BSc Honours Degree in Administration (HAD) and BSc Honours Degree in Political Science (HPOS)

First year courses for both HAD and HPOS taken at first and second semester

PA101    Introduction to Public Administration (double course, 24 units). The course covers survey in the field of public administration, its aim is to provide an overview and introduction to the major issues and complexities in the field of public administration.

PA102    Introduction to Political Theory (double course, 24 units):   The course covers fundamental questions of public life addressing issues of nature of political authority. It also covers fundamental questions in political thought.

PA103    Introduction to Political Science (double course, 24 units). The course covers discipline of Political Science and the study of the complex and complicated human activities and relationships that are politically relevant.

AD103    Introduction to Research Methods (double course, 24 units). The course covers Political Science and Public Administration relevant to research methods, statistics to social and political problems

Optional Courses in HAD and HPOS

AD110   Public Sector Accounting,

AD111   Public Sector Auditing

PA106   Constitutional Law

Second Year Core courses in HAD taken at 1^st Semester

AD201    Public Policy: The course covers policy in the public administration domain; relationships among public problems and public policies

AD203    Local Government Management: The course covers local government management, effective service delivery, management of financial resources.

AD204    Human Resources Management: The course covers wide scope on aspects of human resources management, develop competency in human resources management.

Second Year Core at 2^nd Semester in HAD

AD202    Policy Formulation and Analysis: The course covers environmental factors which influence policy systems.

AD205    Politics and Local Governance: The course covers historical development of Zimbabwe’s Local Government.

AD206   Public Personnel Administration: The course’s aim is to familiarize students with theoretical dimensions of public personnel administration.

Second Year Core courses at 1^st semester in HPOS

POS201 Governance in Zimbabwe: This course is designed to familiarise the student with details of how Zimbabwe is governed.

POS211 International Relations: The course has multi-dimensional study of international relations, examines the nature of relations between and among actors in the contemporary international system.

POS220 Democracy and Human Rights: The course focuses on the major tenets of “Democracy” and “Human Rights”.

Second Year Core courses at 2^nd Semester HPOS

POS202 State Politics and Society in Zimbabwe: The course covers analytical rights, governance and civil society organization.

POS203 International Organisation: The course analyses various international organizations, economical or political in major international organization such as UN, World Trade Organizations and countries in the Commonwealth.

POS204 African Political Ideas:  The course covers principal themes of African Political ideas ands political action.

Optional courses which can be taken by both HAD and HPOS at first semester

AD221    Administration Law;                            AD223  Public Sector Management,

POS220 Democracy and Human Rights,          POS201 Governance in Zimbabwe

Optional courses which can be taken by both HAD and HPOS at Second Semester

AD222    Health Service Administration,                          POS222 Principles of International Law,

AD205    Politics and Local Governance

Third Year Core courses in Administration (HAD 3) taken at First Semester

AD305    Project Planning: The course focuses on elements of Project Planning

AD302    Public Sector Development: The course examines the theoretical and practical challenges of initiating development in the state sector.

AD303    Development Management:  The course aims to develop administration which represents aspects of public administration. 

Optional Courses to be taken at first semester

POS301 Politics and Governance in Africa,    POS303 Modern Political Theory,

AD322 Industrial Relations

Third Year Core courses in Administration (HAD 3) taken at Second Semester

AD301    Public Sector Finance: The course covers financial activities of Governments and activities undertaken with socioeconomic.

AD304    Change and Development: The course examines the major empirical and normative issues of change and development in developing countries. 

AD306    Project Management: The course focuses on the elements of project management. 

Optional Courses to be taken at Second Semester 

POS302 Politics in Developing Societies,        AD331      State Legal Liability,

POS304 Contemporary Political Theory,         POS331 Diplomacy

Third Year Core courses in Political Science HPOS3 taken at First Semester

POS301 Politics and Governance in Africa: This course covers Government and Politics in Africa; it broadens the student’s scope on the systems of government.

POS303 Modern Political Theory: The course enables students to interpret major political ideas of the period between 17^th and 20^th Centuries. 

POS305 International Peace and Security Studies: The course broadens the student’s understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of “peace” and “security”.

Optional Courses to be taken at first semester

AD303 Development Management,                 AD305 Project Planning,    AD322 Industrial Relations

Third Year Core courses in Political Science (HPOS 3) taken at Second Semester

POS302 Politics in Developing Societies: The course aims to critically assess and analyse the political, economic and social conditions in the developing countries.

POS304 Contemporary Political Theory: The course enables the student to conscientiously understand how to solve problems in life and organisation

POS305  International Peace and Security Studies: The course aims to equip students with skills to understand contextual underpinning peace and security.

Career Prospects for graduates in Public Administration and Political Science

Non Governmental Organizations, Parastatals, International Agencies, Higher learning institutions, Private and Public Sectors.