FULL LIST OF ALL COURSES OFFERED IN UNN
FULL LIST OF ALL THE COURSES OFFERED IN UNN AS WELL DESCRIPTION,COURSE DURATION,ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES.
Most details obtained from university sources through the faculty officers particularly the entry requirements and the acceptable UME combination of subjects.
As for the job opportunities the information is just but place graduates in particular fields are most likely to work hence they can still work any other place especially as most employers employ anyone not giving consideration to the type of degree.
Below are the courses offered by the university of Nigeria.
Note: Wrong subject combination can deny an applicant entry into the department despite his/her score. The information contained herein is only for UTME candidates and not direct entry.
(1) FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES:-
[A] DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY: Chemistry is the index of industrial development. The giant strides made by man in the understanding and exploitation of nature, synthesis of new materials essential to the enhancement of the quality of life, and the surge in the sustenance of economic and technological progress have benefited immensely from chemistry. The course duration is four years and is designed to provide training in the theory and practice of all branches of chemistry and to stimulate creative thinking and research. The department emphasizes the importance of a thorough grounding in experimental chemistry and the need to expose students to operational aspects of the chemical industry and modern analytical tools.
*job opportunities* graduates in this field can find themselves employed in industries like chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food processing,breweries, and other industries as well as in research and development institutions.
*entry requirements* Applicants must have possessed five credits including English, Mathematics, Physics and either Biology or Agricultural science. UME subject combinations: English, Chemistry, Physics and any of Maths, Biology or Agric.
(2)PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE:- Course duration is four years.
Physics is a fundamental science essential for all sciences and vital for modern technology. Physics deals with the concepts of space, time and motion, conservation, fields,waves and quanta. The aim of the department is to offer programmes designed to impact a round knowledge of all branches of physics to the students including mechanics, properties of matter, electromagnetism and electronics, atomic and nuclear physics, experimental physics e.t.c.
*job opportunities* teaching, government departures like meteorological departments, geological surveying, National all standard organization, research institutes, oil and steel industries e.t.c.
*entry requirements* applicants must posses a minimum of 5 credits passes including English, physics,maths and chemistry.
UME subject combination could be English, Physics, Chemistry and either of maths or biology.
(C) COMPUTER SCIENCE: course Durant is four years.The discipline provides a focus for convergence of technologies. Courses in the department aim at equipping the students with the knowledge and method of the application of computer science in the modern science and technology.
*job opportunities* graduates of computer science can work as computer engineers, in information technology centres, database administrators,software developers, computer and information systems manager e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Mathematics, physics and any of chemistry, biology, statistics and further mathematics.
(D) STATISTICS: course duration is four years.
The science of statistics concerns the development and application of the most effective method of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data in such a way that the fallibility of conclusions and estimate can be assessed by means of logical reasoning based on measures of probability.
*job opportunities* various government agencies like National Bureau of Statistics, Emergency Management Agencies etc.
*Entry requirements* Five credits including English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and any of economics or additional mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Physics,Mathematics and either chemistry or Economics or additional maths.
(E) Mathematics: course duration is four years. The aim of the department is to offer programmes designed to impact a sound knowledge as well as in applicable mathematics. Realizing the role of mathematics ad a basic tool in the physical and engineering sciences, and the current developments in the social and life sciences the academic programme emphasizes the applications of theory and methods to real life and physical problems.
*job opportunities* Data collection centres, research and development centres, academics e.t.c. *Entry requirements* five credits including English, maths and any of pgysics, chemistry or biology. UME SUBJECTS can be English, Mathematics,physics and any of chemistry or biology.
(F) GEOLOGY: course duration is four years. Geology is an applied earth science where the earth is studied as a system that results from the physical, chemical, biological interactions of the atmosphere,hydrosphere,biosphere and solid earth. *job opportunities* oil and gas industry, geological surveying agencies, mining industries, engineering companies, water corporations, and water drilling companies. *entry requirements* five credits including English, Maths,Chemistry and Biology. UME subject combination: English, and any of Chemistry, mathematics, biology and geography.
(G) Combined Physical Science: four years leading to an award of the combined degree. Under this department students are expected to combined physics any any other discipline within the physical sciences e.g Physics/chemistry, physics/maths,physics/computer. *Entry requirements* five credits including English and the subjects to combine.
(2) *FACULTY OF ARTS*:- all courses in this department are four years.
[A] MASS COMMUNICATION: Academic programmes in this discipline producing graduates that will work for and manage media institutions with the required skills. The curriculum is designed to enable students gain expertise in various areas of the mass media and grounding in liberal education through exposure to courses like general studies, major courses, elective courses and required ancillary courses. *job opportunities* can work in press centres, broadcast media, journalism, publishing and printing press, advertising agents e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credits including English and Literature and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: ENG, LIT, and any two of Govt. or His, Economics, CRS, Commerce.
[B] English and Literary Studies. The main objective of the programme is to produce graduates who have a well-informed literary sensibility which enables them to respond in a creative manner to their environment. The programmes are designed to give the students a rich and rounded humanistic education as well as practical competence in the language of science, business and international relations in the modern world and to expose them to literary art in all its forms. *job opportunities* abound in administrative offices, teaching, editing, speech writing, publishing, broadcasting,and the mass media etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English and Literature.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: ENG,LIT, and any two of Govt or His, CRS,Economics, Igbo,Commerce.
[C] ARCHEOLOGY and TOURISM: The programmes in the department focus on the development of knowledge,skills and values for undergraduates to enable them handle heritage and tourism-related matters. A graduate in this field can work in a National Library, a Museum, embassies, ministries of information,culture and tourism,tour operating agencies e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credits including English and a science subject as well as at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: ENG, LITERATURE, ECONS, GOVT or HIS, CRS etc.
[D] HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: there are four major areas of studer under the discipline which include: (I) Nigeria, (ii) Africa,(iii) Europe including Russia,(iv) Americans and the Caribbean,(v) the near and far east,(vi) Methodology.
*job opportunities* the programme equip students for careers in education ( teaching and research), administration and external affairs, immigration, customs,police, management and labour relations e.t.c.
*Entry requirements* five credits including English,Government or History. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Government or History and two other arts or social science subjects e.g economics,Literature, Igbo and CRS.
(E) FINE AND APPLIED ARTS: the discipline develops and exposes students to multidisciplinary dimensions of traditional and modern arts in order to produce the needed high-level manpower in the country. *job opportunities* the programme prepares students for careers in cultural institutions,textile designing industries fashion designing etc.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and fine/applied arts. UME subject combination: eng,fine/applied arts and two other art or social science subjects.
(F) LINGUISTICS, IGBO AND OTHER NIGERIAN LANGUAGES: The department exposes students multidisciplinary and interlocking nature of the human society in their use of language. The programme furnishes the students with a live-long education that they can adapt in infinite ways to their chosen careers in life laying emphasis on linguistics and Nigerian languages.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and the Nigerian language to combine. Literature is compulsory for linguistic students. students
(F) Foreign Languages and Literature: the programme is based on the imperative need to produce educated citizens capable of communicating in French, German and Russian and thus to make it possible for Nigeria to participate fully without any linguistic inhibition,in International peace and understanding, trade and world politics. *Job opportunities* interpreting, civil and diplomatic services, customs, publishing centres, embassies, sport ministries e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credit passes including English and French,Russian or German.
(G) PERFORMING ARTS[THEATRE AND FILM STUDIES] as a conglomeration of all art forms covers such areas as technical theatre,acting,directing,playwriting, theatre administration, media theatre, film studies, dramatic literature, and community theatre. *job opportunities* broadcasting, movie industry, publishing houses e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and Literature.
(H) MUSIC: The programme is designed to produce skillful, versatile, and experienced musicians, emphasis being placed on performance and competent musicianship.
*entry requirements* five credit passes including English and any science subject.
(I) COMBINED ARTS: a combined degree programme where students are required to combine two art courses for example English/History, etc. *entry requirements* five credit passes including English and the subjects relevant to the courses to be combined.
(3) FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES:-
(A) ESTATE MANAGEMENT: course duration is five years. concerned primarily with the practice of managing,supervising, and controlling immovable properties. The programmes in the department are designed to prepare students in real estate market analysis,site selection,investment analysis and the professional services in real estate transactions. *job opportunities* some of the areas graduates of estate management can take up employment opportunities include:- professional estate firms,local government authorities, banks and financial institutions, oil and gas companies, property investment and development companies e.t.c.
*Admission requirements* five credits which must include English, physics,Chemistry, maths and economics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Maths, Economics and any of physics, geography,chemistry,maths and biology.
(B) ARCHITECTURE: course duration is four years.
