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Welcome to research project module

The module of research project in veterinary medicine program offers to students and their research supervisors, a unique opportunity to (1) identify relevant research question (s) faced by livestock farmers, (2) apply the accumulated knowledge to design a suitable methodology that will be used to collect data and (3) come up with critical analysis to the challenges identified and potentially, provide solutions to community. The research project comprises various activities leading to research project report writing and presentation.  

This course in Protozoology introduces the protozoal parasites of veterinary importance to students in second year of the BVM program. The main focus is on identification and description of each of the parasites, including epidemiological significance, and helping the students to have meaningful practical experience and to express their own findings from group discussions.

Brief description of aims and content

This course is designed primarily to introduce students to Pharmacology as a basic science in the practice of Veterinary Medicine. It provides a balance of instruction correlating the science of pharmacology with pharmacotherapeutics.  Scientific information, therapeutic effects, clinical usage, mechanism(s) of drug action, side effects, and toxicity are discussed for each class of drugs presented in the course.  This course reviews the effects of drugs on the major systems. Drugs that affect the cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal tract, endocrine, respiratory, musculoskeletal and integument as well as the haematopoietic systems are presented with emphasis on their mechanism of action, pharmacological effects, clinical uses and adverse effects.

This module is an introduction to the creation and presentation of visual representations using digital technologies. It involves the use of computer-generated graphics, images, or animations to convey information, ideas, or concepts in a visual format. The module further involves controlling various tools and software applications to transform data or concepts into visual statements that are easier to understand and interpret. It is often used to symbolize intricate data sets in a visual form to facilitate comprehension in any discipline.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AIMS AND CONTENT

This module provides an overview of typography as an art and science. It covers the history of type, basic terminology, and principles of good typographic design. Students will learn about type classification, font anatomy, and how to choose appropriate typefaces for different design contexts.

The module covers the principles and techniques of type design. Students learn about letterform construction, spacing, kerning, and font production software. The history of type design is also explored, providing context for contemporary practices. 

The module further examines how typefaces are selected to represent brands, the psychology of different fonts, and the impact of typography on brand recognition. Case studies of successful branding through typography are analysed.

This course is designed to focus on the creation, design, and analysis of media content that engages and interacts with its audience. The field of interactive media combines elements of design, technology, and communication to create immersive and engaging experiences across various platforms.

This is a practical course/field work where students will be taken through the cases that are presented:

To captivate understanding of common Veterinary conditions and factors associated with diseases and conditions affecting livestock in the field

To build a sense of research and scientific presentation of research findings,

To apply theoretical knowledge to practice thereby exploring the cause-disease interaction through the pathogenesis

To develop ability to work with farmers and enhance social skills.

To gain skills of planning a treatment schedule for each disease with regard to type of drug, effective dose and time of dosing.

To build capacity of students in order to monitor and evaluate cases of diseases and herd health.

To build rapport with neighbouring farmers and enhance  effective reporting and Communication (Feedback)

This course covers general introductory concepts in internet and use of web in general. It describes the analysis, design and implementation of Web Application using Web Technologies.

The specific topics that this course will cover includes:  Introduction and practices to HTML tags, Web styling using CSS, adding the interactivity to the front-end web pages using JavaScript capabilities. Additionally, the topic also revise the design and implementation of Database and later on the connection of the web page with the backend database through the web services implemented in PHP.

The topic also is organized to give free time to student to implement his innovative idea from the design until the implementation phase.

The course aims to provide basics for pollution control in general.  The course enable students to be familiar and get understanding of air pollution transport and dispersion, pollution fate and control.  The course discusses techniques to manage solid wastes and hazardous wastes.

This course has been designed for the 3rd year students in Soil science and the nodule aims to:

• Acquaint students with the current concept of wetlands and its  methods for the delimitation (identification, delineation, and classification, etc.) and assessment.
• Understand  and evaluate the factors that  affect  pedogenesis phenomena
•  Identify  the various ways  that cause the wetland  degradations  in order to make a plan  for  exploitation agricultural potential  with reducing any harmful environmental incidence
•  Be familiarized  with the fundamental aspects of wetlands ecology
• Learning outcomes:
• After completion this course  student should have to 
• Understand the concept of wetland, the intrinsic qualities and ecological services provided by wetlands and its value to human
• Be able to identify the hydric soil indicators in the field to delineate wetlands
• Know the fundamental processes and the descriptive or analytical characteristic of  specific  soil covered under wetlands area, then  wetland soil taxonomy( wetland suborder)
• Understand the criteria and indicators used for hydric soils

A three-day workshop for students from the MSc Programme in Economics, who are currently writing their Master's Thesis
Lecturer: Daniel Smilovski

Welcome Note

Dear WREM Students:

Welcome to the module: WRM6162 WATER RESOURCES SYSTEM AND ENGINEERING.

We would like to indicate to you the purpose of this module and give you some helpful information and a few hints to complete successfully this module. 

