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Computer systems in a network environment require significant expertise to administer, troubleshoot, and tune. This course presents the advanced tools and techniques needed to configure and to control (UNIX, Linux, Windows) machines and their peripherals. It then expands upon this information in a network environment. Finally, performance problems are discussed and a general methodology is defined for isolating/resolving performance problems.

 This course unit aims at equipping students with in-depth regression analysis and related Techniques.  The course will involve simple and multiple linear regressions (OLS); matrix representation of the regression model; statistical inferences (correlation analysis, T-test, F-test CHi2 test, ANOVA) for regression model; properties of OLS; diagnostics and remedies for multicollinearity and heteroskedasticity; diagnostics for model selection, variable selection, transformations (such as log, Box-Cox, etc.); appropriate Statistical packages (e.g. STATA) will be used in the course unit to demonstrate how to apply the Techniques on real data.

Model specification and data: developing a conceptual framework; types and sources of data, data mining, model specification and data generation; the mathematical Programming approach to policy analysis: the classical MP models, limitations of of MP models and extension to positive mathematical Programming, classification of mathematical Programming models commonly used in policy analysis, application in hypothesis testing, application in analyzing policy instruments and commodity policy, application in forecasting; econometric approach to policy analysis.

Classification of econometrics models, linear and none linear models, limited and censor-dependent variable approaches (logit, probit, tobit, and their extensions such as multinomial logit and probit etc.), system of equations or simultaneous equations, application in hypothesis testing, application in analyzing policy instruments and commodity policy, application in forecasting, the problem of causality in policy analysis, limitation of econometric models; impact assessment: propensity score matching, regression discontinuity designs, panel data to analyze with staggered entry.

·         Introduction to Econometrics Preview

·         Simple Linear Regression: Basic Concepts

·         Simple Linear Regression: Estimation of Parameters

·         Simple Linear Regression: Outliers

·         Multiple Linear Regression: Basic Concepts

·         Multiple Linear Regression: Estimation of Parameters

·         Autocorrelation: Durbin-Watson Test Statistic

·         Multivariate Regression

·         Logistic Regression

·         Polynomial Regression

·         Autoregressive Model

·         Vector Autoregressive Model

.         Limited and censor-dependent variable approaches (logit, probit, tobit, and                their extensions such as multinomial logit and probit etc.),

Detailed Course Content

Referencences:

Econometrics (2022) by Bruce Hansen, recommended but not required.

https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen/econometrics/

Other complementary Texts include:

Angrist, J.D. and J. Pischke (2009): Mostly Harmless Econometrics - An Empiricists Companion, Princeton University Press

Amemyia, T. (1985): Advanced Econometrics, Blackwell

Berndt, E.R., The Practice of Econometrics: Classic and Contemporary. Addison-Wesley, 1991.

Chow, G. C. Econometrics. McGraw Hill, 1983.

Cameron, A. C. and Travedi, P.K. (2005): Microeconometrics – Methods and Applications, Cambridge University Press

Davidson, R. and McKinnon, J.G. (1993): Estimation and Inference in Econometrics, Oxford University Press

Drhymes, P. (1994) Topics in Advanced Econometrics, Vol 2: Linear and Nonlinear Simultaneous Equations, Springer Verlag

Green, W.A., Econometric Analysis, 8th edition, Prentice Hall.

Goldberger, A. S., A Course in Econometrics. Harvard University Press, 1991.

Hayashi, F. (2000). Econometrics. Princeton: Princeton University Press

Malinvaud, E. Statistical Methods of Econometrics, 3rd Edition. North-Holland, 1980.

Ramanathan, R. Statistical Methods in Econometrics, Academic Press, 1993.

Ruud, P.A. (2002): An Introduction to Classical Econometric Theory, Oxford University Press.

Sargan, J. D. Lectures on Advanced Econometric Theory. Basil Blackwell, 1988

Wooldridge, J.M . (2002): Econometric Analysis of Cross-Section and Panel Data, MIT Press.

Schervish, M.J. (1995): Theory of Statistics, Springer Verlag

Spanos, A. Statistical Foundation of Econometric Modeling. Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Theil, H. (1971): Principles of Econometrics, Wiley

White, H. (2000): Asymptotic Theory for Econometricians (Revised Edition), Academic Press

Zellner, A. An Introduction to Bayesian Inference in Econometrics. Wiley-Interscience, 1996.

