Overview
Philosophy of the Programme
This programme takes a broad view of gender and development. It prepares students for dealing with the challenges of increasingly international and interconnected communities. The programme is designed to provide students with advanced skills in critical thinking and analysis, writing, and understanding of phenomena in a global perspective. It caters for graduates of gender studies and any other discipline interested in the application of gender studies in their work. Students enrolled in the programme are provided with an opportunity for furthering their academic and professional expertise in the field of gender and development. Above all, the courses inspires the graduates to provide leadership and stewardship and to give hope to society in general and to engender their approaches in all matters pertaining to humanity.
Rationale of the Programme
The Doctor of Philosophy in Gender and Development Studies answers the call for advanced training in gender that provides the opportunity for practitioners as well as academics to advance their knowledge in the discipline. This course is a response to the continued market demands and the centrality of the gender discourse in today’s development planning. This demand has come about as a result of the many social ills that bedevil humanity ranging from the problems of institutionalized injustice, gender stereotypes, the importance of a process that incorporates the significant interest groups (SIGs), negative ethnicity, extremism as well as all other forms of intolerance across cultures. The curriculum takes on board a holistic approach to the study of gender and human differences and helps the students in enhancing unity in diversity.
The advanced training enables the graduates to independently practice, design and undertake gender sensitive programming at all levels and in all fields. The curriculum has taken on board new and innovative courses that respond to the problems of contemporary nature while still maintaining the core of gender studies. The new approaches emphasize the human rights based understanding and the need for forging common fronts in dealing with the socio-cultural problems of the world that have traditionally undermined one gender at the expense of the other.
Goal of the Programme
The goal of the programme is to train and prepare students for senior positions in the field of gender and related disciplines as academicians, researchers, development oriented practitioners, policy interventionists and analysts, among others. The programme offers students an opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in gender and development taking into account local and global perspectives.
Schedule of Intakes: September Every Year
Expected Learning Outcomes
At the end of the programme, the learner should be able to:
- Use the acquired theoretical, Analytical and Practical knowledge in gender and development to tackle societal issues
- Apply the techniques used in gender analysis;
- Develop an understanding of the theoretical grounding in gender and development studies;
- Design research on gender related issues; and
- Disseminate research products to appropriate audiences.
Admission Requirements
The common regulations for admissions to the PhD programme in all Faculties, Institutes and Schools of the University of Nairobi as stipulated in Statute xxxiii shall apply.
The following applicants shall be eligible for admission:
- A holder of a Master’s degree in Gender and Development or Anthropology or any other Social Science discipline from the University of Nairobi.
- A holder of a Master’s degree or equivalent academic qualifications in Gender and Development or Anthropology or any other social science discipline from other institutions recognized by the University of Nairobi Senate
- A holder of a Master’s degree in any other discipline from the University of Nairobi, or any other institution recognized by the University of Nairobi Senate, who provides evidence of Gender or social science based study and research.
Regulations for Credit Transfer and Exemptions
There will be credit transfers and exemptions in the programme.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Student Obligations
- Students will be expected to participate actively in seminars, workshops, and colloquia aimed at advancing scholarship in Gender and Development.
- Students will be required to make class presentations in their chosen area of research, research methods, as well as participate in scholarly activities.
- The student shall acquaint herself or himself with the common regulations for conduct of PhD thesis supervision of the University of Nairobi as stipulated in Statute xxxiii.
- Each student shall be required to maintain a research notebook/logbook as evidence of work progressively undertaken during the course of research study.
4.2 Lecturer & Online Tutor Obligation
- The lecturer will be required to offer lectures as timetabled.
- Set, supervise and assess student oral presentations.
- Assess thesis reports within the stipulated timelines.
- Set and assess term papers and exams within the stipulated timelines.
- Guide, mentor and supervise students.
- Provide the necessary online courses, assignments and required guidance.
- Notify the director when the student absconds.
STUDENT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Assessment will be both formative and summative for each course unit comprising of:
- Coursework – 50 per cent
- Oral presentations in Seminars and terms papers- 100 per cent according to university regulations.
