Main Department:
Geography
1. Welcome Address by the Head of Department (HOD):
I warmly welcome you on behalf of the management and staff to this great department- The Department of Geography. Let me use this medium to congratulate you on your successful admission to this department. The department of Geography, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo came into existence in 2008, with a mission to produce quality, competent and versatile manpower that will be able to compete favourably in every works of life, has since graduated about One Thousand ,Six Hundred and Four (1,604) students. The department is indeed a home-away-from -home, with friendly lecturers who are determined to see you succeed in your academic pursuit. A parents, they are deeply concerned in inspiring you to achieve your desired goals. One distinct characteristics of the department is the opportunity that you have to interact with both the academic and non-academic staff. The lecturers are dedicated and they bring all these to the classroom environment. However, I admonish you to see beyond this friendliness, and be determined to do all what it takes to succeed in this academic voyage.The Head of Department and other staff are committed to serve you and make your sojourn a fulfilled one.
Once again, you are welcome to the Department of Geography, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State.
Thank you.
Dr. O.A. Adedokun
HOD.
2. About the Department:
The Department of Geography is domicile in the School of Secondary Education, Arts and Social Sciences Programmes. The foundation Head of Department was Late Mr. A.0. Olanipekun and since then, four other members of the department have assumed the headship of the department at various times with Dr. O.A. Adedokun being the present Head of Department. The department was established to run the Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) Geography Programme. The structure of the NCE Geography Programme was patterned based on the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) Minimum Standard with students graduating with the Nigeria Certificate in Education degree in Geography. However, with the approval and implementation of the dual mandate for Colleges of Education in Nigeria, the department now has the right to admit students for honour degree in Geography (B.Ed). Presently, the deparment offers courses leading to t he award of Bachelor's degree in Geography Education (B.Ed) in the Faculty of the Social Sciences as contained in the dual mandate programme.
The emphasis of this programme is to:
a. Acquire content knowledge of geography;
b. Develop pedagogical skills and values for teaching geography; equip students with requisite foundational knowledge,
c. Skills and values for further studies
d. Life-long learning of geography;
e. Develop skills to identify environmental problems and proffer solutions;
f. Demonstrate mastery of content knowledge , skills and values to micro-teach, peer-teach and practice as a geography teacher;
g. Apply entrepreneurial skills for self reliance; cultivate positive attitude to adopt and use inovations in geography curriculum and geographic pedagogical skills and
h. Justify the importance of geography in spatial and environmental contexts which will help them to fit into all areas of life both nationally and internationally.
The NCE programme basically lasts for 6 semesters and admits candidates who have the required qualifications in the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and National Examinatin Council (NECO) Examinations. On the other hand, B.Ed in Geography will run for 8 semesters or 6 semesters for candidates who gain entry through Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry respectively.
The programme (NCE, B.Ed) is usually intensive and covers virtually all aspects of Geography. It emphasized on employable skills (such as application of geography teaching skills, classroom communicatio skills, designing, production, improvisation and utilization skills for geographic instructional materials, geographical garden construction skills, geography book publishing skills, geographic curriculum innovation, adoption and diffusion skills, environmental management skills, mapping and concept mapping skills, Geographic Positioning System-GPSand Geographic Information Syatem-GIS application skills, environmental consultancy management skills and geographic fieldtrip management skills); and 21st century skills (such as digital literacy skills, geographic creativity skills, critical thinking skills, geographic issue analystical skills, geographic information analytical skills, and map reading interpretation skills).
The unique features of the programme in the department include increasing the scope of integration in geography beyond the conventional boundary, analytical skill for map reading, geographic concepts and features, quantitative analysis skills for map reading, area study and meteorology, digital literacy for computer-assisted, computer-aided and individualized study of geographic features and regions, geographic resources management and utilization skills for physical and virtual fieldtrips in classroom situations.
