DIPLOMA IN TOURISM AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Course distribution
In the first year of study, students must take the following
fourteen (14) courses: Professional Techniques in Tour Guiding and
Administration, Touristic Geography of East Africa, French/German, Tourism
Theory, Social Studies, Law, Radio Theory and Practice, History of East Africa,
Social Anthropology, Community Based Conservation, MS DOS, First Aid, Driving
and Field Attachment.
Students will take twelve (12) courses during the second
year. In addition, students must take two elective courses, one course each
semester. One elective course under wildlife management and the other elective
under tourism. Students will undertake a research project and write a
dissertation in the third year of study.
Schedule of courses
|
Course Code |
Course Title |
Units |
Examination |
|
Year I |
Semester I |
|
|
|
TWS 001 |
Professional Techniques in Tour Guiding and Administration
I |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 002 |
Touristic Geography of East Africa andEnvironmental Studies
I |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 003 |
Touristic History of
East Africa |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 004 |
Theory of Tourism |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 005 |
Social Studies |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 006 |
French I |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 007 |
German I |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 008 |
Radio Theory and Communication Practice |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 009 |
Basic Law |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
|
Semester Total |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semester II |
|
|
|
TWS 010 |
Professional Techniques in Tour Guiding And administration
II |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 011 |
Touristic Geography of East Africa andEnvironmental Studies
II |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 012 |
French II |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 013 |
German II |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 014 |
Social Anthropology |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 015 |
Community Based Conservation |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 016 |
Introduction to Ms Dos/Windows |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 017 |
Bushcraft and First Aid |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 018 |
Industrial Attachment |
4 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
|
Semester Total |
20 |
|
|
|
Year Total |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year II |
Semester I |
|
|
|
TWS 019 |
Basic Mammalogy |
3 |
1x3 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 020 |
Introduction to Ornithology |
3 |
1x3 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 021 |
Introduction to Plant Communities of
East Africa |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 022 |
Bushcraft and Survival Techniques |
3 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 023 |
Introduction to Tourism Management |
3 |
1x3 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 024 |
Basic Statistics and Research Methods |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 025 |
Principles of Marketing |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 026 |
Wildlife Diseases |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 027 |
Foreign Language 1 |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
|
1 Elective |
2 |
|
|
|
Semester Total |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year II |
Semester II |
|
|
|
TWS 028 |
Protected Area Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 029 |
Policy and Law in Tourism and Wildlife Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 030 |
Introduction to Hospitality Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 031 |
Human Dimensions in Wildlife Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 032 |
Integrated Coastal Zones Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 033 |
Principles of Accounting |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 034 |
Principles of Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 035 |
Travel and Tour Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 036 |
World Tourism |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 037 |
Wetland Conservation |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
|
1 Elective |
2 |
|
|
|
Semester Total |
22 |
|
|
|
YEAR TOTAL |
46 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year III |
Semester I |
|
|
|
TWS 038 |
Industrial Attachment |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year III |
Semester II |
|
|
|
TWA 039 |
Dissertation |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electives |
|
|
|
|
TWS 040E |
Range Ecology and Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 041E |
Introduction to Wildlife Utilisation and Economics |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 042E |
Fundamentals of Wildlife Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 043E |
Health and Environment |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 044E |
Cultural Tourism |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 045E |
Ecotourism |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 046E |
Tour Guide Management |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 047E |
Introduction to Herpetology |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
|
TWS 048E |
Foreign Language II |
2 |
1x2 Hrs Paper |
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