 Gurmu, Shiferaw, and Pravin K. Trivedi, (1996)"Excess Zeroes in Count Models for Recreational Trips." Journal of Business and Economics Statistics 14: 469-477.
  

 Blundell, Richard, Rachel Griffith, and Frank Windmeijer, (1984)"Individual Effects and Dynamics in Count Data Models," London: Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper No. W99/3 (1999).

Hausman, Jerry A., Zvi GriliLHes, and Bronwyn H. Hall, "Econometric Models for Count Data with an Application to the Patents-R&D Relationship," Econometrica 52: 909-938.

Hall, Bronwyn H., Zvi GriliLHes, and Jerry A. Hausman, (1986)"Patents and R&D: Is There a Lag?" International Economic Review 27: 265-283.

Montalvo, Jose Garcia, (1993) "GMM Estimation of Count Panel Data Models with Fixed Effects and Predetermined Instruments," Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 15: 82-89.

LHamberlain, Gary, "Multivariate Regression Models for Panel Data, (1982)" Journal of Econometrics 18:5-46.

Exercise Collections:

P. C. B. Phillips and M. R. Wickens, Exercises in Econometrics, Vol. I & II. Allen/Ballinger, 1978.

K. Abadir and J. Magnus, Econometric Exercises Vol 1: Matrix Algebra. Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Hello and welcome to the Audio production class. We look forward to getting to know each of you and learning together.  During the course of the study semester we will together cover these key broad areas:

●      Nature of sound and how it is transmitted.

●      Audio facilities/equipment-both analog and digital

●      Radio production tools.

●      The process of producing good quality audios

In order to ensure we progress in an orderly way, everyone will be expected to read, listen to assigned audio materials and write about them, and present audio projects. I encourage you to go beyond assigned materials as the more broadly you read, the more sense this course will make. The end will be a submission of an audio project.

Teaching and learning methods will be varied and will include face to face and online lectures, small group discussion, independent study and presentation.

This course is designed by the Faculty of Science and Technology to equip all university students with the basic knowledge and skills in computing. It seeks to demystify computers and their use through lectures and practical lab sessions.

It introduces students to the basic concepts of Information Technology, the use of the Internet and office applications like a word processor and spreadsheets.

The course is spread over a period of 14 weeks which is the order this Student Workbook follows. You are required to follow through each week and attempt exercises at the end of each week.

This course is designed by the Faculty of Science and Technology to equip all university students with the basic knowledge and skills in computing. It seeks to demystify computers and their use through lectures and practical lab sessions.

It introduces students to the basic concepts of Information Technology, the use of the Internet and office applications like a word processor and spreadsheets.

The course is spread over a period of 14 weeks which is the order this Student Workbook follows. You are required to follow through each week and attempt exercises at the end of each week.

Question one:

a. Select a real-world business or industry (e.g., agriculture, manufacturing, or technology). Describe a scenario where the business has to make a decision between two types of products or services. Draw a PPF for this scenario and discuss the potential opportunity costs and trade-offs involved.

b. Discuss how factors such as technological advancement or an increase in resources can shift the PPF. Use a graph to show the effect of such changes on the PPF for the chosen industry. How do these shift’s impact business decisions and economic growth?

Commercial graphic design is about and takes part in packaging and marketing by providing designs for labels, trademarks, colophons, and advertising materials (such as posters, catalogs, booklets, banners, prospectuses etc). Commercial graphic designers also provide such materials vital to industry as business forms and envelopes.

This is a research methodology course that focuses on developing researching and writing skills in Computer Science & Engineering Domain. As the Computer Scientist, software developer, software engineer, research requires multidisciplinary approach. Many of the concepts are borrowed from social science, Psychology, Statistics, and other domains. Here we investigate the empirical research methods for their applicability and suitability to a research problem. As each of them comes with their strengths and weakness, perhaps a feasible, mix of such methods should provide greater insight and understanding in order to derive useful contributions.

 In this course, you will be exposed to a multidisciplinary domain that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to draw knowledge and insights from unstructured data.  Students will explore the theoretical issues, methods, tools and problems that relate to data-rich issues in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Students will learn the core concepts of inference and computing, while working hands-on with real data including humanities data, social science data (ex. spatial data and social networks), and scientific data. We will examine how data analysis technologies can be used to improve decision-making within the liberal arts disciplines, as well as ethical implications.

