LAND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Head of the Department
MANIRAKIZA Richard, PhD
Real Estate, Valuation, and Property Management
Phone:+250
782002591/+250727125246
Email: m.richard@ines.ac.rw
COURSE INFORMATION
Land administration
concerns the collection, storage, and dissemination of information about
ownership, value and use of land while implementing land management policies.
Core in land administration is the cadaster, which is an official record of
information about land parcels, including details of their boundaries, tenure,
value and use of land. Such land information, combined with other geographical
information or SDI makes information available to decision-makers and provides
the capacity to control and manage land through the four land administration
functions: tenure/ownership; value; land use and land development. Such
information is also useful in land dispute resolution; stimulating land market
and helping decision-makers make better use of land through efficient land use
planning.
(Williamson et al; 2010)
Graduates from this
programme will be comprehensively equipped in matters related but not
restricted to: cadastral surveying, land law, real estate valuation, land
registration, land dispute resolution, computer-based mapping among others.
Course Objectives
The overall objective is to eventually strengthen the manpower capacity of institutions engaged in land related activities, environmental management and protection, etc. Specifically, the objectives of the programme are to:
- Produce graduates who are competent in solving land-related problems creatively and analytically based on economically and socially sound facts;
- Produce graduates with adequate knowledge and skills to administer, manage and develop land resources;
- Produce graduates with leadership and professional skills and able to apply the acquired knowledge for land administration, management and development; and
- Equip graduates with the capacity to effectively respond to institutional, operational and organisational challenges in the various land-related fields.
Degree and Academic Award
- BSc Degree in Land Administration and Management
Course structure
This is a 3 years program
Admission Requirements
Direct Entry Requirements
The general entrance requirements at the university level shall apply with applicants meeting the following specified entrance requirements:
- One must have sat and passed at level A1 or its equivalent with the following subject cluster combinations: (Maths, Physics, and Chemistry); (Maths, Chemistry, Biology); (Maths, Computer Science, Economics); (Maths, Economics, Geography); (History, Economics, Geography); (Maths, Physics, Geography); (Maths, Physics, Biology).
- Or TVET Diploma in a relevant land-related discipline;
- Or any degree holder in any field. Credit transfer is subject to approval by the Senate.
Self-Sponsored Students
Privately sponsored students must meet minimum university entry qualifications. Selection and admission to the programme will be based on the availability of vacancies/space.
Career Prospects
Given the broad nature of land administration and management, the graduates are trained for careers in land acquisition, land administration, land information management, real estate, land use planning and development and research. Graduates of this course are expected to work as land administrators, land acquisition negotiators, land development consultants, land developers, land researchers, property valuers and land investment advisors in the organization such as:
- Land registration and cadastral agencies;
- Financial institutions such as banks dealing in mortgages;
- Property development and management companies;
- Tax authorities;
- Infrastructural development organizations;
- Real estate appraisal firms; and
- Non-Governmental organizations.
LEVEL 1
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No. | Module Name | Credit Hours | Instance Name | Lecture Hours | Student Hours | Credits |
1 | English and French Languages | 50 | English | 32.5 | 18.5 | 5 |
French | ||||||
2 | Introduction to Land Administration | 100 | Introduction to Land Administration | 65 | 35 | 10 |
3 | Basic Mathematics | 150 | Algebra | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
Trigonometry | ||||||
Calculus | ||||||
Analytical Geometry | ||||||
Differential Equations | ||||||
4 | Philosophical Studies | 100 | Introduction to Philosophy | 65 | 35 | 10 |
Ethics and Creative Thinking | ||||||
5 | Communication and Essay writing skills | 100 | Communication skills | 65 | 35 | 10 |
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6 | Probability and Statistics | 100 | Probability Statistics | 65 | 35 | 10 |
7 | Principles of Economics | 150 | Micro-Economics | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
Macro-Economics | ||||||
8 | Environment and Natural Resource management | 150 | Environment and Natural Resource management | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
9 | Basic Computer Skills | 150 | Introduction to Computer Science | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
Computer Programming | ||||||
10 | Basic Building materials and Construction | 150 | Building materials | 97.5 | 52.5 |
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Construction | ||||||
| Total | 1200 |
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LEVEL 2
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No. | Module Name | Credit Hours | Instance Name | Lecture Hours | Student Hours | Credits |
1 | Sociology | 100 | Sociology | 65 | 35 | 10 |
2 | Introduction to Law | 150 | Introduction to Law | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
Tort Law | ||||||
Environmental Law | ||||||
Comparative Law | ||||||
2 | Introduction to Surveying | 150 | Introduction to Surveying | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
3 | Introduction to valuation | 100 | Introduction to valuation | 65 | 35 | 10 |
4 | Remote Sensing and Data Handling | 150 | Remote Sensing | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
Photogrammetry | ||||||
Cartography | ||||||
5 | Real Property Market and Agency | 150 | Real Property Market | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
6 | Purposes of Property Valuation | 200 | Statutory Valuation | 130 | 70 | 20 |
Non-Statutory Valuation | ||||||
7 | Land Law and Tenure Systems | 200 | Land Law | 130 | 70 | 20 |
Land Tenure Systems | ||||||
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LEVEL 3
NO | MODULE NAME | CREDIT HOURS | INSTANCE NAME | Lecture hours | Student hours | credit |
1 | Geographic Information systems(GIS) | 200 | GIS | 130 | 70 | 20 |
2 | Physical planning | 200 | Physical planning | 130 | 70 | 20 |
3 | Investment Theory and practice | 100 | Investment Theory and practice | 65 | 35 | 10 |
4 | Scientific research methodology | 100 | Scientific research methodology | 65 | 35 | 10 |
LEVEL 4
NO | MODULE NAME | CREDIT HOURS | INSTANCE NAME | Lecture hours | Student hours | credit |
1 | Principles and methods of property valuation | 200 | Principles and methods of property valuation | 130 | 70 | 20 |
2 | Research methods | 100 | Research methods | 65 | 35 | 10 |
3 | Cadastral survey | 150 | Cadastral survey | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
4 | Land information systems | 150 | Land information systems(LIS) | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
LEVEL 5
NO | MODULE NAME | CREDIT HOURS | INSTANCE NAME | Lecture hours | Student hours | credit |
1 | Industrial attachment | 100 | Industrial attachment | 65 | 35 | 10 |
2 | Disposition and conveyancing | 150 | Disposition and conveyancing | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |
3 | Negotiation and land conflict management | 100 | Negotiation and land conflict management | 65 | 35 | 10 |
4 | Spatial data infrastructure | 100 | SDI | 65 | 35 | 10 |
5 | Valuation casework and professional practice | 100 | Valuation casework and professional practice | 65 | 35 | 10 |
6 | Land reforms and development | 100 | Land reforms and development | 65 | 35 | 10 |
7 | Principles of management and leadership | 100 | Principles of management and leadership | 65 | 35 | 10 |
8 | Evaluating land administration systems | 100 | Evaluating land administration systems | 65 | 35 | 10 |
9 | Dissertation | 200 | Dissertation | 130 | 70 | 20 |
10 | Applied property valuation | 150 | Applied property valuation | 97.5 | 52.5 | 15 |