Economics Courses | Faculty of Social Science

Department of Economics

Faculty of Social Science

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100 Level First Semester

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
GST 101	Use of English & Comm. Skills I	2	C
GST 105	History And Philosophy of Science	2	C
GST 107	The Good Study Guide	2	C
ECO 121	Principles of Economics I	3	C
ECO 153	Introduction to Quantitative Methods	3	C
FMS 105	Elements of Management I	2	C
CRD 124	Introduction to Cooperatives	2	E
ENT 101	Introduction to Entrepreneurship	2	E

One Elective from the Faculty
CSS 111	Introduction to Sociology	3	E
POL 111	Introduction of Political Science	3	E
PCR 111	Introduction to Peace Studies	3	E
PCR 113	Introduction to Peace Education	3	E
CIT 101	Computer in Society	2	C

	Minimum Credit Units Required
	GST and Other General Courses	8
	Core Courses (Specialization Area)	8
	Minimum elective required	5
	Sub-Total =	21

100 Level Second Semester

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
1	GST 102	Use of English & Comm. Skills II	2	C
2	CIT 102	Application Software Skills	2	C
3	ECO 122	Principles of Economics II	3	C
4	ECO 154	Introduction to Quantitative Methods II	2	C
5	ECO 146	The Nigerian Economy in Perspective I	3	C
6	FMS 106	Elements of Management II	2	C

.	One Elective from the School
7	PCR 114	Introduction to Conflict Resolution	3	E
8	CSS 134	Geography of Nigeria	3	E
9	POL 126	Citizens and the State	3	E

		Minimum Credit Units Required
		GST and Other General Courses	4
		Core Courses (Specialization Area)	10
		Minimum elective required	3
		Sub-Total =	17	(Students should not exceed 24 Credit Unit (CU))

		Grand Total of Minimum Credit Units to earn at 100 level:
		Eight Semester Structure = 38
		Direct Entry (DE) = 12

200 Level First Semester

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
1	GST 203	Introduction to Philosophy and Logics	2	C
2	ECO 231	Micro Economic Theory I	2	C
3	ECO 253	Statistics For Economist I	3	C
4	ECO 255	Mathematics For Economist 1	2	C
5	ECO 247	The Nigerian Economy in Perspective II	3	C
6	FMS 207	Business Communication	2	C
7	ACC 203	Introduction to Financial Accounting I	3	C
	At Least One Elective out of Four
8	BUS 205	Introduction to Business	3	E
9	BFN 209	Introduction to Finance	3	E
10	PCR 211	Education for Peace	3	E
11	POL 223	Foundation of Political Economy	3	E

		Minimum Credit Units Required
		GST and Other General Courses	2
		Core Courses (Specialization Area)	15
		Minimum elective required	3

		Sub-Total =	20
			(Students should not exceed 24
			CU)

			20 + (12 Credit Unit (CU) of GST and Other General Courses in 100 Level.
			DE Students are advised to spread the 12 CU over the study period without carrying more than 24 CU in a semester.)

200 Level Second Semester

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
1	GST 202	Fundamentals of Peace and Resolutions	2	C
2	ECO 232	Micro Economic Theory II	2	C
3	ECO 254	Statistics For Economist II	3	C
4	ECO 256	Mathematics For Economist II	2	C
5	ECO292	Environmental Economics	2	C
6	ENT 204	Entrepreneurship and Change Management	2	C

	Two Electives
8	ENT 224	Business Ethics	2	E
9	CRD 204	Man and His Environment	2	E
10	CRD 208	Nigeria & International Cooperatives	2	E
11	ACC 204	Introduction to Accounting II	3	E

		Minimum Credit Units Required
		GST and Other General	2
		Courses	11
		Core Courses (Specialization Area)	4/5

		Minimum elective required Sub-Total =	17/18

		Grand Total of Minimum Credit Units to
		earn at 200 level: Eight
		Semester Structure =	37/38

