Courses

COURSE CODE

TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF COURSE

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GES 101

Use of English I

University Compulsory General Studies

GES 102

African Culture & Civilization

University Compulsory General Studies

GES 104

Science and Mankind

University Compulsory General Studies

GES 105

Agriculture, Renewable Natural Resources, Animal Husbandry and Health

University Compulsory General Studies

PSY 101

Introduction to Psycho-Biological Basis of Behaviour:  An elementary introduction to psychological, biological basis of behaviour.  Topics covered include basic units of the nervous system hierarchical, structure of brain, sensory processes, consciousness and visual sensory processes,  consciousness and visual sensation auditory, and chemical fundamentals of motivation.

15

15

3

-

Compulsory

PSY 102

Introduction to Personality, Social and Life Span:  Human information processing, memory, theories of personality, measurement of personality.  Life span psychology.

30

-

3

-

Required

PSY 103

Quantitative Methods in psychology:  Application of quantitative methods in psychological research.  Probability.  Descriptive statistics.  Data generation, data analysis.  Fundamentals of Statistical inference.

30

-

3

-

Compulsory

PSY 105

History of Experimental Psychology:  A survey of the origin of modern psychology within science, including modern psychology within philosophy, founding of experimental psychology.  Influence of Africa and other countries.  German, Great Britain, America and Russia in psychology. Later trends in modern Experimental Psychology including design and performance in psychology.

30

-

3

-

Required

PSY 201

Learning Processes: An introduction to the experimental analysis of learning processes both in animals and man.  Topics to be covered are conditioning (classical and instrumental), the S.R. paradigm, the role of reinforcement and continuity in learning: cement and continuity in learning: cognitive approaches to learning problems.

15

15

3

PSY

101

102

103

105

Required

PSY 202

Abnormal Psychology:  Emphasis will be on the common types, causes, diagnostic characteristics and treatments of mental disorders observable in the Nigerian and other cultures.  Minor and serious types of mental and personality disturbances as illustrated by cases.

30

-

3

PSY

101

102

103

-

Required

PSY 205

Developmental Psychology:  Survey of theory and research on the developing child between conception and adolescence.  An appraisal of the theoretical models of Freud, Erikson Piaget.  Analysis of issues relevant to cognitive and social development of the Nigerian child.  Observation of children.

15

15

3

PSY 101

102 103

Compulsory

PSY 206

Social Psychology: An introductory survey of social psychological concepts.  The influence of group processes, and social interactions, organizational variable and culture upon the social modifications of basic drives, attitudes social perception, and group structures.  Analysis of the socio-psychological fabric which knits Africa societies together.

30

-

3

PSY 101

102

103

105

Required

PSY 207

Physiological Psychology I:  the internal environment the cell as the unit of life: the endocrine system: genetic considerations.  Basic neuro anatomy, neutral control of environment.

15

15

3

PSY 101 102 103

105

Compulsory

PSY 209

General Experimental Psychology: This course is designed to train students to do experimental psychological research.  Topics to be covered include variables in psychological experiments, methods, operationalization, control, basic steps in experimental research reports, laboratory and field research.

15

15

3

PSY 101 102 103

105

Compulsory

PSY 226

Personality:  Overview of the major theories of personality and their implication for psychoanalytic intervention, psychotherapeutic, existential, humanistic, behavioural, transactional analysis and Gestalt Schools included.

30

-

3

PSY 101

102

103

105

Required

PSY 284

Social Psychology of the Law: Forensic Psychology, example Psychology of the court room, eye witness attribution of intentionality, and the perception, Psychologists as expert witness

30

-

3

PSY 101, 102, 103, 105

Required

PSY 287

Social Psychology of Race and Ethnic Group Relations: Methods, problems theories and empirical data of psychology in the area of ethnicity, race and culture as these factors interact with personality development, cognition, pathology. Laboratory investigation required.

30

-

3

PSY 101, 102,

103, 105

Required

PSY 292

Industrial and Personnel Psychology:  Psychology as applied to business and industry.  Major area of industrial psychology such as procedures; and human factors research.  Individual social psychology with respect to motivational and organizational research and theory.

30

-

3

PSY 101

102

103

105

Compulsory

PSY 307

Psychological Aspects of Disability:  The course analyzes types of disability (Physical and Emotional) and society’s view of disability, referral programmes and placement for disabled.  Also considered is the helping team – the role of the Psychologist, practical field experience is highly recommended.

