation. Evangelical Awakenings, Catholic initiatives); the expansion of
Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa (especially at the end of the 19th
century); Christianity and islam in Africa; missions and colonialism;
Course Descriptions African agency in the expansion of Christianity (African missionaries
and Euro-American responses; Ethiopianism); prophetic and revival
BIL 618: Biblical Hermeneutics in Africa Today 2 Credits movements; African instituted churches; church and state relations;
Introduction to biblical hermeneutics; the Incarnation of Christ as a The ecumenical movement of the 20th Century (Edinburgh 1910
theological foundation for biblical hermeneutics; historical overview World Missionary Conference, subsequent ecumenical organizations
of biblical interpretation, including major trends (ancient Jewish, and assemblies, and their impact on global Christianity)
patristic, medieval, and reformation interpretation, 19th and 20th
century historical-critical method, contemporary hermeneutical WCT 611: World Christianity Theology from
approaches) and major theoretical models (author-centred, text- Apostolic Origins to 1453 CE 3 Credits
centred, reader-centred); critical issues in interpreting the Bible in Issues in theological methodology; key geographical centres in the
Africa today; main approaches to biblical interpretation in Africa expansion of Christianity, each with its peculiar emphases in theology:
today (liberation, feminist, reconstruction, inter-cultural, and The great church Sees (Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome, Alexandria,
popular readings of the Bible) Constantinople); Roman North Africa: second century apologists
(Justin Martyr, Tertullian); the rise of Latin Christianity (Cyprian,
BIL 619: Biblical Spirituality and Ethics in Africa 3 Credits Augustine); Egypt: the Alexandrian School (Origen, Clement); the
Introduction to the contemporary context of studies in spirituality Coptic Church; the rise of monasticism (Anthony); Ethiopia and
and ethics; rationale for rooting spirituality and ethics in biblical Nubia; Armenia: Christianity among the Goths; The British Isles:
revelation and examining them in relation to African worldviews Celtic Christianity (Columba, Patrick); Slavic Christianity: (Cyril
and contextual realities; the interface between biblical concepts of Methodius; Slavic script).
life in the spirit and traditional African concepts of life and spirit;
the interface between biblical and traditional African concepts Theological issues in the split between western and eastern churches
of ethics; Biblical spirituality and ethics in relation to contextual in 1054 AD; the rise of scholasticism (Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas);
realities in Africa; Personal reflections on biblical spirituality and Religious orders (Cistercians, Franciscans, Dominicans); the
ethics; Biblical spirituality and ethics in African contexts in dialogue crusades
with other global contexts.
Key themes throughout the course include: unity and diversity
CUL 601: African Cultural Knowledge 3 Credits in the Jesus movement; persecution and martyrdom; heresies and
Definitions of culture; African worldviews; the historical and schisms; translating the gospel into vernacular; christianity and
geographical study of African cultures; ethnolinguistics and imperialism; spirituality and renewal; the role of African theologians
ethnoscience; African philosophy and religion, including models and monastics in shaping early Christian doctrine and praxis
of African traditional religions; Schools of thought regarding the
analysis of African cultures; central themes and domains of African WCT 612: World Christianity Theology from
cultural knowledge; the integration of African cultural knowledge 1453 CE to the Present 3 Credits
into the understanding and experience of Christianity in Africa. Issues in theological methodology; key movements in the
ongoing expansion of Christianity and their associated theological
PRW 601/602: Postgraduate Research & Writing 4 Credits developments: corruption, reform, and counter-reform in the church;
Topics covered in these courses include: library research skills; European expansion (Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch); the modern
summarizing, synthesizing, and critical evaluation skills; academic missionary movement (Pietism, Evangelical Awakenings, Catholic
writing and referencing skills; literature review; introduction to initiatives); the anti-slavery movement; the expansion of Christianity
social research and its relevance to theological research; major steps in sub-saharan Africa (especially at the end of the 19th century);
in the research process: definition of the research problem, research the ecumenical movement of the 20th Century (Edinburgh 1910
design, data collection and analysis, report writing and presentation; World missionary conference, subsequent ecumenical organizations
Fundamental research paradigms and their philosophical and assemblies, and their impact on global Christianity)
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Key themes introduced in WCT 611 will be developed further in evangelism); An examination of the social, political, cultural, and
relation to the growth of Christianity from 1453 CE to the present: theological impact of NRMs on African society; case studies of
unity and diversity in Christianity; persecution and martyrdom; selected NRMs across Africa, focussing on their history, theology,
heresies and schisms; translating the gospel into vernacular; and their impact on the society in which they were founded;
Christianity and imperialism; spirituality and renewal A comparison between NRMs in Africa and similar religious
movements in the early history of the church
TEO 601: African Christian Theology from TEO 623: Christian Muslim Relations in Africa 3 Credits
the 20th Century to the Present 3 Credits An historical and regional overview of Islam in Africa, particularly
Issues in theological methodology; factors contributing to the rise in relation to its encounters with Christianity: North Africa; Egypt;
of African theology (e.g., colonialism, independence movements, Nilotic Sudan; West Africa; Ethiopia and the Horn; East Africa;
nationalism, post-colonial developments, the ecumenical Southern Africa; historical patterns of Christian-Muslim relations,
movement); The nature of theology in Africa and theological their causative factors and consequences; critical issues in Christian-
terminologies employed (e.g., African theology, Black theology, Muslim relations; contemporary models of inter-faith relations,
Ethiopianism, indigenization, inculturation, contextualization, with special reference to Christian-Muslim relations; contributions
Skenosis); Currents in African theology (inculturation theologies, of key African thinkers and leaders regarding this subject, both
liberation theologies such as Black theology and African womens Christian and Muslim; various initiatives in promoting Christian-
theologies, reconstruction and transformation theologies); African Muslim relations (e.g., study projects, organizations, conferences,
initiatives in Christianity; The theological import of ecumenical publications)
initiatives in Africa; Pentecostal / charismatic churches in Africa;
contemporary trends and challenges in the ongoing development of TEO 624: Gospel and Culture 3 Credits
African theology and its significance Definitions: culture, gospel, indigenization, contextualization,
inculturation, syncretism; models of contextualization; Hermeneutic
TEO 602: Advanced Seminar in African models: ATR and the gospel, liberationist, feminist, AIC; critical
Christian Theology 3 Credits issues of culture and the gospel in Africa: gender, poverty, HIV/
In-depth analysis of writings of selected theologians from the AIDS; affirmation of African cultural values and the gospel (e.g.
following regions: Anglophone West Africa; Francophone West community, respect, hospitality, rites of passage, music, empathy)
Africa; Anglophone East Africa; Central Africa; South Africa;
Portuguese Africa; and the publications of trans-continental TEO 625: African Womens Theology 3 Credits
theological associations, particularly those emerging within the Introduction to gender and theology; the historical development of
ecumenical movement: All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC); womens theologies in world Christianity, with a focus on African
Association of Evangelicals of Africa and Madagascar (AEAM), womens theology; central issues in African womens theology: the
including the Pan-African Christian Womens Alliance (PACWA); Bible, African culture, Christology, ecclesiology, sin, eschatology,
Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians (EATWOT); church polity and practice, and womens leadership in the church,
Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar home, and society; The impact of African womens theology on the
(SECAM); Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Church and society
Eastern Africa (AMECEA); The Circle of Concerned African
Women Theologians TEO 631: Theology and Healing in Africa, with
special Reference to HIV and AIDS 3 Credits
TEO 617: Urban Ministry in Africa 3 Credits Introduction: overview of the historical and theological context of
Definitions of urban, urbanism, urbanization; Biblical references to health and healing in Africa; African concepts of health and healing
the city: Old and New Testaments; a theology of the city; current in relation to western medicine; the impact of medical missions in
phenomena of global urbanization: causes, challenges, benefits; Africa; the historical, socio-economic and political dimensions of
Historical and current trends of development of the city in Africa; health care in Africa
forms of development and expansion; types of African cities; impact
of colonization: Muslim, European; sociological, geographical, HIV/AIDS A Theological Perspective: human sexuality and HIV/
and cultural impact on urbanization; secularization; economics, AIDS related issues; the Christian and Churchs response to HIV/
technology and infrastructure; Social patterns: social networks, AIDS; programme development; institutional care, rehabilitation,
family structures, deviancy; urban issues: poverty, unemployment, development and sustainability; cultural beliefs and practices;
housing, transport, sanitation, security, education, refugees, gender, economic, social and political issues in relation to HIV/AIDS;
disenfranchisement, tribalism/ethnicity, health, HIV/AIDS; ethical and legal issues.
implications for Christian ministry: for children, youth, families;
Strategies for Christian ministry in the urban setting: evangelism, TEO 632: African Theology and Justice,
discipleship, church planting, church growth, pastoring, equipping; Peace & Reconciliation 3 Credits
local church and community development. Introductory definitions: Justice, peace, and reconciliation; the
interface between these concepts in biblical and African traditions;
GRA 614: Leadership Development and Management 3 Credits major theories of justice, peace, and reconciliation, in relation to
Defining leadership vs. management; Differentiating Christian vs. the mediatory role of elders in African epistemology; approaches
secular leadership; basic models and theories of leadership and their to social change in contemporary Africa; cultures of peace; truth
applications; exposition of Clintons model of leadership development and reconciliation commissions; African theological perspectives on
(in The Making of a Leader): spiritual giftedness and leadership; justice, peace, and reconciliation
servant leadership; biblical models of leadership and management;
Formal and informal organizations; functions of management: TEO 633: African Theology and Social Transformation 3 Credits
planning, organizing, staffing, personnel administration, staff Introduction: biblical and theological rationale for Christians to
development, evaluation, decision making, conflict resolution, engage in social transformation (selected biblical models: Moses,
authority, types of power, delegation, motivating, building trust, Esther, Nehemiah, Jesus, Paul; key themes: personal formation,
vision, teamwork; Issues of leading within an African context ecclesial reformation, and social transformation); historical
foundations: factors shaping social transformation in Africa;
TEO 622: New Religious Mvts in African Christianity 3 Credits contemporary contexts: Issues regarding Christian engagement
Definition and analysis of the characteristics of new religious in social transformation in Africa (e.g., corruption, modernity in
movements (NRMs); A typology of NRMs; An analysis of factors Africa, globalization, conflict and reconciliation, gender relations,
behind their upsurge; Pertinent themes within NRMs (e.g., liturgy, ecumenism, and inter-faith relations); leading African theologians
womens roles, healing, community, Christology, pneumatology, and emergent theological paradigms of social transformation
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TEO 608: Special Topics in African Christian Theology 3 Credits
This course is designed to expose students to theological experts
on a range of theological issues that are significant for the adequate
articulation and grounding of African Christian theology. The expert
will define the specific course objectives as well as give recommended
class readings.
Academic Thesis, or Practicum and Ministry Project 3 Credits

