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Faculty of Law

Undergraduate programmes regulations

The undergraduate programmes, LL.B. in Civil law and LL.B. with Specialization  in Islamic law serve as a solid foundation for legal knowledge by teaching law in the light of social, political and economic changes.

The ultimate goal of the programme is to offer law students broad based and qualitative legal education. Thereby producing lawyers capable of coping with the needs of the society in the light of economic, political, social and technological advancement.

To achieve its goal, the programme is not limited to the teaching of traditional law course but also non law courses.

The curriculum has been extended with respect to law courses to cover branches of law, which hitherto to have been neglected but which are important to national development. Examples of such courses are Environmental law, Oil and Gas law, as well as GENS courses.

The non-law courses offered are as follows:

Use of English,
Introduction to Psychology,
History and Philosophy of Science
English and Communication Skills
Literature in English,
Moral Philosophy,
Theories of Accounting
Elements of Business Administration
Criminology/Penology
Theories of Local Government
Theories of Administration
Personnel Management
Early Nigerian History
Introduction to Economics
Introduction to Political Science
Philosophy and Local

            The programmes are based on the course Credit System and it has a duration of 5 years.