COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course aims at enhancing students’ effective communication in English with regard to grammar, speech, reading and writing. Students are taken through the major and minor word classes in English and their functions as well as concord. With regards to writing, emphasis is placed on good paragraph development. The course helps students to acquire good narrative and summary skills; therefore a prescribed novel is read per semester and students summarize sections of the prescribed novel and are able to discuss characters and themes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students shall be able to:

• Organize their ideas coherently and clearly in paragraphs.
  
•  Identify and use the major and minor word classes in English.
  
• Summarize a given passage by extracting the relevant information from it.
  
• Develop the requisite skills to communicate effectively
  
• Analyze their grammatical expression to respond appropriately to questions
  

    COURSE CONTENT

• Introduction to Communication Skills
  
•  Speaking and Reading Skills
  
• Word Classes
  
• Concord
  
•  Writing Skills
  

    COMPULSORY READING MATERIALS

• Akmajian, A. (2001). Linguistics:
  
• An introduction to language and communication. New Delhi:
  
• Prentice –Hall of India Private Limited.
  

OPTIONAL READING MATERIALS

• Dixson, R. J. (2003). Complete course in English. New Delhi: Prentice–Hall of India
  
•  Dolphine, F. A. (1989). A course in oral English. Accra: Sedco Publishing Limited.
  
• Quirk, R. &Greenbaum, S. (1973). A university grammar of English. London: Longman
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course introduce students to the principles, steps and practices in academic writing and critical thinking. The philosophy of the course is to help students write clearly, logically, comprehensively and structurally appropriate. It is also to help you learn the rules of academic writing and the general nature of reports. It thus provides opportunity to enhance students’ scholarly aptitude in writing. Students will also be equipped with effective reading skills. With regard to writing, emphasis is placed on good paragraph development rhetorical styles and textual development. The course is also expected to help students to acquire appreciable narrative and summary skills; therefore, a selection of short stories or a novel will be read and students will be expected to summarize   some of these stories using academic language. Students must also be able to use the APA referencing style and write good academic reports, proposals, narratives, descriptive exposition and argumentative essays.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will:

•  Demonstrate considerable competence in their choice of language for scholarly writing
  
• Develop effective reading skills and desirable academic writing competence
•  Analyse academic writing in terms of rhetorical purpose, audience, content, genre, pattern of development, and stylistic features
• Adapt writing to different audiences, purposes, and contexts
• Synthesize and report on the scholarly literature
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of basic essay structure, including introduction, body and conclusion
• Employ descriptive, narrative and expository modes of writing

COURSE CONTENT

• Scholarly Writing
  
• Paragraph structure (topic sentence, supporting examples, transition sentence)
  
• Basic rhetorical modes (narration, description, exposition)
  
• Writing process (pre-writing, writing, re-writing)
  
• Effective use of quotation, paraphrase and summary
  
• Stylistics (vocabulary, conciseness)
  
• Correct paper formatting
  
• Grammar Usage & mechanics
  
• Reading and responding to assigned readings
  
• APA writing Style
  

Compulsory Reading Materials

• Faigley, L. R. Graves, & H. Graves (2013). The brief penguin handbook. (3^rd ed.) Toronto, ON: Pearson Custom Publishing
• Glenn, C. et al. (2013). The Hodges Harbrace handbook, 18^th Edition. New York: Cengage.
  

Optional Reading Materials

• Williams, J. (2011). Style: Ten lessons in clarity and grace, (10^thed.) Boston: Longman.
  
•  Clouse, B. F. &Grevstad, P. (2011). The student writer, editor and critic. (1^sted.) McGraw-Hill Ryerson
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to provide students with the basic principles of personal and interpersonal leadership that can be used in any life arena. The course will explore variables that affect productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency, and a variety of interpersonal skill-sets. Emphasis will be placed on vision, goals & objectives, motivation, decision-making, time management, power, team building, conflict, ethics, dealing with change, communication skills, and diversity issues. In addition, we will explore a variety of other topics, including developing your personal leadership style, and organizational politics.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Describe the changing global context of leadership and of the new leadership models that are emerging in response to these changes.
  
• Explain the personal leadership needs of organizations
  
• Discuss the personal leadership practices needed to support the new leadership models.
  
•  Explain the role of “positive leadership” in shaping high performance individuals and organizations.
  
•  Describe the role teams and time management in leaders success
  
•  Describe the power of engagement, flow and meaning in leadership.
  
• Apply positive shift in your leadership understanding, and practice.
  

COURSE CONTENT

• Understanding your Personality
  
• Developing Assertiveness Competencies
  
•  Foundations of Leadership
  
• Leadership Principles
  
•  Leadership theories
  
• Team Skills
  
• Time Management Skills
  
•  Leadership Skills (Life Skills and Professional Etiquettes)
  
•  Personal Development Planning 
  

COMPULSORY READING MATERIAL

• Hughes, Richard L., Ginnett, Robert C., and Curphy, Gordon C., Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience (7th ed.).
  
• Hughes, Richard L., Ginnett, Robert C., and Curphy, Gordon C., Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience (6th ed.). Chicago: Irwin, 2009
  

OPTIONAL READING MATERIALS

•  Lyubomirsky, Sonja; The how of happiness : a scientific approach to getting the life you want; Penguin Press, 2008 
  
• Gardner, John W., On Leadership, New York: The Free Press, 1990
  
• Kellerman, Barbara, Bad Leadership, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course provides guidance needed in the ever changing digital world. As our lives are lived more and more online we all need to translate our social skills into the virtual world. Digital Fluency allows students to connect, collaborate, and share by using technology appropriately. In person meetings are on the decline which makes it necessary to engage people digitally and the course provide the practical knowledge to achieve this aim. The course equips students with the practical ICT skills which are required at the higher levels of interaction and learning. Lessons include using the various input devices, common navigation through command, menu and graphical driven applications, introduction to the various classifications of computer applications, and web browsing skills. Students are introduced to the fundamentals of word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, multimedia, and presentation applications, and disk and file management. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will:

• Navigate Laweh Learning Management system effectively
  
• Describe the different parts of a computer organization;
  
• Describe computers and networks;
  
• Use common MS Office applications(word, Excel, outlook, PowerPoint, access)
  
• Use common text editors in at least two operating systems
  

COURSE CONTENT

• Navigating Laweh Learning Management System
  
• Introduction to basic computing
  
• Operating systems
  
• Application software
  
• Computer networks
  
• Telecommunication
  
• The role of Information Technology in Today’s Business.
  

COMPULSORY READING MATERIALS

•  Shelly, C. (2010). Discovering computers: Introductory edition, Course Technology.
  
• Laudon, K. C., &Laudon, J. P. (2010). Management information systems
  

OPTIONAL READING MATERIALS

• Kumar, M. (2007). Business information systems. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House PVT Ltd.
  
• Stair, R. M. &Baldauf, K. (2009). Succeeding with technology (3rd ed.). Thomson -Course Technology.