Students must also complete either TEO 698: Academic Thesis, or
TEO 607: Practicum and TEO 609: Ministry Project. The student
must orally defend the research thesis or ministry project before a
panel of at least three postgraduate faculty appointed by the Chair
of Postgraduate Studies, and pass with a grade of B or above (grade
to be determined by the committee). A copy of the thesis or ministry
project, with final corrections completed, must be deposited within
the department 90 days after a successful defence and before
graduation.
TEO 698: Academic Thesis 3 Credits

The M.Th. thesis requires students to conduct in-depth theological
research, normally integrating library and field research, on an issue
related to their own context of ministry or vocation. Students will
carry out their research under the supervision of a main faculty
advisor and at least one or two thesis committee members within
Daystar University. The Chair of Postgraduate Studies may assign an
additional supervisor beyond the University, provided the relevant
qualifications and experience are demonstrated.
All aspects of the academic thesis, including the research proposal,

implementation and thesis writing, must be in accordance with the
guidelines set forth in the Daystar University Postgraduate Student
Handbook. Any students considering entrance into a doctoral
program or an academic career are strongly advised to complete the
academic thesis.
TEO 607: Practicum 3 Credits

The precise content of the practicum will depend upon the students
placement. The student will spend 150 hours within one semester
(or two blocks) working and learning in a specific assignment on
location, in an area of interest related to theology. He or she will
be actively involved in the tasks of theological ministry, not merely
observing the operations, nor merely in clerical tasks. The ideal
practicum will expose the student to daily tasks, organizational
processes and procedures, and overall philosophies of operation.
The practicum is not to be another classroom exercise, but is to
be hands-on involvement, to apply classroom learning and to gain
practical knowledge and experience.
TEO 609: Ministry Project 3 Credits

Building upon TEO 607, the student will select one theological
issue encountered in the practicum experience. He or she will then
design and complete a ministry project that addresses the issue
by integrating biblical and theological reflection with experiential
knowledge gained through the practicum. The project may take the
form of an in-depth research and reflection paper (50 - 60 pages), or
the production of ministry materials that will address a specific need
in relation to the theological issue (e.g., an educational curriculum, a
series of Bible studies, a sermon series, a small booklet). If the student
chooses the latter, he or she must submit the ministry materials and a
scholarly report (15 - 20 pages) outlining the background and nature
of the theological issue, the purpose, objectives, and significance of
the ministry materials, the methods used to produce them, and an
evaluation of the materials according to the objectives set.
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I. Rationale
There is an increasing number of untrained graduate teachers teach-
ing in schools on temporary terms. These teachers work for less
without pension because they are not trained. Their need to acquire
and be equipped with effective skills to communicate knowledge
underscores the importance of a Postgraduate Diploma in Educa-
tion.
The purpose of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) is

to train university graduates currently employed as untrained gradu-
ate teachers. Such training will equip them with the needed pro-
fessional qualifications and expertise necessary to successfully carry
out their responsibilities as teachers or managers in various fields of
education.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Education is a one-year intensive

programme primarily designed to give untrained graduate teachers
skills to carry out their instruction with a Christian commitment.
The programme will be conducted for two separate groups: The first
group consists of teachers who will take the programme during the
POSTGRADUATE
school holiday periods of April, August, and December. (These
months are chosen because they are normally vacation months for
schools in Kenya and teachers from any part of the country will
be able to attend the course). The second group consists of teach-
ers within Nairobi who prefer to pursue their studies in the eve-
nings and on weekends. The programme will then spread over a
DIPLOMA IN
year and will be part of Daystar University Continuing Education
programme.
II. Objectives of the PGDE

1. To equip students with critical knowledge, skills and attitudes
that will enable them function as professional Christian teachers
EDUCATION
in contemporary African schools.

2. To equip the students with relevant knowledge, skills and atti-
tudes to handle different aspects of teaching/learning efficiently
and effectively.
(PGDE)
3. To equip the students with intellectual and professional capacity
to integrate their Christian faith with their teaching profession
in the context of the diverse and transformed African cultural
heritage.
4. To prepare the students for servant leadership at different mana-

gerial levels of the education systems in contemporary Africa.
5. To enable the students to acquire professional qualifications for

higher studies or responsibilities in the field of education
III. Regulations
1. Admission Requirements
1.1. Applicants must be holders of at least a Bachelors degree from a
recognized University or its equivalent where English was the main
language of instruction. Applicants who earned their degrees using
other languages shall be required to take basic and remedial Eng-
lish.
1.2. In the process of admission, exemptions will be given and credit

transfers allowed for any of the courses being offered if the applicant
has taken an equivalent course in any of the recognized Universities.
The student must have attained a minimum grade of C in the course
to qualify for exemption.
2. Students Assesment
Daystar University students assessment is based on final written ex-
aminations and continuous assessment of individual students work.
These include: quizzes, assignments, projects, scheduled tests, term
papers, practical work and final examination, all of which contribute
to the students final grade.
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PGDE Course Distribution
To be eligible for graduation, a student will be required to take
twenty-seven (27) credit hours and attain a cumulative GPA of at
least 2.50 from the following.
Postgraduate Diploma Requirements
A. Core Courses Credit Hours
EDU 508 Teaching Practice (3 months) 2

