Uganda Martyrs University Distance Learning The Master of Arts Development Studies is offered on full time and Weekend The full time programme is at the main campus for one academic year. The weekend programme is offered in Kampala at the Uganda Catholic Management and Training Institute and in Masaka at Bwala teaching Centre. DEPARTMENT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PEACE STUDIES The Department of Good Governance and Peace Studies is one of the departments in the Institute of Ethics and Development Studies. It is offering distance-learning programmes leading to Diploma, BA and MA of Arts in Local Governance and Human Rights. The purpose of programmes is to reach out to Ugandan society and beyond by offering services to people involved in decentralization and/or those who intend to participate in local governance, by offering them the knowledge and develop the capacity to meet the challenges in governance. Study Programmes 1. Diploma in Local Governance and Human Rights (Two years Duration) The purpose of the Diploma in Local Governance and Human Rights is to introduce students to issues of local government and help them to participate in the process of decentralisation. Secondly this programme develops the understanding of workings of local government and the processes of introducing the decentralisation system in local governance. The component of human rights in the programme helps students to develop the ability to make a contribution to the field of understanding and upholding human rights. At the end of the study programme, students will gain capacity to think analytically about the further implementation decentralisation in their professional setting.
