This course focuses on administration of operating systems in a client-server technology (Windows and Linux on virtual machine), installation and maintenance. It prepares students to installation of Windows Server, NTFS file system and folder permissions, Domain Name System, Active Directory, local and domain Group Policy, Windows Terminal.

Services, Internet Security and Acceleration Server, Internet Information Services, communications and networking. An introduction to Linux, installing Ubuntu, advanced usage and managing Ubuntu, terminal, working with Windows, system administration, configuration of server: WWW, DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, emails and printers.

Mr. Asio Annet

One of the major challenges confronting public policy in modern times is how to overcome overt and subtle discrimination in the art of governance, economic growth and development.  Among the several pathways to the realization of this goal, the pursuit of tolerance of social diversity and the eradication of exploitation of one group by others remains a major focus.  Understanding the political and civil rights of different social classes, as well as their economic, social and cultural rights provide the basis for the course on Social Diversity, Gender, Equity and Public Policy.

Students will be guided to understand the discourse on social differences, and how state and society have responded over time to the growing demands for inclusive growth and social justice in development.  It is important for students to appreciate how evidence from reflective research is contributing to the unfolding paradigm shift towards embracing social diversity and equity with special reference to race, gender, ethnicity and disability, to name a few. 

The course highlights how policy instruments influence the process of income distribution across different social groups; how public policy can be used to address people’s freedoms across different social groups.  In addition, it points out the kinds of social research that have evolved around the theme of public policy, and the pressure on social scientists to re-examine the norms of research practice.  The trend is in favour of research methodologies that provide more disaggregated information and explanation on the situation of different social groups in society, with special reference to their relations with each other and implications for social justice.  The ways in which life-course changes such as childhood, youth, motherhood, working life, ageing, disability among others are managed through various public policies will also be addressed.

Everyday governments make important decisions that affect the lives of their citizens. People, private institutions and organizations also engage in similar decision-making policies. These decisions are shaped and influenced by many factors and ideas that we generally consider to constitute public policy. This course gives an overview of the major social science approaches, theories, methods and practices that help us to understand public policy. Social science is an umbrella term that refers to the plurality of disciplines that facilitate the study of society. They include anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and, in some contexts, history, geography and law. These disciplines cannot be satisfactorily covered in one semester. To strike an acceptable balance between breadth and depth, this course will cover eight key disciplines that inform governmental decisions and public resource allocations: anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, law, geography and demography.  The aim is to outline, for non-social scientists, the key disciplinary approaches that will enable both policy scientists and policy practitioners to contextualize the work they do.

This course covers the social work knowledge and philosophy. Using a historical and comparative analysis approach, the course explores the core knowledge of social work by looking at the development of social work knowledge and how this knowledge influences social work practice. As part of knowledge, the course also explores the social work discourses and influence different social work practice settings. Also, the philosophies of social welfare are explored and examined since they are part of social work knowledge.