

Dr. Bashir Malam
(Head of Department)ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The general admission requirement into the B.Sc. Political Science is Four-year degree programme and a candidates must have Senior Secondary School Certificate either NECO, WAEC etc with at least five (5) credit including in English language, Mathematics, Government/History, and other three other relevant subjects from Arts and Social Sciences. Candidate for UTME admission must also obtain a score as prescribed the JAMB or the University in the Matriculation Examinations (UME), and the following core UME subjects must be relevant to Political Science, Maths, English, Government or History. Candidates for direct entry that is, those who join the programme at 200level must in addition to above have an Interim Join Matriculation Board (JMAB) examination certificate in three subjects with at least a three credit in each. Candidates with any other qualification(s) as may be prescribed or determined by the University as the case may be.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for graduation are that students admitted into our various programme must fulfil the graduation requirement as follows: A student shall normally pass a minimum of 144 credit units for a 4 year degree programme. These must be spread strictly at a minimum of 18 passed credit units at each Semester of study and maximum of 24 credits unit. Student with a direct-entering into a 200level programme must passed a minimum of 108 credits units before graduation. During the years of study students’ performance on a course, at all levels, shall be recorded in letter grades (after due conversion from percentage scores) and grade points as follows:
%Scores | Grade | Grade Points |
---|---|---|
70-100 | A | 5 |
60-69 | B | 4 |
50-59 | C | 3 |
45-49 | D | 2 |
0-44 | F | 0 |
A Bachelor’s degree programme shall normally be completed in 8 semesters for a 4 year programme, (two semesters less for those who join at 200level). The date of degree shall correspond with the end of the semester in which the student completed his/her course requirements. A transfer student with advanced standing shall be required to spend not less than two Academic Sessions in the University to be eligible for a degree of the University. The appropriate Department, Faculty and the Senate shall consider all transfer cases. A student is required to obtain a minimum grade of D of each examination he/she writes. A student should repeat a course in which he failed to obtain a minimum pass grade so as to be used in computation of CGPA. A student who attains a Cumulative Grade Point Average of less than 1.50 shall first register his backlog of required courses before he can, within the limits of 48 credit units, be allowed to register for other courses. To qualify for an honours degree, a student shall complete his/her studies in not more than one and a half times the normal duration of his programme.