300 Level First Semester

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
1	GST 301	Entrepreneurship Studies I	2	C
2	ECO 341	Macro-Economic Theory I	3	C
3	ECO 343	Monetary Theory and Policy	3	C
4	ECO 355	Introduction to Econometrics	3	C
5	ECO 347	Development Economics I	2	C
6	ECO 329	Project Evaluation	3	C
7	ECO 311	Research Methodology	3	C
	One Elective Out of Three
9	ECO 323	Labour and Human Resources Economics	2	E
10	BUS 325	Human Resources Management Principles	2	E
11	POL 317	Public Policy Analysis	3	E

		Minimum Credit Units Required
		GST and Other General Courses
		Core Courses (Specialization Area)	17
		Minimum elective required	2-Jan
		Sub-Total =	21/22
		Direct Entry	21/22
			(Students should not exceed 24 CU)

300 Level Second Semester

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
1	ECO 342	Macro-Economic Theory II	3	C
2	ECO 324	History of Economic Thought	3	C
3	ECO 356	Introduction to Econometrics II	3	C
4	ECO 348	Development Economics II	2	C
5	ECO 344	Introduction to International Economics	3	C
6	ECO 314	Operations Research	2	C
7	ECO 332	Managerial Economics	2	C
	One Elective out of Two
8	ECO 346	Financial Institutions	2	E
9	CRD 334	Agro-Business Management	2	E

		Minimum Credit Units Required
		GST and Other General Courses
		Core Courses (Specialization Area)	18
		Minimum elective required	2
		Sub-Total =	20
		Direct Entry	20
			(Students should not exceed
			24 CU)

		Grand Total of Minimum Credit Units to earn at 300 level:
		Eight Semester Structure = 41/42
		Direct Entry = 41/42

400 Level First Semester

S/N	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
1	ECO 431	Advanced Micro Economics	2	C
2	ECO 453	Applied Econometrics	2	C
3	ECO 445	International Trade And Finance	2	C
4	ECO 427	Comparative Economics	2	C
5	ECO 447	Public Sector Economics	2	C
6	ECO 441	Economic Planning I	2	C
7	ECO 415	Research Project	6	C
	One Electives out of Three
8	ECO 443	Energy Economics	2	E
9	ECO 449	Health Economics	2	E
10	ECO 459	Advanced Mathematical Economics	2	E

		Minimum Credit Units Required
		GST and Other General Courses
		Core Courses (Specialization Area)	18
		Minimum elective required	2
		Sub-Total =	20
		Direct Entry	(Students should not exceed 24 CU)

400 Level Second Semester

S/N	Course C Ode	Course Title	Credit Unit	Status (Compulsory or Elective)
1	ECO 442	Advanced Macro Economics	2	C
2	ECO 454	Applied Econometrics II	2	C
3	ECO 446	International Trade And Finance II	2	C
4	ECO 448	Economic Planning II	2	C
5	ECO 452	Applied Statistics	2	C
6	ECO 440	Taxation and Fiscal Policy	2	C
7	ECO 444	Money and Banking	2	E
	One Elective out of two
8	ENT 424	Feasibility Studies and Business Proposals	2	E
9	INR 422	International Institutions	2	E

		Minimum Credit Units Required
		GST and Other General Courses
		Core Courses (Specialization Area)	12
		Minimum elective required	4
		Sub-Total =	16
		Direct Entry	16 (Students should not exceed 24 CU)

		Grand Total of Minimum Credit Units to earn at 400 level:
		Eight Semester Structure = 36
		Direct Entry = 36

*Logbook shall carry not less than 25% of the overall industrial attachment score.

The Second Semester of the 4th Year should be used for Industrial Attachment for the students in order to expose them to Environmental Health facilities in rural and urban settings. They are required to visit Environmental Health firms, industries and laboratories to enable them acquire the skills in Environmental Health Sciences. Each student must keep and present a logbook for assessment at the end of his/her industrial attachment.

NOTE:
Students who want to be registered and professionally certified by the Council to practice as Environmental Health Officers are advice to register with the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON).