THECATHOLI

CUNI
VERSI
TYOFMALAWI

FACULTYOFEDUCATI
ON

DEPARTMENTOFMATHEMATI
CALSCI
ENCES

DI
PLOMAI
NSTATI
STI
CS

MARCH2016
 PROGRAMMESPECI
FICATI
ONS

1.I
nst
it
uti
on :
TheCat
hol
i
cUni
ver
sit
yofMal
awi
2.Pr
ogr
amme :
Dipl
omai
nSt
ati
sti
cs
3.Facul
ty :
Educat
ion
4.Depar
tment :
Mat
hemat
ics
5.Dur
ati
onoft
hePr
ogr
amme :
3year
s(6semest
ers)
6.Fi
nal
awar
d :
Dipl
omai
nSt
ati
sti
cs

7.Rat
ional
eoft
hePr
ogr
amme
Di
plomai
nSt
ati
sti
csi
sof
fer
edbyt
hedepar
tmentofMat
hemat
icswi
tht
he
pur
pose t
o pr
ovi
de basi
c knowl
edge and ski
l
lsi
n st
ati
sti
cs wi
th an
i
ncl
i
nat
iont
owar
dsappl
i
cat
ion.Thepr
ogr
ammei
sofapar
ti
cul
ari
nter
estt
o
per
sonalser
ving i
nvar
iousf
iel
dssuch asAgr
icul
tur
e,Fi
nance,Heal
th,
Educat
ion,
Resear
chet
c.

8.Ai
msoft
hePr
ogr
amme
To pr
ovi
de basi
c mat
hemat
icalknowl
edge i
n appl
i
ed mat
hemat
ics,
st
ati
sti
csandcomput
ersci
encewi
thani
ncl
i
nat
iont
owar
dsappl
i
cat
ioni
n
t
he sol
uti
on oft
echni
calpr
obl
ems i
nthe mar
ket
place,and f
orf
urt
her
t
rai
ning ata hi
gherl
eveli
nvar
ious speci
ali
zat
ions needed a sound
f
oundat
ioni
nmat
hemat
ical
sci
ences.

9.I
ntendedl
ear
ningoutcomes
ADiplomai
nStati
sti
csgraduat
eshoul
dbeabl
eto:
a.Demonst
rat
eknowl
edgeand under
standi
ng ofbasi
cconcept
sand
pr
inci
plesi
nappl
i
edst
ati
sti
cs.
b.Hav
easoundbasi
sinappl
i
edst
ati
sti
csf
orf
urt
hert
rai
ningi
nthi
sar
ea
and/
orot
herf
iel
dsofst
udyt
hatr
equi
resa f
oundat
ion i
n appl
i
ed

1
 st
ati
sti
cs.
c.Dev
elopacul
tur
eofcr
it
icalandanal
yti
calt
hinki
ngandbeabl
etoappl
y
sci
ent
if
icr
easoni
ngt
osoci
etal
issues.
d.Demonst
rat
etheabi
l
ityt
oappl
yst
ati
sti
csi
nvar
iousf
iel
ds.
e.Manageandor
gani
zeownl
ear
ningact
ivi
ti
esr
esponsi
bly
.
f
.Demonst
rat
e abi
l
ityt
o sol
ver
eal
-wor
ld pr
obl
ems r
equi
ri
ng t
he
appl
i
cat
ionoft
echni
quesi
nst
ati
sti
cs.
10.
Ent
ryr
equi
rement
s:

Theappl
i
cantmusthav
etheMal
awiSchoolCer
ti
fi
cat
eofEducat
ion(
MSCE)
ori
tsequi
val
ent
,wi
thcr
edi
tpassesi
natl
eastf
oursubj
ect
sincl
udi
ng
Mat
hemat
ics and Engl
i
sh. Exper
ience i
n r
esear
ch sur
vey
s, dat
a
management
/anal
ysi
sandMoni
tor
ingandEv
aluat
ionwi
l
lbeanadded
adv
ant
age

11.
Str
uct
ureoft
hePr
ogr
amme
Thepr
ogr
ammeext
endsov
eraper
iodoft
hreeacademi
c(si
xsemest
ers)
.
Al
lcour
ses ar
etaughti
n cr
edi
ts,a cr
edi
twhi
ch i
s equi
val
entt
otwo
cont
act
/teachi
nghour
sandonet
utor
ial
hourperweek.
Fr
om f
ir
sty
earf
ir
stsemest
ert
ofour
thy
eart
hir
dsemest
er,eachst
udent
t
akesami
nimum of18cr
edi
thour
sperweekpersemest
er;12hour
sof
l
ect
ureand6hour
soft
utor
ial
s.
I
nthi
rdy
earsecondsemest
er(
fi
nalsemest
erf
ort
hepr
ogr
amme)
,each
st
udentt
akesa5cour
ses,anequi
val
entof15cr
edi
thour
sandt
he3hour
s
i
sdedi
cat
edt
othepr
ojectf
orwhi
cheachst
udenti
sent
it
ledt
o.
The pr
ojecti
s done undert
he gui
dance ofone super
visorf
rom t
he
depar
tmentandal
lot
hermember
sfr
om depar
tmentwi
l
lhel
pthest
udent
wher
enecessar
y.Eachst
udenti
sexpect
edt
ohav
etwopr
esent
ati
onsf
or
hi
s/herpaper
,pr
oposalpr
esent
ati
onandf
inalwor
kpr
esent
ati
on(
def
endi
ng
hi
s/herwor
k).

12.
Teachi
ngandl
ear
ningmet
hods

Lear
ningact
ivi
ti
esi
ncl
udel
ect
ures,semi
nar
sandpr
act
icalwor
kthr
ough
t
utor
ial
sandcomput
erl
abor
ator
ysessi
onsi
nwhi
chi
ndependentst
udi
es
2
ar
eint
egr
ated.Pr
act
icalwor
kint
utor
ial
sandcomput
erl
abor
ator
ysessi
ons
pr
ovi
det
hepr
act
icalexper
ienceandt
hedev
elopmentofcomput
ingand
anal
ysi
s ski
l
lst
hatwi
l
lfor
m t
he basi
s off
utur
e wor
k,academi
c and
r
esear
chengagement
.

3
13.
Assessmentpr
ocedur
es

Themodeofassessment
:
a. Cont
inuousassessment50%
b. Endofsemest
er50%

14.
Proceedi
ngandr
epeat
ingi
nthePr
ogr
amme
Pr
oceedi
ngandr
epeat
ingoft
hepr
ogr
ammef
oll
owst
heCat
hol
i
cUni
ver
sit
y
ofMal
awi
procedur
esst
ipul
atedi
nRul
esandRegul
ati
onsmanual
.

15.
ROADMAPFORDI
PLOMAI
NSTATI
STI
CS

FI
RSTYEAR,FI
RSTSEMESTER
Cour
seTit
le Cour
seCode Cr
edi
ts
Busi
nessMat
hemat
icsI MAT1103 3
I
ntr
oduct
iont
oSt
ati
sti
cs STA 1101 3
Communi
cat
ionandSt
udySki
l
lsI CSS 1101 3
Cat
hol
i
cSoci
alTeachi
ngI CST 1101 3
Cr
it
ical
Thi
nki
ng PLS1101 3
I
ntr
oduct
iont
oMi
croEconomi
cs ECO1101 3

FI
RSTYEAR,
SECONDSEMESTER
Cour
seTit
le Cour
seCode Cr
edi
ts
Cat
hol
i
cSoci
alTeachi
ngI
I CST1201 3
Busi
nessMat
hemat
icsI
I MAT1203 3
Pr
obabi
l
ityandDi
str
ibut
ionTheor
y STA1201 3
Fi
nanci
alAccount
ingI ACC1102 3
Communi
cat
ionandSt
udySki
l
lsI
I CSS1201 3
I
ntr
oduct
iont
oMacr
oEconomi
cs ECO1201 3

4
SECONDYEAR,FI
RSTSEMESTER
Cour
seTi
tl
e Cour
seCode Cr
edi
ts
Pr
inci
plesofDemogr
aphy ENV1204 3
St
ati
sti
cal
Inf
erence STA 2101 3
Cal
cul
usI MAT1201 3
Fi
nanci
alAccount
ingI
I ACC1204 3
I
ntr
oduct
ionDi
scr
eteMat
hemat
ics MAT2103 3
I
nter
medi
ateMi
croeconomi
cs ECO2202 3

SECONDYEAR,SECONDSEMESTER
Cour
seTi
tl
e Cour
seCode Cr
edi
ts
Cal
cul
usI
I MAT2102 3
Fi
nanci
alAccount
ingI
II ACC2106 3
Fur
therPr
obabi
l
ityDi
str
ibut
ion STA2201 3
I
ntr
oduct
iont
oSoci
ologyandSoci
alTheor
y SOW 1211 3
Basi
cDemogr
aphi
cTechni
ques ENV2207
Agr
icul
tur
eEconomi
cs ECO2204 3

THI
RDYEAR,FI
RSTSEMESTER
Cour
seTi
tl
e Cour
seCode Cr
edi
ts
Hy
pot
hesi
sTest
ing STA3102 3
Fi
nanci
alAccount
ingI
V ACC2210 3
St
ati
sti
cal
Dat
aAnal
ysi
s STA3103 3
I
ntroduct
ionGeogr
aphi
cal
Inf
ormat
ion ENV2205 3
Systems(GIS)
Dev
elopmentEconomi
cs ECO3101 3
El
ement
sofLi
nearAl
gebr
a MAT2101 3

5
 THI
RDYEAR,SECONDSEMESTER
Cour
seTi
tl
e Cour
se Cr
edi
ts
Code
DesignandAnal
ysi
sofSur
vey
sand STA 3201 3
Experi
ments
Fi
nanci
alSt
ati
sti
cs STA3202 3
Adv
ancedCal
cul
us MAT3101 3
Mi
ni-
Proj
ect 3
Publ
i
candWel
far
eEconomi
cs ECO3105 3
Env
ironment
alEconomi
cs ECO3104 3

Not
e:Ascanbeenseenf r
om theroadmap,studentstakesomecour sesfrom
otherdepar t
mentsuch ascour sesfr
om Economi cs,Geography,Social
Wor k,Accounting,Engli
shandmanymor e,t her
eforecourseoutli
nesf or
suchcoursescanbef oundi nt
heircour
seoutl
inesspecif
icat
ions.Itshould
benot edthatduringthir
dyearsecondsemesterstudent
swi l
lberequir
edt o
doameanpr oject.

16.
Quali
tyAssur ance:
Toensur equal ityofdi pl
omai nst at
isti
csprogramme,t hef ol
lowi
ngar e
done:
1.Cur ri
culum r eview ofal lcourses off
ered int hi
s programme as
requir
edbyTheCat holicUniversi
tyofMalawi.Mor efocusedast he
i
ndust r
ypr essdemands.
2.Moder ati
onofexami nati
onpaper sandassessmentofgr adesatboth
department alandfacultylev
el.
3.St udentscour seappr ai
salattheendofacademi cyear.
4.Lect urecour seappraisalattheendofacademi cyear.
5.Admi ni
strati
onofcont i
nuousassessmenttests.

6
 DEPARTMENTOFMATHEMATI
CALSCI
ENCES

STAFFSPECI
ALI
ZATI
ON

TheDepar
tmentofMat
hemat
ical
Sci
enceshas5member
sofst
affasf
oll
ows:

NAME QUALI
FICATI
ON LEVEL
1.MScinI nformat i
cs, UNIMA, Chancell
or
Mr
.M.James Col
lege Lect
urer
2.BScTechni calEducat i
on, UNIMA, t
he
Pol
ytechnic.
1.MSc( Env i
ronment al Science),Chancell
or
Mr.I
.A.
S. Col
lege
2.BScEducat i
on(Mat hemat ics)
,Mzuzu Seni
orLect
urer
Chi
kopa
Uni
versity
3.T2Teachi ngCer ti
ficate
1.MScInfor mat i
onTheor yCodi ngand
Mr
s.S.S.Bany
a Cry
ptogr aphy,MzuzuUni versi
ty Lect
urer
2.BScMat hemat icalSci encesEducat i
on,
UNIMA, ThePol ytechni c

Mr
.O.Makur
u 1.BScMathemati
calSci
encesEducat
ion,
The Associ
ateLect
urer
Cat
hol
i
cUni v
ersi
tyofMalawi

1.BScEducat
ion(
Mat
hemat
ics)
,Mzuzu
Mr
.G.Li
penga Associ
ateLect
urer
Uni
ver
sit
y

7
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
MAT1103:
Busi
nessMat
hemat
icI
1.Faculty :Educati
on
2.Programme :
Dipl
omai nStati
sti
cs
3.Department :
Mathemat i
calSci
ences
4.Courset i
tle :Busi
nessmat hemati
csI
5.Coursecode :
MAT1103
6.Coursey ear/l
ev el :1
7.Semest er :1
8.Lecturehour sperweek :3
9.Practi
cal/tut
orialhour
sperweek :
1
10.
Coursecr edit
s :3
11.
Methodofassessment :Coursework………………………………50%
:Fi
nalExaminati
on………………………. 50%

12.
Pre-
requi
sit
es:
Coordi
nategeomet
ry,l
i
nearandquadr
ati
cfunct
ions,pr
obabi
l
ityt
heor
yand
matri
ces.

13.
Cour sedescriptor
/rati
onale:
Businessmat hematicsIisaf oundati
oncoursef orMAT1204.Thecourseis
veryi mportantasi tbr i
ngsoutt hebasicconcept sofbusi
ness–r el
ated
mat hemat i
cs.The cour se has t he potent
ialt o make student
sv ery
conv ersantwithmat hematicalcalcul
ati
onsasr egardst
obusi
ness.Thereis
alsoaconceptofi nformeddeci si
onmaki ngembeddedinthecourse.

14.
Aimsofthecour se:
Thecourseisdesi gnedt
o:
i. Toestabl
ishnecessaryski
ll
sinMathemati
calmethods
ii
.Toi nit
iat
et hedev el
opmentofanabi l
i
tytoapplyt hesemat
hemat
ical
methodstopr oblemsint
heareaofAppli
edEconomics.
15.
Int
endedl eaningoutcome:
Bytheendoft hiscoursestudentsshouldbeableto:
i
.I nterpretanduset hemat hematicalsymbol
sandt er
mi nol
ogy.
i
i.I mpl i
citl
yut i
li
zetherulesoflogicintheappli
cati
onofnumer i
caland
algebr aicconceptsandrelat
ionships.
..
.
i
ii
.Recogni sethemixofappr opri
atemat hemati
calmethodsf oragiven
situationintheareaofappl i
edeconomi csandBusiness.

8
Topi
csofst udy:
a..LinearEquat i
ons
i
. St raightLi neGr aphs
i
i.
Simul taneousEquat ions
i
ii
. Input -Out putAnal ysis
b.LinearI nequal ities
i
. Inequal iti
es
i
i.
Economi candBusi nessAppl i
cations
i
ii
. Li nearPr ogr ammi ng
c.Set sandFunct ions
i
. Set sandNumber s
i
i.
Funct ions
i
ii
. Mappi ngs
d.Quadr at i
cs, I
ndi cesandLogar i
thms
i
. Quadr aticFunct i
ons
i
i.
Indices
i
ii
. Logar ithms
e.SequencesandSer ies
i
.Sequenses
i
i.
Series
i
ii
. Geomet ri
cPr ogr essionsi nBusi nessandEconomi
cs
f.Introductiont oDi fferent iation
i
. TheDer i
v atives
i
i.
LinearAppr oxi mat i
onandDi ffer
entiabili
ty
i
ii
. Der i
vat i
v esi nBusi nessandEconomi cs
g.Met hodsofDi fferent iation
i
. ThePr oductandQuot ientRules
i
i.
TheComposi teFunct ionRul e-chainRul es
i
ii
. Monot oni cFunct ionsandI nverseFuncti
ons
h.Maxi maandMi nima
i
. Cr iti
cal Poi nts
i
i.
TheSecondDer ivat i
v e
i
ii
. Opt i
mi sat ion
i
v. Conv exi tyandConcav i
ty
i
. Exponet i
al andLogar ithmi cFunct ions
i
. TheExponent ialFunct i
on
i
i.
Nat ural Logar i
thms
i
ii
. Ti mei nEconomi cs
j
. Mat rixAlgebr a
i
. Vect ors
i
i.
Mat rices
i
ii
. Mat rixMul tiplicati
on
i
v. Squar eMat r
ices
k.Sy stemsofLi nearEquat i
ons
i
. Echel onMat rices
i
i.
Mor eonGaussi anEl emi nation
i
ii
. Inv ertingMat rices
i
v. Li nearDependenceandRank
9
 l
. Det
erminant sandQuadr ati
cFor ms
i
. Determinants
i
i
.Transposi ti
on
i
i
i. I
nnerPr oductsandQuadr at
icForms
m.I
ntr
oductiont oFinancialMathemat i
cs
i
. Simpleandcompoundi nter
est
i
i
.Depr eciati
on
i
i
i. PresentValueandi nvestmentAppraisalandAnnui
ti
es
n.I
ntr
oductiont oPr obabi
li
ty
i
. SimpleandSampl eSpace
i
i
.Mut uallyExclusi
veandi ndependentInvents
i
i
i. Additi
onandMul tipli
cationRulesofProbabi
li
ty
16.
Teachi
ngandlear
ningmet
hods/
act
ivi
ti
es:
Lect
uremethod.

17.
Prescri
bedt
exts:
Fr s,A.2004.Busi
anci nessMat
hemat
ics andSt
ati
sti 6th Ed)
cs( .Aust
ral
i
a
:
Thomson

Mi
keR.
,2003.Busi
nessMat
hemat
icsf
orEconomi
st 2ndEd)
s.( .

Sy
dsaet
er,K.&Hammond,P.,2008.Essent
ialMat
hemat
icsf
orEconomi
c
Anal
ysis(
3rdEd)
.Pr
ent
iceHall

18.
RecommendedText :
Dowl i
ng,P.,2000.Mathemat i
csf orEconomi sts,Schaum'sOutli
neSer i
es.
JohnWi l
eyandSons
Hirsch,L.& Goodman,A. ,2002.Under st
andingInter
mediat
eAl gebra:A
CourseforColl
egeStudent s(5thEd).Wardswort
hGroup
Simon, C.P.&Blume,L.,1994.Mat hemat i
csforEconomicst
s(1stEd).W.W.
NortonandCompanyI nc.

10
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne

STA1101:
Int
roduct
iont
oSt
ati
sti
cs

1.Faculty :
Education
2.Programme :
Diplomai nStati
stics
3.Department :
Mat hemat i
calSciences
4.Courset i
tl
e :
Intr
oductiont oStat
isti
cs
5.Coursecode :
STA1101
6.Coursey ear/
level :
SecondYear
7.Semest er :
One
8.Lecturehoursperweek :
2
9.Practi
cal/Tutor
ial
sperweek :
1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Continuousassessment ……………………50%
:
Finalexami nati
on…………………………50%
12.
Pre-r
equisi
tes
Studentsneedtohaveknowledgeofprobabi
li
tyandsett
heor
yfrom ei
ther
secondary school
,MAT 1101,MAT 1104 ort hei
requi
val
ents which
int
roducesomeconceptsthatar
ecover
edi nSTA1101.

13.
Cour sedescr iptorandRat ional e
Befor edat acanbeanal y
zedandpr ocessedt hereisaneedf ori ttobe
condensed and summar i
zed i ntoaf orm t hatwi l
lai d stat
istici
ansand
researcher s.Dat athatiscol lectedf oranysur v eywillbei nar aw,unedi ted
and unal tered f ormat .Iti st he j ob oft he anal ystt o condense and
summar izet hi sdat aintoamor emeani ngfulf orm.Thi scour sewi llenable
student sasr esear cherstoi dentif
ydi stri
butions,pat ternsandt r
endsi nthe
data.Theywi llcondenser aw dataandr e-organi zeittomakei teasi erto
readandanal yze.Theymaysi mpl ysor tthedat ai ntosomeor derand
presenti tinaf ormatt hatispl easingt otheey e.From thisr awdat at heyare
ablet opr oduceasetofsummar yst ati
sticsthatcant ellthestatisti
cianand
otherpeopl edet ail
saboutt hedat awi thoutt hem hav i
ngt olookatev ery
obser vati
on
14.
Aimsofcour se
Toi ntroducest udentstopr obabi l
i
t ytheor yandst ati
sti
csusedi nuni vari
ate
andbi variatedat a.Themai naim oft hiscour sei stopreparest udentsi nthe

11
 theoryofstati
sti
cswi t
hemphasi soni nter
disci
pli
naryappl
icat
ions.Itis
i
ntendedtopreparestudentstodealwi
thsolvingproblemsencounteredin
resear
ch proj
ects,decision maki
ng based on dat a,and generall i
fe
experi
encesbeyondt
hecl assr
oom anduniv
ersit
ysetti
ng.
15.
Int
endedl
earni
ngoutcomes:
Bytheendofthi
scoursest
udent
sshoul
dbeabl
eto:
a.Presentstatisti
caldatadiagrammat i
call
y
b.condense, presentandsummar i
zerawdat a
c.condense, presentandsummar i
zefrequencydata
d.condense, presentandsummar i
segroupedf r
equencydata;
e.Calcul
atedescr ipti
vestat
ist
icsforunivar
iateandbiv
ari
atedata
f. Fi
taregressionl i
netoagivenbivari
atedataset
g.Solveprobabi l
it
ypr obl
ems
h.ApplyBay e’stheorem i
nsolvingprobabil
it
yproblems
i
. Presentdat adiagrammaticall
yusingSPSSandMi cr
oSoftExcel
j
. Calcul
atedescr ipti
vestat
ist
ics
k. Fi
tregressionlines

16.
Topicsofstudy
a. Pr esent
ati
onofst
ati
sti
cal
dat
a
i.Useofgraphs
i
i.Useofcharts
ii
i.Useoftabl
es
iv.Astem andleafpl
ot
b. Descri
pti
vestati
sti
cs
i
.Measur
esofcent
ral
tendency
i
i
.Measur
esofdi
sper
sion
i
i
i.Moment
s
i
v.Skewnessandkur
tosi
s
c. Bi
var
iat
efr
equencydi
str
ibut
ion
i
.Scat
terdi
agr
ams
i
i
.Pr
oduct–momentcor
rel
ati
on
i
i
i.Rankor
dercor
rel
ati
on
i
v.Li
nearandnon-
li
nearr
egr
essi
on
v
.Leastsquar
esandcur
vef
it
ti
ng
12
 v
i.Cont
ingencyandassoci
ati
ont
abl
es
d. Pr
obabi
l
ity
i
.Cl
assi
cal
andaxi
omat
icappr
oacht
opr
obabi
l
ity
i
i
.Count
ingmet
hods

 Mul
ti
pli
cat
ionpr
inci
ple

 Per
mut
atonsofnobj
i ect

 Per
mut
atonsofnobj
i ect
stakenratat
ime
i
i
i.Compoundandcondi
ti
onal
probabi
l
ity
i
v.Bay
e’st
heor
em onpr
obabi
l
ity
e. UseofExcel
andSPSS
i.Di
agr
ammat i
cpresentat
ionofdatausi
ngExcel
i
i.Di
agr
ammat i
cpresentat
ionofdatausi
ngSPSS
i
i
i.Numeri
cal
stati
sti
calsummar i
esofdat
ausingExcel
i
v.Numeri
cal
summar iesofdatausi
ngSPSS

17.
Teachi
ngandl
ear
ningmet
hods/
act
ivi
ti
es
Thecl assi
sast udentruncl ass.Ther ef
orebesi dest hecorel ecture,the
l
ect urerwil
lr egular
lyaskquest i
onst o studentswho ar eexpect edand
stronglyencouragedt oacti
velyparti
cipateinthegr oupdiscussionst hatwil
l
foll
ow.Thel ect
urerwillr
egularl
yassignhomewor k.Homewor kwi l
linclude
readingassi gnments,aswel lasgr ouppr oject
s.Pr obl
em solving,reading
assignment s,qui
zzesandcompr ehensiveexami nationswil
lalsobeused.

18.
Prescr
ibedt
ext
s
Bingham N. H.&Fr yJ. M.2010.Regr essionLi nearModel si nSt atist
ics:London-
Springer
Clarke,GM, &Cook, D.,1998.ABasi cCour sei nSt ati
sti
cs, 4thEd,Ar nold
Crawshaw,J. ,2001.A Conci seCour sei n Adv anced Lev elSt atist
ics,London,
NelsonThor nes.
Fi
eld,A. ,2005,Di scov eri
ngSt ati
st i
cs:usi ngSPSS f orwi ndows,London,Sage
Publicat i
ons.
FreundR. J.,Wi l
sonW. J.&Pi ngSa.2006.Regr essionAnal ysisStatisti
calModel i
ng
nd
ofaResponseVar i
abl e( 2 Ed) : UK
Heer i
ngaS.G. ,West B.T.&Bergl und P. A. 2010. Appl i
ed Sur veyDat a Anal ysi
s
StatisticsintheSoci alandBehav ioralSci encesSer ies,USA,Chapman&
Hall/CRCTay l
or&Fr anci sGr oup.
Lehmann, E.L, andRomano, 2005. TestingSt ati
sticalHy pothesi s,NewYor k.
Springer .
Ott Ly man R.& Mi chaelLongnecker .2001.An I ntroduct i
on t oStatist
ical
Met hodsandDat aAnal y sis(5thEd.),Aust ral
ia,TexasA&M Uni v
ersit
y.
Ramachandr anK. M.TsokosC. P.2009.Mat hemat icalStat i
sticswi thApplicati
ons
Univer sit
yofSout hFl oridaUSA
13
 Wi
l
cox,R.
R,.2005.Introducti
on torobustesti
mat
ion and hy
pot
hesi
stest
ing,
Amsterdam,Elsevier
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cPr ess.
19.Recommendedt
ext
s
Attwood, G., 1995.St atisti
cs2, Oxf ord,HeinemannEducat i
onal Pub.
Beck,&Ar nol dKJ,1977,Par amet erEst i
mat i
oni nEngineer i
ngandSci ence, New
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Cochran,W.G, 1996.Exper i
ment alDesi gns, NewYor k,JohnWi l
eySons.
Dubbel man, C., Distur
bancesi nthel inearmodel ,est
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Bost on, Kluwer -
Ni j
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Francis,A.,1988.Adv ancedLev elSt atist
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at edCour se,Chel t
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Freund,JE, 2007.Moder nElement ar yStati
sti
cs,Pearson: NewJer sey
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WL, 1988.St ati
stics,NewYor k,Holt,
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nc: .
LefebvreMar i
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it
yTheor ywi thAppl icati
ons:London New
York, Spr i
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Koch,K. 1999.Par
, amet erEst i
mat ionandHy pothesisTestingi nLinearmodel s,
Springer .
Lehmann,E. L,and Romano,2005.Test ing Stati
sti
calHy pothesis,New Yor k,
Springer .

14
 THECATHOLI
CUNI VERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seoutli
ne
CSS1101:
Communi
cat
ionandSt
udySki
l
lsI
1.Faculty :Educati
on
2.Programme :
Dipl
omai nStati
sti
cs
3.Depar tment : English and Communi cati
on
Studies
4.CourseTi t
le :Communi cat
ionandSt udySki
l
lsI
5.CourseCode :CSS1101
6.CourseYear /l
evel :1
7.CourseDur ati
on :Semester
8.Lecturehoursperweek :2
9.Practical
/Tutor
ialhour
sperweek:1
10.
CourseCr edit
s :3
11.
MethodofAssessment :Conti
nuousassessment …………………40%
:Fi
nalexamination………………………60%
12.
Pre-r
equisit
es
Thisisaf oundati
oncourse.

13.
CourseDescr
ipt
orandRat
ionale
Thiscour
seintr
oducesst
udentst ofoundati
onaltheor
iesandpr i
nci
plesof
communicati
on.Thecour
seequi psstudentswithknowl edgeandskill
sin
eff
ecti
vecommunicati
onwhichwillf
acil
it
atethei
rlear
ning.

