Department of Languages and Communication Skills

Dr. Magret Runzonza – Chairperson

The Department of Languages and Communication Skills offers a Communication Skills course which is designed to address areas that are critical for students’ effective interaction in both the academic scene and the practical world of industry and commerce. The course aims to prepare students for efficient delivery of service in their subsequent careers.

This course aims at:

• Equipping students with the necessary knowledge, study skills and attitudes to enable them to interact effectively and perform with excellence, both during their time at university and throughout their subsequent careers;
• Inculcate in students the need to plan and organize their own learning effectively, manage their time productively, balancing their academic studies with recreation;
• Access information from books, the internet and other sources efficiently;
• Develop the four basic communication skills namely listening, speaking, reading and writing;
• Develop students’ awareness of communication skills in the academic sphere, and to increase the students’ confidence and competence in their own communication.

Vision
The Department of Languages and Communication Skills endeavours to promote human development through effective communication.

Mission
The Department of Languages and Communication Skills seeks to inculcate effective language of communication skills for practical application in academic research, community engagement and the 21st century workplace.

Core Values

• Service
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Unhu/Ubuntuism

1. Bachelor of Science Culture and Heritage Studies (BScCHS)
2. Bachelor of Communication Science Honours Degree(HBComSc)

Research and Extension Services Languages

• Fostering participatory research procedures with local and international communities to increase uptake of research outcomes.
• Steering research that is in line with national, regional and global trends and priorities
• Propagating research findings through peer reviewed journals, policy briefs, position papers, local and international conferences and seminars.
• Inspiring student scholarship by publishing of their research projects and dissertations.

Extension Services/Community Engagement

• Capacity building in Media, Language, Literature and Communication Language policy and implementation in local, national, regional and international organisations.
• Fostering linguistic deviancy expansion in societies and thus contributing to sustainable growth.

Innovation

• Fostering and promoting innovative media Practioners who help in development of an equitable society.
• Boosting innovative ideas among students and the community at large.

Industrialisation

• Upholding industrialisation by inducing sound policies and leadership that serves as a seal to sustainable development.

Departmental staff