SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

POE 7101

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

Academic Programs:

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ARTS EDUCATION

College:

College of Education and External Studies

School:

School of Education (SoE)

Department:

Social Science and Arts Education

Course Description & Objectives:

This is intended to enrich learners in Political Education which is a new field in Secondary Schools in Uganda. The course is designed to enrich curriculum and designing of methodologies that can be used to adequately handle political education classes in Secondary Schools and Tertiary institutions. Objectives:

This course aims at accomplishing the following objectives
Instilling and understanding of the Uganda society in its social evolution before, during and after colonialism.
To examine the evolution formation of Ugandan nation and state.
To take a critique of the impact of colonialism, on the Ugandan communities.
To trace the social and political development leading to multi-partism military and liberation movements in Uganda.