CURRICULUM FOR B.Sc. DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ZOOLOGY

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

(a)    Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Requirement

 UTME Entry: - Credit in English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and any other science subject excluding Agricultural Science.

Special Consideration: UTME. Subjects – English, Biology and two other science subjects      excluding Agricultural Science.

Note: The approved science subjects are Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics (Pure and Applied), Further Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology.

The Faculty requires five (5) credits at one sitting or six (6) credits at two sitting for UTME entry.  The 6^th subject can be any subject from Science, Arts and Social Sciences.

(b)   Direct Entry Requirement

Direct Entry - Two ‘A’ Level science subjects to include Biology or Zoology.

NCE/ND candidates with minimum of Merit/Upper Credit in two science subjects to include Biology or Zoology or Animal Science.

Direct entry candidate should also fulfill the UTME entry requirement.

(c)    Transfer Candidate

 A candidate is accepted on transfer into the Department only at 200 level if she/he has satisfied the UTME entry requirements into the Department/Faculty and has not been withdrawn from the University.

COURSE REQUIREMENT

A full-time programme of study shall be provided leading to a Bachelors (B.Sc. Zoology) Degree, which may be awarded with honours or pass degree. Instructions shall be by courses and students will be required to take an approved combination of such courses as Senate, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board, may from time to time determine. There shall be four levels of courses numbered 101 – 199, 201 – 299, 301 – 399, 401 – 499. Course numbers shall be prefixed by three characters code signifying the course areas e.g. ZOO 111.

Standard Terminologies

The following terminologies shall apply to courses:

(a)    Compulsory course: A course specified by a Department which a student must take and pass with 40% and above

(b)   Required course: A course specified by a Department which a student must take but not necessarily pass. Where there is a group of such courses, the Department may not specify the minimum number of units to be passed

(c)    Elective course: the course specified by a Department which a student can take in order to increase total number of his/her units

(d)   Pre-requisite course: A course which essentially must be taken prior to taking another specified course. A student must score a minimum of 30% in a pre-requisite course

(e)    Concurrent course: A course which a student must take during the same semester as another specified course.

Note: All courses registered for would be used in computation of the final result of a student.

Registration

Students shall normally be registered for a prescribed minimum number of units in each academic year. The number of students shall be approved Senate on the recommendation of the Faculty Board. Students are expected to complete their studies within the period prescribed by the Faculty. After registration, students add or delete courses provided this is done within six weeks of commencement of lectures.

Examination

All courses taught during each semester shall be examined at the end of that semester, and candidates will be credited with the number of course units assigned to the course which they passed. The duration of each paper shall be determined by the Department based on the unit of each course. A candidate is eligible to sit for an examination he or she has duly registered for and must have had a minimum of 75% attendance in the course.

Grading of Courses

The base mark for all courses shall be 100%. Grades used for students who satisfactorily completed the requirement of a course by the end of the semester

Table 1: Grade Point System