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Introduction

The Board of Undergraduate studies and Field Attachment Programmes (BUGS & FAP) plays a key role in the realization of one of the Universitys important strategic objective of developing client driven quality programmes  
BUGS & FAP is also responsible in facilitating Field /Industrial Attachment which is crucial in ensuring that the students are trained well enough to meet the changing trends in labour markets and management where prior acquisition of practical skills and attitudes is necessary. Field /Industrial Attachment is tenable after three (3)  and four (4) years of study for the respective Degree programmes and after two (2) years of study for Diploma programmes. The board organizes and coordinates the posting and supervision of students in all the academic programmes that require Field/Industrial Attachment. The exact nature of assessment and award of grades is determined by the respective Faculty/Departments from which the students come. Field /Industrial attachment duration is a minimum of eight (8) weeks and  carries a credit factor (CF) of 4.0
BUGS & FAP also organizes and coordinates Teaching Practice for all students taking Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and Extension, Diploma in Agricultural Education and Extension and Postgraduate Diploma in Education. Students in these programmes are all required to take Teaching Practice during the course of their study. Teaching practice is conducted for one school term after the students have completed the Methods of Teaching Courses. Post Graduate Diploma in Education students proceed for Teaching Practice after one academic year of study, while Diploma and Undergraduate degree programme students proceed after three years of study. The Teaching Practice exercise gives the students the opportunity to enhance professionalism through development of the right kind of work attitudes, and to acquire collaborative and interpersonal skills through interaction with others in a school environment. Students performance during Teaching Practice is assessed by the University lecturers.  In the course of the Teaching Practice, external examiners will observe some of the lessons. The assessment will include the award of marks for classroom teaching and the successful completion of Teaching Practice project. Teaching Practice carries a Credit Factor of 6.0, while the Project carries a Credit Factor of
For committed and hardworking students Field /Industrial Attachment and Teaching Practice create opportunities that can lead to employment in the same organisations.

Responsibility

The specific responsibilities of the Board of Undergraduate studies and Field Attachment Programmes as stipulated in the Statutes are as follows:  

• The review of and recommendation to the Senate on, the quality of undergraduate degree and diploma curricula.
• Promotion of interdisciplinary collaboration at undergraduate level with a view to facilitating coherence and resource use optimization with regards to training.
• Development of methods of evaluating the effectiveness of teaching and learning at the undergraduate level in liaison with the Directorate of Quality Assurance.
• Formulation and review of course scheduling and time-tabling policies for the purpose of enhancing coherence, flexibility and liberalization of the respective curricula.
• Co-ordination of recommendations to the Senate on rules and regulations formulated by the Departments and Faculties governing the undergraduate degree and diploma programmes.
• Co-ordination of the Award scheme for academic excellence amongst undergraduate students and forwarding recommendations thereon to the Deans Committee.
• Co-ordination and facilitation of Field/Industrial Attachment programmes and Teaching Practice.
• Coordination of Student Attachment and Exchange Programmes.