Program of Urban Management

Main objective of the programme
The Bachelor’s Programme in Urban Management at Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (PIASS) will provide both basic management techniques and analytic skills necessary for sustainable and effective management of rapidly evolving urban environments. The curriculum provides every candidate with the opportunity and responsibility to develop a preferred specialty in one or more key areas of practice, such as environmental management; health systems planning; environment impact assessment; urban land use planning; and environmental hazard management.
The curriculum seeks to build students ‘professional judgment skills through applied course work and field experience, while inspiring awareness of, and appreciation for, research and theory from many contributing disciplines. In this way, it will contribute to training and building capacity/skills for our urban managers who will appreciate a multidisciplinary approach in sustainably managing the major challenges that our urban societies face. The graduate of the programme will be expected to develop skills that would enable them undertake situational analysis of the urban areas in regard to human settlements, planning and management issues, develop monitoring and evaluation tools for urban projects and generally be managers who are able to co-ordinate various actors in the urban management.
Programme specific objectives
Specifically, the Programme aims at equipping the student with:

• Knowledge and understanding of urban processes and problems, urban planning and management theories (and practices), methods and techniques;
• An integrated and applied knowledge and techniques of urban planning and management for effective task execution and problem solving in urban areas;
• Capability to effectively communicate in a multi­stakeholder working environment;
• Skills in strategic management and policy design in urban planning and management sector;
• Skills in a range of relevant areas including governance, urban finance and economics, community ownership and empowerment, sustainable-behaviors;
• Solid foundation and a critical assessment of policy analysis with a systematic exposure to alternative theoretical and political perspectives, with an emphasis on social justice and ethics.
• Basic key knowledge in housing and community development, economic and workforce development, social policy, or finance for community and economic development, environment, energy use and Sanitation;
• Skills in organizing a platform where multi-stakeholders can interact and converge, and facilitate processes using their solid negotiation and moderation skills

The programme is also aiming at:

• Producing urban planners/managers who are confident to apply their knowledge and skills in understanding urban related problems in society and make a useful contribution to the solution;
• Applying knowledge, skills and experiences acquired in urban management to contemporary issues of population, environment and gender;
• Equipping students with knowledge, technical tools, skills and confidence that they will need to take up their responsibilities as community service providers;
• Understanding and exploit contemporary technologies in urban planning and management for the benefit of society;
• Putting in place strategies to support urban planning and management needs of society;
• Providing continuous, relevant and positive contribution to the improvement of urban management in Rwanda;
• Exhibiting relevant knowledge on planning, setting research projects, analyzing results, and using them in solving real problems facing the society.
• MODULES DISTRIBUTION

  Modules Components

  Level: I (YEAR I)

  MST 5112	Mathematics and Statistics 5112-1 General mathematics 5112-2  Statistics 5112-3 Financial mathematics	15
  PEC 5113	Principles of Economics 5113-1 Micro-economics 5113-2 Macro-economics 5113-3 Rwandan economy	15
  ICS 5114	Introduction to computer skills	15
  SSK 5115	Study Skills 5115-1 Study skills and strategies 5115-2 Introduction to scientific research 5115-3 Academic writing techniques	10
  RUD 5126	Introduction to Rural and urban development 5126-1 Rural and urban space 5126-2 Rural – urban livelihoods 5126-3 Rural-urban linkages	15
  HIS 5127	History of development of world Cities 5127-1 Introduction to history of urbanization 5127-2 Evolution of urbanization in the third world 5127-3 Challenges of urbanization in third word cities	10
  GIS5128	Principles of Geographic Information Systems	15
  PRS5129	Principles of Remote Sensing	15
  Total Credits		120

  Level: II (YEAR II)

  Module Codes	Module components	Credits
  EUM 5211	English for Urban management 5211-1 English for academic purposes 5211-2 English applied to urban planning and management	10
  UPE 5212	Introduction to urban planning and environmental management 5212-1 The Rural and urban space 5212-2 Rural – urban livelihoods 5212-3 Rural-urban linkages and relationships	20
  LAD 5213	Introduction to Land Administration 5213-1 Land administration paradigm 5213-2 Land administration as a career 5213-3 Land rights management	15
  RUS 5214	Rural and Urban Sociology 5214-1 Rural sociology 5214-2  Urban Sociology	15
  UDT5225	Urban Development and Social Transformation 5225-1 Urbanisation and environmental change 5225-2 Social and economic dimensions in urban development 5225-3 Urban sustainable development and social transformation	15
  UMM 5226	Urban Management Methods 5226-1 The Urban environment 5226-2 Urban management: monitoring and evaluation methods 5226-3 Mitigating urban problems	15
  CDC5227	Management of Cities in Developing Countries 5227-1  Main issues in developing word cities 5227-2  Best practices and lessons learned from developed countries cities 5227-3 Cases studies related to third world cities management	15
  CGL5228	Cartography and Graphical Language 5228-1 Concepts and definitions of cartography and graphic language 5228-2 Type of data and visual variables 5228-3 Mapping quantitative and qualitative data and 3D visualization	15
  Total Credits		120

  Level:  III & IV (YEAR III)

  Module Codes	Module Components		Credits
  UGL 5311	Urban governance and land law 5311-1 Institutional framework on access and use of land 5311-2 Principles and theories of land governance		15
  UDH5312	Urban development and housing provision 5312-1 Housing provision from human rights perspective 5312-2 Urban housing markets, tenure and delivery 5312-3 Government housing policy to urban and rural settlement in developing countries		15
  TIP 5313	Transport and infrastructure planning and management 5313-1 Main issues in urban transportation planning and management 5313-2 Urban transport and land use implications 5313-3 Urban transport and environment: Sustainable transport and mobility		15
  USE 5314	Urban sanitation and environmental management 5314-1 Principles of urban environment management 5314-2 Waste management and sanitation 3043 Environmental Impact assessment		15
  Total Credits			60

  Level:  IV (YEAR III)

  ModuleCodes	Module components	Credits
  APF 5425	Public finance 5425-1 Public Finance 5425-2 Public Procurement	10
  UDP 5426	Planning and monitoring of urban development projects 5426-1 Planning of urban development project 5426-2 Monitoring urban development projects	15
  ENT5427	Entrepreneurship Skills	10
  RM 5428	Research Methods	10
  INT 5429	Internship ( Industrial Exposal)	15
  Total Credits		60

  Level: V (YEAR IV)

Award: Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Urban Management