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Records and Archives play a critical role in assisting management to make decisions. The programme in records and archives management was set up to meet the lack of professional records managers and archivists in the country. The programme aims at producing graduates that can set up and manage the entire records management programme of an organization in a professional way.

 Benefit of the program

 Personnel trained in matters of records management are able to do the following

Creation of files

  • Classification of records and management of active records.
  • Records appraisal retention and scheduling.
  • Ensures proper Records preservation and archiving.
  • Ensure that records are managed professionally so that any statutory or financial obligations are met.

Target Group

This diploma program is designed to cater for all those who meet the admission requirements and include: 

Minimum Entry Requirement

UACE with at least one principal pass in Economics or Math with 2 subsidiary passes & 5 passes at O’ Level

                                                        OR

UCE / O’level with at least three credits and a certificate from a recognised institution

Tuition : Ug Shs. 500,000

Course Modules

Table 4: Program Structure for Diploma in Records and   Archives Management   (RAM)      

  Year One  Semester  One        

     

    
S/No. Course Code Course  Name          Remarks
1 DRAD 111 Fundamentals of Records Management  
2 DRAD112 Fundamentals of Financial  Accounting  
3 DRAD113 Fundamentals of Economics  
4 DRAD114 Business Communications Skills  
5 DRAD115 Information Communication Technology  I  
6 DRAD 116 Information Literacy  

Year One     Semester Two

 

  
1. RAM121 Management of Registries  
2. BSM122 Principles of Management  
3. BSM  123 Business Statistics  
4. RAM 124 Legislations in Records Management  
5. ICT 121  Information Communication Technology  II(ICDL CERTIFICATION)  
6. RAM  123 Internship/Industrial Training & Report  
Year Two    Semester One  
1 BSM 211 Research Methods and Proposal  
2 BSM212 Entrepreneurship skills  
3 BSM213 Financial Management  
4 RAM211 Records  Information Systems  
5 RAM212 Records Center Management  
6 RAM213 Basic Library Operations  
Year  Two    Semester Two  
1 BAD221 Project Management and Project Proposal  
2 RAM222 Management of Electronic records  
3 RAM223 Archive Administration & Management  
4 RAM224 Document Preservation and Management  
5 BSM221 Customer care and clients Relationship  

 

Source * http://www.uict.ac.ug/records-and-archives-management-ram/

Course Entry Requirements

This diploma program is designed to cater for all those who meet the admission requirements and include: 

Minimum Entry Requirement

UACE with at least one principal pass in Economics or Math with 2 subsidiary passes & 5 passes at O’ Level

                                                        OR

UCE / O’level with at least three credits and a certificate from a recognized institution

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