30

-

3

PSY 101

102

103

105

201 202 205 207

Elective

PSY 308

Psychology of Substance Abuse:  The course discusses the diagnosis of alcoholism and also the diagnosis of drug addiction.  It treats the rehabilitation of the drug addict.  The course also examines various stages of alcoholism, drug types and psychological problems associated with them.

30

-

3

PSY 101

102

103

105 201 202 205 226

Required

PSY 318

Child Psychopathology: As assessment of the major forms of childhood disturbance, issues, theory and research.  Assessment of behaviour from a psycho-analytical point of view: Case history reviews, laboratory experience will be emphasized.

15

15

3

PSY

101

102

103

105

201

202

205

207

226

Required

PSY 319

Statistical Methods in Psychology: Review descriptive statistics, inferential statistics technique of hypothesis testing: hypothesis testing inferences and the mean of population; Chi square, the Phi-Coefficient and the contingency coefficient.  Analysis of variance; linear correlation – the Pearson production – moment correlation coefficient.  The Wilcoxon text; the Mann Whitney U test.

30

-

3

PSY

103 FSS

204

Compulsory

PSY 322

Clinical Psychology: A survey of the history, practice and theoretical foundations of clinical psychology, differential diagnosis, treatment.  The role of the clinical psychologist in community mental and health delivery.

30

-

3

PSY 101

102

Compulsory

PSY 323

Personality Assessment: The course exposes the students to tools used by clinicians in their practice.  Emphasis will be placed on projective techniques and personality inventories and assessment approaches.

30

-

3

PSY 101

102

201

202

205

207

226

322

Required

Open to Majors

PSY 384

Research in Social Psychology: Examination of the main approaches to social psychology research.  Demand characteristics of interest in this course.  Ethics of human experimentation.

15

15

3

PSY

101

102

103

105 206 207 226

Compulsory

PSY 388

Group Dynamics:  Historical and theoretical development of the “group dynamics” movement and contemporary approaches to conceptualization of small group processes.  Performance in Group – Risk shift.

30

-

3

PSY

101

102

103

206

Required

PSY 392

Consumer Psychology: Psychological theory and research relevant consumer behaviour.  Relationships among marketing research, product design, selling and advertising.  The media.

30

-

3

PSY 102 205

292

Required

PSY 394

Motivation in the World of work: What factors motivate the Nigerian worker, relationships among motivation, satisfaction, organiza-tional behaviour. Motivational influences on motivational inter-vention, survey and evaluation.

30

-

3

PSY

101

102

103

Required

PSY 402

Psychology of the Adolescence: A short empirical study of the characteristics, needs and problems of adolescence.  Special emphasis on honours research relative to adolescent development in Nigeria and Africa. 

30

-

3

PSY

101

103 201 202 205 206 226 318 323 384

Required

PSY 403

Psychological Testing and Test Construction: Original of psychological testing – Galton, Cattell, and Binetz nature of psychological testing; the concepts of reliability and validity; intelligence tests – standard – Binet test, brief mention of other tests of intelligence; special aptitude, personality, interest tests; ethical considerations.

30

-

3

PSY

101

103

105 201 202 205 206 226 318 323 384 388

Compulsory

PSY 410

Clinical Psychology II:  An advanced and integrative study of the nature and methods of clinical psychology, topics covered include psychological dysfunctions: mental disorders and behaviour pathology and the psychotherapies.  The course embraces supervised clinical (practical) experience.

15

15

3

PSY

101

102

Required

PSY 413

Medical Psychology: Psychological approaches to illness, personality and disease-relationship between psychological variable and disease process (hypertension, pain coronary heart disease and other psychosomatic illness).  Stress and illness: coping with stress.

30

-

3

PSY

101

202

209

322

Required

PSY 436

Social Perception: Characteristics of the perceiver, the observer and intentional processes.  Relations of perceptual, cognitive and personality theory to social perception: the nature of cognitive work.  Attribution of responsibility will receive emphasis.

30

-

3

PSY

101

102

206

227

Required

PSY 486

Attitude:  Nature and significance of attitudes opinions beliefs.  Structure and functions of attitudes.  Methods of attitude change.

