B.Sc Microbiology

Philosophy, Aims and Objectives of the Degree Programme

Philosophy

The philosophy is to train microbiology graduates who will apply microbiological procedures and techniques to solving developmental needs of the society.

Aims and Objectives of the Degree Programme
The objectives of the programme are to:

1. Broadly train students for positions in the industry, health sector, research institutes;
2. Prepare them for graduate and professional studies in applied areas of microbiology; and
3. Develop their business skills in various aspects of Applied Microbiology.

 Basic Admission Requirements and Expected Duration of the Programmes

Admission Requirements

Indirect entry

The entry requirements shall be at least credit level passes in five subjects including english language, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics at the senior secondary certificate (SSC) or its equivalent. In addition, an acceptable pass in the unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) is required for admission into 100-level.

Direct entry

Candidates with at least two A level passes GCE/IJMB/ JUPEB in two relevant subjects (biology, botany, chemistry, geography, mathematics and physics) may be admitted into 200-level, provided they satisfy the ‘O’ Level requirement..

Minimum duration

The minimum duration of the Microbiology degree programme is four academic sessions for UTME. The minimum duration will be three academic sessions for candidates admitted to the 200 Level

Graduation Requirements

Graduation requirements To be eligible for the award of the Bachelor degree in Microbiology, a student must have:

1. Passed all the core courses, university and faculty/school required courses and electives;
2. Accumulated a minimum of 120 course units for students admitted through UTME and 90 course units for students admitted to 200 level.
3. Completed successfully students’ industrial training (SIWES), seminar and research project.
4. Attain a minimum CGPA of 1.00.

To graduate, a student must be found worthy in character throughout the period of his/her studentship and must accumulate the total units prescribed for the programme from core, faculty, General Studies, SIWES, seminar and Final year project.