Admission Requirements
Candidates seeking admission into any of the undergraduate programmes of Department of Political Science and International Relations should fulfil the following requirements:
- Candidates should possess at least five credit passes at not more than two sittings in the O/L, SSCE/GCE/NECO or their equivalents in the following subjects:
For Political Science
(a.) Mathematics
(b.) English Language
(c.) Government or History, and
(d.) Any other two (2) subjects from Social Science or Arts
- Candidates must also sit for the current JAMB examination and obtain the prescribed cut-off mark in the relevant subject.
- Candidates must fulfil any other requirement set by the University for admission into the programmes.
Graduation Requirements
To graduate from the 4-year Bachelor of Science Degree Programme in Political Science, the student must have successfully completed a minimum of 168 Credit Units as shown below:
Required Units for Graduation for B.Sc Political Science
Level | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | Total |
Compulsory Courses | 21 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 103 |
Electives | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
Industrial Training [SIWES] | - | - | - | - | 0 |
College Courses | 6 | 6 | - | - | 12 |
University Courses | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
NUC Courses | 10 | 6 | 2 | - | 18 |
Total | 45 | 41 | 42 | 40 | 168 |