General Introduction

Candidate must have satisfactorily completed the course work and guided research study approved by the Supervisory Committee. A minimum number of 25 credit units is required for the MSc and 45 for the PhD including credit units for seminar and research.

Research study and Thesis/Dissertation Presentation: Candidates must have satisfactorily completed the course work and guided research study approved by the Supervisory Committee to be externally defended it. Master's degree candidates will be required to complete 6-12 credit units of research while candidates are to offer 24credit units (6cu/semester) of research.

Seminar: Each postgraduate student is to make a proposal defense and one seminar each semester (1 credit unit/semester) for the duration of his/her study.

Graduation Requirement

All Postgraduate programmes in the department have course work component and project work/dissertation/thesis component. For the course work, each candidate is expected to pass all prescribed written examinations before proceeding with his/her project work/dissertation/thesis. Thus, course work is examined and graded as mandatory at both Master’s and Doctoral level.

At Doctoral level, a minimum workload of 45 credit units (inclusive of the credit units earned at the master’s level) must be earned. This shall exclude 4-10 credit units for seminar. The total credit units for thesis is 24 credit units.At Master’s degree, a minimum of 30 credit units must be earned excluding 3-6 for seminar. The total credit unit for dissertation is 12 credit units.At Postgraduate Diploma Level, a minimum of 24 credit units must be earned. Final project carries a total of 6 credit units.

At Professional Masters level, a candidate is required to earn a total of 33 credit units including a practical project to qualify for the award of Master in Journalism (MIJ) or Master in Strategic Communucation (MISC) Degree.