Department of Political Science

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAMME TITLE: B.Sc (HONS) POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

PHILOSOPHY AND MISSION OF THE PROGRAMME

The philosophy and mission of BSc. Political Science programme is to produce graduates with a critical mind, requisite ability and skill to analyse, comprehend, predict and influence the factors that shape power relationships in an ever-changing socio-political environment in a globalizing world. The programme is expected to develop and produce students who will be competent enough to work in public and private organizations. In this regard, we hope to produce competent manpower for the government and industries.

MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY

Through its teaching, research and innovative activities, the Edo University, Iyamho (EUI), is poised to be a major contributor to the advancement of knowledge, wisdom and understanding for the benefit of the university in encouraging and promoting scholarship and will relate its activities to the social, cultural and economic needs of the people of Edo State in particular and Nigeria in general.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The objectives of the B.Sc Political Science programme are:

To provide training in the principles of political science and their application to different sub-fields of the discipline such as political economy, public administration and international relations;
to stimulate the students intellectually through teaching and excursions, in such a way that they appreciate social and political problems;
To provide a solid foundation of knowledge about the workings of society and its institutions and develop the skills for the constructive use of such knowledge;
To develop in students, the ability to apply the knowledge to the resolution of societal problems and conflicts;
To develop in students, such skills and competency that would allow them to be self-reliant and entrepreneurial;
Provide the students with necessary skills for studying and analyzing society;
Provide the students with the skill-base from which they can proceed to higher studies in political science;
Produce students who can carry out fieldwork, collect data and analyse these in a coherent manner, as well as engage in comparative analysis of one political system with others.
To imbue in the students a deep appreciation of the political dynamics of society and the impact of this on wider socio-economic development and societal wellbeing.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Candidates for admission into the four year degree programme should possess a Senior Secondary School Certificate or General Certificate of Education, NECO or their equivalents with at least five credit passes obtained in not more than two sittings of which three must be Government or History plus English Language and Mathematics. An acceptable UTME score is also required.

Candidates for Direct Entry for the 3 year programme should have any of these qualifications;
1. GCE A/L in any two of the following: Government, History, Geography or any other Arts or Social Science subjects;
2. OND, NCE or HND in relevant areas to Government and Administration.

Prospective students in (a) above are expected to have sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and obtained minimum qualifying score as may be specified by the University Admission Unit, in addition to sitting for and passing the University’s entrance examination and interview (for Direct Entry Students), which will determine their eligibility.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

a) Regime of Subject Knowledge

The BSc Political Science programme has the following components:

Courses that provide a coherent core of the history of political thought, political science principles and concepts and theories including issues like basic principles guiding the development of ideologies, philosophy and processes of governance. The process of acquisition of power, the process of public administration, the inter-relationship between the different levels of government and between different national governmental agencies and between one state and the other, the process of national wealth creation, economic production and national development, the value of institution building, the problem of security, the process of national integration and international organization.
Equip the students with knowledge and understanding of the different methods of data collection and analysis.
Enable the students to possess appropriate computing skills and adequate for functioning effectively in the digital age.
Equip the students with adequate statistical and quantitative skills and the ability to apply them to the analysis of political issues and policies.

Knowledge and understanding of political science methods
Knowledge and ability to discuss and analyse public policies generally.

b) Competencies and Skills

The product of political science training is expected to have the following competencies and skills:

General and specific intellectual skills including literary information processing skills;
Interpersonal skills such as communication skills;
Conceptual framework skills that help in good decision-making;

competence in the use of Information Technology;
subject-specific and transferable skills which allows for the pursuit of wide range of careers after graduation;
reasonable level of competence in statistical and quantitative methods.

c) Behavioural Attributes

A graduate in Political Science who has achieved the threshold level should be able to demonstrate:

Knowledge of political science principles and concepts;
Knowledge of political science theory;
Knowledge of appropriate research methods;

Reasonable and appropriate computing skills;
Knowledge of political science data and the appropriate methodology for analyzing them;
General knowledge in critical areas of political science;
Creativity in appreciating socio-economic and political problem;
Apply critical Political Science reasoning to problem solving.

