Departmental Special Regulations for the MEd (Education Management)
Subject to the provisions of General Regulations 400 and the Faculty of Education Special Regulations 41.0, the following Departmental Special Regulations shall apply.
Entrance into the MEd (Educational Management shall be in accordance with Faculty Special Regulation 41.1.
The structure of the MEd (Educational Management) programme shall be in accordance with Faculty Special Regulation 41.5.
Level One
All students will be required to take the following core courses.
EFF 640 Integrated Foundations of Education
EFF 641 Educational Research I
EFF 642 Educational Research II
EFA 640 Introduction to Foundations of Educational Management
EFA 641 Educational Policy in National Development
EFA 642 Instructional Supervision
Plus any two of the following optional courses
FIN620 Business Finance
EFA 644 Gender Issues in Educational Management
EFA 645 Management of Innovation and Change
EFA 646 Social Divisions in Educational Management
EFA647 School Observation, Monitoring and Evaluation
With the consent of the Head of Department and agreement with the cognate department, a maximum of two courses may be taken from another MEd specialisation, from another Master’s programme at the University of Botswana or from an approved Master’s programme of another university.
Level Two
In Level Two of the programme, students shall take the Dissertation route or the Research Essay route.
Dissertation Route - The Dissertation route shall be in accordance with Faculty of Education Special Regulation 41.55.
EFA 761 Dissertation
Research Essay Route - The Research Essay route shall be in accordance with Faculty of Education Special Regulation 41.56.
EFA 751 Research Essay
Plus two optional courses from the following
and two from Level One courses not previously taken:
EFA 740 Human Resource management in Education
EFA 741 The Governance of Schools
EFA 742 Self-Development for Educational Managers
ACC 600 Principles of Accounting
EFA 750 Special Topics in Educational Management