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Stellenbosch University

Postgraduate Diploma in HIV and AIDS Management

The Postgraduate Diploma in HIV and AIDS Management in Health Professions is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 1 YEAR.

Subjects: 6.

Postgraduate Diploma in HIV and AIDS Management online offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

This programme is offered part-time online (via the Internet) and supplemented with interactive satellite broadcasts. Students attend a compulsory summer school of one week in January. The programme consists of 6 modules of 20 credits each.

Assessment and Examination

The diploma makes use of continuous assessment by means of individual assignments.

Provisions relating to promotion

Students must pass all six moudles (20 credits) to obtain the necessary 120 credits to pass.

Programme description and structure

This postgraduate diploma is presented by the Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management through blended learning. This includes compulsory attendance of a summer school, satelite classes during the year and online teaching. 

Programme module

120 HIV/AIDS Management

All modules are compulsory.

20 HIV/AIDS Policy

20 Management in the Era of HIV/AIDS

20 Prevention and Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS

20 Research monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programmes

20 Socio-cultural aspects of HIV/AIDS

20 The Epidemiology and Problem of HIV/AIDS