THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY IN BRIEF

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THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY IN BRIEF

The vision of the African Union is “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, an Africa driven and

managed by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international area”. Education is

the most important tool for equipping African peoples with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes

to be able to drive this vision. Quality Higher education in particular is imperative if Africa has to attain

this vision, generate home-grown solutions to African challenges according to the NEPAD philosophy;

and participate fully in the global knowledge economy.

The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union launched the Second Decade of

Education for Africa EX/CL/224 (VIII) Rev.2 which identifies tertiary level education as one of the

seven priorities to be focused on for the time period 2006-2015.

In the Addis-Ababa Declaration 2007, Assembly/AU/Decl.5(VIII), the Conference of Heads of State

and Government made themselves more explicit by calling for ‘’the revitalization of African

Universities’’ in their decision adopting the Consolidated Plan of Action for Science and Technology in

Africa (2008-2013).

Higher education and research in Africa therefore need to be resuscitated, rehabilitated and

strengthened. But the renewal process must be purpose-driven and anchored in the collective vision of

the African Union, including the Plan of Action for the Second Decade of Education for Africa. It is for

these reasons that the African Union Commission proposed in 2008 the creation of the Pan African

University (PAU). The PAU involves the promotion, networking and development of programs and

research centers within selected existing high quality universities in the five geographic sub-regions,

namely Northern, Western, Eastern, Central Northern and Southern Africa. The selected PAU institutes

and will be committed to network with high quality centers developing similar programs and to serve as

a coordinating hub for those institutions.

WHY STUDY AT THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY?

At the PAU you will benefit from the continental-wide and world-class graduate and post-graduate programs

geared to fundamental and developmental research in areas having a direct bearing on the technical and economic

development of Africa. In particular you will benefit from the instruction and interaction with a diverse range of

top academics and researchers from within African universities, the Diaspora and from the rest of the international

community. Upon graduation from the PAU, you will be expected to be highly innovative and to actively

participate in the dynamic and collaborative efforts in the private and public sectors to address the challenges

facing development in Africa.

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APPLICATIONS AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Eligibility Criteria

(a) General Criteria

1. Admission shall be first and foremost on the basis outstanding academic achievement as exhibited in

the performance at bachelor’s or Masters levels.

2. Applicants shall be talented and enterprising graduates with promising and strong leadership

potential, seeking to undertake postgraduate study/research in Africa.

3. Applications shall be for both taught and research postgraduate degrees: Masters and Doctor of

Philosophy. In addition to prioritizing academic achievement, selection could also take into account

some desirable cross-cutting issues so as to encourage diversity in the class/programme. They include:

1. Regional/sub-regional balance,

2. Gender balance

3. ICT literacy and Proficiency in English or French is mandatory

4. Satisfactory medical report for some courses as instructed by the department concerned.

(b) Masters’ Degree Programs

i) An applicant must be a holder of at least a Second Class degree Upper Division or its

equivalent awarded by a reputable University or any other recognized institution.

ii) Other specific requirements will vary from program to program.

iii) The duration the Masters program shall normally be between 24 and 36 months.

(c) Doctor of Philosophy

i) Applicants should possess a Masters degree from a recognized university in a field relevant to

the area of further studies.

ii) Must present an acceptable research proposal of not less than 3 pages and not exceeding 10

pages in the proposed area of study/research.

iii) Other specific requirements will vary from program to program.

iv) The duration of the PhD program shall normally be between 36 and 48 months.

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MASTERS PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

(i) Course Units

a) The programs shall be conducted on Course Unit (CU) basis;

b) One CU is equivalent to one contact hour a week over a semester or a series of weeks of at

least 15 contact hours; (A semester comprises 17 weeks, 15 of teaching/ study/practice and two

weeks of examinations).

c) One contact hour is equivalent to one hour of a lecture /tutorial/ seminar, or two hours of

practicals.

d) The total Course Units required at the end of a Semester must be at least 15. The Course Units

required at the end of a year must be at least 30.

e) Credit hours for each course = 2 lecture hours + 3 lab hours = 3 credit hours Or 2 lecture hours + 2

tutorial hours = 3 credit hours.

f) Total teaching hours per semester = 3 credit hours x 15 teaching weeks = 45 hrs

(ii) Research requirements

A candidate shall not be permitted to formally start on research work unless he/she has attended a

minimum of at least 2/3 of the courses offered in the first year of course work. All masters’ degree

program students are also required to present at least one seminar before completing their degree

program.