The activities by staff in the department include teaching, setting of questions and marking of examination scripts, examination supervision, teaching practice supervision, micro-teaching supervision, research, project supervision and fieldwork exercise. Fieldwork that will covers all aspects of geography (Physical and human) are usually organized to places of geographical interest in the country. The department has a good mixed of academic staff (with computing skills) that cut across all areas of specialization in geography to achieve all these objectives.
In the department, student observation by staff and staff observation by students were usually undertaken for each semester. This is to serve as a check on the lecturers and students in order to improve on our teaching-learning process. In addition, staff-student interaction meetints are also organized. This is to enable the department to identifies areas of needs and areas where further improvement needs to be caried out. This provide the department with a feedback mechanism. The department also have diffrent standing committees headed by most senior staff in the committee. They are fieldwork, students disciplinary, library, environmental, promotion, students level advisers committees.
3. Philosophy, Vision and Mission:
Philosophy of the Department:
The philosophy of the department is for capacity building and certification of professional geography teachers with adequate mastery of Geography curriculum content , acquired pedagogical skill and values for effective implementation of Senior Secondary School Geography Curriculum. Consequently, the philosophy of the geography programme is to create an opportunity for prospective modern geography student teacher to:
• Learn and develop new descriptive, interpretative, and analytical techniques of studying the earth and activities of man;
• Develop practical skills and methodologies of understanding geographical features, phenomena and processes;
• Search for explanations in geography, such as why certain processes behave in the way they do;
• Develop skills to impact geographical knowledge or information with a view to inculcate better perception of geography and at the same time to promote the learning and teaching of the discipline;
• Undertake (i) and (iv) above along national aspirations and goals as may be enshrined in the National Policy on Education.
Vision of the Department:
To produce quality, competent and versatile manpower that will become professional teachers in the field of geography.
Mission Statement- To facilitate quality and purposeful teaching/ learning through effective coverage of the course content in Nigeria Geography programme.
4. History of the Department:
In 1977 when Federal College of Education (Sp) was established, Geography was one of the programmes that started in the college. Geography ceased to be taught after some years due to the changes that occurred in the National Colleges of Education Commission (NCCE) curriculum that involves the stoppage of teaching subjects that are not in the primary school curriculum. However, the programme was re-introduced in 2008/2009 session with three staff namely Mr. A.O. Olanipekun ( who served as the Head of Department), Mr. A.O Fapohunda and Mr. Ige James. Mr. Ige James later left for Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso. In 2011, five additional academic staff was recruited to join the two remaining staff thus bringing the staff population to seven. These staff are Dr. R.O.Adetunji (then Mr. R.O. Adetunji, Mrs O. Oke, Dr. O.A. Adedokun (then Mr. O.A. Adedokun), Mrs O. Daramola and Mr. B.K. Okunola. After a meritorious service, Mr. O.A. Olanipekun retired from active service of the college in 2014. Other HODs that have serve the department are Dr. R.O. Adetunji (2012-2016; 2018-2022), Mr Adeyera (who serve as an overseer 2016-2018) and Mr. A.O. Fapohunda (2022-2024).
Presently, it has nine committed and hardworking lecturers in both genders. The department is presently been headed by Dr. O.A Adedokun.
5. Administrative Structure:
The department iss headed by the Head of Department (HOD) who oversee the whole department and is diretly responsible to the Dean. Under him is the academic and non academic staff. the academic staff include staff advisers/level coordinators/counselling, department examination officer, department result officer, social and student welfare officers. The non-academic staff include laboratory assistant, clerk, and departmental secretary. Others are the class representative and the students who relates with the staff advisers and other lecturers and staff in the department as the need arises.
Academic Information:
1. Programmes Offered (e.g NCE, B.Ed)
The department offers Geography degree in Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and Bachelors in Geography Education (B.Ed).
2. Admission Requirements
a. Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) Admission Requirements:
In addition to appropriate Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score, candidates must have five(5) credit pass in five (5) subjects including English Language and Mathematics in not more than two sittings. Three of the credits must be in Mathematics, English Language and Mathematics. in addition, there will be a selection interview for prospective candidates.
b. Bachelor in Geography Education (B.Ed) Degree Admission Requirements:
Four (4) and Three (3) Years Programmes
In addition to appropriate UTME score, candidates must have five (5) credit pass in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any two other subjects.
