AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA CALENDAR 2011-2014

AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA CALENDAR 2011-2014

PREFACE The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has grown in leaps and bounds and with the growth has also come the complex and daunting task of maintaining it. One of the challenges of University education in Nigeria today, which ABU is part of, is how to maintain standards and continue to achieve excellence. A University that is true to its ideals as envisioned by its founding father, Sir, Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, should be up and doing in the provision of necessary information on its activities for the benefit of both its staff and students as well as the general public. This University Calendar, coming after several years of lull, is one of the strides of the current administration and its commitment to return the ABU to its glorious past. It presents the current picture and profile of the Ahmadu Bello University. It also conveys its vision and strategic direction as well as capturing both the academic and non-academic activities that have made it the great institution that it is and will continue to be. With the calendar, we serve notice to the world that ABU is not only witnessing a significant turn around, but that it is also embarking on the path of progress that defines it as the greatest and largest University south of the Sahara and north of the Limpopo. This Calendar also exists in soft copy. Visit the ABU website:www.abu.edu.ng to discover more about the Ahmadu Bello University. Thank you. Professor Abdullahi Mustapha FPSN Vice-Chancellor ii

CHARTER The cardinal principle upon which our University is founded is to impart knowledge and learning to men and women of all races without any distinction on the grounds of race, religious, or political beliefs. This principle is enshrined in the University Law. Only through freedom of membership and freedom of enquiry and research can a University be drawn into the full ferment of thought from which new knowledge comes. Only if it adheres to those freedoms can it become truly great. If our staff and students are drawn from all parts of the world, then the mixture of international minds working together in an atmosphere of academic freedom can produce a University true to its ideal and meanings. our character must reflect the needs, the traditions, the social and intellectual heritage of the land in which we live. Inevitably in a country developing as fast as ours, we must call on outside help. That we have received in generous measure. But in seeking help from outside it is not our intention to copy a standard pattern of University from the United Kingdom, from the Commonwealth, or from the United States of America. We must develop our own pattern to suit our present background and our needs. Our University must grow out of our own soil. We shall be truly Nigerian institution and not the mirror image of some alien body. Sir Ahmadu Bello, KBE, MHA Sardauna of Sokoto, November 23, 1963 (on the occasion of his installation as the first chancellor of the University). iii

FOREWORD By and large, there is no doubt in the fact that the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has continued to grow steadily over the years especially in terms of introduction of new academic programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, professional programmes at certificate and postgraduate levels as well as creation of new departments to cope with the challenges of the day without compromise to set national and international standards. As at 2011, there 12 Faculties, a School of Postgraduate Studies, 95 academic Departments, 6 institutes and 6 Centres. To this effect, it becomes necessary and expedient to have a handy reference document on Ahmadu Bello University containing vital information that is needed to be known about the University ranging from administrative structures and functions, academic programmes and courses as well as other vital activities of the University for easy access and utilization by all and sundry at convenience. It is pleasing to note that the ABU Calendar which has gone into comatose for over a decade is out again with vital information on the contemporary issues on the University. The major features of the2011-2014 Calendar include: The Vision, Mission, Philosophy and Goals of the University; The Authorities, Statutes Laws and policies of the University; The Statutory committees of the University; The strategic regulations of the University; The Philosophy, Mission, Admission and Graduation requirements as well as the Course Descriptions of the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes of the University by Faculty; The profiles of the Institutes, Centres and Directorates of the University; The profile of the major Administrative Units of the University; and The profile of the ABU Ventures. It is hoped that readers of this very important document on the University at home and abroad will find it interesting. For the convenience of the readers, the Calendar had been published in hard and soft copies and also hosted on the University website www.abu.edu.ng Prof Zakari Mohammed, fnla, fnim Chairman, University Calendar Committee iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ii Charter iii Foreword iv Contact Addresses ix Visitor and Principal Officers of the University 1 Authorities of the University 2 The Universities (Miscellaneous Provision) (Amendment) Act, 2003 5 Senate Procedures 12 University Committees 14 Committees in the Law 14 The University Council... 14 The University Senate 14 The Congregation 15 Committee of Council 15 Finance and General Purposes Committee 15 University Tenders Board 16 ABU Companies 16 ABUCONS Board of Directors 17 ABU Bookshop Board of Directors 17 ABU Press Limited Board of Directors 17 Kongo Conference Hotel Board of Directors 17 Unibello Farms Board of Directors 18 Joint Council/Senate Committees 18 Honorary Degrees Committee 18 Appointments and Promotions Committee 18 Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee 19 Committees of Senate 19 University Admissions Committee 19 Special Admissions and Admissions Irregularities Committee 20 Interim Joint Matriculation Board 21 Senate Estimates Committee 21 Academic Planning Committee and Monitoring Committee 22 University Board of Research 22 Advisory Committee on Students Discipline 23 Administrative Committees 23 Management Monitoring Committee 24 Committee of Deans and Directors 24 University Library Committee 25 Library Tenders Committee 25 Physical Planning and Plan Implementation Committee 26 Main Campus Landscape Committee 26 Maintenance and Services Committee 27 Minor Works Committee 27 Contractors Registration Committee 28 University Security Committee 28 Staff Housing Loan Scheme Committee 29 Staff Housing Allocation Committee 29 v

