NUC Creates Dept. of Cooperative and Rural Devt. Under the New University Curriculum

Quite notable among the restructured curriculum is the Department of Co-operative and Rural Development under the Faculty of Administration and Management

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has unveiled a newly restructured curriculum for Nigerian universities.

The National Universities Commission says the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) begins this September 2023.

The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes.

It also aims at bringing necessary innovations into the content and delivery of its programmes towards achieving the overall goals of education and training in the country.

Speaking at the Stakeholders’ Colloquium on CCMAS in Abuja recently, the acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki, said the document would reposition Nigerian universities to be among the best-rated in Africa.

Maiyaki said that CCMAS would make up 70 percent of the curriculum while the university decides what to include in the remaining 30 percent.

According to him, the implementation will help sharpen the future of the education sector.

”The role and development of the CCMAS is to ensure commitment in advancing our education and our great nation.

“NUC is primarily dedicated to ensuring quality and global competitiveness of Nigerian universities as well as the graduates we produce.

“The development of the CCMAS went through a painstaking process by bringing experts from our universities comprising of professors, regulatory bodies, Nigerian Economic Summit Group and all stakeholders.

 “The CCMAS reflects global initiative that will equip graduates with knowledge and wherewithal that will advance the development of the nation,” he said.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, encouraged universities to make optimal use of the 30 percent university senate’s input.

Mamman advised universities to ensure that learning outcomes, skills as well and soft skills were acquired, irrespective of the core discipline.

He said that the skills must be readily applicable to the environment of the university, the country in particular, and the global community in general.

“There is no better place and time than now to develop a strategy that will guide tertiary institutions particularly universities in their mandate to provide appropriate manpower for the country.”

Universities in the country are expected to officially have 17 disciplines of faculties namely Administration and Management; Agriculture; Allied Health Sciences; Architecture; Arts; Basic Medical Sciences; Communications and Media Studies; Computing; Education; Engineering and Technology; Environmental Sciences; Law; Medicine and Dentistry; Pharmaceutical Sciences; Sciences; Social Sciences and Veterinary Medicine.

Quite notable among the restructured programme is the Department of Co-operative and Rural Development to be under the Faculty of Administration and Management

Other noticeable points to look out for in the analysis made of the new curriculum include the unbundling of mass communications to create a distinct discipline of Communications comprising degree programmes in Advertising, Broadcasting, Development Communication Studies, Film and Multimedia, Information and Media Studies, Journalism and Media Studies, Mass Communication, Public Relations and Strategic Communication; Agriculture was unbundled into programmes in its contributing components of B.Sc Agricultural Economics, B.Sc. Animal Science, B.Sc. Crop Science and B.Sc. Soil Science;

The unbundling of Architecture and introduction of Architecture as a new discipline with programmes like Architecture, Architectural Technology, Furniture Design, Interior Architecture Design, Landscape Architecture and Naval architecture; The split of the Basic Medical Sciences discipline into two – Basic Medical Sciences and Allied Health Sciences;

Attached to this article is the full list of programmes in their respective disciplines.

FACULTIES AND PROGRAMMES:

Administration and Management

• Department of Accounting
• Department of Actuarial Science
• Department of Aviation Management
• Department of Finance
• Department of Business Administration
• Department of Business Information Technology
• Department of Co-operative and Rural Development
• Department of Employment and Human Resource Management
• Department of Entrepreneurship
• Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management B.Sc.
• Department of Information Resource Management B.Sc.
• Department of Insurance B.Sc.
• Department of Local Government and Development Studies B.Sc.
• Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management B.Sc
• Department of Marketing B.Sc.
• Department of Office and Information Management B.Sc.
• Department Petroleum Information Management B.Sc.
• Department Procurement Management B.Sc.
• Department of Project Management
• Department of Public Administration
• Department of Security and Investment
• Department of Taxation
• Department of Transport Management

• Faculty of Agriculture

1. Agribusiness
   B.Sc. Agribusiness
2. Agricultural Science (5-year option)
   B. Agriculture
3. Agricultural Economics
   B.Sc. Agricultural Economics
4. Agricultural Extension
   B.Sc. Agricultural Extension
5. Animal Science
   B.Sc. Animal Science
6. Crop Science
   B.Sc. Crop Science
7. Family and Consumer Sciences
   B. Sc. Family and Consumer Sciences
8. Fisheries and Aquaculture
   B.Sc. Fisheries and Aquaculture
9. Food Science and Technology
   B. Sc. / B. Tech
   10. Forest Resources and Wildlife Management
   B.Sc. Forest Resources and Wildlife Management
10. Horticulture and Landscape Management
    B.Sc. Horticulture and Landscape Management
11. Soil Science
    B.Sc. Soil Science
12. Water Resources Management and Agro-meteorology
    B.Sc. Water Resources and Ago-meteorology
    -Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
13. Audiology – B.AUD
14. Complementary and Alternative Medicine – B.Sc. CAM
15. Dental Technology B.Sc. DNT
16. Dental Therapy B.DT
17. Environmental Health Science B.EHS
18. Health Care Administration and Hospital Management B.Sc. HAM
19. Health Information Management
    B.HIM
20. Information Technology and Health Informatics B.Sc. ITH
21. Medical Laboratory Science BMLS
22. Nursing Sciences B.N.Sc
23. Human Nutrition and Dietetics B.Sc.
24. Occupational Therapy B.OT.
25. Optometry O.D
26. Pharmacology B.Sc. PHA
27. Physiotherapy DP
28. Prosthetics and Orthotics B.Sc. P&O
29. Public Health B.Sc.
30. Radiography B.Rad
31. Speech-Language Therapy B.SLT

–Architecture

1. Architecture
2. Architectural technology
3. Furniture design
4. Interior architecture design
5. Landscape architecture
6. Naval architecture

