Diploma in Records, Archives and Information Management (DRAM) aims to produce highly competent professionals in the field of information science, library science and information management with practical skills in the applications of Information Technology.
ABOUT PROGRAMME
Programme Availability: Sokoine National Agricultural Library
Host Department: Department of Information & Records Studies
Level of Study: Diploma Programme
Mode of Study: Full Time
Programme Duration: 2 Years
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
SEMESTER 1
CORE COURSES
ICT 0100 Introduction to Computers and their Applications
RAM 0100 Principles of Records Management
ILS 0102 Principles of Information Management
ILS 0103 Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Management
SC 0100 Communication Skills I
RAM 0101 Management of Registries
ELECTIVES
DS 0100 Principles of Development
RAM 0102 Office Management and Practice
ILS 0105 Information Services for Rural Communities
MTH 0101 Basic Mathematics
SEMESTER II CORE COURSES
COURSE ANTE COURSE TITLE
CORE COURSES
RAM 0103 Selection and Acquisition of Archival Materials
MTH 0100 Introduction to Statistics
ILS 0106 Cataloguing and Classification 1
RAM 0104 Arrangements and Description of Archival Materials
ICT 0101 Information Literacy
ELECTIVES COURSES
ILS 0107 Project Management
RAM 0105 Business Archives
ICT 0102 Desktop Publishing
COM 0101 Communication Skills II
ILS 0108 User Services and Relations
SUB TOTAL
TOTAL
SEMESTER 3
COURSE ANTE COURSE TITLE
CORE COURSES
ICT 0200 Introduction to Database Management
RAM 0200 Electronic Archives
RAM 0201 Legal and Policy Aspects of Records/Archival Work
RAM 0202 Management of Current Records
ILS 0200 Research Methods in Information Management
ILS 0202 Research Project 1
ELECTIVES COURSES
ICT 0202 Concepts of Computer Networking
ICT 0203 Introduction to Web Publishing
ILS 0203 Principles of Management
ILS 0204 Repackaging and Dissemination of Information
SEMESTER 4
COURSE ANTE COURSE TITLE
CORE COURSES
ICT 0204 Records Systems in Digital Environment
RAM 0203 Preservation and Conservation of Records
RAM 0204 Managing Archives
ILS 0205 Research Project 2
ICT 0205 Digitization of Archival Materials
SUB TOTAL
ELECTIVES COURSES
ILS 0206 Knowledge Management
ILS 0207 Marketing of Information Services
ILS 0208 Policy and Planning for Information Services
ICT 0206 Information Technology and the Society
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Admission for the Diploma in Records, Archive and Information Management requires One Principal Pass in one of the following subjects A- level certificate, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Science and Practice of Agriculture, Geography, Economics and Commerce, History, English, French and Kiswahili OR Certificate in Records Management/or other relevant disciplines with a minimum of 2nd Class and four passes at O-level certificate.
TUITION FEES
Tshs 900,000 per year
HOW TO APPLY
HELP/SUPPORT
The office of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics),
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
P. O. Box 3000,
MOROGORO.
Inquiries should be sent to:-
Admission Help desk
Directorate of Undergraduate Studies,
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
P.O. Box 3000, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro
Telephone No: 0765997885 OR 0692762372
Email: admission@suanet.ac.tz