Short Courses
Mandate
The Centre for Graduate Studies is an administrative centre with the mandate to support the Schools in the delivery of high-quality graduate programmes at Masters and Doctoral level (Botswana National Credit and Qualifications Framework Levels 9 and 10).
- The Schools have the following responsibilities with respect to graduate programmes:
- Programme initiation and development of curricula, including course materials
- Student recruitment and recommendations for admission
- Recruitment and management of part-time tutors and part-time supervisors
- Programme delivery and research supervision
- Learner support
- Examination of Masters courses and dissertations, and recommendation of results to the Board of Graduate Studies
- Recommendations to the Board of Graduate Studies of part-time tutors, supervisors, and internal and external examiners
- The role of the Centre for Graduate Studies is to provide centralised strategic and administrative services, as follows:
- Masters and Doctoral admissions and registration.
- Organisation of the induction of graduate students, including training on the learning management system
- Arrangement of capacity building activities for graduate students, academic staff, and part-time tutors and part-time supervisors
- Oversight of graduate student welfare
- For Doctoral candidates, management of the examination of theses and processing of results
- Implementation of needs assessments and programme identification
- Formulation and review of policies, standards, guidelines and regulations pertaining to graduate programmes
- Management of quality assurance, accreditation and programme review processes
- Maintenance of the Graduate Student Information System and performance monitoring
- Implementation of tracer studies and stakeholder assessments
- Management of graduate scholarships, grants and prizes, and participation in the Graduation Committee
- Promotion of international and local partnerships for graduate programmes
- Administrative support to the marketing, internationalization and outreach of graduate programmes
- Public relations and liaison with the graduate alumni network
- Management of the Board of Graduate Studies
GRADUATE PROGRAMMES AT BOTSWANA OPEN UNIVERSITY
- Commonwealth Executive Master of Public Administration
