MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICAT Program Offered at University of Nairobi

Agricultural Information and Communication Management Programme at postgraduate level was strongly supported by the findings of a training needs assessment undertaken by Regional Agricultural Information Network (RAIN) in 2005. The National stakeholders workshop on the AICM postgraduate programmes (MSc. and PGD) adopted the following findings by RAIN/ASARECA and the Regional Taskforce.

The aim of Agricultural Information and Communication Management (AICM) program is to enhance the competency of professionals in the agricultural field and other development workers in managing and communicating agricultural information for accelerated development and poverty reduction, and to strengthen the capacity of universities to provide high – level education and research services in AICM.

The objectives of the programme will be to:

1)      Build capacity at the MSc level with competence to develop and operate agricultural information systems, carry out research to identify the needs and problems of the different agricultural information users, and provide professional AICM support to the agricultural and related professionals

2)      Enhance professional careers and competence of researchers, academicians, students, policy makers and members of the civil society through interventions in agricultural information and communication management.

3)      Strengthen the capacity of university to train AICM professionals and to 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 pass degree and Postgraduate diploma or equivalent in any discipline from a university recognized by senate.

4)      Holders of pass degree with five years relevant experience.

Course Outline

Core courses

Fundamentals of Agricultural Information and Communication Management

Database Design and Management

Management of Agricultural Information and Communication Systems

Information System Analysis and Design

Agricultural Knowledge Management

Web Content Design and Management

Farming Systems & Rural Livelihoods

Statistical and Research Methods in Agricultural Information

Communication for Innovation

Elective courses

Biodiversity & Agricultural Biotechnology

Information Storage and Retrieval

Internet Programming

Principles of Scholarly Publishing

Telecommunications and Infor. Policies

Management of Telecommunications and Computer Networks

Human Computer Interaction

Knowledge Based Systems

Expert Systems

Decision Support Systems

Agricultural Policies and Agricultural

Information & Communication Mgt

 Project Management

Agri. Extension Strategies and Mgt

Fundamentals of Agri. Journalism

Organizational Behaviour

Geo-informatics

Entrepreneurship Development

Agricultural Marketing Infor. Systems

Specialization courses

A. Agricultural Knowledge Management Option

Knowledge Management Systems

Advanced Topics in Knowledge Mgt

B. Agricultural Communication Management Option

Agricultural Comm. Production

Agricultural Public Relations

C. Records and Archives Management

Fundamentals of Records & Archives Mgt.

 Records and 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

COURSES SEQUENCE

Year 1

Semester 1

Fundamentals of Agricultural Information Communication and Management

Management of Agricultural Information and Communication Systems

Information System, Analysis and Design

Farming Systems and Rural Livelihoods

Seminar on Current Topics

Semester 2

Data Base Design and Management

Agricultural Knowledge Management

Web Content Design and Management

Statistical and Research Methods in Agricultural Information Communication and Management (AICM)

Communication for Innovation

Year 2

Advanced Topics in Knowledge Mgt.

 Knowledge Management Systems

Agricultural Communication Production

Agricultural Public Relations

Fundamentals of Records & Archives Mgt.

 Records and Archive Management Techn.

 Information Architecture

Internet Resources & Web Site Server Mgt

Principles of Scholarly Publishing

Journal Management

Semester 2

Thesis (Equivalent to 8 courses)

(Non-Thesis) Research dissertation (Equivalent to 4 courses)

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