BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (ARTS)

Overview

INTRODUCTION

The degree would give opportunity to a large number of qualified candidates including practicing Diploma in Education and P1 teachers to further their education without disrupting their productive life.

MODE OF STUDY

The programme is offered through the Open, Distance & e-Learning mode of studies.This involves Limited face-to-face Residential Sessions to provide overview of the course at the commencement of a semester, continuation of a semester, and revision period before examinations and specially designed self-instructional study modules/lecture series availed to the students at registration time through the University’s Multimedia Portal or in Print.

INTAKES

APRIL, AUGUST AND DECEMBER EVERY YEAR

For more information contact; Dean School of Open & Distance Learning, 0720209996  dean_externalstudies@uonbi.ac.ke  or Chairman Department of Educational Studies  dept-edustudies@uonbi.ac.ke

PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION (done online)

  • Log on to the University of Nairobi Website application link www.application.uonbi.ac.ke.
  • Type and enter or click on the slot written REGISTER to register your email with the University online application system and proceed.
  • Select  the School  as School of Open &Distance Learning  and the  mode of study as ‘distance learning’

           Application Fee

  • Application fee is Ksh. 3,000/- and is non-refundable.  Its payable at the last step of the online application  vie  Mpesa Paybill number or deposit to KCB account or credit card or visa, details which are provided in online application portal as the application is done.

Course Duration: This is a four (4) calendar year (48 months) degree program comprising six semesters (Parts) of 8 months each.

Course Structure

The distribution of the units during the course of study will be as follows:

Year                                         One                    Two               Three

Semester                                I        II                  I     II                  I   II

Number of Education units      4      4                  4    4                 6  4

First Teaching Subject              2     2                  2    2                 2  2

Second Teaching Subject        2     2                   2    2                 2  2

Each course unit shall be taught for forty five hours (45) consisting of lectures and tutorials.

Level I

(Academic Year I)

Semester 1       Core Courses

BEF 101           History of Education

PSY 101           General Psychology

ECT 101           General Methods          

BEF 103           Philosophy of Education

CCS010            HIV/AIDS Control and Management

CCS001            Communication Skills

Semester 2       Core Courses

BEF 102           Sociology of Education

PSY 102           Child Developments

PAC 102           Environmental Education

PSY 104           Educational Statistics

Level II

(Academic Year II)

Semester 1       Core Courses

BEF 201            Contemporary Issues in Education

PSY 201           Tests and Measurements

PAC 201           Curriculum Development

ECT 201            Educational Media

Semester 2       Core Courses

BEF 202           Comparative Education

PSY 202           Personality Dynamics

PAC 202           Educational Administration

                        Elective Courses

ECT 202           English Language Methods

ECT 204           Literature in English Methods

ECT 206           Business Studies Methods

ECT 208           History Methods

ECT 210           Kiswahili Methods

ECT 212           Geography Methods

ECT 214           Religious Studies Methods        

ECT 216           Economics Methods

ECT 218           Mathematics Methods

Level III

(Academic Year III)

Semester 1       Core Courses

PAC 303           Education and Development

PSY 301           Principles of Guidance and Counselling

PAC 301           Educational Planning and Economics

            of Education

ECT 301           Teaching Practice         

PAC 311           Distance Education

Semester 2       Core Courses

BEF 302           Philosophy of Teaching

PSY 302           Psychology of Learning

PSY 304           Attitudes and Motivation

PSY 306           Special Education

GEOGRAPHY

Level I

Semester I       

Core Courses

GEG 101          Introduction to Physical Geography

GEG 103          Introduction to Human Geography

Semester 2

Core Courses

GEG 102          The East African Environment

GEG 104          Map and Aerial Photo Interpretation

 

Level II

Semester 1

Core Courses  

GEG 201          Fieldwork and Research Methodology

GEG 203          Geography of Africa

Semester 2

Core Courses

GEG 202          Physical Geography II

GEG204           Human Geography II

Level III

Semester 1

Core Courses

GEG 301:         Advanced Techniques and Statistical Analysis in Geography       

GEG 305          Economic Geography    

Semester 2

Core Courses

GEG 302          Human Geography II    

GEG 304          Settlement Geography

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Level I

Semester 1

BRP 101           Introduction to Philosophy                                  Core