Programmes in the department are designed to empower students and train them in the art of designing of buildings and other structures such that the buildings would be safe,functional, economical and would suit the needs of the people who wants to use them.*entry requirements* five credits including eng,maths,physics, chemistry and any of fine arts,geography,wood work, econs,technical drawing, ceramics and intro to building construction. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Maths,Physics, and either of chemistry, ceramics,geography, fine arts,economics
(C) URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING: course duration is four years. A technical and political process concerned with the development and use of land, planning permission, protection and use of the environment, the design of the environment and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban as well as regional areas. *job opportunities* abound in various statutory corporations and agencies like the ministry of land and survey, etc.
*entry requirements* five credits which must include eng, maths and any three of the following: computer science, physics, technical drawing, agricultural science,government, geography and applied art.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION must include eng,maths, and any of physics,geography,maths,economics,government or chemistry.
(D) GEO INFORMATICS AND SURVEYING: course duration is five years. A professional discipline which is designed to produce manpower for geospatial data acquisition and database management for the production of appropriate geospatial information in various forms including cedestral plans, site plans, updated cedestral, topographic and thematic maps and charts, earth's terrain and water levels, e.t.c *job opportunities* social institutions in the field of demography,forestry, planning,engineering, government agencies like the National Pollution Commission etc.
*entry requirements* five credits which must include English, physics and maths.
UME subject combination: English, maths,physics and either chemistry,biology, economics, geography,technical drawing and fine/applied arts.
(4) *FACULTY OF ENGINEERING* :- Course duration for all disciplines under the faculty is five years.
(A) CIVIL ENGINEERING: The programme is designed to provide the students with basic knowledge in the fields of structures, hydraulics, soil mechanics and foundations, transportation, public health engineering and materials. *job opportunities* Design and construction industries, including highways,government establishment agencies like FERMA, research institutes, water supply corporations, ports and harbours e.t.c. Entry requirements: five credits which must include English, Maths, Physics and Chemistry. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
(B) ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING: Programmes in the department are designed to develop and execute a world-class electronic engineering programme programme intended to provide sound theoretical and practical training for students in the areas of communication, control and management, instrumentation ,digital electronics and computer. *entry requirements* applicants must have possessed at least five credit passes including eng,maths,chemistry and physics in not more than two sittings.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Maths,Chem and Phy.
(C) Electrical Engineering: The programme is designed to produce first degree electrical engineering graduates aimed with adequate theoretical knowledge and practical experience for successful and fruitful career in electrical engineering.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry,maths and physics. UME subject combination: eng,maths,chem and phy.
(D) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: includes the science and art of formulation,development, manufacturing design and control of systems and components for the conversion of energy and materials into useful mechanical work. This may include both power-generating machines and machines that transform and consume the power such as nuclear and fossil power plants, propulsion devises, control mechanisms, turbines,engines etc.
Admission requirements: five credit passes including English, mathematics, chemistry and physics which are also the right UME subject combination.
(E) AGRICULTURAL AND BIO-RESOURCE ENGINEERING: A field of engineering that combines creativity and practicality on a scientific basic, which borders on living things, their byproducts, and/or their natural resource base. *job opportunities* fibre industries, timber, rubber industries, research institutes, ministries of Agriculture, Agro-industries, Agricultural mechanism centres e.t.c. entry requirements: five credits including eng, maths,physics and chemistry which also is the right UME subject combination.
(F) METALLURGICAL AND MATERIAL ENGINEERING: Involves the mastery of the science and engineering of metals, ceramics,and polymers to enable the graduate understand the behaviour of these materials in every day application. *entry requirements* five credit passes including chemistry, Physics,Mathematics and English. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
(5) *FACULTY OF LAW* Course duration is five years leading to the award of the LL.B degree. Programmes in the discipline are designed to give students a rich knowledge in the substantive areas of law such as Company law, Land Law, Criminal Law, Commercial and Property Law,Contract Law, Constitutional Law, Arbitration Law, Family Law, Children and Women Law, Consumer Protection Law, Energy Law, Taxation Law, Environmental Law e.t.c and procedural law like the Law of Evidence. *entry requirements* five credit passes at the SSCE Ordinary level which must include English, Literature and a science Subject. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Literature, Government or History and any two of Economics, CRS,Commerce,Igbo,Civic Education.
(6) *FACULTY OF VETINARY MEDICINE*:- Course duration is five years. The programme is structured to inculcate the understanding of the basic anatomy and physiologic features of a range of animals as to preclude to the assessment of deviations in various disease conditions. Areas in the field include vetinary pathology and microbiology, vetinary obstetrics and reproductive diseases, vetinary physiology and pharmacology, vetinary anatomy,vetinary medicine,vetinary surgery, vetinary parasitology and entomology, animal health and production. *job opportunities* vetinary hospitals, research farms and research institutes, private practice, Education and academic centres, ministries of Agriculture, Animal Diagnostic laboratories, public institutions relating to regulatory medicine e.t.c
Entry requirements:- five credit passes which must include English, Biology,Chemistry and Maths or physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Biology, Chemistry and Maths or Physics.
7.... *FACULTY OF EDUCATION*:- four year academic programmes which include the following:
(A) LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE: An interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information,technology, information and other areas to libraries; the evaluation, organization of information, content and collections.
*job opportunities* Successful graduates in this field can work on National Libraries, Special collections, cultural institutions, government agencies, Service corporations, e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credit passes including English and the relevant subjects to be combined. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English ant three other subjects which must include the subject to combine.
(B) GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING: includes services and programs that promote personal, social, educational and career development. *job opportunities* Administrative personnel, counselling psychologist, academic and research institutes, e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits passes including English language and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION can be English,and three other subjects.
(C) ADULT EDUCATION AND EXTRA-MORAL STUDIES: The programme offers two major degree options; professional options and related subject combination options.
Students opting for professional courses in adult education have a choice in the following areas (I) Literacy education (ii) community development and (iii) Adult education administration.
The related combination options are primary for students who want to combine Adult Education with related subject areas from religion,economics,English, government,Igbo/linguistics and health education.
*entry requirements* five credits obtained in not more than two sittings in English and maths. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, and three other science,social science or art subjects depending on the choice of combination.
(D) HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION: The programme is designed to offer students the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and competence for successful teaching and organization of sports, physical education and health education in various academic institutions and research centres, as well as organizations. *job opportunities* sport development ministries, physical care centres, tertiary institutions and teaching careers e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credit passes including English, biology or health and physical education. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION; English, Biology and two others.
(E) ARTS EDUCATION: The programmes offered in this department aim at producing competent art teachers for the different levels of education in Nigeria. As a result the students are equipped with the knowledge, ethics and values, required to teach the art subjects. *job opportunities* education ministries, schools of higher learning and secondary as well as primary schools, foreign affairs, internal affairs e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and other subjects to combine with education. E.g literature is required for education/English, French is compulsory for education/French.
(F)SCIENCE EDUCATION. Education/Biology,Education/Chemistry, Education/Physics,Education/Mathematics and Education/Integrated Science.
The basic objective of science education is train science teachers who are academically and professionally competent to educate students and make them literate in the sciences at all levels of the educational system. *job opportunities* tertiary institutions, schools, ministries of education e.t.c. Entry requirements: five credits including English, and two other science subjects which must include to subject to combine. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and any three of mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, health science and Agricultural sciences.
(G) SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: programmes I. This department aim at turning out dedicated and reliable social science educators knowledgeable in their respective areas of academic interest and skillful in classroom management as well as in dealing with human beings. The following combinations are available. (I)Education/Economics. *Entry requirements* five credits including English, Maths and Economics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: eng,maths,econs and either government or history or CRS or commerce or marketing or accounting.
(Ii) Education/Geography. Five credits including English and Geography and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Geography and any other two social science subjects or arts subjects.
(Iii) Education/Social Studies. Five credits including English, and a science subject. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and three other social science or art subjects.
(8) *FACULTY OF VOCATIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION* With its valued centred orientation the department is an ideal place for students to prepare themselves to be caring teachers and educational leaders. The disciplines under the faculty include:
(I) AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: requirements: five credits including,English, Agriculture or Biology or Animal husbandry or fishery plus at least a pass in Chemistry. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and any three from Biology or Agric, Economics,Government,Chemistry,Geography.
(Ii) Business Education: five credits including English, Mathematics and any of Economics, Commerce, accounting and typewriting. UME SUBJECTS: Eng,maths, any either of econs,govt or history,commerce,accounting,chemistry and physics.
(Iii) Computer Education. Five credits including English,Physics,or Maths. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, maths or physics and either of biology,chemistry, geography or Agricultural science.
(Iv) HOME ECONOMICS: Five credits including chemistry, biology and any two of economics, hone management, crafting, food and nutrition, clothing and textile, cosmetology and garment making.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Chem,Bio and either economics,home management, commerce or geography.