30

-

3

PSY

282

101

102

103

284

Required

PSY 488

Psychological Aspects of Leadership including Political Leadership: Problems of Lea-dership; functions and duties of leaders executives. Survey and methods of study utilized to train and select leaders.

30

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3

PSY

101

102

103

Elective

PSY 496

Organization Psychology:

Application of principle of social psychology to individual phenol-menal.  Parameters of organization and criteria of effectiveness.  Profitability, morale. Classical the-ories of organization. Theory and application of power interaction conflict and decision to industrial corporations and unions.

30

-

3

PSY

101

102

103

  or

292

Required

PSY 499

Honours Project: May be based on empirical or field systematic research on an approved topic or theme within psychology.

-

180

6

-

Compulsory and must be passed by majors.

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GSP 701

Introduction to General and Applied Psychology: Introduction to major areas of specialization in Psychology (Clinical, Industrial and Organisation, Developmental, Experimental, Social and Personality). Survey of theories and appraisal of theoretical models (Psychoanalytic, social-learning, phenomenological, cognitive) of Freud, Erikson, Bandura, Piaget etc. applied to the major areas of psychology. Introduction to forensic psychology. Overview of psychological basis of behaviour – (topics should include basic units of the nervous system and basis of behaviour, the role of eye for visual adaptation, colour, ear, smell as applied to the police and the military.  Introduction to major theories of abnormal behaviour, types and causes; personality development and implications for assessment/interventions, personal adjustment, emotion – fear and anger and psychotherapeutic techniques.  An introductory survey of social psychological concepts and theories – influence of group processes, social interactions, culture upon the social modifications of basic drives, attitudes and perception and group psychological processes –  group think, communication and behavioural contagion in the initiation and maintenance of mass behaviour including panics, riots, social and political movements.  Introduction to industrial and organizational behaviour and communications – issues of motivation, morale & satisfaction, leadership, efficiency and fatigue, physical conditions of efficiency and selection and placement.

45 (15, 30) 3, R

GSP 701

Introduction to Social and Personality Psychology

(a) An introductory survey of social psychology concepts. The influence of group processes, and social interactions, organizational variable and culture upon the social modifications of basic drives, and group structures. Analysis  of the socio-psychological fabric which knits African societies together. Group Psychological Processes:  Motivation, leadership, communication and behavioural contagion in the initiation and maintenance of mass behaviour including panics, riots, social and political movements. Development of group dynamics, performance in groups and risky shift.

Attitude and Persuasion:  Nature - structure and functions of attitude and application of attitude change techniques should be explained.

Personality: Overview of the major theories of personality, assessment techniques for interventions.  Discussion of  psychodynamic, existential, humanistic, behavioural, transactional analysis and Gestalt Schools of psychology.  Learning Theories applied to social and Personality Psychology would also be explored.

TITLE AND CONTENT CHANGED

R

45 (15, 30) R

GSP 702

Abnormal Psychology, Psychotherapy and Rehabilitation:  

(a) Emphasis will be on the common types, causes, diagnostic characteristics and treatments of mental disorders observable in the Nigerian and other cultures. Minor and major types of mental and personality disturbances as illustrated by cases.

(b) Substance Abuse and Clinical Assessment. The course discourse diagnosis of alcoholism and drug addiction. Treatment and rehabilitation  of drug addicts, both in the community and treatment centre

(c) Rehabilitation Psychology:  The course deals with the problems of rehabilitation, crisis intervention, need assessment and behaviour modification, value clarification, assertiveness training, philosophical guidelines for rehabilitative counseling and ethical consideration in rehabilitation.

NEW

E

NEW COURSE

45 (15, 30) E

GSP 703

Developmental Psychology  

Survey of theory and research on the developing child, adolescent and the aged between conception and adolescence. An appraisal of the theoretical models of Freud, Erikson and Piaget. Personality development across lifespan. Analysis of issues relevant to cognitive and social development of the Nigerian child and adolescent.

NEW

R

NEW COURSE

45 (15, 30) R

GSP 704

Psycho-Biological Basis of Behaviour: An elementary introduction to psychological, biological basis of behaviour. Topics covered include basic units of the nervous system, structure of the brain, sensory processes, consciousness and visual sensation, auditory and chemical fundamentals of motivation.