(iii) Thesis

The thesis shall conform to the standing guidelines and regulations of the Pan African University on

higher degrees.

The candidate will be required to submit three copies of the thesis accompanied by a declaration to the

satisfaction of the Senate stating that it has not been submitted for a degree at any other University.

iv) Award

The Masters Degree shall be awarded to a candidate who has accumulated a minimum of 30 CU for the

courses passed; and has successfully fulfilled the requirements of the thesis and passed the oral

examination.

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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

i) Purpose of Doctoral Training

The purpose of doctoral training is to impart skills to doctoral students in the art and science of

scholarship and to promote broader skills acquisition; and above all, to develop independent and critical

thinkers who are able to conduct quality research and initiate innovations that will contribute to the

transformation of communities. The end products of PhD training are researchers who can engage with

the broader environment of stakeholders. Doctoral scientific and academic training promotes the

acquisition of scientific methodology, critical analysis and the initiative for independent study. Doctoral

students are expected to probe deeply into their subjects and be at the forefront of research and

innovation in their fields.

ii) Type of Doctorate to be offered by the PAU

The PAU will offer doctorate degree by course-work and thesis only. A student pursuing a doctorate by

coursework and thesis is expected to attend formal training in a set of courses and secure a number of

course units before embarking on the thesis. The number of courses to be studied and the length of the

thesis may vary from discipline to discipline or from program to program. The student is expected to

work with his/her supervisors to select the most appropriate courses from within and outside his/her

respective faculty/institution/school. After completing the coursework component and passing the

examination set at the end of it, the student will then spend approximately two years completing the

thesis under the guidance of the supervisor and Doctoral Committee.

The student is required to have a specified minimum number of course units as prescribed by the Unit in

order to graduate, in addition students are expected to present at least one seminar paper prior to

submitting a satisfactory thesis and successfully defending it in a public oral examination.

JOINT AWARDS

i) Definition

Joint award qualification in a University system refers to an award that ensues from jointly executed

teaching, supervision and examination or all such multiple responsibilities involving more than one unit

in a given university, for instance the PAU, and other relevant and recognized Universities. A joint

award presupposes that collaboration/co-operation exists between the partner institutions to create an

enabling environment in which students, academic staff and other stakeholders are willing to participate.

ii) Advantages of Joint Awards in Regional/ International Education

i. Strengthening collaboration through research sharing; both universities will improve their

organizational and human resource capacity for research management and postgraduate training.

This will include the development of joint research projects and training programs as well as

other forms of staff and student mobility.

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ii. The collaboration has the potential to yield international visibility through excellence in research

outputs on global issues exhibited through joint publications and conferences.

iii) Advantages of a Joint PhD Research Degree

A joint PhD research degree will strengthen the collaboration between senior Scientists/Scholars and

facilitate staff development. It will also lead to the enhancement of research initiatives and

administrative procedures in both universities. A holder of a joint PhD degree will have the versatility

of being a beneficiary of the two universities and he/she will be in position to take the lead in

maximizing the exploitation of the resources available in Africa to accelerate the development of the

continent.

THE PAU HEADQUARTERS

The location of the Rectorate shall be decided by COMEDAF following an open call to AU Member

States. A Memorandum of Understanding shall be signed in this respect with the selected host country.

THEMATIC AREAS AND PROGRAMS

a. Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation

b. Life and Earth Sciences

c. Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences

d. Space Sciences

e. Water and Energy Sciences (including climate change)

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A. PROGRAMS AT THE PAU INSTITUTE OF BASIC SCIENCES

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (PAUISTI)

1 Master of Science in Molecular biology and Biotechnology

1.1 Goal

This program is designed to produce graduates who are adaptive, responsive and creative enough to

apply biochemical and molecular biology techniques to the African situation to exploit the rich potential.