ATTAINMENT LEVELS

The following are the procedures used in arriving at students’ attainment levels or for the assessment of students’ achievements in the BSc Political Science programme:

Continuous Assessments
Tutorial performances
Problem solving and experiential exercises
Oral presentation, as in seminars and conferences
Planning, conduct and reporting on project works
Essay assignments given on regular basis
Literature surveys and evaluation in examination
Demonstration of skills in relation to conceptual analysis, problem identification and solving, numeracy, computer and social skills.
Ability to transfer skills to appropriate practical situations.
Extent to which the knowledge base of students is extensive and extends beyond the work covered in the degree
Moot parliamentary discussions and contributions

REGISTRATION OF COURSES

Students register for courses at the beginning of every academic session. Students attending lectures in courses that they are not registered for shall do so only at the express permission of the lecturer in charge of the courses. However such students shall not earn any credit from such courses. Students are expected to register within a stipulated time. Any student who fails to register within the specified time shall not be allowed to register in that session any longer, and shall forfeit the examinations in any semester of that session, except with the approval of Senate. Such a student shall be deemed to have voluntarily withdrawn from the University and may only be readmitted in any subsequent session with the approval of Senate.

COURSE ADVISERS

There shall be appointed Course Adviser(s) who will be responsible to the Head of Department. The Course Adviser shall offer guidance and counselling services to students in their academic, social, personal and vocational life. He/she shall be responsible for the course registration of students, recording and returns of student’s sectional results and other duties as approved by the HOD.

STUDENTS’ ASSESSMENT

To arrive at the final grade, the evaluation must be a continuous process consisting of some or all of the following where applicable:

Intra-semester examination or exercises
Assignments and/or presentations
Seminar papers
End of semester examination

EXAMINATION GRADING SYSTEM

Each course lecturer in the Department sets and submits examinations questions to the Head of Department. After vetting the questions, the Head of Department ensures that the Departmental exam officer produces the required number of question papers according to the number of students registered for the courses and keeps them secure till the set date of the examination. Copies of the question papers are sent to the Dean to build a Question Bank in the Faculty. The Departmental Examination Officer ensures the safe delivery of questions to the supervisors and Invigilators who administer the examination to the students on designated dates.

At the end of each examination, the answer scripts are given to the Course Lecturers who mark, record and submit raw scores sheets to the Departmental Examination Officer. The Examination Officer in turn, reports the Examination results in a University format, presents them to the Departmental Board of Examiners who evaluate, confirm and forward to the Dean of Faculty. The Faculty Board is called to deliberate and approve the results before recommending them to the Senate for approval.

WEIGHTING SYSTEM

A letter grade and numerical point are awarded to each student based on his / her total scores on all the evaluation criteria. The final marks scored by a student and the corresponding letter grades and the numerical points are clearly indicated. The following are possible final marks and their corresponding letter grades and grade points:

Table 1: Students admitted from 2016/2017 Session onward:

Marks % Letter Grade Grade Point

(GP)

70 -100 A 5

60 – 69 B 4

50 – 59 C 3

45 – 49 D 2

00 - 44 F 0

The Cumulative Grade Point (CGP) of a student can be determined by the addition of the grade point at each level taking into consideration the weighting percentage. To calculate the final class of degree for students, the following weighting system shall apply:

S/N	LEVEL	4 YEARS	3 YEARS DIRECT ENTRY
1.	100	10%	-
2.	200	20%	30%
3.	300	30%	30%
4.	400	40%	40%

MINIMUM CREDITS REGUIRED FORPROMOTION/PROBATION/WITHDRAWAL

PROMOTION

To be promoted to the next level a student must pass at least 20 credit units of the TOTAL credits/loads for that session.