(Iv) INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. five credits including physics or maths or physics and any other two social science or trade subject like woodwork, technical drawing, metal work, basic electricity, or building construction.
10. FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES(PHARMACY):- course duration is five years. The areas in this field include Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy management, pharmacognosy and environmental medicines, pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical microbiology, pharmaceutical technology and industrial pharmacy. *job opportunities* hospitals, wholesale and retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical industries, e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credit passes including English, Chemistry,Biology,Maths and Physics.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry,Biology and Maths or physics
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11. *FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE* The faculty offers professional courses that are very important to the sustenance of agricultural practice for the economic prosperity of the country,Africa and the world. Course duration for the various agricultural programmes is five years. The programmes include:
(A) AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS:- The broad objective of the programme is to provide graduates with requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to apply relevant economic principles to the real life problems of Nigerian Agriculture.
Intensive areas in the discipline include; Management, production, economics, economic analysis, econometrics, marketing,farm accounting,and records, cooperatives, agricultural finance,agric development and policy,planning and appraisal methods of social research. *job opportunities* food industries, Agro-chemical industries, government agencies and ministries of Agriculture, self employment etc.
Entry requirements- five credits which must include English, Biology or Agricultural science, Chemistry,maths and either economics, geography or physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural science and either Physics or Maths.
(B) AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION:-The programme is designed to produce graduates who will be theoretically and practically knowledgeable in Agricultural production and rural life.
*job opportunities* agricultural and commercial banks, agricultural industries, public agencies, research institutes, river basin development authority, agricultural development projects etc. Intensive areas are agricultural administration, agricultural communication, agricultural extension education, agricultural planning and evaluation, rural sociology. Entry requirements: five credit passes including English, chemistry, mathematics or physics and biology or agricultural science and either economics or geography. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural science and Physics or Mathematics.
(C) HOME SCIENCE: Home science is a field of study that evolved out of the concern for the home raised by conditions of the society becoming increasingly dominated by commercial and industrial interest. The course is concerned with ways in which the quality and content of family life can be enhanced maximally through optimum utilization of its human and material resources. *job opportunities* textile/clothing industries, fashion design agencies, food and nutritional organizations etc. *entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry, biology or agricultural science or food and nutrition. A pass grade on physics or maths is acceptable. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural science of food and nutrition and physics or Mathematics.
(D) NUTRITION AND DIETETICS. Nutrition is a science that deals with the foods which the human organism requires, how he deals with the waste products due to its activities. Dietetics on the other hand is the application of scientific principles of nutrition to human subjects in health and disease conditions. *job opportunities* medical centres, research institutes, education, consultancy, self employment, hotels etc. *entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry, biology or agricultural science or food and nutritional science and physics or Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Chem,biology or Agricultural science or food nutritional science, and either maths or physics.
(E) FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: A field of integrated study of basic sciences, microbiology, biochemistry, nutrition,biotechnology and engineering technology for the development and management of food resources. The discipline exposes the nature, composition and properties of food materials and their behavior during processing, handling, storage,distribution and utilization. *entry requirements* Five credits including English, Chemistry, Physics or Maths and Biology or Agricultural science. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, maths or physics and Biology or Agricultural science.
*job opportunities* food industries, career in education, regulatory agencies like NAFDAC, Food service, organizations and research institutes, self employment.
(F) CROP SCIENCE: concerned with the selection, improvement and production of crops useful to man. It addresses the planting, maintenance, protection, harvesting,storage and aspects of post-harvest handling of produce. The programme is designed to provide a broad practical and theoretical training in the basic agricultural sciences for the first three years. During the fourth year practical training is provided in approved farms and agro-based establishments. During the fifth year the students are given intensive courses that will enable them specialize in any of the following areas (I) crop production (ii) crop protection and (iii)horticulture.
*job opportunities* abound in Agricultural industries, Government administrative and regulatory agencies as well as ministries of Agriculture, food control laboratories e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Chemistry, Buology or Agricultural science and Mathematics or Physics. UME subject combination: English, Chem,Bio or Agric and Phy or maths.
(G) ANIMAL SCIENCE: Animal science or Animal Agriculture is a branch of Agriculture that provides basic training in the science and art of raising certain species of domestic and non domesticated animals for human consumption.
Intensive areas include nutrition and feeds, agricultural biochemistry, genetics and breeding, animal physiology, animal products, pasture management, animal production, techniques in animal experimentation. *job opportunities* meat processing industries, agro-based industries, ministry of Agriculture, academic and research institutions, customs department and other public sectors etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics.
12. FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. Programmes in the faculty are four years. They include the following departments.
(A) ACCOUNTANCY: Designed to give students a broad knowledge of business and at the same time concentrate in the field of accounting. Emphasis is placed by the programme upon professional education of the entire individual and in providing him with the background necessary for his effective performance in his career.
*job opportunities* industrial establishments, statutory corporations and parastatals, business undertakings, accounting firms etc.
*entry requirements* credit passes in five subjects including English, Mathematics, Economics and any other social science subject. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Mathematics, Economics, and either of Government, Accounting, Commerce, Marketing or Geography.
(B) BANKING AND FINANCE: The programme is designed to inculcate in the students the ability to identify,analyze, and offer solutions to complex financial problems that may arise from the technologically changing financial environment. Graduates in this field can find employment in banks and financial institutions, various statutory corporations, government agencies and industrial establishments etc.
*entry requirements* five credit passes including English,Mathematics, and any of Economics,Government ,Commerce, office practice accounting. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and Mathematics and two other social science subjects either of Econs,Govt, Comm,Marketing,Office practice, and accounting.
(C) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: the programme is designed to allow students develop a broad understanding of business organizations and provides students with subject-specific knowledge in areas such as markets,communications, finance, operations s, information technology, business policy and strategy. *JOB OPPORTUNITIES* telecommunications network centres, public agencies and government ministries, industrial establishments e.t.c
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Maths,Economics and any other social science subject. UME subject combination: English, Maths,Economics and any of Govt, Comm, accounting,marketing.
(D) MARKETING: The programme is based upon the philosophy of a broad based education bearing in mind that marketing is an electic discipline and depends heavy on social sciences,humanities and natural and physical sciences. *job opportunities* media planning, public affairs consulting, Public Relations Officer, Advertising Account executive, Sales Promotion Account Executive etc.*entry requirements* five credits at the ordinary level including English and Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Mathematics, and any two of economics, Accounting, government, commerce .
13. FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE: course duration is four years. Programmes in the faculty are grouped under the following departments.
(A) MICROBIOLOGY: The study of the microscopic organisms like viruses, bacteria,algae, fungi, slime modds etc. *job opportunities* research institutes, government regulatory agencies like NAFDAC,Waste management agencies, water corporations, breweries etc. *entry requirements* five credits including g English, biology,chemistry, physics and mathematics. UME subject combination: English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
(B)BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Biochemistry is a science which enquires into the chemical constitution of living matter and the chemical processes by which the maintenance of life is accomplished in organisms. Intensive areas include molecular biology and biotechnology,medical biochemistry,enzymology and protein biochemistry,plant,food and nutritional biochemistry, lipid and lipoprotein biochemistry, pharmacological biochemistry and toxicology. *job opportunities* graduates in this field can work in various factories producing herbicides, fertilizers, feedstuffs, etc. They can also take career in brewing companies, health centres, e.tc. *entry requirements* five credits including English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology, and physics and Mathematics.
(C) PLANT AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: intensive areas include biostatistics and taxonomy, plant pathology/mythology, plant anatomy/physiology, phycology/limnology,plant breeding, plant botany etc
*job opportunities* breweries, education, research institutes etc.
(D) BOTANY. Courses in this department are designed to give the students a basic understanding of biological sciences and give depth in various aspects of botany including plant anatomy, biosystematics ,plant morphology, mycology, plant pathology,ecology ,plant physiology,cytology and genetics. The department also offers courses in plant micro-technique and photography, fungus physiology, plant virology and dendrology,economic botany, tree growth, fresh water, embryology of angiosperms and palynology. *job opportunities* botanists may choose careers in teaching and research institutes,agriculture,forestry, conservative and wildlife management, industries such as fertilizer,wood technology, sugar, rubber, e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits including English, biology,chemistry, physics and Mathematics.
(E) ZOOLOGY: The existence of animals is totally dependent on the abiotic and biotic variables of its environment. As such the department offers programmes designed to promote general and practical education in zoology and environment. Intensive areas include, ecotoxicology, animal biotechnology, biodiversity, ecosystem , environmental management and animal bioinformatics. *job opportunities* National Economic Zones, Animal biomedical centres, clinical centres,diseases vendors control departments etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Chemistry,Biology and Physics or Mathematics which is also the appropriate UME SUBJECT COMBINATION.