14.
Aim oft
hestudy
Toequipst
udentswi
thknowl
edgeandski
l
lsi
ncommuni
cat
ion.

15.
Intendedl earningout comes
Byt heendoft hiscour se,studentsshoul dbeabl eto:
a.Def inecommuni cat i
on
b.Expl ainthepr ocess, mediaandchannel sofcommuni cat
ion
c.Descr i
bepr inci
pl esofef fectiv
ecommuni cati
on
d.Use pr operv erbaland non- verbalcommuni cati
on inav ar
iet
y of
context s
e.Expl ainbar r
ierst ocommuni cati
on
f. Drawaf ramewor kf ornon- r
outinemessages
g.Expl ainmet hodol ogicalproceduresf orethicalpersuasi
on
h.Demonst rat
eappr opri
ateacademi cwrit
ingskills
i
. Ut i
li
seappr opriater eadingst r
ategies
15
j
. Wr
it
eef
fecti
vesummaries
k.Wr
it
ewell
resear
chedpapers

16
16.
TopicsofSt udy
a.Intr
oduct iont ocommuni cat ion
i. Def initionofcommuni cati
on
ii.Communi cat ionpr ocess
iii
.Medi aandChannel sofcommuni cati
on
iv.Pr inci plesofef fect ivecommuni cati
on
b.Typesofcommuni cat i
on
i. Ver bal communi cat ion
ii.Non- ver bal communi cati
on
c.Barrierstocommuni cat ion
i. Noi se
ii.Di stor tion
iii
.Di ffer encesi nper cept ion
iv.Pr emat ur eev aluat ion
v .I nadequat ei nformat ion
v i
.I nfor mat i
onov er load
v i
i.Disor gani sedcont ent
viii.Language&mechani calerrors
d. Framewor kf orpl anni ngnon- r
outinemessages
i.Pur pose
ii.Audi ence
i
ii.St ruct ur e
i
v .St yle
e.Ethicsofper suasi on
i.Def initon
ii.Per suasi onst rat egi es:
 Cr edi bilit
y
 Logi cal reasoni ng
 Emot ional appeal
f. Academi cwr iting
i. Sour cesofi nfor mat ion
ii.Gat her ingi nfor mat ion
iii
.Sel ect i
ngandpr ior it
ising
iv.Dev el opi ngacent ral argument
v .Dr af ting
v i
.St ruct ur e&st yleofanacademi cpaper
:int
roduct
ion,body&
concl usion
 Document ation
 Ci tat i
on
 Ref erences
 Pl agi arism
 Academi cl anguage
g.Cr i
tical r
eadi ng
i. St rat egi esf orcr itical reading
ii.Summar i
si ng

17
17.
Teachi
ngandLear ni
ngMet hods
a.Lectur
es
b.Tutori
als
c.Groupdiscussi
ons
d.Studentgroup/
indiv
idual
present
ati
ons

18.
Prescri
bedText s
Bail
ey,S.2007.Academi cWr it
ing:AHandbookf orInter
nati
onalStudent
s,
London:Routledge.
Brandon,L.andBr andon,K.,2007.Sent
ences,ParagraphsandBey ond:With
th
Int
egrat
edReadi ng(5 Ed) ,London:
Wadswor thPubl i
shi
ng
Craswell
,G.,2004.Wr i
ti
ngf orAcademicSuccess,SagePubl i
cati
ons
Jordan,R.R.,1999.Academi cWr i
ti
ngCourse,London: Longman

19.
RecommendedText s
Creme,P.andLea,M.2003.Wr itingatUni ver
sity:AGui def orStudent s,
OpenUniver si
tyPress
Cruci
us,T.W.andChannel l
,C.E. ,2000.TheAi msofAr gument :ARhet ori
c
r
d
andReader( 3 Ed) ,
Calif
ornia: May f
ield
Diet
sch,B.M. ,2003.Reasoni ngandWr i
ti
ngWel l:A Rhet ori
c,Resear ch
r
d
Guide,
ReaderandHandbook( 3 Ed) , Boston:McGr awHi l
l
th
Hacker,D.2006.AWr i
ter’
sRefer ence( 6 Ed) ,Bost on:Bedfor d
Lannon,J.M. ,2008.TheWr it
ingPr ocess:AConci seRhet ori
c,Readerand
th
Handbook( 10 Ed)NewYor k: Longman
Rosa,A,and Eschhol z,P.W.,2009.Wr i
ter’
s Br iefHandbook ( 6th Ed)
Longman, London.
Rosen,L.J.2008.Academi
, cWr iter’sHandbook, London: Longman

18
 THECATHOLI
CUNI VERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seoutli
ne
CST1101:
Cat
hol
i
cSoci
alTeachi
ngI
1.Faculty :Theology
2.Programme :
Di pl
omai nStati
sti
cs
3.Department :Bibl
icalandReli
giousSt
udi
es
4.CourseTi t
le :Catholi
cSoci alTeachi
ngI
5.CourseCode :CST1101
6.CourseDur ati
on :Semest er
7.Coursey ear/
level :1
8.Lecturehoursperweek :2
9.Practi
cal/Tutor
ial
hour
sperweek:1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :3
11.
MethodofAssessment :Conti
nuousassessment …………………40%
:
Finalexami nati
on………………………60%

12.
Pre-r
equi
sit
es:
Thisisafoundat
ioncour
se.

13.
Coursedescr ipt
orandr ati
onale:
Thiscour seof fer
sani ntr
oducti
ont ofundament alconcept
sinChr i
sti
an
ethi
cs. Itf ocuses on t he anthr
opological
, bibl
i
cal and theol
ogical
foundati
onsofsoci alethi
cs,ethi
calassessmentofhumanact i
on,andthe
socialconcerni ntheearlyChrist
iant
radi
tion.Thecourseprepar
eslear
ners
tober el
igious,patri
oti
c,producti
veandjustciti
zensbygivi
ngthem i
nsi
ghts
onthesoci alteachingoftheChur chi
nthemoder ntimes.

14.
Aim oftheCourse:
Tointroducestudent
st otheChurch'
sunderlyi
nget hicalpri
nci
plesonsocial
mat t
ersthroughtheprovisi
onofmet hodol
ogical,doctri
nalandfoundat
ional
toolssoast oenablethem assess,arri
veat,disseminateand-i fneedbe-
defendsoundet hi
calprinci
plesi
nthosesocialmat ters.

15.I
ntendedl
earningoutcomes:
Bytheendofthiscoursestudentsshoul dbeableto:
a.Defi
netheChurch'sethicalpr
incipl
esfordefi
ningsocial
mat t
ers
b.Expl
aintheFoundati
onsofCat holi
cSocialEt
hics
c.Expl
ainthechar act
eristi
cmar ksofCat hol
icSocialTeachi
ngoft
he

19
 Chur
ch
d.Descr
ibet
heHi
stor
icalDev
elopmentoft
heSoci
alTeachi
ngoft
he
Chur
ch

20
16.Topi
csofSt udy :
a.Defini
ti
onsofCat hol icSoci al Et hi
cs
i
. Cat holi
cSoci al Teachi ng
i
i.Chur ch’set hical pr i
nci ples
b.Foundational Issuesi nChr ist i
anEt hics
i
. Ant hropol ogi cal Foundat i
onofEt hi cs
 Nat ur al Mor al Law
 HumanLaw
 TheHumanPer son:
- TheSubj ectofEt hics
i
i. Ethical AssessmentofHumanAct ion
 Sour cesofEt hical Evaluat ion
 Et hi cal Theor ies
- Respectofhumandi gni ty
- Par ti
ci pat ion
- Sol idar i
ty
- Subsi diar i
ty
- Pr omot ionoft hecommongood
- St ewar dshi p
- Pr ef erent i
al opt ionfort hepoor
i
ii
. Bibli
cal Foundat ionandSoci al Et hics
 Ol dTest ament
 NewTest ament
 Jesus
i
v. Theol ogical Foundat ion, Concept sandSoci alEthics
 TheI ncar nat i
on
 Consci enceandt hePer son
 Consci enceandSoci ety
 HumanFr eedom andet hics
c.Histor
icalDev el opmentofCat holicSoci al Ethics
i. Soci alConcer ni nt heEar lyChr istianTr adi
tion
ii
.TheSoci al Teachi ngoft heChur chi nModer nTimes
 Rer um Nov arum andt hepl ightoff actorywor ker
s1981
 Quadr agesi moannoandt hepr i
ncipl
eofSubsi di
ari
ty1931
 Mat eretMagi st ra:t hesev er eimbal ancebet weent herich
andpoornotf ulli ndust rializedcount r
ies,andt her ol
eof
indiv idual Chr i
st ianst owor kf oramor ejustworl
d,1961
 Pacem i n Ter ris: the i ssue of Peace based on t he
obser v anceofr ight sanddut i
es,solidari
ty,anddisarmament
toev adeanucl earwar ,1963

21
  Gaudium etSpes:thepr i
nci
plesofdialogue,sol
i
darit
yand
opti
onforthepoor,1965
 Populor
um Progressi
o:theconceptofintegr
aldevel
opment
,
1967
 Medelli
nconfer
ence:theconscient
izat
ionmethod

17.Teachi
ngandlearni
ngmet hods/act
ivi
ti
es:
a.Lectur
es
b.Tutori
als
c.Groupdiscussi
ons
d.Studentgroup/
indi
vidualpr
esent
ati
ons

18.
Prescri
bedText s:
Dorr,D.,1992.Opt i
onf orthePoor:A Hundr edYearsofVat i
canSocial
Teaching,Dubli
n:Gil
landMacmi l
lan.
O’Bri
en,D. ,andShannon,T.( eds),1992.Cat hol
i
cSoci alThought
:The
Document ar
yHer i
tage,NewYork:Orbis:
Pontif
icalCouncilf
orJusticeandPeace,2004.Compendi um oftheSoci
al
Doctri
neoft heChurch,Li
beri
aVatican:Edi
tri
ceVat
icana

19.RecommendedText s:
Abelson, R.andFr ieuegnon, M-L.(eds),1987.Ethi
csforModernLife,New
York: St.Marti
ns
HenriotP.etal ,1992.Cat holi
cSoci alTeachi
ng:OurBestKeptSecret,New
York/Washi ngton: Or
bis/CentreofConcer n
Lobo,G. ,1993.Chur chandSoci alJusti
ce,Pune/Jakar
ta:Guj
aratSahity
a
PrakashAnand
Peschke,K. ,1993.Chr i
sti
an Et hi
cs:Mor alTheology inthe Lightof
Vocat ion11-Vol umeII:SpecialMoralTheology(Revi
sedEd),Alcest
er:
C.Goodl i
ff
eNeal e
Vall
ey ,
P. ,1998.TheNewPol it
ics:Catholi
cSocialTeachi
ngfortheTwent y
-
FirstCent ury,London: SCM Pr ess

22
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSITYOFMALAWI
Courseoutl
i
ne
PLS1101:
Crit
ical
Thinki
ng

1.Faculty :Theol
ogy
2.Programme :Dipl
omai nStati
sti
cs
3.Department :Phil
osophy
4.CourseTi t
le :Cri
ti
calThinking
5.CourseCode :PLS1101
6.Coursey ear/
level :1
7.CourseDur ati
on :Semester
8.Lecturehoursperweek :2
9.Practi
cal/Tutor
ial
hour
sperweek:1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :3
11.
MethodofAssessment :Conti
nuousassessment …………………40%
:Fi
nalexami nati
on………………………60%

12.
Pre-r
equi
sit
es
Thisisafoundat
ioncour
se.

13.
Cour seDescr i
ptorandRat i
onale
Crit
icalThi nking isa courset hatexcitest hemi nd.I texpl oreson t he
knowl edgeandi nf ormat
iongai nedbyt hemi ndt oassessandev aluatefor
soundj udgement .Thecourse,t herefor
e,givesachancet ot hest udentof
exercisi
ng t hatr i
ghtt othink,r eason,assess,scr uti
nise and make an
inf
ormedcl aim wor thofat hinkingbeing.Cr i
ti
calThi nkinggi v
esst udents
thetool stheyshoul duseinor dert oputforwardt heirideas,proposal sand
argument s. Thi nking cri
ti
cally wi ll assi
st t he st udents wr ite and
communi cateclearlyandcogent ly(compell
ingly
)int heirothercour ses.

14.
Aim(s)oftheCourse
To provi
de student
s wi
tht
he basi
cr easoning ski
ll
si n anal
ysi
ng and
eval
uati
ngargumentstoi
mpr
ovethei
rcr
iti
calthinki
ngcapaci
ty.

15.
Intendedlearningout comes
Byt heendoft hecour se,st
udentsshoul
dbeablet
o:
a.Expl ai
nthest ructureofarguments
b.I denti
fythecomponent sofanargument.
c.Expl ai
nchar acterist
icsofdi
ffer
entfor
msofargument
s

23
 d.Cr aftpersuasiveargument s.
e.Anal ysecompoundcl aimsandt hei
rcontradi
ctori
es.
f. Analyse compl ex ar guments wi th dependent and independent
pr
emi ses.
g.Appl ystandar dsofev aluat
inganargument .
h.Ident i
fyl
ogi calFal
lacies.
i
. Ar gueusi nganalogies,general
izati
ons,number s,
andcauseandeffect
.
16.
Topi
csofSt udy
a.Thestructureofar gument s
i
. Cl ai
ms
Criteriaf orreject i
ngclaims
- Fai lur etoknowwhatsomewor dsmean.
- Fai lur etounder standsomewor ds
- Cl earmeani ngandnotei t
her/or
CompoundCl aims:
- Al ternat i
ves
- Condi ti
onals
i
i.Pr emi ses
Dependentandi ndependentpremi ses
Premi sesandconcl usions
Thet ruthandf alsit
yoft hepremises
i
ii
.Concl usi ons
Oner easonsuppor tingaconclusion
Two or mor er easons,whi ch,t aken together,suppor
tt he
concl usi on
Twoormor er easons,eachofwhi chindependentlysuppor
tsthe
concl usi on
Reason{ s}
,whi chsuppor tani ntermedi at
econcl usi
on,whichis
thenused,ei theroni tsownorwi thot herreasons,tosupporta
mai nconcl usion
b.Compl exar gument s
i
. Ar gument swithinar gument s
i
i.Dependentandi ndependentpr emises
c.Badar gument s
i
. Conceal edcl aims
i
i.Fal l
acies
i
ii
.Appeal st oemot ions
d.Analogiesandgener alisati
on
i
. Judgi nganal ogi es
i
i.Anal ogi esi ntheLaw
i
ii
.Gener alisati
ons
Mi sleadi ngclai ms
24
e.Ar
gui
ngwi t
hnumber s
i. Comparisons
ii
.Pr eci
si
oni nnumber
s

25
 f
. CauseandEf fect
i
. Causecomesbef oreeffect
i
i. Cr i
teri
aforcauseandef fect:
Causetookpl ace
Theeffecthappened
Thecausecomesbef oret heeffect
Givennor malconditi
ons,i ti
snearlyimpossi
blef
ort
hecauset
o
happenandt heeffectnott otakeplace
Thecausemakesadi f
ference
Thereisnocommoncause

17.
Teachi
ngandLear ni
ngmet hods/Act
ivi
ti
es
a.Lect ures
b.Tut orials
c.Assi gnment s
d.Gr oupdi scussions
e.St udentpr esentat
ions
f. Semi nars

18.
PrescribedTexts
Epstei
n,R.L.2002.Crit
icalThinki
ng.( 2ndEd),NewYor k:Wadsworth
Fogeli
n,R.J.andSi nnott-
Armstrong,W.2004.Under standi
ngAr guments:An
th
I
ntroducti
ontoInformalLogic.(7 Ed) ,NewYork:Wadsworth
Li
ttl
e,J.F.,Groar
ke,L.A.andTi ndale,C.W.1989.GoodReasoni ngMatters!A
Construct
ive Approach t o Criti
calThi nki
ng. New Yor k:M and S,
Wadswor t
h
Thomson, A.2009.Crit
icalReasoning.( 3rdEd)
,London:Routl
edge

19.
RecommendedText s
Butterwor th,J.andThwai t
es,G.2005.Thi nkingSki lls.Cambr idge:Cambri
dge
Univer sityPress,
DanCr y an, SharronShat ilandBillMaybln.2008.I
i ntroducingLogi c:AGraphic
Guide, Aust rali
a:AllenandUnwi nPty
, Ltd
LaurenceGol dstei
n,Andr ewBr ennan,et
c. ,(
eds) .2006.Logi c:Keyconcept sin
Philosophy ,Cornwal l
:MPGBooksLt d, Bodmi n
Moor e,Br ookeNoelandPar ker,Ri
chard.2005.Cr iti
calThinking,New Yor k:
McGr aw- Hil
l
Paul,Richar dW.andEl der,Linda.2002.Cr iticalThi nki
ng:Tool sforTaking
Char geofYourPr ofessionalandPersonalLi fe,NewYor k:FTPr ess
Ruggiero, V.2003.Thi nkingCr i
ti
call
yAboutEt hicalIssues.NewYor k:McGraw
-
Hi l
l

26
West A.2000.ARul
on, ebookf
orAr
gument
s,I
ndi
anapol
i
s:Hacket
t

27
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne

ECO1101: I
ntr
oduct
iont
oMi
croeconomi
cs
1.Faculty :FacultyofSoci alSciences
2.Programme :Diplomai nSt
at i
sti
cs
3.Department :Economi cs
4.Courset i
tle :I
ntroductiont oMi cr
oeconomi cs
5.Coursecode :ECO1101
6.Coursedur ati
on :1Semest er
7.Level :Year1
8.Lecturehour sperweek :2
9.Practi
cal/Tutori
alhour
sperweek:1
10.
Coursecr edit
s :3
11.
Methodofassessment :Continuousassessment …………..
.………40%
:Fi
nal Exami nati
on………………………. .60%

12.
Pre-requi
sit
es
Thiscourseassumesthatt
hest
udentunder
standsbasi
cmat
hemat
ics,
at
leastli
nearalgebr
a.

13.
Coursedescr ipt
or/Rat i
onal
e
This cour se aims t o provide student
s wi t
h an understanding of
fundament als of Mi croeconomics. Learning objecti
ves i ncl
ude
understandingpr i
cet heor
y ,tr
adeandcompar ati
veadv
antage,consumer
andpr oducersur plus,welfareeffect
soft axat
ionandexternal
i
ties,publi
c
goodsandcommonr esources.

14.
Aim(
s)ofcourse
Toprovi
destudent
swi
thanunder
standi
ngoff
undament
alsof
Micr
oeconomics.
15.
Int
endedl
ear
ningout
comes:
Bytheendofthecoursestudentsshouldbeabl et o:
a.Explai
nbasiceconomict er
ms.
b.Demonstrateknowledgeofconsumerbehav ior.
c.Demonstrateanunderstandingofethi
calrolesofbusiness.
d.Dev el
opquanti
tati
veski
llstoperf
orm businessanalysi
s.
e.Showcompet enceinappl y
ingpri
cetheoryandmar ketdy namics.
f. Showanunderstandi
ngoft herol
eofgov ernmentregardingbusiness.
28
 g.Demonst rateanunder standi ngofhow r esour cesofanor gani
zat
ion
ar
emanagedt omeeti tsgoal s.
16.
TopicsofSt udy
a.Economi cs: TheWor ldar oundYou
i
. TheDef initionofEconomi cs
i
i.TheEconomi cAppr oach
b.Scar ci ty,Choi ce, Oppor tunityCostandSpeci al
ization
i
. TheConceptofOppor tuni tyCost
i
i.Speci ali
zat ionandTr ade
c.Mar ket s,DemandandSuppl y ,andt hePr i
ceSy st em
i
. Ty pesofMar ket s
i
i.DemandAnal ysis
i
ii
.Suppl yAnal ysis
i
v.Mar ketEqui librium
 Pr i
ceAdj ust mentMechani sms
 Theef fectofPr i
ceCont r
ols
d.DemandEl asticities
.Pr
i iceEl ast i
cityofDemand
Det ermi nant soft hepr iceelasticityofdemand
i
i.Ot herTy pesofDemandEl asticit
y
Cr oss- pr i
ceel asticit
yofdemand
I ncomeel ast icityofdemand
i
ii. El ast i
ci t
yofSuppl y
i
v . De termi nant sofpr iceel ast i
cityofsuppl y
f. Cons umerChoi ce
i.Economi cdeci si onmaki ng
ii
.Ut il
ityandChoi ce
ii
i. TheDemandCur veAgai n
iv. I ndifferenceAnal ysis
v.BudgetConst raint
vi. ConsumerEqui l
ibrium
g. Theor yoft heFi rm
i.Fi rmsandPr oduct ion
ii.Product ionCost s,CostSchedul esandCostCur ves
iii. TheLongRunAnal y sis
h. Mar ketsandPr ofitMaxi mi zat ion
i.ThePr ofitMaxi mi zationConcept
Mar ginal Rev enueandMar ginal Cost
i
i.Mar ketSt ruct ur es
 Per fectCompet it
ion
- ThePer fect lyCompet i
ti
v eFirmi ntheShor
tRun
- TheLongRunConsi derations
 Monopol y
- TheDemandCur v eFaci ngaMonopol i
st
- Pr of i
tMaxi mi zationi nMonopol y
- Pr iceDi scr imi nati
on
i
ii
.Ot herMar ketSt ruct ures
29
  Compar i
ngPerfectCompet i
tionwit
hMonopol y
 Monopolist
icCompet i
tionandOligopoly
17.
Learni
ngandTeachi ngMethods
Lectures are of
fered usi
ng various learni
ng aids like vi
sualgraphs,
practi
calswherereall
if
eeventsarediscussedandanal ysed.Therei
salsoa
1hourt utor
ial
sessionperweek.

18.
Prescribedtexts
Lipsey,R.G.,1999.Economi cs(12thEd).Oxfor
d:Wesley.
O’Sulli
van,S.andSt eve,
S.M. 2003.Mi
, croeconomics:Pri
ncipl
esandTool
s
(3rdEd).Chicago:PearsonEducat i
on,Inc.
Manki w,N.G.1998.Pr i
ncipl
esofMi croeconomics(2ndEd).NewYork:
McGr aw-Hi l
l
.

19.RecommendedText s:
Baumol, W. ,2003. Economi
J. csPr i
ncipl
esandPol icy,9th ed.New Yor k:
South-
Western.
Borl
and,J.,2008.Mi croeconomi cs:Casest udi
esandAppl icati
ons(1stEd).
Melbourne:Cengage.
Gans,J.2009.Pr incipl
esofMi croeconomi cs(4thEd).Mel bourne:Cengage,
Li
eberman,M.andHal l
,R.E.,2005. I nt
roductiont oEconomi cs.Boston:
ThomsonLear ning.
Samuelson,P.,2008.Economi cs, 18thed.NewYor k:
McGr aw- Hi
ll
.
Sl
av i
n, ,2005.Mi
S.L. croeconomi cs.NewYor k:McGr awHi l
l –Ir
win.

30
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seoutli
ne
CST1201:
Cathol
icSoci
alTeachi
ngI
I

1.Faculty :Theology
2.Programme :Dipl
omai nStat
ist
ics
3.Department :Bibl
i
calandReligi
ousSt
udi
es
4.CourseTitl
e :Catholi
cSocialTeachi
ngI I
5.CourseCode :CST1201
6.CourseYear /
Level :1
7.CourseDur at
ion :Semest er
8.Lecturehoursperweek :2
9.Practi
cal/
Tutori
alhour
sperweek:1
10.
CourseCredits :3
11.
MethodofAssessment :Conti
nuousassessment …………………40%
:Fi
nal examinat
ion………………………60%
12.
Pre-
requi
sit
e
CST1101: Cat
hol
i
cSoci
alTeachi
ngI
.
13.
Coursedescr i
ptorandr ati
onale
Thecour sebui l
dsonCST1101.I tfocusesont hesocietyandsoci alorder,
thefamilyandt hest at
e, poli
ti
calauthori
tyandr equir
ement sforit
sexer cise.
Thecour seal sogiv esi nsi
ghtont hehi st
oricaldevelopmentoft heSoci al
Teachingoft heCat holicChur chi
nMal awi.Thecour sepr epareslearnersto
bereli
gious,patriot
ic,productiveandjustcit
izensbygi vingthem i
nsi ght
son
thesocialt
eachi ngoft heChur chinthemoder ntimes.
14.
Aim oft
heCourse
Toenablestudent
sappr eci
atetherelevanceoftheSoci
alTeachi
ngofthe
Churchincontemporarysocietysot hattheycanmakei nf
ormedethical
choi
cesanddeci si
onsandassesssuchchoi cesanddecisi
onsintheir
soci
ety,
wit
hinthesocio-pol
it
icalt
ransformati
onofMalawi
.
15.
Int
endedlearningout comes
Bytheendoft hiscour se, studentsshoul dbeabl eto:
a.Descr i
betheSoci etyandt heMor al Responsibili
ty
b.Appl ytheChur ch’sethical pr
inci
plesf orSociety
c.Expl ai
nther el
ationshipbet weenv arioussocial st
ructuresi
nSociet
y
d.Descr i
berightsanddut i
esofv ari
oussoci alstructur
esi nSoci
ety
e.Descr i
bether esponsi bil
iti
esandr ightsregulati
ngsoci all
if
e
f. Descri
be the hi stori
caldev el
opmentoft he Soci alTeaching oft
he
Cathol
icChur chinMal awi

31
16.
TopicsofSt udy
a.Soci etyandMor al Responsi bi l
i
t y
,
i.Soci etyandSoci alOr der
Ai m andFunct i
onofSoci et
y
Soci etyandMor alOr der
b.TheChur ch’ set hical principlesf orsoci ety
i
. Pr i
nci pl
esofSol idarity
i
i.Pr i
nci pl
eofSubsi diar i
ty
c.St ructuresandt hei rrelationshi psinSoci ety
.
i.TheFami ly
Soci alstat us
Dut ies
Ri ght s
Wi derf ami ly
ii.TheSt at e
Soci alstat us
Dut ies
Ri ght s
d.Responsi bi li
ti
esandr i
ghtsr egul atingsoci allife
i.Pol i
ticalaut hor ityandr equirement sfori tsexerci
se
ii.
Legisl ati
onandadmi nist r
ationofJust ice
iii
. Pr omot ionofSoci al-
economi cwel fareandhealth
iv. Requi rement sf oraj ustf iscalpolicy
v .
Cr i
mi nal juri
sdi ctionoft hest ate
v i
. Pr omot ionofpeaceandnat ionaldef ence
e.Hi storicaldev elopmentoft heSoci alTeachi ngoft heCatholi
cChur
chi
n
Mal awi
i.Mi ssionar yPer i
od
ii.
DawnofI ndependence
iii
. PostI ndependenceEr a
Past oral Let t
ers
-Rol e
-Message

17.
Teachi
ngandl ear
ningmet hods/act
ivi
ti
es
a.Lectures
b.Tutori
als
c.Groupdi scussi
ons
d.Studentgr oup/
indi
vi
dualpresent
ati
ons

18.
Prescr
ibedTexts
Agosti
ni,T.
,1997.EveryCit
izen’sHandbook,Nairobi
:Pauli
nes
Peschke,K.
,1993.Christ
ianEt hi
cs:MoralTheologyintheLightofVat
icanII
–VolumeI I
:SpecialMor alTheol
ogy(RevisedEd),Alcester
:C.Goodli
ff
e
Neale
Schoff
eleer
s,M. ,1999.I n Search ofTruth and Justi
ce:Confront
ati
ons
32
 bet
weenChur
chandSt
atei
nMal
awi1960–1994,
Blant
yre:
CLAI
M

19.
RecommendedText s
Baum, G.,1987.Theol ogyandSoci ety,NewYor k/
Mahwah: Pauli
stPress
Hoffner,
J.,1997.Chr ist
ianSocialTeaching,Koln:OrdoSoci al
i
s
Lobo,G.,1993.Chur chandSoci alJustice,Pune:Guj ar
atSahityaPr akash
anand
Mugambi ,N. ,1999.Mor aland EthicalIssuesi n Afri
can Christ
ianit
y:A
Chall
engef orAf r
icanChr i
sti
anity
,Nairobi:Act
on
Shepperson,G. ,andPr i ,2000.I
ce,P. ndependentAf r
ican:JohnChi lembwe
andtheOr igins,Setti
ngandSi gnifi
canceoft heNy asalandNat i
veRising
of1915, Bl
ant yr
e:CLAI M

33
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
CourseOut
li
ne
MAT1203:Busi
nessMathemat
icsI
I

1.Faculty :
Education
2.Programme :Dipl
omai nStati
sti
cs
3.Department :Mathemat i
calSci
ences
4.CourseTi t
le :
BusinessMat hemati
csII
5.CourseCode :
MAT1203
6.Coursey ear/
lev
el :
1
7.Semest er :
2
8.LectureHoursperWeek :
2
9.Tutori
alsperweek :
1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
ContinuousAssessment …………………50%
:
FinalExaminati
ons………………………. 50%
12.
Prerequi
sit
es :St
udent
sneed t o haveknowledgeon i
ntr
oduct
ion t
o
Financi
alAccount
ing(ACC 1102),
BusinessMathemati
csI(
MAT1104)and
intr
oducti
ontoProbabil
i
tyandStat
ist
ics(STA1101)

13.
Aimsoft
heCour
se
Todevelopanunderst
andi
ngofmat
hemat
icalpr
inci
plesandanabi
l
ityt
o
appl
ythem i
nbusi
ness.

14.
Int
endedl
ear
ningout
comes
Byt
heendofthi
scourse,
student
sshoul
dbeableto:
a.Appl
yaccount
ingconceptsi
nbusi
nessset
ti
ngs
b.Cal
cul
atebasi
cfi
nanci
almat
hemat
icsi
nbusi
nessset
ti
ngs
c.Appl
ymat
hemat
ical
cal
cul
ati
onsi
nvar
iousbusi
nessset
ti
ngs
d.Appl
ypr
obabi
l
ityconcept
sinbusi
nessset
ti
ngs
e.Appl
ypr
icei
ndexnumber
sinv
ari
ousbusi
nesssi
tuat
ions

15.
Topi
csofst
udy
a.Cal
cul
ati
onsi
naccount
ing
i
.Cashandt
radedi
scount
s
34
 i
i
.Sur
tax
i
i
i.Hi
repur
chase
i
v.Account
sforwat
er,
tel
ephoneandel
ect
ri
cit
y
v
.For
eignexchange
v
i.I
nsur
ance
v
ii
.Per
cent
ages(
prof
itandl
oss)
v
ii
i.Mar
k-up/
mar
kdown
b.Fi
nanci
almat
hemat
ics
i
.Si
mpl
eandcompoundi
nter
est
i
i
.Di
scount
ingandi
nvest
mentappr
aisal
i
i
i.Netpr
esentv
alues(ofcashf
lows)
i
v.I
nter
nal
rat
eofr
etur
n
v
.Annui
ti
esandper
pet
uit
ies
v
i.Pay
backper
iod
v
ii
.Amor
ti
zat
ion
v
ii
i.Si
nki
ngf
und
c.I
ntr
oduct
iont
opr
obabi
l
ity
i
.Def
ini
ti
ons
i
i
.Per
mut
ati
onsandcombi
nat
ions
i
i
i.Ty
pesofev
ent
s:Excl
usi
ve,
Independent
i
v.Pr
obabi
l
ityr
ules:
Addi
ti
ons,
Mul
ti
pli
cat
ion
v
.Condi
ti
onal
Probabi
l
ity
v
i.Bay
es’
Theor
em
d.I
ndexnumber
sandmov
ingAv
erages
i
.Pr
icei
ndi
ces
i
i
.Numberi
ndi
ces
i
i
i.Mul
ti
-i
tem i
ndi
ces
i
v.Cal
cul
ati
onofMov
ingav
erageswi
thgi
venper
iodi
cit
yandpl
ott
ing
35
 onagr
aph.