PROBATION

Students who could only accumulate 10- 19 credit loads at the end of the session can go on probation/repeat the same level or better still, such student can seek inter-Faculty transfer or remain in the faculty

WITHDRAWAL

Any student who fails to pass up to 0-10credit loads shall be advised to withdraw from the faculty. Any student who has previously probated and still fails to accumulate at least 20 credit load at the end of the session shall be advised to withdraw from the University.

SUMMARY

Promotion ? 20 credits and above (50% of 40)
Probation ? 19 to 10 credits
Withdrawal ? below 10 credits (50% of 19)

CLASSIFICATION OF DEGREES

The determination of the class of degree shall be based on the Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) earned at the end of the programme. The GPA is computed by dividing the total number of credit points (TCP) by the total number of units (TNU) for all the courses taken in the semester. The CGPA shall be used in the determination of the class of degree as summarized in Table A1.

Table A1: Degree Classification

S/N	CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT	CLASS OF DEGREE
1.	4.5 - 5.00	1^st Class
2.	3.5 - 4.49	2^nd Class Upper
3.	2.4 - 3.49	2^nd Class Lower
4.	1.5 - 2.39	3^rd Class

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the general University requirements for graduation in terms of minimum credit units to be passed, as earlier stated, final year students are expected to write a project which is in partial fulfilment for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Political Science. Outside of the formal classroom lectures, students of the Department are expected to undertake study tours to government offices, the State House of Assembly, media houses as well as private establishments to familiarize them with practical operation in those institutions. These engagements are often graded on the basis of report submitted by individual graduating student.

SUMMARY OF COURSES

100 LEVEL, FIRST SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
GST 111	Communication in English 1	2C
GST 112	Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence	2C
GST 113	Nigerian Peoples and Culture	2C
POL 111	Introduction to Political Science	3C
POL 112	Nigerian Constitutional Development	2C
POL 113	Nigerian Legal Systems I	2C
SOC 111	Introduction to Sociology I	2C
	At least two Electives
BUS 111	Introduction to Business I	3E
ACC 111	Introduction to Accounting I	3E
ECO 111	Principles of Micro-Economics	3E
MAC 111	Introduction to Mass Communication	3E
SOC 112	Introduction to Psychology	2E
	SUB-TOTAL	19/20

100 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
GST 121	Use of Library, Study Skills and ICT	2C
GST 122	Communication in English II	2C
GST 123	History and Philosophy of Science	2C
POL 121	Introduction to African Politics	2C
POL 122	Organisation of government	2C
POL 123	Nigerian Legal Systems II	2C
POL 124	Elements of Democracy	2C
POL 125	The Citizen and the State	2C
SOC 122	Introduction to Psychology	2C
	At least two electives
BUS 121	Introduction to Business II	3E
ACC 121	Introduction to Accounting II	3E
ECO 121	Prinicples of Marcoeconomics	3E
MAC 121	Introduction to Information and comm. Technologies	2E
SOC 121	Introduction to Sociology II	2E
	SUB-TOTAL	23/24
	OVERALL TOTAL	42/44

200 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
ENT 211	Introduction to Entrepreneurial studies I	1C
GST 211	Contemporary Health Issues	2C
POL 211	Introduction to Public Administration	3C
POL 212	Nigerian Government and Politics I	3C
POL 213	Political Ideas	2C
POL 214	Introduction to Political Analysis	2C
POL 215	Basic Statistics for Political Science I	3C
SOC 213	Social Change I	2C
	At least two electives
SOC 214	Social Psychology I	2E
ECO 211	Microeconomic Theory	3E
HIS 212	The International Political System	2E
	SUB TOTAL	20
	FOR DIRECT ENTRY
GST 111	Communication in English I	2
GST 112	Logic, Philosophy, Human Existence	2
GST 113	Nigerian Peoples and Culture	2
	SUB-TOTAL	24

Direct entry students are advised to drop the elective course in order not to exceed the maximum required credit units of 24 per semester and 48 per session.