- End of Semester examinations – 50 per cent
- The thesis shall be assessed and monitored according to university regulations.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Award of the Degree
The degree to be awarded shall be Doctor of Philosophy in Gender and Development Studies (PhD)
To qualify for graduation and the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Gender and Development Studies, the candidate shall meet the following requirements:
- Pass all the four taught courses by scoring a mark of 50% and above
- Pass all the Seminar courses in the scheduled presentations by a mark of 50% and above
- Write and publish at least TWO research papers in a peer reviewed journal from their research work
- Meet all other University of Nairobi graduation requirements including clearance and payment of graduation fees.
Student Obligations
- Students will be expected to participate actively in seminars, workshops, and colloquia aimed at advancing scholarship in Gender and Development.
- Students will be required to make class presentations in their chosen area of research, research methods, as well as participate in scholarly activities.
- The student shall acquaint herself or himself with the common regulations for conduct of PhD thesis supervision of the University of Nairobi as stipulated in Statute xxxiii.
- Each student shall be required to maintain a research notebook/logbook as evidence of work progressively undertaken during the course of research study.
4.2 Lecturer & Online Tutor Obligation
- The lecturer will be required to offer lectures as timetabled.
- Set, supervise and assess student oral presentations.
- Assess thesis reports within the stipulated timelines.
- Set and assess term papers and exams within the stipulated timelines.
- Guide, mentor and supervise students.
- Provide the necessary online courses, assignments and required guidance.
- Notify the director when the student absconds.
Chair, Department of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies
E-mail: director-iagas@uonbi.ac.ke
Tel: +254-020-491-3214
Fees and Funding
Fee Structure
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Fee Cost Summary
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NOTE: International students from outside of the East African Community to pay 25% more
on all charges.
Structure
Duration and Structure of Programme
- The programme shall take a minimum of three (3) academic years and a maximum of five (5) academic years
- The Doctor of Philosophy in Gender and Development Studies shall be offered by course work, examination and thesis.
- The programme shall consist of four (4) compulsory taught course units, four (4) seminar courses and a thesis.
- A course unit shall be defined as a 60 instructional hours comprising of lectures, seminars, tutorials and research work.
- The thesis component of the programme shall be equivalent to eight (8) taught courses.
- Registration as a Doctoral student
- For the purposes of eligibility for registration in the programme, an applicant who qualifies for admission into the course work phase shall be deemed to have satisfied the admission requirement spelt out in paragraph 3.1.
- A successful applicant shall register as a doctoral student and take the required coursework. The student shall be required to complete the coursework phase and develop an acceptable Research Proposal before being enrolled as a doctoral candidate.
- This student registration shall be for a minimum of one academic year and a maximum of two academic years.
- A doctoral student shall be eligible for registration as doctoral candidate after fulfilling the following requirements:
- Successful completion of all the taught as well as seminar courses
- Presentation of an acceptable Thesis Research Proposal duly defended before the Academic Board of the Institute.
- A doctoral candidate shall carry out supervised thesis research for a minimum period of two (2) academic years, and a maximum of three (3) academic years, culminating in a Doctoral Thesis.
MODES OF DELIVERY OF THE PROGRAMME
A wide range of teaching methods is employed to create diverse learning experiences. These include lectures, seminars, class discussions and presentations, tutorials, workshops, intensive project-work, fieldwork and use of videos. Supervision is provided through group tutorials and individually by an experienced team of members of faculty.
The mode of delivery of this programme will be through:
- Face-to-face lectures
- Open, Distance and e-learning (ODeL)
Within the ODeL mode, the programme will be offered through:
- Written self-instructional study modules including printed study materials.
- Mediated electronic learning platforms.
- Computer-based learning.
- Limited sessions of face-to-face Tutorials.
- Support sessions which include access to ICT facilities at the regional learning centres and University of Nairobi Libraries.
STUDENT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Assessment will be both formative and summative for each course unit comprising of:
- Coursework – 50 per cent
- Oral presentations in Seminars and terms papers- 100 per cent according to university regulations.
- End of Semester examinations – 50 per cent
- The thesis shall be assessed and monitored according to university regulations.