BRP 103           Introduction to Comparative Religion                 Core

Semester 2

BRP 102           Comparative Religion II                                     Core

BRP 104           Problems of Philosophy                                    Core

Level II

Semester 1

BRP 201           Philosophy of Religion                                       Core

BRP 203           African Traditional Religion                                Core

Semester 2

BRP 202           Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking           Elective

BRP 204           Introduction to Biblical Studies                            Core

BRP 206           Origin and Development of Islam                        Elective

Level III

Semester 1

BRP 301           Epistemology                                                    Elective

BRP 303           Origin and Development of Christianity            Core                

BRP 305           Quran and Hadith                                              Elective

Semester 2

BRP 306           Islamic Theology and Principles                          Elective

BRP 312           Principles of Leadership

BRP 314           Islam in Africa                           Elective

LINGUISTICS

Level I

Semester 1

BLL 101            Study of Language I                                          Core

BLL 103            Study of English I                                              Core

Semester 2

BLL 102            Study of English II                                               Core

BLL 104            Study of English III                                              Core

Level II

Semester 1

BLL 201            Study of Language II                                           Core

BLL 203            Study of Language III                                          Core

Semester 2

BLL 202            Study of English IV                                            Elective

BLL 204            Study of English V                                             Elective           

Level III

Semester I

BLL 305            Sociolinguistics                                                 Elective

BLL 309            Linguistics and Language Teaching                    Elective

Semester 2

BLL 304            Historical Linguistics                                          Elective         

BLL 308            Semantics                                                         Elective           

LITERATURE

Level I

Semester 1

BEL 101           Nature and Functions of Literature                                  Core

BEL 103           Literary Criticism and Language use in Literature             Core

Semester 2

BEL 102           Elements of Poetry and Drama                                       Core

BEL 104           Concepts and Theories of Oral Literature                        Core

                                                          

 

Level II

 

Semester 1

BEL 201           Theory of Literature and Stylistics                         Core

BEL 203           East African Poetry and Drama                             Core  

                                               

Semester 2

BEL 202           East African Prose                                             Core

BEL 204           Theatre Arts and Educational Drama                   Core               

 

Level III

           

Semester 1

BEL 301           Southern African Literature                                 Core

BEL 303           Children and Youth Literature                             Core

 

 

Semester 2

BEL 306           Literature and History in Africa                             Elective

BEL 308           Foreign Writers on Africa                                    Elective

 

KISWAHILI

 

Level I

 

Semester 1

BSW 101          Kiswahili Usage                                                 Core

BSW 103          Introduction to Language Skills in

                        Kiswahili                                                          Core

Semester 2

BSW 102          Kiswahili Usage and Textual Analysis                 Core

BSW 104          Language Skills in Kiswahili                               Core

 

Level II

 

Semester 1

BSW 201          Modern Swahili Literary Texts                             Core

BSW 203          Analysis of Modern Swahili Texts and

                        Further Work on Language Skills                                    Core

 

Semester 2

BSW 202          Historical and Modern Development of

                        Kiswahili                                                           Elective          

BSW 204          Kiswahili Literary Theories                                  Elective

 

Level III

 

Semester 1

BSW 301          Swahili Structure: Phonology, Morphology,

                        Syntax and Semantics                                       Core

BSW 303          Advanced Language Skills in Kiswahili                Core

           

Semester 2

BSW 306          Theories and Genres of Oral Literature                Elective

BSW 308          Swahili Novel                                                    Elective

 

MATHEMATICS

 

Level I

Semester 1

BEM 101          Calculus I                                                         Core

BEM 103          Probability and Statistics I                                  Core

SMA 101          Basic Mathematics                                            Core

 

Semester 2

BEM 102          Linear Algebra I                                                 Core

BEM 104          Applied Vector Theory I                                      Core

 

Level II       

 

Semester 1

BEM 201          Calculus II                                                        Core

BEM 203          Linear Algebra II                                                Core

 