(F) COMBINED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: the programme leaders to an award of the combined degree which is a combination of one field of biology with another.
14. FACULTY OF DENTISTRY. Course duration is 6 years leading to the award of the MBBS degree.
The programme is aimed at training students that would be able to meet the vast majority of dental needs of the Nigerian society. Within these six years the students are expected to cover intensive areas such as prosthetic dentistry, oral pathology, paedodontics, medical and dental ethics and jurisprudence,periodontology,orthodontics, oral diagnoses and dental radiology,oral medical and dental therapeutics. The areas of specialization include child dental health,oral maxidentis,oral maxillofacial surgery, preventive dentistry,and restorative dentistry. For students to be qualified for the MBBS degree they must have passed the five professional exams written within the six years. *Entry requirements* five credits which must include English,Biology,Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Biology,Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics.
15. *FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES:* Human anatomy and human physiology are the two departments under the faculty. Course duration for each of the department is four years. Human anatomy involves the study of the forms and structure of the human body while human physiology involves the study of the functions of the various organs that make up the human body. Intensive areas include gross anatomy, human histology, medical biochemistry and embryology. *job opportunities* education careers, research institutes, health centres e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry,Biology,physics and Mathematics. UME subject combination: eng,bio,Chem and phy or maths.
16. *FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES:-* duration for all the programmes in the discipline of social science is four years. The various departments include:
(A) SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY: The programme scientifically examines the society, social courses and consequences of human behavior.
Graduates in this field of study are trained to work as policy analysts, personnel officers, career diplomats, banking departments, police officers, intelligence officers, social workers e.t.c.
Entry requirements: minimum of five credits including English Language. UME subject combination: English and three other social science and art subjects.
(B) PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: Courses in the programme are designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills in the art and science of modern public administration. Intensive areas I Clyde administration and management, government and policy, finance, personnel, law and administration. *job opportunities* policy analysts, civil service commissions, bureau of local governments, administrative offices, career diplomats, e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credit passes including English language, Government or history. UME subject combination: English, Government, and any other two social science subjects.
(C) ECONOMICS: The programme desirablyD train students towards the economic and social advancement of Nigeria, Africa and the world. This is achieved by equipping the students with a broad foundation in the field of social sciences, and the application of economic theory and the application of economic analysis in solving human behavioral problems. Intensive areas include economic theory, economic history,financial and monetary economics, quantitative economics/economic s, public sector economics/public policy, demography/pollution economics. *job opportunities* education research institutions, financial institutions, public institutions, economic consultants, Banks and financial institutions, industrial establishments etc. *entry requirements* five credits including English,Mathematics, Economics and any other social science subject which is also the appropriate UME subject combination.
(D)POLITICAL SCIENCE: The focus is on scientific inquiry and analysis of the relationship between the state and man both as an individual and as a member of social groups. Intensive areas include government, international relations, elements of politics, administration and management, theory and epistemology, methodology and statistics. *job opportunities* public offices and administrative agencies, personnel officers, e.t.c *entry requirements* five credits including English language and Government or History and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Govt. or History and two other social science and/or art subjects.
(E) SOCIAL WORK: involves assisting people develop ability to map out a prominent planning machinery, concrete ways in which people can be brought more effectively into development programme, propose policies that affect the masses of the people in the material and other conditions of existence. *Job opportunities* administrative offices, social workers, personnel officers, guidance Counsellors e.t.c. entry requirements. Five credits including English language. UME subject combination: English language and three other social science and/or art subjects.
(F) PSYCHOLOGY: The scientific study of the behaviour of humankind in order to provide information that would enrich the understanding and prediction of human actions, feelings and thoughts. The department emphasizes the interrelations of biological, psychological and socio-cultural influences on observed behavioral events. *job opportunities* psychologists are useful in various industrial and business organizations, general hospitals and medical colleges, government ministries and parastatals,schools and colleges, police services, educational institutions. Etc.
Entry requirements: five credits including English language and biology or health science and at least a pass in Mathematics or statistics or physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Biology and any other two social science/art courses.
(G) GEOGRAPHY: The programme seeks among others to lay a thorough foundation in all the systematic branches of geography, as well as training students in geographic methods,philosophy and applications. Intensive areas are general geography, philosophy and Methodology, physical geography, quantitative geography, population and settlement studies,economic geography, environmental geography and issues, regional geography and environmental protection and management. *job opportunities* geographers are equipped for careers in research institutes, armed forces, teaching, Government institutions like the National Population Commission, Environmental management agencies,resource management agencies, Transport Agencies, Etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English and Geography and at least a pass in Maths. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Geography and two other social science/art subjects.
(H) PHILOSOPHY: The programme is designed to train students in a manner that will equip them with a critical and reflective mind as well as the skills and aptitudes that will enable them analyze, appreciate and theorize about the fundamental dimensions of reality, and the connection of these personal and social affairs. *Job opportunities* teaching institutions, government agencies, police services, prisons, intelligence agencies, security agencies as well as the armed forces. Intensive areas include metaphysics, axiology, epistemology and methodology, history, African philosophy, social and political philosophy. *entry requirements* five credits including English and three other social science or art subjects. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: english and three other social science subjects or art subjects.
(I) RELIGION AND CULTURAL STUDIES. The programme emphasizes the application of religious truths to the cultural environment of Africa. Students in this field are exposed to the basic theological positions of Islam and Christianity a d this enables man to understand his environment and hence able to master his destiny. *job opportunities* bible translation agencies, corporate bodies,conflict related outfits, public personnel officers etc.
Entry requirements: five credit passes including English language, and either Christian Religious knowledge or Islamic studies. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and Christian Religious Knowledge or Islamic Studies and two other social science or art subjects.
(J) COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE: A programme that awards a combined degree in the disciplines of social sciences. The combinations available include among others political science/geography, religion/philosophy, economics/political science, economics/philosophy, e.t.c. entry requirements: five credits including both subjects relevant to the courses to combine.
17. FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
(A) MEDICAL REHABILITATION: course duration is five years. Medical rehabilitation deals in physical medicine known as physiatry. It is a branch of medicine that aims to restoring and enhancing functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities such as injuries to the ligaments or nervous system, muscles, bones. A specialist in this field is known as a physiatrist. With the recent proposed adjustment of programme by the University of Nigeria the programme may now be six years with a graduate in this field being a Doctor of physiatry. Entry requirements: five credits including English, Mathematics Chemistry,,Biology and physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English Language, Chemistry,Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
(B) MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE: course duration is five years. Involves knowledge of the central role laboratory investigation of components of biological fluids, secretions, excretions, tissues,or organs play in the diagnosis, management and prognosis of disease state. Intensive areas include Clinical Chemistry,Haematology, Medical Microbiology, Histopathology and immunology and instrumentation and pharmacology. *job opportunities* laboratory and diagnostic centres, hospitals and clinical centres, ministries of health, regulatory agencies like NAFDAC e.t.c. Entry requirements. Five credits including English, Chemistry,Mathematics Biology and Physics
(C) MEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOLOGY: An indispensable field of medicine that includes the use of ionizing radiation including x-ray technology and other forms of radiation energy in the diagnosis, management and treatment of human diseases. Radiography is the pivot of modern diagnostic medicine. *job opportunities* hospitals, health centres, research centres, various ministries and agencies of health organizations. *entry requirements* five credits including English,Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics.
(D) NURSING SCIENCE: Course duration is five years. Nursing is a profession within the health care and medical sector that focus on the care of individuals, families and communities so they may attain, maintain, recover optimal health and quality of life.
Areas of specialization include community health nursing, maternal and child health nursing, mental health and physiatric nursing,medical surgical nursing, nursing administration and management, and nursing education. *entry requirements* five credits including English, Biology, Chemistry,Physics and Mathematics. UME subject combination: English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
18. *FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY*:- course duration is six years. The study of medicine and surgery prepares students for a successful and efficient career in all spheres of medicine including academic research, general and specialist patient care, and administration. The programme covers the following field of medicine: anatomy, anaesthesia, radiation medicine, community medicine, clinical pathology,chemical pathology,surgery,dermatology, hermathology,medical biochemistry,medical microbiology, morbid anatomy,obstetrics and gynecology,opthalmogy,otolaryngology,pediatrics,pharmacology, therapeutics medicine,physiology and physiological medicine. Just like Dentistry for students to qualify for the MBBS degree offered by the faculty of medicine and surgery they must passed the five professional examinations to be written at different intervals. *Entry requirements* five credits including English, Biology,Chemistry,Physics and Mathematics. UME subject combination; English,Chemistry,Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
Most details obtained from university sources through the faculty officers particularly the entry requirements and the acceptable UME combination of subjects.