Direct Entry:
Five SSC (or its equivalent) credit passincluding English, Mathematics, any relevantsubject in social sciences or sciences, two of which must be at the Advanced Level in any of the following: NCE/JUBEP/IJMB in two social sciences or sciences, one of which must be Geography.
Graduation Requirements:
It is required that candidates must, in addition to general graduation requirements in the University, have offered and passed 120 credit courses for the five (5) year B.Sc. Education Geography programme or 90 credit courses for the two year degree programme.
3. Curriculum/Course structure:
Course Structure:
Year One: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 111 The Earth in Relation to the Sun 2 E
GEO 112 Map Reading and Interpretation 2 E
GEO 113 Introduction to Geomorphology 2 C
GEO 114 Local Geography 1 E
GEO 115 Recreation & Tourism 1 E
Total 4
Year One: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 121 Climatology 2 C
GEO 122 Introduction to Biogeography 2 C
GEO 123 Introduction to Environmental Studies 2 E
Total 4
Year Two:First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 211 Regional Geography of Nigeria 2 C
GEO 212 Introduction to NERDC National Curiculum for Geography 2 C
GEO 213 Population and Settlement Geography 2 C
GEO 214 Geography Thought and Developement of Geography in Nigeria 2 E
Total 6
Year Two: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 221 Practicum NERDC National Curriculum (Geography) 2 E
GEO 222 Research Methods and Statistics in Geography 2 C
GEO 223 Regional Geography of West Africa 2 C
GEO 224 Field work in Geography 2 C
GEO 225 Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) 1 E
Total 6
Year Three: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
EDU 321 Teaching Practice 6 C
Total 6
Year Three: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 321 Regional Geography of Africa 2 C
GEO 322 Resources of Developing Region Outside Africa 1 E
GEO 323 Political Geography 1 E
GEO 324 Economic Geography 1 C
GEO 325 Geography of Developed Word 2 E
GEO 326 Elementary Land Survey 1 C
Total 4
Year Four: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 411 History of Geographical Thought 2 C
GEO 412 Geographic Instructional Resource Design and Utilization 2 C
GEO 413 Quantitative Techniques in Geography 2 C
GEO 414 Entrepreneurship in Geography 2 C
Total 8
Year Four: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 421 Geomorphology II 2 C
GEO 422 Contemporary Teaching-Learning Issues in Geography 2 C
GEO 423 Science of Climate Change 2 C
GEO 424 Biogeogaphy II 2 C
GEO 425 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System 1 2 C
Total 10
Year Five: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 511 Systemic Geography of Nigeria 2 C
GEO 512 Control and Management of Environmental Disaster 2 C
GEO 513 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System II 2 C
GEO 514 Urban Geography 2 E
Total 8
Year Five: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 521 Method in Physical Geography 2 E
GEO 522 Spatial Organization of Society 2 C
GEO 523 Applied Climatology 2 C
GEO 524 Hydrology 2 E
GEO 525 Rural Development and Planning 2 E
Total 4
4. Grading and Assessment Policies:
To earn a degree, all compulsory courses must be taken and passed.
Every course shall be examined during the semester in which it is offered and candidates will be credited with those courses in which they have passed.
The Cummulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) System shall be used for determination of the Class Mark and Class of Degree. The CGPA of candidates will be determined by the sum of the weighted grade point divided by the total units of all courses registered for, , passed or failed. in order to obtain the Cumulative Grade Point Average of a candidate the appropriate index (Grade Points) assigned to each range of numerical marks is multiplied by the course unit and the product is added up. the total is then divided by the total units of courses registered.
No student whose grade point average is below 1.0 shall be awarded a degree.