16.
Teachingandlearni
ngmet hods/act
ivi
ti
es
Discussions,quest
ion and answerand l ect
urermet hods wi
l
lbe used.
Students willbe assigned wi thregular quest
ions/workto pr
actice
indi
viduall
yaswellasingroups.

17.
Prescr
ibedt
ext
s:
Dei
tz,J.E.&Sout ham, J.L.2007.Cont
, emporaryBusinessMathemat
icsf
or
t
h
Colleges(13 Ed. )Cali
fornia:
South-Wester
nCollege
Spi
egel,MurrayR.,1999.CollegeAlgebra,NewYork:McGr awHill
Sl
ater
,Jef fr
ey,2006.Pr acticalBusiness Math Procedures.New York:
McGr awHi l
l

18.
RecommendedText
s
Let
chford,S.1977.Busi
, nessMathemati
cs.London:CengageLear ni
ng
Li
al,M.L. ,et.al
.,Fi
niteMathematicswithApplicat
ions,(9th Ed).Bost
on:
Addi son-
Wesley
Tut
tle,MichaelD.,Practi
calBusi
nessMat h:anApplicati
onsappr oach(8th
Ed) .
NewYor k:Prenti
ceHall

36
 THECATHOLI
CUNI VERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seoutli
ne
STA1201:Pr
obabi
l
ityandDi
str
ibut
ionTheor
y
1.Faculty :Education
2.Programme :Dipl
omai nStatist
ics
3.Department :Mathemat icalSciences
4.CourseTi tl
e :Probabili
tyandDi str
ibut
ionTheor
y
5.CourseCode :STA1201
6.Coursey ear :1
7.Semest er :2
8.Lecturehour s/week :2
9.Tutori
al/Practi
calsperweek:
1
10.
Coursecr edits :3
11.
MethodofAssessment : Conti
nuousassessment …………………………50%
:Fi
nal examination………………………………. .
.50%
12.
Pre-
requi
sit
es : El ementary pr
obabil
it
y, set t
heory,
permutat
ionandcombi
nat
ions,di
ff
erenti
alcalcul
usfrom ei
therSTA 1101,
MAT1101orMAT1104

13.
Coursedescr iptor
/Rationale
Stati
sti
cspl aysav i
talroleinsoci alandscienti
fi
cinvesti
gati
ons.Thiscourse
intr
oducesst udentst ot het heoryofpr obabi
li
tyandpr obabi
li
tydist
ribut
ions,
withclearindicati
onoft her el
evanceandi mport
anceoft hetheoryi
nsol vi
ng
practi
calproblemsi nt her ealworld.Thedev el
opmentoft heseconcept sand
theunder standing oft hepr opertiesofcommonl yused distr
ibut
ionsand
underlyi
ngt heor y
,f orm asol i
df oundat
ionfort hesubsequentcour seon
stati
sti
calinference.
14.
Aimsofthecour
se
Toint
roducest
udent
stov
ari
ouspr
obabi
l
itydi
str
ibut
ionsi
nst
ati
sti
cs
15.
Intendedl earni
ngout comes:
Byt heendoft hi
scour se,studentsshouldbeableto:
a.Def ine keywor ds:exper i
ment alprobabil
i
ty,outcome space,sample
space, andev ent.
b.Sol vesi mpleprobabili
typroblems
c.St atetheaxi omsofpr obabil
ity
d.Sol vesi mpleprobabili
typroblems
e.Appl ypr obabili
tyrul
esinsolvingprobabil
i
typrobl
ems
f. ApplyBay e’stheorem insolvi
ngpr obabi
li
typrobl
ems
g.Sol ve pr obabili
ty problems usi ng permutat
ion and combi nat
ion
techniques
37
 h.Different i
atebet weendi screteandcont i
nuousprobabil
it
yf unct
ions
i
. Calcul ateprobabi lit
iesf ordi screteprobabi
l
itydi
str
ibut
ion
j
. Calcul ateprobabi lit
iesf orcont inuousprobabil
it
ydist
ri
bution
16.
Topicsofst udy
a.I nt
roduct iontoPr obabi l
ity
i. Def i
nit
ions
i
i. Si mplepr obabi lit
y
ii
i. Axi omsofpr obabi lity
iv. Al gebraofset sandcombi nati
onsofev ent
s
v. Condi t
ional probabi l
ity
vi. Bay e’
sTheor em
b.Count i
ngTechni ques
i. Per mutati
on
i
i. Combi nation
ii
i. TheBi nomi al Theor em
c.Di scr
etepr obabili
tydi stribut i
ons
i. TheBer noul lidistribution
i
i. TheBi nomi al
ii
i. ThePoi sson
iv. Hy per-
geomet ric
v. Negat i
veBi nomi al
d.Cont i
nuouspr obabi l
itydi stribut
ions
i. TheUni form di stribution
i
i. TheExponent i
al dist r
ibuti
on
ii
i. TheGammadi stri
but ion
iv. TheBet adi stribution
v. TheChi -squar edi st ri
buti
on
vi. TheNor mal distribut i
on

17.
Teachi
ngandl
ear
ningmet
hods/
act
ivi
ti
es

Thelect
ureandquest i
onandanswermethodwil
lbeused.Assignmentswi l
l
i
ncludereadingassignments,aswel
lasgroupproj
ects.Problem solvi
ng,
readi
ngassignments,qui
zzesandcompr
ehensi
veexaminat
ionswi l
lalsobe
used.

18.
Prescribedt ext
s:
Wacker ly,D.D. ,Mendenhal l
,W & Schaef f
er,R.L,2008.Mat hemati
cal
statisti
cswi thapplicat
ions,(7thEd)
.Duxbury :
Pacifi
cGr ov
e,CA.
Hogg,R.V. ,McKean,J.W &Cr aig,A.T.2005.I nt
roducti
ontoMat hemati
cal
Statisti
cs,(6thEd).PearsonEducat ion:UpperSaddleRiver,
NJ.
Rohat gi,V.K&Sal eh,A.K.,2001.AnI ntroduct
iontoPr obabi
li
tyandStat
ist
ics,
(2ndEd) .Wil
ey :NewYor k.

19.
RecommendedTexts
Berry
,D.A&Lindgren,B.W.,1996.St
ati
sti
cs:Theor
yandMet 2nd Ed)
hods,( .
Duxbur
yPr
ess:Belmont.

38
Lar
sen,R.J. ,&Marx,M.L.2012.AnI ntroducti
ont oMat hemati
calSt
ati
sti
cs
andi t
sAppl i
cat
ions,
(5thEd)
.Prent
ice-Hall
:Boston.
Mil
lerI.&JohnE. ,2014.Freund'
sMat hematicalStat
ist
icswithAppli
cat
ions,
(8thEd).Pear
son:Boston.

39
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ACC1102:
Financi
alAccount
ingI
1.Faculty :
Commer ce
2.Programme :Diplomai nStat
ist
ics
3.Department :Account ancy
4.CourseTitl
e :
FinancialAccountingI
5.CourseCode :
ACC1102
6.CourseYear/Lev
el :
Year1,Semest er1
7.Coursedurati
on :
Semest er
8.Lecturehours/week :
2
9.Tutori
alhour/week :
1
10.
Coursecredit
s :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Continuousassessment ……...
……………40%
:
FinalExami nat
ion……………. .
…………60%
12.
Pre-r
equi
sit
es
Thisisafoundat
ioncour
se.

13.
Cour
seDescr
ipt
orandRat
ional
e
Thiscourseprovidesagoodunder standi
ngoffundamentalonaccounting
recor
ds.Itcover
sbot hquanti
tati
veandqualit
ati
vecharact
eri
sti
csofusef ul
fi
nanciali
nfor
mat ion.Thecour seequipsstudentswit
hknowl edgeont he
accounti
ng and f i
nancialinfor
mat i
on thatwil
lassistthem t o pr
epare
accounti
ngrecordsf ordi
verseusers.

14.
Aim(
s)oft
heCour
se
Thef ocusoft hecour seisdev el
opmentofst udent
sknowledgeinthe
techni
ques used in maintai
ning account
ing r
ecords and pr
epar
es f
inal
accountsofunincor
poratedentit
ies.

15.
Int
endedl
ear
ningout
comes
Byt
heendoft
hiscour
se,
student
sshoul
dbeabl
eto:
a.Discussther el
evantaccount ingconcept s,poli
ciesandst andar
ds.
b.Demonst rateanunder standingofbasi cbookkeepi ng.
c.Mai nt
ainrecordsrelati
ngt ocapi t
alacquisiti
onanddi sposal
d.Preparereconcili
ati
onsf orthepr eparati
onoff i
nal accounts
e.Identi
fyappr opri
ateadjustment sint hetri
albalance
f. Pr
eparethejournalentri
est or ecordadjustment s
g.Prepareaf ull
yadjustedextendedt r
ialbalance
h.Preparefi
nal accountsofasol etrader
40
16.
Topicofst udy
a.TheAccount i
ngconcept s, principlesandpol ici
es
i
.I nt roduct iont oRegul atoryFr amewor k
Account i
ngst andar ds
-I ASs
-I FRSs
i
i.Pr incipl esofaccount ingandpol i
cies
Busi nessent i
ty;
Doubl eent ry;
Hi st or ical cost ;
Mat erial i
ty;
Goi ngconcer n;
Accr ual s;
Consi st ency ;
Pr udence
Rel ev ance
Rel iabi li
ty
Compar abi li
t y
Under standabi lity
i
ii.Theor gani zat i
on’ spol i
cies,r egulati
onsandtimescal
esinthe
prepar at ionoff i
nal account s
b. Bookkeepi ng
i
. Thescopeandpur poseof ,f i
nancialstat
ementsforex
ter
nal
repor ti
ng
i
i.Theuser s’ andst akehol der s’needs
i
ii.Sour cedocument s
i
v .Booksofor i
ginal ent ry
v.Post i
ngandl edger s
vi.Doubl eent rybookkeepi ng
vii.Capi tal andr ev enueexpendi ture
vii
i.Asset s, l
iabi li
ties, rev enueandexpenses
i
x.Ext racti ni ti
al trialbal ance
x.Pr epar at i
onofsi mpl ef inal account sofasolet
rader
I ncomest atement
 St at ementoff inanci al positi
on
c.Non- currentasset sanddepr eciation
i
. Non- cur rentasset s
 Aut hor i
zat ion
 Acqui siti
on
 Fi xedAssetr egi ster
i
i.Depr eci at ion
 Met hodsofdepr eciation
 Di sposal
 Par texchange
d.Contr olaccount s, reconci l
iationsander rors
i
.Cont rol account s

41
  Pay abl esl edger
 Recei vabl esl edger
ii
.Reconciliations
 Bankr econci li
ation
 Pay abl esl edgerr econci l
iation
 Recei v abl esl edgerr econci li
ati
on
ii
i
.Er rorsi naccount ing
Causesofer ror s
-I ncor rectdoubl eent r
y
-Mi ssi ngent ries
-Numer i
cal err ors
iv
.Cor r
ect i
onofer rors
 Suspenseaccount s
 Jour nal ent r i
es
e. Inventoryv aluation
i
. Basi sofv al uat i
on
i
i.Ty pesofv aluat ionmet hods
f. Adjustment st ot het rial balance
i
.Accr ualsandpr epay ment s
i
i.Depr eciation–Account i
ngent riesfordepreciat
ion
i
ii.
Irr
ecov erabl edebt sandpr ovisionforbaddebt s.
i
v .
Closingi nv ent or y
v.Extendedt rial bal anceandf inal accounts
g.Pr eparati
onoff inanci al stat ement s( accounts)
i
. St atementofPr ofit&l ossandot hercompr ehensi
vei
ncome.
ii
. St atementofFi nanci alPosi tion

17.
Teachi
ngandLearningMet hods
i
. Lectures
i
i
. Tutorials
ii
i
. Groupdi scussions
iv
. Studentgr oup/indi
vi
dual
present
ati
ons

18.
PrescribedText s:
FIA, St
udyText 2011.Mai
. ntainingFi nancialRecor 1sted)
ds( .London:BPP
Lear ningMedi a.
Pizzey,A.V.,AccountingandFi nance:AFi rm Foundati
on(Lat estediti
on).
London: Holt
,Ri nehart&Wi nstone.
Pizzey,A.V.&Jenni ngsA. R: FinancialAccount i
ngTechniques,(Latest
edi t
ion).London:Hol t,Rinehar t&Wi nstone.
WoodFr ank&Sangst erAll
an; 2005, BusinessAccounting1( 10thed).
London: PearsonPr ofessi onalLtd&Longman.

19.
RecommendedText s:
Carl
ton,DennisS.
W.,2005.ModernI
ndust
ri
alOr
gani
sat
i 4thed)
on( .New
York:
PearsonAddi
son-Wesl
ey,
42
Koontz,Harol
d&Hei nzWei nri
ch;2008.Essential
sofManagement ,(7thed.
).
NewYor k:McGr awHi l
l,NewYor k.
Longenecker,JustinG.&Char les,D.Pringl
e;1984.Management 6thed,
,
Columbus: Mer ri
ll
Publ i
shing.
ACCA,2014.St udySy stem:FinancialAccounti
ng(copyr
ight2014).
Teddington:
BeckerPr ofessi
onal Education.
Mil
li
champ, A.H.Foundat i
onAccount i
ng.London:DPPublicati
on.

43
 THECATHOLI
CUNI VERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seoutli
ne
CSS1201:
Communi
cat
ionandSt
udySki
l
lsI
I
1.Faculty :
Education
2.Programme :
Diplomai nStat
ist
ics
3.Department :
EnglishandCommuni cati
onStudies
4.CourseTitl
e :
Communi cat
ionandSt udySki
l
lsII
5.CourseCode :
CSS1201
6.CourseYear /
Level :
Foundat i
on
7.CourseDur at
ion :
Semest er
8.Lecturehoursperweek :
2
9.Practi
cal/
Tutori
alhour
sperweek:
1
10.
CourseCredits :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Cont i
nuousassessment …………………40%
:
Finalexaminati
on………………………. .
.60%
12.
Pre-
requi
sit
es
CSS1101: Communi
cat
ionandSt
udySki
l
lsI
13.
CourseDescript
orandRat i
onale
Thiscoursebui l
dsonCSS 1101:Communi cat
ionandSt udySki
ll
sI .The
course grounds studentst o foundational t
heor
ies and pri
nci
ples of
communi cat
ion.Itequipsst udentswithknowl edgeandski l
l
sinef f
ecti
ve
communi cat
ionwhichwi l
lfaci
li
tatethei
rlearni
ng.

14.
Aim oft
hest
udy
To equi
p st
udentswi
th adv
anced knowl
edgeand ski
l
lsi
n or
gani
sat
ional
communicat
ion.
15.
Intendedlear ningout comes
Byt heendoft hiscour se, studentsshoul dbeabl et o:
a.Expl ai
ncommuni cat iondy nami csinorganizat i
ons
b.Demonst rategoodbusi nesscommuni cati
onski l
ls
c.Di scussl egal andet hical i
ssuesincommuni cation
d.Demonst ratepr oposal wr i
ti
ngski l
ls
e.Makeef fecti
v eoral pr esentati
ons
f. Useappr opriatev i
sual s
g.Demonst rategoodi nt erpersonalcommuni cationskill
s
h.Pl anmeet ings,discussi onsandi nterv
iews
i
. Leadmeet i
ngs, discussi onsandi nt
ervi
ews
j
. Par ti
cipat einmeet ings, discussionsandi nterviews
k.For mul atecommuni cat i
onst r
ategiestosui ttargetedsmal
lgr
oups
l
. Di scussempl oymentcommuni cat i
onstrategies
44
16.
TopicsofSt udy
a.Communi cat ioni nOr gani sat i
ons
i
. Communi cat ionsy stems
i
i.Net wor kpat ter ns
i
ii.Thegr apev i
ne
i
v .Inter cul tur alcommuni cati
on
b.Busi nesscor respondence
i.Char act er isticsofbusi nesscommuni cation
ii
. Legal andet hical i
ssuesi ncommuni cati
on
ii
i. Memor anda
iv.Emai ls
v. Repor ts
vi.Rout iner epl i
esandposi ti
vemessages
vii. Maki ngcl aimsandr equest i
ngadj ustment s
viii.Gr ant i
ngcl aimsandadj ustmentr equest s
ix . Badnewsmessages
c.Pr oposal s
i
. St r uct ur i
ngdi fferentt ypesofpr oposal s
 Busi nesspr oposal s
 Resear chpr oposal s
 Pr oj ectpr oposal s
d.Pr esentat ionsandspeeches
i
. Sel ect ingr ightv isuals
i
i.Pr operuseofv isuals
e.Interpersonal communi cation
i
. Exampl esofwor kplacer elationships
i
i.Char act er isticsofef fectiveinterpersonal communicat
ors
i
ii.Ther ol eofsel f-concepti ninterpersonal communicati
on
i
v .Needf orsel f-disclosur einthewor kplace
 JOHARIWI NDOW
v.For msofet iquet te
f. Smal lgroupcommuni cat i
on
i
. Managi ngmeet i
ngs
i
i.Li st eni ng
g.Empl oymentcommuni cation
i
. Cur ri
cul um Vi tae( CV)
i
i.Cov erl ett er
i
ii.Theempl oy menti nter vi
ew
i
v .Exi tint erv iews

17.
Teachi
ngandLearningMethods
a.Lectur
es
b.Tutori
als
c.Groupdiscussi
ons
d.Studentgroup/
indi
vidual
present
ati
ons

45
18.
Prescri
bedText s
Cartwright
,R.,2002.Communi cation,Oxfor
d,U.K:
Capst one.
Davidson,J.P.
, 2003.TheCompl eteGuidetoPublicSpeaking.Hoboken,New
Jersey:JohnWi leyandSons.
Geffner,A.B.,2000. How t o Wr i
te Bett
erBusi ness Lett
ers,(3rd Ed)
,
Hauppauge, andNew. York:Barron'
s.
Rosner, B.
,All
an, H.andAlan,H.,2001.Communi cat
ion,NewYor k:McGr aw-
Hil
l

19.
RecommendedText s
Alred, G.J.,2000.Busi nessWr it
er'
sHandbook.( 6thEd), NewYor k:St.Martin's
Amer icanManagementAssoci ati
on, 1996.TheAMASt yl
eGui deforBusi ness
Wr it
ing.NewYor k:AMACOM.
Beebe,S.A.andMast erson,J.T. ,1996.Communi cat ngi
i nSmal lGroups:
Principl
esandPr actice,NewYor k: Longman
Bli
cq,R.S.andMor ento,I.A.,2003.Wr i
ti
ngRepor t
st oGetResul t
s:Qui ck,
r
d
Effectiv
eResul t
sUsi ngt hePy rami dMet hod,( 3 Ed) ,New Yor k,John
Wi l
eyandSons
Bov ee, C.L. ,
Thill
,J.V.andSchat zman, B.E.,2000.Busi nessCommuni cat i
on
Today ,NewYor k:McGr awHi ll
Dev ito,J.A. ,1997.TheEl ementsofPubl i
cSpeaki ng,(6th Ed)
,Longman,
London.
Gef fner,A. B.,1998,Busi ness Engl ish:A compl et
e Gui de t o Developing
rd
Effectiv
eBusi nessWr i
ti
ngst y
le,3 edi t
ion,Bar ron'sEducat i
onalSer ies,
Hauppage, NY.
Stewar t
, John and Logan Car le, 1993. Toget her: Communi cat i
ng
Interpersonall
y,NewYor k:McGr awHi l
l

46
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ECO1201:
Int
roduct
ionMacr
oeconomi
cs
1. Faculty :SocialSciences
2. Programme :Diplomai nStati
sti
cs
3. Depar t
ment :Economi cs
4. CourseCode :ECO1201
5. Cour seTi tl
e :Int
roductiontoMacr oeconomi
cs
6. CourseDur ation :Semest er
7. LectureHour sperWeek :2
8. Cour seLev el :Year1
9. Practi
cal/ Tutorialhour
sperWeek: 1
10. 10.Cour seCr edit
s :3
11. Assessment :Cont i
nuous
Assessment …………………40%
:Fi
nal Exami nat
ion………………………60%
12. Pre-r
equi sit
es
St
udent smusthav edoneEco1101;int
roduct i
ontomi croeconomics.
13. Cour
sedescr
ipt
orandRat
ional
e
Thiscour seimpar t
sst udentswi t
ht heknowledgeon how theeconomy
operatesasawhol eandt heskil
lsonhow t omanagei t
.Thust hecourse
i
ntroducesst udent
st o macr oeconomicconcepts,simpl
emacr oeconomic
ModelIandI I,aggregat
edemandandsuppl y,moneyandbanking,monetary
and fiscalpoli
cies i
n Mal awiinr el
ati
on t
oi nf
lati
on,unemploymentand
aggregateoutput.
14. Aim(s)ofcourse
Themai naim ofthi
scourseistopr ovi
destudent
swit
habroadint
roducti
on
to Macroeconomics.Macroeconomi csfocuseson t
helar
gerpictur
eand
att
emptst ounderstandthefunct
ioningoftheeconomyatthenati
onaland
moreaggr egat
edlevel.
15. I
ntendedlear ni
ngoutcomes:
Bytheendoft hi
scoursest udentsshoul dbeableto:
a.Differenti
ateMacroeconomi csfrom Microeconomics.
b.Expl ainmacroeconomi cconcept s
c.Demonst rat
etheNat ionalIncomeAccount ingEquati
on
d.Expl ainthe behav i
ourofmaj ormacr oeconomicv ari
abl
es i
nthe
Nati
onal I
ncomeAccount ing.
e.Measur enati
onalincomeanddi scussitsaffect
sonwel l
bei
ng.
f. Analyseaggregatesuppl yanddemand
g.Exami nethety
pesandr oleofbanks
h.Der i
v eIS-
LM curve
47
 i
. Makei nformeddeci
sionaboutt heirfutur
egi venvar
iouseconomic
scenari
os.
j
. Discussthebasi
sofmonetar
yandf iscalpoli
cies
k.Applyhow gov er
nmentmacr oeconomi c pol
ici
es ar
e desi
gned and
i
mpl emented.

16.Topi
csofSt udy
a. Introductiont oMacr oeconomi cs
i
. Ov erv iewofmi croeconomi cs
ii
. Def initionofmacr oeconomi cconcepts
b. Simpl eMacr oeconomi cmodel I
i
. Ci rcul arf lowofi ncome
ii
. I ntroduct iont onat ional incomeaccount i
ng
c. Simpl eMacr oeconomi cModel I
I
i
. I ntroduci nggov ernmenti ntothecircul
arflowofexpendi
tur
eand
i
ncome
ii
. Addi ngi nter nat ionalsect ortotheci r
cularfl
ow ofexpendit
ure
andi ncome
d. Aggr egateDemandandSuppl y
i. Nat ional aggr egat edemand
ii
. Nat ional pr oduct ioni ssues
ii
i
. Equi librium i nt hegoodsmar ket
iv. Der ivat ionoft heI SCur ve
e. MoneyandBanki ng
i. Def initionofmoney
ii
. Hi st or yofmoney
ii
i
. Ty pesandr oleofbanks
iv
. Ther ol eofCent ral bank
v. MoneyDemandandSuppl y
vi
. Der ivat ionoft heLM Cur ve
f. Macr oeconomi cequi l
ibr ium: IS-LM Model
i. Combi ni ngmoneyandgoodsmar ket
ii
. Mar ketequi li
br ium oft hecount ry
g. Monet ar yPol icyi nMal awi
i. Casest udy
h. Aggr egatedemandandsuppl yandt heaggregatepri
celevel
i. Det er mi nat ionofpr i
ce
ii
. Def iningi nflation
ii
i
. Det er mi nant sofi nflation
i
. Fi scalPol icyi nMal awi
i. Casest udyormi cr o-economygame
j
. Macr oeconomi cpol icyanal ysis
i. Resi st i
ngt heI S- LM Model
ii
. Monet ar ypol i
cyanal ysis
ii
i
. Fi scal pol icyanal ysis

k. LongRunMacr
oeconomi
cAnal
ysi
s

48
i
. ExpandingAggregat
eSuppl
yAnal
ysi
s
i
i
. I
ntroducingeconomicGr
owth

49
17.Learni
ngandTeachi
ngMethods
Thi
swil
li
ncl
udetutor
ial
s,l
ect
ures,
present
ati
ons,
debat
esandf
iel
dvi
sit
s.

18.Pr
escribedText
books
Dornbusch,R.andFischer ,1994.Macr
,S. oeconomi cs(11th Ed)
.New York:
McGr aw-
Hill
Inc,
Mankiw,N. ,2007.Pr
G. i
ncipl
es ofMacr oeconomi cs (
4th Ed) .New York:
McGr aw-
Hill
andThompsonI nc.
Ragan,P.andLipsey,
R.,2007.Macroeconomi cs(2ndEd).NewYor k:McGraw
Hil
l I
nc.

19.RecommendedText s:
Boyes.W. J.,2008.Macr oeconomi cs:Thedy namicsofTheor yandPol icy(3rd
Ed).Ohi o:South-WesternPubl i
shingCompany .
Curti
s,D.I.,&Begg,D. ,2007.Macr oeconomi cs(1stEd)
.New Yor k:McGr aw-
HillRy ersonLt d.
Dernburg,T. F.et .
al,2009.Macr
. oeconomi cs:Themeasur ementAnal ysisand
t
h
contr olofAggr egateEconomi cactiv
ity(6 Ed) .NewYor k:McGraw- Hi
ll.
Samuelson.P. A.,2005.Economi cs;issuesandconcept s(18thEd),Capetown:
Pear sonpr ess.
Stonecash, R.et .Al.
,2009.Pr i
ncipalsofMacr oeconomics(4thEd).Melbourne:
Cengagepubl ishi
ngpr ess.