3. Grading System EDU 511 Historical and Philosophical
Foundations of Education 3
a) The grading system is ordered as follows EDU 514 Sociology of Education & Contemporary Issues 2
Marks Letter Grade Grade Point Significance EDU 520 Introduction to Educational Psychology,
91-100 A 4.0 Superior Tests and Measurements 3
81-90 A- 3.7 EDU 521 Comparative Education 2
76-80 B+ 3.3 EDU 522 Human Growth and Development 2
71-75 B 3.0 Average EDU 523 General Teaching Methods and Educational Media 2
66-70 B- 2.7 EDU 531 Educational Administration and Planning 2
61-65 C+ 2.3 BIL 615 Biblical Foundations of Christian Service 2
56-60 C 2.0 EDU 525 Curriculum Development 2
<56 F 0.0 Unacceptable
Choose two courses from these:
(b) For the PGDE programme, any grade below C shall carry no EDU 542 Subject Methods: Business 2
credit and shall be calculated as 0 grade point and will automati- EDU 543 Subject Methods: English and Literature 2
cally carry an F rating. EDU 544 Subject Methods: Christian Religious Education 2
EDU 545 Subject Methods: Mathematics 2
(c) A student is allowed to repeat a failed course until he/she attains EDU 546 Subject Methods: Physics 2
an acceptable grade. EDU 547 Subject Methods Geography 2
EDU 548 Subject Methods Chemistry 2
(d) Course grades are made up of 40% from the continuous assess- EDU 549 Subject Methods Biology 2
ment items and 60% from the final examination except for practical EDU 500 Subject Methods Kiswahili and Fasihi 2
courses where the continuous assessment accounts for 60% and the EDU 552 Subject Methods Music
final examination 40%.
B. Electives
(e) Teaching Practice will be graded purely on field assessments. Each Student will choose any two of the courses indicated below:
The practical courses include the following: Credit
Hour
Education Media ACS 501 Basic Computer Knowledge 0(1)
Subject Methods BUS 517 Entrepreneurship and Innovations 0(1)
Teaching Practice ENV 509 Introduction to Environmental Studies 0(1)
EDU 524 Guidance & Counseling 0(1)
HPE 513 First Aid 0(1)
PGDE Programme of Studies
GROUP 1 - School Holiday Studies
Note during the holidays:

2 Credit hour courses will be taught for 2 hours 10mins, for 5 days
a week
3 Credit hour courses will be taught for 3 hours 15mins, for 5 days
a week
April Holiday (3 weeks)

EDU 511 Historical and Philosophical
Foundations of Education 3
EDU 514 Sociology of Education and
Contemporary Issues 2
EDU 522 Human Growth and Development 2
Total 7

August Holiday (3 weeks)
EDU 520 Introduction to Educational Psychology,
Tests and Measurements 3
Credit Hours
EDU 523 General Teaching Methods and
Educational Media 3
EDU 531 Educational Administration & Planning 2
Total 8

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December Holiday (7 weeks) First Block
EDU 521 Comparative Education 2 EDU 521 Comparative Education 2
EDU 525 Curriculum Planning and Development 2 Total 2
EDU 615 Biblical Foundations of Christian Service 2
EDU 525 Curriculum Development 2 Second Block - Fourth Semester
Special Methods (Students will be required to take 2 credit hours Note:
for Special Methods in the two teaching subjects) 4 2 Credit hour courses will be taught for 2 hours 10 minutes, for 3
days a week
Students must take 2 courses from the Electives Special Methods (Students will be required to take 2 credit hours for
carrying 0 credit. 2 (0 Credit) Special Methods in the two teaching subjects) 4 Credit hours
Total 12 Credit Students should take 2 courses from the Electives carrying 0 credit.
Hours 2 Hours (0 Credit)
Total 4 Credit Hours
January - April Term
EDU 508 Teaching Practice 2
Electives Third Semester
Credit EDU 521 Comparative Education 2 Credit Hours
Hours Special methods (Students will be required to take two credit hours
ACS 501 Basic Computer Knowledge 0(1) for Special Methods in the two teaching subjects) 4 Credit hours
BUS 517 Entrepreneurship and Innovations 0 (1)
ENV 509 Environmental Studies 0(1) Students will be required to take 2 courses from the Electives
EDU 524 Guidance & Counseling 0(1) carrying 0 credit. 0 (2 Credit)
HPE 513 First Aid 0 (1) Total 6 Credit Hours
EDU 508 Teaching Practice (SEPTEMBER for those who opt for
GROUP II - Evening/ Weekend Group the
Note: Blocks, and JANUARY for the others). 2 Credit Hours
2 Credit hour courses will be taught for 2 hours once a week
3 Credit hour courses will be taught for 3 hours, once a week ACS 501 Computer Literacy 1 (0 Credit)
This course is intended to form a basic introduction to Personal
First Semester Computers (PC) hardware and software applications. Basic PC
EDU 511 Historical and Philosophical hardware and software will be introduced and also the following
Foundations of Education 3 currently, used operating systems and application programs:
EDU 514 Sociology of Education and Contemporary Issues 2
EDU 523 General Teaching Methods and Educational Media 3 . MS Windows XP (Operating System)
EDU 522 Human Growth & Development 2 . MS WORD
Total 10 . MS ACCESS
Second Semester BUS 517 Entrepreneurship and Innovations 2 Credits

EDU 520 Introduction to Educational Psychology, Tests Definition and meaning of entrepreneurship and innovation, the
and Measurements 3 needs for innovations in the country and communities; merits
EDU 525 Curriculum Planning & Development 2 and demerits of entrepreneurship; business prospects; financial
EDU 531 Educational Administration & Planning 2 aid, managing a business: small vs. big, organizations of interest:
EDU 615 Biblical Foundations of Christian Service 2 women, youth and NGOs; the management process in small
Total 9 and big businesses, in individual businesses, in groups, human
resources management; motivation; other complex business types;
Block (Optional) marketing principles: an overview of marketing; the marketing
Note during the Blocks: concept; marketing communication, new product development and
1 Credit hour courses will be taught for 2 hours 20mins, once a pricing objectives; wholesaling, retailing and physical distribution;
week production and operations management: fundamentals of
2 Credit hour courses will be taught for 2 hours 15mins, twice a production, the production process and computerization;
week management information and computers; money and banking - a
brief introduction to insurance.
EDU 508 Teaching Practice 2 Credits

Demonstration of acquired knowledge and skills in a classroom
situation, preparation of detailed and appropriate schemes of work
for the term by the student, preparation and utilization of appropriate
lesson plans in the classroom as well as supportive teaching notes and
teaching/learning resources, updated records for every class taught,
setting classroom tests and other forms of assessments, administering
tests and grading of pupils scripts, effective evaluation of learning by
student, participation in various school activities as assigned to him/
her by the schools administration, and report writing with regard to
his/her teaching practice experience, at the end of the school term.
EDU 511 Historical and Philosophical