The approved scoring and grading system are 40 for Continuous Assessment and 60 marks for examination. The total obtainable marks is 100
The five wrong grading is as follows:
A Distinction 4.5 - 5.0
B Credit(Upper) 3.5 - 4.49
C Credit(Lower) 2.5 -3.49
D Merit 1.5 - 2.49
E Pass 1.0 - 1.49
Others:
1. Academic Staff
LIST OF ACADEMIC STAFF, RANKS AND QUALIFICATION
S/N NAME RANK QUALIFICATION TELEPHONE NUMBERS
1. Dr. O.A. Adedokun Principal Lecturer B.Sc Geog. (2003); 08051695485
Dip in Comp. (2003);
MSc. Geog. (2011);
PGDE (2009); Ph.D. (2023).
2. Dr. R.O. Adetunji Chief Lecturer NCE (1984);B.Sc. Ed (1991); 08038309828
MSc. Geog (1999);
Cert. in Comp. Science(2009);
Ph.D.(2024).
3. Mr. A.O. Fapohunda Principal Lecturer B.Sc Geog.(1994); 08023709663
MSc. Transport Studies (2010);
MSc. Geog (2012);PGDE (2009)
4. Mrs. O. Daramola Senior Lecturer B.Sc Ed Geog. (1992); 07031994672
MSc. Geog (2020). 2024
5. Mr. B.K. Okunola Lecturer II NCE (1996); 08035745845
B.Sc. Ed Geog. (2000).
6. Mrs F.O. Jacob Assistant Lecturer NCE(2008); 07068721852
BSc. Ed. Geog. (2015)
7. Mrs T.A. Yusuff Assistant Lecturer BSc Ed.(2017) 0816477535339
8. Miss F.O. Abdullahi Assistant Lecturer BSc Ed.(2019) 08066301358
9. Mr. I.A. Lasisi Assistant Lecturer NCE (2010). BSc Ed.(2020) 08153839238
2. Non academic staff:
a. One Departmental Secretary
b. One Administrative Officer
c. One Clerical Assistant
d. One Laboratory Attendant
e. One Technical Officer
3. Facilities and Resources:
A. Office:
i. A well ventilated HOD office
ii. Staff offices
iii. A lecture room
iv. A Geographical laboratory with charts, rock samples, soil samples and maps
B. Personnel:
i. A Departmental Secretary
ii. A Laboratory Attendant
iii. A Clerk
iv. A Meteorologist
C. Equipment:
i. Surveying Equipment:
a. Compass with aluminium tripod (1)
b. Handheld compass- Big (1)
c. Ranging pole –Detachable (8)
d. Ranging pole- screw (8)
e. Arrows 2 sets of 10 each
f. Hand lens
g. Steel tape 100m (1)
h. Steel tape 500m (1)
i. Hand held GPS Map 72HQ
j. Hand held GPS Terex (1)
k. Abney level (1)
l. Globe (Plastic type)
ii. Cartographic Equipment:
a. Topographic map (3 sets of 120 each)
b. Wall maps (Physical) Nigeria, West Africa, Africa and World 2 each 8 maps
c. Wall maps (Political and economic) Nigeria, West Africa, Africa and World 2 each 8 maps
iii. Consumables:
a. Tracing paper
b. Drawing papers
c. Graph papers
d. Binoculars
iv. Computer System:
a. Software Corel Draw, auto cards, Arc GIS and QGIS for mapping purpose
v. Automated Weather Station
vi. A geographical Garden
4. News and announcements:
The department has been producing students that serve as manpower with knowledge and good characters in the field of education. Many of them are found in all works of life doing exploits. The department also has an Authomated Weather Station . The department is fully acredited. This was made possible because of the assistance given by the College authority and high sense of dedication to duty exhibited by the academic staff of the department
5. Upcoming events:
The department with the help of the college authority is planning to use the automated weather station to supply relevant meteorological information for use in agriculture, aviation and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
6. Contact information:
Room 2, Head of Geography Department Office, New Office Complex, School of Secondary Education, (Arts and Social Sciences Programmes), Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State. Email: geography@fcesoyo.edu.ng
Geography
1. Welcome Address by the Head of Department (HOD):
I warmly welcome you on behalf of the management and staff to this great department- The Department of Geography. Let me use this medium to congratulate you on your successful admission to this department. The department of Geography, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo came into existence in 2008, with a mission to produce quality, competent and versatile manpower that will be able to compete favourably in every works of life, has since graduated about One Thousand ,Six Hundred and Four (1,604) students. The department is indeed a home-away-from -home, with friendly lecturers who are determined to see you succeed in your academic pursuit. A parents, they are deeply concerned in inspiring you to achieve your desired goals. One distinct characteristics of the department is the opportunity that you have to interact with both the academic and non-academic staff. The lecturers are dedicated and they bring all these to the classroom environment. However, I admonish you to see beyond this friendliness, and be determined to do all what it takes to succeed in this academic voyage.The Head of Department and other staff are committed to serve you and make your sojourn a fulfilled one.