1.2 Course distribution

Year I

Semester I Semester II

Title Credit

Hours

Title Credit

Hours

1. Molecular and

cellular biology

3 6. Bioinformatics 3

2. Advanced

techniques in

molecular biology

3 7. Proteomics 3

3. Genetic engineering

3 8. Drug development and

nano-bioscience

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4. Policy and

regulations in

biotechnology

3 9. Plant bioengineering

techniques

or

Animal bioengineering

techniques

3

5. Research

methodology

3 10. Biotechnology in

industrial microbiology

or

Environmental

biotechnologies

3

Subtotal 15 15

Year II

1. Independent

Research

12 3. Independents Research 12

2. Seminar 1 3 4. Seminar II 3

Subtotal 15 15

2 Master of Science in Mathematics

2.1 Goal

The main goal of the program will be to train students for advanced PhD programs and research in

Mathematics. The program is designed to also equip students for careers in other areas of research, such

as natural sciences or engineering, or to work in business or industry. This program has three options:

Computational mathematics, Financial mathematics and Statistics.

2.2 Course Distribution.

FIRST YEAR

SEMESTER ONE

1. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Management 3

2. Research Methods and Scientific Communication 3

3. Measure, Integration and Probability Theory 8

4. Numerical Methods and Scientific Computing 8

5. Functional Analysis and Differential Equations 8

SEMESTER TWO

1 Dynamical Systems, Modeling and Simulation 4

2 Theory of Statistical Inference 6

3 Topology and Differential Geometry 6

4 Algebra 4

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5 Mathematical Physics 4

6 Essay 6

SECOND YEAR

Selected Topics in

1 Analysis 10

2. Algebra 10

3. Geometry 10

4. Applied Mathematics 10

5. Probability 10

6. Mathematical Statistics 10

7. Mathematical Physics 10

Thesis 30

3. Master of Science in Civil Engineering and Construction Management

3.1. Goal

This program offers civil engineering scholars an opportunity to update and modernize their skills so as to

be able to respond to the demands of the civil engineering and construction industry in Africa and beyond.

3.2 Course Distribution

YEAR OPTION COURSE CODE /TITLE HOURS PER

SEMESTER*

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Compulsory

Common Units

Project Management 42

Development (Business)

Economics

42

Research Methodology 42

Statistical and Probabilistic

Models

42

Environmental

and ASAL

Engineering

CORE UNITS ASAL Management 42

Water harvesting and

conservation in ASAL

42

Inter-disciplinary design

project

42

Irrigation and drainage

Engineering

42

Elective units

(Select any two)

Environmental

Conservation and Impact

Assessment

42

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Solid Waste Management 42

Natural Disaster

Management

42

Environmental Law 42

Exploration of natural

resources

42

Environmental Pollution

and Monitoring

42

Transportation

planning and

Engineering

Core Units Transportation and Traffic

Engineering

42


project

42

GIS and Engineering

Surveying

42

Highway and Pavement

Design

42

Elective Units

(Select any two)

Highway Engineering

Materials

42

Soil & Rock Mechanics 42

Labour Based Technology

in Road Construction

42

Urban transport planning

and drainage

42

Design and Control of

Public Transport

Systems

42

Structural

Engineering

Core Units Finite Element Method 42


project

42

Analysis and Design of

Composite Structures

42

Experimental Methods in

Structural Engineering

42

Elective units

(Select any two)

Construction Materials 42

Theory of plates and shells 42

Dynamics of structures 42

Labour Based Technology

in Structural Works

42

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Earthquake Engineering 42

Bridge Design and

Evaluation

42

Port and harbor

engineering

42

Construction

Engineering and

Management

Core Units Sustainable Construction

Technology

42

Construction law 42

Design of construction

operations and systems

42


project

42

Elective Units

(Select any two)

Value Engineering &

Managing Quality

42

Construction Materials 42

Natural Disaster

Management

42

Labour based Technology

in Construction

42

2 All THESIS 60

Total 228

COMPULSORY UNITS

Project Management

Research Methodology

Statistical and Probabilistic Models

Development (Business) Economics

Inter-disciplinary design project

Thesis

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING: (CORE AND ELECTIVES)

