MAKERERE UNIVERSITY - Office of the Academic Registrar ...
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8.0 Programme DurationThe M.Ed. Language and Literature Education is a full time undertaking. It will run for twoacademic years in four semesters <strong>of</strong> 17 weeks each. 15 weeks in each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first two semesterswill be devoted to class course work and two weeks to semester examinations. The recess termfor proposal writing and defending, The first semesters <strong>of</strong> Year II (third semester) will bedevoted to research and dissertation writing, while <strong>the</strong> fourth semester shall be for dissertationdefense, corrections and submission <strong>of</strong> approved corrected dissertation.8.1 Programme StructureCourses in <strong>the</strong> program are structured in such a way thata) During <strong>the</strong> first year, M.Ed. LLE students shall do core Education courses <strong>of</strong>fered by <strong>the</strong>School <strong>of</strong> Education with two core courses on <strong>the</strong> LLE Programme. They will also selecttwo elective courses in <strong>the</strong>ir areas <strong>of</strong> specialisation.b) Methodology in <strong>the</strong> areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> program shall be done at <strong>the</strong> department <strong>of</strong> LanguageEducation while specific selected content courses shall be done in conjunction witho<strong>the</strong>rs service units namely Institute <strong>of</strong> Languages and Department <strong>of</strong> Literature inFaculty <strong>of</strong> Arts.c) Seminar Series shall be in Second Semester and shall be considered and assessed ascourse work. The departments shall draw programmes that will constitute semester seriesfor each semester and <strong>the</strong>se shall be assessed during <strong>the</strong> semester.d) A Research proposal shall be written during <strong>the</strong> recess term and will carry 20% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>mark for <strong>the</strong> research and dissertation.e) A student will carry out research during <strong>the</strong> first semester <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> second year <strong>of</strong>registration (third semester) and defend his/her dissertation in a viva voce before aselected panel <strong>of</strong> examiners before <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fourth semester or end <strong>of</strong> second year <strong>of</strong>registration. The length <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dissertation shall be between 10,000 – 12,000 words (Seegraduate studies regulations regarding dissertation).8.2 Grading(a) Each course shall be graded on a maximum <strong>of</strong> 100 marks. Assessment results will berecorded as marks matched by letter grades and grade points. The grading will be done asfollows.The distribution <strong>of</strong> marks between course work and written examinations will be in accordancewith guidelines set by <strong>the</strong> University. It shall be as follows:All scores are converted to letter grades using <strong>the</strong> following system:Marks% Letter Grade Grade Point Interprétation90-100 A+ 5 Exceptional80-89 A 5 Excellent75-79 B+ 4.5 Very good70-74 B 4 Good65-69 C+ 3.5 Fairly good60-64 C 3 Pass5
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