This module introduces you to the basic concepts of water resources system and engineering. It deals with the conceptual understanding and design of hydraulics and hydrologic systems. It also includes conceptual understanding and design of urban drainage systems.

Learning involves reading provided notes, books and visiting provided website links, and interacting about them between you and Classmates, between you and your lecturers in the Engagement-Feedback learning environment. This means that you have to raise problems, unclear issues, queries, suggestions and comments so that you get feedback about them from your lecturers or your friends. 

However, because of this global pandemic "COVID-19 outbreak", face-to-face classes were suspended and planned to be resumed mid-November 2020. While waiting for resumption, use this opportunity to gain more understanding and essence of the subject, new ways of thinking, and new skills through interaction with module contents, among yourselves, and with us as your instructors.

Therefore, to succeed in this module, be first self-motivated, self-disciplined, and determined. This means that you are completely responsible for establishing and maintaining a regular study system at your home. If you find any missing learning material while surfing on this module homepage or incomplete phrases, statements, or unclear figures or tables, do not hesitate to contact us using our contacts provided at the end under the section "teaching team". 

Module contents

Key Units to be covered include:

Unit I - Hydraulics

Unit II - Hydrology

Unit III – Urban Drainage

Learning outcomes

At the end of this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

1. The principles of hydraulics including: fluids properties, hydrostatics, kinematics, dynamics and momentum equation
2. Application of hydrostatics and laws of conservation of mass, energy and momentum in design and construction of hydraulic structures
3. The principle of hydrology including: elements of weather and climate, groundwater and aspect of water measurement
4. Needs and benefits of urban drainages, its components and design approaches

Learning resources

Lecture notes, textbooks, Journals, and Websites are the main sources for learning:

Core Text Books

• CHADWICK A, MORFETT J., BORTHWICK M., 2004, Hydraulics in civil and environmental Engineering, 4^th ed., Spon Press, LONDON.
• CHOW, V.T., MAIDMENT, D.R., MAYS, L.W, 1988, Applied hydrology, McGraw Hill, Inc. , SINGAPORE.
• Raghunath, H.M., 2006. Hydrology (Principles, Analysis and Design). Revised 2^nd edition, New Age International (P) Limited Publishers, New Dehli. (457 p.).
• Ramsar Convention Secretariat, 2010. Water allocation and management, Handbook 10. 4^th edition of the Ramsar Handbooks replaces the series published in 2007.
• Shaw, E.M., 1989. Engineering hydrology techniques in practice. Ellis Horwood, 350 p.
• Engineering Hydrology, Fourth Edition; E.M. Wilson
• FITTS C.R, 2002, Groundwater science, Elsevier Science LTD, LONDON.
• Groundwater Science; Charles R.Fitts
• Surface and groundwater, weathering, and soils; edited by James I. Drever
• Sustainable sewerage-Guidelines for community schemes; R.A.Reed
• Water-Resources Engineering; David A. Chin
• Van der Griend, A.A, Waterloo, M.J. and Uhlenbrook, S., 2008. Hydrodynamics, surface water hydraulics and catchment rainfall-runoff response analysis, Amsterdam.
• WILSON, E. M. (1990). Engineering Hydrology (Fourth Edition), MACMILLAN PRESS LTD, London.

Journals

1. IWRM Water International
2. IWA Water Policy
3. International Journal of Water Resources Development
4. International Journal of Water. 

Key websites and on-line resources

1. www.gwpforum.org
2. http://www.epa.gov/epahome/techdoc.htm
3. http://www.waternetonline.ihe.nl
4. http://www.unesco-ihe.org
5. http://www.nbi.org.

Warmest regards, 

Teaching Team

1.  Prof. Umaru Garba Wali (module leader and lecturer of Unit 1 and Unit 3)

            Contacts: g.umaru@ur.ac.rw; ugarbawali@gmail.com

       2. Prof. Omar MUNYANEZA (Lecturer of Unit 2)

             Contacts: omarmunyaneza@gmail.com; o.munyaneza@ur.ac.rw

This module deals with the integrated application of acquired knowledge and skills in small-groups to solve realistic management and design problems in a (simulated) multi-disciplinary water supply and environmental sanitation case study. The module enhances understanding of theory and practices covered in previous modules and shows how this could be organised, analysed, and presented in a professional manner.

Cloud computing is a widely used technology that provides theoretically unlimited computing and storage capabilities, and efficient communication services for transferring terabyte flows between data centers in an easy way. All these features make cloud computing a promising choice for supporting IoT services and applications. This course covers the various aspects of the integration of IoT, Networking and Cloud computing. There are significant benefits in the integration of IoT devices with cloud computing systems and network infrastructures along with different services. Networking solutions specifically designed for the exploitation of Cloud services in IoT scenarios assume a crucial role. Also, virtualization techniques make pools of (virtual) sensors and actuators available as new types of on-demand resources over the Cloud that can be integrated with other resources and exposed as cloud-based services. They allow developers to differentiate circuits aimed at IoT interactions, to increase Cloud scalability and efficiency in service provisioning.