Year One

Core Units

1. Finite Element Method

2. Analysis and Design of Composite Structures

3. Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering

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Elective Units* (a candidate to select any two units)

4. Construction Materials

5. Theory of plates and shells

6. Dynamics of Structures

7. Earthquake Engineering

8. Bridge Design and Evaluation

9. Labour Based Technology in Structural Works

10. Foundation Engineering

11. Port and Harbor Engineering

Year Two

ECE 3200 Thesis

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT:

Year One

CORE

1. Sustainable Construction Technology

2. Construction Law

3. Design of construction operations and systems

Elective units* (A candidate to select any two units)

5. Value Engineering & Managing Quality

6. Labour based Technology in Construction

Year Two

ECE 3200 Thesis

4. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering and Construction Management

4.1 Goal

This program is designed to produce individuals who are researchers, innovators, trainers and

consultants in the field of Civil Engineering and construction management for social and economic

transformation of Africa. This program is intended for individuals with a Masters degree in Civil

Engineering and construction management or closely related fields who wish to undertake research in

Civil Engineering.

4.2 Course distribution

Year 1

CODE TITLE HOURS PER

SEMESTER*

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COMPULSORY COURSES (for all options)

Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 42

Civil Engineering seminar 42

Research and Innovation project in civil engineering 42

Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship 42

Technology commercialization 42

Selected topics in Civil Engineering 42

Years 2 & 3

PhD Thesis 180

5. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

5.1 Goal

The M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering is developed to produce graduates that will be relevant in

developing and managing both sustainable power system and effective and efficient telecommunication

systems. This program has two options:-M.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Sustainable Power Systems) and

M.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications and Management).


TITLE CREDIT

UNITS

COMPULSORY COURSES (for all options)

1. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology(Engineering in

Society)

2

2. Research Methodology and Scientific Writing 2

3. Advanced Engineering Mathematics 3

4. Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2

Telecommunications Systems and Management OPTION

CORE

1 Digital signal processing 3

2. Advances in Telecom Systems. Fibre, Satellite, Microwave,

wireless)

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3. Telecommunication policy and regulations 3

4. Project Management 3

ELECTIVES (Choose any 2)

5. Telecom Network Design & Analysis 3

6. Computer networks protocols design 3

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7. Network management and planning 3

8. Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic Techniques- 3

Thesis

Sustainable Power Systems (OPTION)

Title

Compulsory

1. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology(Engineering in

Society)

3

2. Research Methodology and Scientific Writing 3

3. Advanced Engineering Mathematics 3

4. Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3

5. Power System Analysis and Security 3

6. Sustainable Electrical Power Workshop 3

7. Power System Operation and Management 3

8. Project Management 3

Electives

9. Sustainable Power Generation 3

10. Energy Economics and Power Markets 3

11. Power Electronics and FACTS Devices 3

12. Power System Stability and Control 3

13 Advance Power System Protection 3

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B. PROGRAMS AT THE PAU INSTITUTE LIFE AND EARTH SCIENCES

(PAUILES)

1. MASTERS IN GEOSCIENCE (Petroleum Geology)

1.1 Goal

The Petroleum Geology programme aims to offer world-class and high-level postgraduate courses

by recognised experts and delivering high quality graduates to the African workforce, who will

make significant impacts in the earth sciences and economic and social well-being of the

Continent.

. 1.2 Course Distribution

1st Year- Part I

1st Semester: Credits

Module 1 Introduction To Upstream E & P Business 25

Basin Delineation & Stratigraphic Framework

Module 2 Sub-Surface Data (Direct- & Indirect Data) 25

Reservoir Modelling and Reserves Calculation

2nd

Semester:

Module 3 Geology and Field Development Planning 50

Basic Petroleum Economics & Risk Assessment

Unconventional Resources

Electives: Specialized Topics

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2nd

Year- Part II

1st Semester

Module 4 M.Sc. Mini-Thesis 80

2. MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2.1 Goal

The Masters Degree program is designed to train manpower and build capacity in Environmental

Management in Africa at large. It equips graduates with necessary skills and technical expertise that will

enable them to address and manage many issues facing the region consequent on industrialization, rapid

urbanization and global environmental change, including climate change. In this regard, the application

of environmental risk assessment is central to the program.