Semester 2

BEM 202          Advanced Calculus                                            Core

BEM 204          Probability and Statistics II                                 Core

 

Level III

 

Semester 1

BEM 301          Real Analysis I                                                  Elective

BEM 305          Complex Analysis                                              Elective           

BEM 309          Computer Science I                                           Elective

 

Semester 2

BEM 304          Ordinary Differential Equations                           Elective

BEM 306          Numerical Analysis I                                          Elective

 

BUSINESS STUDIES

 

Level I

 

Semester 1

BBS 101           Fundamentals of Accounting I                            Core

BBS 103           Business Studies I                                             Core

 

Semester 2

BBS 102           Fundamentals of Accounting II                           Core

BBS 104           Business Law I                                                  Core

 

Level II

 

Semester 1

BBS 201           Business Finance I                                            Core

BBS 203           Intermediate Accounting I                                  Elective

BBS 205           Principles of Marketing                                       Elective

BBS 207           Personnel Management I                                   Elective

 

Semester 2

BBS 202           Business Statistics                                            Elective

BBS 204           Intermediate Accounting II                                 Elective

BBS 206           Marketing Planning and Control                          Elective

BBS 208           Personnel Management II                                  Elective

 

Level III

 

Semester 1

BBS 301           Computer Science                                             Elective

BBS 307           Business Policy                                                 Elective

BBS 309           Auditing I                                                          Elective

 

Semester 2

BBS 306           Marketing Research                                           Elective

BBS 308           Labour Relations                                               Elective

 

HISTORY

 

Level I

 

Semester 1

BEH 101           History of Kenya Up to 1889                               Core

BEH 103           An Introduction to African History Up to 1885      Core

 

Semester 2

BEH 102           History of Kenya from 1890 to the Present          Core

BEH 104           African History from 1885 to the present              Core

 

Level II

 

Semester 1

BEH 201           AHistory of West Africa to AD 1800                               Core

BEH 203           History of Central Africa to the Present                          Core

BEH 205           Introduction to African Archaeology                                 Elective

BEH 207           Europe in the 19th Century                                              Elective

 

Semester 2

BEH 202           A History of West Africa from AD 1800 to Present           Elective

BEH 204           History  and Theory in Africa Speculative                        Core

BEH 206           History of Southern Sudan                                             Elective

 

Level III

 

Semester 1

BEH 301           History and Practice in Africa                                          Elective

BEH 303           History of the USA                     Core                

BEH 307           History of North Africa (Including Sudan(                        Elective

 

Semester 2

BEH 302           Comparative Studies of Imperialism and Nationalism

in Africa and the  Third World                                         Elective

BEH 312           Themes in East African History  

 

ECONOMICS

 

Level I

 

Semester 1

BEC 101 Elements of Economics I                                            Core

BEC 103 Introductions to Economic Statistics                             Core

 

Semester 2

BEC 102 African Economic Problems                                         Core

BEC 104 Elements of Economics II                                            Core

 

Level II

Semester 1

BEC 201 Microeconomics                                                          Core

BEC 204 Mathematics for Economics                                         Core

 

Semester 2

BEC 202 Economics Statistics                                                   Core

BEC 204 Macroeconomic                                                           Core

 

Level III

Semester 1

BEC 303           International Trade                                            Elective

BEC 305           Comparative Economic Systems                        Elective

BEC 309           Economic Development                                     Core

 

Admission Requirement:

  1. PI certificate from a recognized Teacher Training College
  2. KCSE Mean grade C+ (Plus) or above
  3. KACE Certificate with 2 Principal passes and above or equivalent qualifications
  4. KCSE C (Plain) and Diploma from a recognized institution.
  5. KCSE mean grade C- (Minus) or KCE/EACE division III  with a professional certificate and Diploma from an institution recognized by senate
  6. A Degree from the University of Nairobi or any other University recognized by senate.

Career Prospects

Graduates of this course can be employed by the TSC, Private educational Institutions, Government Departments, Disciplined Forces, Ministries,NGOs, Education in Emergencies, Private Sectors i.e. Banks, Financial Institutions and Business enterprises, International Organizations among many others.

