WAC-SRT

West African Center in Sustainable Rural Transformation

Structure of the program

The Integrated master Program in Sustainable Rural Transformation is a twenty four (24) months well-structured program consisting of three (3) semesters of taught courses and one (1) semester intended to the student field work, thesis research, final write up and defense.

            S1 and S2 semesters are common to both tracks and aim to provide learners with basic knowledge of the issues of engineering and rural development policies The remaining semesters (S3 and S4) are dedicated respectively to specialization courses and field works.

Students will undertake training based on their area of specialization. The field work can be done in the Master Lead University or other partner institutions depending on expertise (supervisor), availability of equipment and accessibility to relevant data.

Students are expected before to prepare and present research proposal that will indicate clearly how they are going to carry out all aspect of their research. The students will be guided by their supervisors. Student proposal will be presented to, and assessed by the faculty for viability through a seminar. The plan should be completed validated before the end of the third semester of study by its principal advisor and the Master Advisory committee Representative.