50
 THECATHOLICUNI VERSITYOFMALAWI
Courseout l
i
ne
ENV1204:
PrinciplesofDemogr
aphy

1.Facul ty :Science
2.Pr ogr amme :Dipl
omai nStati
sti
cs
3.Depar tment : Geogr aphy and Env i
ronmental
Studies
4.Cour set i
t l
e :Pri
nciplesofDemogr aphy
5.Cour seCode :ENV1204
6.Cour seYear /Level :1
7.Cour seDur ation :Semest er
8.Lect ur ehour sperweek :2
9.Pr actical /Tut or
ialhoursperweek:1
10.Cour seCr edits :3
11.Met hodofAssessment :Cont i
nuousassessment …………………40%
:Fi
nal examinati
on………………………60%
12.
Pre-requi sites
Thisi sani ntroductorycourse.St
udent sareexpectedt
obedemogr aphi
cal
ly
li
ter
at eormusthav edonesomebasi csocialsci
encesubjectsatsecondar
y
school l
ev el.

13.
Coursedescriptor/
rat
ionale
Thiscourseisdesignedt oint
roducetostudentsbasicdemographi
cvari
ables
such as fer
tili
ty,mortali
ty,nupti
ali
ty,migrat
ion and soci
almobili
ty.This
knowledgewi llhel
pst udentstodemonst r
ateanunder st
andingofconcepts
usedindemogr aphysuchasf ert
il
it
y,mortal
ity
,migrati
onrat
e,soci
almobili
ty
andnuptial
it
y.

14.
Aim oftheCourse
Topr ov
idestudent
swi
thbasi
cknowl
edger
equi
redi
nDemogr
aphy
.

15.
Learningoutcomes
Bytheendoft hi
scour se,studentsshouldbeabl eto:
a.Explainthemeani ngofdemogr aphy
b.Descr i
be basi c demogr aphy dat a coll
ecti
on, anal
ysi
s and
pr
esentationmet hods
c.Anal y
sedet erminantsofpopul ati
ondi st
ri
but
ion
d.Explainbasicconcept si ndemogr aphy
e.Descr i
bepr oxydetermi nantsoffert
il
ity
f. Descri
bepr oxydetermi nantsofmor t
alit
y
g.Discusst heori
esofmi grati
onpotential
h.Anal y
zeDescr ibeproxydet erminantsofnupti
ali
ty
51
 i
. Assesst her elat ionshi pbet weenpopul ationanddev el
opment
j
. Ev aluatepopul at i
onpol i
cies
k.Expl ainmet hodsi npopul ati
oncont rol
16.
Topi
csofSt udy
a.Demogr aphicdat a
i.Meani ngofdemogr aphi cdat a
ii.Sour cesofdemogr aphi cdat a
i
ii.Basi cdemogr aphi cdat acol lect i
onmet hods
i
v .Basi cdemogr aphi cdat aanal ysismet hods
v .Basi cdemogr aphi cdat apr esent at i
onmet hods
b.Populationdi stribut i
onanddensi t y
i. Meani ngofpopul at i
ondi st ri
but ionanddensi ty
ii
.Ty pesofpopul ationdi st ribut ionanddensi ty
ii
i.Pr oxydet ermi nant sofpopul ationdi stri
but i
onanddensi ty
iv.Measur esofpopul ationdi stribut i
onanddensi ty
c.Populationchange
i. Meani ngofpopul at i
onchange
ii
.Char act erist i
csofpopul at ionchange
ii
i.Fact orst hati nf l
uencepopul at i
onchange
iv.Theef fect sofpopul ati
ongr owt hinacount r
y
v.Theef fect sofpopul ati
ondecl i
ne
d.Ferti
l
ityandf ecundi ty
i. Meani ngoff erti
lityandf ecundi ty
ii
.Pr oxydet ermi nant soff er til
ityandf ecundity
ii
i.Measur esoff ertili
tyandf ecundi ty
iv.Assessf ertili
tyandf ecundi tychangesi nMal awi
v.Rel at efer ti
lityandf ecundi t yr atest odev el
opment
e.Mor t
ali
tyandmor bi dity
i. Meani ngofmor tal i
tyandmor bidi ty
ii
.Pr oxydet ermi nant sofmor talit
yandmor bidity
ii
i.Measur esofmor talityandmor bidity
iv.Assessmor tali
tyandmor bi ditychangesi nMal awi
v.Rel at emor t ali
tyandmor bi di tyrat est odev elopment
f.Mi
grat
ion
i. Meani ngofmi grat i
on
ii
.Ty pesofmi gration
ii
i.Theor iesofmi grat i
onpot ent ial
iv.Measur esofmi gr ation
g.Nuptiali
ty
i. Themeani ngoft het er
m ofcour tshi p
ii
.Di f
f erentway sofcour tshi p
ii
i.Thei mpor tanceofcour t shi p
iv.Fact orst oconsi derwhenchoosi ngamar ri
agepar tner
v.Way sinwhi chpeopl eshoul dpr epar eformar r
iage
vi.Way sthr oughwhi chpeopl eent eri ntomar ri
age
vii.Fact orswhi chhel pt opr eser vemar ri
age
viii.Thei mpor tanceofmar riage
ix.Fact orst hatpr omot egoodmar riager elati
onshi ps
52
 x.Qual itiesofr esponsi blepar enthood
h.Theori
esofpopul ati
onanddev elopment
i. Mal thuspopul ationt heory
ii
.Tr ansi ti
ont heor y
ii
i.Neo- Mal t
husi anism t heory
iv.Rev isionism t heor y
i
.Popul
ati
onpolicy
i. Themeani ngoft het erm‘ popul ationpol icy’
ii
.Keyel ement sofpopul at
ionpol i
ciesofMal awi
ii
i.Fact or sthati nf luencedt hedev el
opmentofpopul ati
onpolicies
iv.Pract ices t hataf fectt he i mplement at i
on oft he popul ati
on
policy
v.Way s of er adicat i
ng t he pr acti
ces t hat af fect t he
impl ement ationoft hepopul ati
onpol icy
vi.Strat egiesf ort hei mpl ement ationoft hepopul ati
onpol icyin
Mal awi
vii
.Progr ammesf ori mpl ement ingt heMal awi popul ati
onpol i
cy
vii
i. The i mpor tance of i nv olving al l st akeholders in t he
impl ement ationoft hepopul ati
onpol icy
j
.Popul
ati
oncont rol
i. Themeani ngoft het erm‘ popul ationcont rol
ii
. Way si nwhi chnat urecont rolspopul ationgr owth
ii
i. Way si nwhi chhumanbei ngscancont rol populationgrowt h
iv. Thei mpor tanceofcont rolli
ngpopul ati
ongr owth

17.
Teachi
ngandLear ni
ngmet hods/Act
ivi
ti
es
a. Lectures
b. Groupdi scussions
c. Studentpr esentat
ions
d. Semi nars
e. Fi
eldv isi
ts/Educati
onalvi
sit
s

18.
Prescr ibedText s:
Ander son, T.,2005.I nt roduct i
ont oHumanGeogr aphy:AWor ld-Systems
Appr oach.NewYor k, Kendal l
/HuntPubl i
shingCompany .
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onandSoci et y
:AnI ntroduct i
on
toDemogr aphy .Cambr i
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J.1993.AnI
, ntr
oduct
iont
oPopul
ati
onGeogr
aphy
,
53
 2ndEdi ti
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Hornby ,
W.F. ,Jones, M.,J.,1991.AnI ntroduct
iontoSettlementGeography.
Cambr idge,Universi
tyPr ess.
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 THECATHOLICUNIVERSITYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOut li
ne
STA2101:St
atist
icalI
nfer
ence

1.Faculty :
Educat i
on
2.Programme :
Diplomai nSt ati
sti
cs
3.Department :
Mathemat icalSciences
4.Courset i
tl
e :
Stat
isticalI
nference
5.Coursecode :
STA2101
6.Coursey ear/
level :
SecondYear
7.Semest er :
One
8.Lecturehoursperweek :
2
9.Practi
cal/Tutor
ial
hour
sperweek:
1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Continuousassessment ……………………50%
:
Final examinati
on………………………...
50%
12.
Pre-r
equisit
es
MAT1104, STA1101, MAT1103,
MAT1203, STA1201andMAT1204

13.
Cour
sedescr
ipt
orandRat
ional
e
Infer
entialstati
sticsi
st hemat hemat
icsandl ogi
cofhowgener alizati
onfrom
sampl e t o popul at
ion can be made. They det ermine probabil
it
y of
characterist
icsofpopul at
ionbasedont hechar act
erist
icsoft hesampl e.
Theyhel p assess st r
ength ofthe rel
ati
onship between the independent
(causal)v ari
ables,andt hedependent( ef
fect)vari
ables.Theknowl edgei s
appli
cabl einresearch,deci
sionmakingandmanagement

14.
Aimsofcour se
The mai n ai
m oft his cour se ist oi ntr
oduce st
udentstot he theoryof
stati
sti
caltests and f urt
herdev elop thei
rknowledge oft he theoryand
practi
ce of st atistical i nference wi t
h emphasi s on i nter
discipl
i
nary
appli
cati
ons.Iti
si ntendedt opr eparestudentstodealwithsolvi
ngpr obl
ems
encounteredinresear chpr ojects, deci
sionmakingbasedondat a,andgeneral
li
feexperi
encesbey ondt hecl assr oom anduniver
sit
ysett
ing.
15.
Int
endedlearningout comes:
Bytheendoft hiscour sest udent sshouldbeabl et o:
a.Statetheunder lyingpr i
nciplesi nHypothesi
st esti
ng
b. Stat
et heunder lyi
ngassumpt ionsinhypothesistesting
c.Testhy pothesesusi ngpar amet ri
candnonpar amet r
icmet hods.
d.Describethedi fferencesbet weenpar ametri
candnon- parametri
ctest
s
e.Explai
npr opertiesofagoodest imator
f. Workoutconf idencei nterval f
orspecifi
cproblems
g.Calculateregressioncoef ficientsforsimpleli
nearr egressionmodels
55
 h.Useparamet r
icandnon-par
ametr
icmet
hodst
omakei
nfer
encesabout
popul
ati
onpar ameter
s
i
. Runstat
ist
icaltest
sonSPSSsof
tware

16.
Topi
csofst
udy

a.Estimat ion
i.Pr oper tiesofgoodest imat or s
i
i.Unbi asedest imat or s,Consi stentest
imat ors
i
i
i.Maxi mum l ike- l
ihood,met hod of moment s,and leastsquares
est i
mat or s.
i
v.I nterv alest imat i
on;conf idence i nterval
sf or means,dif
ference
bet weent womeans, propor tions
v.Conf i
dencei nt erval sforv ar i
ancesandr ati
oofvari
ances
b.BasicsofHy pot hesi sTest ing
i.Nul landal t
er nat ivehy potheses
i
i.Cr itical regions
i
i
i.Ty peofer ror s,i.e.Ty peIandt ypeI
Ier r
ors
i
v.Si gni ficancel ev el andp- value
v.Powerofat est
v
i.Par amet rict est s
 tt est
 One- wayANOVA
vi
i.Non- Par amet rict est s
 Chi -squar et est
 Medi ant est
 Wi lcoxonsi gned- rankt est
 Kr uskal Wal ll
is
vi
i
i.Cr osst abul ation( Chi squar e)
c.Testingast at istical hypot hesis
i.TheNey man- Pear sonLemma,
i
i.t hepowerf unct i
onofast at isti
calt
est .
i
i
i.Li ke- l
ihoodr at i
ot est s
d.Hy pothesi st est sonmeans
i.Test ingt hev alueoft hemeanwhenv ari
anceisknown
i
i.Test ingt hev alueoft hemeanwhenv ari
anceisunknown
i
i
i.Test ingf ort hedi fferencebet weentwomeans
e.DiscreteDat aAnal ysis
i.Test ingf orpr opor tions
i
i.Compar ingpr opor tionsoft wopopul ati
ons
i
i
i.Goodnessoff ittestf oronewaycont i
ngencytabl
es
f. Bi
vari
at eDat aanal ysis
i. Cor rel at i
on
i
i. Si mpl el i
nearr egressi on

17.
Teachi
ngandl
ear
ningmet
hods/
act
ivi
ti
es
Thecl
assi
sast
udentr
uncl
ass.Ther
efor
ebesi
dest
hecor
elect
ure,t
he
56
 l
ect urerwil
lr egularl
yask quest i
ons t o students who are expected and
stronglyencouragedt oact i
vel
yparti
cipateint hegroupdiscussionsthatwi l
l
foll
ow.Thel ecturerwi l
lregular
lyassignhomewor k.Homewor kwi l
lincl
ude
readingassignment s,labwor kaswel lasgr ouppr oj
ect
s.Probl em solvi
ng,
readingassignment s,quizzesandcompr ehensiveexaminati
onswi llalsobe
used.

18.
Prescribedt exts
Bingham N. H.& Fr y J. M.2010.Regr essionLi nearModel si n St ati
st i
cs:
London- Spri
nger
Clarke,GM, &Cook, D.,(
1998) .ABasi cCour seinSt atisti
cs,4thEd, Arnold
Crawshaw, J.,
(2001) .AConci seCour sei nAdv ancedLev elStat i
sti
cs,:London,
NelsonThor nes.
Fiel
d,A. ,2005,Di scov er
ingSt atist
ics:usi ngSPSSf orwi ndows,London,Sage
Publ i
cat i
ons: .
FreundR. J.,Wi lsonW. J.& Pi ngSa2006.Regr essionAnal ysisSt ati
stical
Model i
ngofaResponseVar i
able( 2ndEd) :UK
Heer i
ngaS. G.,West B. T.
&Ber gl
undP. A.2010.Appl iedSur veyDat aAnal ysis
Statisti
csi nt heSoci alandBehav i
oralSci encesSer ies:
USA,Chapman&
Hall/CRCTay lor&Fr anci sGr oup
Lehmann,E. L,andRomano,2005.Test i
ngSt ati
sticalHy pot hesis,Spri
nger :
NewYor k.
OttLy man R.& Mi chaelLongnecker2001.An I ntroduction toSt ati
stical
Met hodsandDat aAnal ysis(5thEd. )
:Aust ralia;
TexasA&M Uni versi
ty
Ramachandr anK.M. ,Tsokos C. P 2009. Mat hemat i
cal St atistics
withAppl i
cat onsUni
i v er
si t
yofSout hFl ori
daUSA
Wi l
cox,R. R,2005.I ntroduct iont orobustest imat i
onandhy pot hesistesting,:
Amst erdam, El sevier
/ Academi cPr ess.

19.
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Attwood, G.,1995.St atisti
cs2, HeinemannEducat ionalPub.:Oxfor d.
Beck,&Ar noldKJ,1977.Par amet erEst i
mat i
oni nEngi neeringandSci ence,
John
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ment alDesi gns:NewYor k,JohnWi l
eySons.
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ics: An I nt
egrated Cour se:
Cheltenham, StanleyThor nes( Publishers)Lt d.
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istics,Pear son:NewJer sey
Hay s,
WL, 1988St at i
sti
cs, NewYor k,Holt,Rinehar tandWi nston,Inc.
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Wiley&SonsI ncSt anleyThor nes( Publishers)Lt d.
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s Test i
ng i n Linear
model s,
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ty Theor y withApplicati
ons:London
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Sci
ence+Busi
nessMedi
a.

58
 THECATHOLI
CUNI VERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seoutli
ne
MAT1201:Cal
cul
us1

1.Faculty :Educat i
on
2.Programme :Diplomai nStatist
ics
3.Department :Mat hematicalSciences
4.CourseTi tl
e :CalculusI
5.CourseCode :MAT1201
6.Coursey ear :1
7.Semest er :2
8.Lecturehour s/week :2
9.Tutori
al/Practi
calsperweek:1
10.
Coursecr edits :3
11.
MethodofAssessment : Cont i
nuousassessment …………………………50%
:Fi
nal examination………………………………50%

12.
Pre-
requi
sit
es :
MAT1101andMAT1102
13.
Cour
sedescr
ipt
or/
Rat
ional
e
This cour
se i
s desi gned to develop the t
opics ofdi f
ferent
ialcalcul
us.
Emphasisispl acedonl i
mits,continui
tyandder i
vat
ivesofal gebr
aicand
tr
anscendent
alf unctionsofonev ari
able.Uponcompletion,studentsshould
beabl etoselectanduseappr opri
atemodel sandt echniquesf orfi
ndi
ng
solut
ionst
oder i
v at
ive-rel
atedproblemswi t
handwithouttechnology.
14.
Aim oft
hecourse
Togivethest
udentat
hor
oughunder
standi
ngofbasi
ccal
cul
usconcept
s.
15.
Obj
ect
ivesoft
hecour
se

Byt
heendoft
hiscoursest
udent
sshoul
dbeabl
eto:
a.Cal
cul
ateli
mitsusi
nglawsofl
i
mits

b.Di
ffer
ent
iat
ef unct
ionsusi
ng bot
hthel
i
mitdef
ini
ti
on and r
ulesof
di
ff
erent
iat
ion.

c.Sketchthegraphofafunct
ionusingasymptotes,cr
it
icalpoi
nts,t
he
deri
vati
vetestf
ori
ncr
easi
ng/
decreasi
ngfunct
ions,andconcavi
ty.

d.Appl
ydi
ff
erent
iat
iont
osol
veappl
i
edmax/
minpr
obl
ems.
59
e.Appl
ydi
ff
erent
iat
iont
osol
ver
elat
edr
atespr
obl
ems.

60
16.
Topi
csofSt udy:
a.LimitsandDer i
v atives
i
. TangentandVel oci t
yPr obl ems
i
i.Li mi tofaFunct ion
i
ii
.Cal cul at i
ngLi mi tsUsi ngt heLi mi tLaws
i
v.Pr eci seDef i
ni t
ionofaLi mi t
v.Cont inui ty
vi
.Li mi tsatI nfinity; Hor izontal Asy mpt otes
vi
i.Tangent s,Veloci ties, andOt herRat esofChange
vi
ii
.Der ivativeasaFunct ion
b. Di
fferenti
ati
onRul es
i
. Der ivativesofPol y nomi alsandExponent i
alFunct
ions
i
i.Rat esofChangei nt heNat uralandSoci alSci
ences
i
ii
.Chai nRul e
i
v.Der ivativesofTr igonomet ri
cFunct i
ons
v.I mpl icitDifferent iat i
on
vi
.Hi gherDer ivati
v es
vi
i.Relat edRat es
vi
ii
.Li nearAppr oximat i
onsandDi fferent i
als
c.Applicati
onsofDi fferentiati
on
i. Maxi mum andMi nimum Val ues
ii.TheMeanVal ueTheor em
ii
i.HowDer i
vat i
vesAf fectt heShapeofaGr aph
iv.Summar yofCur veSket ching
v .Appl icationst obusi nessandeconomi cs
d.Inversefunctions: Exponent ial, l
ogar it
hmi candt rigonometri
c
i
.I nversef unct i
ons
i
i.Exponent i
al funct ionsandt heirder i
v ati
ves
i
ii
.Logar i
thmi cf unct ions
i
v.Der ivativesofl ogar i
thmi cf unctions
v.I nverseTr igonomet r
icf unct i
ons
vi
.Hy per bol i
cfunct i
ons
17.
Teachi
ngandl
ear
ningmet
hods/
act
ivi
ti
es
Thiscourser el
iesinlect
uri
ngmet hodasapr i
marydeli
verymechanism f
or
themat er
ials.Tutor
ial
sar ealsogiventoenhanceunderst
andi
ngobt ai
ned
thr
ough l ectur
es. A sequence of assignments provi
des assessment
opport
uniti
est omeasurestudent
s’progr
essandunder
standi
ng.

18.
Prescr
ibedt
ext
s:
BackhouseJK,&Houl dsworh SPT,2002.Pur
t eMat hemat i
cs1,Longman
GroupLt d,
Stewart,
J( 2003)Cal
cul 5th edi
us, tion:
ThomsonBr ooks/Col
e
Stewart, James, 2012. Cal culus: Ear
ly Transcendental
, 8t h edi
ti
on:
Br
ooks/ Cole,
CengageLearning.
Swokowski ,E.etal2001.CalculuswithAnaly
ticGeomet r,6th edi
y ti
on:PWS

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publ
i
shi
ngCompany
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Recommendedt exts:
Rober tT.
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l,Boston.
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,1995.CalculuswithAnal yticGeomet r
y,JohnWi l
eySons,NewYor k.
Binmor e,
K.,2001.Calculus,Cambr idgeUni versi
tyPress,Cambridge.
Edwar ds,HC,2002.SingleVar iableCal cul
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, culus wi th Applicat
ions,D.C.Healt
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Massachussetts
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isonetal,1998.Addi t
ionalMat hemat i
cs,JohnMur ray(Publi
shers)Ltd,
London.

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 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ACC1204:
Financi
alAccount
ingI
I
1.Facul
ty :
Commer
ce
2.Pr
ogr
amme :
Dipl
omai
nSt
ati
sti
cs
3.Depar
tment :
Account
ancy
4.Cour
seTi
tl
e :
Financi
alAccount
ingI
I
5.Cour
seCode :
ACC1204
6.Cour
sey
ear/
Lev
el :
Fir
sty
earsecondsemest
er
7.Cour
sedur
ati
on :
Semest
er
8.Lect
urehour
s/week :
2
9.Tut
ori
alhour
/week :
1
10.
Cour
secr
edi
ts :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment : Cont
inuous
assessment.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
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40%
: End of Semest
er
Examinat
ions.
..
..
..
..
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..
60%
12.
Pre–r
equi
sit
es
ACC1102:Fi
nanci
alAccount
ingI
13.
CourseDescr ipt
orandRational
e
Thiscour seprov i
desagoodunder
standi
ngofpr epar
ingfi
nalaccountsf
rom
incompl et
er ecordsandmi ssi
ngi
nformati
on.Thecour seequipsstudent
s
withf undament alknowl
edgeonthepreparat
ionoff i
nanci
alstatement
sof
diff
erentindustr
ies.
14.
Aim(s)oftheCour
se
Thecourseaimsatpr ovi
dingacomprehensiv
ecov er
aget
odevel
opst
udent’
s
knowledgeandtechniquesusedtomai nt
ainaccounti
ngr
ecor
dsandprepar
e
fi
nalaccountsf
orunincorpor
atedent
it
ies.
15.
Int
endedLear
ningOutcomesCourse
Bytheendofthiscour
se,st
udent
sshoul
dbeabl
eto:
a.Useaccount
ingr
ati
ost
ocomput
emi
ssi
ngf
igur
esi
nthepr
epar
ati
onof
64
 fi
nal account s
b.Pr eparef i
nal accountsfrom si
ngl
eandi ncompl
eterecords
c.Pr eparef inalaccount sfrom receipts and paymentsf ornon- pr
ofi
t
maki ngor ganisat
ions
d.Pr eparef i
nal accountsformanufacturingcompanies
e.Di scusst heneedf ordepartmentaccount sandJointVentur
eaccounts
f. Preparecashf lowstatements
g.Pr eparef inalaccount sf ora par tnershi
pincluding dissol
uti
on of
partnerships

65
16.
Topi
csofst udy
a.Singl
eent ryandincompl eterecords
i. Mar k-
upandmar gi
n
ii
.Gr ossprofi
tasaper cent
ageofsal
es
ii
i
.I nvent
oryturnov er
iv
.St atementofaf fair
s
v.Deduci ngmi ssingfigures
b.Preparati
onoff i
nancialstatement sfr
om i
ncompl
eter
ecor
ds
c.Receiptsandpay ment saccount sandi ncomeandexpendi tur
e accounts
i. Recei ptsandpay ment saccount s
ii
.I ncomeandexpendi tureaccount s
ii
i.Subscr i
pt i
onsandt hepr udenceconcept
iv.Lifemember ship, donat ionsandent rancefees
v.Pr epar ationoff i
nanci al statement s
d.Manuf acturi
ngaccount s
i. Primecostandpr oduct ioncostofgoodsmanuf act
ured
ii
.Pr epar ationofmanuf act ur i
ngaccount s
ii
i.Adjust mentofmanuf act uring accounti nr espectofwor kin
progress
iv.Prepar ationofmanuf act uringaccountandappr opri
atet
radi
ng
andpr ofitandl ossaccount s
e.Department alandJoi ntvent ur eaccount s
i. Descr iption:
 Depar tment alAccount s
 Joi ntv entur esAccount s
ii
.Rat ional eofmai ntaini ng separ atej oi
ntv ent ureaccountsby
eachoft hepar ties
ii
i.Accountf orjointv ent ur es
iv.Account ingst andar dsr elatingtoj ointvent
ur es
f. St
atement sofcashf lows
i. Prepar ationofasi ngl ecompanyst atementofcashf l
ows
ii
.Not est ot hest atementofcashf lows
ii
i.Theusesofast at ementofcashf l
ows
g.PartnershipAccount s
i.I ncomest atement
ii
.Appr opr i
at i
onofpr of i
t /l
oss
ii
i.Statementoff i
nanci al posi tion
iv.Partner s’ capitalandcur rentaccount s
v.Admi ssi onandr et irementofpar tner s
vi.Dissol uti
onofapar t ner shi p
17.
Teachi
ngandLear
ningmet
hods
a.Lectur
ing
b.Tutori
als
c.Groupdiscussi
ons

66
d.St
udentgr
oups/
indi
vi
dual
present
ati
ons

67
18.
Prescr ibedText s:
ACCA, St udySy stem.2014.Fi nanci alAccounting(copyright
2014) .
Teddington:
BeckerPr ofessi
onal Educat ion.
FIA, StudyText .2011.Mai ntai
ningFi nancialRecords(1sted).London:BPP
Lear ningMedi a.
Pizzey ,
A. V., AccountingandFi nance:AFi rm Foundation(Lat estediti
on).
London: Holt,Ri
nehar t&Wi nst one.
Pizzey ,A. V.&Jenni ngsA. R:FinancialAccount i
ngTechni ques,(Latest
edi
t i
on) .London:Hol t,Rinehar t&Wi nstone.
WoodFr ank&Sangst erAllan;2005.Busi nessAccount ing1( 10thed).London:
Pear sonPr ofessi
onal Lt d&Longman.Websi t
e:
www. pearsoned.co.uk/ wood
19.
RecommendedReadi
ng
Carl
ton,Denni sS.W.,2005.Moder nIndustr
ialOrganisat
ion(4thed)
.NewYor k:
PearsonAddi son-Wesl ey,
Koontz,Harold&Hei nzWei nri
ch;2008.Essent i
alsofManagement 7th ed.
,( ).
NewYor k:McGr awHi ll
,NewYor k.
Longenecker ,Justin G.& Char l
es,D.Pr ingle;1984,Management ,6th ed,
Columbus: Mer r
ill
Publ i
shing.
ACCA, StudySy stem.2014.Fi nancialAccounti
ng( copyr
ight2014).
Teddi
ngt on:
BeckerPr ofessi
onal Education.
Mil
li
champ, A.H.Foundat i
onAccount i
ng.London:DPPubl icati
on.

68
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
MAT2103:
Int
roduct
iont
oDi
scr
eteMat
hemat
ics
1.Facul ty :
Education
2.Progr amme :Diplomai nStati
stics
3.Depar tment :Mat hemat i
calSciences
4.Cour seTi t
le :
Intr
oductiont oDiscr
eteMat hemati
cs
5.Cour seCode :
MAT2103
6.Cour seYear :
1
7.Semest er :
2
8.Lectur eHour sperWeek: 2
9.Tutor i
alsperweek :
1
10.
Cour seCr edit
s :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment : ContinuousAssessment …………………………50%
:
FinalExami nati
ons……………………………. ..
..
50%
12.
Prerequi si
tes :
Student sneed t o haveknowl edgei n proposit
ionaland predi
cat
elogi
c,
mat hemat icalpr
oofs,sett
heory,andt ri
gonomet r
y

13.
Cour sedescri
ptor
/Rat ionale:
Discrete mathematics i st he foundat
ion forthe formalappr oaches.I t
discusseslanguagesusedi nmat hematicalr
easoni
ng,basi cconcept s,and
theirpropert
iesandr elat
ionshipsamongt hem.Furthermor e,theideasof
discretemathematicsunder li
net hesci
enceandt echnologyspeci fi
ct othe
comput erage.Ani mpor tantgoalofdi scretemathemat icsi stodev el
op
students’abi
lit
ytothinkabst ractl
y .

