Religious & Cultural Studies Course Code

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Do you want to study Religious & Cultural Studies? or if you have gotten admission in the Department of Religious & Cultural Studies, here are what you need to know.

SSCE requirement:

Five (5) important credit subject include:

(1) English

(2) Maths

(3) Agriculture (Biology)

(4) Chemistry

(5) Physic

Religious & Cultural Studies is one of the course concern about the study or understanding religious beliefs and behaviours. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives..

Duration of study: 4 years

Note that, all fresh graduate from senior secondary school, by any means of processing admission either through JAMB, etc. to study Religious & Cultural Studies at any Polytechnic, College of Education and University of your choice, the prerequisite that determines your eligibility for admission is a subject combination of Religious & Cultural Studies Course.

JAMB – Subject Combination

Religious & Cultural Studies. – English, Hausa, CRK, Literature

The above subjects are the key requirement to be registered during the jamb admission registration form.

Meanwhile, If you are a newly admitted students, the area of concentration is what we are looking at in this article.

The list of courses you need to study as a first-year or fresh students in any tertiary institution include:

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FIRST SEMESTER, YEAR TWO

S/NO	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
1.	RCS 200.1	African Symbolism & Iconography	2
2.	RCS 201.1	Indigenous Religions of Africa: Data & Interpretation 1	2
3.	RCS 202.1	Religion, Culture & Human Relations in Africa	3
4.	RCS 203.1	Islam: Origin and General History	2
5.	RCS 204.1	African Culture and Technological Development	2
6.	RCS 205.1	Preliminary Arabic (Optional Elective)	3
7.	RCS 206.1	Cultural Tourism Planning and Community Development	2
8.	Elective (Compulsory)	From either Humanities or Social Sciences	3
	Total		19

SECOND SEMESTER, YEAR TWO

S/NO	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
1.	RCS 207.2	Religion, Myths and Cultural Patterns in Africa	3
2.	RCS 208.2	Stratification and Caste System in Africa	2
3.	RCS 209.2	Religion & Ethnicity in Africa	2
4.	RCS 210.2	Christianity: Origin and General History	2
5.	RCS 211.2	Foundations of Sociology of Religion	3
6.	RCS 212.2	Religion and Ethics in Africa	3
7.	RCS 213.2	Sources of Islam	2
8.	RCS 2C8.2	Community Service	1
9.	Elective	From Either Humanities or Social Sciences	3
	Total		21

Total Credit Units for Year Two 40

FIRST SEMESTER, YEAR THREE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS	Remarks
1.	RCS 300.1	Theories of Religion	3
2.	RCS 301.1	History of Christianity in West Africa	3
3.	RCS 302.1	Islamic Doctrines and Theology	2
4	RCS 303.1	Research Methodology	3
5.	RCS 304.1	Religion, Culture and Gender Studies in Africa	2
6.	RCS 305.1	Indigenous Religions in Africa: Data and Interpretation II (Elective)	2
7.	RCS 306.1	Biblical Hebrew I (Optional Elective)	2
8.	GES 101.1	Introduction to Computer	2
		Total	19

SECOND SEMESTER YEAR THREE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS	Remarks
1.	RCS 307.2	Christian Doctrines and Theology	2
2.	RCS 308.2	Religion and Socio-Political Institutions in Africa	2
3.	RCS 309.2	History of Islam in West Africa	3
4.	RCS 310.2	Religion, Family and Kinship in Africa (Optional Elective)	2
5	RCS 311.2	New Testament Studies: The Four Gospels	3
6.	RCS 312.2	Islamic Fundamentals	2
7.	RCS 313.2	Religion and National Development	2
8.	RCS 314.2	New Testament Greek 1 (Optional Elective)	2
9.	RCS 315.2	Biblical Hebrew II (Optional Elective)	2
10.	GES 300.1	Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship	2
		Total	22

Total Credit Units for Year Three 41

FIRST SEMESTER YEAR FOUR

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS	Remarks
1.	RCS 400.1	Modern Development in Islam	2
2.	RCS 401.1	Modern Developments in Christianity in Africa	2
3.	RCS 402.1	Issues in Religion and The Macro- Society	2
4	RCS 403.1	Philosophy of Religion	3
5.	RCS 404.1	Christian Ethical Teachings OR	3
5.	RCS 405.1	Islamic Ethical Teachings	3
6.	RCS 406.1	New Testament Greek II (Optional Elective)	2
7.	RCS 407.1	Religious Tourism and Pilgrims Management	2
		Total	16

SECOND SEMESTER YEAR FOUR

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS	Remarks
1.	RCS 408.2	Religion, Science and Secularism	3
2.	RCS 409.2	Issues In Religion and Intercultural Relations Management (Optional)	2
3.	RCS 410.2	African Medicine and Health Management	2
4	RCS 411.2	New Testament Studies: The Acts and Epistles	3
5.	RCS 412.2	Modern Developments in the Indigenous Religions of Africa and the Diaspora	2
6.	RCS 413.2	Religion, Conflict and Peace Building	3
7.	RCS 414.2	Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development	2
8.	RCS 415.2	Long Essay	6
		Total	23

Total Credit Units for Year Four 38

Total number of credits required for graduation is a minimum of 120 credits

S/NO.	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE
1.	FC. 001.1	Use of English
2.	FC. 003.1	Introduction to Political Science (Government/History)
3.	FC. 004.1	Introduction to Religious Studies (CRK/IRK)
4.	FC. 005.1	Introduction to Economics
5.	FC. 006.1	Introduction to Foreign Languages (French)
6.	FC. 009.1	Literary Appreciation (Literature in English)
		SECOND SEMESTER (DEPARTMENTAL COURSES)
7.	RCS 001.2	Introduction to Religion and Culture
8.	RCS 002.2	Introduction to Indigenous Religion in Nigeria
9.	RCS 003.2	Introduction to History of Christianity
10.	RCS 004.2	Introduction to History of Islam
11.	RCS 005.2	Introduction to Old Testament Studies
12.	RCS 006.2	Introduction to New Testament Studies