Foundations of Education 3 Credits
Historical development of educational ideas from antiquity to the
present: ancient foundations of education: education among ancient
civilizations: historical survey of education and ideas plus systems
in antiquity including Sumerian, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese,
Greek and Roman civilizations. Medieval and Islamic foundations
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of education during the renaissance and protestant reformation; following elements of each of the systems the countrys system of
education during the rise of modern science and technology; factors education: goals, objectives, structure, administration and control,
that influenced the growth of education during the twentieth financing, teacher training, curriculum development, supporting
century with particular emphasis on Africa; background to the services and future trends education.
rise, trends and development of education in Kenya from the pre-
colonial era to the present. Definition of philosophy, branches EDU 522 Human Growth and Development 3 Credits
of philosophy; philosophy of education; nature, meaning, and An introduction to developmental theories and exceptionalities
relevance of philosophy in education; the meaning, role and in human growth and development. The meaning of change and
functions of educational philosophy in teaching and learning, delayed change; principles of development and history of child
the concepts of education: criteria, meanings, role and aims of development and education; theories of human development,
education; a clear understanding of the worldview and nature of cognitive, affective, social, physical, psychosocial, humanistic etc.;
man in the development of meaningful philosophy of education; pre-natal, neo-natal, postnatal development; birth process African
major schools of thought in philosophy of education; efforts made and Western approaches to birth Lamaz; Leboyer approaches;
so far in the formulation and development of an African philosophy beliefs, taboos, of births, motor, language, personality, social,
of education; steps towards the formulation of a more meaningful emotional development; traditional child rearing practices birth,
African philosophy of education, the nature and theories of naming and adolescents ceremonies meaning and definitional
knowledge and their relevance in education; education and human children; historical background of special education in developed
values; education and scheme of values; democracy and education; world and Africa; types, characteristics and causes of exceptionalities,
democracy in education; Christian view of education in the context early intervention; assessment screening, referrals and services of the
of national development stirring up the human quest. handicapped children; educational policies; advocacy and pressure
groups for handicapped children and youth.
EDU 514 Sociology of Edu and Contemporary Issues 2 Credits
Introduction: meaning of sociology, definition of society; origin and EDU 523 Gne Teaching Methods & Educational Media2 Credits
development; branches of sociology; relation of sociology to other Nature and components of teaching and learning processes,
social sciences; theories and methods of sociology; family social educational aims and instructional objectives, Blooms Taxonomy
position: socio-economic status, race, religion, social system, family of educational objectives, principles of teaching, teaching strategies,
structure and interrelations; effects of gender on personal abilities, effective communication in the class-room, a systems approach to
personality traits, motivation and socialization; Individual abilities: classroom instruction, preparation and use of learning and teaching
I.Q, its origin, cognitive style, creativity and testing consequences; materials, non-projected media: chalkboard, graphic materials:
the school as a social system: principal, teachers, special service charts, posters; display boards, flannel, peg, felt; projected media:
personnel, the students; classroom role structure, student/teacher overhead projector, computer projector, slides and films strips.
roles, teacher structure, relationship; the effectiveness of the school: Photographic still pictures, slides, audio, visual media; tape
characteristics of students, school size, social context, equality recording, educational radio and broadcasting to schools; television
of educational opportunity; school environment: school board, and video, computer and instruction.
government role in education, centralized vs. decentralized school
system and policy, effects of external examination; cross-cultural EDU 524: Guidance and Counselling 2 Credits
comparison of societies and schools: relations of societies and Theories, methods and techniques of counselling, the role of a
schools, work ideologies, moral instruction, vocational training, cross teacher counselor, teacher, counselor and colleagues, role conflicts,
cultural difference in achievement; some social issues in education the place of the family in guidance and counseling, function of
today: social, marital and family problems, adolescents, juvenile the school in individual and group counseling, peer counselling,
delinquents; educational problems, religious conflicts, poverty, assessment, screening, referrals and mediation of counsellee, skills in
inequality, unemployment; population problems, birth rate, health, counseling those affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.
minority groups, class conflict; HIV/AIDS and drug abuse.
EDU 525 Curriculum Planning And Development 2 Credits
EDU 520 Introd. to Edual Psy, Tests Meaning of curriculum; curriculum goals and objectives; theories
& Measurements 3 Credits of curriculum development; social and cultural forces affecting
Definition of educational psychology; importance of educational curriculum; philosophical and psychological bases for curriculum
psychology in learning; Behavioral theories of learning and their design; curriculum designs and patterns; the curriculum
educational implications-Pavlov, Skinner; types of learning; development process with special emphasis on the development
motivation; reinforcement and punishment; cognitive development of school curriculum in Kenya; domains of learning; formulating
Piagets theory of cognitive development; individual differences, learning objectives; organizing subject content; selecting learning
I.Q., ability grouping, reading ability; instructional objectives and experiences; curriculum interpretation: implementation and
Blooms taxonomy of educational objectives and its relevance to assessment; developing a curriculum unit; curriculum monitoring
curriculum development and effective teaching, definitions of tests, and evaluation.
measurements and evaluation; classifications of tests; purposes of
tests; test construction- taxonomies of educational objectives, table EDU 531 Educational Administration and Planning 2 Credits
of specification, test item types; administration and scoring of tests; An introduction to the theory and practice in organizational leadership,
item analysis- distracter analysis, item difficulty and discrimination; management and planning with particular emphasis on education
scales of measurement- nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio; frequency as an organization; principles of organization; definition of major
tables and graphs; measures of central tendency- mode, median, terms and concepts such as organization, leadership management,
mean, percentiles; measures of dispersion- range, variance, standard administration, planning, organizational theory, management and
deviation; distribution curves and converted scores; correlations- organizations; organizational planning; span of control and levels of
Rank Difference and Pearson Product Moment; reliability- test retest, management; selected theories of management: Maslows hierarchy
parallel forms, internal consistency, standard error of measurement of needs, McGregors X and Y theories that influence educational
and validity- content, construct, predictive and concurrent. administration: Herzbergs theory of motivation, bureaucracy,
organizational leadership; communication as a tool of organizational
EDU 521 Comparative Education 2 Credits management; the school as an organization, school administration,
Definition of comparative education; development of comparative basic considerations in leadership management, education system
education as a discipline, problems in comparative education; the as an organization; the Kenya educational structure; the Education
major contrasting educational systems; education in Britain, USA, Act as legal instrument for governance; organizational structure
Canada, Russia, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, Kenya, of the Ministry of Education: educational planning; rationale for
Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa; Factors that have led to the educational planning, policies in educational planning, financing of
particularisation of a particular countrys education system, the education, the cost sharing policy.
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EDU 542 Subject Methods (Business/economics) 2 Credits in physics: different types of tests, statistical analysis of tests; project
The nature of business studies and its role in the school curriculum, testing; physics teaching in secondary schools: critical analysis
the business studies syllabus and the strategies of teaching business of different Physics syllabi used in secondary schools; schemes of
studies; preparation of schemes of work, lesson plans and records work, lesson planning, records of work covered; teaching strategies:
of work covered; identifying, selecting, acquiring resources and class experiments, demonstrations, projects, field trips; tests
developing appropriate learning resources; measurement and and measurement in physics: written exams, different types of
evaluation of business studies. tests, practical assessments, project assessments with emphasis on
investigative and problem solving approach; laboratory facilities and
EDU 543 Subject Methods (English Language teaching materials; laboratory equipment procurement and storage,
and Literature in English) 2 Credits laboratory design, safety and management; appropriate text books.
The development of language skills necessary for teaching of English
as a second language; aims and objectives of English language EDU 547 Subject Methods: Music 2 Credits
and literature; an evaluative and critical study of books and other Development of principles of teaching Music skills and concepts;
materials for language teaching; the development of instruments to philosophical, psychological and sociological basis of teaching
measure linguistic skills; recognition and identification of various music; systems approach to teaching and learning; preparation for
purposes for which English is used; current issues and problems teaching writing schemes of work, lesson plans and records of
in the teaching of English language in Kenyan Secondary Schools; work; identification, selection, acquisition, development and use of
The relationship between literature and language in the curriculum; resources; evaluation of music learning; core activities.
current issues in teaching literature with reference to the secondary
schools; approaches to teaching oral literature, poetry, drama, novel BIL 615: Biblical Foundations of Christian Service 2 Credits
and short stories; construction of schemes of work, lesson plans and Introduction and definition of terms: Kingdom of God; servanthood;
records of work covered; identification, selection, acquisition and Jesus teaching on the Kingdom of God; parables of the Kingdom;
use of resources; tests and measurements of English and Literature the teaching of the early church on the Kingdom of God; various
teaching/learning. views on the Kingdom of God; ethics of the Kingdom; implication
of Kingdom teaching for believers; analysis of Christian service/
EDU 544 Subject Methods: Christian Religious servant hood; Biblical teaching on Christian service; Christian
Education 2 Credits service and the contemporary world; integration of Kingdom ethics
Organization and planning; techniques of teaching CRE; planning into Christian life.
for instructional objectives, lesson plans, schemes of work, records
of work covered; identification, selection, acquisition and use of HPE 511 First Aid 2 Credits
learning resources; demonstration of teaching skills in a simulated Definition and meaning of terms such as CPR; Heimlich maneuver,
classroom; evaluation of the video recorded lessons. artificial respiration, and ABC of first aid; why and when first
aid is administered; when first aid is terminated; respiration and
EDU 545: Teaching Methods (Mathematics) 2 Credits respiration disorders; circulation and circulatory disorders; nervous
Principles of teaching applied to Mathematics, teaching skills, system and unconsciousness; wounds and bleeding; first aid for
curricula issues, philosophy and foundations of mathematics, sports injuries; injuries to bones, splitting; Injuries to muscles;
preparation of mini-lessons for teaching in a simulated classroom ligaments and joints; burns and extremes of temperature; aches,
situation and evaluation of the same on video. An introduction to foreign bodies poisoning; fire drills and evacuation; R.I.C.E. - Rest,
mathematics education; philosophy and foundation of mathematics; Ice, compression, elevation, lifting and carrying.
general goals and objectives of mathematics; the secondary school ENV 509 Introduction To Environmental Studies 1 Credits
mathematics curriculum and syllabus; learning and instructional The need to study the environment, introduction of concepts,
theories in teaching mathematics; models for teaching and learning environmental pollution, impact of pests and pesticides on the
the objects of mathematics; teaching/learning resources. environment, role of man on the environment, population and
demography, source of energy, renewable and non-renewable
EDU 546: Subject Methods (Physics) 2 Credits resources of energy, deforestation and desertification, environmental
The meaning of science education; science as a dynamic process; conservation, the environment and human health, nuclear science
scientific methods; brief history of physics; investigative techniques and radiation, weathering, soil erosion and earthquakes.
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Rationale
Sub-Saharan Africa is currently faced with an ever-increasing number
of children growing under difficult circumstances. Such children are
the victims of a combination of several adverse human situations
that include poverty, civil wars, and the HIV and AIDS pandemic.
In the majority of cases, children born under any or some of these

