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Bachelor Of Sciences In Water Resources Management

Program Eligibility:

The programme will be attended by students who completed successfully secondary school level, preferably in the following combinations: -Physics-Chemistry and Mathematics, Biology-Mathematics and chemistry, Physics-Chemistry-Biology. The candidates will be admitted in level one of this programme upon their scholastic performance in the national examination of secondary education in the courses mentioned above.  Guidelines set by HEC on Admission in higher learning education will be also taken into consideration and considered.

Exit Awards:  Bachelor of Sciences in Water Resources Management.

 Programme module structure  

Level 8

Programme

Bachelor of Sciences with Honours in Water Resources Management

 

 

Module Code

Module Title

Number of Credits per Module

Year One

Award: Certificate of Higher Education in Basic Sciences

 

Semester 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester 2

 

GMS8112

General Mathematics and Statistics

1.     Single Variable Function Analysis

2.     Elementary Algebra

3.     Descriptive and Inferential Statistics 

15 credits

CIS8111

Computing Information System and Communication Skills

1.     Computing and information system

2.      Communication Skills

10 credits

GBH8112

General Biology and hydrobiology

1.     Introduction to Biological system

2.     Botany and plant biodiversity

3.     Zoology and animal biodiversity

4.     Hydrobiology

15 credits

GCH8112

General Chemistry and hydrochemistry

1.     General Chemistry

2.     Water chemistry

15 credits

 

Sub-t                Sub-total 1 

55 credits

IPH8122

Introduction to Physics

1.     General Physics

2.     Oscillation and Waves

3.     Fluids Mechanics

15 credits

IPS8122

Introduction to Philosophy and Social Sciences

1.     Introduction to Sociology and Political Science 

2.     Introduction to Philosophy and Religious study

3.     Political Education and Rwandan Culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 credits

PEC8122

Principles of Economics

1.     Microeconomics

2.     Macroeconomics

3.     Economics of water Resources      

 

 

15 credits

IRU8122

Introduction to Rural and Urban Development

1.     Principles of Rural and Urban Development

2.     Environment Health and Development

3.     Water resources and climate change

 

 

 

 

15 credits

                                                       Sub-total 2

60 credits

                                                           Total

115 credits

Year Two

 

 

Semester 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester 2

 

Award: Diploma in Water Resources Management

 

 

PEE8212

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principle of Ecology and Ecohydrology

1.     Principle of Ecology

2.     Principle of Ecohydrology  

 

 

15 credits

WPR8213

Water Pollution and Remediation Strategies

1.     Biodiversity use and conservation

2.     Principle of Water Pollution

3.     Water Pollution Remediation Strategies

 

20

 

 

 

 

WQA8213

Water Quality Analysis and Water Treatment, Sanitation and Hygiene

1.     Physico-chemical and Biological study of water

2.     Water Treatment, sanitation and hygiene

 

 

 

20 credits

 

Sub-total 3

55 credits

WRM8223

Water Resources Management and

 Planning 

1.     Water-Environment and sustainable development

2.     Water Resources Planning

3.     Water Resources Management

4.     Watershed management

 

 

20 credits

GIS8222

1.Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing

2. Survey and Mapping

 

15 credits

EPS8222

Entrepreneurship Skills

15 credits

PRP8222

Professional Practice

15 Credits

 

Sub-total 4

60  credits

Total

115 credits

Year Three

 

Semester 1

 

Award: Advanced Diploma in Water Resources Management

 

HSH8313

Hydrology System and Hydromorphology

1.     Climatology

2.     Surface and Ground Water Hydrology

3.     Hydromorphology

20 credits

WUD8313

Wastewater and urban drainage system

1.     Principle of Wastewater and its Environmental and Health Effects

2.     Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

3.     Urban Drainage System and sewerage

 

 

 

 

20 credits

IWRM8313

Integrated Water Resources Management

1.     Introduction to integrated water resources management

2.     Hydropolitics and Conflicts in Water Resources Management

3.     Transboundary Policies in Water Resources Management

20

 

Sub-total 5

60 credits

 

Award: Ordinary Degree in Water Resources Management

 

Semester 2

RM8422

Research Methodology

 15 Credits

 

WEM8422

 Water and Environmental  Microbiology

 

       

         15 credits

IDE8422

Irrigation, Drainage and Erosion Control

1.     Irrigation and Drainage System

2.     Erosion control

15 credits

 

HDP8422

Hydropower

 15 credits

 

Sub-total 6

60 credits

Total

130 credits

Year Four

Semester 1

Award: Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences with Honours in Water Resources Management

 

 

SWR8513

Storage and Water Regulation Works

1.     Water storage system

2.     Rainwater harvesting system

       20 credits

 

 

HWS8512

 

 

 

 

 

Hydro informatics and Water System Modelling

      

 

 

15 Credits

 

AGIS8512

          Advanced GIS

 

15 credits

 

EIA8512

Environmental Impact Assessment in Water Resources

15 credits

 

Sub-total 7

60 credits

 

Semester 2

 

 

ADW8523

Analytical and Design Tools in Water Resources Supply and distribution

1.      Analytical and Design Tools in Water Resources

2.      Water Supply and Distribution

 

 

20 credits

PRP8523

Professional Practice

20 credits

RDT8523

Research Dissertation

20 credits

 

Sub-total 8

60 credits

 

Total 8

120 credits

 

TOTAL

GENERAL TOTAL

480 CREDITS