1. Introduction to Environmental Management

2. Contemporary Environmental Challenges in Africa

3. Environmental Assessment and Analysis

4. Remote Sensing in Environmental Planning and Management

5. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Application in Environmental Planning and

Management

6. Techniques of Investigation in Environmental Management

7. Planning for Disaster Preparedness and Management

8. Environmental Planning Law

9. Air Pollution, Prevention and Control

10. Surface and Ground Water Management

11. Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation

12. Internship/Practical experience in field of study

13. Marine and Coastal Zone Management

14. Integrated Water Resources Management

15. Urban Planning and Environmental Management

16. Social and Ethical Dimensions of Environmental Management

17. Planning for Conflict Resolution and Management

18. Energy Resources Planning and Management

19. Seminar

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3. Master of Science in Plant Breeding

3.1 Goal

The overall aim of the program is to prepare world-class plant breeders by providing a well balanced

educational program combining the basic science of plant breeding with state-of-the-art techniques of

cultivar selection and development. The Course is designed to enable graduates to be major contributors

to sound and sustainable crop production and improvement efforts in all parts of the African continent.


Year 1

Core Courses

Year 1: Semester I

PAU 710 Applied Statistics and Biometry

PAU 711 Principles of Cultivar Development

PAU 712 Physiological Genetics

PAU 713 Practical Plant Breeding Methods

Electives

PAU 714 Utilization and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources

PAU 715 Plant Ecology and Evolution

PAU 716 Principles of Population & Evolutionary Biology

PAU 717 Plant Cell and Tissue Culture

PAU 718 Agronomy And Crop Physiology

PAU 719 Climate Change and its Impacts

Year I: Semester II

Core courses

PAU 720 Graduate Seminars and Research Implementation Skills

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PAU 721 Quantitative and Biometrical Genetics

PAU 722 Bio-policy, Bio-safety and Bioethics

PAU 723 Molecular Plant Breeding

Electives

PAU 724 Management of Soil Fertility

PAU 725 Crop Pest Ecology and Management

PAU 726 Disease Management and Epidemiology

PAU 727 Environmental Impact Assessment

PAU 728 Programme Planning and Management

Year 2:

PAU 729 Dissertation (Research)

PAU 730 Dissertation (Submission and Defence)

4. MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCE IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

4.1 Goal

This program is designed to provide broad education in the reproductive health field, with a strong

public health orientation. It aims to produce competent health-workforce equipped with relevant

knowledge, attitudes and skills to define, critically assess, and address priority reproductive health

problems using appropriate public health principles, frameworks and approaches.


1st Semester Courses

Course

code

Course Title No. of hours

(Theory)

No. of hours

(Practical)

Total No.

of Units

Compulsory/Required Courses

PSM 722 Principles of Epidemiology 30 - 2

PSM 724 Biostatistics 30 - 2

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OBG 705

Introduction to Reproductive Health 30 - 2

OBG 716 Strategic Leadership and

Management in Population and

Reproductive Health

30 - 2

PSM 727 Research Methodology 30 - 2

EMS 701 Introduction to Public Health 30 - 2

EMS 720 Demographic Methods 30 - 2

PSM 706

Health Policy, Planning &

Management

30

-

2

HPE 705 Community Organization and

Community Development

30 - 2

Elective Courses

HPE 726 Behaviour Change Communication

in Reproductive Health

45 - 3

OBG 704 Human Sexuality 30 90 4

OBG 721 Social and Economic Aspects of

Human Fertility

30 - 2

2nd

Semester Courses

Course

code

Course Title A B C


OBG 708 Adolescent Reproductive Health 30 - 2

OBG 709 Gender and Women Empowerment in

Reproductive Health Practice

30 - 2

OBG 719 Monitoring and Evaluation of RH

Programmes

30 - 2

OBG 729 Seminar (Current Issues in Reproductive

Health Issues)

