POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AND MANAGEM Program Offered at University of Nairobi

Postgraduate Diploma in Agricultural Information and Communication Management (AICM) is in response to the training gaps identified during the training needs assessment that the Regional Agricultural Information Network and the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa (RAIN/ASARECA) undertook in 2005. The Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) programme mainly targets agricultural and related professionals who are already employed but would like to have formal training of up to one year in AICM as an additional specialization to their already established career. The main purpose of the postgraduate diploma programme in AICM is to enhance competency of professionals in agricultural areas and other development workers in managing and communicating agricultural information for accelerated development and poverty reduction and to strengthen the capacity of the university to provide high level education and research services both in the agricultural and national development.

The objectives of the course will be to:

1)      Produce agricultural Information and Communication Management personnel with competency to develop and operate agricultural information systems to carry out research and to identify the needs and problems of different agricultural information users and provide Information Communication Technology /Information Communication Management (ICT/ICM) support to agricultural and related professionals.

2)      Enhance professional careers and competency of researchers, academicians, students, policymakers and members of the civil society, through interventions in Agricultural information and communication management.

3)      Strengthen the capacity of the tertiary institutions to train agricultural information communication management professionals and provide research and consultancy services in technology diffusion and uptake

1.      Holders of at least upper second class Honours degree or equivalent in any discipline from a university recognized by senate.

2.      Holders of at least lower second class Honours degree or equivalent in any discipline from a university recognized by senate with at least two years relevant experience.

3.      Holders of a pass degree or equivalent in any discipline from a university recognized by senate with at least 3 years relevant experience.

Course Outline

Semester 1

Fundamentals of Agricultural Information and Communication Management

Management of Agricultural Information and Communications Systems

Information System Analysis and Design

Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods

Database Design and Management

Semester 2

1 elective course unit

2 course units from specialization option

Research Project (equivalent of 2 course units)

5.1 Elective courses

Biodiversity & Agricultural Biotechnology

Information Storage and Retrieval

Internet Programming

Principles of Scholarly Publishing

Telecommunications & Infor. Policies

Mgt. of Telecom. & Computer Networks

Human Computer Interaction

Knowledge Based Systems

Expert Systems

Decision Support Systems

Agricultural Policies & Agricultural Infor. and Communication Management

AICM Project Management

Agricultural Extension Strategies & Mgt

Fundamentals of Agricultural Journalism

Organizational Behaviour

Geo-informatics

Entrepreneurship Development

Agricultural Marketing Infor. Systems

5.2 Specialization courses

A. Agricultural Knowledge Management Option

Knowledge Management Systems

Advanced Topics in Knowledge Mgt.

B. Agricultural Communication Mgt. Option

Agricultural Communication Production 45

Agricultural Public Relations

C. Records and Archives Management

Fundamentals of Records & Archives Mgt

Records & Archives Management Techn

D. Web Resources Management Option

Information Architecture

Internet Resources & Web Server Mgt.

E. Scholarly Publishing Option.

Principles of Scholarly Publishing

Journal Management

5.3 Remedial Courses

Crop and Livestock Production Systems

Natural Resources Management

Fundamentals of Computer Programming

Fundamentals of Computing & Networks

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