As for the job opportunities the information is just but place graduates in particular fields are most likely to work hence they can still work any other place especially as most employers employ anyone not giving consideration to the type of degree.
Below are the courses offered by the university of Nigeria.
Note: Wrong subject combination can deny an applicant entry into the department despite his/her score. The information contained herein is only for UTME candidates and not direct entry.
(1) FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES:-
[A] DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY: Chemistry is the index of industrial development. The giant strides made by man in the understanding and exploitation of nature, synthesis of new materials essential to the enhancement of the quality of life, and the surge in the sustenance of economic and technological progress have benefited immensely from chemistry. The course duration is four years and is designed to provide training in the theory and practice of all branches of chemistry and to stimulate creative thinking and research. The department emphasizes the importance of a thorough grounding in experimental chemistry and the need to expose students to operational aspects of the chemical industry and modern analytical tools.
*job opportunities* graduates in this field can find themselves employed in industries like chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food processing,breweries, and other industries as well as in research and development institutions.
*entry requirements* Applicants must have possessed five credits including English, Mathematics, Physics and either Biology or Agricultural science. UME subject combinations: English, Chemistry, Physics and any of Maths, Biology or Agric.
(2)PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE:- Course duration is four years.
Physics is a fundamental science essential for all sciences and vital for modern technology. Physics deals with the concepts of space, time and motion, conservation, fields,waves and quanta. The aim of the department is to offer programmes designed to impact a round knowledge of all branches of physics to the students including mechanics, properties of matter, electromagnetism and electronics, atomic and nuclear physics, experimental physics e.t.c.
*job opportunities* teaching, government departures like meteorological departments, geological surveying, National all standard organization, research institutes, oil and steel industries e.t.c.
*entry requirements* applicants must posses a minimum of 5 credits passes including English, physics,maths and chemistry.
UME subject combination could be English, Physics, Chemistry and either of maths or biology.
(C) COMPUTER SCIENCE: course Durant is four years.The discipline provides a focus for convergence of technologies. Courses in the department aim at equipping the students with the knowledge and method of the application of computer science in the modern science and technology.
*job opportunities* graduates of computer science can work as computer engineers, in information technology centres, database administrators,software developers, computer and information systems manager e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Mathematics, physics and any of chemistry, biology, statistics and further mathematics.
(D) STATISTICS: course duration is four years.
The science of statistics concerns the development and application of the most effective method of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data in such a way that the fallibility of conclusions and estimate can be assessed by means of logical reasoning based on measures of probability.
*job opportunities* various government agencies like National Bureau of Statistics, Emergency Management Agencies etc.
*Entry requirements* Five credits including English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and any of economics or additional mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Physics,Mathematics and either chemistry or Economics or additional maths.
(E) Mathematics: course duration is four years. The aim of the department is to offer programmes designed to impact a sound knowledge as well as in applicable mathematics. Realizing the role of mathematics ad a basic tool in the physical and engineering sciences, and the current developments in the social and life sciences the academic programme emphasizes the applications of theory and methods to real life and physical problems.
*job opportunities* Data collection centres, research and development centres, academics e.t.c. *Entry requirements* five credits including English, maths and any of pgysics, chemistry or biology. UME SUBJECTS can be English, Mathematics,physics and any of chemistry or biology.
(F) GEOLOGY: course duration is four years. Geology is an applied earth science where the earth is studied as a system that results from the physical, chemical, biological interactions of the atmosphere,hydrosphere,biosphere and solid earth. *job opportunities* oil and gas industry, geological surveying agencies, mining industries, engineering companies, water corporations, and water drilling companies. *entry requirements* five credits including English, Maths,Chemistry and Biology. UME subject combination: English, and any of Chemistry, mathematics, biology and geography.
(G) Combined Physical Science: four years leading to an award of the combined degree. Under this department students are expected to combined physics any any other discipline within the physical sciences e.g Physics/chemistry, physics/maths,physics/computer. *Entry requirements* five credits including English and the subjects to combine.
(2) *FACULTY OF ARTS*:- all courses in this department are four years.
[A] MASS COMMUNICATION: Academic programmes in this discipline producing graduates that will work for and manage media institutions with the required skills. The curriculum is designed to enable students gain expertise in various areas of the mass media and grounding in liberal education through exposure to courses like general studies, major courses, elective courses and required ancillary courses. *job opportunities* can work in press centres, broadcast media, journalism, publishing and printing press, advertising agents e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credits including English and Literature and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: ENG, LIT, and any two of Govt. or His, Economics, CRS, Commerce.
[B] English and Literary Studies. The main objective of the programme is to produce graduates who have a well-informed literary sensibility which enables them to respond in a creative manner to their environment. The programmes are designed to give the students a rich and rounded humanistic education as well as practical competence in the language of science, business and international relations in the modern world and to expose them to literary art in all its forms. *job opportunities* abound in administrative offices, teaching, editing, speech writing, publishing, broadcasting,and the mass media etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English and Literature.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: ENG,LIT, and any two of Govt or His, CRS,Economics, Igbo,Commerce.
[C] ARCHEOLOGY and TOURISM: The programmes in the department focus on the development of knowledge,skills and values for undergraduates to enable them handle heritage and tourism-related matters. A graduate in this field can work in a National Library, a Museum, embassies, ministries of information,culture and tourism,tour operating agencies e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credits including English and a science subject as well as at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: ENG, LITERATURE, ECONS, GOVT or HIS, CRS etc.
[D] HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: there are four major areas of studer under the discipline which include: (I) Nigeria, (ii) Africa,(iii) Europe including Russia,(iv) Americans and the Caribbean,(v) the near and far east,(vi) Methodology.
*job opportunities* the programme equip students for careers in education ( teaching and research), administration and external affairs, immigration, customs,police, management and labour relations e.t.c.
*Entry requirements* five credits including English,Government or History. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Government or History and two other arts or social science subjects e.g economics,Literature, Igbo and CRS.
(E) FINE AND APPLIED ARTS: the discipline develops and exposes students to multidisciplinary dimensions of traditional and modern arts in order to produce the needed high-level manpower in the country. *job opportunities* the programme prepares students for careers in cultural institutions,textile designing industries fashion designing etc.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and fine/applied arts. UME subject combination: eng,fine/applied arts and two other art or social science subjects.
(F) LINGUISTICS, IGBO AND OTHER NIGERIAN LANGUAGES: The department exposes students multidisciplinary and interlocking nature of the human society in their use of language. The programme furnishes the students with a live-long education that they can adapt in infinite ways to their chosen careers in life laying emphasis on linguistics and Nigerian languages.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and the Nigerian language to combine. Literature is compulsory for linguistic students. students
(F) Foreign Languages and Literature: the programme is based on the imperative need to produce educated citizens capable of communicating in French, German and Russian and thus to make it possible for Nigeria to participate fully without any linguistic inhibition,in International peace and understanding, trade and world politics. *Job opportunities* interpreting, civil and diplomatic services, customs, publishing centres, embassies, sport ministries e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credit passes including English and French,Russian or German.
(G) PERFORMING ARTS[THEATRE AND FILM STUDIES] as a conglomeration of all art forms covers such areas as technical theatre,acting,directing,playwriting, theatre administration, media theatre, film studies, dramatic literature, and community theatre. *job opportunities* broadcasting, movie industry, publishing houses e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and Literature.
(H) MUSIC: The programme is designed to produce skillful, versatile, and experienced musicians, emphasis being placed on performance and competent musicianship.
*entry requirements* five credit passes including English and any science subject.
(I) COMBINED ARTS: a combined degree programme where students are required to combine two art courses for example English/History, etc. *entry requirements* five credit passes including English and the subjects relevant to the courses to be combined.
(3) FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES:-
(A) ESTATE MANAGEMENT: course duration is five years. concerned primarily with the practice of managing,supervising, and controlling immovable properties. The programmes in the department are designed to prepare students in real estate market analysis,site selection,investment analysis and the professional services in real estate transactions. *job opportunities* some of the areas graduates of estate management can take up employment opportunities include:- professional estate firms,local government authorities, banks and financial institutions, oil and gas companies, property investment and development companies e.t.c.
*Admission requirements* five credits which must include English, physics,Chemistry, maths and economics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Maths, Economics and any of physics, geography,chemistry,maths and biology.
(B) ARCHITECTURE: course duration is four years.
Programmes in the department are designed to empower students and train them in the art of designing of buildings and other structures such that the buildings would be safe,functional, economical and would suit the needs of the people who wants to use them.*entry requirements* five credits including eng,maths,physics, chemistry and any of fine arts,geography,wood work, econs,technical drawing, ceramics and intro to building construction. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Maths,Physics, and either of chemistry, ceramics,geography, fine arts,economics
(C) URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING: course duration is four years. A technical and political process concerned with the development and use of land, planning permission, protection and use of the environment, the design of the environment and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban as well as regional areas. *job opportunities* abound in various statutory corporations and agencies like the ministry of land and survey, etc.