200 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
ENT 211	Introduction to Entrepreneurial studies II	1C
GST 221	Peace Studies and Conflict resolution	2C
POL 221	Foundations of Political Economy	2C
POL 222	Nigerian Government and Politics II	2C
POL 223	Introduction to Local Government	2C
POL 224	Introduction to Comparative Politics	2C
POL 225	Basic Statistics for Political Science II	2C
POL 226	Introduction to International Relations	2C
SOC 223	Social Change II	2C
	At least one elective
ECO 222	Structure of Nigerian Economy	3E
SOC 224	Social Psychology II	2E
HIS 223	Nigerian Foreign Service and Diplomacy	2E
	SUB-TOTAL	19/20
	OVERALL TOTAL	39/44
	FOR DIRECT ENTRY
GST 121	Use of Library, Study Skills and ICT	2
GST 122	Communication in English II	2
GST 123	History and Philosophy of Science	2
	SUB-TOTAL	24
	OVERALL TOTAL	48

Direct entry students are advised to drop the elective course in order not to exceed the maximum required credit units of 24 per semester and 48 per session.

300 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
ENT 311	Entrepreneurship Studies I	2C
POL 311	Logic and Methods of Political Inquiry	3C
POL 312	Public Policy Analysis	3C
POL 313	History of Political Thoughts I	2C
POL 314	Theory and Practice of Public Administration	3C
POL 315	Politics of Development & Underdevelopment	3C
POL 316	Theories of International Relations	3C
	At least one elective
POL 317	The Methodology of Comparative Politics	2E
POL 318	Foreign Policy Analysis	2E
POL 319	Election Management	2E
POL 320	Gender Studies and Development	2E
	SUB-TOTAL	19

300 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
ENT 221	Entrepreneurial skills II	2C
POL 321	Research Methods	3C
POL 322	Political Behaviour	2C
POL 323	Comparative Federalism	2C
POL 324	History of Political Thoughts II	2C
POL 325	Contemporary Political Analysis	2C
POL 326	Public Administration in Nigeria	2C
SSC 321	Application of Computer	2C
	At least two electives
POL 327	Theory and Practice of Marxism	2E
POL 328	Issues in International Politics	2E
POL 329	International Economic Relations	2E
	SUB-TOTAL	20
	TOTAL	40

400 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
ENT 411	Entrepreneurship Development I	1C
POL 411	Civil-Military Relations	3C
POL 412	State and the Economy	3C
POL 413	Politics and Law in Africa	3C
POL 414	Nigerian Foreign Policy	3C
POL 415	Development Administration	3C
POL 416	Political Parties and Pressure Groups	2C
	At least one elective
POL 417	Politics of Globalization	2E
POL 418	International Organizations	2E
POL 419	Public Financial Management	2E
	SUB-TOTAL	20

400 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNIT
ENT 421	Entrepreneurship Development II	1C
POL 421	Principles of International Law	2C
POL 422	Comparative Public Administration	2C
POL 423	African Political Thoughts	2C
POL 424	Third World and Dependency	2C
POL 430	Research Project	6C
	At least two electives
POL 425	Nigerian Local Government	2E
POL 426	Public Personnel Management	2E
POL 427	Political Sociology	2E
POL 428	Revolution and Society	2E
POL 429	Politics of Intergovernmental Relations	2E

	SUB-TOTAL	19
	TOTAL	39

COURSE DESCRIPTION

POL 111: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE

This course introduces students to the nature of politics and how it is played. It emphasises the issues of political discourse and practice. It also introduces students to the language and basic concepts of Politics. The student is later introduced to the methods of Political Science.

POL 112: NIGERIAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The course teaches the student the Nigerian Constitutional Development in a chronological and sequential order. In this course, the emphasis is on topics like colonisation, the Richards Constitution, the Macpherson Constitution, the Littleton Constitution, the Independence Constitution, The Republican Constitution, the 1979 Constitution and the 1999 Constitution.

