Social Sciences & Community Development

Understand what the Community Needs and Be the Change you Want

Social Sciences And Community Development

Diploma Courses

Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 6 Terms (18 months)

Entry Requirements: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Minimum Grade C-(Minus) & above OR Pass in Certificate in Social Work & Development

 

The course is intended to equip the trainee with knowledge, skills & attitudes that will enable him or her to perform and manage development activities in society

Module I: Focus on initiation & management of social development activities and capacity building

Course units:

  • Social Work Theory & Practice
  • Introduction to Community Development
  • Development Economics
  • Community Based Organizations
  • Communication Skills
  • Entrepreneurship Education
  • Community Capacity Building & Empowerment
  • Information Communication Technology

Module II: Focuses on mobilization & management of resources and advocacy for positive change in society

Entry Requirements: Pass Craft Course in Social Development OR Pass Module I in Social Work & Community Development

Course units:

  • Resource Mobilization & Fundraising
  • Project Management
  • Advocacy & Lobbying
  • HIV and AIDS and other pandemics
  • Disaster Management
  • Statistics
  • Legal Aspects in Social Development Work
  • Resource Management

Module III Part A: Focus for students who wish to specialize in Social Work

Entry Requirements: Pass Module II in Social Work & Community Development

Course units:

  • Social Psychology & Human Development
  • Introduction to Counselling Psychology
  • Social Rehabilitation & Re-integration
  • Disaster Management
  • Social Policy & Administration
  • Social Research Project

Module III Part B: Focus for students who wish to specialize in Community Development

Entry Requirements: Pass Module II in Social Work & Community Development

Course units:

  • Transformation & Social Marketing
  • Community Development Methodologies
  • Management of Community Concerns
  • Community Leadership
  • Gender & Development
  • Social Research Project

Award: KNEC Diploma in Social Work/Community Development

Entry Grade: D+

Exam Body: ICM
Duration: 3 Terms 

Level 5

  • Counselling Concepts
  • Understanding the Practice of Counselling
  • Psychology of Human Behavior for Counselling
  • Dynamics of Gender, Culture and Group Counselling
  • Workplace Counselling

Entry Grade: D+

Exam Body: ABMA
Duration: 9 Months per Level 

Level 4

  • Introduction to Community
  • Understanding Community Development
  • Sociology and Social Work
  • Working with the Vulnerable
  • Project Planning

Level 5

  • Leadership and Conflict Resolution
  • Capacity Building and Sustainability in Communities
  • Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
  • Community Health and Disease Management
  • Accessing and Managing Project Resources

Level 6

  • Community and Inter-Agency Working
  • Critical Engagement with Social Policy
  • Entrepreneurship in Communities 
  • Reflective Practice
  • Project Management

Entry Grade: D+

Exam Body: ABMA
Duration: 9 Months per Level 

Level 4

  • Introduction to Science for Public Health
  • Social Science
  • Principles of Public Health
  • Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics
  • Determinants of Health

Level 5

  • Communicable Diseases
  • HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
  • Pneumonia and Malaria
  • Introduction to Non Communicable Diseases, Mental Health and Injury

Level 6

  • Mental Health, Disability and Ageing
  • Public Health in a Crisis or Disaster
  • Working in Public Health
  • Health Education and Health Promotion
  • Managing Public Health

Entry Grade: D+

Exam Body: ABMA
Duration: 9 Months per Level 

Entry Grade: D Plain

Exam Body: ICM/BCEB
Duration: 2 Terms

Entry Grade: D Plain

Exam Body: ICM
Duration: 2 Terms

Certificate Courses

Entry Grade: D Plain

Exam Body: KNEC
Duration:4 Terms 

Module 1

  • Communication Skills
  • Information Communication Technology
  • History and Government of Kenya
  • Social Development Work, Theory and Methods
  • Social Research Methods
  • Social Policy & Administration
  • Project Development & Management

Module II

  • Human Growth and development
  • Law in Social Development
  • Kiswahili
  • Management and Administration
  • Community Health
  • Economics
  • Project
  • Field Practicum / Report
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Frequently Asked Questions about School of Social Sciencies & Community Development

Our focus is on understanding society and the dynamics of social change, community empowerment, engagement and participation.

Yes, you will. Our extensive alumni and industry network makes it possible for our students to get the practical skills employers are looking for.

We assist and ensure all our students get industrial placements.

Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), ABMA & ICM

For the short courses, it can take from 3-6 months per module, depending on the course you choose.

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