Once again, you are welcome to the Department of Geography, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State.
Thank you.
Dr. O.A. Adedokun
HOD.
2. About the Department:
The Department of Geography is domicile in the School of Secondary Education, Arts and Social Sciences Programmes. The foundation Head of Department was Late Mr. A.0. Olanipekun and since then, four other members of the department have assumed the headship of the department at various times with Dr. O.A. Adedokun being the present Head of Department. The department was established to run the Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) Geography Programme. The structure of the NCE Geography Programme was patterned based on the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) Minimum Standard with students graduating with the Nigeria Certificate in Education degree in Geography. However, with the approval and implementation of the dual mandate for Colleges of Education in Nigeria, the department now has the right to admit students for honour degree in Geography (B.Ed). Presently, the deparment offers courses leading to t he award of Bachelor's degree in Geography Education (B.Ed) in the Faculty of the Social Sciences as contained in the dual mandate programme.
The emphasis of this programme is to:
a. Acquire content knowledge of geography;
b. Develop pedagogical skills and values for teaching geography; equip students with requisite foundational knowledge,
c. Skills and values for further studies
d. Life-long learning of geography;
e. Develop skills to identify environmental problems and proffer solutions;
f. Demonstrate mastery of content knowledge , skills and values to micro-teach, peer-teach and practice as a geography teacher;
g. Apply entrepreneurial skills for self reliance; cultivate positive attitude to adopt and use inovations in geography curriculum and geographic pedagogical skills and
h. Justify the importance of geography in spatial and environmental contexts which will help them to fit into all areas of life both nationally and internationally.
The NCE programme basically lasts for 6 semesters and admits candidates who have the required qualifications in the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and National Examinatin Council (NECO) Examinations. On the other hand, B.Ed in Geography will run for 8 semesters or 6 semesters for candidates who gain entry through Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry respectively.
The programme (NCE, B.Ed) is usually intensive and covers virtually all aspects of Geography. It emphasized on employable skills (such as application of geography teaching skills, classroom communicatio skills, designing, production, improvisation and utilization skills for geographic instructional materials, geographical garden construction skills, geography book publishing skills, geographic curriculum innovation, adoption and diffusion skills, environmental management skills, mapping and concept mapping skills, Geographic Positioning System-GPSand Geographic Information Syatem-GIS application skills, environmental consultancy management skills and geographic fieldtrip management skills); and 21st century skills (such as digital literacy skills, geographic creativity skills, critical thinking skills, geographic issue analystical skills, geographic information analytical skills, and map reading interpretation skills).
The unique features of the programme in the department include increasing the scope of integration in geography beyond the conventional boundary, analytical skill for map reading, geographic concepts and features, quantitative analysis skills for map reading, area study and meteorology, digital literacy for computer-assisted, computer-aided and individualized study of geographic features and regions, geographic resources management and utilization skills for physical and virtual fieldtrips in classroom situations.