POL 113: NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM I

The course teaches judicial institutions in Nigeria: the role of the judiciary, the history and development of the courts, types of courts and their jurisdiction. Methods of seeking redress in courts, judiciary personnel, appointment and tenure, independence of the judiciary, Legal aid system, human Rights (contents and abuse).

POL 121: INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN POLITICS

The course provides the Nature of African society before colonialism; establishment of colonial rule in Africa; different systems of colonial administration and economic policies, the problem of neo-colonialism and dependency; contemporary problems in Africa-Political crises, famine, structural adjustment and the debt crisis in African.

POL 122: ORGANISATION OF GOVERNMENTS

The course discusses the various ways of organising governments into Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, theory of the separation of powers, forms of political and administrative systems, i.e. Unitarism, Federalism, Confederalism, forms of government like Presidentialism, Parliamentarianism; instrumentalities of political interaction like political parties, pressure groups, interest groups, etc. The relationship of the citizen to the state in terms of the duties and obligations of the citizen to the state, the responsibility of the state to the citizen must also be investigated, the nature of strained relations and the processes of rectification, political obligation, basis of freedom, loyalty and patriotism.

POL 123: NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSYTEM II

This Course is a continuation of POL 123 (Nigeria Legal System I). Topics covered includes: social order and law, conflicts between English and Customary Law/ Sharia Law, Legal aid, criminal justice system in Nigeria, corruption and the judicial system, independence of the judiciary in Nigeria.

POL 124: ELEMENTS OF DEMOCRACY

The course treats the organs and meaning of democracy. Its variations and practices across social settings, differences between it and other forms of governmental organization and its peculiar beauties/ attractions, electoral system, Party system, Public opinion and pressure groups.

POL 125: THE CITIZEN AND THE STATE

The relationship of the citizen to the state in terms of the duties and obligations of the citizen to the state; The responsibility of the state to the citizen must also be investigated; The nature of strained relations and the processes of rectification; Political obligation, basis of freedom, loyalty and patriotism.

POL 211: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The course treats the rationale of public administration, the ecology of public administration, politics of administration, administrative actor, delegation of power, administrative audit and control elements of administrative law.

POL 212: NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

The course treats the Federal arrangement and division of powers, critical issues in Nigerian politics i.e. census, elections, education, representation and representativeness, ethnic relations, etc. especially before independence in 1960.

POL 213: POLITICAL IDEAS

The course provides an introduction to major political ideas in their historical context. Emphasis should be placed on concepts like Monarchism, Liberalism, Democracy, Socialism, Fascism, Anarchism, etc.

POL 214: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ANALYSIS

The course is basically a study of the concept, assumptions, objectives and issues in political analysis; ways of acquiring knowledge; approaches and models of political analysis; theories of political analysis; the emergence of behaviouralism as an approach to the study of politics including its origin; the scientific method; the nature of politics; Political Systems and the structure of government; political representation e.g. direct democracy, theory of mandate, representative institutions of different regimes and regime types; Political communication; violence, political alienation; citizen participation and political culture, etc.

POL 215: BASIC STATISTICS FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE I

This course introduces the students to the basic statistics relevant to the systematic study of politics, and it covers mainly the application of statistical knowledge as it relates to the study of politics. Topics include the nature of Statistics- types of statistics, sources of statistical data and methods, frequency distributions, measures of central tendencies.

POL 221: FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

The course teaches the relationship between politics and economics, economics as determinant of politics, class analysis and political power relations, production and politics with an emphasis on the material basis of political action.

POL 222: NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS II

This course is a continuation of POL 212. It examines political issues and problems in Nigeria since independence in 1960.

POL 223: INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The course teaches theory, principles and forms of local government, decentralisation, delegation, decentralization principles, local government mechanisms for community mobilisation and development at the grass roots.