Careers
Attachment Opportunities
1. KEMRI - CENTRE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
2. KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST
3. KEMRI - CENTRE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH
4. NATIONAL GENDER & EQUALITY COMMISSION
5. WORLD VISION- kENYA
6 CHILDFUND KENYA
7. AMREF
8. NATIONAL COHESION AND INTEGRATION COMMISSION.
9. NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA
10. STATE DEPARTMENT OF GENDER
11. STATE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE
12. NATIONAL AIDS AND STI CONTROL PROGRAM (NASCOP)
13. KENYA WOMEN PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION (KEWOPA)
14.. THE COLLABORATIVE CENTRE FOR GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
15. UN AGENCIES - UNDP, UN WOMEN ,UNICEF, UNESCO, UNEP & UNFPA
16. PLAN INTERNATIONAL -KENYA
17. CARE INTERNATIONAL - KENYA
20. ACTION AID -KENYA
21. KENYA NATIONAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
22. JPHIEGO - KENYA
23. IDRC -KENYA
24. ILRI -KENYA
25, POPULATION COUNCIL - KENYA
26. BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA (BIEA)
27. KENYA INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH
28. TURKANA BASIN INSTITUTE
29. FEMNET - THE AFRICAN WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK
30. CETRAD - CENTRE FOR TRAINING AND INTEGRATED RESEARCH IN ASAL DEVELOPMENT
31. APHRC - AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE
Notable Alumni
1. Hon Peninah Malonza (EGH): Cabinet Secretary for EAC, ASALs & Regional Development.
2. Gov. George Natembeya: Governor, Trans Nzoia County
3. Hon Basil Ngui: MP , Yatta Constituency
4. Dr Kiprop Lagat: Director Culture , MInistry of Gender, Culture, The Arts & Heritage
5. Hon Dennis Ombachi: MCA, Marani Ward, KIsii County
6. Ms Lucy Nkirote: Kenya Country Director, LIverpool School of Tropical Medicine
7. Dr Mary Nyamongo: Executive Director, African INstitute of Health & Development (AIHD).
9. Mr Dalmas Okendo: Head, Regulatory Affairs & Investor Relations, Kenya Airways.
10.Ms Beryl Oyier: Managing Director for E.Africa, BoP inc.
11. Dr Hilda Essendi: Research & Analytics Director, Triggerise, S.Africa
12. Ms Catherine Kiriba, Customer Experience Excellence, Kenya Airways
13. Dr Edna Bosire: Assistant Professor in Medical Anthropology & Implementation Science at the Brain & Mind Institute (BMI), Aga Khan University.
14.. Prof Onyango-Ouma: Chair, DAGS & Research Director, IAGAS
15. Prof Fred Jonyo: Chair, Dept of Political Science &Public Administration, UoN
16.. Prof Salome Bukach:Associate Research Professor, IAGAS
17. Dr Habiba Chirchir, Biological Anthropologist, Marshall University, US
18. Prof Erick Nyambedha: Director, Quality Assurance & Performance Management, Maseno University
19. Prof Nasser Malit: Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology, State Univeristy of New York, Potsdam.
20. Ms Winnie Lichuma, Former Chairperson, National Gender and Equality Commission.
Exam Regulations
EXAMINATION REGULATIONS
Written Examinations and Seminars
- The common regulations for written examinations for the Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Nairobi as contained in section 3.3.5 of the Statute xxxiii shall apply.
- Candidates shall have their coursework examined at the end of the semester during which the courses are taken.
- A 3-hour end of semester written examination shall be given in specific courses. This examination shall constitute 50 per cent of the total marks.
- Seminars shall be graded on the basis of continuous assessment, presentations and term papers of original work by students at 100 per cent.
- Continuous coursework shall constitute 50 per cent of the total marks. The coursework shall be based on seminars, assignments, term papers, and fieldwork.
- The pass mark for each course unit shall be 50 per cent.
- A candidate who, for a good cause, fails to sit for an examination may be allowed to take a special examination.. The results of a special examination shall be treated like the results of an ordinary first attempt examination.
- A candidate who fails in up to one-third of the course units in an academic year shall be allowed to take supplementary examination(s) in the course unit(s) failed, when such examinations are next scheduled.
- A pass obtained in the supplementary examination shall be recorded as 50 per cent.
- A candidate who fails a supplementary examination shall be required to repeat the failed course.
- A candidate who fails in more than one-third of the course units in an academic year or fails a supplementary examination or fails to complete the programme within the stipulated period shall, on the recommendation of the Institute Board of Examiners and approval by Senate, be discontinued.
- The University of Nairobi Examination Policy on malpractices, disciplinary action and mode of appeal shall apply.
7.2 Examination Schedule
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Assessment of seminar course units
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