environmental situations in Africa are prone to suffer from one form
of maladjustment, serious infection or some physical deprivation.
Faced with the enormity of such life threatening situations, many Af-
rican governments as well as non-governmental organizations have
set up intervention programmes for restoring the lives of many af-
fected children from the state of hopelessness and abnormal human
growth and development. Notwithstanding the good intentions of
the established childrens programmes, many of the organizations
lack qualified professional personnel to deal with child development
issues.
The postgraduate curriculum in Child Development is designed to
POSTGRADUATE
equip individuals who work or wish to work with children who have
lived under difficult circumstance with the requisite professional
qualifications in Child Development. In this respect, while some of
the courses stipulated in this program may appear similar in content
to those offered in teacher training programs, the clientele for this
particular curriculum are essentially managers of child rehabilitation
DIPLOMA IN
programs in Africa.
Programme Goals.
The following are the major goals of this programme:
1. To equip the student with relevant knowledge on child and ado-
lescent development with special emphasis on the African child
CHILD
growing under difficult circumstances.
2. To identify developmental needs and changes in children.
3. To explain various ways of handling the developmental needs and
changes in children.
4. To explain ways in which the student will integrate Christian faith
and work among the children.
DEVELOPMENT
5. To equip the student with skills in studying, research, and pub-
lication in the field of child and adolescent development with
particular focus on the African child living in difficult circum-
stances.
6. To equip the student with facilitation skills that will assist them in
carrying out participatory training on child development issues
(PDCD)
at the community level.
As stipulated under postgraduate admission.
Student Assessment
Course grades will be derived as follows:
For courses that are essentially conceptual (much of what is re-
quired is mastery of information or the cognitive aspect of learn-
ing): 60% for final examination, and 40% from continuous assess-
ment, projects, term papers, field reports and field evaluations. Such
courses are; BIF 511, CHD 510, CHD 511, CHD 521, CHD 522,
CHD 531, CHD 532, CHD 533, CHD 541, and PMG 511.
For courses that are essentially skills-oriented (these are courses that
will require the students to demonstrate specific skills as demanded
by the particular content): 40% of the marks will be derived from the
final examination, and 60% from continuous assessment, projects,
term papers, field reports and field evaluations. Such courses are;
PMG 532, PDE 521, PSY 643, RES 510, and RES 511.
Requirements for Graduation Sec-

tion Credit Hours
Biblical Foundations 1
Child Development 24
Counselling Skills 3
Programme Management 4
Professional and Personal Development 2
Research Skills 5
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Electives (To be chosen from the list of
special topics in CHD 541) 3
Course Descriptions
BIF 511 Transformational Development 1 Credit
Total hours 42 The course will cover Creation, Fall, Gods redemptive work;
The Kingdom of God; The myths of dualism and ecclesiastical
Programme Curriculum institutionalism; holistic ministry: integration of Christianity
with life; transformational models for development, the role of
Code Title Credit Hours the church in Gods Kingdom, the value and roles of children in
BIF 511 Transformational Development 1 Gods Kingdom; the responsibility of the church towards children;
CHD 510 Introduction to Child and Adolescent the relationship between the church, para-church and non-
Development 3 governmental organizations: character formation through spiritual
CHD 511 Theories of Child and Adolescent empowerment.
Development 2
CHD 521 Psychology of Learning 3 CHD 510 Introduction to Child & Adolescent Dvpt 3 Credits
CHD 522 Role and Context of Child The course will introduce students to the study of all aspects of
and Adolescent Development 3 child and adolescent growth and development. The student will be
CHD 531 Psychopathology in Childrenand Adolescents 3 expected to identify and explain those factors that influence growth
CHD 532 Health Education and Habit and development during childhood and adolescence. The course
Formation in Children Adolescent Development 3 will cover theory and research in child and adolescent development;
CHD 533 Assessment and Interventions in History, theory and research strategies. Foundations of development:
Child and Adolescent Development 3 biological and environmental; Pre-natal development, birth and
CHD 541 Special Topics in Child and the newborn baby, infancy and toddler-hood; the first two years:
Adolescent Development 3 physical development in infancy, cognitive, emotional, spiritual
CHD 607 Child and Adolescent Development Practicum 4 and social development in toddler-hood; early childhood (two
PGM 511 Management Perspectives in Child to six years): physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual and social
& Adolescent Development 2 development; middle childhood (six to eleven years): physical,
PGM 532 Child and Adolescent Programme cognitive, emotional, spiritual and social development; adolescence
Design & Implementation 2 and transition to adulthood: physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual
PDE 521 Facilitation for Child and and social development.
Adolescent Development 2
PSY 643 Counselling Fundamentals and CHD 511 Theories of Child & Adolescent Dvpt 2 Credits
Micro Skills 3 This course aims at introducing concepts and theories of child and
RES 510 Statistical Methods 2 adolescent development to the student. It will cover grand theories:
RES 511 Research Methods 3 psychoanalytic theory: Freud and Eriksson. Learning theories:
classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning, and
Implementation Strategy cognitive theory. An evaluation of the grand theories, embracing
The Postgraduate Diploma in Child Development will be offered criticisms, omissions, and contributions. Emergent theories that
in three modes: include social cultural theory, epigenetic systems theory. The study
(a) Fulltime 12 Months of contact time; and evaluation of cognitive theories will include Piaget and Vygostsky
(b) 18 Months part-time theories. The study of cognitive theories will be the information
(c) Evening/Weekend programme where instruction is delivered in processing theories of Atkinson, Shiffrins model, case theory, Fischers
the evenings and over the weekends. Students will be expected to skill theory. Moral development theories include: psychoanalytic
take up to 12 Credit hours per semester and 6 or 7 hours per any theory; social learning theory, Piagets theory of moral development.
Block/Summer period; Evaluation of the moral development theories. Kohlbergs extension
(a) For the modular or block release programme, Students study on of Piagets theory of moral development. Personality theories that
a part-time basis and visit the campus two to four times a year for include learning and psychoanalytic theories.
a study school that starts on Friday evening and ends on the next
Saturday evening (7 days of 8 hours class contact per module). CHD 521 Psychology of Learning 3 Credits
The course will examine the historical and contemporary theories of
learning, and show their relevance to human behaviour and the world
of work. It will cover historical background of learning; approaches
to the study of learning; theories of learning. Predominantly
functionalistic theories: Edward Lee Thorndike, Burrhus Frederic
Skinner, Clark Leornard Hull; predominantly associationistic
theories: Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Edwin Ray Guthrie, and William
Kaye Estes. Predominantly cognitive theories: Gestalt, Jean Piaget,
Edward Chace Tolman, Albert Bandura; neuropsychological theory;
reinforcement and learning; Punishment and learning; transfer of
learning; memory and information processes.
CHD 522 Role and Context of Child and Adolescent