COURSE STRUCTURE FOR PRE-DEGREE PROGRAMME FIRST SEMESTER COURSES (FOUNDATION COURSES)

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	GES 103.1	Nigerian Peoples and Culture	2
2.	GES 104.1	History and Philosophy of Science	2
3.	SOC 102.1	Introduction to Sociology	3
4.	RCS 100.1	Peoples and their Religions	3
Total			10

COURSE STRUCTURE AND CREDIT UNITS FOR PART TIME PROGRAMME (CCE) FIRST TERM, YEAR ONE

SECOND TERM, YEAR ONE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	HDS 100.2	Major World Civilizations	3
2.	RCS 101.2	Introduction to Religious and Cultural Studies	3
3.	GES 100.2	Communication Skills in English	3
4.	GES 102.2	Introduction to Logic and Philosophy	2
Total			11

THIRD TERM YEAR ONE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 102.3	Inter-Cultural Communications	2
2.	RCS 103.3	Indigenous Religions of West Africa: A Comparative Survey	3
3.	RCS 104.3	Old Testament Studies: Introduction and History	3
4.	RCS 105.3	Religious Problems and Culture Change	2
5.	RCS 106.3	Nigerian Culture and Cultural Tourism Policy	2
Total			12

Total credit units for year one 33

FIRST TERM, YEAR TWO

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 200.1	African Symbolism & Iconography	2
2.	RCS 201.1	Indigenous Religions of Africa: Data & Interpretation 1	2
3.	RCS 202.1	Religion, Culture & Human Relations in Africa	3
4.	RCS 203.1	Islam: Origin and General History	2
5.	RCS 204.1	African Culture and Technological Development	2
6.	RCS 205.1	Preliminary Arabic (Optional Elective)	3
Total			14

SECOND TERM YEAR TWO

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 206.2	Cultural Tourism Planning and Community Development	2
2.	Elective	From either Humanities or Social Sciences	3
3.	RCS 207.2	Religion, Myths and Cultural Patterns in Africa	3
4.	RCS 208.2	Stratification and Caste System in Africa	2
5.	RCS 209.2	Religion & Ethnicity in Africa	2
Total			12

THIRD TERM YEAR TWO

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1	RCS 210.2	Christianity: Origin and General History	2
2.	RCS 211.2	Foundations of Sociology of Religion	3
3.	RCS 211.2	Religion and Ethics in Africa	3
4.	RCS 212.2	Sources of Islam	2
5.	RCS 2C8.2	Community Service	1
6.	Elective	From Either Humanities or Social Sciences	3
Total			14

Total Credit Units for Year Two 40

FIRST SEMESTER, YEAR THREE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 300.1	Theories of Religion	3
2.	RCS 301.1	History of Christianity in West Africa	3
3.	RCS 302.1	Islamic Doctrines and Theology	2
4.	RCS 303.1	Research Methodology	3
5.	RCS 304.1	Religion, Culture and Gender Studies in Africa	2
Total			13

SECOND TERM YEAR THREE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1 .	RCS 305.2	Indigenous Religions in Africa: Data and Interpretation II (Elective)	2
2 .	RCS 306.2	Biblical Hebrew I (Optional Elective)	2
3 .	GES 101.2	Introduction to Computer	2
4 .	RCS 307.2	Christian Doctrines and Theology	2
5 .	RCS 308.2	Religion and Socio-Political Institutions in Africa	2
6 .	RCS 309.2	History of Islam in West Africa	3
		Total	13

THIRD TERM YEAR THREE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 310.3	Religion, Family and Kinship in Africa (Optional Elective)	2
2	RCS 311.3	New Testament Studies: The Four Gospels	3
3.	RCS 312.3	Islamic Fundamentals	2
4.	RCS 313.3	Religion and National Development	2
5.	RCS 314.3	New Testament Greek 1 (Optional Elective)	2
6.	RCS 315.3	Biblical Hebrew II (Optional Elective)	2
7.	GES 300.1	Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship	2
Total			15

Total Credit Units for Year Three 41

FIRST TERM YEAR FOUR

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 400.1	Modern Development in Islam	2
2.	RCS 401.1	Modern Developments in Christianity in Africa	2
3.	RCS 402.1	Issues in Religion and The Macro-Society	2
4	RCS 403.1	Philosophy of Religion	3
5.	RCS 404.1	Christian Ethical Teachings OR	3
5.	RCS 405.1	Islamic Ethical Teachings	3
		Total	12

SECOND TERM YEAR FOUR

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 406.2	New Testament Greek II (Optional Elective)	2
2.	RCS 407.2	Religious Tourism and Pilgrims Management	2
3.	RCS 408.2	Religion, Science and Secularism	3
4.	RCS 409.2	Issues In Religion and Intercultural Relations Management (Optional)	2
5.	RCS 410.3	African Medicine and Health Management	2
6.	GES 400.2	Entrepreneurship Project	2
		Total	13

THIRD TERM YEAR FOUR

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 411.3	New Testament Studies: The Acts and Epistles	3
2.	RCS 412.3	Modern Developments in the Indigenous Religions of Africa and the Diaspora	2
3.	RCS 413.3	Religion, Conflict and Peace Building	3
4.	RCS 414.3	Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development	2
Total			12

Total Credit Units for Year Four 35

YEAR FIVE

S/NO	COURSE NO	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT UNITS
1.	RCS 415.3	Long Essay	6
Total			6

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