*entry requirements* five credits which must include eng, maths and any three of the following: computer science, physics, technical drawing, agricultural science,government, geography and applied art.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION must include eng,maths, and any of physics,geography,maths,economics,government or chemistry.
(D) GEO INFORMATICS AND SURVEYING: course duration is five years. A professional discipline which is designed to produce manpower for geospatial data acquisition and database management for the production of appropriate geospatial information in various forms including cedestral plans, site plans, updated cedestral, topographic and thematic maps and charts, earth's terrain and water levels, e.t.c *job opportunities* social institutions in the field of demography,forestry, planning,engineering, government agencies like the National Pollution Commission etc.
*entry requirements* five credits which must include English, physics and maths.
UME subject combination: English, maths,physics and either chemistry,biology, economics, geography,technical drawing and fine/applied arts.
(4) *FACULTY OF ENGINEERING* :- Course duration for all disciplines under the faculty is five years.
(A) CIVIL ENGINEERING: The programme is designed to provide the students with basic knowledge in the fields of structures, hydraulics, soil mechanics and foundations, transportation, public health engineering and materials. *job opportunities* Design and construction industries, including highways,government establishment agencies like FERMA, research institutes, water supply corporations, ports and harbours e.t.c. Entry requirements: five credits which must include English, Maths, Physics and Chemistry. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
(B) ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING: Programmes in the department are designed to develop and execute a world-class electronic engineering programme programme intended to provide sound theoretical and practical training for students in the areas of communication, control and management, instrumentation ,digital electronics and computer. *entry requirements* applicants must have possessed at least five credit passes including eng,maths,chemistry and physics in not more than two sittings.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Maths,Chem and Phy.
(C) Electrical Engineering: The programme is designed to produce first degree electrical engineering graduates aimed with adequate theoretical knowledge and practical experience for successful and fruitful career in electrical engineering.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry,maths and physics. UME subject combination: eng,maths,chem and phy.
(D) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: includes the science and art of formulation,development, manufacturing design and control of systems and components for the conversion of energy and materials into useful mechanical work. This may include both power-generating machines and machines that transform and consume the power such as nuclear and fossil power plants, propulsion devises, control mechanisms, turbines,engines etc.
Admission requirements: five credit passes including English, mathematics, chemistry and physics which are also the right UME subject combination.
(E) AGRICULTURAL AND BIO-RESOURCE ENGINEERING: A field of engineering that combines creativity and practicality on a scientific basic, which borders on living things, their byproducts, and/or their natural resource base. *job opportunities* fibre industries, timber, rubber industries, research institutes, ministries of Agriculture, Agro-industries, Agricultural mechanism centres e.t.c. entry requirements: five credits including eng, maths,physics and chemistry which also is the right UME subject combination.
(F) METALLURGICAL AND MATERIAL ENGINEERING: Involves the mastery of the science and engineering of metals, ceramics,and polymers to enable the graduate understand the behaviour of these materials in every day application. *entry requirements* five credit passes including chemistry, Physics,Mathematics and English. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
(5) *FACULTY OF LAW* Course duration is five years leading to the award of the LL.B degree. Programmes in the discipline are designed to give students a rich knowledge in the substantive areas of law such as Company law, Land Law, Criminal Law, Commercial and Property Law,Contract Law, Constitutional Law, Arbitration Law, Family Law, Children and Women Law, Consumer Protection Law, Energy Law, Taxation Law, Environmental Law e.t.c and procedural law like the Law of Evidence. *entry requirements* five credit passes at the SSCE Ordinary level which must include English, Literature and a science Subject. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Literature, Government or History and any two of Economics, CRS,Commerce,Igbo,Civic Education.
(6) *FACULTY OF VETINARY MEDICINE*:- Course duration is five years. The programme is structured to inculcate the understanding of the basic anatomy and physiologic features of a range of animals as to preclude to the assessment of deviations in various disease conditions. Areas in the field include vetinary pathology and microbiology, vetinary obstetrics and reproductive diseases, vetinary physiology and pharmacology, vetinary anatomy,vetinary medicine,vetinary surgery, vetinary parasitology and entomology, animal health and production. *job opportunities* vetinary hospitals, research farms and research institutes, private practice, Education and academic centres, ministries of Agriculture, Animal Diagnostic laboratories, public institutions relating to regulatory medicine e.t.c
Entry requirements:- five credit passes which must include English, Biology,Chemistry and Maths or physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Biology, Chemistry and Maths or Physics.
7.... *FACULTY OF EDUCATION*:- four year academic programmes which include the following:
(A) LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE: An interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information,technology, information and other areas to libraries; the evaluation, organization of information, content and collections.
*job opportunities* Successful graduates in this field can work on National Libraries, Special collections, cultural institutions, government agencies, Service corporations, e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credit passes including English and the relevant subjects to be combined. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English ant three other subjects which must include the subject to combine.
(B) GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING: includes services and programs that promote personal, social, educational and career development. *job opportunities* Administrative personnel, counselling psychologist, academic and research institutes, e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits passes including English language and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION can be English,and three other subjects.
(C) ADULT EDUCATION AND EXTRA-MORAL STUDIES: The programme offers two major degree options; professional options and related subject combination options.
Students opting for professional courses in adult education have a choice in the following areas (I) Literacy education (ii) community development and (iii) Adult education administration.
The related combination options are primary for students who want to combine Adult Education with related subject areas from religion,economics,English, government,Igbo/linguistics and health education.
*entry requirements* five credits obtained in not more than two sittings in English and maths. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, and three other science,social science or art subjects depending on the choice of combination.
(D) HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION: The programme is designed to offer students the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and competence for successful teaching and organization of sports, physical education and health education in various academic institutions and research centres, as well as organizations. *job opportunities* sport development ministries, physical care centres, tertiary institutions and teaching careers e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credit passes including English, biology or health and physical education. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION; English, Biology and two others.
(E) ARTS EDUCATION: The programmes offered in this department aim at producing competent art teachers for the different levels of education in Nigeria. As a result the students are equipped with the knowledge, ethics and values, required to teach the art subjects. *job opportunities* education ministries, schools of higher learning and secondary as well as primary schools, foreign affairs, internal affairs e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits including English and other subjects to combine with education. E.g literature is required for education/English, French is compulsory for education/French.
(F)SCIENCE EDUCATION. Education/Biology,Education/Chemistry, Education/Physics,Education/Mathematics and Education/Integrated Science.
The basic objective of science education is train science teachers who are academically and professionally competent to educate students and make them literate in the sciences at all levels of the educational system. *job opportunities* tertiary institutions, schools, ministries of education e.t.c. Entry requirements: five credits including English, and two other science subjects which must include to subject to combine. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and any three of mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, health science and Agricultural sciences.
(G) SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: programmes I. This department aim at turning out dedicated and reliable social science educators knowledgeable in their respective areas of academic interest and skillful in classroom management as well as in dealing with human beings. The following combinations are available. (I)Education/Economics. *Entry requirements* five credits including English, Maths and Economics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: eng,maths,econs and either government or history or CRS or commerce or marketing or accounting.
(Ii) Education/Geography. Five credits including English and Geography and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Geography and any other two social science subjects or arts subjects.
(Iii) Education/Social Studies. Five credits including English, and a science subject. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and three other social science or art subjects.
(8) *FACULTY OF VOCATIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION* With its valued centred orientation the department is an ideal place for students to prepare themselves to be caring teachers and educational leaders. The disciplines under the faculty include:
(I) AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: requirements: five credits including,English, Agriculture or Biology or Animal husbandry or fishery plus at least a pass in Chemistry. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and any three from Biology or Agric, Economics,Government,Chemistry,Geography.
(Ii) Business Education: five credits including English, Mathematics and any of Economics, Commerce, accounting and typewriting. UME SUBJECTS: Eng,maths, any either of econs,govt or history,commerce,accounting,chemistry and physics.
(Iii) Computer Education. Five credits including English,Physics,or Maths. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, maths or physics and either of biology,chemistry, geography or Agricultural science.
(Iv) HOME ECONOMICS: Five credits including chemistry, biology and any two of economics, hone management, crafting, food and nutrition, clothing and textile, cosmetology and garment making.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng, Chem,Bio and either economics,home management, commerce or geography.
(Iv) INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. five credits including physics or maths or physics and any other two social science or trade subject like woodwork, technical drawing, metal work, basic electricity, or building construction.
10. FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES(PHARMACY):- course duration is five years. The areas in this field include Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy management, pharmacognosy and environmental medicines, pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical microbiology, pharmaceutical technology and industrial pharmacy. *job opportunities* hospitals, wholesale and retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical industries, e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credit passes including English, Chemistry,Biology,Maths and Physics.
UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry,Biology and Maths or physics
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11. *FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE* The faculty offers professional courses that are very important to the sustenance of agricultural practice for the economic prosperity of the country,Africa and the world. Course duration for the various agricultural programmes is five years. The programmes include:
(A) AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS:- The broad objective of the programme is to provide graduates with requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to apply relevant economic principles to the real life problems of Nigerian Agriculture.
Intensive areas in the discipline include; Management, production, economics, economic analysis, econometrics, marketing,farm accounting,and records, cooperatives, agricultural finance,agric development and policy,planning and appraisal methods of social research. *job opportunities* food industries, Agro-chemical industries, government agencies and ministries of Agriculture, self employment etc.
Entry requirements- five credits which must include English, Biology or Agricultural science, Chemistry,maths and either economics, geography or physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural science and either Physics or Maths.
(B) AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION:-The programme is designed to produce graduates who will be theoretically and practically knowledgeable in Agricultural production and rural life.
*job opportunities* agricultural and commercial banks, agricultural industries, public agencies, research institutes, river basin development authority, agricultural development projects etc. Intensive areas are agricultural administration, agricultural communication, agricultural extension education, agricultural planning and evaluation, rural sociology. Entry requirements: five credit passes including English, chemistry, mathematics or physics and biology or agricultural science and either economics or geography. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural science and Physics or Mathematics.
(C) HOME SCIENCE: Home science is a field of study that evolved out of the concern for the home raised by conditions of the society becoming increasingly dominated by commercial and industrial interest. The course is concerned with ways in which the quality and content of family life can be enhanced maximally through optimum utilization of its human and material resources. *job opportunities* textile/clothing industries, fashion design agencies, food and nutritional organizations etc. *entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry, biology or agricultural science or food and nutrition. A pass grade on physics or maths is acceptable. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural science of food and nutrition and physics or Mathematics.
(D) NUTRITION AND DIETETICS. Nutrition is a science that deals with the foods which the human organism requires, how he deals with the waste products due to its activities. Dietetics on the other hand is the application of scientific principles of nutrition to human subjects in health and disease conditions. *job opportunities* medical centres, research institutes, education, consultancy, self employment, hotels etc. *entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry, biology or agricultural science or food and nutritional science and physics or Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Chem,biology or Agricultural science or food nutritional science, and either maths or physics.
(E) FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: A field of integrated study of basic sciences, microbiology, biochemistry, nutrition,biotechnology and engineering technology for the development and management of food resources. The discipline exposes the nature, composition and properties of food materials and their behavior during processing, handling, storage,distribution and utilization. *entry requirements* Five credits including English, Chemistry, Physics or Maths and Biology or Agricultural science. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, maths or physics and Biology or Agricultural science.
*job opportunities* food industries, career in education, regulatory agencies like NAFDAC, Food service, organizations and research institutes, self employment.
(F) CROP SCIENCE: concerned with the selection, improvement and production of crops useful to man. It addresses the planting, maintenance, protection, harvesting,storage and aspects of post-harvest handling of produce. The programme is designed to provide a broad practical and theoretical training in the basic agricultural sciences for the first three years. During the fourth year practical training is provided in approved farms and agro-based establishments. During the fifth year the students are given intensive courses that will enable them specialize in any of the following areas (I) crop production (ii) crop protection and (iii)horticulture.
*job opportunities* abound in Agricultural industries, Government administrative and regulatory agencies as well as ministries of Agriculture, food control laboratories e.t.c.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Chemistry, Buology or Agricultural science and Mathematics or Physics. UME subject combination: English, Chem,Bio or Agric and Phy or maths.
(G) ANIMAL SCIENCE: Animal science or Animal Agriculture is a branch of Agriculture that provides basic training in the science and art of raising certain species of domestic and non domesticated animals for human consumption.
Intensive areas include nutrition and feeds, agricultural biochemistry, genetics and breeding, animal physiology, animal products, pasture management, animal production, techniques in animal experimentation. *job opportunities* meat processing industries, agro-based industries, ministry of Agriculture, academic and research institutions, customs department and other public sectors etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics.
12. FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. Programmes in the faculty are four years. They include the following departments.
(A) ACCOUNTANCY: Designed to give students a broad knowledge of business and at the same time concentrate in the field of accounting. Emphasis is placed by the programme upon professional education of the entire individual and in providing him with the background necessary for his effective performance in his career.
*job opportunities* industrial establishments, statutory corporations and parastatals, business undertakings, accounting firms etc.
*entry requirements* credit passes in five subjects including English, Mathematics, Economics and any other social science subject. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Mathematics, Economics, and either of Government, Accounting, Commerce, Marketing or Geography.
(B) BANKING AND FINANCE: The programme is designed to inculcate in the students the ability to identify,analyze, and offer solutions to complex financial problems that may arise from the technologically changing financial environment. Graduates in this field can find employment in banks and financial institutions, various statutory corporations, government agencies and industrial establishments etc.
*entry requirements* five credit passes including English,Mathematics, and any of Economics,Government ,Commerce, office practice accounting. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and Mathematics and two other social science subjects either of Econs,Govt, Comm,Marketing,Office practice, and accounting.
(C) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: the programme is designed to allow students develop a broad understanding of business organizations and provides students with subject-specific knowledge in areas such as markets,communications, finance, operations s, information technology, business policy and strategy. *JOB OPPORTUNITIES* telecommunications network centres, public agencies and government ministries, industrial establishments e.t.c
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Maths,Economics and any other social science subject. UME subject combination: English, Maths,Economics and any of Govt, Comm, accounting,marketing.
(D) MARKETING: The programme is based upon the philosophy of a broad based education bearing in mind that marketing is an electic discipline and depends heavy on social sciences,humanities and natural and physical sciences. *job opportunities* media planning, public affairs consulting, Public Relations Officer, Advertising Account executive, Sales Promotion Account Executive etc.*entry requirements* five credits at the ordinary level including English and Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Mathematics, and any two of economics, Accounting, government, commerce .
13. FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE: course duration is four years. Programmes in the faculty are grouped under the following departments.
(A) MICROBIOLOGY: The study of the microscopic organisms like viruses, bacteria,algae, fungi, slime modds etc. *job opportunities* research institutes, government regulatory agencies like NAFDAC,Waste management agencies, water corporations, breweries etc. *entry requirements* five credits including g English, biology,chemistry, physics and mathematics. UME subject combination: English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
(B)BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOINFORMATICS: Biochemistry is a science which enquires into the chemical constitution of living matter and the chemical processes by which the maintenance of life is accomplished in organisms. Intensive areas include molecular biology and biotechnology,medical biochemistry,enzymology and protein biochemistry,plant,food and nutritional biochemistry, lipid and lipoprotein biochemistry, pharmacological biochemistry and toxicology. *job opportunities* graduates in this field can work in various factories producing herbicides, fertilizers, feedstuffs, etc. They can also take career in brewing companies, health centres, e.tc. *entry requirements* five credits including English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Chemistry, Biology, and physics and Mathematics.
(C) PLANT AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: intensive areas include biostatistics and taxonomy, plant pathology/mythology, plant anatomy/physiology, phycology/limnology,plant breeding, plant botany etc
*job opportunities* breweries, education, research institutes etc.
(D) BOTANY. Courses in this department are designed to give the students a basic understanding of biological sciences and give depth in various aspects of botany including plant anatomy, biosystematics ,plant morphology, mycology, plant pathology,ecology ,plant physiology,cytology and genetics. The department also offers courses in plant micro-technique and photography, fungus physiology, plant virology and dendrology,economic botany, tree growth, fresh water, embryology of angiosperms and palynology. *job opportunities* botanists may choose careers in teaching and research institutes,agriculture,forestry, conservative and wildlife management, industries such as fertilizer,wood technology, sugar, rubber, e.t.c.
Entry requirements: five credits including English, biology,chemistry, physics and Mathematics.
(E) ZOOLOGY: The existence of animals is totally dependent on the abiotic and biotic variables of its environment. As such the department offers programmes designed to promote general and practical education in zoology and environment. Intensive areas include, ecotoxicology, animal biotechnology, biodiversity, ecosystem , environmental management and animal bioinformatics. *job opportunities* National Economic Zones, Animal biomedical centres, clinical centres,diseases vendors control departments etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English, Chemistry,Biology and Physics or Mathematics which is also the appropriate UME SUBJECT COMBINATION.
(F) COMBINED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: the programme leaders to an award of the combined degree which is a combination of one field of biology with another.