14.
Aim ofthecour se:
Tointroducest udent
stoDiscret
eMat hematicsconceptssuchasCounting
Techniques,GraphTheor yandModul arAri
thmeticandmaket hem r
eal
ize
the i
mpor tantappl i
cat
ions ofthe conceptsin probabi
li
ty,opti
mizat
ion
probl
ems, fair
nessandsocialchoi
ce,anddatasecurit
y.

15.
Intendedlear ni
ngout comes:
Byt heendoft hi
scour se,student sshouldbeabl eto
a.Countusi ngsomer elevantcount ingt echnique
b.St atethePi geonholePr i
ncipleandExcl usion-Incl
usionPri
nciple
c.Appl yt hePigeonholePr incipl
eandExcl usi
on-Inclusi
onPrincipl
e
d.Expl ainsomebasi ctermsi ngr apht heor y
e.Det ermi newhetheragi v ency cl
ei sHami l
tonian
f. ApplyMoor e’sBr eadthFi r
stSear ch( BFS)al gori
thm toshortestpat
h
problems
69
 g.UseEuclideanal
gori
thm tofi
ndt
hegreatestcommondi
vi
sorof
i
ntegers
h.Carryoutbasicmodularar
it
hmet
icoperati
ons

16.
Topi
csofSt udy :
a.Counti
ngTechni ques
i
.Basi cCount ingPr inci ples
ii
.Mat hemat ical Funct ions
i
ii
.Combi nat i
onsandPer mut ati
ons
i
v.ThePi geonhol ePr inci ple
v.TheI ncl usion- Excl usi onPr inci
ple
b.RecurrenceRel ations
i
.Fi bonacci number s
ii
.St ruct ureofr ecur rencer elati
ons
i
ii
.Gener al met hodsf orsol vi
ngr ecurr
encerel
ati
ons
c.GraphsandCombi nat orial Optimizati
on
i
.Gr aphsandt hei rsubgr aphs
ii
.Pat hs, walks, cy clesandconnect i
vi
ty
i
ii
.Tr av ersableandEul er i
angr aphs
i
v.Hal mi t oni
ancy cles
v.Shor testpat hs
d.I
ntegers
i
.Def i
nitionofi nteger sandt heirexamples
ii
.Or derandi nequal ities, absoluteval
ue
i
ii
.Di visibili
ty
i
v.Di visional gor ithm
v.Gr eat estcommondi visorandEucl i
deanalgor
it
hm
vi
.Fundament al Theor em ofAr i
thmetic
e.I
ntroductiont oModul arAr ithmet i
c
i
.Congr uencer elations
ii
.Congr uenceequat ions
i
ii
.Chi neser emai ndert heorem

17.
Prescri
bedText s:
FinanM.B. 2001.Not
, esinDi
screteMathemat i
cs,ArkansasTechUni v
ersit
y.
Grimaldi,R.P. ,2004.Di
scret
eandCombi nat
or i
alMat hemat i
cs,5t
hedi t
ion.
Pear son.
Kreyszig,E.,1999.AdvancedEngineer
ingMat hematics, Wil
ey&Sons. I
nc.
Susanna, S.,2004.Discr
eteMathematicswithApplications.BobPir
tle.
USA

18.
RecommendedText s
Harri
sJ.M,Hi rstJ.L,Mossi nghoffM.J,2008.Combi natoricsandGr aph
Theory,
Spr i
nger
Rosen,K.H. ,2003.Di scr
eteMat hemati
csandI t
sAppl i
cations,5th edi
tion:
McGraw-Hill
Wallace,
D.A.R, 1998.Groups,RingsandFi
elds,
Spr i
nger-
Verlag,NewYor k.
t
h
WisonR.J.1998.I
l ntr
oducti
ont oGraphTheory(4 Ed),Prenti
ceHal l

70
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ECO2202:
Int
ermedi
ateMacr
oeconomi
cs
1.Facul ty :SocialSciences
2.Pr ogramme :Diplomai nSt
ati
sti
cs
3.Depar tment :Economi cs
4.Cour seCode :ECO2202
5.Cour seTitl
e :I
ntermedi ateMacroeconomics
6.Cour seDurati
on :OneSemest er
7.Lev el :Year2
8.Lect ureHoursperWeek: 2
9.Tut ori
alsperWeek :1
10.CourseCredit
s :3
11.Assessment :Cont i
nuous
Assessment..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
.40%
:EndofSemest erExam..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
60%

12.
Pre-
requi
sit
es
ECO1201,
MAT1104,
MAT1103andMAT3211

13.
Cour
seDescr
ipt
ion:
Thiscourse isa cor ef oundation foranal
yti
calski
ll
sand fundamental
conceptst hat economists need i n order t
o underst
and the overal
l
macroeconomi cpoli
cies.Thet opicst obecoveredinthi
scourseincl
ude:
i
ntroduct
ion t o macr oeconomi cs, concept
s and measur ements of
macroeconomi cactivi
ty,classicaltheory
:theeconomyi nthel ong r
un,
growtht heory
,monet ary,fiscal,and incomes poli
cy and theor
eti
cal
underpi
nningsofthemai nmacr of uncti
ons

14.Ai
m(s)oft
hecour
se
This cour
se ai
ms atpr
ovi
ding st
udent
s wi
tht
he knowledge t
ov al
ue
economicactiv
iti
esofanat
ion asameasureofstandard ofl
ivi
ng or
economicgrowth.

15.Cour
seObj
ect
ives:
Byt
heendofthiscour
sestudentsshouldbeableto:
a.Expl
ainthebasi
sofmacr oeconomictheory
b.Expl
ainhowmacr oeconomictheoryf
ormulated?
71
 c.Descr ibe t
he concept s and measur ements of macr
oeconomi
c
acti
vit
y
d.Expl ai
ntheclassicaltheory :
theeconomyi nthel
ongrun
e.Expl ai
nthegrowtht heory
f. Discussmonetary ,
fiscal
, andi ncomespoli
cy
g.Expl ai
ntheoret
icalunder pinningsofthemainmacrofunct
ions

16.
Topi
csofSt udy
a.I
ntroduct i
ont oMacr oeconomi cs.
i.For mul ationofmacr oeconomi ctheory
i
i.Thebasi sofmacr oeconomi ctheory
b.Concept sandMeasur ement sofMacr oeconomi cActivi
ty
i.I ntr
oduct iont ot henat i
onal account s
i
i.Concept sinGNPaccount ing
i
i
i.Sect orAccount s
c.ClassicalTheor y:TheEconomyi ntheLongRun
i.Moneyandi nflat i
on
i
i.TheOpenEconomy
i
i
i.Unempl oymenti ssues
d.Gr owthTheor y
i.I ntr
oduct iont oEconomi cgr owth
i
i.Capi talexpansi onandt hemai ntenanceoffullemploy
ment
i
i
i.Thesour cesofeconomi cgr owth
i
v.Ther oleofpopul ati
on
e.Monet ary,Fi
scal ,andI ncomesPol icy
i.I ntr
oduct ion
i
i.Monet ar yPolicyandi tsef f
ects
i
i
i.Fi scalPol icyandi t
sef fects
i
v.I ncomesPol i
cy
f.TheoreticalUnder pinningsoft heMai nMacr oFunctions
i.I ntr
oduct ion
i
i.TheConsumpt ionf unction
i
i
i.I nvestmentdemand
i
v.TheDemandf ormoney
v.TheSuppl yofmoney
17.
Learni
ngandTeachi ngMethods
Lectures are of
fered usi
ng vari
ous lear
ning ai
ds l
ike vi
sualgraphs,
practi
calswherereall
if
eeventsaredi
scussedandanal
ysed.Therei
salsoa
1hourt utor
ial
sessionperweek.
18.
Prescr i
bedText s
Dernburg,T.F. ,&McDougal l,D.M.1972.Macr
, oeconomi cs:The
Measur ement ,
Analy
si s,andControlofAggregateEconomi cActi
vi
ty 4th
.(
Ed).NewYor k:McGrawHi l
l.
Dornbusch, R.&Fischer
, S.,1990.Macroeconomics.(5thEd).NewYork:
McGr aw
Hil
l.
Mankiw, G.N.,2006.Macr oeconomics(6thEd)
.NewYor k:Wor t
hPubl
isher
s
72
 I
nc.

19.
RecommendedText s
Blanchard,O.,2005.Macroeconomi cs.NewYor k:Pr enticeHall
.
th
Dornbusch, R.&Fischer,
S.1990.Macr
, oeconomi cs.(5 Ed) .NewYor k:
Cambr i
dgeUni versi
typress.
Manki w,G.N.,2006.Macroeconomi cs.(6thEd).NewYor k:McGrawHi ll
.
Schill
er,B.
R.,1991.TheMacr oEconomyToday .(5thEd) .NewYor k:
McGr aw
Hill
.
Wi l
l
iamson, S.D.2013.Macr
, oeconomi cs.(5thEd) .London: Pear
son.

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 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
MAT2102:
Cal
cul
usI
I
1.Faculty :
Educat i
on
2.Programme :Dipl
omai nStati
sti
cs
3.Department :Mathemat i
calSci
ences
4.Courset i
tl
e :
CalculusII
5.Coursecode :MAT2102
6.Coursey ear/
level :
SecondYear
7.Semest er :
One
8.Lecturehoursperweek :
2
9.Practi
cal/Tutor
ial
hour
s/week :
1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Continuousassessment ….
..
………………50%
:
Finalexaminat
ion………………………. .
.50%

12.
Pre-r
equi
sites
Thisist hesecondcour seincalcul
us,intendedf orstudentswhohav e
alr
eadycompl et
edaCal cul
usIcourseindiff
erenti
alcalculus,t
ri
gonomet r
y,
andinversefunct
ionsandneedtoext endtheirski
ll
sint hissubject
.Hence
student
smusthav edoneMAT1101andMAT1201ort heirequival
ents.
13.
Cour
sedescr
ipt
or/
Rat
ional
e
Themai nobjecti
vesofCal culusIIincludet eachingt hest udent sthebasic
techni
quesofi ntegrationforf unctionsofonev ar
iabl eandi ntr
oducet o
them thenot ionofi nf i
nit
eser iesandt heirconv ergenceanddi v
ergence
cri
teri
a,andhowt heycanbeusedi nappr oximationt echni ques,aswel las
manyappl icati
onsoft heintegraltophy sicalproblemssuchascomput ing
areas,surf
acesandv olumes.Thest udent swi l
lbepr eparedt ot akemor e
advancedcour sesinMat hemat i
cs,suchasDi ff
erenti
al equati
ons, aswellas
beablet oapplytheirknowl edget osol vepr acti
calprobl emst heyencounter
i
nphy sicalsci
ences,Economi cs,Biologyandengi neer ing.

14.
Aimsofcourse
Topr ovi
destudentswit
hanunderstandi
ngofmat hemat
icalthoughtand
knowledge,the abil
ityto use thi
s understanding t
o pr oduce and
communi cat
emat hemati
csandthepr epar
ati
ont oapplyt heseskil
lsto
subsequentcour
sesinsi
deandout
sideofmathemat i
cs.

15.
Int
endedl
earni
ngoutcomes:
Bytheendofthi
scoursest
udentsshouldbeablet
o:
a. Di
ff
erenti
ateel
ementar
ytranscendent
alf
unct
ions
74
 b. I
ntegrat
eelement arytr
anscendent alfunctions
c. I
ntegrat
efunct i
onsbypar ts,part
ialfuncti
onsandsubst i
tuti
on
d. Approxi
matei ntegr
alsusingSi mpson’sandTr apezoi
dal r
ules
e. Eval
uateimproperintegralsusingL’ Hopital’
srule
f. Descri
bemat hemat i
calideasf r
om mul ti
pleper spect
ives.
g. Applyspeci
fi
cconcept st ocertai
nr ealproblems

16.
Topi
csofst
udy
a.I
ndet
ermi
nat
efor
msandL’
Hopi
tal
’
sRul
e
i
. I
ndet
ermi
nat
efor
m oft
ype

i
i
. I
ndet
ermi
nat
efor
m oft
ype
i
i
i. Appl
i
cat
ionofL’
Hopi
tal
’
srul
e

b.I
ntegrals
i. Ant i-
der i
v atives
ii
. I ndef init
ei ntegr al
ii
i. Def initeintegr al
iv. Thef undament altheor em ofcalcul
us
v. Thesubst itutionrul e
c.Appli
cationsofI ntegr ation
i. Ar easbet weenCur v es
ii
. Vol umes
ii
i. Vol umesbyCy li
ndr i
cal Shell
s
iv. Wor k
v. Av erageVal ueofaFunct i
on
vi. Mapl epr ogr ammi ng
d.TechniquesofI ntegr ation
i
. I ntegr ati
onbyPar ts
ii
. Tr igonomet ricIntegr als
i
ii
. Tr igonomet ricSubst ituti
on
i
v. I ntegr ati
onofr ati
onal functi
onsbyPar ti
alFr
act
ions
v. St rat egyf orI ntegrat i
on
vi
. Appr oximat eI ntegr ation
v
ii
. I mpr operI ntegr al
s
vi
ii
. Mapl epr ogr ammi ng
e.Furt
herappl icat i
onofI ntegr ation
i
. Ar cLengt h
i
i. Ar eaofaSur faceofRev olut
ion
i
ii
. Appl icationst oPhy sicsandengi neeri
ng
i
v. Appl icationst oeconomi csandbi ol
ogy

17.
Teachingandlearni
ngmethods/act
ivi
ties
Thecl assi
sast udentr
unclass.Ther ef
orebesidesthecorelect
ure,the
lectur
erwil
lregularl
yaskquest i
onst o st
udent
swho ar eexpectedand
strongl
yencouragedtoacti
vel
yparti
cipateinthegroupdi
scussi
onsthatwil
l
75
 foll
ow.Thel ect
urerwil
lregul
arl
yassignhomewor k.Homewor kwil
lincl
ude
readingassignments,aswellasgr oupproj
ect
s.Pr obl
em solvi
ng,readi
ng
assignments,qui
zzesandcompr ehensi
veexaminati
onswil
lalsobeused.

18.
Prescri
bedtexts
Anton,H.etal2002.Cal
, cul
us,JohnWi l
eyandSonsInc.
Gaulter
,B&Gaul t ,M,2001.Fur
er therPureMaths,Oxf
ordUniver
sit
yPr
ess,
NewYor k
StewartJ.2003.Cal
, us.5th edi
cul ti
on:ThomsonBrooks/Col
e.

19.
Recommendedt exts
Anton,H.,1995.Cal culuswi thAnal yt
icGeomet r
y,JohnWi leySons,New
York.
Binmore,K.,2001,Cal cul
us,Cambr i
dgeUni v
er sit
yPr ess,UK
Edwards,HC, 2002.SingleVariableCalculus,Pr ent
iceHal l
,London.
RobertT.,2002.Calculus,MacGr aw-Hi
ll
,Bost on.
Swokowski ,E.etal1983.Cal culuswi t
hAnal yticGeomet r
y.6thedi
ti
on,PWS
publi
shingcompany .
Talber
t,JF.andHeng,H. H.1995. Addi tionalMat hemati
cs,Pur e and
th
Appli
ed,6
Edit
ion,Singapor
e: LongmanSi ngaporePubl ishers.

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 THECATHOLI CUNIVERSI TYOFMALAWI
CourseOutline
ACC2106: Fi
nancialAccount ingI I
I
1.Facul ty :Commer ce
2.Pr ogramme :Di plomai nStatist
ics
3.Depar tment :Account ancy
4.Cour seTi tle :Financial Account ingIII
5.Cour seCode :ACC2106
6.Cour seYear /Level :Year2Semest er1
7.Cour sedur at
ion :Semest er
8.Lect urehour s/week :2
9.Tut orialhour/ week :1
10.Cour secr edits :3
11.MethodofAssessment :ContinuousAssessment .…………………40%
:FinalExami nations………………………. 60%
12.Pre-r
equi si
tes
ACC 1204:Fi nancialAccount i
ng IISt udentshoul d hav e knowl
edge i
n
fi
nanci alaccount i
ng.Knowl edgei nintroduct iont odoubl eentr
y,thef
inal
account sofsol etraders,booksofor i
ginalent ry,adjustmentbeforef
inal
account s;specialaccount i
ngpr oceduresandpar tnershi
paccountswould
provi
deagoodf oundat i
on.
13.
Cour seDescr iptorandRat ional e
Thiscour sepr ov idesagoodunder standingi nt hepr eparati
onofspeci fic
account sandi ncor por at
edcompany ’sf i
nanci alst at
ement s.Thi scourse
equi psst udentswi t
hknowl edgeofspeci ficaccount i
ngr elati
ngt obranch
account s,hi re pur chase and l ease t ransact ion and cont r
act
s and
fundament alski l
lsi npr epar ingf i
nanci alst at ement sofl imitedcompani es,
taxat i
oni ncompanyf i
nanci alst atement sandi nterpretati
onoff i
nancial
statement susingr ati
oanal y sis.
14.
Aim( s)oft heCour se
Thiscour seaimst oequi pst udent swi thknowl edgeonpr eparingaccount s
forcer tainspeci alt ransact ions,andt opr epar ef i
nancialst atementsf or
li
mi tedcompani es.
15.
IntendedLear ningOut comes( objectives)
Byt heendoft hiscour se,student sshoul dbeabl et o:
a.Preparebr anchaccount s
b.Accountf orhi r epurchaseandl easet ransact ions
c.Pr eparer evenueest i
mat es,cost sandpr ofitsf orcontractaccounts
d.Pr eparelimi tedcompanyf i
nanci alstat ement s
e.Interpr
etf inanci alstatement susi ngrat ioanal ysis.
77
f
. Pr
esenti
nter
pret
ati
onsandconcl
usi
onst
otheappr
opr
iat
epeopl
e.

78
16.
Topi
csofst udy
a.Account ingf orbr anches
i
. Headquar tersmai nt ainsal l account i
ngr ecor ds
i
i.Met hodsofchecki ngi nv ent or yandcash
i
ii
.Thei nv ent oryandaccount sr ecei vablesy st
em
i
v.Br anchmai ntai nsf ul laccount ingr ecor ds
v.Pr ofit/ lossandcur rentaccount s
vi
.I temsi nt ransi t
b.Hirepurchaseaccount s
i
. Nat ur eofhi repur chase
i
i. Account ingf orhi repur chase
i
ii
. Depr eci at i
onandasset sboughtonhi repur chase
i
v. Thesel ler s’ books
v. Repossessi ons
vi
. Leases
c.Contractaccount s
i
. Cer tifi
cat ionofwor kdone
i
i.Al l
ocat ionofov er heads
i
ii
.Pr ofitest imat ion
i
v.Ant icipat edl osses
v.Longt er m cont ract sandaccount i
ngst andar ds
d.Compani es
i
. Li mi tedcompani es: Gener al backgr ound
i
i.Thei ssueofshar esandl oannot es
i
ii
.Compani espur chasi ngandr edeemi ngt heirownsharesandloan
not es
i
v.Li mi tedcompani est akingov erot herbusi nesses
v.Taxat ioni ncompanyf inanci al statement s
vi
.Pr ov i
sions, reser v esandl iabi li
ties
vi
i.Thei ncr easeandr educt ionofshar ecapi taloflimit
edcompani
es
vi
ii
.Thef inanci al statement sofl imi tedcompani es:i
ncomestat
ement
andst at ementoff inanci al posi t
ion, statementofcashf lows
i
x.Publ ished f inanci al st at ement s of l i
mited companies:
accompany ingnot es
e.I
nterpretat i
onofFi nanci al St atement s
i
. Rat ioanal ysis
● Pr ofitabi li
tyr at ios
● Li qui dit yrat ios
● Wor kingcapi tal efficiencyr at i
os
● I nv est orper for mancer atios
● Fi nanci al riskr atios
i
i.I dent ificat ionofunusual issuesort rends
f.Presentat i
onoff inanci alr epor ts
17.Teachi
ngandLear
ningmet
hods
a.Lectur
ing
b.Tutori
als
c. Gr
oupDiscussi
ons
79
d.St
udent oup/
sgr indi
vi
dual

80
18.Pr
escr ibedText s:
ACCA, 2014.St udySy stem: Fi
nanci alAccounting
(copy r i
ght2014).Teddi ngton:BeckerPr of
essional
Educat ion.
FI
A, StudyText .2011.Mai ntai
ningFi nancialRecords(1sted).London:BPP
Lear ningMedi a.
Pi
zzey ,
A. V., AccountingandFi nance:AFi rm Foundation(Lat estedit
ion)
.
London: Holt,Ri
nehar t&Wi nst one.
Pizzey ,A. V.&Jenni ngsA. R:FinancialAccount i
ngTechni ques,(Lat
est
editi
on) .London:Hol t
,Rinehart&Wi nstone.
WoodFr ank&Sangst erAllan;2005.Busi nessAccount i
ng2( 10thed).
London: PearsonPr ofessional Ltd&Longman.Websi te:
www. pearsoned.co.uk/ wood

19.RecommendedReadi ng
Carlton,DennisS. W.,2005.Moder nIndustrialOr ganisat
ion(4th ed).New
Yor k:
Pear sonAddison-Wesley,
Koont z,Harold&Hei nzWei nrich;2008.Essent ialsofManagement ,(7th
ed.).NewYor k:McGr awHi ll,NewYor k.
Longenecker ,Justi
nG.&Char l
es,D.Pringl
e;1984.Management ,6th ed,
Col umbus:Mer ri
llPubl
ishing.
ACCA, Study System. Fi
2014. nancial Account ing
(copy r
ight
2014) .
Teddington: BeckerProfessional Educat
ion.
Mil
lichamp, A.H.Foundat i
onAccount i
ng.London:DPPubl i
cati
on.

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 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
STA2201:
Fur
therPr
obabi
l
ityandDi
str
ibut
ionTheor
y
1.Faculty :
Education
2.Programme :Diplomai nStati
sti
cs
3.Department :Mat hemat i
calSci
ences
4.CourseTi tl
e :
FurtherProbabili
tyanddi st
ri
butionTheor
y
5.CourseCode :
STA2201
6.Coursey ear :SecondYear
7.Semest er :
2
8.Lecturehour s/week :
2
9.Tutori
al/Practi
calsperweek :
1
10.
Coursecr edits :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Cont i
nuousassessment ……...
……………50%
:
Finalexami nat
ion……………………. ..
…50%
12.
Pre-
requi
sit
es :
STA1201andSTA2101

13.
Coursedescr i
ptor /
Rat i
onale
Probabil
ityand st at
isti
cs is a branch ofmat hematics thatdeals with
model i
nguncer t
ainty.Itisi mportantbecauseofi t
sdi rectappli
cationin
areassuchasgenet i
cs,financeandt elecommuni cat
ions.Italsoformst he
fundament albasi sformanyot herar easint hemat hemat i
calsciences
incl
udingst at
isti
cs,moder noptimizati
onmet hodsandr i
skmodel ing.This
coursealsopr ovidesani ntroduct
iontopr obabi
li
tytheory, r
andom vari
ables
andMar kovpr ocesses.Al ltheideasar ei mportantasabasef orf ut
ure
lear
ningint hi
sar eaofmat hemati
cs.
14.
Aim ofthecourse:
Toi nt
roducestudentst
obiv
ari
atedi
str
ibuti
onsandthetheoryofcompl
ex
probabil
it
ydistri
but
ionswhi
chareimpor t
antinprobabi
l
ity
,incl
udi
ngthe
probabil
it
yfuncti
on.
15.
Obj
ect
ivesoft
hecour
se:
Bytheendoft hiscour sestudentsshouldbeabl et o:
a.Fi ndthedi stri
butionsofthesampl emeanandsampl evar iance
b.Uset hecent ralli
mittheorem insolvingstati
sticalpr
oblems
c.Recogni set heappr opriat
edi st
ri
but i
onf r
om amodel descr ipti
on
d.Der ivethepr obabili
tydensityfunctionoft ransformationsofr andom
vari
ables
e.Uset heset echniquest ogeneratedat afr
om v ari
ousdistribut i
ons.
f. Solvejoint,mar gi
nal,condit
ionaldistri
buti
onpr oblems
g.Expl ainthedi ff
erencesbet weent hespecial(standard)dist r
ibuti
ons

82
 h.Showt herelat
ionshipbetweent he , t,Fandnormaldi
str
ibut
ions
i
. Fi
ndt hepr obabil
it
yt hatar andom v ar
iabl
eassumest hesmal l
estor
t
h
bi
ggestort hei v
ariatewhenor der
ed
j
. Transl
atereal-
wor l
dpr obl
emsi ntoprobabil
it
ymodels.
k.Applysimulati
onmet hodstostandarddistr
ibut
ions
16.
Topi
csofSt udy
a. Distr
ibutionsofRandom Var iabl es:
i
. pr obabi li
tyset
i
i.densi ty
i
ii
.di st ribut i
onf unct ions
i
v.mat hemat ical expect ation
v.Cheby shev 'sinequal it
y
vi
.Cent ral l
imi tt heor em f ori ndependent ,i
denticall
ydist
ribut
ed
random v ar i
abl eswi thf i
ni tev ariance.
b. Conditional Pr obabi lity:
i
. Joi nt ,mar ginal andcondi tional distribut i
ons
i
i.cor rel ation, andst ochast ici ndependence
c. Specifi
cDi scr et eDi st ri
but ions
i
. pr obabi li
tycal cul ations
i
i.moment s
i
ii
.Moment -gener atingf unct ionsf orhy per-geomet r
ic,bi
nomial,
Pol y nomi al andPoi ssondi stri
but i
ons.
d. Specifi
cCont i
nuousDi st ributions:
i
. pr obabi li
tycal cul at i
ons,
i
i. moment s,
i
ii
. moment -gener atingf unct ions
i
v. uni for m,
v. Si mpl ebi var i
at edi stri
but ions
vi
. nor mal
vi
i.Gamma( includi ngexponent i
al andchi -squared)dist
ri
buti
ons.
vi
ii.Cauchy ,bet a, l
ognor mal di str
ibution
i
x. Joi ntdi stribut i
onofor derst atistics.
x. Di stribut ionofsampl er ange.
e. Distr
ibutionsofFunct ionsofRandom Var iables:
i.t ransf or mat ionsofdi scr et eandcont inuousr andom vari
abl
es
ii.Thet , andFdi stri
but ions, andt heiruseassampl i
ng
di stribut i
ons.
iii
.Joi ntdi stribut ionofor derst atistics.
iv.sampl ingdi stribut i
onoft hemeanandv ari
ance
v .expect ationsoff unct ionsofr andom v ari
ables
f. Simulation
i. Gener ationofuni f orm pseudo- random number s
i
i. Test ingf oruni for mity.
i
i
i. Met hodsofgener atingr andom number sfrom common
di stribut i
ons
I nver sion, Rej ection
Tabl el ook- upt echni ques.
83
 Mont eCarlomet hods
i
v. Variancereducti
ont echniques
v. Applicat
ionsofsimul at
ion.
17.
Teachingandlearningmethods/ acti
vit
ies
Theclassisast udentcentered;theref
ore,di
scussi
on,
quest
ionandanswer
andlectur
emet hodwi l
lbeused.

18.
Prescri
bedText s
CohenL. ,1996.Pr act
icalStat i
sti
csforStudents,AnIntroductoryText,Paul
ChapmanLondon
GoodmanR. ,2006.IntroductiontoStochasti
cModel s,2ndedit
ion,Dover,
.
Hogg,RV,&Cr aig,AT,1995.I nt
roduct
iontoMat hematicalSt
atist
ics,,New
Jersey,JohnWi l
ey .
RossS.,2010.I nt
roduct i
ont oProbabil
it
yModel s,Academi cPress.
Rice,J.
,2006.Mat hemat icalStati
sti
csandDat aAnalysis,DuxburyPress.

