
Featured Online Short Courses
School of Agriculture and Natural Sciences
Designing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
various sectors of the economy threatening the ambitions of sustainable development. There are two prominent ways to respond to this contemporary global challenge, i.e. by reducing and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (“mitigation”)
and adapting to the climate change already in the pipeline (“adaptation”).
Climate Change and Social Justice
Market-Oriented Farm Management in Zambia
A training programme on market-oriented farm management in Zambia. It will be interactive, learning-based programme which will be designed to help professional extension workers in various districts of the country support smallholder farmers, various farmer groups, Women and Youth, processors, Cooperatives who are beginning or who are already selling produce on the market. The aim is to increase the capacity of these farmers and groups to manage their farms effectively to increase their profitability.
Management Of Input Supply Cooperatives
The course is designed to impart practical knowledge and skills in organising, operating and controlling input supply cooperatives. It covers definition, role and scope of input supply cooperatives, objectives, financial management, decisions on refunds and losses, pricing policies, formation procedures, growth and dissolution.
Financial Management For Farm Enterprises
The course is designed to impart practical knowledge and skills in making and managing farm finances for progressing various enterprises. The course covers importance of keeping financial records, types of farm financial records, farm input and activity budgeting, cashflow preparation, generation of production accounts, income statements and balance sheets, measures of farm business progress and success, and evaluation
Occupational Health & Safety
This short course is intended to develop manpower equipped with skills and knowledge in principles and the practice of Occupational Health and Safety. It will provide skills to professionals who will be involved in surveillance of occupational hazards and implement interventions that will reduce occupational injuries and diseases in the workplace.
Management Of Marketing Cooperatives
The course is designed to impart practical knowledge and skills in managing marketing cooperatives and contribute towards effective cooperative organization. The course covers definition, scope, role and importance of marketing cooperatives, alternative organizational structures, functional and financial management, refunds and loss management, pricing and marketing policies, procedures of formation, growth and dissolution.
Management Of Consumer Cooperatives
The course is designed to impart practical knowledge and skills in organising, operating and controlling consumer cooperatives. It covers definition, role and scope of input supply cooperatives, objectives, financial management, decisions on refunds and losses, pricing policies, formation procedures, growth and dissolution.
Geographical Information System (Gis) And Remote Sensing
In modern technology, creation, distribution, integration and manipulation of information has become a significant economic, political, and cultural activity. Giving a spatial dimension to data and performing spatial analysis in a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) environment speeds up interpretation and visualization which subsequently faster decision making in designing and implementation of programs.
Gis And Remote Sensing In Disaster Risk Management
Training Course on GIS and Remote Sensing in Disaster Risk Management Course is targeted at professionals who require knowledge and skills on the use of GIS and RS in their organization in the field of disaster management. Participants are welcome from a broad range of organizations including physical planning, institutions, professionals and private GIS and RS related firms.
Crop Marketing
The course is designed to impart practical knowledge and skills in managing crop marketing for maize objectively. The course covers importance of marketing planning and implementation, risk appraisal, inventory management, marketing cost and revenue record, marketing audit and review.
Bee Keeping
This course is designed to equip the trainees with knowledge, skills and values in bee keeping. The course outlines the importance of bee-keeping and exploits management issues in order to enable trainees benefit from beekeeping in enhancing their livelihoods. Emphasis shall be put on identification of key requirements for bee-keeping, harvesting and management, and marketing of various beekeeping products.
School of Social Sciences
STATISTICAL PACKAGE FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
(SPSS)
ONLINE SHORT COURSE IN STATA
Stata is one of the many statistical softwares used for managing and analyzing quantitative data. It mostly consist of advanced analytical functions among them being time basic data analysis, series analysis, and survival analysis and forecasting. Given the aforementioned, practioners and students whose interest involve having further interrogation of data to make decisions may find this software to be very hand. Specifically this short course is aimed at researchers and students whose interest is to enhance the statistical analysis skills in an easier and accurate manner.
School of Business Studies
Professional Diploma in Programme Planning, Monitoring And Evaluation
This is a professional course which aims to provide development practitioners with key elements needed for Programme Planning and operationalizing a Monitoring and Evaluation system. Emphasis will be put on participatory methods that promote stakeholder commitment for sustainability. In addition to lecture format the training will also use participatory methodologies and as much as possible be practical and relevant to the needs of industry.
Professional Diploma in Human Rights: Law and Practice
Human Rights education has become one of the most important in the industry. The hunger among people to know about their rights is both a duty for universities to undertake and a business opportunity. Most Civil Society Organisations have been calling for tailor-made courses in human rights which they are willing to sponsor people to undertake. We can target NGOCC, Women for Change, and CCJP among others for such a course. It can also be a hot cake among members of the general public if properly and intensively marketed.
Alternative Dispute Resolution In Labour Matters
And General Practice
The target group for this course are trade unionists, managers and human resource practitioners. The need to resolve disputes amicably is important as it preserves the employer-employee relation and also serves time and finances which may be wasted if people litigate unnecessarily.
Conflict Management In The Workplace
This course will give you skills in conflict management to successfully turn disagreements and conflict into productive communication. As a result you can not only solve your shared problems but also grow in emotional intelligence and experience enjoyable connections with others in the workplace and beyond.