Vehicle Loan Allocation Committee 30 Administrative Board of Survey 30 University Health Services Consultative Committee 31 Students Welfare Board 31 Junior Staff Committee 32 Junior Staff Disciplinary Committee 32 Junior Staff Training Committee 33 General Regulations Governing Admission of Students 33 English Language Requirement 34 General Entry Requirements 34 Matriculation 35 Matriculation Oath 35 University Examinations 35 University Examination Regulations 35 Academic Programmes 47 Faculty of Administration 47 Department of Accounting 47 Department of Business Administration 68 Department of Local Government and Development Studies 91 Department of Public Administration 105 Faculty of Agriculture 129 Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 129 Department of Agronomy 135 Department of Animal Science 138 Department of Crop Protection 143 Department of Plant Science 146 Department of Soil Science 148 Department of Agricultural Engineering 150 Department of Agronomy 159 Department of Crop Protection 167 Department of Animal Science 173 Department of Plant Science 183 Faculty of Arts 195 Department of African Languages and Culture 195 Undergraduate Programmes 195 Department of Arabic 206 Department of English and Literary Studies 225 Department of French 240 Department of History 259 Department of Theatre and Performing Arts 270 Department of Archaeology 291 Faculty of Education 297 Department of Arts and Social Science Education 297 Department of Educational Foundation and Curriculum 329 Department of Science Education 364 Guidance and Counselling 395 Islamic Studies 402 Curriculum and Instruction 407 Christian Religious Studies 416 Department of Library and Information Science 418 vi

Department of Vocational and Technical Education 434 Department of Physical and Health Education 454 Faculty of Engineering 476 Department of Agricultural Engineering 476 Department of Civil Engineering 490 Department of Chemical Engineering 510 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 529 Department of Medical Engineering 579 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 588 Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering 631 Faculty of Environmental Design 656 Department of Architecture 656 Department of Fine Arts 672 Department of Building 703 Department of Industrial Design 745 Department of Urban and Regional Planning 771 Faculty of Law 795 Department of Commercial Law 794 Department of Public Law Courses 801 Department of Islamic Law 811 Department of Private Law 822 Faculty of Medicine 844 Department of Community Medicine 844 Department of Human Anatomy 855 Department of Human Physiology 864 Department of Medicine 879 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 884 Department of Paediatrics 891 Department of Surgery 891 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences 894 Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Microbiology 895 Department of Pharmacognosy and Drug Development 906 Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry 919 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics 930 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice 942 Faculty of Science 968 Department of Biological Sciences 968 Department of Biochemistry 983 Department of Chemistry 993 Department of Geography 1004 Department of Geology 1011 Department of Mathematics 1027 Department of Microbiology 1065 Department of Physics 1075 Department of Textile Science and Technology 1088 Faculty of Social Sciences 1104 Department of Economics 1104 Department of Mass Communication 1118 Department of Political Science 1129 Department of Sociology 1139 vii