The course is compulsory to all postgraduate students of the Department. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of the theoretical and practical principles of digital information systems and services. The course will focus on critical issues surrounding the development of digital information systems and services, and their contents in digital environments. Topics that will be covered in the course include digital information resources and services, digitization of non-digital materials, library automation, open source software, electronic resource management, management of information overload, search strategies, digital preservation, technological skills and training requirement for the digital work environment among others

Disaster management as a course of study introduces participants to the complex interaction between disaster and development, and relief development assistance programs of humanitarian organizations. It intends to lead students from disaster response strategies and programs to alternative strategies and directions in disaster mitigation and preparedness. It is thus expected to provide participants with relevant knowledge on disaster management to enable and facilitate communities appreciate sustainable management practices which enable them to contribute to sustainable development. The content of the course includes: definition, types and disaster management cycle, (mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery), education and public awareness. This course will enable students to develop an awareness of the chronological phases of natural disaster response and refugee relief operations; and understand how the phases of each are parallel and how they differ.

The field of environmental chemistry is rapidly expanding, and excellent employment opportunities exist in the academic, government, industrial and public policy sectors.  Environmental chemistry is the study of chemical processes occurring in the environment which are impacted by humankind's activities.  These impacts may be felt on a local scale, through the presence of urban air pollutants or toxic substances arising from a chemical waste site, or on a global scale, through depletion of stratospheric ozone or global warming

Course Objectives

The focus of this course unit is on developing a fundamental understanding of the nature of chemical processes in different environmental media (air, soil & water) so that humankind's activities and technology can be accurately evaluated. The course objectives are:

a.    To provide an introduction to, and application of Environmental Chemistry and other related issues/matters.

b.    To describe and explain the strategies and tools used to control and manage environmental pollution by considering selected Environmental chemicals.

c.    To place contemporary problems of environmental pollution in a global perspective.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

a.    understand the linkage between Chemistry and the Environment; causes and effects of Environmental problems/pollution arising from the chemical processes,

b.    develop cognitive and analytical skills for Environmental Chemistry issues.

Going “global” through global supply chains helps facilitate entry into new markets, enables business growth, and provides firms with access to new technologies through partnerships with foreign firms. Global supply chain management involves planning how the entire supply chain will function as an integrated whole, with the aim of generating an optimum level of customer service while being as cost-efficient as possible.

The course of Intellectual Property I constitutes Introduction to Intellectual Property law (in general). It then delves into Copyright & Neighbouring Rights law; Trademarks, passing off and emerging related issues such as Image rights and confidential information. The course also examines how intellectual property law balances interests (e.g. creativity, innovation, technological development, access, use), and current issues and emerging debates in intellectual property such as ISP liability, online defamation, Cybersquatting, Shape & Olfactory marks. 

a)       Introduction to aspects of Intellectual Property Law: This part of the course offers an introduction into domestic aspects of the law and policy relating to Intellectual Property.   

b)      Copyright & Neighbouring rights law: This part of the course examines the fundamental characteristics of the law of Copyright and related rights in Uganda together with the development of international copyright agreements, particularly the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The focus on the law is through case studies with specific references to International developments in Copyright law vis-à-vis an exposure into the intersection with image rights, Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs) or Folklore as well as the relationship between copyright and Cyber law. 

c)       Trademark law: The third part of the course examines the objectives of the national trademark system alongside international developments in trademark law through case studies. It also examines the practical problems associated with trademark registration, product counterfeiting and considers the controversial issues raised in similarity of goods and passing off. The course navigates through the critical jurisprudence developing in trademark law in Uganda and the latest trends on enforcement, including global discussions on trademark law in the Cyber world.

Warm Christian greeting to you our beloved student.

Welcome to the Online UCU student experience, where one will access all student-centered content.

On login you will have access to the to all your course units on the dashboard. A student must have registered for either Easter (January), Trinity (May) or Advent (September) semesters. A link has been provided to provide a step to step guide on the registration process. (See the video above)

Note: Registration for a semester is on ALPHA (alpha.ucu.ac.ug) while all online learning is on moodle(moodle.ucu.ac.ug)

To log in to the system:
To log in, please follow this link https://moodle.ucu.ac.ug/login/index.php or click the 'Login' link on the top right corner of this page.

