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Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria

Undergraduate Program


Below is the course outline for the four years B. Sc. degree program in chemistry:

100 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 1201 The Hausa Orthography I 2
2 HAU 1203 Introduction to Linguistics I 2
3 HAU 1205 Introductory Hausa Nominal System 2
4 HAU 1207 The Early Hausa Novels 2
5 HAU 1209 Hausa Verbal System I 2
6 HAU 1211 Ajami Form of Hausa Writing 2
7 HAU 1213 Hausa Traditional Drama 2
Total 14
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 1202 Introduction to Hausa Cultural Studies 2
2 HAU 1204 Introduction to Hausa Sound System 2
3 HAU 1206 Introduction to Linguistics II 2
4 HAU 1208 Historical Background of the Hausa People 2
5 HAU 1210 Hausa Syntax I 2
6 HAU 1212 Advanced Hausa Composition and Comprehension 2
Total 12

200 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 2201 The Hausa Orthography II 2
2 HAU 2203 Hausa Genres 2
3 HAU 2205 Hausa Verbal System 2
4 HAU2207 Introductory Hausa Oral and Written Poetry 2
5 HAU 2209 Hausa Morphology I 2
6 HAU 2211 Hausa Recreational Activities and Ceremonies 2
Total 12
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 2202 Survey of Hausa Literature 2
2 HAU 2206 Hausa Folktales 2
3 HAU 2208 Hausa Prose I 2
4 HAU 2210 Hausa Syntax II 2
5 HAU 2212 Hausa Traditional Occupations and Crafts 2
Total 10

300 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 3301 Hausa Syntax 3
2 HAU 3303 Dialectology 3
3 HAU 3305 Principles of Translation 3
4 HAU 3307 Advanced Hausa Phonology 3
5 HAU 3309 Hausa Written Prosody 3
6 HAU 310 Stylistics 3
7 HAU 3311 Hausa Drama 3
8 HAU 3313 Hausa Thoughts and Beliefs 3
Total 24
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 3302 Hausa Oral Songs and Poetry 3
2 HAU 3304 Hausa Research Methodology 3
3 HAU 3306 Literary Criticism 3
4 HAU 308 Introductory Hausa Semantics 3
5 HAU 312 Introductory Hausa Medicine 3
6 HAU 3314 Naming in Hausa Society 3
Total 18

400 Level Course Outline

First Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 4301 Issues in Hausa Semantics 3
2 HAU 4303 Stylistics II 3
3 HAU 4305 Literary and Technical Translation 3
4 HAU 4307 Hausa Film Industry 3
5 HAU 4309 Hausa Prose II 3
6 HAU 4311 Advanced Hausa Medicine 3
7 Hau 4699 Dissertation/ Project 6
Total 24
Second Semester
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Pre-Requisite
1 HAU 4302 Issues in Hausa phonology 3
2 HAU 4304 Issues in Hausa Syntax 3
3 HAU 4306 Hausa Islamic Verse 3
4 HAU 4308 Hausa Political Poetry 3
5 HAU 4310 Issues in Hausa Culture 3
6 HAU 4312 Aspect of Hausa Material Culture and Social Institutions 3
Total 18