19.
RecommendedText s
Devor e,
J.,2004.Probabili
tyandStat
isticsf
orEngi neer
ingandt heSciences,
6thedit
ion,I
SBN0- 534-39933-
9,Br ooks/
Cole,
Hoel,PG,1984,I ntroducti
ont oMat hematicalStati
sti
cs,JohnWi leysons,
NewYor k
Loveday ,R.,1975.A SecondCour sei nStati
sti
cs,Cambr idgeUni ver
sit
y
Press,NewYor k.
Stuart,A.,1994.Kendal l'
s Advanced Theor y ofSt ati
sti
cs:Vol ume 1,
distr
ibuti
ontheory,Arnold,
London

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TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
SOW 1211:I
ntr
oduct
iont
oSoci
ologyandSoci
alTheor
y
1.Faculty :SocialSciences
2.Programme :DiplomainSt at
ist
ics
3.Department :SocialWor k
4.CourseTitle :Intr
oductiontoSociologyandSoci
alTheor
y
5.CourseCode :SOW 1211
6.CourseDur ati
on :Semest er
7.CourseYear /Level :1
8.Lecturehoursperweek : 2
9.Tutori
alperweek :1
10.
CourseCr edit
s :3
11.
Methodofassessment : Continuous
assessment .
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
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40%
:Final
examination..
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..
...
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..
60%
12.
Pre-r
equisit
es
Thisisaf oundati
oncour se
13.
CourseDescr ipt
or
Thiscour seintroducesst udentstot hedisci
pli
neofsoci ologyandsoci al
theory.I
tcrit
ical
lyunv ei
lsthet akenforgrant
eddayt odaydeci si
onspeople
insociet
yonmar ri
age,wor k,confor
mi tytosoci
etalvaluesetc.Thecourse
equipsstudent swi t
hski l
l
sandknowl edgeinanalysingsocialli
fefr
om a
sociol
ogicalperspective
14.
Aim(s)ofthecour
se
Tointr
oducetothestudent
sthedi
sci
pli
neofSoci
ology
,ar
easofr
esear
ch
andmaintheori
es.
15.
Obj
ect
ivesoft hecour se
Byt
heendoft hecour sestudent sshoul dbeabl et o:
a.Def inethedi scipli
neandconceptofSoci ology
b.Descr ibethef uncti
onalisttheory
c.Di scusstheconf l
icttheory
d.Descr ibethesy mbol i
cInter acti
onism theory
e.Expl ai
nt hei deasofChar lesCool ey,Geor geMead,MaxWeberand
other
f. Explai
nsoci alizati
onusi ngsoci ol
ogicaltheories
g.Assessoci al strat
ifi
cati
onusi ngsociologicaltheor
ies
85
h.Anal
yzethefamil
yinsti
tut
ionusingsociol
ogicalt
heories
i
. Under
standtheconceptofdev i
anceandt heori
esrelated
j
. Di
scusstherol
eofr el
i
gionandeducationinsocialrel
at i
ons
k.Di
scusstheconceptofpov er
tyi
nsociology

86
16.
TopicsofStudy
a.TheConceptofSoci ol ogy
i.Aims, Scope
i
i.Soci ol ogi cal imagi nat ion
ii
i.Or i
ginsofsoci ology
b.Theor i
esofSoci al or gani zat i
on
i
.Funct i
onalistt heor y
Emi leDur khei m’ swor k
Soci al or gani zat ion
Di vi
si onofl abour , sol idarity,anomi
e&Suicide
i
i
. Conf l
ictt heor y
Kar lMar xandhi swor k
-Mode sofPr oduct ion
-Cl assst ruggl e
-Hi st or i
cal mat erialism
- Commodi tyf et i
shi sm
-Al i
enat i
on,
-Cons ci ousness
i
i
i. SymbolicI nt er actioni sm
MaxWeber ’
swor k
-Or igi nsofCapi talism
-s oci al act i
on
- Ve r stehen
-bur eaucr acy ,
Geor geMead
-De vel opmentoft hesel f
-s tagesofdev elopment
-e lement sofconsci ousness
Char l
esCool ey
-Thel ooki nggl asssel f
-t ypesofgr oups
- Struct ur eandagency
Er vi
neGof fman
-dr amat urgi cal pr esent ationofsoci
all
if
e
-i mpr essi onmanagement
SigmundFr eud
-Element soft hesel f/consci ousness–ego,superego,
i
d
-Pe rsonal it
ydev elopment
c.Applicati
onoft heor i
es
 Sociali
zation
- Ty pesofsoci al ization
- Age ntsofsoci alization
- The oret ical expl anat ions
 Socialstrat ificat i
on
- Ty pesofsoci al str atif
icat i
on
- Ca usesofsoci al st rat
ificati
on
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 d.Fami
l
y
. The
i or
iesoft
hefami
l
y
. Rol
i
i eofthefami
l
yinsoci
ety
e.Dev
iance
. The
i or
iesofdevi
ance
. Rol
i
i eofdeviancei
nsoci
ety
f
. Rel
i
gion
. The
i or
eti
calexpl
anat
ionsonr
eli
gion
. Rol
i
i eofreli
gioni
nsociet
y
g.Educat
ion
. The
i or
eti
cal
explanat
ionsofeducat
ion
. Rol
i
i eofeducat
ioninsociet
y

17.
Teachi
ngandlear
ningmet hods:
 Lectur
ers
 Tutori
als
 GroupWor k
 StudentPresent
ati
ons

18.
Prescri
bedText s
CoserL,.1977.Mast ersofSoci ol
ogicalThought ,
Il
linoi
s,Wavel
andPr ess
HaralambosM, .2013.Soci ologyThemesandPer spect
ives,
8thEd,London,
Colli
nsEducat i
onal
Madoo P,2007.The women Founder s,Sociology and SocialTheory,
Newy ork,Newy orkUniversit
yPr ess,
RandalC,. 1994. FourSoci ologicalTradit
ions,Oxf or
d,Oxforduniversi
ty
press
Will
eyB, 2012.ClassicalSoci
ologicalTheory3rdEd,
, Newyork,
Wav el
andPress

19.
Recommendedr eadings
Agger ,B.
, 2006.Cr it
icalSoci alTheories:AnI ntr
oduct i
on.Boul der.Paradigm
Publisher s,
Bourdieu, P.,1977.Out l
ineofaTheor yofPr actice.Cambr idge, Cambr idge
UniversityPress
Giddens, A.,Dunei er,M. ,andAppelbaum, R.P.,2007.I nt
roduct i
ont o
Sociology .North
Giddens, A.,1991.TheConsequencesofModer nit
y.Stanford,Stanford
UniversityPress
Goffman, E.
,1959.Pr esent at
ionofSel finEver ydayLife,
Newy ork,Doubleday
Hami l
ton, M., 2005.Soci ologyandt heWor l
d’sRel i
gions.London, Palgrave
press
Marx, K.,1969.Pr e-capitali
stEconomi cFormat ions.I
nternationalPublishers,
NewYor k.Coll
egeBooks, NewYor k.
Joseph, J.,2004.Soci alTheor y
:AnI ntroduction.NewYor kUniv

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TYOFMALAWI
Outl
i
ne
ENV2207:Basi
cDemographi
cTechni
ques

1.Faculty :
Science
2.Programme :
Diplomai nStatist
ics
3.Department :
Geogr aphyandEnv i
ronmentalStudi
es
4.CourseTitl
e :
BasicDemogr aphicTechniques
5.CourseCode :
ENV2207
6.CourseYear /
Level :
2
7.CourseDur at
ion :
Semest er
8.Lecturehoursperweek :
2
9.Practi
cal/
Tutori
alhour
sperweek :
1
10.
CourseCredits :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Cont i
nuousassessment …………………40%
:
Finalexamination……………………. .
..
..
.60%
12.
Pre-r
equi
sit
es
Thisisanadvanceddemogr aphycourse.Student
sareexpect
edtohav
edone
Pri
ncipl
esof/I
ntroduct
iontoDemogr aphyinfir
styearorsomebasi
cst
ati
sti
cs
coursesatt
erti
aryeducati
onlevel
.

13.
Coursedescr iptor/rati
onal e
Thiscour seisdesi gnedt ointroducet ost udent sbasi ct
echni quesusedi n
demogr aphy.St udentswi lll
ear naboutmeasur esofpopul ationgr owt h,ageof
popul ati
on,fertil
it
yandr eproduct ion,mor tal
ity
, marriageandnupt iali
ty,and
migrat i
on.Thi sknowl edgewi l
l helpstudent stodemonst r ateanunder st
andi ngof
techniquesusedt ocal culatef erti
lit
yrate, mortali
tyrate,mi grationr ateand
nuptiali
ty.
.
14.
Aim oft heCour se
Thecour sehasbeendesi gnedt ointroducest udentst obasi cdemogr aphi c
techniquessuchasmeasur esoff erti
li
ty,mor t
alit
y,nuptialit
y, migrat i
on, and
social mobil
ity ,
whi chwoul dbemeani ngfulandr el
ev anttounder graduat e
student sinstatisti
cs, economi cs,geogr aphy,planningst udies, dev el
opment
studies,environment al studies, sociol
ogy ,etc.

90
15.
Lear ni
ngoutcomes
Byt heendoft hiscourse,studentsmustbeabl eto:
a.Cal cul
atepopulationgrowt h
b.Cal cul
ateageofpopul ation
c.Cal cul
atepopulationferti
li
tyandreproducti
on
d.Cal cul
atepopulationmor tal
it
y
e.Cal cul
atemar r
iageandnupt i
ali
tyofpopulat
ion
f. Calcul
ateinter
nal migrat
ionandpr oj
ectpopulat
iongr
owt
h

16.
TopicsofStudy
a. Measurementofpopul ati
ongr owt h
i
. Rat esofnat ural i
ncr ease
i
i
.Geomet r
icGr owt hModel
i
i
i.Exponent ialGr owt hMet hod
b. Measur ementofage
i
. Popul ati
oncomposi ti
onbyageandsex
i
i
.Popul ati
onpy rami ds
i
i
i.Met hodsofmeasur i
ngagei nAfri
ca
c. Measur ementoff erti
lit
yandr eproduction
i
. CrudeBi rthRat e(CBR)
i
i
.Gener alFer t
il
ityRat e( GFR)
i
i
i.Age- Specifi
cFer t
ili
tyRat e( ASFR)
i
v.Tot al Fert
ili
tyRat e( TFR)
v
.Gr ossRepr oduct ionRat e( GRR)
v
i.NetRepr oduct i
onRat e( NRR)
d. Measurementofmor talit
y
i
. CrudeDeat hRat e( CDR)
i
i
.Age- Specifi
cDeat hRat e( ASDR)
i
i
i.InfantMor tali
tyRat e( I
MR)
i
v.Chi l
dMor talit
yRat e( CMR)
v
.Mat ernalMor talityRat e( MMR)
v
i.LifeTabl es
e. Measur ementofmar riageandnupt i
ali
ty
i
. CrudeMar riageRat e( CMR)
i
i
.Age- Specifi
cMar riageRat es( ASMR)
i
i
i.Agepat t
ersoff ir
stmar riage
i
v.Ageatf i
rstmar ri
ageandf erti
l
ity
v
.Nupt ial
it
yt ables
f. Mi
grati
onandpopul ationpr oject ion
i
. Basi cmeasur esofest imat i
nginternalmi
grat
ion
i
i
.Bal anci ngequat i
onmet hod
91
 i
i
i.Mathemat
ical
project
ionmethodsofpopulat
ion
i
v.Componentmethodofproj
ecti
ngpopulat
ion

17.
TeachingandLear ni
ngmet hods/Act
ivi
ti
es
a.Lect ures
b.Tut orials
c.Gr oupdi scussions
d.Studentpr esentat
ions
e.Semi nars
f. Fi
eldv isi
ts/Educati
onalvisi
ts

18.
Prescr
ibedText s
Carmichel,G.A.2016.FundamentalsofDemographi
cAnalysis:Concepts,
Measur esandMet hods.London,Spri
nger
.
Rowland, D.2003.Demogr aphicMethodsandConcept
s.Oxford,Oxford
Universi
tyPress.
Wachter ,
K.W.2014.Essent i
alsofDemographi
cTechniques.NewYor k,Harv
ard
Universi
tyPress.

19.RecommendedText s
Hartman, M.2009.Demogr aphi
cMet hodsfort heStatist
icalOff
ice.Orebr
o,
Stati
sti
ka.
Hinde,A.1998.Demogr aphicMethods.London, Routledge.
KpedekpoG.M.K. ,1982.Essential
sofDemogr aphicAnal ysi
sforAfri
ca,London,
Heinemann
Preston,S.
H.,Heuvel
ine,P.andGui otM.2000.Demogr
l
l aphy:Measuringand
Model l
i
ngPopulationProcess.London,Willey-
Blackwell.
Sri
nivasanK.1998.Basi cDemogr aphicTechniquesandAppl i
cati
on.NewDel hi
,
SagePublicat
ions.

92
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ECO2204:
Agr
icul
tur
alEconomi
cs
1.Facul ty :SocialSciences
2.Pr ogramme :Diplomai nStati
sti
cs
3.Depar tment :Economi cs
4.Cour seCode :ECO2204
5.Cour seTi tl
e :Agricul
turalEconomi cs
6.Cour seDur ati
on :OneSemest er
7.Lev el :Year2
8.Lect ureHour sperWeek: 2
9.Tut orialsperWeek :1
10.CourseCr edit
s :3
11.Assessment :Cont i
nuous
Assessment …………………………40%
:EndofSemest erExam…………………………60%
12.Pre-requi si
tes
Thepr e-requisi
teist
hatStudentshav esat i
sfact
oryknowl
edgeofECO2202:
I
ntermedi at e Mi cr
oeconomics and ECO 1201: I nt
roduct
ion t
o
Macr oeconomi cs.

13.
Cour seDescr iptorandRat ional
e
Thi s Cour se equips St udents with knowledge and skil
lsi n applying
mi croeconomi candmacr oeconomicconcept stothesectorofAgr icul
ture
andt her oleofAgr icul
tureoneconomi cdev el
opment.Topicsint hi
sCour se
include:ther oleofAgr i
cultureinEconomicdev el
opment,Far m households
Economi cs,model sofAgr i
cult
uraldevel
opment ,Suppl
yr esponsei nt he
Agr i
culturalsect or
,pol i
cyi ssuesin Agricul
tur
eand emer gi
ng issuesi n
Agr i
culture.

14.
Aim(s)ofthecourse
Thecour seai
msatimpar t
ingst
udent
swit
hskil
lsandknowl
edgetoachieve
eff
iciencyandef
fect
ivenessinr
esour
ceal
locat
ioni
ntheAgr
icul
tur
alsector
inordertoachi
eveeconomi cgr
owth.

15.
Intendedlearni
ngoutcomes
Byt heendoft hecoursestudentsshouldbeabl eto:
a.Identif
yeconomict heori
esrelev
antt oAgricul
tur
aleconomi cs
b.Car r
youtAgr i
cul
t ur
alpoli
cyanalysisespecial
lyr
egardingfoodsecuri
ty
c.Exami ne how mi cro and macr oeconomi c vari
ables affect t
he
Agri
cult
uralsect
or
d.Ev al
uatet herol
eofAgr icul
turalEconomi csint hei mprovementof
welf
areofPeasantf ar
m Househol ds.
93
 e.Exami ne how globalizati
on is aff
ecting t
he Agricul
tur
alsectorin
developi
ngcount ri
es
f. Assesst hel evel
st owhi chAgricult
uralpoli
ciesinfl
uenceEconomic
developmenti nDev el
opingcountri
es.
g.Det erminet hesuitableModelsinAgr icul
tur
ewhi chleadtoimproved
producti
vit
y

16.
Topicsofst udy
a.TheRol eofAgr icul tur einEconomi cDev el
opment .
i. Thenat ureofAgr icultur e
i
i. Ther oleoft heAgr icultur al Sectorineconomi cdev el
opment
ii
i. Cont ribut ionofAgr i
cul turet oeconomi cdevelopment
b.Far m househol dEconomi cs
i. Neocl assi cal theor yoff arm pr oduction
i
i. Pr of i
tmaxi mi zat i
onpeasant
ii
i. Ther i
sk- av er sepeasant
iv. Thedr udger y-av er sepeasant
v. I ntr
oduct i
ont of ar m househol dmodel s
vi. Someempi r i
cal exampl es
c.Suppl yResponse
i. Theor etical foundat i
onsofAgr icul
turalsupply
i
i. Char act er i
st icsofAgr icul turalsupplyandt hecobwebmodel
ii
i. I ntr
oduct i
ont oNer l
ov i
anmodel sofsuppl yresponse
iv. Someempi r i
cal exampl es
d.Model sofAgr icul tural Dev elopment
i. Fr ont iermodel
i
i. Conser v ationmodel
ii
i. Ur ban- I
ndust rial i
mpactmodel
iv. Di ffusi onmodel
v. Hi ghpay of fi nputmodel
vi. I nducedI nnov at ionmodel
e.Pol i
cyanal ysi si nAgr i
cul tur e
i. I ntroduct iont oAgr icultur al poli
cyanal y
sis
ii. Pol icymaki ngpr ocesses
i
ii. Appr oachest opol i
cyanal ysis
i
v . Exampl esofagr icultur al polici
es
f. Emer gingissuesi nAgr icul tural economi cs
i. Cl imat echangeandAgr iculture
i
i. Far mi nputSubsi dyPr ogr amme
17.
TeachingandLear ningMet hods;
Deli
veringt hiscour sewi lli nv olvesLect ur
es,Gr oupdiscussions,Semi
nar
s,
Fiel
dvisits,Present ations, Debat esandTut ori
als.

18.
Prescr
ibedText s;
Ell
is F.,1993. Peasant Economics: Farm househol d and Agrar
ian
Dev el
opment ;Cambri
dgeCambridgeUniver
sit
ypress.
TimmerC. P.
,1998.TheAgr i
cul
tur
alTr ansf
ormati
on i
nCheneryH.B.and
Sriniv
asanT. N.(Eds.
).Handbookofdev el
opmentEconomics.New
94
 Yor
k:El
sevierSci
encePublisher
s.
Sadoul
etS.&Janv r
y,D.
,1995.Quanti
tati
veDevelopmenti
ntheThi
rdWor
ld.
NewYork:TheJohnHopki nsUniversi
typr
ess.

19.
RecommendedText s
Dav i
dC.&Tr evorY. ,2000.Pr inciplesofEconomi cs;mar ketsandpr i
cein
l
essdev elopedeconomi es.Cambr i
dge: Cambr i
dgeUni versi
typress.
Schultz,T.W. , 1964.Tr ansf ormi ngTr adi
ti
onalAgr iculture.NewYor k:Yale
UniversityPr ess.
EicherC. K.&St aazJ. ,1988.Agr i
cultur
aldev elopmenti ntheThi rdWor ld.
Balt
imor eandLondon:TheJohnHopki nsUni versi
ty:Balti
mor eand
London.
Ell
is F.,1992.Agr iculturalpol i
cies in developi ng count r
ies.London :
Cambr idgeUni versityPr ess.
CTA.1996.Food i nsecur it
yi n ACP count ries;pol icy and pr ogramme
i
ntervent ionsaf fecti
ngv ulnerablegroups.Pr oceedi ngsofCTAsemi nar
ANSASecr et ar i
at,2007.Al
. t
ernativest oNeo- l
iberalism i nSout hernAf r
ica;
Towar dsapeopl e-dri
v endev elopmentagenda.

95
 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
STA3102:
Hypot
hesesTest
ing
1.Faculty :Education
2.Programme :BSc( Appli
edStat
ist
ical
Sciences)
3.Department :Mathemat i
calSci
ences
4.Courset i
tle :HypothesesTesting
5.Coursecode :STA3102
6.Coursey ear/level :3
7.Semest er :3
8.Lecturehour sperweek :2
9.Practi
cal/tutori
alhoursperweek :1
10.
Coursecr edits :3
11.
Methodofassessment :Conti
nuousassessment ……………………50%
:Fi
nalex aminat
ion…………..……………..
50%
12.
Pre-r
equisites
Probabili
tyanddi str
ibut
iont
heor
y
13.
Coursedescr i
ptorandrationale
Stati
sticalt
estsarev erymuchusedi nresearch.Forinstanceinmarketi
ng
research, busi ness research, i n economi cs, engi neeri
ng,
esti
mat ion/pr
edict
ion,educationandi nmanyot herdisci
pli
nes.Thi
sbeing
thecase,ourst udentsneedt ohav esuchelement ar
yski l
lsincar
ryi
ngout
somebasi cstati
sti
calteststopr epar
ethem fort hereali
tyintheworl
dout
thereandal soforthei
rdissertat
ionsandresearch.

14.
Aimsofthecourse:
Tointr
oducestudentst
ot hetheor
yofstati
sti
calt
est
sandf ur
therdev
elop
thei
rknowl
edgeofthetheory&practi
ceofst
ati
sti
cali
nfer
ence.

15.
Intendedlearningout comes
Byt heendoft hi
scour sest udentsshoul dbeableto:
a.St atetheunder lyi
ngpr inci
plesandassumpt i
onsinhypot
hesi stest
s.
b.Testhy potheses on sampl e stati
sti
cs usi
ng parametric and non
paramet ri
cmet hods.
c.Car ryoutst ati
sti
caltest sgiveneithersmallorl
argesample
d.Usepar amet ri
candnon- paramet ri
cmet hodstomakeinferencesabout
populati
onpar amet ers.
e.Car ryouthy pothesest estsusingSPSS.
f. Diff
erentiat
ebet weensuf f
ici
entadU- st
ati
sti
cs
g.Car ryoutt eststocheckf orr andomnessandsy mmet r
yi nagi ven

96
 sample
h.Expl
aini
ndependencei
nbi
var
iat
esampl
es

97
16.
Topi
csofst
udy

a.Hypotheses
i. Nul lhy pothesi s
ii.Alter nat i
vehy pot hesis
b.Twoki ndsofer ror
i. Ty peIer ror
ii.Ty peI Ierror
c.Powerofat est
i. Usi ngtt est
ii. Usi ngnor mal di stribut i
on
d.Stati
sti
cal tests
i. Par amet rict est s
 tt est
 One- wayANOVA
 Pear soncor relation
 Li nearr egr essi on
ii.Non- par amet ri
ct ests
 Bi nomi al test
 Chi -
squar et est
 Kendal l’
st est
 Kol mogor ov -Smi rnovt est
 Medi ant est
 Spear man’ sr ankcor relati
on
 Wi lcoxonsi gned- rankt est
 Par amet ric&non- paramet rictestsusi
ngSPSS
 Smal landl ar gesampl est ests
iii
.Ney man- Pear soncr i
ter i
on
iv.Mostpower ful anduni forml ymostpower ful
tests
v .Likel i
hoodr atiot est( LR)
e.Concept sofnon- par amet ricest imat i
on
i. Suf ficientst at i
st icsf ornon- paramet ri
cfamil
ies
ii.Est i
mat i
onofr egul arf unct ions
iii
.U-st at i
sticsandi tsl i
mi t
ingdi stributi
ons
iv.Test sf orrandomnessandsy mmet ryinonesample
v .Independencei nbi var i
atesampl e
17.
Teachi
ngandlearni
ngmethods/
act
ivi
ti
es
Lect
uresanddiscov
erymethod.
18.
Recommendedt exts
UptonGraham &I anCook, 1996.Underst
andi
ngStati
sti
cs.OxfordUniv ersi
ty
Pr
ess:NewYor k.
BlumanAllan,2012.ElementaryStati
sti
csAStepbyStepAppr oach.(8thEd).
McGrawHi ll
:NewYor k.
Hays,W.L, 1988.Stati
sti
cs.Holt
,Rinehar
tandWinst
on,Inc:NewYor k.
Koch,K.,1999.Par ameterEstimati
onandHy pothesi
sTest inginLi near
98
 Model
s,Spr
inger
,ISBN:
3540652574

19.
PrescribedTexts
Lehmann,E.L,&Romano,( .Test
2005) ingStat
ist
icalHypot
hesi
s.Spri
nger,
New
York.
Ramachandr an,K.M,Tsokos,C.P,( 2009).Mathemat i
calSt
ati
sti
cswi t
h
Appli
cati
ons,El
sevierAcademi cPress:Amsterdam.
Wilcox,R.R,( 2005).Introducti
ont o RobustEstimati
onandHy pothesi
s
Testi
ng,
El
sevier
/AcademicPr ess:Amsterdam.

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 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ACC2210:
Financi
alAccount
ingI
V
1.Faculty :Commer ce
2.Programme :DiplomainStat
ist
ics
3.Department :Accountancy
4.CourseTi tle :Financi
al Account
ingI
V
5.CourseCode :ACC2210
6.CourseYear /Level :Year2,Semest er2
7.Coursedur at
ion :Semest er
8.Lecturehour s/ week :2
9.Tutori
al hour/week :1
10.
Coursecr edits :3
11.
MethodofAssessment : Cont
inuous
assessment .
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.40%
: Fi
nal
Exami nation.
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
..
..
.60%
12.
Pre-r
equi sit
es
ACC2106: Fi
nancialAccountingIII
13.
CourseDescr i
ptorandRational
e
Thiscour seprovi
desanunder standi
ngoffundamentalsofpreparat
ionof
groupf i
nanci
alstatements.Thecourseequi
psstudentswit
hknowl edgeof
preparat
ion of consolidated fi
nanci
alstatement
s and i nter
-company
deali
ngs.
14.
Aim(s)ofCour se
This course aims atdev elopi
ng st
udent
s’knowl
edge and ski
l
lsi
nthe
preparat
ionofgr oupf
inancialst
atement
s.
15.
Int
endedlearningout comes
Bytheendoft hiscour se,
studentsshouldbeableto:
a.Introducegr oupfinanci
alstatement
b.Pr epareconsol i
datedaccounts
c.Exami nechangesi nthegroupstruct
ure
d.Assessi nt
er-companydeal i
ngs
e.Anal yseandi nter
pretfi
nancialst
atements.
16.
Topi
csofstudy
a.Groupaccounts
i
. Anov ervi
ewofgroupAccount s
Shar ehol
dersandthei
rr i
ght
s
Par entsandsubsi
diar
ies
Incomest atement
swi thi
nagroup
100
 Thenat ureoft hegr oup
b.Preparation ofbasi cconsol idated f
inanci
alst atement
sforasi
mpl
e
group
i. Consol idat edst atementoff i
nancial
positi
on
i
i. Consol idat edst atementofcompr ehensiveincome.
c.Businesscombi nations
i. Pur chasemet hodaccount i
ng
Subsi diary
Associ ates
Joi ntv entur e
d.Inter
-companydeal ings
i. I nter-gr oupdebt s
i
i. Unr eal i
zedpr ofitininventory
i
i
i. Real izat i
onofpr of i
ts
i
v. Par ti
al l
yownedsubsi diari
esandunr eal
izedpr of
it
s
e.Financialanal y sis
i. Limi tationsoff inancialstatements
ii
. Account ingr ati
os:
Pr ofitabil
ity
Li qui dity
Wor kingcapi t
al
Sol vency
shar ehol der s

17.
Teachi
ngandLear ni
ngMethods
a.Lectur
es
b.Tutori
als
c.Groupdiscussi
ons
d.Studentgroup/
indi
vi
dualpr
esent
ati
ons

18.
Prescr ibedText s:
ACCA, St udySy stem.2014. Financi alAccount i
ng
(copy r i
ght2014).Teddi ngton: BeckerPr of
essional
Educat ion.
st
FIA, StudyText .2011.Mai ntainingFi nancialRecords(1 ed) .London:BPP
Lear ningMedi a.
Pizzey ,
A. V., AccountingandFi nance:AFi rm Foundation(Lat estediti
on).
London: Holt,Ri
nehar t&Wi nst one.
Pizzey ,A. V.&Jenni ngsA. R:Fi nancialAccount i
ngTechni ques,(Latest
editi
on) .London:Hol t,Rinehar t&Wi nstone.
WoodFr ank&Sangst erAllan; 2005, BusinessAccount i
ng2( 10thed).
London: PearsonPr ofessi onal Ltd&Longman.Websi te:
www. pearsoned.co.uk/ wood

19.
RecommendedReadi
ng
ACCA, St udy Sy stem.2014.Fi
nancial Account
ing (
copyr
ight2014)
.Teddi
ngt
on:
BeckerProfessionalEducati
on.
Car
lton,DennisS.W. ,2005.ModernIndustr
ialOr
gani
sat
i 4thed)
on( .NewYork:
PearsonAddison- Wesley,
101
Koontz,Harol
d&Hei nzWeinr
ich;2008,Essenti
alsofManagement,(7th ed.)
.New
York:McGr awHi l
l
,NewYork.
Longenecker,Justi
nG.&Charles,D.Pri
ngle;1984,Management6thed,
, Col umbus:
Merri
llPublishi
ng.
Mil
li
champ, A.H.Foundati
onAccounti
ng.London:DPPubl i
cat
ion.

