This programme takes up the responsibility to:
· Instill in students a sense of enthusiasm for statistics and demography, an appreciation of its application in different areas and to involve them in an intellectually stimulating and satisfying experience of learning and studying
· Provide students a broad and balanced foundation in statistics and demography knowledge and practical skills in statistics and computer science
· Develop in students the ability to apply their statistics and demography knowledge and skills to the solution of theoretical and practical problems in the society.
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BS.c. Statistics and Demography
Five SSCE credit passes to include English, mathematics and at least two subjects from physics, statistics, chemistry, further mathematics, economics and geography.
Direct Entry
Two A Level passes including mathematics or statistics. With “NCE”, credits in relevant subjects.
Admission Requirement
Admission into the faculty is through the national unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) for which candidates must have suitable score in the year for which they are applying for admission.
Entry Requirements.
Candidates must possess a minimum of five (5) credits at not more than two sittings in the SSCE, NECO or equivalent certificates. These must include English and mathematics and the pre-requisite combination of courses for the desired programme of study, details of which are obtained from the departmental requirements.
Candidates who are seeking admission by direct entry should, in addition to credit level passes in mathematics and English, possess any of the following:
- GCE advanced level in two subjects relevant to the programme of study
- Higher school certificate
- National diploma in the relevant area
- Nigerian certificate in education
DIRECT ENTRY:
Candidates for Direct Entry admission shall possess five credit passes in the SSCE, NECO, GCE or equivalents of which at least two shall be at advanced level , or four credits passes of which at least three shall be at advanced level provided that such passes are not counted at both levels of the examinations. For emphasis credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology or any other subject. All students must fulfil the basic entry requirements of the university. The programme’s duration is four years for general entry students and three years for direct entrants.
Courses
| Deg 1 | MAT 101 | Elementary Mathematics I | 3 |
| Deg 1 | BIO 101 | General Biology I | 3 |
| Deg 1 | BIO 103 | General Biology Practical I | 1 |
| Deg 1 | CHM 101 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| Deg 1 | CHM 103 | General Chemistry Practical I | 1 |
| Deg 1 | PHY 101 | General Physics I | 3 |
| Deg 1 | PHY 103 | General Physics Practical I | 1 |
| LEVEL | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT UNITS |
| Deg 2 | STA 211 | Probability I | 2 |
| Deg 2 | STA 221 | Descriptive Statistics | 2 |
| Deg 2 | STA 231 | Inference I | 2 |
| Deg 2 | MAT 213 | Set, Logic and Algebra I | 2 |
| Deg 2 | MAT 215 | Linear Algebra I | 2 |
| Deg 2 | CSC 233 | Computer Programming I | 2 |
| STATISTICS | |||
| LEVEL | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT UNITS |
| Deg 3 | STA 311 | Probability III | 3 |
| Deg 3 | STA 321 | Statistical Inference II | 3 |
| Deg 3 | STA 331 | Statistical Computing | 2 |
| Deg 3 | STA 341 | Statistical Quality Control | 2 |
| Deg 3 | STA 343 | Operation Research I | 3 |
| Deg 3 | NAS 392 | Research Method in NAS | 3 |
| LEVEL | COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT UNITS |
| Deg 4 | STA 403 | Demography III | 2 |
| Deg 4 | STA 411 | Probability IV | 3 |
| Deg 4 | STA 413 | Statistical Inference | 3 |
| Deg 4 | STA 415 | Regression & Analysis of Variance | 2 |
| Deg 4 | STA 421 | Time Series Analysis | 3 |
| Deg 4 | STA 423 | Design & Analysis of Experiment | 2 |
| Deg 4 | STA 433 | Leb | 2 |
| Deg 4 | STA 441 | Multivariate Analysis | 3 |
| Deg 4 | STA 457 | Medical Statistics | 3 |
Medical Technologists
Research Assistant
Clinical and Veterinary Microbiologists
Food/Industrial/Environmental Microbiologists
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