Education Faculty
Dean: Mrs. Ziolire Namondwe
Email: zmondwe@gmail.com
Curricular Table
| Year 1 | Course title |
Contact hours |
Credit hours |
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| 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 |
Course title |
Contact hours |
Credit hours |
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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 |
Course title |
Contact hours |
Credit hours |
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| 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 |
Course title |
Contact hours |
Credit hours |
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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 |
Course title |
Contact hours |
Credit hours |
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| 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 |
Course title |
Contact hours |
Credit hours |
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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 |
Course title |
Contact hours |
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 |
Contact hours |
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 | |||||||||||||