Staff: Use your UCU email address and password.

Students: Use your UCU email address in the format AXXXXX@students.ucu.ac.ug and the password. AXXXXX is your student Access Number. 

If you experience any challenges, please send an email to elearning@ucu.ac.ug

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A. Course Description:

Humanity shares a vast diversity of culture. These cultures add some value to their particular philosophies, thinking and approach to particular concerns of well-being. In using African Traditions to engage peace building, the course explores African structures and their peculiarities in peace building using anthropological approaches. It looks at Mato Oput among the Acholi of Uganda, Gacaca in Rwanda, Bashingantahe in Burundi and the different forms of peace building used by traditional kingdoms and systems in Africa. While exploring blood pacts that solve conflicts and rituals of peace that help peace building, learners will be enabled to re-think and visualize a non-violent community. It also underscores God as the source of peace.

B. Course Objectives: 

To demonstrate how African Traditions and structures continue to provide mechanisms for peace building. To examine acclaimed importance’s, and effectiveness of using endogenous methods in solving conflicts. To help students apply some of the elements learnt in peace building and solving conflicts. 

C. Learning outcomes: 

At the end of this course, students will: 1. Be able to discuss and appreciate African Traditions and Structures in peace building 2. Be able to apply the learnt principles of peace building in simple and complex realities of personal and communal life. 3. Be able to compare and contrast different peace building mechanisms across the African Continent.

Exploration of the issues and trends that influence the nurse educator role within changing health care and educational environments.  Includes analysis of the technological, legal, economic, political, cultural, ethical, and professional dynamics.

Welcome to BIT by Mr. Paul KIsambira

The course covers the mechanisms of degradation of concrete structures, and it largely provides the students with the relevant knowledge of available techniques and their application for strengthening and/or upgrading existing structural systems. The course also provides how to conduct field monitoring and non-destructive evaluation of concrete structures.

On a further/broader perspective, this course outlines the basic concepts and methods of the life-cycle management including conceptual/basic design, detailed design including service life design, and maintenance and rehabilitation for civil infrastructure. Firstly, objectives, functions and performance requirements for infrastructure will be discussed including selection of types and materials, performance verification and service life prediction at the basic/conceptual and detailed design stages. Then, maintenance procedures after construction will be covered including inspection, prediction, assessment, and interventions. Finally, the management methodologies are focused on how structural performance is ensured with the coordination of design and maintenance and how decision is made on interventions. Life-cycle cost analysis and environmental impact analysis will be dealt with as the indicators for decision making.

The objective of this course is to study the science and technology of animal origin meat and poultry foods processing, preservation, quality analysis and assurances. Structure and composition of various animal muscles: beef, pork, poultry and fish. Slaughtering and butchering techniques. Post mortem meat handling, storage and processing of meat products (smoked, salted, dried, sausages). Poultry processing and cooling techniques. Egg processing and preservation, fish structure and composition in relation to preservation and processing. Icing, freezing, drying and smoking of fish products. Fish protein concentrates. Disposal of waste products of meat, fish and poultry processing

This is an introduction to Sociology in General and Medical Sociology in particular. This is a course provides am insight into other non-medical issues which mainly hinge on those social issues that may impact on the outcomes of medical interventions. The first year Medical student is given the opportunity to explore sociological variable in their medical practice and how they can be harnessed to improve the well being of communities they serve.

It is a very easy and practicable course which gives the student the opportunity to move out of the classroom content and envisage the field, not only in the confines of medical facilities, but into the community. It also explores the relationship between a country's policies and systems or structures and how they can be improved to achieve equitable and quality healthcare to their citizenry.

This course introduces students to the sociology of healthcare and human behavior and addresses groups; concepts of health, illness and disease; patterns of health and illness; social class, gender; ethnicity; quality of life; media; ageing, society, housing, homeless, work, unemployment, stigma and how they relate to health.

This course focuses on the characteristic features of different human parasites including their life cycles, Taxonomy of the parasites and the role of Zoonoses in the transmission of diseases

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The course is focused on basics of creating and designing interactive multimedia content for the web. Students are introduced to web development technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and multimedia content creation tools like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. 

