LIST OF POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Master’s degree programme The normal minimum entrance requirement shall be a Bachelor’s degree of this or any other recognized or equivalent institution with at least a second class, second division or equivalent (3.0 GPA, on a 5-point scale) in the relevant field.

Candidates with a Pass degree or equivalent, and who have at least two years of relevant work experience, may be considered for provisional admission. After successful completion of 2 semesters of full-time academic work or 24 credits of part-time work, the student will be considered to be in good academic standing.

Applicants who have completed a post-graduate diploma are eligible for admission into a Master’s programme. The number of credits to be allowed towards the Master’s will be assessed on admission.

Master of Philosophy Degree Programme Normally applicants must have obtained an appropriate single major or with a First or Upper Second Class (overall A or B Average; GPA of 3.5 on a 5 point scale) from a recognized University or equivalent Institution of Higher or a Master’s degree.

Applicants who have obtained an appropriate combined major degree with a First or Second Class (overall A or B average) may be considered provided that, at least, an Upper Second Class performance (B average) is achieved in the intended field of study.

Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programme Applicants who have obtained an appropriate Master’s Degree (MSc, MA, MEd, MPhil or equivalent) with course work and research are eligible to apply.

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES:

FACULTY OF BUSINESS MEd () in  Master of Business Administration  Adult Education *Candidates whose undergraduate degrees are not  Counselling and Human Services business related will have to enroll on the MBA  Curriculum & Instruction Foundation program. The program runs for five weeks  Early Childhood Education [June – July) on part-time basis during the weekend,  Educational Management starting on Friday evening until Sunday afternoon  Environmental Education  Executive Master in Entrepreneurship  Gender Education  Language Education FACULTY OF EDUCATION:  Mathematics Education  Physical Education (streams: Pedagogy, Sports MA (Master of Arts) in Management, Sports Science, Sports Psychology)  Development Practice (Modular)  Primary Education  Development Studies  Religious Education  Economics (Now offered both Part time & Full-time)  Research and Evaluation  Politics and International Relations  Science Education  Population Studies (streams: Demography, Population  Social Studies Education Studies)  Public Administration (streams: Human Resources FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY: Management, Local Government Management, Public MSc () in Policy and Administration, Public Financial  Civil Engineering (streams: Geotechnics, Water and Management) * Candidates whose undergraduate Environment, Structural, Construction Management) degrees are not Political Science and Public  Electrical/Electronic Engineering Administration - related will have to enroll on the  Mechanical Engineering (stream: Energy and Process Political/Public Administration Foundation Program. Engineering) The program runs for one week (July) on a full-time basis during the day. Enrolled student will be expected Master to pay P3000.00 for the foundation course.  Project Management (MPM)  Sociology  Statistics FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES Master in Nursing Science (MNSc) Streams: Master  Adult Health Nursing(sub-stream:  Law (LLM) Critical/Emergency/Trauma Nursing or Gerontological  Research and Public Policy (MRPP) and Geriatric Nursing  Social Work (streams: Social Policy and  Community Health Nursing(Sub-Streams: School Administration, Clinical Social Work, Youth and Health or Occupational Health) Community Practice)  Family Nurse Practitioner (sub-Streams: Child and Adolescent Family Nurse Practitioner, or Adult & Aged  Statistics Family Nurse Practitioner  Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (Sub-Streams: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric or Adult & Aged MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES (continuous Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing) application/admission):  Parent and Child Health Nursing(Sub-Streams: Midwifery or Child and Adolescent Health) FACULTY OF BUSINESS MPhil/PhD in Business Administration FACULTY OF HUMANITIES MA (Master of Arts) in FACULTY OF EDUCATION  African Languages and Literature (streams: Literature, MPhil/PhD in Education (Streams: Adult Education, Linguistics, African Oral and Written Literature) Early Childhood Education, Educational Management,  English (streams: English Language and Linguistics, Environmental Education, Educational Technology, Exercise English Literature, Literature of Africans in the Science, Gender Education, Counselling and Human Services, Diaspora and Theatre Studies) Curriculum and Instruction, Research and Evaluation, Food and  History Nutrition, History Education, Home Economics Education,  Theology and Religious Studies Language Education, Mathematics Education, Measurement and Master Evaluation, Geography Education, Infant Education, Physical  Library and Information Studies Education and Coaching, Special Education, Science Education,  Archives and Records Management Social Studies Education, Religious Education, Textiles and Clothing, Sports Psychology, Sports Science, Sports and FACULTY OF SCIENCE: Recreation Management, Family and Consumer Sciences MSc (Master of Science) in  Applied Microbiology FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY:  Chemistry *(Full-time only) (Streams: Analytical  MPhil/PhD (Built Environment) Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry,  MPhil/PhD (Design) Physical Chemistry)  MPhil/PhD (Engineering)  Computer Information Systems* (Full-time only)  MPhil/PhD ( Project Management)  Computer Science * (Full-time only)  MPhil/PhD (Technology)  Environmental Science( Streams: Geospatial Science, Environmental Resources Management, Sustainable FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES Development & Climate Change, Environmental Policy  MPhil/PhD in Medical Sciences and Assessments)  Hydrogeology FACULTY OF HUMANITIES:  Mathematics (Streams: Pure Mathematics, Applied  MPhil/PhD in African Languages and Literature Mathematics)  MPhil/PhD in English  Physics * (Full-time only) (Streams: Energy and  MPhil/PhD in History Environmental Physics, Geophysics, Instrumentation,  MPhil/PhD in Library and Information Studies Theoretical Physics)  MPhil/PhD in Theology and Religious Studies

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES: OKAVANGO RESEARCH INSTITUTE in Maun:  MPhil/PhD in Natural Resource Management

FACULTY OF SCIENCE:  MPhil/PhD in Biological Science  MPhil/PhD in Chemistry  MPhil/PhD Computer Information Systems  MPhil/PhD in Computer Science  MPhil/PhD in Environmental Science  MPhil/PhD in Geology  MPhil/PhD in Mathematics  MPhil/PhD in Physics

MPhil/PhD in FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  MPhil/PhD in Economics  MPhil/PhD in Political Science  MPhil/PhD in Population Studies  MPhil/PhD in Public Administration  MPhil/PhD in Social Work  MPhil/PhD in Sociology  MPhil/PhD in Statistics

Application Information is available on the web (www.ub.bw) and (www.ubotho.net)and from the Faculty Administrator, School of Graduate Studies, Private Bag UB 00706, Gaborone, Botswana: Email: [email protected] Phone: +267 3552960/2861/4712/4690/2862 FAX: +267 3185100