Minimum Entry Requirements

Candidates will be required to have any of the following qualifications:

  1. Mean grade of C+ (plus) at KCSE or equivalent.
  2. OR a mean grade of C (Plain) at KCSE or equivalent with a Diploma in Library Science and/or Information Science or Archives Administration.
  3. OR a mean grade of C- (Minus) at KCSE and progressed from Certificate to Diploma at any recognized/accredited Institutions.

    Fee Structure (per academic year)

    East Africans: Ksh 204,000
    Non-East Africans: Ksh 204,000

 

Unit Codes and Titles

 

Level 100 Sem 1 Sem 2
UCU 100: Communication skills +  
UCU 103: Introduction to Critical & Creative Thinking +  
UCU 104: Introduction to Entrepreneurship +  
ISC 100: Information, Communities and Development +  
ISC 101: Information Technology 1 +  
ISC 102: Cataloguing I +  
ISC 103: Classification I + +
ISC 104: Cataloguing and Indexing   +
ISC 105: Classification II   +
ISC 106: Publishing and Book Trade   +
SIT 210: Multimedia Systems   +
ISC 107: Quality Assurance in Information Services   +
ISC 108: International and Contemporary Issues in Information Services   +

 

 

Level 200 Sem 1 Sem 2
ISC 200: Sources of Bibliographic Information +  
ISC 201: Software Development and Application +  
ISC 202: Design & Care of Library & Information Centre Building +  
ISC 203: Dissemination of Information +  
ISC 204: Subject Indexing & Information Retrieval +  
ISC 205: Office and Registry Records Management   +
ISC 206: Electronic Information Sources & Services +  
ISC 207: Management of Information Systems   +
ISC 208: Fundamentals of Networking in Information Centres   +
SIT 209: Web Design Basics   +
ISC 210: Marketing & Public Relations   +
ISC 211: Information Ethics & Legal Issues +  
ISC 212: Project Proposal and report Writing   +

 

 

Level 300 Sem 1 Sem 2
BBA 301: Human Resource Management   +
BBA310: Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management +  
ECU 300: Research Methods +  
ISC 301: Electronic Records Management +  
ISC 302: Information Systems Development +  
ISC 303: Electronic Publishing   +
ISC 304: Information Services for Users with Special Needs   +
ISC 305: Database Management Systems   +
ISC 306: Research Project   +
ISC 307: Workplace Preparedness + +
ISC 308: Archives Administration +  
ISC 309: Business Information Services & Records   +
ISC 310: Internship   +

 

 

Level 400 Core Units Library Option Sem 1 Sem 2
ISC 400: Consultancy in Information Work +  
ISC 401: Collection Development +  
ISC 402: Practical Cataloguing +  
ISC 403: Practical Classification +  
ISC 404: Digital Libraries +  
ISC 405: Global Information communication   +
ISC 406: Monitoring & Evaluation of Inf. Services   +
ISC 407: Reference and Information Services    
ISC 408: Information Sources and Systems    
Electives    
ECU400: Disaster Management +  
ISC 409: Information Behavior and Development    
ISC 410: Health Data and Welfare Information Services   +
ISC 411: Sectoral Information Services   +