Throughout the course, students will work on practical projects involving creation and development of web pages and media content using industry - standard tools and techniques.

By the end of the course, students should be able to create responsive, visually appealing and interactive websites that are optimised for user engagementt and search engine optimisation (SEO)

Nursing clinical study I is carried out in nursing area of interest that match topics covered in pathophysiology, pathopharmacology, and health assessment which focuses on hematologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal systems.

Students will also look at nutrition, relevant health assessment, primary prevention and application of the nursing process related to the issues studied. relevant healthcare problems will be reviewed from a global and evidence based perspective. Areas for impact of advanced nursing practice related to clinical problems will be explored.

Students will find clinical sites to study the areas of interest from a practice perspective.

Objectives: Please see course outline.

As of 2019, the ODL industry adoption was US$18.66 billion as Global EdTec investment and is projected to reach US$350 billion by 2025[1]. This means the implementation of e-learning programmes into various institutions is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Such trends have been sky rocketed by COVID-19 where all academic institutions locked down have to devise teaching and learning through ODL. This growth means the effective implementation of ODL need a dedicated and skillful workforce in order to accelerate adoption. This course is about creating ODL Champions within higher education institutions.

Whether you’re interested in expanding your teaching experience; using your writing abilities to move into the online education industry; or have been working in the field and want to formalise your skills as a learning designer or instructional designer, this course will help develop the interpersonal, written, and visual communication skills necessary for you to develop educational material into frameworks suitable for online learning. This course will give you the opportunity to expand your career in the education technology industry. With a personalized and supported framework, you’ll study in your own time, guided by industry experts and a dedicated support team.

The objective of this course is to study the properties of food packaging materials (including how they are processed and composition) food and beverages packaging technology and processed foods storage and handling systems. Functions of packaging, packaging materials and methods. Package design and labeling, types of closures, physical and chemical properties of packages. Factors determining the choice of a package. Manufacture of packaging materials, sanitation, cleaning and returnable containers. Measurement of permeability of packaging materials. Packaging requirements of different foods, bio-packaging, Standards and legislation of packaging materials.

Periodontology is the study of the conditions that affect the periodontal tissues,

namely gingiva, periodontal ligament, cementum and alveolar bone.

This course equips students with knowledge, skills and attitudes with the

Causes, principles and practices responsible for losses/wastage of agricultural products in the food systems are explained especially in the developing world context. The consequences of these losses to the agricultural value chains in terms of qualitative, quantitative, nutritional and socioeconomic losses are also discussed. Students are then introduced to various conventional and modern loss assessment and estimation techniques and their limitations. Through case studies and inclusive discussions mitigation technologies and innovations appropriate for zero losses in the developing world for different categories of agricultural commodities and corresponding food systems are studied with special emphasis on comparing advanced and developing country contexts. Consideration is made to discuss the interrelationship between the characteristics of the agricultural products and the facilities, equipment and markets in the respective agricultural product value chains as well as food systems.

This is an introductory course to research methods. Students who complete research methods 1 will also be expected to take research methods 2 in their second year of study. The objectives of research methods 1 include:

Effective monitoring and evaluation rely significantly on the quality of information used.  The proper use of statistics along with words makes communicating information much easier, faster and accurate than when words are used alone. This requires that monitoring and evaluation scholars and practitioners acquaint themselves with methods of collecting, analysing, and using data. This course is designed to enhance students’ understanding of the design, conduct, data interpretation and reporting of social science research. It explores the fundamentals of scientific method and scientific inquiry.  It covers topics such as methodology, ethical considerations in research, strengths and weaknesses of diverse data collection methods, basic methods in quantitative and qualitative data collection; data analysis and interpretation; critical reading of statistics; and reporting of research findings for use in monitoring and evaluation. This will be attained through the use of discussions, analysis of peer reviewed journal articles, and hands-on practice.  Students will learn how to conduct a research project from beginning to end.

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.

Welcome to this course of African History since 1800, that is the foundation for all the different History courses taught at university. It is a course that analyses all major events in Africa since the Late Stone or the complete evolution process. Focus is mainly on all the historical events on the African continent that have shaped Africa today in the post-independence. The major historical events are arranged in a historical order, also known as chronological (from the earliest events to the most recent ones).