Environmental Science, BSc

CORE UNITS

FIRST YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
– COMMUNICATION SKILLS
– BOTANY
– MICROBIAL DIVERSITY
– INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
– ALGEBRA FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
– INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
– FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY
– HIV/AIDS
– PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

SECOND SEMESTER
– INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING
– PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
– DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES AND SOCIAL ETHICS
– FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING
– TROPICAL ECOLOGY
– ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
– CALCULUS FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
– ENERGY, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT
– INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCES

SECOND YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
– INTRODUCTION TO GIS AND REMOTE SENSING
– APPLIED COMPUTING
– AGRO-FORESTRY AND FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
– PRINCIPLES OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
– VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
– ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
– TECHNIQUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
– MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

SECOND YEAR – SECOND SEMESTER
– CLEAN PRODUCTIONS AND GREEN CHEMISTRY
– CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
– ARTHROPOD BIOLOGY
– CLIMATOLOGY
– BIOSTATISTICS I
– HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT
– ANIMAL ECOLOGY
– BIOPROSPECTING AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

THIRD YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
– APPLICATIONS OF GIS AND REMOTE SENSING
– ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
– LAND ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
– ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
– SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING
– BIOSTATISTICS II
– ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND AUDIT I
– OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

THIRD YEAR
SECOND SEMESTER
– RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
– EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
– AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION
– MARINE ECOLOGY
– RESTORATION OF DAMAGED ENVIRONMENTS
– ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND AUDIT II

(OPTIONAL)
– INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT

FOURTH YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
– ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS
– FRESH WATER ECOLOGY
– WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
– MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
– TROPICAL BIODIVERSITY
– WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT
– BIOETHICS

(OPTIONAL)
– RESEARCH PROJECT

FOURTH YEAR
SECOND SEMESTER
– SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
– ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
– ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
– BIOSAFETY
– AGRO-METEOROLOGY
– SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
– WATER AND LAND POLLUTION

How to Apply
Application Requirements for qualified students:
– A dully filled registration form – to be obtained from the offices/website upon payment of non-refundable fee.
– Two passport size photos.
– Copies of relevant certificates

Application Procedure
Applications for the courses are on official application forms.
1. click to download JKUAT IT Department application form. or obtain a hand-copy from the office.
2. Pay a non-refundable application fee as follows:
– Certificates: Kshs500
– Diplomas: 1000
– Degrees: Kshs1,500
– Masters: 1,500

The graduates of the programme can work as:
– environmental officers,
– research scientists/officers,
– academicians (lecturer, teacher, and tutor),
– product sales specialists,
– environmental safety officers,
– or they can further their education in more advanced field of environmental sciences.

Array
(
    [ID] => 1631
    [key] => field_5a5d9edc676a4
    [label] => Tuition Fees Duration
    [name] => tuition_fees_duration
    [prefix] => acf
    [type] => select
    [value] => /year
    [menu_order] => 49
    [instructions] => 
    [required] => 0
    [id] => 
    [class] => 
    [conditional_logic] => 0
    [parent] => 169
    [wrapper] => Array
        (
            [width] => 50
            [class] => 
            [id] => 
        )

    [choices] => Array
        (
            [/year] => /year
            [/month] => /month
            [/trimester] => /trimester
            [/semester] => /semester
            [for the full programme] => for the full programme
        )

    [default_value] => Array
        (
        )

    [allow_null] => 0
    [multiple] => 0
    [ui] => 0
    [ajax] => 0
    [return_format] => value
    [placeholder] => 
    [_name] => tuition_fees_duration
    [_valid] => 1
)

Tuition Fees for Kenyan Students = Kshs180,000
Tuition Fees for International Students = Kshs216,000
**EAC (East African Community) Students pay the same amount as Kenyan students. Countries in the East African Community include; Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
NOTE: The tuition fees charged, may vary from programme to programme and from time to time, with foreign students paying 20% more that the Kenyan students.: