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This course is intended to provide students with critical and new premises of knowledge on holistic, multi-disciplinary, multi-dimensional debate regarding development theory, philosophy, method, strategy, and management and policy issues. It will also expose students to the integrated approach, developmental characteristics, challenges and opportunities. This course is further intended to provide students with enhanced knowledge on the meaning, significance, forms, organisation and limitations of community development in Africa as well as gender and development.

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.

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.

This course forms the core of the Programme of Emergency Medical Care together with Clinical Practice.  The course is divided into theory and practicum components. The practicum comprises Simulated Patient Assessment and Management & Simulated Clinical Skills and Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE).  This course will provide you with the necessary learning resources to acquire the knowledge, practical skills, and critical thinking relating to the pre-hospital emergency medical care of patients.  At this level, you are introduced to special population patients and more invasive medical and trauma concepts laying the foundations for further learning in the coming years of study.