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 THECATHOLICUNI VERSITYOFMALAWI
CourseOutline
STA3103:St
atisti
calDataanal
ysi
s

1.Faculty :
Educat ion
2.Programme :
Diplomai nSt atist
ics
3.Department :
Mat hemat i
cal Sciences
4.CourseTi tl
e :
Statisti
calDat aanalysi
s
5.CourseCode :
STA3103
6.Coursey ear :
1
7.Semest er :
2
8.Lecturehour s/week :
2
9.Tutori
al/Practi
calsperweek :
1
10.
Coursecr edits :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Cont inuousassessment …………………..50%
:
Final examination……………………..
..
..
.50%
12.
Pre-
requi
sit
es :
STA1101,
STA2101,
STA2102
13.
Cour
sedescr
ipt
or/
rat
ional
e
Thi
scoursei
sdesi
gnedt oinst
il
lbasi
cstati
sti
calcomput
ingknowledge
andski
l
lsint
hest
udents.Emphasisi
splacedonhands-
onexperi
ences–
i
nthecomput
erl
abor
atory.
14.
Aim oft
hecour
se
Toincr
easeknowl
edgeandskil
l
si nst
ati
sti
calsof
twareanddat
aanal
ysi
s
andmanagementt
echni
questhroughhands-
onexper
iences
15.
Obj
ect
ivesoft
hecour
se
Bytheendoft hiscour sest udent sshoul dbeableto:
a.Di sti
nguisht y
pesofdat a/ vari
ablesasusedi nstatisti
cs
b.Ent erdatai nt
oacomput erusingagi v
enstatist
ical package
c.Makeuseofgr aphi cal met hodst osummar i
sedat a.
d.Ident i
fyunusual featur es
e.Pr esentdat ausingt abl esandgr aphs
f. Transform dataf rom onef ormt oanother
g.Anal ysedat ausi ngst atisti
cal softwar
e
h.Pr esentanal y
sesf orm somegi vendata
i
. Pr oduceawel l-order ed,wel l-
reasonedargumenti nast ylesui
tabl
e
foradesi gnabler eader ship
j
. Wr i
teasci enti
ficr epor t

103
104
16.
Topi
csofSt
udy:
a.Datachecki
ng
i. Typesofdat a/ var iables
 Numer ic
 Nomi nal / Cat egor ical
 Or dinal
 I nterv al/rat iov ariables,et c
b. Dataent r
y
i. InMSExcel
i
i. InSPSS
ii
i. InSTATAet c
iv. Impor ti
ngdat af rom ot herpr ograms
v. Thewi ndows
 Rev iew,Resul ts,Command,Var i
ables,andPr opert
ies
wi ndows( forSTATA)
 Dat a edi torwi ndow ( datav i
ew & v ari
ablev i
ew)&
out putwi ndow( rows&col umns)( f
orSPSS) ,etc
c.Datadescri
ption
i. Calculators&comput ers
i
i. Stati
sticalpackages:SPSS,STATA,SAS,R,GENSTAT,EPI
INFO
ii
i. Databasemanagementpackages:MSACCESS, FOXPRO, CS
PRO
iv. Describingdat aonasi nglev ari
abl e:gr
aphicalmet hods
v. Describingdat aonasi nglev ariabl
e:measur esofcent ral
tendency
vi. Describingdat aonasi nglev ari
abl e:measuresofv ari
abil
i
ty
vi
i. Summar i
zingdat af rom mor et hanonev ari
able
d. Basici deasofdat ahandl i
ng
i. tabulationanddi splay
 One- variabl etabul ati
ons
 Cr oss- tabul ati
on
 Non- mul tipler esponses
 Mul tipler esponses
 For mat tingoft ables
i
i. graphical met hodsofdat adisplay
 box- plot s,
 scat terpl ot s
 pi echar ts
 barchar ts
 hi stogr ams
 t imeser i
esgr aphs
 mat rices,
 smoot hing
e.Datatr
ansformat ions: tr eatmentofout li
er s
 downwei ght i
ng

105
 r
emov
al

106
 f. Descr
ipt
ive/summar yst ati
sti
csandr el
ati
onships(resi
stantl
i
nefi
ts)
i
. Tot als
ii
. Range
i
ii
. Mean
i
v. St andar ddev i
ation
v. Var iance
vi
. St andar der r
oroft hemean
vii
. Mi nimum
vi
ii
. Maxi mum
i
x. Skewness
x. Kur tosis
g.Communi cati
ng and document i
ng t he r esul
ts of analy
ses
(i
ndi
vi
duallyorj ointl
ywi t
hot herst udents)
i
. Thedi ffi
cul t
yofgoodcommuni cati
on
ii
. Communi cati
onhur dles: graphicaldi
storti
ons
i
ii
. Communi cati
onhur dles: biasedsampl es
i
v. Communi cati
onhur dles: sampl esize
v. Pr eparingdat af orstatisti
cal analy
sis
vi
. Gui delinesf orast at
isticalanal y
sis
 Sci enti
ficreportwr it
ing
vii
. Document at
ionandst orageofr esult
s
17.
Teachingandl ear
ningmet hods/ acti
vi
t i
es
Thisishands- oncourseandsol elydependsonact i
vi
tiesinthecomput er
laborat
ory.Student
s’oralpr esentati
ons( i
ndivi
dualorgr ouppresentat
ions
areused)f r
om givenassi gnment swi l
lbeheav il
yused.Tut or
ial
sar ealso
giventoenhanceunder standingobt ainedthroughlectures.Asequenceof
assignmentspr ovi
desassessmentoppor tunit
iesto measur est udents’
progressandunder st
anding.
18.
Prescribedtexts:
Ander son C.W.and Loy nes R.M. ,1987.The Teachi ng ofPr acti
cal
Statist
ics
DenisAnt hony.,2001.St atisti
csf orHeal t
h, Lif
eandSoci alSciences.Denis
Ant hony&Vent usPubl ishi
ngApS.I SBN978- 7681-740-4
Derr,J.,2000.Statist
icalConsul ting:Agui det oef f
ecti
vecommuni cat
ion.
Uni t
edKingdom: Duxbur yPress
Fiel
d,A. ,2005,Di scoveringSt at i
sti
cs:usi ngSPSSf orwindows,London,
SagePubl icati
ons.
OttLy man& LongneckerMi chael .,2001.AnI ntr
oducti
ont oSt ati
sti
cal
Met hodsandDat aAnal ysi
s( 5thEd).Spai n:DuxburyThomsonLear ni
ng
WatsonR. ,2005.Dat
T. aManagement :DatabasesandOr ganisati
ons.

19.
Recommendedt ext
s:
Argyr
ousGeor ge.,2002.Statist
icsforSocial&HealthResearchwit
ha
GuidetoSPSS.OpenUni versi
ty:Ar
noldPubli
sher
s
Bayo Lawal.,2003.Cat egoricalData Analysi
s with SAS and SPSS
Appli
cati
ons.LawrenceErlbaum Associ
ates
O’Connor,M.,1992.Wr i
ti
ngSuccessf ull
yinScience.London:Chapman
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andHal
l
.

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 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ENV2205:
Int
roduct
iont
oGeogr
aphi
cal
Inf
ormat
ionSy
stems(
GIS)
1.Faculty :
Science
2.Programme :DiplomainStat
ist
ics
3.Depar tment : Geogr aphy and Environment
al
Studies
4.Courset i
tl
e :
Int
roductiontoGIS
5.CourseCode :
ENV2205
6.Coursey ear/
level :
2
7.CourseDur ati
on :
Semest er
8.Lecturehoursperweek :
2
9.Practical
/Tutor
ial
hour
s/week :
1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Continuousassessment………….
..
.100%

12.
Pre-r
equisit
es
No pr evi
ousexperi
ence with map-
making orGI Si sr equi
red.Howev er,
studentsshouldbecomf ort
abl
ewi t
hbasicmat hemat i
csandi nter
estedin
workingwi thmaps( bot
hpaperanddi gi
tal
),satell
it
ei mageryandr elat
ed
products;henceacourseinMapAnalysi
sandCar tographycouldbehelpful
.
13.
Cour
seDescr
ipt
orandRat
ional
e
Geogr aphicInformationSy st
ems( GIS)i
sdefinedas“ asy stem ofhardware,
sof t
ware,dat a,peopl e,organi
zati
ons,andi nst
itut
ionalar rangementsf or
collect
ing,storing,analyzi
ng,anddisseminat
inginformationaboutar easof
the ear t
h.” Thi s course guides studentst o exploret he tools and
technologiesf oracquiri
ng,analyzi
ng,managing,anddi splayinggeographic
i
nf ormation.
14.
Aim oft
heCour
se
Topr ov
idest
udent
swithbasi
canal
yti
cal
ski
l
lsandknowl
edgei
nthe
fundamental
sofGIS.

15.
Learningout comes
Bytheendoft hecoursestudent
sshoul
dbeableto:
a.Descr ibecomponent sofGIS
b.Expl ai
nt hefundament al
sGISdat
a
c.Fami l
i
ar i
sethemsel v
eswi thacommer ci
all
yavai
l
abl
eGI
S sof
twar
e
package.
d.Expl ai
nspat i
aldataacquisi
ti
onmethods
e.Pr ocessspat i
aldatausingGIS
109
f. Anal
ysespati
aldatausi
ngGIS
g.Displ
ayspati
al dat
ausingGI
S
h.UseGI Stosupportper
sonal
andpr
ofessi
onal
deci
sionmaki
ng

110
16.
Topicsoft hecour se
a.Introduct iont oGI S
i
. Def i
ningGI S
i
i
.Component sofGI S
 Comput ersy st emsandsof t
war e
 spat ial dat a
 Dat amanagementandanal ysi
spr ocedur
es
 Peopl eandGI S
b.Spat ial Data
i
. Pur pose
i
i
.Scal e
i
i
i.Spat i
al ent i
ties
i
v.Gener alizat i
on
v
.Pr oject ions
v
i.Spat i
al refer encing
v
ii
.Topol ogy
v
ii
i.Sour cesofspat ialdat a
 CensusandSur veydat a
 Aer i
al phot ographs
 Sat elli
t eimages
 Fi el ddat asour ces
i
x.Spat i
al dat ast andar ds
c. Spat ialdat amodel ing
i
. Ent itydef inition
i
i.Spat ial dat amodel s
Model i
ngsur faces, networ ks
Bui l
di ngcomput erwor l
ds( 3rdand4thdimensi
ons)
i
ii
.Spat ial dat ast ruct ures
Rast er
v ect or
d. Dat amanagementi nGI S
i
. Choosi ngadat abaseappr oach
i
i.Dat abasedat amodel s
i
ii
.Cr eat ingadat abase
i
v.GI Sdat abaseappl icat
ion
e.Dat ai nputandedi ti
ng
i
. Met hodsofdat ainput
ii
. Dat aedi ting
f. Spatial dataanal ysis
i
.Measur ement sinGI S
 Lengt hs
 Per imet ers
 ar eas
i
i.Quer ies
i
ii
.Recl assi fication
i
v.Buf f eringandnei ghboringf unctions
v.Mapov er lay s( vect orandr ast er)
111
 v
i.Spat
ial
int
erpolat
ion
v
ii
.Anal
yzi
ngsurfacesandnet
wor
ks

17.
Teachi
ngandLear ningmet hods/
Act
ivi
ti
es
a.Lect ures
b.Tut orial
s
c.Gr oupdi scussions
d.St udentpr esentat
ions
e.Semi nars
f. Labor at
orywor k

18.
Prescri
bedText s
Hey wood,I .Cor neli
us,S.and Car ver ,S.,2006. An I ntr
oducti
on to
r
d
Geographi calInformationSystems,
3 Edi ti
on.LondonPrenti
ceHal l
.
Longley,P. A.,Goodchi ld,M. F.,Magui
re,D. J.and Rhi nd,D.W.,2005.
Geographi c I nfor
mat ion Sy st
ems and Sci ence, 2nd Edit
ion.
,New
Jersey,
Wi ley.
Lil
lesand,T.M. ,Kiefer
,R.W.andChapman,J. W.,2004.Remot eSensingand
ImageI nterpretati
on,5thEdit
ion.
NewJer sey,
Wiley.

19.
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Campbel l,J.B.,2011.I ntroduct
ion to Remot eSensi ng,5th Edi
ti
on.New
York,Guil
fordPr ess.
DeMer s,M.N. ,2002.Fundament alsofGeogr aphicInformationSystems,3rd
Editi
on.NewJer sey ,JohnWi l
ey&Sons.
Hoffman,R.R.andMar kman,A. B.(Editor
s),2001.I nter
preti
ngRemot e
SensingImager y:HumanFact ors.KansasCity,
CRC.
Jensen,J. R.,2004.I ntroductory Digit
alI mage Pr ng,3rd Edi
ocessi t
ion.
London, PrenticeHal l.
Krggier,
J.andWood, D., 2005.Maki ngMaps:AVi sualGuidetoMapDesi gn
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Schowenger dt ,
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d
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TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ECO3101Dev
elopmentEconomi
cs
1.Facul ty :
SocialSciences
2.Pr ogramme :Diplomai nSt
ati
sti
cs
3.Depar tment :Economi cs
4.Cour seCode :
ECO3101
5.Cour seTitl
e :
DevelopmentEconomi cs
6.Cour seDurati
on :
OneSemest er
7.Lev el 3rdy
: ear
8.Lect ureHoursperWeek :
2
9.Tut ori
alsperWeek :
1
10.CourseCredit
s :
3
11.Met hodofAssessment :
ContinuousAssessment …………………40%
:
EndofSemest erExaminat
ion……………60%
12.Pre-
requi
sit
es
ECO1101andECO1201
13.Cour seDescri
ptorandRat ional
e
Thiscour seequi psstudent swith EconomicDev el
opmentt heor
iesand
practi
ces.Topicsi ncl
udes:TheoriesofDev elopment,Povert
yandI ncome
Distr
ibuti
on,Growt handDev el
opment ,
Pov er
tyandEconomi cOpportuni
ti
es,
HealthandHumanCapi tal,Educati
onandHumanCapi tal
,DebtandDebt
Reli
ef,Inf
rast
ructureDevelopmentandPopul ationGr
owt handDev el
opment.

14.Aim(s)ofthecourse
Toequipstudentswit
heconomi cdev el
opmenttool
sandcr it
icalski
ll
sinthe
poli
ti
caleconomyofdev elopment.Tofosterthest
udents'abili
tytoassess
cri
ti
call
ythemaj orpoli
cydebates( domesticandglobal)
.Toev al
uatethe
empiri
calevi
dencewithrespectt
ot heseissuesi
ndevelopi
ngcount ri
es.

15.Intendedl ear
ni ngobject
ives:
Byt heendoft hiscoursestudentsshoul dbeablet o:
a.Di scusst heoriesofeconomi cdev el
opmentappl i
cablet odevelopi
ng
count r
ies.
b.Exami nehowpov ert
yandi ncomedi str
ibutionaff
ectsdev el
opment .
c.Expl ainhoweconomi cgrowt hinfl
uencedev el
opment.
d.Measur et heeconomi copportunit
iesthatcanhel pinpov er
tyreducti
on.
e.Expl ainther el
ati
onshipbetweengoodheal thanddev elopment .
f. Explainther el
ati
onshipbetweeneducat i
onanddev elopment .
g.Assesst hei mpactofdebtr el
iefondev el
opment .
h.Expl ainther ol
eofinfrast
ructureondev elopment.

113
 i
. Anal
yset
hei
mpactofpopul
ati
ongr
owt
handdev
elopment
.

16.Topicsofst udy :
a.Basi cPr i
nci plesandConcept s
i
. TheMeani ngandMeasur ementofeconomi cdev el
opment
ii
. Char act eristicsandI nst i
tut i
onsofdev elopingcount r
ies
i
ii
. Theor i
esofEconomi cdev elopment
b.Theor iesofDev elopment
i
. Compar ingandCont rast i
ngDev elopmentTheor ies
c.Pov ertyandI ncomeDi stribut i
on
i
. Pov er t
yandPr oper ty
ii
. Pov er t
yandPol it
ical Economy
i
ii
. Cor rupt i
onandDev elopment
d.Gr owthandDev elopment
i
. I ntroduct ion
ii
. Li nkagesBet weenEconomi cGr owt hPov erty
i
ii
. Measur i
ngPov erty
i
v. Dev elopmentSt rategi es: Ref orms,MDGs
v. Bal anceofPay ment s, Aid, andFor eigni nv estment
e.Pov ertyandEconomi cOppor tuni ti
es
i
. Li nkagesBet weenLabourmar ket sandPov erty
ii
. Rol eofMi gr ationi nEconomi cDev el
opment
i
ii
. Economi cOppor tuni t
iesi nGl obal i
zat i
on
i
v. Rol eofCr edi tandI nv est ment s
v. Rol eofMi cr ocr editinEconomi cDev elopment
f. HealthandHumanCapi tal
i
. Heal thandNut rit
ion
ii
. HI Vandeconomi cs
g.Educat ionandHumanCapi t
al
i
. Fer tili
tyandHumanDev elopment
ii
. Chi l
dLabourI ssuesi nDev elopi ngCount ries
i
ii
. Rol eofEducat i
onEconomi cDev el
opment
h.DebtandDebtRel i
ef
i
. I mpactofDebtonEconomi cDev elopment
ii
. DebtRel iefI ssuesandPr act ices
i
ii
. DebtManagementandEconomi cDev elopment
i
.I nfrastructur eDev elopment
i
. TheRol eofI nf rastruct ur ei nEconomi cDev elopment
ii
. I nvest menti nI nfrast ruct ureandi t
sDev elopment
i
ii
. Mar ketFai lureandI nfrast ruct ur eDev elopment
j
. Popul ationGr owt handEconomi cDev elopment
i
. Li nkages Bet ween Popul at ion Gr owth and Economic
114
 Devel
opment
i
i
. Theor
iesofPopul
ati
oni
nEconomi
cDev
elopment

115
17.Teachi
ngandLear
ningMet
hods
Del
iv
eringthiscoursewil
linv
olv
eLect
ures,Gr
oupDi
scussi
ons,Debat
es,
SeminarsandTutor
ial
s.

18.PrescribedText s
Banerjee, A.
,Benabou,R.,
andMookher j
ee,D.
,2006.Under st
andi ngPovert
y.
London: OxfordUniver
sit
yPress.
Barro,R. ,Sal
a-i
-Marti
n,X.,2004.EconomicGrowth( 2nd Ed)London:MI T
Press.
Ray,D. ,1998.Dev elopmentEconomi cs.New York:Pr i
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ty
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Todaro,P.M. ,&Smit ,2012.Economi
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opment( 12th Ed)
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Ti
lak,J. ,1989.Educat ionandi t
sr el
ati
ont oEconomi cgr owt h,pover
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ngpaper s’Elsevi
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CUNI VERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seoutli
ne
MAT2101:
Element
sofLi
nearAl
gebr
a
1.Facul ty :Educati
on
2.Progr amme :
Diplomai nStati
sti
cs
3.Depar tment :
Mat hematicalSci
ences
4.Cour seTi t
le :El
ement sofLinearAlgebra
5.Cour seCode :MAT2101
6.Cour seYear /Level :2
7.Semest er :1
8.Lectur eHour sperWeek :2
9.Tutor i
al/Practi
calHour
sperweek:1
10.
Cour seCr edit
s :3
11.
MethodofAssessment : :Conti
nuousAssessment …………….
.……50%
:Fi
nalExami nat
ions……………………….50%
12.
Prerequi si
tes
Student sneedt ohaveknowl
edgeinmat ri
cesandv ectors
13.
Cour sedescr
ipt
or/Rat
ional
e
Algebraofmat r
icesandvector
s,andappli
cat
iontosol
uti
onst
osol
uti
onsto
system ofli
nearequati
onsandgeomet r
ictr
ansfor
mati
onarest
udi
edint
his
course.
14.
Aimsofcourse:
Todemonstr at
etost
udent
sthei
mpor
tanceofmat
ri
cesandv
ect
orsi
n
li
nearal
gebr
a.
15.
Int
endedl
ear
ningout
comes:
Bytheendoft
hecourseast
udentwi
l
lhav
egai
nedt
heknowl
edgeandski
l
ls
t
o:
a.Carryoutbasi coper ati
onsonmat rices
b.Reduceagi venmat rixtoechelonf orm
c.Solvel i
nearsystemsusi ngmat r
ices
d.Finddet erminantsofmat r
ices
e.Describeashear ,enlargement,r eflecti
onandt ransl
ati
onetcusi
ng
matr
ices
f. Fi
nddi spl
acementandposi t
ionvect or
g.Findv ectorequationsofl i
nesandpl anes
h.Calculateanglesbet weenal i
neandapl ane
i
. Determi newhet heragivensetofv ect or
sisdependentornot
16.
Topi
csofStudy
:
a.Matr
ices
i
.Def i
nit
ion
117
 i
i.Addi ti
on, subt ractionandmul ti
pli
cati
on
ii
i.Transf or mationsandmappi ngs
iv.Reflect i
oni nt hel i
ney=mx
v.Mappi ngsdescr ibedbyasi ngul armat r
ix
vi.Solutions t o si mul taneous equat i
ons i nt wo and t hree
unknowns
vi
i.Deter mi nantsofmat ri
ces
vii
i.Inverti
bl eandsi ngularmat r
ices
i
x.El ement aryrowoper ationsl inearsystems
b.Vectors
i.Definition
i
i.Addi ti
on, subt ractionandscal armul t
ipl
icati
on
ii
i.Linesi nt woandt hreeunknowns
iv.Repr esent ati
onofl inesi nv ector
,Car tesi
anandpar ametr i
c
form
v.Vect orsi nthreedi mensi ons
vi.Scalar( dot )productandi tsgeomet ri
csi gni
ficance
vi
i.Vect or( cross)pr oductandi tsgeomet r
icsignifi
cance
vii
i.Equat ionofapl anebyv ector, Cart
esi
an, andpar ametr
icforms
i
x.Rel ationshi pbet weenpl anesandbet weenl inesandplanes
x.Li nearcombi nations
xi.Dependenceandi ndependence
xii.Spanni ngset s
xii
i.Theconceptofbasi s
xiv.Element arytreat mentofv ectorspaces
xv .Resol utionofv ectorsi ntocomponent s
xvi.Appl i
cat iontomechani cs

17.
Teachi
ngandl
ear
ningmethods/
act
ivi
ti
es
Lect
urer
,gr
oupwork,
questi
on&answersanddi
scussi
ons
18.
Prescri
bedtexts:
Anton,H. ,2000.Element
aryLinearAl
gebra;Appli
cationsVersi
on,John
Wiley,NewYor k.
BackhouseJK,&Houl dsworhSPT,2002. Pur
t eMat hematics1,Longman
GroupLtd, London
Bostock,L.,
etal1982.Fur
, therPureMat
hematics.St
anleyThornes

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en,EA,NoDat e,LinearAl gebrafrom thebeginning,W.H.Freemanand
CompanyNewYor k.
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er,B&Gaul ter,M,2001.Fur therPureMat hs,OxfordUniversi
tyPress,
NewYor k.
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education,NewJer sey
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nearAl gebra,AnI nt
roducti
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Val nearAl gebra,Int
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ontoAbstractMathemati
cs
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TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
STA3201:
Desi
gnandAnal
ysi
sofSur
vey
sandExper
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2.Programme :
Dipl
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3.Department :
Mathemat i
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4.Courset i
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e :DesignandAnal ysi
sofSur v
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Experiments
5.Coursecode :
STA3201
6.Coursey ear/
level :3
7.Semest er :2
8.Lecturehoursperweek :2
9.Practi
cal/Tutor
ial
hoursperweek:1
10.
CourseCr edi
ts :3
11.
MethodofAssessment :Continuousassessment ……………………50%
:Fi
nal examinat
ion…………………………50%
12.
Pre-r
equisit
es
Knowledgeofappl iedst
ati
sti
calmethodsandpr obabi
li
tyisessent
ialt
othi
s
course
13.
Coursedescri
ptor/
Rati
onal
e
Thi
scour sepresentstostudentsmethodsfordesi
gni
ngasi mplesur v
ey
andexperiments.Thecour
secov er
sboththetheor
eti
calandpract
icalpart
ofdesi
gningsurveysandexperi
ments.

14.
Aimsofthecourse:
Tointr
oducestudentst
otechni
quesi
nsampl
esur
vey
sandexper
iment
al
desi
gn.

15.
Objecti
vesoft hecour se:
Bytheendoft hiscoursest udent sshoul dbeabl eto:
a.Giveadv antages/disadv antagesoft hev ar
ioussampli
ngtechni
ques
b.Giveadv antages/disadv antagesoft hev ari
ousexperi
mentaldesi
gn
techniques
c.Estimatepopul ationparamet ersf
r om t hevari
oussampli
ngtechni
ques
d.Designquest i
onnaires,simpl eexper imentsandsurveys
e.Analyzet hev ar
iousexper i
ment aldesi gns

16.
Topi
csofStudy
a.DesignandAnalysi
sofsampl
esurv
eys
i.Fundamentali
deas
i
i.Probabi
l
ityandpur
posi
vesampli
ng
120
 ii
i
.Sampl i
nger ror sofest imat orsandt heiresti
mation
iv
.Si mpl er andom sampl i
ngandst rat i
fiedrandom sampling
v
.Rat i
oandr egr essi onest i
mat ors
vi
.Sy st emat icsampl ing
v i
i
.Cl ust ersampl ing
vii
i
.Two- stagesampl ing
i
x.Desi gni ngsampl esur v ey s
x.Di ffer entst epsi nor gani zingsur vey s
xi
.Non- sampl inger ror s
xii
.Nat i
onalsampl esur veyand how t heNat i
onalStati
sticalOffi
ce
conduct ssampl esur vey s
b.DesignandAnal y sisofExper iment s
i
.Pr inci plesofexper iment ati
on
i
i
.Randomi zation, replicat i
onandl ocal control
ii
i
.Techni quesofer r orcont rol
iv
.Anal ysi sofv ar iance
v
.Fi xed, random andmi xedmodel s
vi
.Appl icat i
ont osi mpl eexper i
ment eddesi gns
v i
i
.Compl etelyr andomi zed,r andomi zedbl ocks,l
atinsquares,gr
aeco-
l
atinsquar e
vii
i
.Anal ysi soft hr eewaycl assifi
cationmodel s
i
x.Mi ssi ngpl ott echni ques
x.Const ruct i
onofor thogonal Lat
insquar esandPBI Bdesigns
xi
.Si mpl ef act or ialdesi gns and t heiranal ysi
s with and wi t
hout
conf oundi ngf act or s(wi thtwol ev el
sOnl y)
xii
.Anal ysi sofPBI Bdesi gns

17.
Teachi
ngandLear ningmet hods/
Act
ivi
ti
es
a.Lect ures
b.Tut orial
s
c.Gr oupdi scussions
d.St udentpr esentat
ions
e.Semi nars
f. Labor at
orywor k

18.
Prescr
ibedTexts
Chaundhuri
,A. ,and Stenger.H.,2005.Sur v ey Sampli
ng;Theor y and
MethodsISBN0824757548
Cochran,
WG, 1996.Exper
imentalDesi
gns,JohnWi leySons,NewYork.
r
d
Cochran,WG,1977.Sampl i
ngTechniques( 3 Ed) ,NewYor k,JohnWi l
ey
Sons
Mead, R.
,1988,Desi
gnofExperiments,
Cambr i
dgeUni versi
tyPress

19.
RecommendedText s
Antonius,R. ,2003, Int
erpr
eti
ng quant
it
ati
ve dat
a wit
h SPSS,Sage
Publicat
ionsLt
d,London.
Barnett,V.,1991,SamplingSurvey
:Pri
nci
pleandMethods,Edwar
dand
Arnold
121
Czaj ,1995Desi
a,R. gningSurveys:AGuidet
oDecisi
onsandProcedures,
PineFor
gePress,ThousandOakes.
Rea, LM, 1997. Desi gning and Conduct
ing Surv
ey Research: a
comprehensi
veguide,
SanFrancisco

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TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
STA3202:
Financi
alSt
ati
sti
cs
1.Facul ty :Educat ion
2.Progr amme :Diplomai nSt ati
stics
3.Depar tment :Mat hemat ical Sciences
4.Cour set i
t l
e :Financial Statistics
5.Cour secode :STA3202
6.Cour sey ear /
level :Thi r
dYear
7.Semest er :Two
8.Lectur ehour sperweek :2
9.Pract i
cal / Tut ori
alhoursperweek: 1
10.
Cour seCr edits :3
11.
Met hodofAssessment :Cont i
nuousassessment :
………………. .50%
:Finalexami nation…………………. .
.…50%
12.
Pre-requi sites
Af ami liaritywi ththefollowingst ati
sticsandmat hemat i
cswor ki sassumed.
Abr iefr ev iew ofpr i
ncipalresultsi sgivenwhent hemat er
ialisfirstused.
Statistics: Probabili
tydistr
ibutions,expect ation; nor mal ,tandFdi stributi
ons;
centrall imi tt heorem;cov ari
anceandcor relation; testing,zandtt est ,F-
test
forequal ityoft wov ari
ances;Chi -
Squar egoodnessoff i
tandconf i
dence
int
erv als.
Mat hemat ics: Equat ions, si mul t
aneous equat ions, mat ri
ces, mat r
ix
equat ionsandmat ri
xf orm ofsi mul taneousequat ions;Der iv
atives,par ti
al
derivativ esandopt i
misat i
on;Indefinit
eanddef initei ntegrals
13.
Cour sedescr i
ptorandRat i
onale
This cour se consi der s stati
sti
calt echni ques t o ev aluat e pr ocesses
occur r
ingt hrought ime.Ti meser i
esmodel ingtechniqueswi llbeconsi dered
withr ef erence tot hei ruse inf orecasting wher e suitabl e.Whi l
el i
near
model swi llbeexami nedi nsomedet ail,extensionst onon- l
inearmodel s
willalsobeconsi dered.Thecour sei salsoanext ensi onofpr obabil
it
yand
stati
sticswhi char eusef ulinbusinessr esearchorpr acti
ce.Theemphasi s
is on appl i
cati
ons,r atherthan pr oof
s,butsome under st anding oft he
concept sandanabi litytocommuni catethemeani ngoft her esult
sisv ital
.
Itint
roducesst udent st oti
meser iesmet hodsandt heappl icat i
onsoft hese
met hodst odi f
ferentt y
pesofdat ai nv ariouscont exts( suchasact uar i
al
studies,cl i
mat ology,economi cs,f inance,geogr aphy ,met eor ology,poli
tical
science,r iskmanagement ,andsoci ol
ogy ).Theydet ermi nepr obabil
ityof
charact eri
st i
csofpopul at
ionbasedont hechar acterist
icsoft hesampl e.
Theyhel passessst rengthoft her el
ationshipbet weent hei ndependent
123
(causal
)var
iabl
es,andthedependent(
eff
ect
)vari
abl
es.Theknowl
edgei
s
appli
cabl
einresear
ch,deci
sionmaki
ngandmanagement

124
14.
Aimsofcour se
Themoder nbusi nessi nvol
vesmanydeci si
onsandmanager sneedt he
skil
ls,
technologi es,procedur
est osuccessf ul
lyderiv
eappr opri
atesolut
ions
tobenefittheor ganisati
on.Thiscour seaimsatf ocusingondat asci
enceas
ananal y
ticalanddeci sionmaki ngt ool,i
nav ari
etyofbusi nesscontexts,
withamaj oremphasi soni nter
pr etationandappl i
cati
onusi ngExcel.I
talso
aimsathel pingst udentsatunder standingthepr operti
esofv ari
abl
esf r
om
fi
nancialmar kets and t he pragmat ic use ofst atist
ics in commer ce,
emphasizingt echniquesusedbyFi nancialAnalyst
s.

