SUA Diploma in Records, Archives and Information Management Programmes

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

SEMESTER 1
COURSE ANTE    COURSE TITLE

CORE COURSES

ICT 0100    Introduction to Computers and their Applications
RAM 0100  Principles of Records Management
ILS 0102    Principles of Information Management
ILS 0103    Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Management
SC 0100    Communication Skills I
RAM 0101 Management of Registries

ELECTIVES
DS 0100    Principles of Development
RAM 0102 Office Management and Practice
ILS 0105    Information Services for Rural Communities
MTH 0101  Basic Mathematics

SEMESTER II
COURSE ANTE    COURSE TITLE

CORE COURSES

RAM 0103  Selection    and    Acquisition    of Archival Materials
MTH 0100  Introduction to Statistics
ILS 0106    Cataloguing and Classification 1
RAM 0104  Arrangements and Description of Archival Materials
ICT 0101    Information Literacy

ELECTIVES COURSES
ILS 0107    Project Management
RAM 0105  Business Archives
ICT 0102    Desktop Publishing
COM 0101 Communication Skills II
ILS 0108    User Services and Relations

SEMESTER 3
COURSE ANTE    COURSE TITLE

CORE COURSES

ICT 0200    Introduction to Database Management
RAM 0200    Electronic Archives
RAM 0201    Legal and Policy Aspects of Records/Archival Work
RAM 0202    Management of Current Records
ILS 0200    Research Methods in Information Management
ILS 0202    Research Project 1

ELECTIVES COURSES

ICT 0202    Concepts of Computer Networking
ICT 0203    Introduction to Web Publishing
ILS 0203    Principles of Management
ILS 0204    Repackaging and Dissemination of Information

SEMESTER 4
COURSE ANTE    COURSE TITLE

CORE COURSES

ICT 0204    Records Systems in Digital Environment
RAM 0203    Preservation and Conservation of Records
RAM 0204    Managing Archives
ILS 0205    Research Project 2
ICT 0205    Digitization of Archival Materials

ELECTIVES COURSES
ILS 0206    Knowledge Management
ILS 0207    Marketing of Information Services
ILS 0208    Policy and Planning for Information Services
ICT 0206    Information Technology and the Society

ADMISSION ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Admission for the Diploma in Records, Archive and Information Management requires One Principal Pass in one of the following subjects A- level certificate, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Science and Practice of Agriculture, Geography, Economics and Commerce, History, English, French and Kiswahili OR Certificate in Records Management/or other relevant disciplines with a minimum of 2nd Class and four passes at O-level certificate.

TUITION FEES

Tshs 900,000 per year

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