Faculty of Social Sciences, UDUS

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Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) emerged victorious in the ongoing National Debate '2022, Abuja contests, at Zonal level (Northwest) and has therefore qualified for the grand finale to represent northwestern region which is slated to hold on 9th September, 2022 at Sheraton Hotel Abuja.

Congratulations to the team and all members of the Udus Community.

INNALILLAHI WA'INNA ILAIHI RAJI'UN

Ɗalibar Jami'ar Usmanu Ɗanfodio Ta Rasu Ana Dab Da Bikinta

Allah Ya Yi Wa Khadija Aliyu Bagudo Wadda Ɗaliba Ce A Sashen Karatun Shari'a Watau (Law) Kuma Tana Aji Ukku A Jami'ar Usmanu Ɗanfodio Dake Sokoto.

Ɗalibar Ta Rasu Ne Bayan Yar Gajeruwar Rashin Lafiya.

Majiyar RARIYA Ta Nakalto Cewa Khadija Yar Asalin Garin Bidda Ce A Jihar Neja Kuma Ana Shirin Bikin Aurenta A Watan Disamba Na Wannan Shekarar.

Allah Ya Jikanta Da Rahama!

Daga Jamilu Dabawa

Painful Exit: Danfodiyo Varsity Loses Student To Death

Khadija Aliyu Bagudo, a 300-Level law student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has been confirmed dead today after a brief illness.

PEN PRESS gathered that Khadija who hailed from Bida town, Niger State, was planning to marry in December before she died earlier today.

May Allah forgive her shortcomings and grant her Al-Janat Firdaus.

Something tells me that Sociology is the best department in the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY IN BRIEF

The Department of Geography was one of the four foundation departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Administration established in 1977 The Department offers courses leading to a single honours degree in Geography. This is with a view to afford the graduate of geography to fit into different fields of human endeavour in the private and public sectors of the economy. The courses are designed to examine the spatial dimension of the Physical, Economic, Social and Political forces which are evident in the organisation of human societies and activities. In particular they look at the interaction of these forces and how they change over time and operate at different scalar levels.

The undergraduate course in Geography is designed to provide training in the theory and practice of Geography with emphasis on thorough grounding infield techniques and the manipulation of modern tools. Over-specialisation is avoided at this level. Every five years the department reviews its programme. This review is based on External Examiners report, and such reviews have reflected the talents of our various external examiners. These have brought our courses to match those taught in other Universities. The Department has continued to teach those courses it started with in 1978 but has reviewed the content of some courses and included new ones. Local field studies courses are conducted every year for the 100 and 300 level so as to encourage the students cultivate an inquiring mind and to develop skills in the retrieval and Interpretation of geographic data. With the introduction of computers as tools to make the study of geography more effective world-wide, a course in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is now introduced and is made compulsory for both students majoring in Geography in the Social Sciences Faculty and those from the Faculty of Education so that they can make best use of a computer as a system in establishing a geographic database.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS IN BRIEF
The Department of Economics was one of the four foundation departments of the then Faculty of Social Sciences and Administration, which was established in 1977. The Department offers courses leading to bachelors of Science degree in Economics, Master of Science in Economics and Phd Economics. In addition we run Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance as well as Master in Banking and Finance. Also in collaboration with UDUCONS the Department runs Diploma in banking and finance. Looking back to the last four decades, the Department has recorded significant progress, both in terms of student intake as well as staffing. From only 3 students in 1981, the number of graduands rose to 6 in 1982, 117 in 1999, 120 in 2006, 140 in 2013 and 170 by 2020. By the same token, the number of academic staff has equally registered significant improvement, rising from 3 at inception to 28 in 2018 and to 24 by 2020. Out of the total of 24 members of staff, 13 are professors, all of them serving full-time. There are two Senior Lecturers in the Department one of whom is on secondment. As for the remaining members of academic staff (four of whom are on study leave), six of them are on the Lecturer I position, two on Lecturer Il, and one Assistant Lecturer. Our members of staff have achieved both local and international recognition, making frequent contributions in their respective filed of endeavours especially the Nigerian Economic Society.

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