The program for the Bachelor of Land and Water Resources Management (BLWRM) is designed to produce graduates that are able to contribute effectively toward the judicious management of land and water resources for socio economic development.
The program emphasizes on the need to conserve land and water resources in the quest to improve the living standards of people in Zambia and the southern African region.
Entrepreneurial training is included to facilitate for self employment options and encourage self motivation among the graduates. The graduates are also prepared for future roles as researchers and developers of new technologies through courses that cover research issues such as statistics, experimental design and practical research.
Course Outline
Semester I |
Semester II |
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First Year |
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Second Year |
ALW 211 Agroclimatology ALW 221 Soil Fertility and Productivity ALW 241 Natural Resources Ecology AGA 211 Crop Production AGA 221 Animal Production
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ALW 212 Management and Conservation of Water Resources ALW 222 Environmental Soil Physics ALW 232 Environmental Soil Chemistry SSW 211 Rural Sociology ALW 242 Policies in Land and Water Management. ALW 200 Vocational Attachment II: Industry/farm |
Third Year |
ABM 211 Production and Natural Resource Economics ALW 311 Soil Survey and Assessment Techniques ALW 321 Principles of Environmental Project planning and Management. ALW 331 Principles of Hydrology and Geomorphology BCM 142 Introduction to Entrepreneurship |
ALW 312 Environmental Research Methods ALW 322 Principles of Land Evaluation and Economics ALW 332 Water Ecology ABM 362 Entrepreneurship Practice ALW 342 Principles of Range and Wildlife Management ALW 300 Vocational Attachment III: Industry/farm |
Fourth Year |
ALW 411 Introduction to GIS for natural Resource Management ALW 421 Agroecology ALW 431 Forest Management and Ecology ALW 441 Land Use Planning ALW 400 Research Project and Dissertation |
ALW 412 Watershed and Wetland Hydrology and Management ALW 422 Planning, Design and Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems ALW 432 Agricultural Extension and Education ALW 442 Environmental Sociology ALW 400 Research Project and Dissertation |
Mulungushi University
Plot number 1347/M
Great North Road
Kabwe, Zambia
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