NEW

E

MMP 701

Psychological Analysis of Workplace Management:

Overview of management in organization, management and leadership, theories of organization, content and process theories of motivation, Application of motivation theories to employees’ behaviour and attitudes, motivation and human performance, Reward systems in organizations, Managing Diversity, Training and Development,  Organizational Behaviour Modification, Modifying undesirable behaviour e.g. absenteeism, and fraudulent practices, sustaining desirable behaviours e.g. high achievement in form of outstanding targets and performance.

45(15,30)C

NO CHANGE

C

MMP 702

Psychological Principles Applied to Financial Management and Policy:

Psychological theories explaining Financial behavour, Individual and work related factors in financial management, including implications of societal values.  Psychological implications of business failure and individual/organizational susceptibility to fraud.  Detection and management of fraudulent practices in the workplace.

45(15,30)E

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 703

Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Management:

Organization and its environment.  Formal and informal organizational structures, conflict and reaction to conflict in organizations, principles of Intervention in Organization.   Strategies and Adjustment to organizational change.

45: (15, 30)3: E

MMP 703

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 704

Psychological Principle of Bargaining and Negotiation:

Psychological Principle of Bargaining, dynamics of bargaining, union management relationships. Element of workers participation

45: (15, 30)3: E

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 710

Psychology of Personnel Selection and Placement:

A differential psychological approach to psychological aptitudes,  Dynamics of Intra-personal abilities, Matching of the individual’s abilities to work requirements, job description techniques and placement rocedures.  Personnel Training,  Interviewing.

45(15,30)C

NO CHANGE

C

MMP 711

Psychology of Motivation and Morale in Industries and Organizations:

An evaluation of the experimental and theoretical material on:  Physiological drives, development and perception, motivation and general morale in industries and organizations.

45(15,30)E

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 713

Psychology of Marketing and Advertisement:

Analysis of needs through the Principal models of man, marketing teaching as based on psychological principles and theory.  Psychological analysis of consumer behaviour. Methods research in consumer behaviour.  Media-Consumer relationship.  Notion of consumer protection.  Psychological basis of advertisement.  Elements of economic psychology.

45(15,30)E

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 715

Research Methods in Industrial Psychology:  Psychological analysis of noise, heat and air pollution.  Psychological effect of industrial waste on the environment.  Human behaviour on the enivroment.

45(15,30)R

MMP 715

Research Methods :

Principles for conducting Psychological research.  Literature review. Operational Definition of Terms.  Hypothesis Testing.  Research Design:

observational case histories

surveys

correlational studies

group designs

factorial designs

Different Techniques of population and sampling

Measuring and Analysing Result

Measuring variables

Statistical testing

Ethics in Research

Techniques to proposal writing

CONTENT AMENDED

R

NEW COURSE

MMP7l8

45 (15,30)E

Managing Innovations, Product Development and Entrepreneurship:

Discussion of contemporary issues in innovation, technological change and competition, goals, principles and problems of product development. Entrepreneurship,

New ventures and organizational learning,. The course will involve seminars and lectures.

NEW COURSE

E

MMP 720

Applied Statistics:  The nature of aptitudes.  The origins of aptitude testing.  The construction of aptitude Tests.  The measurement of multiple aptitudes batteries, the measurement of creativity

45(15,30)R

MMP 720

Quantitative Method and Applied Statistics:

Review of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and techniques of hypothesis testing: hypothesis testing inferences and the mean of population; Chi square, the Phi-Coefficient and the contingency coefficient.  Analysis of variance; linear correlation coefficient – the Pearson Production – moment correlation coefficient.  The Wilcoxon test; the Mann Whitney U test

TITLE AND CONTENT AMENDED

R

MMP 730

Psychology of Human factors engineering (ergonomics) Analysis of the optimal level of man-machine systems, equipment and workplace design, measurement of fatigue, noise level tolerance and control.

45(15,30)E

NO  CHANGE

E

MMP 731

Seminar in Contemporary issues of Psychology of Management.

Identification of contemporary issues at work, challenges, prevention and control.  Class presentations of case studies

45(15,30)C

MMP 731

CHANGE IN TITLE

MMP 740

Industrial and Organisational  Psychopathology

Review of the theories and  literature dealing with factors which generate anxiety conditions,   neurosis, psychoses, schizophrenic behaviour, work place substance use,  personality disorder etc.  Various assessment. Psychotherapeutic techniques and  counselling techniques and therapeutic approaches to psychopathology and  problem-solving techniques. Special reference to  organizational setting would be examined.

