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Creative Thinking and Personal Development_S1& S2_2026 (2nd term)

CONTACT HOURS:

As per the programme timetable uploaded on the NUST website

NQF LEVEL AND CREDIT:

Level 6 with 24 credits

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course also aims at affording students time to explore different areas of personal development, apply personal development and creative thinking skills that are critical for the working environment and in their personal lives.

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PRE-REQUISITES:

New Venture Development in Practice

COURSE EQUIVALENCIES:

None

聽COURSE DELIVERY METHODS:

聽The course will be facilitated using a hybrid or blended learning approach incorporating the use of digital technologies such as MyNUST eLearning platform and Microsoft Teams. The course will be facilitated through the following learning activities:

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lectures in which students are expected to take notes

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Reading assignments

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Participation in class/group discussions

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Individual or group class presentations

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Tutorials

路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Take-home assignments and tests

聽The following communication tools could be used in this course:

聽My NUST聽 聽e-learning聽 聽platform,聽 Email,聽 聽MS TEAMS Discussion聽 聽Board,聽 聽Scheduled聽 聽Chats,聽 聽Unscheduled chats, Teleconference calls, Online content, WhatsApp groups, etc.

Course Format:

240 hours

Contact hours: 60 hours, Directed self-learning: 60 hours, Self-Directed Learning: 100, Assessment: 20 hours

聽EFFECTIVE DATE:

15th February 2024

Category: Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and Control System Security_S2_2026

This course aims to give students a broader understanding of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) issues and challenges facing the world today. It will place special emphasis on the information and communication technological areas affecting critical infrastructure organizations and nations.

Category: Faculty of Computing and Informatics

Data Management Ethics and Security (DME911S_S1_2026

Data management, ethics and security (DME911S) forms part of the Master of Data Science programme. The course is offered in the first semester.聽The module can be divided into three parts: data management, ethics and security.聽The course aims to expose students to advanced concepts in handling large and varied datasets including the design, storage, access, protection, governance, and security.

Category: SCHOOL OF INFORMATICS_S1_2026

Data Networks_S1_2026

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the underlying principles as well as the design, implementation and operation of both fixed and wireless networks. The course will also expose students to practical network environments through the configuration and troubleshooting of network topologies using network simulation tools.

Category: S1_2026_FCI_CS

Database Administration _S1_2026

The aim of the course is to impart knowledge and skills to enable students to manage a DBMS in order to optimise its use, administer users, create an operational database and properly manage the various structures in an effective and efficient manner including performance monitoring, secure databases as well as plan and implement recovery strategies. The course provides a hands-on administrative approach using current relational DBMSs.

Category: S1_2026_FCI_CS

Descriptive Quantifications of Building Works 3_S1_2026

Course Description:

The aim of the course is to enable the students to translate technical drawings of multi-storey building works into quantifiable work items as per the standard method of measurement.

Course Content:

Measurement and description of the following elements of multi-storey building works:

路        Concrete framed structures.

路        Steel framed structures.

路        Cladding.

路        Underpinned works.

路        Basements.

路        Abstract and billing using Microsoft Excel.

 Reference to manufacturer catalogues and the Model Preambles regarding the following:

路        Precast and pre-stressed concrete beams and floors.

路        Standard metal doors and windows.

路        Standard timber doors and windows.

路        Glass.

路        Prefabricated timber trusses.

路        Abstract and billing using Microsoft Excel.


Category: Department of Architecture, Planning and Construction

Design Thinking_S1_2026

COURSE DESCRIPTION:聽

This course aims to equip students with Design Thinking concepts and tools for synthesising human-centred techniques to solve problems in a more creative and innovative approach. The course concentrates on evaluating alternative methods to solve problems that might not be instantly evident. Students will be able to integrate the iterative design thinking process of empathising with users of the product or service, defining ideas, producing a prototype and testing.

Category: Faculty of Computing and Informatics

Development Policies and Process_S2_2026

The course aims to provide students with a broad but general understanding of concepts and approaches in development policies and processes.