Financial Modeling In Excel
Financial Accounting for Non-Finance Personnel
CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND INTELLIGENCE
PROFICIENCY IN DATA ANALYSIS, VISUALISATION & MANAGEMENT
Corporate/Professional Social Media Management
School of Engineering & Technology
Machine Learning and AI
This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning, data mining, and statistical pattern recognition. The course is packed with practical exercises that are based on real-life examples. So not only will the learners know the theory, but will also get some hands-on practice building their own models. The course will also draw from numerous case studies and applications, so that you'll also learn how to apply learning algorithms to building smart robots (perception, control), text understanding (web search, anti-spam), computer vision, medical informatics, audio, database mining, and other areas.
Applied Data Science
Introduction to Java Programming
MATLAB and SimuLink
Cyber Security
The Cyber Security course is intended for persons who wish to broaden and deepen their understanding of cyber security. The course provides a unique opportunity to develop leading-edge in-depth knowledge in the area of security technologies and practices. This course is especially designed to tackle the cyber security challenges not only in the Zambian ICT industry but Africa as a whole, and the world at large. The course is rooted in the belief that theory and research must translate into real-world solutions and an accessible path to career advancement.
Mobile Application Development
Android is the most used operating system on the planet. In fact, it’s almost omnipresent in the mobile ecosystem and Android Oreo has become the most popular Android version.
In this course students will learn android development step-by-step with hands-on demonstrations. Students will be able to write simple GUI applications, use built-in widgets and components, work with a database to store data locally and publish their apps on the App store.
Web Design & Digital Marketing
This course is designed for beginners who have never built a WordPress website (or any website for that matter). This course is designed to teach the strategies used to help grow businesses with social media marketing, content marketing and email marketing.
WordPress paired with various digital marketing platforms are the perfect tools for creating a fully customized website for any purpose that can increase conversions and sales. Whether you want to create a blog, a personal portfolio, or a business website to sell your products and services, you can do it with WordPress.
Introduction To Python
This course aims to equip learners with the necessary tools to easily get into fields like data analysis, machine learning, web development, desktop applications, robotics, and more without much effort. Learners who complete this course will be able to: download and install python libraries, know how to work with notebooks, know how to create an application from scratch, apply python in other related fields to solve problems. The course progresses from introductory work in python to advanced concepts in python with a lot of practical examples.
Web Application Development with PHP
Moodle With Zoom Integration
This course demonstrates how instructors can get started using Moodle 3.9 and above, including newer features such as HP5 (rich HTML) content and secure assessments. In this course students will learn how to set up a profile, create a course, and adjust course settings. Additionally, students will learn how to add files, post announcements, and make quizzes. Finally, learn how to enrol pupils, grade assignments, and run reports.
Introduction to C Programming
Thorough treatment is given to the topics of string and character manipulation, dynamic memory allocation, standard I/O and the C runtime library.
School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Laboratory Quality Management System
This course is meant to provide in depth knowledge to learners on important elements surrounding quality management in the laboratory. The course focuses on issues that bounders on credibility and reliability of laboratory results. The course further runs through understanding and implementation of the requirement of necessary standards related to testing and calibration laboratories.
Instrumentation,Automation and Process Control
This course is for participants who need to have a practical knowledge of selection, installation
and commissioning of industrial instrumentation and control valves. In many respects a clear understanding
and application of these principles is the most important factor in an efficient process control system.
You can only achieve excellent control of your process when your instrumentation provides the correct
information. The course is for those individuals primarily involved in achieving effective results for the industrial processes they are responsible for. This would involve the design, specification and implementation of control and measurement equipment.
The course focuses on real applications, with attention to special installation considerations and application limitations when selecting or installing different measurement or control equipment.
School of Education
Assessment and Evaluation Procedures in Education
The programme will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the core assessment principles with regard to designing reliable, fair, valid assessment and it will also challenge them to infuse these core principles into designing new assessments that will have a greater positive impact on student learning and achievement.
Teaching Methodology
English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
The course provides a platform for students whose first language is not English but who have little or no exposure to the language. These are students who would otherwise be expected to study the language at a higher and appropriate level than this one.
French for Beginners
School Of Medicine and Health Sciences
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Data analysis skills are often a rare skill among researchers and students. The majority usually hire a statistician to perform data analysis and remain ignorant to the concepts of data analysis. However, data analysis and interpretation is a valuable skill for researchers and statisticians especially those whose work relating to data analysis is ongoing.
Manuscript Writing and Publication
Scientific writing is a skill that must be learnt. Publishing in a journal is usually a challenge as most journals have a high rate of manuscript rejection. In almost all cases, the way the manuscript is written and the data presented are the reason for rejection. This course is absolutely tailored to help researchers write sound manuscripts for the international audience and publish successfully. As Universities are ranked on publication history, this course will enhance and improve the overall status of not only Mulungushi University, and its faculty, but the community of schools in Zambia and the international as well.
Ethics and Data Management
This course is designed to provide the researcher with ethical issues encountered in research and how to handle ethical issues. The leaner will also be oriented with the operations of the Zambia National Health Research Authority (NHRA) regulations. The course also covers management of data for research in a timely, accurate and quality way.
Research Protocol Development
This course is designed to provide the skills necessary for researchers to design and write up a full research protocol appropriate to the field of study. A well written research protocol is fundamental to success in achieving the intended research aims and solving the intended problem.