List Of New Courses, Departments In Nigerian Universities As FG Introduces New Curriculum 

The newly introduced curriculum, the Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), will commence in September 2023.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) unveiled the new curriculum in 2022 to replace the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS), which had been in use since 2007, BusinessDay reported.

A journalist, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole GenZ, shared a series of tweets via her page @DeborahToluwase concerning the latest courses and departments.

Faculty of Agriculture

Agribusiness

Agricultural Science (5-year option) Agricultural Economics

Agricultural Extension

Agricultural Extension

Animal Science

Crop Science

Family and Consumer Sciences

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Food Science and Technology Forest Resources and Wildlife Management Horticulture and Landscape Management Soil Science

B.Sc. Soil Science

Water Resources Management and Agro-meteorology

Faculty of Computing

Department of Cybersecurity Department of Software Engineering Department of Data Science Department of Information and Communications Technology Department of Information Technology Department of Information System Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Administration and Management

Department of Accounting

Department of Actuarial Science Department of Aviation Management Department of Finance

Department of Business Administration Department of Business Information Technology

Department of Co-operative and Rural Development

Department of Employment and Human Resource Management

Department of Entrepreneurship Department of Hospitality and Tourism Department of Information Resource Department of Insurance

Department of Local Government and Development

Department of Logistics and Supply Chain

Department of Marketing

Department of Office and Information Management

Department Petroleum Information Management

Department Procurement Management Department of Project Management Department of Public Administration Department of Security and Investment Department of Taxation

Department of Transport Management

Faculty of arts and humanities

B.A Folklore

B.A Film production

B.A African Languages and Literature Efik

B.A African Languages and Literature Hausa

B.A African Languages and Literature Ibibio

B.A African Languages and Literature Igbo

B.A African Languages and Literature Yoruba

B.A African Traditional Religion

B.A Arabic

B.A Archaeology

B.A Chinese language B.A Christian Religious Studies

B.A Christian Theology

B.A Classics

B.A English Language and Literature in English B.A history and diplomatic studies

B.A History

B.A Islamic Studies

B.A Linguistics

B.A Modern European Languages French

B.A Modern European Languages German

B.A Modern European Languages German

B.A Modern European Languages Russia

B.A Music

B.A Philosophy

B.A Religious Studies

B.A Theatre Arts

Faculty of engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Agricultural and Biosystems

Engineering Automotive

Engineering Biomedical

Engineering Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electronic Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Food Science and Engineering/Technology

Industrial and Production Engineering Information and Communication Engineering Marine Engineering

Materials and Metallurgical

Engineering Mechanical

Engineering Mechatronics

Engineering Metallurgical

Engineering Mining

Engineering Natural Gas

Engineering Petrochemical

Engineering Petroleum

Engineering Petroleum and Gas Engineering

Structural Engineering Systems Engineering Telecommunications Engineering Water Resources Engineering Wood Products Engineering

Faculty of Allied Health

Sciences Nursing pharma is no longer under Basic medical sciences Audiology – B.AUD Complementary and Alternative Medicine Dental Technology Dental Therapy Environmental Health Science Health Care Administration and Hospital Management Health Information Management Information Technology and Heath informatics Medical Laboratory Science Nursing Sciences Human Nutrition and Dietetics Occupational Therapy

Optometry O.D Pharmacology Physiotherapy Prosthetics and Orthotics Public Health Radiography Speech-Language Therapy

Faculty of Communication and Media studies

BSC Strategic communications

BSC Advertising

BSC Broadcasting

BSC Development Communications Studies

BSC Film and multimedia

BSC Information and media studies

BSC Journalism and media studies

BSC Mass communications

BSC Public Relations

Meanwhile, it was reported that the acting executive secretary of the National Universities Commission(NUC), Chris J Maiyaki, has disclosed the number of open universities that have been approved to operate in Nigeria.

Maiyaki said out of the 260 approved universities in Nigeria, five are open universities.