–Arts
B.A Folklore
B.A Film production
B.A African Languages and Literature Efik
B.A African Languages and Literature Hausa
B.A African Languages and Literature Ibibio
B.A African Languages and Literature Igbo
B.A African Languages and Literature Yoruba
B.A African Traditional Religion
B.A Arabic
B.A Archaeology
B.A Chinese language
B.A Christian Religious Studies
B.A Christian Theology
B.A Classics
B.A English Language and Literature in English
B.A history and diplomatic studies
B.A History
B.A Islamic studies
B.A Linguistics
B.A Modern European Languages French
B.A Modern European Languages German
B.A Modern European Languages German
B.A Modern European Languages Russia
B.A Music
B.A Philosophy
B.A Religious Studies
B.A Theatre Arts

–Basic Medical Sciences

1. Human Anatomy B.Sc.
   2 Physiology B.Sc.
   -Communications and Media Studies
   BSC Strategic communications
   BSC advertising
   BSC Broadcasting
   BSC Development Communications Studies
   BSC Film and multimedia
   BSC Information and Media Studies
   BSC Journalism and Media Studies
   BSC Mass Communications
   BSC Public Relations

–Computing
BSC Cybersecurity
BSC Software Engineering
BSC Data Science
BSC Information and Communications Technology
BSC of Information Technology
BSC Information System
BSC Computer Science

–Education
1 Adult and Continuing Education B. Ed
2 Agricultural Education B. Sc. (Ed)
3 Arabic B. A. (Ed)
4 Biology B. Sc. (Ed)
5 Business Education B. Sc. (Ed)
6 Chemistry B. Sc. (Ed)
7 Christian Religious Studies B.A. (Ed)
8 Computer Science B. Sc. (Ed)
9 Creative Arts Education B. A. (Ed)
10 Early Childhood Education B. (Ed)
11 Economics B. Sc. (Ed)
12 Educational Management B. (Ed)
13 Efik-Ibibio Education B. A. (Ed)
14 English Language/Literature-in-English B. A. (Ed)
15 Entrepreneurship Education B. Ed
16 Environmental Education B. Sc. (Ed)
17 French B. A. (Ed)
18 Geography B. Sc. (Ed)
19 Guidance and Counseling B. (Ed)
20 Hausa B. A. (Ed)
21 Health Education B. (Ed)
22 History B. A. (Ed)
23 Home Economics B. Sc. (Ed)
24 Human Kinetics/Physical Education B. (Ed)
25 Igbo B. A. (Ed)
26 Integrated Science B. Sc. (Ed)
27 Islamic Studies B. A. (Ed)
28 Language Arts and Communication B. A. (Ed)
29 Library and Information Science B. Ed
30 Mathematics B. Sc. (Ed)
31 Music B. A. (Ed)
32 Physics B. Sc. (Ed)
33 Political Science B. Sc. (Ed)
34 Primary Education B. Ed
35 Social Studies and Civic Education B. Sc. (Ed)
36 Special Needs Education B. (Ed)
37 Sustainable Development Studies B. Sc.
(Ed)
38 Technology Education B. Tech. (Ed)
39 Yoruba

–ENGINEERING
1 Aerospace Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
2 Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
3 Automotive Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
4 Biomedical Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
5 Chemical Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
6 Civil Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
7 Computer Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
8 Electrical Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
9 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
10 Electronic Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
11 Environmental Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
12 Food Science and Engineering/Technology
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
13 Industrial and Production Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
14 Information and Communication Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
15 Marine Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
16 Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
17 Mechanical Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
18 Mechatronics Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
19 Metallurgical Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
20 Mining Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
21 Natural Gas Engineering
B.Eng/B. Tech/B.Sc.
22 Petrochemical Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
23 Petroleum Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
24 Petroleum and Gas Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
25 Structural Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
26 Systems Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
27 Telecommunications Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
28 Water Resources Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.
29 Wood Products Engineering
B.Eng./B. Tech./B.Sc.

–LAW

1. Common Law
2. Combined Law

-Medicine and Dentistry

1 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS/MBChB)

2 Dentistry Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS/BChD)

–Sciences

1 Applied Geophysics B.Sc.

2 Biochemistry B.Sc.

3 Biology B.Sc.

4 Biotechnology B.Sc.

5 Botany B.Sc.

6 Brewing Science and Technology B.Sc.

7 Chemistry B.Sc.

8 Environmental Management and Toxicology B.Sc.

9 Forensic Science B.Sc.

10 Geology B.Sc.

11 Industrial Chemistry B.Sc.

12 Industrial Mathematics B.Sc.

13 Industrial Physics B.Sc.

14 Marine Science B.Sc.

15 Maritime Science B.Sc.

16 Mathematics B.Sc.

17 Medical Physics B.Sc.

18 Medicinal Chemistry B.Sc.

19 Meteorology B.Sc.

20 Microbiology B.Sc.

21 Petroleum Chemistry B.Sc.

22 Physics with Electronics B.Sc.

23 Physics B.Sc.

24 Science Laboratory Technology B.Sc.

25 Statistics B.Sc.

26 Zoology B.Sc.

–SOCIAL SCIENCES

1 Criminology and Security Studies B.Sc

2 Demography and Social Statistics B.Sc

3 Development Studies B.Sc

4 Economics B.Sc

5 International Relations B.Sc

6 Peace and Conflict Resolution B.Sc

7 Petroleum Economics and Policy Studies B.Sc

8 Political Science B.Sc

9 Politics, Philosophy and Economics B.Sc

10 Psychology B.Sc

11 Social Standards B.Sc

12 Social Work B.Sc.

13 Sociology B.Sc

–Veterinary medicine

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Courses under Environmental sciences could not be accessed at the time of filing this report