Education Faculty

Dean: Mrs. Ziolire Namondwe

Email: zmondwe@gmail.com

Curricular Table

Year 1    Course title  

       Contact hours

 

Credit hours

Semester 1
Course  code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 1013 Church and culture 40 20 60 3.0
MDC 1023 Old testament literature 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 1013 History of education in Malawi 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 1023 Communication skills for education 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 1033 Fundamentals of information system 40 20 60 3.0
 ENG 1013 Introduction to language 40 20 60 3.0
SOS 1013 Foundations of social studies 40 20 60 3.0
Total for Semester 1 280 140 420 21 .0
Year 1                          

 

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Semester 2
Course  code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 1033 Essentials of Christianity 40 20 60 3.0
MDC 1043 Introduction to anthropology 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 1043 Philosophy of education 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 1053 Psychology of education 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 1063 Sociology of education 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 1022 Introduction to literature 30 15 45 2.0
ENG 1122 Introduction to African  poetry 30 15 45 2.0
SOS 1023 Population and reproductive health issues in Malawi 40 20 60 3.0
  Total for Semester 2 280 140 420 22.0
Year 2                          

 

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Credit hours

 Semester 1
Course  code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 2013 Human development and relationships 40 20 60 4.0
MDC 2023 Christian world views 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 2013 Special needs education 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 2023 Instruction, media, and technology 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 2013 Introduction to English grammar 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 2023 Semantics and pragmatics 40 20 60 3.0
SOS  2013 Life skills education 40 20 60 3.0
Total for Semester 1 280 140 420 21.0
Year 2                          

 

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Semester 2
Course  code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 2033 New testament literature 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 2033 Testing, measurement, and evaluation 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 2043 General teaching methods 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 2033 Literary criticism 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 2043 English phonetics and phonology 40 20 60 3.0
SOS 2033 Human rights and responsibilities 40 20 60 3.0
  Total for Semester 2 240 120 360 18.0
Year 3  

 

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Credit hours

Semester 1
Course  code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 3013 Effective public communications 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 3013 Curriculum studies 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 3012 Socio-linguistics 30 15 45 2.0
ENG 3112 Discourse analysis 30 15 45 2.0
ENG 3023 European novel 40 20 60 3.0
SOS 3013 Citizenship studies 40 20 60 3.0
MTE 3012 Methods of teaching English I 30 15 45 2.0
MTS 3012 Methods of teaching social studies I 30 15 45 2.0
Total for Semester 1     240   120   360 20.0
Year 3                          

 

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Semester 2
Course  code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 3023 Pentecost: Personal and community empowerment 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 3023 Education research methods 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 3033 Shakespeare 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 3042 Theatre for development and practice 30 15 45 2.0
ENG 3142 Introduction to Malawian literature 30 15 45 2.0
SOS 3033 Comparative government studies 40 20 60 3.0
MTE 3022 Methods of teaching English II 30 15 45 2.0
MTS 3022 Methods of teaching social studies II 30 15 45 2.0
Year 4  

 

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Credit hours
Semester 1
Course code Lecture Practical Total
TPR 4018 Teaching practice 0 160 160 8.0
Total for Semester 1 0 160 160 8.0
Year 4
Semester 2  

 

Course title

 

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Credit hours
Course code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 4013 Foundation for professional excellence 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 4013 Guidance and counselling 40 20 60 3.0
EDF 4023 Education, leadership and management 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 4013 African novel in English 40 20 60 3.0
ENG 4023 Advanced syntactical theory 40 20 60 3.0
THS 4013 Thesis writing 40 20 60 3.0
Total for semester 2 240 120 360 18.0