Development 3 Credits
The course explores the theoretical framework for understanding the
child and adolescent contexts and the impact of the same on child
and adolescent development. It will cover ecological systems theory,
risk and resilience factors both current and historical interventions
with children. The childs context as developed by Bronfenbrenners
Systems Model (e.g. family, community, school, church, culture)
and its impact on physical, biological, spiritual, mental, and social
development of children; risk and resilience factors, social issues
relevant to the child and the adolescent (e.g. abuse, labour, child
rights, HIV/AIDS, prostitution, refugees, poverty, gender, etc.);
historical and current interventions for children in Christian non-
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governmental organisations and other child related organizations; the adolescent, etc. Nutrition and health. Drug use and abuse:
issues that affected children in the past, today, as well as future information management of misuse of drugs. Organization of
trends of issues likely to affect children. Significant beacons in community health services in Africa.
African child development and practices: The unborn child: the
treatment of expectant mother (psychological, feeding, exercise). CHD 533 Assessment and Intervention Skills
Midwives and their role. The newly born: identity, and naming. for Children and Adolescents 3 Credits
Early child development practices like breast-feeding, bonding The course will equip students with skills for assessment of the levels
[maternal], baby-sitters roles and functions. Feeding practices, basic of the problems of deprivation and intervention techniques. It will
language codes, and intellectual development. Middle level child cover introduction to child assessment and intervention. Child
development practices: socialization process; Language acquisition; assessment: principles of child assessment; psychological assessment
and elaborative code. Adolescence: Rites of passage [meaning for children; Educational assessment for children; development
and relevance]; vertical integration; horizontal integration; social assessment; Health/nutritional assessment; and case study.
integration; and learning of skills. Intervention skills (to include psychological intervention): basics
of intervention; individual therapy (these will include play therapy,
CHD 531 Psychopathology in Children & Adolescents 3 Credits art therapy, safe house therapy, etc.); group therapy (these will
The course will focus on the study of the nature, causes, treatment include drama, story telling, group art, puppets, etc.); case studies.
and interventions of a wide range of abnormal behaviors found in Educational interventions (i.e. education and the disadvantaged
children and adolescents. Discussion of symptoms, formulations, and child): formal education (e.g. Std. 1- 8 and Form 1 4); informal
progression of various disorders will interface with a consideration education (school-bound track); non-formal education (literacy
of appropriate therapeutic interventions. An examination of the track); and case studies. Developmental interventions: holistic
diagnostic process will include discussion of ethics, biases and developmental model (physical, spiritual, emotional, developmental,
the reliability/ validity of categorization. It will cover: definition social, economic, etc.); health/nutritional intervention (to include
of terms; the growth of psychopathology as a discipline of study; HIV and AIDS in children, palliative care, nutrition, in particular
research in psychopathology; models of psychopathology: biological, diet, morbidity and change in health monitoring of the population).
psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic-existential, socio- Child guidance/resilience: child training; child discipline; character
cultural; clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment; overview of development; and reproduction; psychological assessment and
DSM-IV: multi-axial assessment and emerging diagnostic categories. intervention strategies for abused and traumatized children and
Validity and reliability of diagnostic categories; childhood anxiety adolescents.
disorders, depression; disruptive behavioral disorders, attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder, elimination disorders; long-term CHD 541 Special Topics in Child & Adolescent Devpt 3 Credits
disorders that begin in childhood: autism and mental retardation. This is an elective course to be offered when there is sufficient
Problem behaviors of adolescence: delinquency, substance abuse, student interest in a topic either within or out of the course work.
and early sexual activity; depression; schizophrenia and pervasive The purpose of the course is to expand the students knowledge
developmental disorders; interface between mental and medical about a particular topic, which may be particularly relevant to a
conditions. Eating disorders. Personality disorders. Christian and students academic and/or career objectives. Among the topics to be
African understanding of mental disorders, witchcraft, exorcism chosen are the following: children and the law, families and children
and demonology. Ethical, political, and economic considerations living on the streets, child labour and socio-economic development,
in diagnosis; holistic understanding of psychopathology - exceptional and children living with disabilities, children in
psychologically, physiologically, socially, culturally and spiritually. difficult circumstances/in need of special protection, guidance and
counselling of children and families, conflict and resolution, legal
CHD 532 Health Educationn & Habit Formation aspects and child development, violence against women and effects
in Children & Adolescents 3 Credits on child growth and development, adolescent mothers, virginity in
This course aims at introducing the student to community health the African context, effective parenting training, HIV and AIDS,
education. It touches on health education and prevention of diseases, child abuse or any other topic the student may be interested in.
need and demand for health services, administration of health
services, environment and health immunization, child spacing, CHD 607 Child and Adolescent Devpt Practicum 3 Credits
nutrition and health, health education, control of communicable The practicum is a ten-week supervised practical experience for a
diseases, maternal and child health, and health services for special minimum of 400 hours in total. The emphasis is on direct contact
groups. It will cover Defining the terms health education and health with children and adolescents living under difficult circumstances,
promotion: practical application of health promotion e.g. health families, and/or groups. This training component is absolutely
education, hygiene and sanitation, immunization, accessing clean essential for the preparation of persons aspiring to work with children
drinking water in schools, promoting good latrines at community and adolescents growing under difficult circumstances. It provides
level, hand washing habits in schools and at home, promoting the the student the opportunity to integrate classroom learning, personal
use of insecticide treated bed nets, life styles: prevention of drug skills, and prior experience in a new therapeutic setting with on-site
use and abuse, competition in team games (exercises), promoting supervision. The student must have successfully completed all the
the things that make people remain healthy, promotion of kitchen years coursework in order to register for the practicum.
gardens, etc. Major categories of disease: genetic, nutritional
disorders, environmental, degenerative, metabolic, biochemical PDE 521 Facilitation for Child and Adolescent Devpt 2 Credits
disorders, communicable diseases, tumours, etc. Communicable The course will introduce or reinforce facilitation as an empowering/
diseases: definition of communicable diseases, characteristics of enabling process for working with partner projects, introduction to
communicable diseases, some major communicable diseases in Africa, facilitation methodologies and techniques consistent with child
general principles in managing communicable diseases, outcome and adolescent development. It will cover: definition of terms;
of infection by an infectious agent, some important definitions Techniques/methodologies of facilitation: dialogue, producing new
in communicable diseases, main routes of transmission, control ideas, and new ways of looking at things, new content, evaluation,
of communicable diseases, principles of immunization, starting a and reflection. Facilitating adult learning and the Training of Trainers
disease control programme, school health programme and personal (TOT). This will include various approaches like formal, informal,
hygiene, levels of responsibility in disease control, etc. Principles and non-formal learning. How to facilitate child and adolescent
of maternal and child health: mother-child linkage, landmarks in development i.e. concepts, communication, and change; and how
maternal health, common childhood diseases, malaria: Roll Back participants and partners can be rooted in continuing learning;
Malaria (RBM), HIV/AIDS and maternal health, prevention and learning individually and collectively.
management, etc. Key issues in adolescent health: defining an
adolescent, common causes of ill health in the adolescent, role of
health education in adolescent health, life skills for the child and
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PGM 511 Mgt Perspectives in Child & active partnership. Clarifying clients present scenario; clarifying
Adolescent Dev. 2 Credits core concerns and assets; basic listening sequence; encouraging,
The course will explore management and leadership principles. It will paraphrasing, summarizing; reflecting feeling; and positive asset
involve the student in critical analysis of related case studies. It will search. Establishing therapeutic contact; goal setting; best-fit
cover:management principles and functions; a survey of management strategies; agreeing on counselling plan. Implementing counselling
thought beginning from the classical to contemporary theories; plan; evaluation; and modification. Termination and follow-up.
biblical perspective on stewardship (including servant-leadership); Skill integration and personal style.
strategic planning, budgeting, and management. Fundamental
principles in accounting and bookkeeping; interpretation of RES 510 Statistical Methods 2 Credits
statements. Human resources procedures and motivational theories, This course will provide an introduction to statistics as a method of
and leadership styles. analyzing developmental data. The student will be introduced to
descriptive and inferential statistics used in research. In addition, he/
PGM 532 Child and Adolescent Programme she will be taught to enter and analyze data using statistical software.
Design and Implementation 2 Credits It will cover: introduction to statistics: a revision of basic concepts in
The course will introduce the student to the major concepts displaying data; measures of central tendency; measures of validity;
associated with project planning and management. It aims at giving normal distribution; and probability. Sampling distribution;
the student an understanding of the various aspects of project statistical inference: estimation and hypothesis testing (to include
planning, monitoring and evaluation. It seeks to develop in the parametric test like z distribution and t-test, non-parametric test
student special skills in planning and implementing development like chi-square, and ANOVA calculations. Correlation (the Pearson
activities at both the micro and macro levels. It will cover : socio- correlation coefficient) and regression analysis (testing the goodness
economic development: poverty and sectoral development. of fit) and the non-parametric measures of association.
Basic theories of economic development (including Christian
transformational development). The logical framework approach as RES 511 Research Methods 3 Credits
tool for project design and management will be taught. Financial The course will prepare students to do effective research in his/her
and technical analysis; institutional analysis; Economic appraisal major field of study by introducing him/her to different research
of projects; feasibility studies and reports (including Participatory paradigms and procedures. It will cover: Definition, purpose,
Rural Appraisal-PRA); techniques and tools of planning; planning and objectives of research. Scientific thinking in research, research
children and adolescent projects. Perspectives on project monitoring; problem, hypothesis and questions formulation. Research methods:
techniques and tools of evaluation. survey, experimental, correlation studies, case studies, cross-sectional
studies, longitudinal studies, and ethnographic studies. Methods
PSY-643 Counselling Fundamentals and Micro-Skills 3 Credits of collecting data: participant observation, diaries, art, role-play,
This course establishes fundamentals of good counseling practice life histories, play, essays and conversational analysis, focus group
and includes demonstration of and supervised practicing of discussions, questionnaires, interviews, library research, and analysis
counselling skills. Emphasis is on development of core helping skills of secondary data. Writing a research proposal: crystallizing the
and attitudes, which are foundational to an effective counselling research question, the method of data collection, researcher control
process. Special attention is given to introducing ethical issues of variables, sampling design, the purpose of the study, the time
and how gender, class, and culture affect the counselling process. dimension, the topical scope, the research environment, participants
It will cover introduction to counseling; the counselor as a person; perception, preparation of data collection instruments, instrument
general counselling models; introductory ethical issues; the art of pilot testing, instrument revision, data collection, analysis,
constructive feedback. Diversity issues in counselling. Rapport and interpretation and recommendations, and research reporting.
structuring; attending behaviour; observational counseling; and
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UNIVERSITY
Council Chair and Chancellor
Dr. Florence Muli-Musiime
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
GOVERNANCE Prof. George Kinoti
Rev. Simeon Havyarimana
Mr. Erastus Mureithi

