Philosophy

 

In a country where English as an added language, a major official language, a lingua franca, and the language of instruction in the educational system, a high level of proficiency in it is usually expected from the graduates of higher institutions, especially the universities.  A higher level of competence and communicative skills is expected even more from graduates of English.

This is why there is a need for devoting greater attention to the achievement of improved knowledge of English and the acquisition of adequate oral and written skills in it.  English graduates from Nigerian universities should be clearly and positively identified with adequate proficiency in pronunciation, articulateness in speech, correctness of grammar and usage, elegance and style in diction in the choice of an appropriate variety of English for use in the various administrative and professional job opportunities available in the labour market, in literary and creative writing domains, and in postgraduate studies in language and literature.

General aims and objectives

In addition to the aims and objectives of Arts courses in the preamble to this document, this programme is designed:

1. To train students to acquire adequate communicative competence in both the spoken and written varieties of the English language, thereby giving them a good grounding and effective mastery of the Language in its various applications to achieve adequate self-expression and self-actualization.
2. To equip the students with the knowledge of the forms and features of the varieties of English used in different professional domains such as business communication, legal communication, electronic broadcast media, print journalism, advertising and sports commentaries, book publishing, and biography writing.
3. To equip the students with adequate linguistic knowledge of the English Language through a detailed study of its sound system, its lexicon, its syntax, semantics and usage.
4. To adequately prepare the students to pursue postgraduate studies in English Language, Linguistics, and to take up teaching and research at the appropriate level of education.
5. To orient students towards self-employment by a focus on skills such as writing (e.g. of articles in magazines, of speeches; designing and presenting special programs on radio or TV, designing and publishing magazines etc.), creative writing, and other kinds of original output through independent thought, inventiveness and creativity.
6. To enable students to overcome deficiencies in their English.

 Admission Requirements:

1. As a university policy on admission, the prospective candidates seeking admission into Augustine University must not be less than 16 years of age by October of the Admission year.
2. In addition, the candidate must have had a minimum of five O' Level Credit passes at one or two sittings in West African SSCE/GCE/NECO or its acceptable equivalents which must include credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Literature in English, and at least two other Arts subjects, and scored 180 and above in the UTME Examination of the admission year or any other score approved by the university Senate.
3. Direct Entry candidates who satisfy the first two conditions and have Credit in relevant courses either in National Diploma (ND) or Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) can also be admitted. These requirements and the degree offered are shown in the table below.

 

 

 

 

 

Degree in View		Direct Entry Requirement		JME Requirements		JME Subjects	Waivers and Special Consideration/Other  qualification
B. A. English		Direct Entry candidates who satisfy the first two conditions and have Credit in relevant courses either in National Diploma (ND) or Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) can also be admitted.		the candidate must have had a minimum of five O'Level credit passes at one or two sittings in WAEC, SSCE, /GCE/NECO or its acceptable equivalents which must include credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Literature in English, and at least two other Arts subjects, and scored 180 and above in the UTME Examination of the admission year		English Language, Literature in English, Christian Religious Studies