The activities by staff in the department include teaching, setting of questions and marking of examination scripts, examination supervision, teaching practice supervision, micro-teaching supervision, research, project supervision and fieldwork exercise. Fieldwork that will covers all aspects of geography (Physical and human) are usually organized to places of geographical interest in the country. The department has a good mixed of academic staff (with computing skills) that cut across all areas of specialization in geography to achieve all these objectives.
In the department, student observation by staff and staff observation by students were usually undertaken for each semester. This is to serve as a check on the lecturers and students in order to improve on our teaching-learning process. In addition, staff-student interaction meetints are also organized. This is to enable the department to identifies areas of needs and areas where further improvement needs to be caried out. This provide the department with a feedback mechanism. The department also have diffrent standing committees headed by most senior staff in the committee. They are fieldwork, students disciplinary, library, environmental, promotion, students level advisers committees.
3. Philosophy, Vision and Mission:
Philosophy of the Department:
The philosophy of the department is for capacity building and certification of professional geography teachers with adequate mastery of Geography curriculum content , acquired pedagogical skill and values for effective implementation of Senior Secondary School Geography Curriculum. Consequently, the philosophy of the geography programme is to create an opportunity for prospective modern geography student teacher to:
• Learn and develop new descriptive, interpretative, and analytical techniques of studying the earth and activities of man;
• Develop practical skills and methodologies of understanding geographical features, phenomena and processes;
• Search for explanations in geography, such as why certain processes behave in the way they do;
• Develop skills to impact geographical knowledge or information with a view to inculcate better perception of geography and at the same time to promote the learning and teaching of the discipline;
• Undertake (i) and (iv) above along national aspirations and goals as may be enshrined in the National Policy on Education.
Vision of the Department:
To produce quality, competent and versatile manpower that will become professional teachers in the field of geography.
Mission Statement- To facilitate quality and purposeful teaching/ learning through effective coverage of the course content in Nigeria Geography programme.
4. History of the Department:
In 1977 when Federal College of Education (Sp) was established, Geography was one of the programmes that started in the college. Geography ceased to be taught after some years due to the changes that occurred in the National Colleges of Education Commission (NCCE) curriculum that involves the stoppage of teaching subjects that are not in the primary school curriculum. However, the programme was re-introduced in 2008/2009 session with three staff namely Mr. A.O. Olanipekun ( who served as the Head of Department), Mr. A.O Fapohunda and Mr. Ige James. Mr. Ige James later left for Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso. In 2011, five additional academic staff was recruited to join the two remaining staff thus bringing the staff population to seven. These staff are Dr. R.O.Adetunji (then Mr. R.O. Adetunji, Mrs O. Oke, Dr. O.A. Adedokun (then Mr. O.A. Adedokun), Mrs O. Daramola and Mr. B.K. Okunola. After a meritorious service, Mr. O.A. Olanipekun retired from active service of the college in 2014. Other HODs that have serve the department are Dr. R.O. Adetunji (2012-2016; 2018-2022), Mr Adeyera (who serve as an overseer 2016-2018) and Mr. A.O. Fapohunda (2022-2024).
Presently, it has nine committed and hardworking lecturers in both genders. The department is presently been headed by Dr. O.A Adedokun.
5. Administrative Structure:
The department iss headed by the Head of Department (HOD) who oversee the whole department and is diretly responsible to the Dean. Under him is the academic and non academic staff. the academic staff include staff advisers/level coordinators/counselling, department examination officer, department result officer, social and student welfare officers. The non-academic staff include laboratory assistant, clerk, and departmental secretary. Others are the class representative and the students who relates with the staff advisers and other lecturers and staff in the department as the need arises.
Academic Information:
1. Programmes Offered (e.g NCE, B.Ed)
The department offers Geography degree in Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and Bachelors in Geography Education (B.Ed).
2. Admission Requirements
a. Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) Admission Requirements:
In addition to appropriate Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score, candidates must have five(5) credit pass in five (5) subjects including English Language and Mathematics in not more than two sittings. Three of the credits must be in Mathematics, English Language and Mathematics. in addition, there will be a selection interview for prospective candidates.
b. Bachelor in Geography Education (B.Ed) Degree Admission Requirements:
Four (4) and Three (3) Years Programmes
In addition to appropriate UTME score, candidates must have five (5) credit pass in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any two other subjects.
