| MWS 501 |
Research Methods and techniques |
Warfare can be effectively understood if backed by research. This module is designed to empower students with knowledge and skills to apply their data collection, presentation and analysis when dealing with military and security challenges. By the end of the module, students should be able to carry out research towards the production of security reports, white papers, the development of national security policies, publications on defence and security issues and solutions to challenges experienced at community, national, regional and international levels. |
| MWS 502 |
African Military History |
Africa has a rich military history. This module is designed to impart knowledge on the evolution, development and significance of the military history of Africa since the pre-colonial period up to 1994. By the end of the module, students should be able to engage their knowledge of African military history to design models and approaches for enhancing modern security sector governance, defence and security doctrines, strategies and tactics. |
| MWS 503 |
Contemporary Strategy and International Security since 1945 |
Strategy remains a key component in international security. This module is designed to equip students with knowledge about the significance of strategy in the maintenance of international security with a goal of enhancing or transforming the security of their communities. By the end of the module, students should be able to identify the various strategies central to the maintenance of international security, design defence and security strategies that can be used to maintain peace and minimize conflicts in the world and suggest reforms or improvements to existing strategies such as nuclear deterrence, arms control, reduction and disarmament in order to make them relevant to the contemporary world. |
| MWS 504 |
Contemporary challenges in African Security |
Africa faces a host of security challenges. This module provides students with knowledge of the complexities of Africa’s socio-economic, security and political landscape in order to contextualise and enhance the work of professionals on development policy and programmes related to Africa. By the end of the module, students should be able to design a peacebuilding roadmap, promoting the use of endogenous solutions to African security challenges and formulate strategies addressing the socio-economic and political drivers of conflicts. |
| MWS 505 |
Water, Peace and Security |
Water is a critical resource that can contribute to either peace or conflict. This module is designed to equip students with the knowledge about the complexities of water and security; water and peace issues. By the end of the module, students should be able to identify the main ways in which water contribute to peace and design approaches or models of preserving water, dealing with water challenges in their communities and the environment and using water resources for peacebuilding. |
| MWS 506 |
War against Terror and Security |
The war on terror has become topical since the 9/11 2001 attacks. This module is designed to equip students with knowledge of and skills on the background, causes, development and consequences of extremism and terrorism. By the end of the module, students should be able to identify the root causes of extremism and terrorism and design context-specific approaches or models of preventing, managing and transforming extremism and terrorism. |
| MWS 507 |
Gender and War |
War affects men and women and gender relations differently. This module offers theoretical and practical experiences of the impact of war on gender. By the end of the module, students should be able to identify the various roles of men and women in war, mainstream gender in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration processes and design context-specific pathways for governments and communities to promote gender equality for the purpose of cultivating sustainable peace and relationships in post-conflict environments. |
| MWS 508 |
Security Sector Governance |
The origins, development, benefits and challenges of the concept of “Security Sector Reform” (SSR) remain contested. This module is designed to equip students with knowledge about the notion of SSR, its history, challenges and opportunities in Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa. By the end of the module, students should be able to delineate the challenges and opportunities for SSR, design models for disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration and SSR interventions relevant to the context in order to promote sustainable peace in societies in post-conflict situations. |
| MWS 509 |
Disaster Management and Security |
Security is a key requirement in disaster management. This module is designed to equip students with knowledge about the significance of the role of security prior, during and after natural and man induced disasters. By the end of the module, students should be able to design models to enhance various human security elements such as food security, water security, economic security, health security and environmental security in disaster interventions. |
| MWS 510 |
Conflict Transformation |
Conflict transformation has become an indispensable component of peacebuilding. This module explores the theoretical and practical foundations of conflict transformation within the field of peacebuilding. By the end of the module, students should be able to transform conflicts using context-specific endogenous and exogenous methods at various levels, bring conflicting parties to the negotiating table and design models for amicably ending conflicts. |
| MWS 511 |
Diplomacy and Intelligence |
Diplomacy and intelligence issues and developments affect national security. This module is designed to equip students with knowledge of and skills on the role and importance of diplomacy and intelligence to nation states during war and peaceful times. By the end of the module, students should be able to apply their diplomatic and intelligence skills for enhancing the defence and security of their states, deescalate conflicts, advise on the resolution of conflicts and pursue a career as diplomats. |
| MWS 512 |
Community Project |
A community project is a term applied to any community-based project. This covers a wide variety of different areas within a community or a group of networking entities. Projects can cover almost anything, including the most obvious section of concern to any community, the welfare element. Welfare community projects would for example be, a locally run and locally funded orphanage; a Christmas dinner kitchen for the homeless. Another important sector of importance to the community would be charity. |
| MWS 570 |
Dissertation |
All students shall write a dissertation on an approved topic which must be between 15 000 and 30 000 words long. Students will be required to choose a researchable topic in the fields of war, conflict and security and design a proposal. The proposal shall be presented before the Departmental Board which shall evaluate its contribution to positive transformation of life. The proposal shall be awarded a minimum of 1 credit and a maximum of 10 credits. A complete write-up of the dissertation shall be orally presented with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 30 credits. The final dissertation shall have a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 50 credits. A minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10 credits shall be awarded upon the incorporation of comments suggested by reviewers. Each student shall be assigned a supervisor to oversee the research process until the dissertation is submitted. |
