Education Faculty

DEAN: Mrs. Z. Namondwe

CURRICULAR TABLE

Year 1                        

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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
SOS 1013 Foundations of social studies     40    20   60 3.0
HIS 1013 History of Malawi     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
SOS 1023 Population and reproductive health issues in Malawi     40    20   60    3.0
HIS 1023 History of east and central Africa     40    20   60    3.0
  Total for Semester 2    280   140  420 21.0
Year 2                          

 

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Semester 1
Course  code Lecture Practical Total
MDC 2013 Human development and relationships     40    20   60    3.0
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
SOS 2013 Life skills in education     40    20   60    3.0
SOS 2023 Individual and society     40    20   60    3.0
HIS  2013 Themes in Africa history     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
SOS 2033 Human rights and responsibilities     40    20   60    3.0
SOS 2043 Cultural studies     40    20   60    3.0
HIS 2033 Europe since 1879     40    20   60    3.0
  Total for Semester 2    240   120  360 18.0
Year 3  

 

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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
SOS 3013 Citizenship studies 40 20 60 3.0
SOS 3023 Environmental studies 40 20 60 3.0
HIS 3013 Concepts of world civilization 40 20 60 3.0
MTH 3012 Methods of teaching history 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 19.0
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
SOS 3033 Comparative government studies 40 20 60 3.0
SOS 3043 Development studies 40 20 60 3.0
HIS 3033 A survey of world pre-history 40 20 60 3.0
MTH 3022 Methods of teaching history II 30 15 45 2.0
MTS 3022 Methods of teaching social studies II 30 15 45 2.0
Totals for Semester 2 240 120 360 19.0
Year 4  

 

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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  

 

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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
SOS 4013 Development and underdevelopment in the third world 40 20 60 3.0
SOS 4023 Global issues 40 20 60 3.0
THS 4013 Thesis writing 40 20 60 3.0
Total for semester 2     240       120        360 18.0