Welcome to End User Computing. The aim of this course is to introduce basic computer skills to students and bring awareness to them of the roles that information and communication technology plays in the information sector.

To provide students with elements of pastry making and cake decoration techniques as an advanced and specialised component of pastry work dealing with special ingredients and intricate working techniques.

Introduction to module writing has been designed to introduce you to how to write your own module. Steps required to develop a new module has been presented in this session. 

The course will introduce and discuss the role of the travel agent in the tourism industry and cover the organization set up and its functions. It will enable students to understand how to calculate airfares and issue tickets for airlines. It will help students to have practical Global and distribution systems (GDS) skills relevant for the travel industry. It will also help students to have broader knowledge of IATA world geography.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

 1. Analyse the services and interactions of the travel agent in the tourism industry

  2. Examine the origins, organisation and operation of a travel agency

  3. Understand how air fares are calculated and air tickets are issued

  4. Know how to work with Global and distribution system GDS in the travel industry

  5. Locate most countries on the map, know city and Airport codes and calculate time differences of the world

The main aim of SSS 1105 is to introduce the theories of social organisation and other key concepts so that the learner is able to explain social conflict as a potential source of insecurity among different groups and people in society. This will then develop in students an appreciation of the role played by sociology in understanding events and issues in society

Many organisations today face many challeneges as they manage their workforce. Some organisations are downisizing while others are outsourcing and other restructuring and recruiting. The course therefore introduces students to the concepts and practices of human resource management, and its functions: how to manage people as an important resource in the organisations, how to motivate employees for optimal organisational perfomance.

This course is designed to examine prevalent and emerging security issues that arise from regional integration. The rationale is to demonstrate that state security is, to some extent, determined by the power configuration of the region within which it exists. How security challenges are handled at such a regional level has a far reaching impact on the internal as well as external cohesion of individual states.

This course engages with key debates about the dilemmas of third world development. At the core of this analysis is the quest to understand the locus of security in development discourses. The course hinges on the assumption that holistic development can only take place in a secure and stable environment, hence the need to interrogate the salience of security in the development agenda.

The aim of this course is to introduce the theory and practice of relations between states in the world. The course examines the motivations of cooperation and conflict among nations in order to relate with key issues, problems and opportunities surrounding the contemporary world order. It explores concepts such as state sovereignty, balance of power, national interest, foreign policy and diplomacy in order to explain the context of relations between and among states. It adopts an integrative approach that benefits from the interaction of classical paradigms of international relations and contemporary statecraft.

To introduce fundamental concepts and principles of politics and the art of government in order to equip students with cutting edge knowledge regarding the operations of governments.

This course aims to introduce students to the concepts, history and theories of arms control and non-proliferation in International Law and International Relations as well as familiarize students with arms control and disarmament treaties including approaches and challenges to arms control and disarmament.

Leadership and management introduces students to basic principles of leadership, management and organisational theory. Students will appreciate the basic principles of leadership and management and how these principles can be applied in the security sector

This course is aimed at familiarizing prospective history teachers with current developments and issues in History curriculum development so as to consolidate and enhance their practical teaching skills in History.

This course allows student teachers to interogate issues that affect the teaching and learnng of Biology globally and in Malawi. The course further introduces student teachers to strategies they can use to teach topics perceived difficult to teach and learn.

Creative writing covers a wide range of writing expertise. It includes works of fiction such as short-stories, also known as short narratives; novels; poetry; plays for the stage radio and television; children’s stories; flash fiction; magazine; newsletters; journal and newspaper articles; biographies and autobiographies and poetry. Any kind of writing involves concept development and ideation, research, planning, drafting, writing, editing and revising.