2

OBG 730 Research Project 6

OBG 711 Fertility Regulation 30 45 3

OBG 717 Public Health Problems in Mother and

Newborn

30 - 2

20

RFH 704 Public Health Aspects of Sexually

Transmitted Infections including

HIV/AIDS

15 - 1

OBG 706 Ethics, Law and Reproductive Health 30 - 2

PSM 736 Computers and Informatics in Public

Health Practice

45 - 3

Elective Courses

OBG 718 HIV Infection in Women and Children 30 45 3

OBG 712 Reproductive Tract Oncology 30 45 3

OBG 713 Reproductive Failure 30 45 3

OBG 714 Issues in Reproductive Health Research 30 - 2

OBG 720 Principles of Population Change 30 - 2

EMS 708

Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

30

- 2

3rd

Semester Courses

Course

code

Course Title A B C


PAU Internship 45 - 3

5. MASTER OF SCIENCE IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

5.1 Goal

This is a specialized degree that focuses on physicians interested in reproductive issues; it offers the

opportunity for candidates to develop greater depth in the biology of reproductive processes while at the

same time it seeking to improve their understanding of broader reproductive health issues and research

potentials. It is particularly suitable for those in various sub-specialties of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

and who desire to be engaged in academics.

5. 2.Course Distribution

1st Semester Courses

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Course

code


(Theoretical)

No. of hours

(Practical)

Total No. of

Units


OBG 701 Embryology & Anatomy of

Male & Female

Genital tracts

45 - 3

OBG 702 The Menstrual Cycle 15 - 1

OBG 703 Human genetics 30 - 2

OBG 705

Introduction to Reproductive

Health

30 - 2

OBG 707 Fetal Medicine 30 45 3

PSM 722 Principles of Epidemiology 30 -

2

PIO 707 Reproductive Biology 15 45 2

PSM 724 Biostatistics 30 - 2

PSM 727 Research Methodology 30 - 2

Elective Courses

OBG 705 Introduction to Reproductive

Health

30 - 2

PIO 705 Endocrinology 30 45 3

OBG 721 Social and Economic Aspects

of Human Fertility

30 - 2

2nd

Semester Courses

Course

code


(Theoretical)

No. of hours of

(Practical)

Total No. of

Units


OBG 710 Sexually Transmitted

Infections

30 45 3

OBG 711 Fertility Regulation 30 45 3

OBG 712 Reproductive Tract 30 45 3

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Oncology

OBG 713 Reproductive Failure 30 45 3

OBG 715 Assisted Reproduction 30 45 3

CPY 21 Reproductive

Endocrinology

30 45 3

OBG 706 Ethics, Law and

Reproductive Health

30 - 2

CPY 31 Immunology 30 45 3

OBG 729 Seminar (Current Issues in

Reproductive Health Issues)

2

OBG 730 Research Project 6

Elective Courses

OBG 718 HIV Infection in Women

and Children

30 45 3

OBG 708 Adolescent Reproductive

Health

30 - 2

OBG 717 Public Health Problems in

Mother and Newborn

30 - 2

EMS 708

Statistical Methods in

Epidemiology

30

- 2

3rd

Semester Courses

Course

code

Course Title A B C

Compulsory Courses

PAU Clinical Mentorship 45 - 3

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C. PROGRAMS AT THE PAU INSTITUTE OF GOVERNANCE AND

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (PAUGHSS)

1. MASTERS IN GOVERNANCE AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION

1.1 Goal

The overall aim of the program is to develop and equip a core of African development practitioners with

the intellectual and practical skills in good governance and sustainable development which in turn will

promote regional integration in Africa


CORE COURSES

(a) The synergy between good governance, integration and development.

(b) Linkage between research and governance and regional integration.

(c) Development theory and practice of good governance.

