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Durham College of Commerce (Kingston, Jamaica) Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts; G. C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sports; Jamaica Bible College; Jamaica Theological Seminary; Management Institute for National Development; Mel Nathan College; Midland Bible Institute; United Theological College of the West Indies
Moneague College has expanded beyond a teacher training institution to a multi-disciplinary college, offering certificates, associate degrees and degrees in many areas, such as Tourism and Hospitality Management, Business Studies, Management Information Systems, Environmental Studies, Psychology and more.
The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean is one of Jamaica's largest privately held tertiary education institutions operating 7 campuses: [1] in six parishes across Jamaica. As of 2017, the University offers professional certificate, diploma, associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs, as well as customized training programs in Jamaica.
St. Augustine UWI Campus. The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, [3] [4] is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands ...
Their Sustainable Energy Management major is both a technical and conceptual major designed to educate students in building sustainable structures that focus on renewable energy. [18] On the other hand, their Sustainable Agriculture major [ 19 ] concentrates on teaching sustainable agricultural practices that emphasize local farming and ...
This institution offers over 100 programmes in various colleges and faculties. These are the College of Business and Management, the College of Health Sciences, the Colleges of Oral Health Sciences, the Faculty of the Built Environment, the Faculty of Science and Sport, the Faculty of Engineering and Computing, the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, and the Faculty of Law.
Agricultural production accounted for 7.4% of GDP in 1997, providing employment for nearly a quarter of the country. [25] Jamaica's agriculture, together with forestry and fishing, accounted for about 6.6% of GDP in 1999. Sugar has been produced in Jamaica for centuries, it is the nation's dominant agricultural export. [25]
When the Spanish occupied Jamaica, Montego Bay was an export point for lard, which was obtained from wild hogs in the forests. In many of the early maps of Jamaica, Montego Bay was listed as "Bahia de Manteca" (Lard Bay). The parish was given the name "St. James" in honour of King James II by Sir Thomas Modyford, the island's first English ...