POL 224: INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

The course teaches the logic of comparative social inquiry, objectives of comparative inquiry, approaches to the study of comparative politics, i.e. single country approach, multi-country approach, synchronic approach, problems of comparative politics.

POL 225: BASIC STATISTICS FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE I1

Continuation of POL 215. Topics include; Measures of Dispersion Range, Variance, Standard Deviation; Elementary Probability Theory, Binomials, Normal and Poisson Distributions. Test of hypotheses, small sample Test; X² test and F-test; Time Series Analysis; Regression Analysis; Index Numbers; Analysis of Variance, sources of Statistical Data in Nigeri

POL 226: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The course exposes the students to the organisation of the International Society, theories of International Relations; linkage politics, theories of Coalitions and Alliances, Balance of power Theory, the impact of the emergence of the Third World.

POL 311: LOGIC AND METHODS OF POLITICAL INQUIRY

The course focuses the attention of the students on political science and the scientific method, introduction to research methods in political inquiry, the nature of concepts, the place of theory, language of variables, hypotheses and generalizations in political science research, sources and methods of data collection and analysis in political inquiry.

POL 312: PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS

The course defines policy and forms of policy, concepts and strategies of policy planning, programming and budgeting systems (PPBS), basic techniques of network construction and analysis examined descriptively and from the perspective of administrative systems, cost-effectiveness analysis and critique.

POL 313: HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT I

The course examines selected medieval, classical and modern political thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Marx, Fanon, Senghor, Nyerere, Nkruman, etc, with special emphasis on the germination and impacts of their ideas.

POL 314: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The course provides the students the evolution of administrative organizational theory from the Classical through the Neo-classical to the Modern: Relations of administration to politics and the Political Process; administrative behaviour in various institutional settings, interplay of political institutions and administrative patterns of behaviour, study of personal administration decision making in bureaucratic organizations.

POL 315: POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT

The course provides a systematic and theoretical study of the political and socio-economic context of the problems of development and under-development, dependency and international cum internal economic structures; analysis of profound change; agents of change and constraints and problems contingent on rapid socio-economic change, with specific reference to post-colonial African states but also in comparison with Latin American and Asian countries, among others.

POL 316: THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The course provides an explicit examination of the basic concepts and theories that have been offered for the study of International Relations; issues like Power, Conflict and politics of accommodation; Systems Theories, Linkage Politics, the theories of Coalitions, and Alliances Models, Games and Simulation.

POL 317: THE METHODOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS

The course provides comparative political analysis, history of comparative politics, concepts, the scientific methods, and logic of comparative social inquiry, objectives of comparative inquiry, approaches to the study of comparative politics i.e. single country approach, multi-country approach, and synchronic approach; problems of comparative politics.

POL 318: FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS

The course provides the various conceptions used in foreign policy analysis; transactional flows, the interplay of domestic and external factors, ideological and national interest considerations, and techniques of foreign policy, application of these concepts to the examination of foreign policies of major powers; United States, United Kingdom, Russia, France, China and the emerging powers such as India, Japan, Pakistan, Iran and Israel; as well as African States.

POL 319: ELECTION MANAGEMENT

The course deals on elections and its management in Nigeria. The course provides the various conception used in election analysis.

POL320: GENDER STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT

The course provides an explicit examination of the basic concepts and theories that have been offered for the study of gender studies; gender and elections in Nigeria and gender and development

POL 321: RESEARCH METHODS

This course deals on all forms of research, research problem formulation, research procedure/research design, relevance of research and fundamental problems in Social Science research.

POL 322: POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR Thecourse is purely a study and measurements of various determinants of political behaviour, political socialization, political culture, political participation and apathy, electoral behaviour, public opinion, and political communication.

