Undergraduate Programme :: Department of Arts and Social Sciences

B.Sc (Ed) Christian Religious Studies

Admission Requirement:

As prescribed in the university brochure on admission into the four year degree programme. Although, the nature of the CRS programme and popular demand would imply that what the faculty of Education designate “any other equivalent qualifications” would include certain categories of theological diplomas awarded by recognized universities, seminaries and Bible schools provided that the departmental stipulations on admissions are satisfied thereby.:

Direct Entry:

Candidates with NCE would be placed on 200 level provided they have a minimum of three credits in their ‘0’ level, one of which must be CRS. Candidates with Diploma in Christian Religious Education or Diploma in theology or equivalent awarded by recognized universities, seminaries or Bible schools provided that the Departmental stipulations on admission are satisfied (five credits in ‘0’ level of which CRS and English must be among the five), and a minimum of merit grade would be admitted into 200 level. IJMB applicants must have minimum of ‘E’ grade in all the three subjects before being acceptable provided they have minimum of four (4) Credit passes at ‘0’ level including English and CRS..

U.T.M.E:

Candidates who want to read B.Ed CRS must have five credits at SSSE, Grade 11 and or its equivalent. The five credits must include CRS and English before they could be admitted into 100 level. UME Subjects: English, CRK/S, any other two Arts or/and Social science subjects.

Graduation Requirement:

A student must have obtained a minimum of 126 credit units to qualify for graduation.

All prescribed core, cognate and elective courses must have been passed.

Teaching practice must have been undertaken and passed, as this is also regarded as a core course.

The student must have obtained a CGPA of not less than 1.50.

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100 Level Courses

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester
1	GENS 101	Nationalism	1	First
2	GENS 103	English and Communication Skills	2	First
3	EDUC 101	History of Education	2	First
4	EDCS 101	Introduction to the Study of Religion	2	First
5	EDCS 103	World Religions	3	First
6	EDCS 105	Intertestamental Period	2	First
7	EDCS 107	The life and Teachings of Jesus.	2	First
8	EDCS 109	Comparative Religion	2	First
9	GENS 102	Environmental Health	1	Second
10	GENS 104	History & Philosophy of Science	1	Second
11	EDUC 102	Introduction to Educational Psychology	2	Second
12	EDCS 102	Introduction to New Testament	3	Second
13	EDCS 104	The Pentateuch	3	Second
14	EDCS 106	Introduction to Christianity	2	Second
15	EDCS 108	African Traditional Religion and Culture	2	Second
16	EDCS 110	Women in the Bible.	2	Second
S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester

200 Level Courses

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester
1	GENS 101	Nationalism	1	First
2	GENS 103	English Lang. & Communication Skills	2	First
3	GENS 201	Moral Philosophy	1	First
4	EDUC 201	Sociology of Education	2	First
5	EDUC 203	Psychology of Learning	2	First
6	EDUC 207	Curriculum and Instruction	2	First
7	EDUC 209	Instructional Technology	2	First
8	EDCS 201	Background to Old Testament	2	First
9	EDCS 203	Early Church History to AD 461	3	First
10	EDCS 205	Subject Method	2	First
11	EDCS 207	Dialogue in a Pluralistic Society	2	First
12	EDCS 209	Faith and Doubt.	2	First
13	EDCS 211	Psychology of Religion	2	First
14	GENS 102	Environmental Health	1	Second
15	GENS 104	History & Philosophy of Science	1	Second
16	GENS 202	Entrepreneurship I	2	Second
17	EDUC 208	Philosophy of Education	2	Second
18	EDCS 202	Background to New Testament	2	Second
19	EDCS 204	History and Religion of Israel	2	Second
20	EDCS 206	Church Reformation to Modern Times	3	Second
21	EDCS 208	Biblical Ethics	2	Second
22	EDCS 210	Introduction to the Study of Islam	2	Second
23	EDCS 212	Christian Marriage and Family.	2	Second
S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester

300 Level Courses

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester
1	GENS 301	Entrepreneurship II	2	First
2	EDUC 301	Educational Statistics	2	First
3	EDUC 303	Curriculum Studies	2	First
4	EDUC 309	Fundamentals of Counseling	2	First
5	EDCS 301	Subject Research Method	2	First
6	EDCS 303	Old Testament Theology	3	First
7	EDCS 305	Synoptic Gospel	2	First
8	EDCS 307	Christian Dogma	2	First
9	EDCS 309	Manners and Customs of Bible Lands	2	First
10	EDCS 311	The Epistle to Romans	2	First
11	EDCS 302	St. John’s Gospel	2	Second
12	EDCS 304	Philosophy of Religion	2	Second
13	EDCS 306	Phenomenology of Religion	2	Second
14	EDCS 308	Sociology of Religion	2	Second
15	EDCS 310	Pauline Epistles	2	Second
16	EDCS 312	African Independent Churches	2	Second
17	EDCS 316	Rel., Social Change and Conflict Resolutions	3	Second
18	EDCS 318	Christianity in East and South Africa	3	Second
S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester

400 Level Courses

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester
1	EDUC 401	Teaching Practice	9	First
2	EDCS 403	Project	3	First
3	EDUC 402	Measurement & Evaluation	2	Second
4	EDUC 404	Curriculum Innovation and Implementation	2	Second
5	EDCS 404	Nigerian and West African Church History	2	Second
6	EDCS 406	Hermeneutics	2	Second
7	EDCS 408	General Epistles	2	Second
8	EDCS 412	New Testament Theology	3	Second
9	EDCS 414	Prophets of Israel & Jewish Apocalyptic Lit	2	Second
10	EDCS 416	Distinguished African Church Leaders	2	Second
S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Semester

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