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 1151 Department of Veterinary Anatomy 1151 Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology 1155 Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology 1158 Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology 1162 Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine 1169 Department of Veterinary Surgery and Medicine 1179 Postgraduate School 1186 Institutes and Centres 1195 Centre for Biotechnology Research & Training 1198 Centre for Energy Research and Training 1199 Centre for Islamic Legal Studies 1205 Division of Agricultural Colleges (DAC) 1217 Equipment Maintenance and Development Centre 1238 Institute for Agricultural Research 1240 Institute for Development Research 1242 Institute of Administration 1244 Department of Accounting 1246 Department of Business Administration 1249 Department of Local Government and Development Studies 1251 Department of Public Administration 1254 Institute of Education 1258 Iya Abubakar Computer Centre 1283 National Agricultural Extension & Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) 1284 National Animal Production Research Institute 1290 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Directorate 1292 Ahmadu Bello University Cisco Networking Academy 1295 Administrative Units 1296 office of The Vice-Chancellor 1297 Physical Planning and Municipal Services (PPMS) 1298 University Security Services 1301 The Directorate of Academic Planning and Monitoring 1302 Registry 1303 The Academic Affairs 1307 The Structure and Statutory Functions ofthe Students Affairs Division 1308 Information & Protocol Unit 1312 Ahmadu Bello University Health Services 1315 Other Units 1324 Ahmadu Bello University Staff School Zaria 1324 School of Basic and Remedial Studies (SBRS) 1325 Abu Alumni 1326 Abu Ventures 1327 Ahmadu Bello University Bookshop Limited 1328 Ahmadu Bello University Press Limited, Zaria 1328 Ahmadu Bello University Microfinance Bank (Nigeria) Limited 1329 Abucons (Nig) Limited 1330 viii

CONTACT ADDRESSES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, MAIN CAMPUS, ZARIA, NIGERIA P. M. B. 1045 Telephone: 069-5505181-5 Telegrams: UNIBELLO NIGERIA Telex: 75241 ZARABU 75244 COM NG Website: www.abu.edu.ng Email: vc@abu.ng, abuvc2004@yahoo.co.uk VICE CHANCELLOR S OFFICE Telephone: 069-892846 Fax: 069-550022 Email: vc@abu.ng, abuvc2004@yahoo.co.uk PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT Telephone: 069-551144 A.B.U. LAGOS LIAISON OFFICE Ahmadu Bello University Lagos Liaison Office, 1 Kujore Street, Iiupeju Estate, P. M. B. 21162 Telephone: 01-962413 INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATION Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M. B. 1013, Zaria. Telephone: 069-332091-4 Telegrams: INSTADMIN ZARIA INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Institute of Agricultural Research, Samaru, P. M. B. 1044, Zaria. Telephone: 069-550571-4 Telegrams: AGRISEARCH ZARIA. Email: iar20002001@yahoo.com I. A. R. Substations: Agriculture Research Station, P. O. Box. 1062, Kano. Telephone: 064-623046 ix

Irrigation Research Station, Kadawa, P. O. Box. 1062, Kano. Irrigation Research Station, Bakura, P. O. Box 85, Talata Mafara, Zamfara State. DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES (D.A.C.) Division of Agricultural Colleges, P. M. B. 1082, Zaria. Telephone: 069-50571-4 Telegrams: AGRIZRA ZARIA Email: dacdac.abu@skannet.com, dacabu@skannet.com Colleges of D. A. C. College of Agriculture, Kabba, Kogi State. College of Agriculture, P. M. B. 1058, Zaria. College of Agriculture and Animal Science, P. M. B. 2134, Kaduna. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M. B. 1048, Zaria. Telephone: 069-5121116-7 Telegrams: INSTEDUCATE ZARIA A.B.U. TEACHING HOSPITALS A.B.U. Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 1026, Zaria. Telephone: 069-550596 NATIONAL ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE National Animal Production Research Institute, P. M. B. 1096, Shika, Zaria. Telephone: 069-550596 Email: director@napri.ng.org NAPRI Substation: Beef Research Station, P. M. B. 1011, Talata Mafara, Zamfara State. x