Direct Entry:
Five SSC (or its equivalent) credit passincluding English, Mathematics, any relevantsubject in social sciences or sciences, two of which must be at the Advanced Level in any of the following: NCE/JUBEP/IJMB in two social sciences or sciences, one of which must be Geography.
Graduation Requirements:
It is required that candidates must, in addition to general graduation requirements in the University, have offered and passed 120 credit courses for the five (5) year B.Sc. Education Geography programme or 90 credit courses for the two year degree programme.
3. Curriculum/Course structure:
Course Structure:
Year One: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 111 The Earth in Relation to the Sun 2 E
GEO 112 Map Reading and Interpretation 2 E
GEO 113 Introduction to Geomorphology 2 C
GEO 114 Local Geography 1 E
GEO 115 Recreation & Tourism 1 E
Total 4
Year One: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 121 Climatology 2 C
GEO 122 Introduction to Biogeography 2 C
GEO 123 Introduction to Environmental Studies 2 E
Total 4
Year Two:First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 211 Regional Geography of Nigeria 2 C
GEO 212 Introduction to NERDC National Curiculum for Geography 2 C
GEO 213 Population and Settlement Geography 2 C
GEO 214 Geography Thought and Developement of Geography in Nigeria 2 E
Total 6
Year Two: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 221 Practicum NERDC National Curriculum (Geography) 2 E
GEO 222 Research Methods and Statistics in Geography 2 C
GEO 223 Regional Geography of West Africa 2 C
GEO 224 Field work in Geography 2 C
GEO 225 Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) 1 E
Total 6
Year Three: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
EDU 321 Teaching Practice 6 C
Total 6
Year Three: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 321 Regional Geography of Africa 2 C
GEO 322 Resources of Developing Region Outside Africa 1 E
GEO 323 Political Geography 1 E
GEO 324 Economic Geography 1 C
GEO 325 Geography of Developed Word 2 E
GEO 326 Elementary Land Survey 1 C
Total 4
Year Four: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 411 History of Geographical Thought 2 C
GEO 412 Geographic Instructional Resource Design and Utilization 2 C
GEO 413 Quantitative Techniques in Geography 2 C
GEO 414 Entrepreneurship in Geography 2 C
Total 8
Year Four: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 421 Geomorphology II 2 C
GEO 422 Contemporary Teaching-Learning Issues in Geography 2 C
GEO 423 Science of Climate Change 2 C
GEO 424 Biogeogaphy II 2 C
GEO 425 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System 1 2 C
Total 10
Year Five: First Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 511 Systemic Geography of Nigeria 2 C
GEO 512 Control and Management of Environmental Disaster 2 C
GEO 513 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System II 2 C
GEO 514 Urban Geography 2 E
Total 8
Year Five: Second Semester
Course Code Course Title Credit Status
GEO 521 Method in Physical Geography 2 E
GEO 522 Spatial Organization of Society 2 C
GEO 523 Applied Climatology 2 C
GEO 524 Hydrology 2 E
GEO 525 Rural Development and Planning 2 E
Total 4
4. Grading and Assessment Policies:
To earn a degree, all compulsory courses must be taken and passed.
Every course shall be examined during the semester in which it is offered and candidates will be credited with those courses in which they have passed.
The Cummulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) System shall be used for determination of the Class Mark and Class of Degree. The CGPA of candidates will be determined by the sum of the weighted grade point divided by the total units of all courses registered for, , passed or failed. in order to obtain the Cumulative Grade Point Average of a candidate the appropriate index (Grade Points) assigned to each range of numerical marks is multiplied by the course unit and the product is added up. the total is then divided by the total units of courses registered.
No student whose grade point average is below 1.0 shall be awarded a degree.
