Microbiology Admission Requirement
Admission Requirement
Admission Requirements for Microbiology
PROGRAMME OFFERED
B.Sc. (Hons) Microbiology.
Duration: The duration for the award of a B.Sc. (Hons) Microbiology degree shall be four (4) Years (Eight Semesters) for U.M.E / Successful Pre-degree students and 3 years (6 semesters) for Direct Entry Students.
Duration: The duration for the award of a B.Sc. (Hons) Microbiology degree shall be four (4) Years (Eight Semesters) for U.M.E / Successful Pre-degree students and 3 years (6 semesters) for Direct Entry Students.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
(i) Candidates seeking admission into the Department of Microbiology must satisfy the University admission requirement (i.e.) credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry and Physics at not more than two sittings of SSCE/NECO/GCE O/L/. Any candidate who has satisfied the Adekuinle-Ajasin University Pre-Degree Science programme is also eligible for admission.
(ii) Direct Entry candidates: In addition to satisfying the University admission requirement, students must have passes in Biology and Chemistry at the Advanced level of the General Certificate of Education. Candidates with National Diploma (ND, Upper credit) or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Microbiology and Virology or related subjects may be considered for admission.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE
To be eligible for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Microbiology in this University, the candidate must have satisfactorily completed the following:
(i) The normal University requirements, i.e. 11 units of GST courses.
(ii)The Faculty of Science requirements i.e. normal 24 units of foundation courses.
(iii) The departmental requirements of 99 units
(iv) Electives. (10 units).
(ii)The Faculty of Science requirements i.e. normal 24 units of foundation courses.
(iii) The departmental requirements of 99 units
(iv) Electives. (10 units).
A minimum total of 144 units are required of four (4) years U.M.E./Pre-degree students and 108 units of Direct Entry Students for the award of B. Sc (Hons.) degree in Microbiology.
REGISTRATION FOR COURSES
(a) Candidates must register for the appropriate compulsory, required and elective courses as indicated in the University regulations
(b) Certain courses which are designed as prerequisites to some other courses must be taken before registering for courses to which they are prerequisites; a student must score at least a minimum of 35% before he/she can be permitted to register for the course to which it is a prerequisite.
(c) The minimum workload is 15 and the maximum is 24 units per semester. Permission for waiver for graduating students must be sought from the HOD subject to Senate approval.
(d) A student can withdraw from a course within the time stipulated by Senate without penalty only with the approval of the HOD on completion of add/delete form. Any student who withdraws without permission will be deemed to have failed the course.
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