45(15,30)E

MMP 740

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 741

45(15, 30)R

Ethics and Professional issues: What is ethics, your ethical responsibility, Understand employee responsibilities in the workplace, following the rule of law, Know how to support good ethics at work, Understand moral responsibilities, Understand responsibility for company assets, Know how to seek guidance on ethical issues at work. Corporate catastrophes, Legal regulations related to workplace ethics, Restrictions in distributing copyrighted information, Management responsibilities relating to the organization’s code, Accepting gifts, gratuities, and rebates from clients and vendors, Intake interview, Concern recognition, identification, and resolution, Steps for raising concerns to higher management

NEW COURSE

Required

MMP 742

45(15, 30)E

Psychopathology of Violence and its management.

Definitions, types of violence (workplace violence), domestic violence and its impact on the job, anger and aggression, theories of violence, cultural issues in violence, clinical issues related to violence, assessment and management of violence (anger and aggression)

NEW COURSE

E

MMP 751

Performance Evaluation:  Definition, purposes of performance evaluation, types of performance evaluation, method of performance appraisal; developing performance measures, through job analysis.  Job evaluation, implication for managers, theories and research review.

45(15,30) R

MMP 751

Applied Performance Appraisal and Practicum:

Definition, purposes of performance evaluation, types of performance evaluation, methods of performance appraisal, subjectivity in performance appraisal developing performance measures through job analysis.  Job evaluation implication for managers, 360 degrees appraisal and development of appraisal instruments, practical experience sharing.

TITLE AMMENDED

R

MMP 755

Decision Making:

The nature of decision making, behavioural implications of decision making, behaviourally oriented decision making techniques; artificial intelligence versus expert systems; Decision programming; Group and Decision; communication in organisation.

45(15,30)E

MMP 755

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 756

Leadership and Executive Development:

Overview of search on leadership effectiveness. Theories of leadership. Effective leadership behaviour.

45(15,30)C

MMP 756

NO CHANGE

C

MMP 757

Communication Processes:

Nature of interpersonal communication.  Communication Objective, levels of communication, Communication networks in organisations, communication problems and remedies in organisations.

45(15,30)E

MMP 757

NO CHANGE

E

MMP 758

Stress in Work Places:

Type of Managers.  Categories of stress, sources of stress and their manifestations.  The management of stress.

45(15,30)C

MMP 758

Stress in Work Places:

Type of Managers; Stimulus, response, stimulus-response definitions, Models of stress (Biological/Medical Stress models, Behavioural science stress models). Manifestations, Theories of Stress: Demand–Control Model, Diathesis stress theories, Stress-illness relationship, Person–Environment Fit

Model, Individual Differences in Resistance to Stress.

The Type A Behavior Patterns;   Nature of Job-Related stress (Macro-micro level) Work stressors, organisational change and transition, Personal and organizational strains and moderators. 

Consequences: stress as risk factor in the development of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, etc., assessment of stress at the workplace (stress audit), Assessment of stress and management. Coping with work stress – Theories and strategies. Stress Management – Stress Management at the organizational and individual level. Primary Prevention Strategies, Work and Job Design, Cognitive Restructuring, Secondary Prevention Strategies, Stress Management Training, Relaxation and Biofeedback Techniques, Social Support, Tertiary Prevention Strategies, Summary of Stress Intervention Strategies; workplace – Stress related violence and its management.  Stress management for specific purposes- reducing burnout, dealing with job loss. Programmes in Industry - wellness and employee assistance program (EAP).

CONTENT AMENDED

C

MMP 759

Psychology of Power and Politics in Industrial Management:

Power, politics, and authority in multi-ethnic and multi-religious society. Quota and organisational development, consequences of organisational politics.

45(15,30)E

MMP 759

Psychology of Power and Politics in Industrial Management

Power, politics, and authority in multi-ethnic  organizations.  Quota system

organisational development, consequences of organisational politics, lobbying, and negotiation.

TITLE AND CONTENT AMENDED

E

MMP 799

Industrial Project:

An independent research on a topic

selected from the candidate's field

of specialization

Compulsory

 (6 units)

MMP799

NO CHANGE