Small Ruminant Research Station, Ubiaja, Edo State. Swine Research Station, P. M. B. 2221, Otukpo, Benue State. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & RESEARCH LIAISON SERVICES National Agricultural Extension & Research Liaison Services, P. M. B. 1044, Zaria. Telephone: 069-551868 Telegrams: ARILINK ZARIA Email: director@naerls.gov.ng IYA ABUBAKAR COMPUTER CENTRE (IACC) Iya Abubakar Computer Centre, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Telephone: 069-551454 Telex: 75244 CON NG Email: iacc@abu.edu.ng AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY PRESS LIMITED (ABU PRESS) Ahmadu Bello University Press Limited, P. M. B. 1094, Zaria. Telephone: 08065949711 Email: abupresslimited2005@yahoo.co.uk AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Telephone: 08088718696 e-mail: unilibrarian@abu.edu.ng AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY CONSULTANCY SERVICE LIMITED (ABUCONS) & UNIBELLO FARMS ABUCONS Limited, Ahmadu Bello University, Main Campus, Zaria. Telephone: 069-550581-5 Telegrams: ARILINK ZARIA xi

NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION National Universities Commission, Ija Nwachukwu House, Plot 430 Aguiyi-Ironsi Street, Maitama District, P. M. B. 237, Garki G.P.O., Abuja, Nigeria. Telephone: 09-5233185 Cablegram: 09-5233176-81 Telefax: 09-5233520 NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES OFFICE, LONDON Queen s House, 180 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9LE. Telephone: 01-637-495 6 7 8 Telex: 261492 UNICOMG NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES OFFICE, WASHINGTON Office of the Education Attache, Embassy of Nigeria, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., 4 th Floor, Washington D. C. 20036. Telephone: (202) 659-8113 Telex: 89-630 JOINT ADMISSION AND MATRICULATIONS BOARD Joint Admission and Matriculations Board,, Suleja Road, Bwari, P. M. B. 189, Abuja. Telephone: Telex: COMMITTEE OF VICE- CHANCELLORS Committee of Vice Chancellors, 4 Idowu Tailor Street, P. M. B. 12022, Victoria Island, Lagos. Telephone: 06-611554, 612465, 612425 Telex: 23555 COMVIC NG xii

AUDITORS Main Campus: Institute of Administration: Institute for Agric. Research: Division of Agric. Colleges: Institute of Education National Animal Production and Research Institute: Agric. Extension Research & Liaison Services: Coopers & Lybrand Coopers & Lybrand Ma aji & Co. Peat Marwich, Ani, Ogunde & Co. Muhtari Dangana & Co.: Ma aji & Co. Peat Marwich, Ani, Ogunde & Co. BANKERS Central Bank of Nigeria, Kaduna. ROBE MAKERS Gintex Industries Limited, Ugba Junction Uturu, Opposite Imo University, P. O. Box 215, Okigwe, Imo State. LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Professor Zakari Mohammed - Chairman Professor Jenks Z. Okwori - Member Professor Sani Idris - Member Mr. Bitrus Galmaka - Member Mal. Rabiu Gambo Umar - Member Mr. Peter Magaji - Secretary Mr. Sunday D. Adeleye - Co-opted Secretary xiii

VISION Ahmadu Bello University shall be a world-class centre of learning and research that is responsive to the needs of its immediate community, Nigeria and the world at large. MISSION To advance the frontiers of learning and break new grounds, through teaching, research and the dissemination of knowledge of the highest quality; establish and foster national and international integration; develop and promote African traditions and cultures; produce high-level human power and enhance capacity-building through training and retraining, in order to meet the needs and challenges of the catchment area, Nigeria and the rest of the world. PHILOSOPHY At the convocation ceremony of the University in 1963, the founding father and mentor of the University, Sir Ahmadu Bello enunciated the philosophy of A.B.U when he said: The first duty of every university is the search for and the spread of knowledge and the establishment of the nation." The philosophy of the Ahmadu Bello University is predicated upon the cardinal principle of imparting knowledge and learning to men and women of all races without any distinction on the grounds of race, religious or political beliefs, etc. Hence the objectives of ABU as articulated in Article 4 of its 1962 and 1975 law are: (a) (b) (c) to provide regular and liberal courses of instruction in the humanities, sciences and other spheres of learning of a standard required and expected of University of the Highest standing; to promote research and the advancement of science and learning: to secure the diffusion of Knowledge throughout Nigeria. GOALS OF THE UNIVERSITY 1. To be an academic centre of excellence in teaching, learning and research through the provision of the high quality learning resources and relevant curriculum. 2. To be a leader in cutting edge research through the provision of ultra-modern multi-user specialized laboratories and information resources. 3. To be a renowned and celebrated academic institution through computerization, multi-media communication and linkage programmes. 4. To have the best learning and research environment for academic work through the rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion of infrastructural, municipal, sporting, health and welfare facilities. 5. To be build a formidable resource base by enhancing the University s income generation through revenue sourcing and collection, alumni and advancement development. 6. To be the best run academic institution through transparent, accountable and prudent management of resources. xiv