1. History of Africa.

2. Introduction-Decolonial Epistemic Perspective in African History

2: History of ‘Indigenous Africa’

3. Africa in the Snares of Global Imperial Designs

4. African Agency, Responses to Colonialism and Decolonization

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5. The National Project and the National Question

6. New African Consensus and Rebuilding of Pan-African Institutions in the 21st Century

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

(OPTION)

Module 1: Problematizing African Development

• Conceptual Issues: Development, Africa and its people

• Planning African Development: From colonial to developmentalism

• Africa and the Crisis of Development

• A new Africa in the Global Stage: Questions on Unionism and Regionalism

• New Appropriations on African Development

Module 2: Contexts and Frameworks on SD

• The challenge of Development at the world stage

• Liberal notions and models of sustainability

• Critics of liberalism and sustainability

• The search for alternatives

Module 3: African Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability

• Understanding AIK, IKS, ATK

• Colonialism and Postcolonialism and African Knowledge Productions

• Sustainability of African Knowledge Traditions

• African Cultural Values on Sustainability

• Area analysis of African Cultural Values, Sustainability and SD

Module 4: Policies and Legislations of SD

• Place of Policies and Legislations

• Global Policies and Legislations

• African Regional Responses to Global Policies and Legislation

• Indigenous (including African) Peoples Responses to SD P & L

Module 5: Institutions and Systems for SD

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• Role and place of Institutions and Systems

• Global, regional and national systems

• African Traditional Institutions and Systems on SD

• Toward an integration of systems and institutions

Module 6: Indigenous Peoples and SD

• Indigenous Livelihoods Sustainability

• Cultural Rights and Sustainability

• Notions of bio-diversity and bio-cultural diversity conservation

• Power, Politics and Indigenous Peoples

• Policies, Legislation and Indigenous Peoples

Module 7: Towards African-Centred Articulations of SD

• New meanings of sustainability

• New tools and mechanisms for sustainability

• New Measurements of Sustainability

Module 8: Life Skills

• Life Skills is an active learning program that helps people to develop skills in dealing

with and coping with daily living situations.

• Participants learn and practice problem solving skills to gain more control of their lives.

• The course helps participants to plan and work toward greater personal satisfaction.

INNOVATION AND LIFE SKILLS (OPTION)

1. Innovation Systems, strategies and Infrastructure

2. Knowledge management concepts and practices

3. Innovation ecology and human resource management

4. Business Incubation and product development

5. Advances in Science, Technology, and Engineering

6. Advances in Social Sciences, Business and the Arts

7. Agricultural and green technologies

8. Building partnerships for innovation

9. Intellectual Property Rights, Patents and Copyrights

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DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA (OPTION)

1. The Idea of Democracy

2. Power in Pre-Colonial Africa and the Question of Democratization

3. Colonialism and the Anti-Democratic Cultures in Africa

4. Anti-Colonial Resistance Movements and the Struggles for Democratization in Africa

5. From Decolonization to ‘Third Wave’ of Democratization in Africa

6. African Renewal and Democratization in the 21st Century

2. MASTER OF ARTS IN KISWAHILI

2.1 Goal

The African Union (AU), meeting in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa (8th

July 2004), adopted

Swahili as official language. The AU's decision followed calls within and without the continent to

promote the use of African languages in official documents and literature. It was consistently argued that

use of Kiswahili would enhance African Unity.


i. Track I: Literature and Literary Studies for pragmatics and functionalism in Kiswahili

ii. Track II: Language and Linguistics for Kiswahili in development

iii. Track III: Translation and Interpretation for Communication and development in

Kiswahili

iv. Attachment/Internship

3. MASTER OF ARTS INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION

How to seek Admission

Applications shall be addressed to:

Director; Pan African University Institute of basic sciences Technology and Innovation- Kenya,

http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/pauisti .

Director; Pan African University Institute Life and Earth Sciences- Nigeria, http://www.

http://elspau.org.ng/ .

Director; Pan African University Institute of Governance Humanities and Social Sciences- Cameroon,

http://www. http://www.universite-yde2.org .

Academic year

First semester: May –August

Second semester: September- December

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Industrial affiliation/ proposal writing: January- March

Fees

The tuition fees and all other charges are normally paid on or before registration at the beginning of an

academic year.

Scholarships

A limited number of scholarships that cover all African Union Members states are available on a

competitive basis under the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere scholarship scheme.

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Documents

THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY IN BRIEF