The approved scoring and grading system are 40 for Continuous Assessment and 60 marks for examination. The total obtainable marks is 100
The five wrong grading is as follows:
A Distinction 4.5 - 5.0
B Credit(Upper) 3.5 - 4.49
C Credit(Lower) 2.5 -3.49
D Merit 1.5 - 2.49
E Pass 1.0 - 1.49
Others:
1. Academic Staff
LIST OF ACADEMIC STAFF, RANKS AND QUALIFICATION
S/N NAME RANK QUALIFICATION TELEPHONE NUMBERS
1. Dr. O.A. Adedokun Principal Lecturer B.Sc Geog. (2003); 08051695485
Dip in Comp. (2003);
MSc. Geog. (2011);
PGDE (2009); Ph.D. (2023).
2. Dr. R.O. Adetunji Chief Lecturer NCE (1984);B.Sc. Ed (1991); 08038309828
MSc. Geog (1999);
Cert. in Comp. Science(2009);
Ph.D.(2024).
3. Mr. A.O. Fapohunda Principal Lecturer B.Sc Geog.(1994); 08023709663
MSc. Transport Studies (2010);
MSc. Geog (2012);PGDE (2009)
4. Mrs. O. Daramola Senior Lecturer B.Sc Ed Geog. (1992); 07031994672
MSc. Geog (2020). 2024
5. Mr. B.K. Okunola Lecturer II NCE (1996); 08035745845
B.Sc. Ed Geog. (2000).
6. Mrs F.O. Jacob Assistant Lecturer NCE(2008); 07068721852
BSc. Ed. Geog. (2015)
7. Mrs T.A. Yusuff Assistant Lecturer BSc Ed.(2017) 0816477535339
8. Miss F.O. Abdullahi Assistant Lecturer BSc Ed.(2019) 08066301358
9. Mr. I.A. Lasisi Assistant Lecturer NCE (2010). BSc Ed.(2020) 08153839238
2. Non academic staff:
a. One Departmental Secretary
b. One Administrative Officer
c. One Clerical Assistant
d. One Laboratory Attendant
e. One Technical Officer
3. Facilities and Resources:
A. Office:
i. A well ventilated HOD office
ii. Staff offices
iii. A lecture room
iv. A Geographical laboratory with charts, rock samples, soil samples and maps
B. Personnel:
i. A Departmental Secretary
ii. A Laboratory Attendant
iii. A Clerk
iv. A Meteorologist
C. Equipment:
i. Surveying Equipment:
a. Compass with aluminium tripod (1)
b. Handheld compass- Big (1)
c. Ranging pole –Detachable (8)
d. Ranging pole- screw (8)
e. Arrows 2 sets of 10 each
f. Hand lens
g. Steel tape 100m (1)
h. Steel tape 500m (1)
i. Hand held GPS Map 72HQ
j. Hand held GPS Terex (1)
k. Abney level (1)
l. Globe (Plastic type)
ii. Cartographic Equipment:
a. Topographic map (3 sets of 120 each)
b. Wall maps (Physical) Nigeria, West Africa, Africa and World 2 each 8 maps
c. Wall maps (Political and economic) Nigeria, West Africa, Africa and World 2 each 8 maps
iii. Consumables:
a. Tracing paper
b. Drawing papers
c. Graph papers
d. Binoculars
iv. Computer System:
a. Software Corel Draw, auto cards, Arc GIS and QGIS for mapping purpose
v. Automated Weather Station
vi. A geographical Garden
4. News and announcements:
The department has been producing students that serve as manpower with knowledge and good characters in the field of education. Many of them are found in all works of life doing exploits. The department also has an Authomated Weather Station . The department is fully acredited. This was made possible because of the assistance given by the College authority and high sense of dedication to duty exhibited by the academic staff of the department
5. Upcoming events:
The department with the help of the college authority is planning to use the automated weather station to supply relevant meteorological information for use in agriculture, aviation and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
6. Contact information:
Room 2, Head of Geography Department Office, New Office Complex, School of Secondary Education, (Arts and Social Sciences Programmes), Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State. Email: geography@fcesoyo.edu.ng