14. FACULTY OF DENTISTRY. Course duration is 6 years leading to the award of the MBBS degree.
The programme is aimed at training students that would be able to meet the vast majority of dental needs of the Nigerian society. Within these six years the students are expected to cover intensive areas such as prosthetic dentistry, oral pathology, paedodontics, medical and dental ethics and jurisprudence,periodontology,orthodontics, oral diagnoses and dental radiology,oral medical and dental therapeutics. The areas of specialization include child dental health,oral maxidentis,oral maxillofacial surgery, preventive dentistry,and restorative dentistry. For students to be qualified for the MBBS degree they must have passed the five professional exams written within the six years. *Entry requirements* five credits which must include English,Biology,Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Biology,Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics.
15. *FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES:* Human anatomy and human physiology are the two departments under the faculty. Course duration for each of the department is four years. Human anatomy involves the study of the forms and structure of the human body while human physiology involves the study of the functions of the various organs that make up the human body. Intensive areas include gross anatomy, human histology, medical biochemistry and embryology. *job opportunities* education careers, research institutes, health centres e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credits including English, chemistry,Biology,physics and Mathematics. UME subject combination: eng,bio,Chem and phy or maths.
16. *FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES:-* duration for all the programmes in the discipline of social science is four years. The various departments include:
(A) SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY: The programme scientifically examines the society, social courses and consequences of human behavior.
Graduates in this field of study are trained to work as policy analysts, personnel officers, career diplomats, banking departments, police officers, intelligence officers, social workers e.t.c.
Entry requirements: minimum of five credits including English Language. UME subject combination: English and three other social science and art subjects.
(B) PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: Courses in the programme are designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills in the art and science of modern public administration. Intensive areas I Clyde administration and management, government and policy, finance, personnel, law and administration. *job opportunities* policy analysts, civil service commissions, bureau of local governments, administrative offices, career diplomats, e.t.c. *entry requirements* five credit passes including English language, Government or history. UME subject combination: English, Government, and any other two social science subjects.
(C) ECONOMICS: The programme desirablyD train students towards the economic and social advancement of Nigeria, Africa and the world. This is achieved by equipping the students with a broad foundation in the field of social sciences, and the application of economic theory and the application of economic analysis in solving human behavioral problems. Intensive areas include economic theory, economic history,financial and monetary economics, quantitative economics/economic s, public sector economics/public policy, demography/pollution economics. *job opportunities* education research institutions, financial institutions, public institutions, economic consultants, Banks and financial institutions, industrial establishments etc. *entry requirements* five credits including English,Mathematics, Economics and any other social science subject which is also the appropriate UME subject combination.
(D)POLITICAL SCIENCE: The focus is on scientific inquiry and analysis of the relationship between the state and man both as an individual and as a member of social groups. Intensive areas include government, international relations, elements of politics, administration and management, theory and epistemology, methodology and statistics. *job opportunities* public offices and administrative agencies, personnel officers, e.t.c *entry requirements* five credits including English language and Government or History and at least a pass grade in Mathematics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: Eng,Govt. or History and two other social science and/or art subjects.
(E) SOCIAL WORK: involves assisting people develop ability to map out a prominent planning machinery, concrete ways in which people can be brought more effectively into development programme, propose policies that affect the masses of the people in the material and other conditions of existence. *Job opportunities* administrative offices, social workers, personnel officers, guidance Counsellors e.t.c. entry requirements. Five credits including English language. UME subject combination: English language and three other social science and/or art subjects.
(F) PSYCHOLOGY: The scientific study of the behaviour of humankind in order to provide information that would enrich the understanding and prediction of human actions, feelings and thoughts. The department emphasizes the interrelations of biological, psychological and socio-cultural influences on observed behavioral events. *job opportunities* psychologists are useful in various industrial and business organizations, general hospitals and medical colleges, government ministries and parastatals,schools and colleges, police services, educational institutions. Etc.
Entry requirements: five credits including English language and biology or health science and at least a pass in Mathematics or statistics or physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English, Biology and any other two social science/art courses.
(G) GEOGRAPHY: The programme seeks among others to lay a thorough foundation in all the systematic branches of geography, as well as training students in geographic methods,philosophy and applications. Intensive areas are general geography, philosophy and Methodology, physical geography, quantitative geography, population and settlement studies,economic geography, environmental geography and issues, regional geography and environmental protection and management. *job opportunities* geographers are equipped for careers in research institutes, armed forces, teaching, Government institutions like the National Population Commission, Environmental management agencies,resource management agencies, Transport Agencies, Etc.
*entry requirements* five credits including English and Geography and at least a pass in Maths. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English,Geography and two other social science/art subjects.
(H) PHILOSOPHY: The programme is designed to train students in a manner that will equip them with a critical and reflective mind as well as the skills and aptitudes that will enable them analyze, appreciate and theorize about the fundamental dimensions of reality, and the connection of these personal and social affairs. *Job opportunities* teaching institutions, government agencies, police services, prisons, intelligence agencies, security agencies as well as the armed forces. Intensive areas include metaphysics, axiology, epistemology and methodology, history, African philosophy, social and political philosophy. *entry requirements* five credits including English and three other social science or art subjects. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: english and three other social science subjects or art subjects.
(I) RELIGION AND CULTURAL STUDIES. The programme emphasizes the application of religious truths to the cultural environment of Africa. Students in this field are exposed to the basic theological positions of Islam and Christianity a d this enables man to understand his environment and hence able to master his destiny. *job opportunities* bible translation agencies, corporate bodies,conflict related outfits, public personnel officers etc.
Entry requirements: five credit passes including English language, and either Christian Religious knowledge or Islamic studies. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English and Christian Religious Knowledge or Islamic Studies and two other social science or art subjects.
(J) COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE: A programme that awards a combined degree in the disciplines of social sciences. The combinations available include among others political science/geography, religion/philosophy, economics/political science, economics/philosophy, e.t.c. entry requirements: five credits including both subjects relevant to the courses to combine.
17. FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
(A) MEDICAL REHABILITATION: course duration is five years. Medical rehabilitation deals in physical medicine known as physiatry. It is a branch of medicine that aims to restoring and enhancing functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities such as injuries to the ligaments or nervous system, muscles, bones. A specialist in this field is known as a physiatrist. With the recent proposed adjustment of programme by the University of Nigeria the programme may now be six years with a graduate in this field being a Doctor of physiatry. Entry requirements: five credits including English, Mathematics Chemistry,,Biology and physics. UME SUBJECT COMBINATION: English Language, Chemistry,Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
(B) MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE: course duration is five years. Involves knowledge of the central role laboratory investigation of components of biological fluids, secretions, excretions, tissues,or organs play in the diagnosis, management and prognosis of disease state. Intensive areas include Clinical Chemistry,Haematology, Medical Microbiology, Histopathology and immunology and instrumentation and pharmacology. *job opportunities* laboratory and diagnostic centres, hospitals and clinical centres, ministries of health, regulatory agencies like NAFDAC e.t.c. Entry requirements. Five credits including English, Chemistry,Mathematics Biology and Physics
(C) MEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOLOGY: An indispensable field of medicine that includes the use of ionizing radiation including x-ray technology and other forms of radiation energy in the diagnosis, management and treatment of human diseases. Radiography is the pivot of modern diagnostic medicine. *job opportunities* hospitals, health centres, research centres, various ministries and agencies of health organizations. *entry requirements* five credits including English,Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics.
(D) NURSING SCIENCE: Course duration is five years. Nursing is a profession within the health care and medical sector that focus on the care of individuals, families and communities so they may attain, maintain, recover optimal health and quality of life.
Areas of specialization include community health nursing, maternal and child health nursing, mental health and physiatric nursing,medical surgical nursing, nursing administration and management, and nursing education. *entry requirements* five credits including English, Biology, Chemistry,Physics and Mathematics. UME subject combination: English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
18. *FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY*:- course duration is six years. The study of medicine and surgery prepares students for a successful and efficient career in all spheres of medicine including academic research, general and specialist patient care, and administration. The programme covers the following field of medicine: anatomy, anaesthesia, radiation medicine, community medicine, clinical pathology,chemical pathology,surgery,dermatology, hermathology,medical biochemistry,medical microbiology, morbid anatomy,obstetrics and gynecology,opthalmogy,otolaryngology,pediatrics,pharmacology, therapeutics medicine,physiology and physiological medicine. Just like Dentistry for students to qualify for the MBBS degree offered by the faculty of medicine and surgery they must passed the five professional examinations to be written at different intervals. *Entry requirements* five credits including English, Biology,Chemistry,Physics and Mathematics. UME subject combination; English,Chemistry,Biology and Physics or Mathematics.
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