Overview
Environmental chemistry is the study of the interaction between chemical substances and man and the environment. The aim of the degree program is to produce graduates who are well grounded in chemistry and other basic sciences as well as environmental and business management.
Admission Requirements
- A candidate who wishes to register must have the minimum University general admissions requirements.
- In addition to meeting (a) above, candidates wishing to register for Bachelor of Science in Environmental Chemistry must have any of the following:
- Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or equivalent qualifications, with passes in at least three subjects in either of the following two alternatives (A or B),
- Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE), or equivalent qualification with at least two principal passes (of which one must be in chemistry)
- Ordinary Diploma/Higher National Diploma or equivalent qualifications in the sciences with at least a pass
- Science/Technical Diploma from Teachers Training Colleges or equivalent qualifications in the sciences
- A science/technology based degree or a non science based degree with a minimum of C+ in chemistry or its equivalent from an institution recognized by the University
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c) candidates who may not have fulfilled conditions in (b) above may be considered for admission provided they present evidence of having undertaken and passed relevant bridging courses from an institution recognized by the University and MUST have scored at least grade C in the subject(s) for which bridging has been undertaken.
Careers
Graduates find employment in various government departments, parastatals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental bodies involved in environmental management, research and development. In industry, opportunities exist in product marketing, process control, quality assurance, product design, wastewater management, risk assessment in various industries (eg construction, aviation, tanning, textile, cement, paints), forensic science, water and wastewater purification, toxicology, oceanography, just to name a few.
Exam Regulations
- All courses taken shall be examined during the semester in which they are offered. Such examination shall consist of continuous assessments and end of semester examinations.
- End of semester examinations will comprise 70% of the total course marks whereas continuous assessment and practicals, where applicable, will account for 30%.
- End of semester examinations will take two hours.
- Each unit shall be graded out of a maximum of 100 marks and the pass mark for each unit shall be 40%. Marks shall be translated into letter grades as follows:-
70 – 100% A
60 – 69% B
50 – 59% C
40 – 49% D
39% and below E
- A candidate may, on the recommendation of the School Board of Examiners and approval by Senate, be admitted to Special Examinations, in the course(s) for which the candidate failed to sit Ordinary Examinations at the prescribed time. Special Examinations shall be graded as Ordinary Examinations.
- A candidate who, whether by Ordinary or Special examinations or after repeating the year of study;
- Passes in:
- at least TEN units in the 1st and at least TEN units in the 2ndyear of study,
(ii) at least EIGHT units in the 3rdyear of study shall, on the recommendation of the School Board of Examiners and approval by Senate, be allowed to proceed to the subsequent year of study.
- Passes in at least EIGHT units in the 4thyear of study shall, on the recommendation of the School Board of
Examiners and approval by Senate, be considered for award of a degree, subject to Regulation 1.5 (i)
- (a) A candidate who, whether by Ordinary or Special examinations or after repeating the year of study, passes in;
- SEVEN to NINE units in the 1stor 2ndyear of study, or
- SIX to SEVEN units in the 3rdyear of study shall, on the recommendation of the School Board of Examiners and approval by Senate, be admitted to supplementary examinations in the courses/units failed. Pending the results such supplementary examinations the candidate may be admitted into 2nd, 3rdor 4thyear of study but shall not continue therein unless he/she obtains passes in the prescribed minimum number of units as in section 1.5.6
- SIX to SEVEN units in the 4thyear of study shall, on the recommendation of the School Board of Examiners and approval by Senate, be admitted to supplementary examinations in the courses/units failed.
(b ) For units which a candidate sits supplementary examinations the marking shall be out of 100% but the continuous assessment marks shall not be considered. Any score exceeding 40% shall be indicated as 40%, whereas any score less than 40% shall be left as such.
- A candidate who after sitting a supplementary examination in the first or second year passes in less then ten units shall be required to repeat the year subject to 1.5.7 (e)
- A candidate who after sitting a supplementary examination in the third or fourth year passes in less than eight units shall be required to repeat the year subject to 1.5.7 (e)
- A candidate shall be allowed to repeat a year of study ONLY ONCE.
- A candidate shall, on the recommendation of the School Board of Examiners and approval by Senate, be allowed to repeat the year of study
- If the candidate passes in FOUR to SIX units in the 1stor 2ndyear of study,
(b) If the candidate passes FOUR to FIVE units in the 3rd or 4thyear of study,
(c) For any other reasons,
Subject to the following conditions:
- Normally a candidate shall be allowed to repeat a year of study ONLY ONCE.
- A candidate repeating a particular year of study will be required to take only the units previously failed or not completed and shall not be allowed to register for additional units, Regulations 1.4.2 notwithstanding.
- Any repeated unit shall be marked like an Ordinary Examination.
- A candidate shall normally be required to discontinue from University if;
- In any year of study the candidate passes in less than FOUR units,
- The candidate fails to follow the prescribed units.