COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

This course is an interdisciplinary subject, which is designed to equip the candidate with critical analytical skills of societal developmental problems in all fields.  It is intended to enable candidates to gain knowledge, skills and tools to analyze different development processes, at national, regional and global levels

Learning Outcome

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the concept and theories of socio economic development as well as factors influencing the process of development at national, regional and global levels.
  
•  Analyze, discuss, participate and make presentation on socio economic development issues pertaining to development as well as build the capacity to speak in public.
  
• Gain knowledge, skills and tools to analyze different policies and plans as they relate to development processes, at national, regional and global levels, including challenges and opportunities presented by such policies and plans.
  

      COURSE CONTENT

• Political economy and development.
  
• The subject matter of political economy
  
• The concepts/models and theories of social development
  
• Education and development, gender and development, poverty reduction in Tanzania
  
• Health and development
  
• Contemporary development issues in Tanzania, regional integration and development issues governance.
  
• Development science and technology in development, entrepreneurship.
  

COMPULSORY READING MATERIALS  

• Bagachwa MSD (Ed) (1994). “Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania; Recent Research Issues, DUP Dar es Salaam.
  
•  Justinian Rweyemamu (Years) “Underdevelopment and Industrialization in Tanzania.  A Study of Perverse Capitalists Industrial Development”
  

OPTIONAL READING MATERIALS  

•  Koda, B and Ngaiza, M. (1991). “The Unsung Heroines” DUP: Dar es Salaam.
  
• Mabogunye, A.L. (1990) “The Development Process: Spatial Perspective” Hutchison and Co. Chapter 2 and 3.
  

 COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a course to be taught as a compulsory course for candidates in their 1^st year of study.

Learning Outcome

This course seeks to impart to the Law candidates the essential computer knowledge and skills needed in legal work.

COURSE CONTENT     

• Introduction to Information Communication Technology (ICT)
  
• Introduction to computers
  
•  Hardware and software packages
  
• operating systems, applications systems, programmes, presentation of programmes, (Excel, power point, spreadsheet) databases, cyberspace, computer networks, e-mail,
  
• Introduction to computer ethics/crimes
  

 COMPULSORY   READINGS

• Floyd, Fuller, Computer and Information process, Boyd and Fraster Publication Co. 1996
  
• Arbib, MA Computer and Cybernetic Society, 2^nd Ed. Academic Press, 1984
  
• Ramani, S. Information Technology for Development. IOS Press, 1995
  

OPTIONAL READING MATERIALS

• Bakar, S The Survey of Information Technology in Tanzania, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, 1993
  
•  Hutchinson, S.I Computers, Communication and Information: A Users Introduction, MacGraw Hill, Boston (2^nd Ed) 1988