POL 323: COMPARATIVE FEDERALISM

The course provides a conceptual analysis of federalism, federation and pluralism, forms of and reasons for federations, the genesis of the political dynamics of comparative federal system with particular reference to intercontinental case studies such as Americas- U.S.A and Canada; Europe- Russia and Germany; Asia- India and Pakistan; Africa- Nigeria and Rwanda

POL 324; HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHTS II

The course teaches selected modern political thinkers, such as Machiavelli; Locke, Marx, Jeremy Benthan, Fanon, Senghor, Nkrumah, etc. with special emphasis on the germination and impacts of their ideas.

POL 325: CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ANALYSIS

The course teaches the students contending paradigms in contemporary political analysis, their philosophical and ideological roots, as well as evaluation: elite approach, group theory, functional systems and communications theory, basic concepts and elements of game theory and political gaming, structural analysis, theories of political development; the new political economy.

POL 326: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

The course teaches the students the ecology of Nigerian Public Administration, the Civil Service, field administration, Public Corporations, Politics of Financial Administration, reforms and challenges of administration in the 21^st Century.

SSC 321: APPLICATION OF COMPUTER

Application of the Computer in data collection and analysis; students will have the opportunity to practice what was taught

POL 327: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MARXISM

The course provides the students with the study of Marxism, the examination of dialectical materialism, class analysis, means and sources of production in society; an overview of revolutionary changes brought about by utilizing the Marxist- Leninist ideology, using the examples of USSR, China, Cuba, Vietnam etc.

POL 328: ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

The course teaches the students the study of conflict and peace building in International politics; strategies of war and arms control; organizations, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, liberation struggles, resources and building of an international order.

POL 329: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS

The course underlines the economic bases of some of the actions and reactions in international politics, drawing materials from International Trade, Commercial Policy, Capital Movements, etc; Role of IMF, World Bank, and such other monetary agencies; Multinational Enterprises and National Power; Theory of Unequal Exchange and the North/South problem; the Economic Theory of National Boundaries, Customs Unions, and Currency Areas.

POL 411: CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS

The course teaches the students interdependence of civil and military types; the military in the foundation of states; impact of social structures and ethnic or class conflicts upon military organizational procedures and behaviours, the problem of civilian control of the military, the role of armies in revolution, the phenomenon and definition of the military- industrial complex, ubiquity of military extractive tendency; explaining the stability or instability of civil-military relations in a comparative setting.

POL 412: STATE AND THE ECONOMY

The course attempts to examine the role of government in the management of the modern economy with special reference to Nigerian and other African countries: It deals with the relationships between government and private enterprise and examines some political issues such as the role of foreign capital in the domestic economy, the questions of foreign aid, technology and expertise. A major part of the course examines the problem of development planning and administration of planning as well as the issue of balanced regional planning. Finally, the questions of indigenisation of the economy and self-reliance are discussed in relation to the problem of dependency on the international economic system.

POL 413: POLITICS AND LAW IN AFRICA

The course is a comparative examination of the inter-relationships between law and politics in different African Countries by studying the political significance of the judicial process during the colonial and independence periods. The first section deals with the concept of law, what it is, how law arises and how it becomes institutionalized. The second part deals with the judicial process, specifically, the systems of criminal justice which translate the abstract concerns of law into concrete institutions and policy are analysed in terms of who benefits and who does not.

POL 414: NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY

The course focuses on the study of dominant trends in Nigeria foreign policy since independence, showing both the domestic setting and the international environment; issues during civilian and military regimes; the effects of the civil war on Nigeria’s foreign policy; the changing pattern of Nigeria’s non-aligned policy; problems of foreign policy making since 1976 and Nigeria’s pan-African role; Nigeria’s relative economic status and commitments as a regional power in Africa, and problems of relating with immediate neighbors.

POL 415: DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

The course treats on the theories of development, forms, procedure and techniques for development of urban centers, the problems involved in the planning and execution of major services in urban political systems, and an examination of the structure of political power operating in such systems.

POL 416: POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRESSURE GROUPS

The course teaches the students concepts of political parties, pressure groups; party systems, regime types and impact of political culture; theories, methods and forms of pressure groups; civil society and democracy.