Attachment Opportunities

Public and private educational Institutions.

Total fees is Kshs.311, 264/-

 Foreign students pay 25% more

 

FEES STRUCTURE FOR B.ED (ARTS) BY DISTANCE LEARNING

Fees for each semester must be paid at the beginning of the semester. No student will be registered for semester courses or issued with study materials before he/she has paid all the prescribed amount of fees.

  1. Tuition fees

Currently, the tuition fees payable per unit is Kshs. 4,616/= and the minimum number of units a student can be allowed to register for in a semester are two (2).

The minimum payable on registration for the first semester/ Part 1 is;

 4616 X 2= 9232 +24000(statutory charges) = Ksh.33,232/=

 

  1. Statutory charges (per academic year)

The following statutory charges must be paid in full at the beginning of each academic year:

 

Item                                                   Ksh                                      item                                     ksh

Computer Laboratory                     5,000.00                             Activity                                2,000.00

Caution Money (once)                    5,000.00                             Student union                    1,000.00

Examination Money                        5,000.00                             Registration                           500.00

Medical                                              5,000.00                             ID                                        500.00

Total                                                                                                                                    24,000.00

(This amount of 24,000 is already included in the breakdown shown below.)

  1. Summary of total fees payable per semester

 

Level                                   Number of Units                             Fees payable (Ksh)

Part I                                                  10                                         70,160.00

Part II                                                   8                                          36,928.00

Part III                                                  8                                          55,928.00

Part IV                                                  9                                         41,544.00

Part V                                                 11                                         69,776.00

Part VI                                                  8                                         36,928.00

Total                                                   54                                       311,264.00

Note:

  1. That students taking mathematics will do an extra unit in part 1 making their total number to be 55 units. The total fee payable by these students will therefore be Ksh. 315,880.00
  2.  That the fees should be paid by direct cash deposit at any Barclays bank branch to UON CESSP COLLECTION A/C NO. 2032771362 ABSA BANK, ABSA PLAZA. Please note that cash payments or cheque will not be accepted.

Dean

School of Continuing and Distance Education

Exam Regulations

All courses shall be examined during the semester in which they are studied.  Such examination shall consist of continuous assessment by written assignments, semester tests, demonstrations, projects; and written examination at the end of each semester based on percentage grades.  Continuous assessment of written assignment shall account for 30 per cent while the end of semester written examination shall account for 70 per cent.

No candidates will be allowed to take the examination unless they have submitted all the assignments for the units in which they are registered for examination.  Each course unit shall be examined by a two hour paper and the pass mark for each paper shall be 40 per cent.

A student who fails in one or more papers shall be required to take a supplementary examination in the failed paper within a period of three months after the date of the ordinary examination.  A candidate who fails a paper during the supplementary examination may, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board and approval by the Senate, be allowed to take that paper in the next ordinary examination.

 

A candidate who fails a paper in four sittings for any unit of study will be discontinued.  To qualify for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Education, candidates must sit and pass examinations in a total of 52 units, during their course of study plus an assessment in practical teaching.

A candidate who fails his final Teaching Practice assessment may on the recommendation of the Faculty Board be admitted to a supplementary University assessment in Teaching Practice after the final examinations.  A candidate who fails to satisfy assessors in the supplementary Teaching Practice assessment will be discontinued.

A candidate who qualifies for the award of the degree only after re-examination in the 2nd or 3rd level of the course shall not be eligible for the award of an honours degree.

Grades obtained in all courses will be classified and published.  The name of a candidate who passes the University examination prescribed for the final year course of study and who in other respects qualified for the award of the degree, will be published and placed in one of the three classes to be described as:

First, Second (Upper Division and Lower Division) and Pass based on their average performances in the examinations prescribed for the full course of study.  Honors shall be awarded to a candidate whose name is placed in the first class or second class (Upper Division or Lower Division).         

The classification of the Final award will be based on the following grading:

            i)          First Class Honors                                             70% and above

            ii)         Second Class Honors (Upper Division)                   60% - 69%

            iii)         Second Class Honors (Lower Division)                   50% - 59%

            iv)         Pass                                                                 40% - 49%