The University Council
Dr. Yusuf Turaki
Dr. Peter Okaalet
Prof. Henry Thairu
Mrs. Nancy Oginde
Mrs. Deborah Ongewe
Rev. Dr. MacMillan Kiiru
Ex-officio
Prof. Godref M. Nguru
Prof. Samuel Katia
Mr. Ben Yebei
Mr. Joseph Muiruri
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Rev. Prof. Godfrey M. Nguru

Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Samuel K. Katia

Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Academic
Dr. Philip Kitui

Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Finance, Administration and Planning
Mr. Ben Yebei

Finance Manager
Mrs. Rosemary Kinoti

Corporate Affairs Manager
Mr. Paul Muinde

ICT Manager
UNIVERSITY
Mrs. Rhoda Igosangwa
Administration Manager
Mr. Joseph Muiruri

Internal Audit Manager
MANAGEMENT Rev. Joseph Mbunga (study leave)

University Chaplain
(Rev. Evangeline MMutungi, Ag. Chaplain)
Dr. James Kombo

The University Dean, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies
Management Board Dr. Jon Masso

Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology
Prof. Stephen Nyambegera

Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
Mrs. Purity Kiambi

Ag. Dean, Faculty of Arts
Mrs. Nkita Arao

University Registrar
Mr. David Thuku

Dean of Students
Mrs. Rosemary Gitachu

University Librarian
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Katia, Samuel K., S1 (Diploma), Kenyatta College; B.Ed. (Physics
& Mathematics), University of Nairobi; M.Sc. (Science), University
of Nairobi; Ph.D. (Physics), University of Connecticut, USA.
Abok, Ager, B.Sc. (Honours), University of Leeds, U.K; M.Div.,

NEGST.
Amata, Evans O., B.A. (Rural Industries & Management),

Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University); M.F.C (Finance
& Control), Madurai Kamaraj University, India.
Arao, Nkita Tshiama, B.A.(Mathematics/Psychology), Mills College;

M.A. (Education Administration), Claremont Graduate School.
Awiti, Jane Atieno, B.A. (Honours), Postgraduate Diploma

in Education, University of Nairobi; M.A. (Communication),
Wheaton Graduate School. PHD Candidate
Ayaa Dominics: B.A. Economics and Sociology (Honours), M.A.

(Sociology), University of Nairobi.
Booker, Nancy A., B.A. ( Communication) Daystar University.

M.A (Communication) Daystar University
UNIVERSITY Bowen Michael: Bachelor degree (Agricultural Economics) Egerton,

Masters (Agricultural Econ.) Egerton, PhD (Environmental
Economics) Moi University.
ACADEMIC
Boyo, Bernard K: B.Th., Scott Theological College; M.Div. (Biblical
Hermeneutics), Nairobi International School of Theology; M.Th,
Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology; Ph.D (Theology)
Fuller Theological Seminary.
STAFF
Chege, Kimani: Certificate of Theology St. Pauls College; Diploma
of Theology, Makere College, M.S. Counseling Psychology, Lowa
College USA, Doctor of Min. (Ministry) Presbyterian Ministry.
Chiko, Wilson, B.A., University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; M.A.,

Hardin-Simmons University, USA, Ph.D Candidate (Islamic
Studies), University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.
Gachari, Regina, B.Ed., Kenyatta University, M.A. (English

Studies), Oxford Brookes, UK.
Githaiga, Anna, B.A. (Honours), University of East Africa; M.A.,

University of Leeds, U.K.
Kabuye Grace: Dip, Computer studies (IDPM) Strathmore College,

B.Com (Honors) Makerere University Uganda, MBA Business
Management (Finance) St. Johns University, New York USA.
Kaimenyi, Bertha, B.A., University of Eastern Africa, Baraton;

M.A. (Education Administration), PhD. Ed., Andrews University,
USA.
Kamau, Washington C., B.D., St. Pauls Theological College,

Limuru; Th.M. (Missiology), Doctor of Miss. Fuller Thelogical
Seminary, USA.
Kamundi Sammy: BSc. Maseno, MSc. Nairobi University
Kiambi, Purity, B.Ed., University of Nairobi; M.A., Moray House

