Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty Office consists of the Dean’s Office, Senior Assistant Registrar’s Office, the Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE), the Computer Aided Learning (CAL) laboratory, three Faculty workshops namely; Mechanical, Electrical and Students Training Workshops.

The Faculty of Engineering offers six undergraduate degree programmes in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering as well as Geoinformatics & Surveying, seven MSc programmes and one postgraduate diploma programme. Engineering professionals in industry within Zimbabwe and the Southern African Region willing to keep updated with developments in the Engineering profession are catered for through the Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE). The major mandate of CCEE is to coordinate continuing engineering education offered in the six disciplines of the Faculty namely; Geoinformatics & Surveying, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Metallurgical and Mining Engineering.

Mission Statement

Mission Statement
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Departments

Departments
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Dean's Office

Dean's Office
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Programmes on offer

Programmes on offer
The Faculty of  Engineering offers undergraduate degrees , masters degrees and postgraduate diplomas.   Undergraduate Progra...
Master of Science in Land and Geographic Information Systems

Introduction

These regulations should be read in conjunction with the General Academic Regulations for Masters by coursework

 

Qualifications for Admission

  • All applicants shall have obtained:

a)an acceptable first degree in Surveying, Engineering, Geography, Computer Science, Mathematics, or acceptable equivalents; and

b)a Postgraduate Diploma in LIS/GIS or an equivalent acceptable to Senate.

  • Candidates with academic qualifications recognised by professional institutions as degree equivalents may only be admitted after satisfying the Department through an interview and/or a qualifying examination.

 

Programme of Study

  • The Programme of study shall normally extend over a period of 15 months on a full time basis.
  • The MSc degree will be made up of two semesters and candidates shall normally be examined at the end of each semester.
  • Candidates who are deemed to satisfy examiners in MSc programme will be awarded a Master of Science degree in LIS/GIS.
  • The programme to be pursued by each candidate, unless exemption is given by Senate shall be as follows:

 

Semester 1

Professional and Organisational Behaviour, Software Engineering, Advanced Land and Geographical Information Management, Graphics, Algorithms and Software

 

Semester 2

Dissertation

 

Scheme of Examination

  • The pass mark as prescribed in the General Regulations for Masters Degrees by coursework is the minimum acceptable mark in all courses of the Programme. The aggregate mark in the MSc is the weighted average of the marks as specified in
  • A student who obtains the pass mark in a given course shall be deemed to have satisfied the examiners in that course. A candidate must satisfy the examiners in both the examination and the coursework in each course. A candidate who obtains a pass mark in the Dissertation shall be deemed to have satisfied the examiners in the part.
  • A student who obtains a pass mark in every course shall be deemed to have satisfied the examiners in that part.
  • A student who fails to satisfy the requirements of   will not normally be permitted to proceed to Dissertation.
  • A candidate who satisfies the provisions of and shall be awarded the Master of Science degree.
  • The aggregate mark for the award and classification of the MSc degree shall be calculated as a weighted sum of marks in examinations and Dissertation specified in

 

The classification will be as follows:

Distinction                     -               80%

Merit                            -               70%-79%

Pass                             -               50%-69%

 Fail                             -               Below 50%

 

Syllabus

In accordance with provisions of the General Regulations, detailed syllabi do not form part of these regulations. Copies of the approved syllabi shall be maintained in the Department of Geoinformatics & Surveying and the Faculty of Engineering Offices for assistance.

 

Notification of Results and Award of Degree

Results shall be published and degrees awarded in accordance with the provisions of the General Regulations

 

MSc In Land and Geographic Information Systems Course Description

COURSE CODE

DESCRIPTION

 

WEIGHT

 

EXAM

 

MLGIS501

Professional and Organisational Behaviour

2

1X3hr paper

MLGIS502

Software Engineering

2

1X3hr paper

MLGIS503

Advanced Geographic and Land Information Mgt

5

1X3hr paper

MLGIS504

Graphics, Algorithms and Software

4

1X2hr paper

MLGIS570

Dissertation

(Oral & Written)

13

26

Presentation

 

 

 

Two copies of the Dissertation covering the approved research project shall be submitted by 31 March of the following year of study. An oral examination may be arranged when the written part has been accepted.