Category: Faculty of Health, Natural Resources and Applied Sciences

Digital Entrepreneurship_DGE701Y_S1_2026

This course aims to prepare students for the digital economy by empowering them to explore the opportunities that digital entrepreneurship has to offer and harness different online resources to establish digital bases enterprises. Upon successful completion of the course students will, through assessment activities, show evidence of their ability to:

  1. Evaluate the Digital Economy concept, its impacts, influence, and challenges.
  2. Develop a digital business strategy.
  3. Examine platform business models and identify business opportunities they present to entrepreneurs.
  4. Harness online resources to develop an online-based business.
  5. Assist Small and Medium-Sized (SMEs) with digital transformation
  6. Develop online content for digital entrepreneurship.
  7. Apply digital communication and social networks to create digital business opportunities.
Category: S1_2026_FCHSE_GMS

Digital Forensics (DFC622S)_S2_2026

This course aims to emphasise the fundamentals and importance of digital forensics by equipping students with theoretical and practical knowledge and experience for recovering admissible evidence from digital devices. It will further provide students with relevant skills and competencies to prepare such evidence for presentation in a court of law and to develop knowledge and understanding of digital forensic techniques.

Category: S2_2026_FCI_SC_CyS

Disaster and Mass Incident Management_S1_2026

Disaster and Mass Incident Management is aimed at introducing the concept of mass incidents within the Namibia setting in order to improve emergency management and preparedness.聽

Category: Faculty of Health, Natural Resources and Applied Sciences

Distributed Systems and Applications_S2_2026

This course aims to introduce students to the principles and concepts involved in the design of distributed systems, system architecture and related protocols.

Category: Software Engineering

Econometrics ECM712S S1_ 2026

Econometrics is a major part of degree programmes in economics. Indeed, economists, especially those in the areas of macroeconomic modelling and research, amongst others, need reasonable knowledge of this course in order for them to operate in a more efficient manner. Given this background, this course essentially aims at equipping the students with the basics of Econometrics as well as some aspects of Applied Econometrics. The students should be able to build econometric models, estimate econometric models, evaluate econometric models and also forecast macroeconomic variables.

Category: Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education

Economics of Namibia and SACU Countries_ENS612S S2_2026

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the Namibian economy and the economies of other SACU countries. Emphasis is placed on the importance of agricultural, trade, finance and regional economic groupings to these economies. Students will also be exposed to industrialisation policies and strategies in SACU countries with special emphasis on export processing zones. The course further aims to equip students with knowledge and skills on analyzing the structure of the Namibian economy and SACU countries.

Category: Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education

Educational Technology_S1_2026

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Welcome to Educational Technology

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the various ways of using online technologies and resources to support teaching, learning, and assessment in campus-based and online course contexts.聽

Category: Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education

Electrical Circuits 124 S2_2026

  • This course aims at equipping the students with the necessary skills required to understand, define and analyse basic and complicated electrical circuits.
  • The course provides theory and techniques required to develop, analyse and simplify alternating-current (a.c.) and direct-current (d.c.) circuits/networks containing resistors, capacitors and inductors using appropriate principles, techniques and theorems.
  • The course also provides a platform for students to develop unique analytical skills which will be used in other non-electrical courses in engineering.

Category: S2_2026_FEBE_MIEE

ELECTRICAL MACHINES 214_S1_2026

The course, Electrical Machines 214, introduces students to the fundamentals of electrical machines, i.e., the construction, operation and applications of electrical machines.
The course aims at equipping the students with the necessary skills required to carry out the basic analysis of electrical machines and electrical machine systems. The course also provides the necessary theory of electro-mechanical energy conversion principles required to understand the construction, operation and control of electrical machines and machine systems.

Category: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment

Electrical Power Project 421

The course aims at ensuring that the student can demonstrate deepened, comprehensive and systematic expertise in engineering by successfully working on a design/research project with minimum supervision.

Category: S2_2026_FCHSE_AEF

Emergency Medical Care III_2026

The course aims to equip students with the cognitive and psychomotor skills of the advanced life support paramedic and enable the student to rapidly, efficiently and safely assess, diagnose and manage the critically ill or injured patient up to the advanced life support scope of practice.聽聽The course further aims to prepare students to enter industry and take up supervisory/leadership roles in pre-hospital emergency medical services.

Category: S1_2026_HS

Emergency Medical Service Administration_S2_2026

This course aims to equip students with essential knowledge of operations management in the emergency medical services in order to enable the student to oversee the management of emergency calls, vehicles, medical stock administration and crew resource management as it would apply to the advanced life support practitioner operating in the pre-hospital setting.

Category: Department of Clinical Health Sciences
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