MSc. Agricultural Education and Extension

The programme is designed to produce graduates capable of planning and managing agricultural projects and extension services and, serving as lecturers and tutors in agriculture and teachers training institutes/colleges and other colleges and as professional agricultural educators for planning and curriculum development.
 

ABOUT PROGRAMME

Programme Availability
College of Agriculture
Host Department
Department of Agricultural Extension and Community Development
Level of Study
Masters Degree
Mode of Study
Full Time
Programme Duration
2 Years

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

COURSE ANTE    COURSE TITLE

CORE COURSES
AEA 600    Statistics
EE 600    Research Planning and Management
EE 601    Rural Sociology
EE 602    Agricultural Extension
EE 603    Survey Methods
EE 604    Adult and Non-formal Education
EE 605    Agricultural Administration and Management
EE 621    Comparative Extension Systems
EE 609    MSc Dissertation

ELECTIVE COURSES
EE 606    Audio-Visual Methods
EE 607    Technology, Employment, Rural Development
EE 608    Supervised Study by Arrangement to Suit Variable Individual Needs
EE 610    Principles of Agricultural Education
EE 611    Learning and Communication Theory
EE 612    Vocational Education Practice
EE 613    Comparative Agricultural Curricula
EE 614    Education Evaluation
EE 615    Education and Curriculum Planning
EE 616    School Farm and Shop
EE 617    Communication Workshop
EE 618    Agricultural College Instruction
EE 619    Women and Development
AEA 607    Economic Development
AEA 608    Economic Planning
EE 620    Agricultural Policy Implementation
EE 622    Extension Programme Planning
EE 623    Extension Evaluation
EE 624    Village Dynamics
EE 625    Resource Assessment and Area Planning
 

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1) A candidate shall either hold a relevant honours degree of Sokoine University of Agriculture or a qualification from an approved institution of higher learning, deemed to be equivalent to an honours degree of Sokoine University of Agriculture.

2) Candidates who hold unclassified degrees (e.g. BVM) should have a credit or a distinction in the subject of intended Master’s degree. Candidates wishing to pursue the Master of Preventive Medicine degree shall be required to have at least credits in any five subjects of the BVM degree or its equivalent.

3) Candidates with pass degree may also be considered for admission if their undergraduate performance in the proposed subject of study was a B Grade average or above and they have satisfied the relevant Academic Units that they have exhibited academic potential through extensive field work, subsequent research experience and/or additional training.

4) With the exception of the MPVM and MBA (Agribusiness) which are one year and one and half years degree programmes respectively, all other Master degree programmes are tenable for two years for full time students and three years for part time students. In the case of full time students, the first year is for coursework, while the second year is for research and dissertation writing.

FEES

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HOW TO APPLY

Online application through http://suasis.sua.ac.tz:9092/index.php/welcome . Make sure that all relevant academic and financial documents are attached before final submission is made

CONTACT

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
THE DIRECTOR,
DIRECTORATE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND CONSULTANCY,
SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE,
P.O. BOX 3151, CHUO KIKUU,
MOROGORO, TANZANIA.
Telephone:+255 023-2640013, Fax: +255 023 2640013
E-mail: drpgs@suanet.ac.tz,

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