College, U.K.
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Kingsbury, Charles E., Dip. (Bible), Full Faith Bible College; B.A., Miller, Ann Neville, B.A., (Social Work; Highest Honors) Oral
William Jewel College; M.A., Wheaton College; Ph.D, Florida Roberts University; M.A., (Communication) Wheaton College;
State University, USA. Ph.D. (Speech Communication) University of Georgia.
Kinuthia Geofrey: BEd (Science), M.Phil (Parasitology), Moi Univ., Miya, Florence Ngale, B.Ed., (Music) Honours, Kenyatta University;
Eldoret M.A. (Athnomusicology), Kenyatta University; ABRSM (London);
Ph.D (Music), University of Cape Town.
Kitheka, Obadiah, Diploma (Education), University College
of Nairobi; B.Sc. (Mathematics) University of London External Mogute - Nyangera, Mary M., B.A., M.A. (Social Work), Nagpur
Studies; M.Sc. (Mathematics Education), University of Keele, U.K. University, India.
Kitui, Philip M., B.Ed., University of East Africa (Makerere Munene Alice: B.Ed., Kenyatta University; M.A. (Counseling
College); M.Ed., University of Nairobi; Certificate in Educational Psychology), U.S.I.U (Africa). PhD (Psychology) Biola University.
Testing and Measurements, Educational Testing Services, Princeton,
USA; PhD. (Management of Christian Education), Seattle Pacific Munyao, Joseph K., B.Ed., (Mathematics); M.Sc. (Statistics),
University, USA. Egerton University. M.Sc. Candidate (MIS), University of Nairobi.
Kizito, Mary N., B.A., M.A. (Journalism & Mass Communication), MMutungi, Daniel, Dip. (Education), Kenyatta University; B.A.
Marquette University, USA. (Theology), Manchester University; M.A., Dayton University;
Doctor of Mis., Boston University, USA.
Kombo, James, B.Th., Scott Theological College; M.Div., NIST;
M.Th, Ph. D University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. MMutungi, Evangeline Dip (Education) KSTC, M.A.
(Psychology), Boston University School of Theology; M.A.
Kositany - Cheruiyot, Jane : BA (Economics, Sociology, Home (Religious Communication), Dayton University, USA.
Sci.) India, MA (Social Work) India, MA Candidate ( Child
Development), Daystar University. Musembi, Patrick, B.A., (Economics and Geography), Egerton
University; M.Div., Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of
Koyier Thomas: B.Sc. (Business Admin Finance) Washington USA, Theology, MA (Peace Studies & International Relations) Hekima
MBA (Science & Business), Southern Oregon USA. College.
Kuria, Mike, B.Ed., M. phil, (Literature), Moi University; Ph.D Mutunga, Daniel K: B.A. (Social Work), University of Nairobi; Master
Leeds University, U.K of Social Work, Monash University, Australia, MA (Theology) USA
Mageto Peter: Bachelor of Divinity, St. Pauls United College, MA Muutuki, Joseph: Dip. (Christian Communications), Daystar
(Theological Studies) Garrette ETS, PhD (Theology & History Communications; Dip. Theology (Freie Theologische Akademic
Studies) Garrette Evangelical Theology Seminary e.v. (Germany); M.Th., Covenant Theological Seminary; M.A.,
St. Louis University; MA Church History (Candidate) Doctor
Maleche, Hellen N., B.Ed. (Home Economics), Kenyatta University; Religious Education & Christian Administration, Lael College &
M.A. (Communication), Daystar University. Graduate School.
Malinda Harrahs: BA (Social Work) University of Nairobi, MA, Mutinda, Paul O.K., Dip. (Theology), Scott Theological College,
(Social Work ) Social Work East Anglia UK, PhD (Education & M.A. (Missions), Fuller Theological Seminary, USA; M.Div.
Cultural Sci.) Osnabruck Germany. (Missions), D.Min. (Leadership) Talbot School of Theology, USA.
Masiga, Maurice, B.Ed., Kenyatta University; M.Sc., University of Muriithi Samuel: BA Messiah College, MA (Communication)
Oregon, USA. Wheaton Graduate School USA, MBA, Seattle Pacific
Masindano, Peter Wangila, B.A. (Anthropology), M.A. Murunga Beatrice Atieno: B.Ed (Fine Art ) Kenyatta University,
(Anthropology), University of Nairobi. M.A Candidate(C MA (Counseling Psychology) Western Evangelical Seminary USA,
ommunication), Daystar University.
Mutua Alice: Dip. (Theology) Scott Theological College, BA
Masso, Jon D., B.S. (Physics), Drexel University; M.Sc. (Physics), (Religion) Pacific University USA, MA (Intercultural Studie) Fuller
Ph.D. (Physics), Colorado State University, USA. Theological Seminary, MA (Counseling Psychology)
Maswili, Richard M., B.A. (Honours) in Public Administration, Mwithia Jesica Kinya: BA (Com. Dev.) MA (Communication),
Punjab University, Chandigarh, MBA. (Marketing and Human Daystar University
Resource), Vikram University, India.
Ndirangu, Beatrice, B.Ed., M.Phil., Moi University, MA Candidate
Mbugua, Naomi, B.Ed. (Honours), Makerere University; M.Ed., in Peace and Transformation Candidate
Kenyatta University.
Nganga, Rebecca, B.Com., University of Nairobi, M.A.
Mbutu, Paul, B.A., Messiah College; M.A., Wheaton College, (Communication), Daystar University; PhD candidate:
USA. (Communication) UNISA
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Ngure, Peter K., B.Ed. (Science) Honours, Kenyatta University; Stinton, Diane B., B.A. (Religious Studies), B.Ed. (Secondary
M.Phil. (Zoology), Moi University, PhD Candidate (ITROMID) English), University of Calgary, Canada; M.T.S. (New Testament
JKUAT and Spiritual Theology), Th.M. (New Testament and Spiritual
Theology), Regent College, Canada; Ph.D. (African Theology),
Nguru, Faith Gathu, B.A. ( High Honours), Messiah College; M.A., University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Wheaton College, M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University,
USA. Talitwala, Elizabeth N., Diploma in Education (Health Professions),
Medical Training Centre Nairobi; Diploma in Community Health,
Nguu, John N., B.Sc., M.Sc., Egerton University. Leeds University; Midwifery Certificate, St. James Hospital,
Leeds; Diploma (Kenya Registered Nurse), Medical Training
Njoroge-Bility, Lucy N., B.A., M.A. (Journalism and Centre Nairobi. B.A. (Honours) Psychology; M.A. (Counseling
Communication), Point Park, U.S.A. Psychology), USIU Africa; Ph.D (Psychology) UNISA
Njui, Harriet, Dip. Ed. Music (Distinction), B.Ed. Music (High Wachira, David, Diploma (Management), Kenya Institute of
Honours), M.Ed., (Music Ed.), Kenyatta University; ABRSM Grade Management; B.Sc. (Forestry), M.Phil. (Natural Resources
B, PhD candidate: (Education), Catholic University Economics), Moi University. CPA (K), CPS(K).
Nyaga, Caroline, B.Ed. (English Language and Literature), Kenyatta Wamunyu Irene Wambui: BEd. Kenyatta University MA
University; M.Phil. (English Language), Moi University. (Journalism) North Eastern University Boston,
Nyaga, Rahab, B.Com. (Honours), University of Nairobi; M.A Wangng N. George: Dip. (Comp. System & Application) Bsc.
(Communication), Daystar University; PhD Candidate, University (Maths & Computer Sci.) JKUAT, Msc. (Software Engineering)
of South Africa. Sweden
Nyambegera, Stephen M., B.A., M.B.A., Osmania University, India; Waweru, Jimna, B.A. (Economics), Moi University; M.A.
Ph.D., University of Sheffield, UK. (Economics), University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Nyaole Rosemary: BA (Communication), MA (Communication) On Study Leave

Daystar University,
Akelola, Sarah, B.Com., University of New Delhi; M.B.A., Cochin
Obonyo, Levi, B.A., Messiah College; M.A.,Wheaton College; University, India, PhD Candidate (Accounting) Nottingham Trent
D.T.E., Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys, UK
South Africa; Ph.D (Journalism), Temple University, USA.
Kiarie, Martha, B.Ed. (Science), M.Sc., Kenyatta University. PhD
Okuku, Bernard, Bsc. (Statistics & Computer Science); Msc. Candidate (Environmental Health) Kosin University, South Korea
(Information Systems), University of Nairobi.
Makau, Olwendo Agnes, B.Th. (Scott Theological College); M.Div.,
Oladipo, Rebecca, B.A., (Honours) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology; M.Th, NEGST.
Nigeria; M.A. (Modern English), Ph.D. (Linguistics), University of PhD, Trinity International University, USA
Leeds, U.K.
Mbunga, Joseph, Diploma (Theology), B.Th., Scott Theological
Omondi, Joab Esamwata, B.D.A. (Development Administration), College; M.A. (Christian Ministry), Nairobi International School of
Gandhi Gram University; M.D.A. (Development and Theology; D.Min Candidate, Asbury Theological Seminary.
Administration), Madurai Kamaraj University.
Muthami, Phoebe, B.Th., Scott Theological College; M.Div.,
Ondera, Gladys, B.A. (Education), M.A. (Anthropology), University NEGST. PhD candidate: (Biblical Studies) NEGST
of Nairobi. Ph.D Candidate (Anthropology) UNISA
Onyango, Maurice, B.A. Sociology (Honours), University of
Oluoch, Jemima, B.Ed., University of Nairobi; M.Div., Nairobi Nairobi; M.Sc. (Urban Environmental Management (Distinction)
Evangelical Graduate School of Theology; M.Th (African IHS/Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, PhD
Christianity), University of Natal in Conjunction with Akrofi- Candidate: (Environmental Governance) Wageningen Netherlands
Christaller Memorial Centre, PhD candidate: (Theology) Vrije
University Waithima, Abraham, B.A. (Economics), Moi University; M.Sc.
(Economics), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, PhD candidate (Economics)
University of Cape Town S.A.
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October 2007 November 2007 December 2007

Dates Days Activities

August 13-18 Mon Fri Orientation of new students

April 2008 4 May 2008 5 June 2008 6

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

Week of January 28 Thursday (Jan. 31) Day of Prayer

October 2008 10 November 2008 11 December 2008 12

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

Week of Sept 1 Thursday (Sept. 4) Prayer Day

April 2009 4 May 2009 5 June 2009 6

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

October 2009 10 November 2009 11 December 2009 12

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

Week of August 31 Thursday (Sept. 3) Prayer Day

April 2010 4 May 2010 5 June 2010 6

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

Week of February 1 Thursday (Feb. 4) Day of Prayer

October 2010 10 November 2010 11 December 2010 12

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

Week of August 30 Thur (Sept 2) Prayer Day

Oct. 19 Nov. 19 Tue-Fri Typing of Exams

April 2011 4 May 2011 5 June 2011 6

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

Week of January 31 Thursday (Feb. 3) Day of Prayer

October 2011 10 November 2011 11 December 2011 12

DATES DAYS ACTIVITIES

Week of August 29 Thursday (Sept. 1) Prayer Day

Message from the Vice-Chancellor

A new spirit of commitment and dedication to our

The Daystar University Campuses

1. The Athi River Campus

Daystar University, Athi River

The University provides

2. The Nairobi Campus

The Daystar University Nairobi

On this campus, the University

Through the Public Relations section, the department assesses the

The Corporate Affairs Manager facilitates regular meetings for

Through a number of in-house publications, the department

The Business Development section deals with course development

2. Daystar University Students Association

3. Daystar Christian Fellowship (DCF)

6. Students Sports & Recreation Office

Charges Per Credit Hour

UNDERGRADUATE DAY CLASSES UNDERGRADUATE EVENING CLASSES

(3) Daystar scholarships are not available to first year students.

(4) The following conditions are used to determine scholarship

(b) Other Scholarships and Awards

(ii) Edith Locklin Berry Memorial Scholarship

(1) be full time female student in the Postgraduate programme.

(iii) Book Award

2. The Pre-University Programme

(a) Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with majors in Bible, Communication,

(b) Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) in Accounting, Marketing,