HND MODE OF STUDY [FULL-TIME]

The Department of General Studies provides courses of instruction of the general education component in the curriculum of all accredited academic programmes run by the institution. Generally, the courses provided by the Department are intended to:

• Promote a broad-based education designed to sharpen students communication skills, their realization of the need for the cross-fertilization of ideas and the inter-relatedness of the various disciplines as well as bridging the gap between what would have been otherwise two separate cultures, i.e. the literary and the scientific;
• Inculcate the idea of national loyalty and understanding based on an awareness of the nation’s root and cultural antecedents, thus enabling students to come to grips with our societal morals, national aspirations, values and problems.
• Equip students with support skills and knowledge to assist them in their professional disciplines.

Towards this end, the department is equipped to provide and coordinate courses that are ancillary but necessary to the focal core of each department. Such courses are available in the broad units of: English and Communication, Social Sciences, and Law.

HND COURSE OBJECTIVES [FULL-TIME]

The Department of General Studies provides courses of instruction of the general education component in the curriculum of all accredited academic programmes run by the institution. Generally, the courses provided by the Department are intended to:

• Promote a broad-based education designed to sharpen students communication skills, their realization of the need for the cross-fertilization of ideas and the inter-relatedness of the various disciplines as well as bridging the gap between what would have been otherwise two separate cultures, i.e. the literary and the scientific;
• Inculcate the idea of national loyalty and understanding based on an awareness of the nation’s root and cultural antecedents, thus enabling students to come to grips with our societal morals, national aspirations, values and problems.
• Equip students with support skills and knowledge to assist them in their professional disciplines.

Towards this end, the department is equipped to provide and coordinate courses that are ancillary but necessary to the focal core of each department. Such courses are available in the broad units of: English and Communication, Social Sciences, and Law.

HND MODE OF STUDY [PART-TIME]

Part Time  |  Time-Table: Day/weekend  |  Duration: 6 Semester

HND COURSE OBJECTIVES [PART-TIME]

Part Time  |  Time-Table: Day/weekend  |  Duration: 6 Semester

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) PROGRAMMES

Applicants seeking Higher National Diploma [HND] admission must possess the basic entry requirements for the National Diploma Programme. In addition, the applicant must possess the ND in Computer science obtained at not less than the Lower Credit level from the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro or from any other Polytechnic accredited for the programme, or its recognised equivalent plus a minimum of one [1] year post qualification relevant industrial work experience. The candidate should also request his or her institution to forward his or her official academic transcript under confidential cover to the Registrar, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.