POL 417: POLITICS OF GLOBALIZATION

The course deals on the conceptual clarification; evolution and trends of globalization; new globalization and the World stability (conflict, war, economic cum technological disadvantages); globalization, the State and economy in Africa.

POL 418: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The course teaches the students the historical evolution of international institutions from the turn of 19^th Century to the present, the notion of international organizations and their various classifications: International Organizations- League of Nations, United Nations Organization, The United Nations; Trans-national organizations (governmental and non-governmental); regional organizations (governmental and non-governmental); sub-regional groupings based on political, trade/economic, military, socio-cultural or ideological alliances.

POL 419: PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

The course teaches the student public financial management of Nigerian Public Administration; the Civil Service, field administration, Public Corporations; Politics of Financial Administration.

POL 421: PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

The course teaches the students the dynamics and sources of international law; sanctions, international personality, rights and duties of states and governments; territorial and criminal jurisdictions; state responsibility, treatment of aliens, diplomatic agents, privileges and immunities; extradition, Law of the Sea, the law of treaties and the impact of Afro-Asian states in contemporary international law.

POL 422: COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The course teaches the students comparative analysis of private large-scale organizations and public (state) administrative organizations; of public administration in federal and unitary states; of state bureaucracies and state parastatals, of public administration in selected countries among liberal democracies, communist systems and the Third World societies.

POL 423: AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHTS

The course teaches the students traditional political ideas; concepts of authority, order and the polity; thoughts in Pan Africanism; Contemporary African Political thinkers like Nkrumah, Fanon, Nyerere, Senghor, Cabral, Ake, Rodney etc; Concepts like African Socialism, humanism and authenticity.

POL 424: THIRD WORLD AND DEPENDENCY

Politics of change in the Third World; international economic structures and the Third World, development theories and experiences with Third World development, dependency and foreign policies

POL 425: NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM

The course teaches the students the evolution of Nigerian local government- the pre-colonial and colonial administrative system, the post-independence development; the role of the Military and the historic reforms (1976, 1989 1995), contemporary local government administration in Nigeria- functions, funding and problems.

POL 426: PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Principles of personnel administration; personnel administration in the public and private sector; issues in personnel administration in the public sector; illustration from federal and state public service in Nigeria.

POL 427: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

Social theories about the relationship between political and social order; topical issues such race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national liberation and ideology will be examined.

POL 428: REVOLUTION AND SOCIETY

Philosophical and ethical issues in revolutions; perspectives in revolutions; revolutionary warfare; case studies such as Soviet Union, Cuba, Angola, Mozambique.

POL 429: POLITICS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Relationships between various levels of government in a federation: Federal- State, State-State, Federal-Local Government, State-Local Government. Emphasis to be placed on the politics of fiscal and budgetary relations, focusing on taxing power, resource control, revenue allocation, autonomy for sub-national in the provision of social services.

POL 430: RESEARCH PROJECT

An original essay to be written by a student under the supervision of an academic staff. Students are required to choose a topic in consultation with the Department and bring concepts/theories learnt as well as appropriate methods to bear on the topic.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Candidates for Direct Entry for the 3 year programme should have any of these qualifications;
1. GCE A/L in any two of the following: Government, History, Geography or any other Arts or Social Science subjects;
2. OND, NCE or HND in relevant areas to Government and Administration.

Professor Emeritus T. O. K. Audu

Bishop Gabriel G. Dunia

Mr. Asue Ighodala

Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede

Dr. Solomon Owumi

Mr. John A. Obobairibhojie

Mrs Emofonmwan Akhere Jessica

Bishop Mathew Kukah

Management Staff

Management Staff

Prof. Emmanuel O. Aluyor

Prof. Omodia Monday Stephen

Prof. Vincent Balogun Aizebeoje

Dr (Mrs) Isoken Ogboro

Mr Christopher Okhani

Mr Abdulrahman Garuba

Department of Political Science