Public Administration and Good Governance

Department of Public Administration and Good Governance

ENTRY PROFILE

As Administration and Good Governance is cross cutting domain, whatever you have studies you can follow without difficulties if you are committed. But mainly, in secondary school one should have done: Social sciences, Human sciences, Economic sciences, Secretary and other related subjects.
EXIT PROFILE

Executive secretary of a district, sector or cell
Human resource manager in public and private sectors
Governor of a province or other government institutions
Technical advisor in the central government especially in the ministries and/or other government organizations
Team leader in Non Government Organization (NGO) and civil societies
Political advisor of the Parliament, political parties and other political sectors
Administrator in a hospital, health centers and other social institutions
Conflict manager in public and private organizations
Project/ program design, monitoring and evaluation managers

The whole programme is four Years to get Bachelor’s degree as degree rewards

Level I

MODULE TITLE	Unit title	Face to face hours	students Hours	Total hours	Number of credits
Languages I	English and French	65	35	100	10
Research Skills	Fundamentals of Information Technology Introduction to Scientific Work	100	50	150	15
Philosophical and anthropological studies	Social and Cultural Anthropology Introduction to Philosophy Ethics and Rwandan Culture	100	50	150	15
Introduction to Political Science	Introduction to Political Science	130	70	200	20
Political institutions and state society relations	Introduction to Public Administration Introduction to Good Governance General and Public Administration	130	70	200	20
Psycho-Sociology	General sociology, Psychology	65	35	100	10
History	Contemporary World History Rwandan History	130	70	200	20
Introduction to Private Law	Introduction to Law, Introduction to Private Law, Social Law	65	35	100	10
TOTAL HOURS		785	415	1200	120

Level II

MODULE TITLE	Module content	Face to face hours	students Hours	Total hours	Number of credits
Introduction to Public Law	Administrative Law, Constitutional Law	65	35	100	10
Entrepreneurship	Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, Elaboration of a Business plan and a marketing plan, entreprises creation and managing their growth	65	35	100	10
Languages II	English II, French II	65	35	100	10
Advanced Communication Techniques	Social Communication Techniques Administrative Communication Techniques	65	35	100	10
Comparative politics	Introduction to international Relations Political Phenomena, Political Reforms, Democracy and Electoral Politics in Africa	130	70	200	20
Introduction to economics	Principles of Economics, Rwandan Economy, Accounting Elements	130	70	200	20
Introduction to Development Studies	Development Strategies and Policies Development Administration Gender and Development	130	70	200	20
Statistics and Applied Mathematics	Demography, Descriptive Statistics, Applied Mathematics	130	70	200	20
TOTAL HOURS		780	420	1200	120

Level III

MODULE TITLE	Module content	Face to face hours	students Hours	Total hours	Number of credits
Public Policy Formation and Management	Political Analysis, Public Policies Design, Public Policy Planning, Public Policy Monitoring and Evaluation	130	70	200	20
Physical Planning , Administrative Organization and Methods	Territorial Management, Urbanization Infrastructures, Management Infrastructures, Equipment, Stock Management, and Administrative Organization and Methods	130	70	200	20
Governance and Leadership	Leadership, Procedures Setting and Decision Making, Policies and Administration Public Services	130	70	200	20
TOTAL HOURS		390	210	600	60

Level IV

MODULE TITLE	Module content	Face to face hours	students Hours	Total hours	Number of credits
Languages III	English III, French III	65	35	100	10
Project Management	Project Design and Programming	100	50	150	20
Conflict Resolution and Political thoughts	Theories and Strategy of Conflict Management Political Movement and Ideologies	130	70	200	20
Applied Research Methodology	Methods of Social Sciences Research Applied Social Science Research Seminar on Internship and Dissertation	100	50	150	15
TOTAL HOURS		395	205	600	60

Level V

MODULE TITLE	Module content	Face to face hours	students Hours	Total hours	Number of credits
Languages IV	English IV, French IV	65	35	100	10
Public Sector Finance and Accounting	Public Finance, Budget Policy Financial , Management, Public Accounting, States’ Patrimony Management	130	70	200	20
Advanced Organization and Administration	Local Government Organization, Advanced Public Administration, Efficient and effective Coordination of Government, Policies and Programs	130	70	200	20
Organizational Theory	Theories of Organization Human Resource Management	100	70	150	20
Rural Economy and Management	Management of Cooperatives, Rural Economy	100	70	150	20
Seminar on Fundamental Principles of Government and Good Governance assessment	Seminar on Fundamental Principles of Government The Seminar on Methods of Assessment of Goo Governance	130	70	200	20
Practical Training and Dissertation	Practical Training (Internship), Dissertation (Memoir)	130	70	200	20
TOTAL HOURS		780	420	1200	120