ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Mr Bwambale Jervezious
MASSAGE FROM THE COLLEGE PRINCIPAL
Welcome to AACMS where excellence is cherished, pursued and celebrated! And yes it’s true; we are the first and only College located principally at the heart of Kasese Municipality western Uganda.
Welcome to AACMS, an internationally oriented, Business intensive college with commitment to excellence in vocational and business education, offering an outstanding campus-based student experience. Over the past six years, we have grown significantly while retaining a supportive social and academic community, which makes the college a great place to study, to vocational, business skills and to work.
As the College, our priority will be to strengthen the basic and higher education in the nooks and corners of the country, especially in the deprived rural areas of Uganda. We have highly qualified and experienced staff at our main campus and we will strengthen our college to provide higher education of international standard in rural areas. In the world of today, the modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing significant role in providing facilities for the delivery system and quality education.
At college, outstanding business management skills based teaching, learning and exceptional education takes place across the broadest possible range of disciplines. From Humanities and Social sciences, and Technology, Business and Management to Energy and Petroleum Studies. We take our commitment to practical-led teaching very seriously and our staffs are expected to be great teachers. Our curriculum is regularly updated by the latest research; and our students undertake research themselves. Because our college is on a human scale, there is also a very strong sense of community. Students enhance our intellectual community through contributions in lectures, conferences and research symposia and it is immensely gratifying that they are also proud to be associated with the college.
As management we are determined to achieve our mission of being a research driven College motivated by societal needs, whilst creating scholars who are empowered to provide cutting edge solutions. In 2018, we shall launch a new bold strategy to take us to 2021, based on a clear vision to invest in intellectual talent to make a difference to our country, our region, our nation, and our world. The best way to truly appreciate what college has allot to offer is to visit, but until you are able to do that I hope our website will give you all the information you need; whether you are looking for a place to study or work, want to find out more about our research and Public engagement, or reconnect with our alumni community. We welcome your interest in our college and hope you can find the information you are looking for on this website.
If you are in Kasese and the surrounding districts you have an open invitation to visit us and to meet staff and students.
To meet these challenges we need to build on the alliances and collaborative partnerships the college has established with business, government, and other research institutions.
You will be warmly received. Come Prepared to Learn, Leave Prepared to Succeed.
We look forward to welcoming you to our college.
The Academic Board consist of the following members-
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The Principal as chairperson;
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Deputy Principals;
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Heads of Departments;
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Such number of Senior Tutors of the College that the College Council may determine which include at least one Senior Lecturer from each Department elected by the academic staff of the Faculty;
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The Librarian, Bursar, Dean of Students, HR Officer, IT Officer, Quality Assurance Officer;
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Two students of the College to be elected by the students in accordance with the Students’ Guild procedure.
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Three persons who are capable of contributing to the academic and social development of the College appointed by the Governing Council;
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Academic Registrar as the secretary to the Academic Board.
Functions of the Academic Board
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The Academic Board is responsible for the organization, control and direction of the academic matters of the College and as such the Academic Board is in charge of teaching and learning and the general standards of education and their assessment in the College.
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The Academic Board has the following functions:
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Initiate the academic policy of the College and advise the Governing Council on the required facilities to implement the policy;
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Direct and regulate the instruction, programme and structure of any diploma and certificate courses within the College;
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Advise the Governing Council regarding the eligibility and qualifications of persons for admission to courses leading to the award of diploma and certificate or other award of the College;
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Make regulations regarding the content and academic standard of any course of study in respect of diplomas and certificate or other awards;
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Make regulations regarding the standard of proficiency to be attained in each examination for a diploma and certificate or other awards.
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Decide which persons have reached the standard of proficiency and are fit for the award of any diploma and certificate or other awards of the College;
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Consider and report to the Governing Council on any matter relating to, or in connection with the academic work of the College.
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