HISTORICAL NOTE There shall be in Northern Nigeria a University to be known as the Ahmadu Bello University, the Authorities of which are hereby constituted a body Corporate which shall have perpetual succession and common seal. The Ahmadu Bello University, whose Law was enacted on 14 th October, 1962, has its origins in the defunct Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, founded in 1955; the Clerical Training Centre, Kongo, founded 1957; the Samaru Agricultural Research Station established in 1924, and the Shika Stock Farm started in 1928. A month before independence in October 1960, the Ashby Commission on Post-School Certificate and Higher Education appointed by the Federal Government in 1959 recommended that a University should be created in Zaria to serve the then Northern Region of Nigeria. The Northern Region Government requested the British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, to send a delegation from the Inter- University Council to plan a University for Northern Nigeria. The delegation, headed by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, arrived in April 1961 and in the same month issued its recommendations on the scope and activities of the University. In April 1961, a Law establishing a Provisional Council of the University of Northern Nigeria was passed by the Legislature of Northern Nigeria, and the Provisional Council was established in November 1961 under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Shettima Kashim, CBE, now Sir Kashim Ibrahim KCMG, CBE (a member of the Ashby Commission who later became Governor of Northern Nigeria and Visitor to the University). Sir Norman Stanley Alexander, a New Zealander, and Professor of Physics at the then University College, Ibadan was appointed the First Principal (later Vice-Chancellor) in July 1961, and assumed office in November. The University was named after Sir Ahmadu Bello (1901-1966), Sardauna Sokoto and Premier of Northern Nigeria, who, as the first Chancellor of the University, performed the Opening Ceremony on October 4, 1962. The University opened with just four Faculties Agriculture, Engineering, Law and Science fifteen Departments and 426 students. Under the successive Vice-Chancellorships of Professor Norman Alexander 1961-1966, Professor Ishaya Audu 1966-1975, Professor Iya Abubakar 1975-1978, Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe 1978-1979, Professor Ango Abdullahi 1979-1986, Professor Nayaya Mohammed 1986-1991, Professor Daniel Saror 1991-1995, Major General Mamman Kontagora (rtd) as Sole Administrator 1995-1998, Professor Abdullahi Mahadi 1998-2004, Professor Shehu Usman Abdullahi, 2004-2009 and the current Vice-Chancellor Professor Abdullahi Mustapha from 2010 to date, Ahmadu Bello University increased its size, scope and depth of its academic work. By a Decree (the Ahmadu Bello University (Transition) Provisions Decree of 1975) the University was taken over by the then Federal Military Government, and now enjoys the status of a Federal University. By 1987, the year in which the University celebrated its 25 th Anniversary year, ABU has turned out to be the largest and the most extensive of all Universities in Sub-Saharan Africa; covering a land area of about 7000 hectares. Today, ABU has twelve academic faculties, a Postgraduate School and 84 academic departments. It also has five Institutes, six specialized centers, a Division of Agricultural Colleges, a Demonstration Secondary School, a Primary School and Extension and Consultancy Services, which provide a variety of services to the University and the wider society. The total students' enrolment in the University's degree and sub-degree programs is about 35,000, drawn from every state of the Federation, Africa and the rest of the world. xv

There University has 1,780 academic and research staff and 4,549 Administrative and Technical staff. Ahmadu Bello University has nurtured two Universities: Bayero University, Kano and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University of Technology, Bauchi. While 30 tertiary Institutions made up of Colleges of Education, Polytechnics and Schools of Basic Preliminary Studies are affiliated to it. Within the 49 years of existence, the University had to a great extent, met the development needs for which it was founded, especially with regards to the production of high-quality graduates and Community Service in Engineering, Environmental Design, the Medical Sciences, Agriculture, the Humanities, Education and the Natural Sciences. The University's five hundred thousand alumni are found in all parts of Nigeria, Niger Republic, the Cameroon, South Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States. Its products occupy important positions in the public and the private sectors of the economy, at all levels of government, and in educational Institutions of higher learning in and outside Nigeria. xvi