15.
Intendedl ear ningout comes:
Byt heendoft hiscour sest udent sshoul dbeabl et o:
a.Descr i
ber elationshipsbet weent wov ar i
ablesusi nglinearr egression
b.Const ructr el
at i
onshi pbet weent wov ari
abl esusi nglinearr egression
equat i
ons.
c.Expl aint hemet hodofconst ructingindexnumber s
d.Di scusst het est sofadequacyofi ndexnumber s
e.Conv ertchai nindexi ntof i
xedi ndexnumber s.
f. explaint hecomponent soft imeser i
es
g.measur et rend
h.measur eseasonal variati
ons
i
. Const ructsmoot hedt imeser i
esdat ausi ngbot hthemet hodofmov ing
averagesandt hemet hodofexponent ialsmoot hi
ng.
j
. Descr i
be r el
ationshi ps bet ween t wo v ariables using t i
me ser ies
regressi onequat i
ons.
k.Compar edi fferenti nv estment sandchooset hebestonei nt ermsof
fi
nanci al return.
l
. Expl ain t he concept s of popul ation, sampl es and sampl ing
dist
ribut ions
m.Est i
mat eunknownpopul ati
onquant it
ies
n.Testhy pot hesesaboutunknownpopul ati
onquant iti
es
o.Dr awi nf erencesaboutr elati
onshi ps
p.Under takebasi cmodelbui ldi
ng f orbusi nessappl icationst hatar e
appropr iatet ot heaudi encet hroughdi fferentmedi a
q.usemodel stoanal yseawi dev arietyofsi tuationsar i
singi nbusiness,
commer ceandf inance
r. Carryoutst atisti
cal dat aanal ysisinExcel andSPSS

16.
Topi
csofstudy
a.Correl
ati
onandr egressi
on
i
. Linearregressionmodel s
ii
. Non- li
near r egression ( Curvi
linear r egressi
on); Exponent
ial
r
egression,Logarit
hmi cRegression,Logisti
cRegressi
on
i
ii
. Pear sonCor r
elati
onCoef f
ici
ent
i
v. Spear man’sRankOr derCorrel
ati
onCoef fici
ent
b.Indexnumber s
i. Char acteri
sti
csofindexnumber sofpr i
ces;
125
 ii
. Ty pesofi ndexnumber sofpr ices
iii
. Met hodsofconst ruct ingi ndexnumber s:
Si mpl eaggr egat i
v e,Wei ght edaggr egativ
e: Laspey r
esmet hod,
Paasche’ sandBowl eymet hod, Fisher’
sideal index,Marshall
-
Edgewor thmet hod, Kel l
y ’
sMet hod.
iv. Test sofAdequacyofI ndexNumber
Uni ttest
Ti meRev er sal Test
Fact orRev er sal t
est .
v. Chai nI ndexNumber s
Const ruct ionOfChai nI ndices
Conv ersionofChai nI ndext oFi xedI ndex
vi
. Quant it
yi ndexnumber s
Aggr egat eExpendi tureMet hodorAggr egativemet hod,
Fami l
yBudgetMet hodort hemet hodofwei ghtedRelat
ives.
vii
. ConsumerPr iceI ndexNumber s(costofl ivi
ngi ndexnumber s)
c.Timeser ies
i
. Det er mi nisticmodel s
Li neart i
meser iesmodel s,
St at i
onar ymodel s
Homogeneousnon- stationar ymodel s
TheBox- Jenki nsappr oach
Int ervent ionmodel s
ii
. Ti me- ser iesr egr essi on
i
ii
. Ti me- ser iessmoot hi ng
i
v. Casest udies
d.Financi al dat aanal ysi s
i
. Fi nanci al var iabl es
ii
. Aut ocor relat i
on
i
ii
.I ndependence,
i
v. Het eroscedast icity
v. Runst est .
e.Random wal kmodel
i
. Nor mal i
ty
ii
. Sy mmet ry
i
ii
. kur tosi s.
f. Returns
i
. Lognor mal di st ri
but i
on
ii
. Ef fectoft i
mei nt erv al
i
ii
. Si mul at i
ngr et ur nsandpr icespat hs
i
v. Thi nt radi ng.
g.ANOVAt abl e.
i
. Mat rixnot ation
ii
. Resi dual anal y sis.
i
ii
. Dur bin-Wat son
i
v. Sampl ingdi str i
but i
onofest imat es
v. Conf idencei nt erv alsandt est s, p-values,prediction.
126
 h.Multi
pler egressions(Anal y
sisofVariance)
i
. Gener alandRegr essionmodel
ii
. Model assumpt i
ons
iii
. Esti
mat i
ngf i
xedandv ari
ablecost
s,
iv. Testingsubset sofpar amet er
s
v. Ordinaryleastsquar es(OLS)estimation,
v i
. Bias,consistency,Effi
ciency
vii
. Extrasum ofsquar es
v
iii
. R-squar e
ix. AdjustedR- square
x. Dataanal ysisusingexcel andSPSS

17.
Teachi ngandlearningmet hods/ act
ivi
ties
Thecl assi
sast udentr uncl ass.Ther efor
ebesidest hecor electure,the
lecturerwil
lr egularl
yaskquest i
onst o st
udentswho ar eexpect edand
stronglyencouragedt oactivelyparti
cipateinthegroupdi scussionst hatwi l
l
foll
ow.Thel ecturerwi l
lregularl
yassignhomewor k.Homewor kwi l
linclude
readingassignment s,labwor kaswel lasgr oupprojects.Pr obl
em sol ving,
readingassignment s,quizzesandcompr ehensi
veexami nationswi l
lalsobe
used.

18.
Prescribedt ext s
Bingham N. H.& Fr yJ. M.2010.Regr essionLi nearModel si n Statist
ics:
Springer -
London
Clarke,GM, &Cook, D.,1998.ABasi cCour seinSt atisti
cs, 4thEd, Arnold
Crawshaw,J. ,2001.AConci seCour seinAdv ancedLev elSt ati
stics,Nelson
Thor nes: London.
Fiel
d,A. ,2005,Di scov ering St atisti
cs:usi ng SPSS f orwi ndows,Sage
Publ i
cat i
ons: London.
FreundR. J.,Wi lsonW. J.&Pi ngSa2006.Regr essionAnal y
sisSt atist
ical
nd
Model i
ngofaResponseVar i
able( 2 Ed) :UK
Heer i
ngaS. G.,West B.T.
&Ber glundP. A.2010.Appl iedSur v eyDat aAnal ysi
s
Statisti
cs i nt he Soci aland Behav i
oralSci ences Ser i
es Chapman &
Hall/CRCTay lor&Fr ancisGr oup: USA
Lehmann,E. L,andRomano,2005.Test ingSt atisticalHy pot hesis,Springer:
NewYor k.
OttLy manR.& Mi chaelLongnecker2001.AnI ntr
oduct iont oSt atist
ical
th
Met hodsandDat aAnal ysis(5 Ed. )
,Aust r
alia, TexasA&M Uni ver
sity.
Ramachandr anK. M., TsokosC. P2009.Mat hemat icalStatistics
withAppl ications, Universit
yofSout hFl ori
daUSA, Elsev ier.
Wi l
cox, R.R,2005.I ntroduct i
ont or obustest imat ionandhy pothesi stesti
ng,
Amst erdam, El sev i
er/Academi cPr ess.

19.
Recommendedt ext
s
Att
wood,G.,1995.Statist
ics2,HeinemannEducati
onal
Pub.:Oxf
ord.
Beck,
&Ar dKJ,1977.Par
nol ameterEsti
mat i
oninEngi
neer
ingandScience,
NewYor kJohnWi leyandSonsI nc.
Cochran,
W.G, 1996.ExperimentalDesi
gn,JohnWil
eySons:NewYork.
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Dubbel man, C.Di
, sturbancesi nt helinearmodel ,estimat i
onandhy pot
hesis
testi
ng, :Boston, Kluwer -Nij
hoffPub.
Francis,A. ,1988.Adv ancedLev elSt ati
sti
cs:AnI nt egratedCour se,Stanley
Thor nes( Publisher s)Ltd: Cheltenham.
Freund,JE, 2007.Moder nEl ement ar
ySt at
ist
ics,Pear son: NewJer sey
Hay s,WL, 1988St atistics,Holt,Rinehar tandWi nston, Inc:NewYor k.
HoelP. ,1984,I nt r
oduct i
ont oMat hemat icalStatistics,Cheltenham;John
Wi l
ey&SonsI ncSt anleyThor nes( Publi
shers)Ltd.
Koch,K. ,1999.Par amet erEst i
mat ionandHy pothesi sTest ingi nLinear
model s,
Springer.Lehmann,E. L,andRomano,2005.Test i
ngSt ati
sti
calHy pothesis,
NewYor k,Springer .
LefebvreMar i
o2009.Basi cPr obabilityTheor ywi thAppl icat
ions:Spr i
nger
Science+Busi nessMedi a:LondonNewy ork

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TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
MAT3101:AdvancedCal culus
1.Facul ty :
Educat i
on
2.Progr amme :
Dipl
omai nSt at
ist
ics
3.Depar tment :
Mat hemat icalSci
ences
4.Cour seTi t
le :
Adv ancedCal culus
5.Cour seCode :
MAT3101
6.Cour sey ear :
3
7.Semest er :
1
8.Lectur eHour sperWeek :
2
9.Tutor i
als/Practi
cal
sperweek :1
10.
Cour seCr edits :
3
11.
MethodofAssessment :
Cont i
nuousAssessment …………………50%
:
FinalExami nati
ons………………………50%
12.
Prerequi si
tes:
Student sar eassumedtohavel ear
nedmostst andardcal cul
usconcept
s,
drawi nggr aphsandel
ementsofli
nearalgebra.

13.
Cour sedescri
ptor/Rationale:
Adv ancedcalculuscour sescov ermuchofthesamemat eri
alasdocal culus
cour seshoweverf rom adifferentpoi
ntofvi
ew.Thetheoret
ical
perceptiveis
essent i
altoadv ancedst udyinmat hemati
csandisaf undamentalneedf or
studentsplanningcar eersinvolvi
ngtheor
eti
cal
scienceandengineer
ing.

14.
Aim oft
hecourse:
Toenablestudent
sgainanunder
standi
ngoft
heconcept
sandt
echni
ques
ofmulti
var
iabl
ecalcul
us.

15.
Int
endedl earni
ngout comes:
Bytheendoft hiscour sestudent sshoul dbeabl eto:
a.Dr awgr aphsofquadr i
csusi ngMapl e
b.Di f
ferentiatefuncti
onsofsev eralvar
iables
c.Findl i
mi tsoffunctionsofsev er
alvariables
d.Findi ncrement soff unctionsoft hef orm w=f (x,y)
e.Findpar tialderi
v at
ivesusi ngchai nrule
f. Estimatet hedirect
ional derivati
vesoff unct i
ons
g.Findequat ionfortangentpl aneandnor mal l
ineatagi venpoi
nt
h.Findt heext remaoff unctionsofsev eral vari
abl es
i
. Appl yLagr ange’stheor em tomaxi mizeandmi nimizev
olume
j
. Ev aluatedoubl eintegrals
k.Findt hear eaandv olumeusi ngdoubl eintegral
129
 l
. Eval
uateareaofspeci fi
cregi
onsusi
ngpolarcoor
dinat
es
m.Eval
uatetri
pleintegral
s
n.Fi
ndanequat ioninspher i
cal
coor
dinat
es
o.Descri
beav ectorfiel
d
p.ApplyGreen’
st heorem tosol
vepr
oblems
q.Di
scusst herotati
onalproper
ti
esofafi
eld

16.
Topi
csofSt udy :
a.ThreeDi mensi onal Anal yti
cGeomet r
y
i
.Quadr icsur faces
ii
.Cy lindr ical andSpher ical coordinates
b.Par t
ialDer ivat i
v es
i
.Funct i
onsofsev eralvariables
ii
.Li mi tsandCont i
nui ty
iii
.Par ti
al der iv atives
iv.Tangentpl anesandDi f
fer enti
als
v.Thechai nRul e
v i
.Di rect ional Der ivat i
vesandt heGr adientVector
vii
.Maxi mum andMi nimum Val ues
v
iii
.Lagr angeMul ti
pl iers
c.Mul t
ipleI ntegr al s
i
. Doubl eI nt egr alsov erRect angles
ii
. I ter atedI nt egr als
iii
. Doubl eI nt egr alsov erGener alRegi ons
iv. Doubl eI nt egr alsi nPolarCoor dinates
v. Appl icat i
onsofDoubl eI ntegrals
v i
. Sur faceAr ea
vii
. Tr ipleI nt egr als
v
iii
. Tr ipleI nt egr alsi nCy li
ndr icalandSpher i
calCoor
dinat
es
ix. ChangeofVar iablesinMul ti
pleI ntegr
als
d.Vect orcal culus
i
. Vect orFi elds
ii
. Li neI nt egr als
iii
. TheFundament alTheor em f orli
neI ntegr
als
iv. Gr een’ st heor em
v. Cur landDi vergence
v i
. Par amet ricSur facesandThei rAr eas
vii
. Sur faceI nt egr als
v
iii
. St oke’ sTheor em
ix. TheDi ver genceTheor em

17.
Prescri
bedt exts:
Cox,W. ,1998.Vect orCalculus,Arnol d,
London.
Crei
ght onB.R. ,2003.Adv ancedCal cul 3rdedi
us, t
ion:
Wav elandPrI
nc
Swokowski , E.W.,1994.Cal cul
us,PWSPubl i
shingco.,Boston.
Wrede,R.C. ,2002.Schaum' sOutlineofTheor yandProblemsofAdvanced
Calculus, McGraw-Hill
,NewYor k.
Kaplan, W.,2002.Adv ancedCal culus5thedit
ion:Pear
son
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RecommendedText s:
Binmore, K.,2001.Calculus,Cambr idgeUni ver
sit
yPr ess,London.
Knoll
,C.A. ,etal,1995.Di scov er
ingCal culuswit
hMat hemat i
ca,
JohnWil
ey
SonsI nc.,
NewYor k.
Ostaszewski ,A. ,1990. Adv anced Mat hematicalMet hods,Cambri
dge
Universit
y ,
London.
Robert,T.,2002.Calculus,MacGr aw- Hi
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th
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on: ThomsonBr ooks/Cole.

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TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOut
li
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ECO3105:
Publ
i
candWel
far
eEconomi
cs
1.Facul ty :
SocialSciences
2.Progr amme :Diplomai nStat
ist
ics
3. Depar tment :
Economi cs
4.Cour seCode :
ECO3105
5.Cour seTitle :
PublicandWel fareEconomics
6.Cour seDur ati
on :
OneSemest er
7.Level :
3
8.Lectur eHoursperWeek: 2
9.Tutor i
alsperWeek :
1
10.
Cour seCr edi
ts :
3
11.
Met hodofAssessment : Cont i
nuous
Assessment ..
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12.
Pre-requisit
es
ECO1101, ECO1201, ECO2102andECO2202
13.Cour seDescr i
ptorandRat i
onale
Thecour seprovidesst udentswiththenecessar ytoolstounder st
andt he
cri
ticalissuessur roundingt heroleofgov ernmenti namar ketor i
ented
economyandt heef f
ectsofgov er
nmentpol ici
esonr esour
ceal l
ocation
(eff
iciency)andincomedi stri
buti
on(equity
).Topicstobecov er edincl
ude:
publicchoiceandwel f
areeconomi cs,marketf
ai l
ure,
theoryoftaxati
on,cost
-benefitanal
ysisandt hebudgetdef i
citpr
oblem.
14.
Aim( s)ofthecourse
Thiscourseaimsatmakingst
udent
sunder
standther
oleofPubl
i
csect
ori
n
resource all
ocat
ionhandi
nhandwit
hthepri
vat
esector
.
15.
Intendedlearningoutcomes
Byt heendoft hecour sest udentsshouldbeabl
eto:
a.Expl ainpubli
cchoi ceandwel f
areeconomi
cs
b.Di scussmar ketfailure
c.Di scussthetheor yoft axat
ion
d.Di scusscost-benef i
tanalysis
e.Di scussthebudgetdef ici
tproblem
f. Describetheroleoft hepubl i
csector
g.Expl ainther at
ional ebehindcommonpubl i
cprogr
amsandt
axat
ion
poli
cies

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h.Just
if
ytheexi
stenceoft
hepubl
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csect
or

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16.Topi
csofstudy
a. Intr
oduct ion
i
.I ntroduct iont oPubl icChoice
ii
.Tool sofPosi ti
veAnal ysis
i
ii
.Tool sofNor mat iveAnal ysisandWel f
areEconomi cs
i
v.Consumer ’sSur plusandt heVar i
ati
onMeasur es
b.MarketFai lure: TheRol eofGov ernmentinaMar ketEconomy–
Eff
ici
encyAspect
i
.Ext er naliti
es
ii
.Publ i
cGoods
i
ii
.Pol i
ti
cal Economy
c.MarketFai lure: TheRol eofGov ernmentinaMar ketEconomy–Equi
ty
Aspect
i. Pov er t
yReduct i
on
ii
.I ncomeDi stribution
ii
i.Inequal ity
d. TheTheor yofTaxat i
on
i
.TaxI nci dence
ii
.TaxandEf ficiency
i
ii
.Opt imal Taxat i
on
i
v.TheMal awi Taxat i
onSy st
em
e. TheCost -Benef itAnal y sis
i. Discount ingv alues
ii
.Shadowpr icing
ii
i.Internal rat eofr eturn
f. TheBudgetDef icitPr oblem
i
.Doesi tbenef itthepoor ?
ii
.Fi nanci ngdef ici
tandt hewel far
eofthepeople

17.
Lear
ningandTeachi
ngMet
hods
Lectur
esareoff
eredusi
ngv ar
iousl
ear
ningai
dsli
kevi
sual
graphs,
pract
ical
swhere
reall
if
eevent
sar edi
scussedandanal
yzed.Ther
eisal
soa1hourt ut
ori
alsessi
on
perweek.

18.Prescri
bedTexts:
Hyman, D.C.2008.Publ
, i
cFinance:AContemporaryAppl
icat
ionofTheorytoPoli
cy
9thEd)
( .NewYor k:ThomsonSout h-
Western.
Moy ni
li
an,D.,&Brian,T.2000.Economi
, cs:Acompl et
ecourse(3rdEd)
.London:
Oxford.
Rosen,H.S.&Gay er,T.2008.Publ
, icFi
nance,
(8thEd).NewYork: McGraw-
Hill
.

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BrueS.L.,&GrantR. R.
,2007.Thehist
oryofEconomi cThought.(7thEd)
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York:ThomsonHi gherEducati
on.
CarbaughR. J.
,2005.Cont emporar
yEconomi cs:Anappl
icat
ionsappr oach.(3rdEd)
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Ohio:ThomsonSout h-
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ys,S.2000.Management
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 THECATHOLICUNIVERSI
TYOFMALAWI
Cour
seOutli
ne
ECO3104:
Env
ironment
alEconomi
cs
1.Facul ty :
SocialScience
2.Pr ogr amme :
Diplomai nStat
ist
ics
3.Depar tment :Economics
4.Cour seTi t
le :Envi
ronment alEconomics
5.Cour seCode :ECO3104
6.Cour seDur ati
on :OneSemest er
7. Lev el :Year3
8.Lect ur eHour sperWeek :
2
9.Tut or i
al/Practi
calHoursperWeek :1
10.Cour seCr edit
s :3
11.Met hodofAssessment : Cont
inuous
Assessment ..
..
..
..
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..
..
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..
40%
End of Semester
Exams. .
...
...
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...
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.60%
12.
Prerequi site:
ECO2101: I
ntermedi ateMi croeconomi cs,BasicCal culusandSi mpl e
Regr essionAnal ysis
13.
Cour seDescr ipt
ion
This cour se equi ps St udent s with knowl edge and ski l
ls on desi gni
ng
incentivest oprot ectt heenv ironment. Thet opi csincl
udedi nthecour se
are:I ntroduct i
ont oEnv i
ronment alEconomi cs,Measur i
ngt hecostand
benef i
tsofpr ovi
di ngEnv i
ronment alAmmeni ti
es,Pol lut
ionandRegul ati
ng
Polluters.
14.
Aim( s)oft hecour se
To i ntroduce st udent st ot he maj ori deas i n naturalresour ces and
environment aleconomi cs.Al so, toimpar tsst udentswi thknowl edgeon
howef fecientlytout i
lizeandat tachvaluetoenv i
r onment al
resources.
15.
Int
endedLear
ningout
comes
Bytheendofthecour
sest
udent
sshoul
dbeabl
eto:
a.Ev aluatethesoci alcost
sandbenef it
sofr i
valenvi
ronment alpol
icies
b.Val uethesoci albenefit
spr ov
idedbyt heenvir
onment
c. Determinet heopt imall ev
elofpol l
utionandchoosepol ici
est hateffici
entl
y
achieveit
d.Manager enewabl eresources( for
est s,fi
sheri
es&wat er)andnon- renewable
resources( oil&mi neral
s)
e. Analyset hel evelandef f
ectsofext ernali
ti
esresul
tingfrom Economi cact i
vi
ti
es
ondev elopment .
f. Evaluatepr eviousGov ernmentpol i
ciesonNat uralResourcesmanagement .
g.Demonst ratehowEconomi ctheori
eshel ptocontaintheproblem ofpolluti
on.

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h.Relat
enati
onalpubl
icpol
icyt
ointer
nat
ional
policyonenv
ironmentalpr
otect
ion.
i
. Discr
ibev
arioustr
eati
es/
chart
ersonGreen-HouseGasint hepr
otecti
onoft he
OzoneLayer

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16.
Topi
csofst udy:
a. I
ntroductiont oEnv ir
onment alEconomi cs
i.Pr incipl esofEconomi csinEnv ir
onmentalManagement
Whati san“ envir
onment alprobl
em”ineconomi cs?
i
i.Soci al Cost-Benef i
tAnalysis&CostEf f
ecti
venessAnalysi
s
How do we manage t he env i
ronmentt o maximize human
wel fare?
i
i
i.Mar ketFai lureandExt ernalit
ies
Whatar et het ypesandcausesofext ernal
it
iesthataff
ectthe
env i
r onment ?
i
v.Publ icChoi ces
Whatar et het ypesofremedi esavail
abl
etopol i
cymakers?

b.Measuri
ngt heCost sandBenef i
tsofPr ovi
dingEnv i
ronmental
Ameni t
ies
i
.Measur i
ngtheCost sofPr ovisi
on
Howdowemeasur et hecostsofimpr ovingenvi
ronmental
ameni t
ies?
ii
.Tot al Economi cVal ue
Howdowemeasur et hebenef i
tsofimpr ovi
nganenvironmental
ameni t
y ?
i
ii
.Met hods: product i
vityloss,defensiv
e, mit
igati
ng,t
ravelcost
,
hedoni candcont ingentv aluati
on.
Whenar et hesemet hodsappr opr
iatetouse?Andwhatar ethe
strengt hsandweaknessesofeach?
i
v.Val uat i
onandPol icyRel evance
How i s benef i
ti nformat i
on used i n poli
cy f
ormulati
on and
impl ement ation?
v.Sect ionCaseSt udy: Oilspi
lli
ng

c.Pol
l
utionandRegul atingPol l
uters
i
.Theopt i
mal levelofpol l
uti
on
Whati stheeconomi callyeffi
cientlevelofpoll
uti
on?
ii
.Mi ni
mi zi
ngt hecostofpol lut
ionabat ement :t
echnol
ogyst
andar
ds,
emission standar ds,taxesandper mit
s
Whi chpoli
cyi nstrument saremostef fi
cientandwhy?

d.TheEconomi csofGl obalWar ming

i
.Thepol iti
caleconomyofi nstr
umentchoi ce
 Whi chpol i
cyinstrument sarepreferr
edbyt hepoll
uter
sandwhy ?
ii
.SectionCaseSt udy:AirPollut
ionPolicy
i
ii
.Non- Renewabl eandRenewabl eResour ces
i
v.TheMi ne:EnergyandMi neral
s
v.Fisheri
es, WaterandFor est
s
 Whati st he opt i
malhar v est
ing schedule and whatdoes i
t
dependupon?
vi
.Mar ketsandPol icyFailures
 Why ar e ourr enewabl er esource managementef for
tsless
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hanournon- renewablemanagementeff
ort
s?
vi
i
.Sect ionCaseSt udy:ChamboFi sheri
esontheLakeMalawi
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Learni
ngandTeachi ngMet hods
Deli
veringthi
scour sewi l
linvol
vesLect ur
es,Groupdi
scussi
ons,Semi
nar
s,
Presentati
ons,Fi
eldvisi
ts,DebatesandTut or
ial
s.

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1997.“ Pol
icyInstrument sforCli
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onal
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