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Course distribution

 

Courses will comprise of either 2 or 3 units. This is equivalent to 2 or 3 lecture hours per week or their equivalent in tutorials, practicals or demonstrations during the semester. All courses up to the third year of study are compulsory except in the case of HND or Advanced Diploma holders who will get the due credit. Only core courses are mandatory in the fourth year. However, students must take a minimum of 6 units of elective courses in each of the semesters during the fourth year.

 

Schedule of courses

 

Code

Course Title

Units

Year 1

Semester I

 

BOT 110

Basic Botany

3

CHEM 110

Basic Chemistry I

3

IRD 100

Communication Skills I

3

IRD 101

Quantitative Skills I

3

IRD 103

Development Concepts and Applications

3

MAT 110

Calculus I

3

PHY 110

Basic Physics

4

WLM 110

Natural History of Flora and Fauna of East Africa

2

 

Subtotal Number of Units

24

 

 

 

Year 1

Semester II

 

BOT 111

Basic Botany II

3

CHEM 111

Basic Chemistry II

4

IRD 102

Communication Skills II

3

MAT 111

Geometry and Elementary Applied Mathematics

3

PHY 111

Basic Physics II

4

WLM 111

Introduction to Natural Resources Management

2

WLM 112

Outward Bound Training

3

FSH 101

Swimming & Survival Techniques

1

ZOO 110

Basic Zoology

3

 

Subtotal Number of Units

26

 

 

 

Year 2

Semester I

 

FOR 214

Introduction to Soil Science

3

FSH 210

Ecology of Inland Waters

3

IRD 200

State, Society and Development

3

WLM 240

Introduction to Ecology

3

WLM 250

Introductory Statistics for Wildlife

3

ZOO 210

Invertebrate Zoology

3

ZOO 211

Animal Genetics and Evolution

3

 

Subtotal Number of Units

21

 

 

 

Year 2

Semester II

 

FOR 222

Principles of Economics

3

FOR 226

Forest Surveying and Photogrammetry

3

FSH 212

Marine Ecology and Oceanography

3

WLM 246

Plant Ecology and Taxonomy

3

WLM 248

Society and Conservation

3

WLM 251

Wetland Conservation

3

WLM 252

Biostatistics for Natural Resources

3

ZOO 212

Vertebrate Zoology

3

 

Subtotal Number of Units

24

 

 

 

Year 3

Semester I

 

WLM 340

Planning and Management of Protected Areas

3

WLM 342

Human Dimensions in Wildlife Conservation

3

WLM 348

Range Management

3

WLM 350

Ornithology

3

WLM 352

Mammalogy

3

WLM 361

Behavioural Ecology

3

WLM 362

Biogeography

2

WLM 366

Herpetology

3

 

Subtotal Number of Units

23

 

 

 

Year 13

Semester II

 

WLM 344

Population Ecology

3

WLM 346

Comparative Vertebrate Physiology

3

WLM 354

Park Management

2

WLM 355

Entomology for Wildlife

3

WLM 357

Information Technology for Natural Resources

2

WLM 363

Fundamentals of Research

2

WLM 364

Wildlife Diseases and Pathology

3

WLM 370

Field Attachment (outside semester)

6

 

Subtotal Number of Units

24

 

 

 

Year 4

Semester I

 

BTM 412

Rural Tourism

3

WLM 440

Principles of Management

2

WLM 444

Public Education and Extension

2

WLM 446

Wildlife Economics

2

WLM 448

Engineering for Wildlife Management

2

WLM 472

Wildlife Utilisation

3

WLM 466

Conservation Genetics

2

 

Subtotal Number of Units

16

 

 

 

Year 4

Semester II

 

WLM 450

Wildlife Policy, Law and Professional Ethics

2

WLM 452

Wildlife Management

3

WLM 456

Wildlife Nutrition

3

WLM 458

Senior Project

6

WLM 464

Contemporary Issues in Wildlife Conservation

1

WLM 468

Community Ecology

3

 

Subtotal Number of Units

18

 

 

 

 

Elective Courses

 

BTM 301E

Service Quality Management

3

BTM 305E

Tourism Project Planning and Development

3

BTM 407E

Sustainable Tourism Development

3

FOR 416E

Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3

FOR 427E

Principles and Applications of Remote Sensing

3

FSH  421E

Recreational Fisheries   

3

FSH 426E

Intergrated Coastal Zone Management

3

WLM 463E

Avian Management

3

WLM 470E

Environmental Physiology

3

WLM 474E

Landscape Ecology and GIS

3

WLM 476E

Ecological Modelling

3

WLM 478E

Resource Economics

2

WLM 479E

Tropical Forest Ecology

3

WLM 480E

Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict

2

WLM 481E

Conservation and Development

2

WLM 482E

Principles of Marketing

2

 

Total Number of Untis for the Programme

177
     
 
Examination regulations

The common university semester examination regulations shall apply.

Admission to examination will depend on satisfactory attendance of the prescribed courses as per senate regulations.

 

All courses shall be examined by continuous assessment (tests, term papers, laboratory and field trip reports, seminar presentations) and semester university examinations except for the field courses WLM 112: Outward Bound Training and WLM 370: Field Attachment and WLM 458: Senior Project.

 

Whereas continuous assessment will vary from course to course depending on the nature of each course, the end of semester examinations will be of 3 hours duration.

WLM 112: Outward Bound Training will be assessed by the participation and performance of the student on assigned duties in the field. WLM: Field Attachment will be assessed from the student’s written report (50 %), Field Supervisor’s written report (30 %) and performance of assigned duties while in the field (20 %). The Senior Project (WLM 458) will be assessed  solely on the written report of the student with marks distributed as follows: Abstract (5%), Literature review (10 %), Data collection and result analysis (30 %), Discussion and management recommendations (20 %), Oral presentation (15 %).

 

 

A student will not graduate unless he/she satisfactorily completes the field  courses WLM 112: Outward Bound Training, WLM 370: Field Attachment and WLM

 

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