PROGRAMME PHILOSOPHY
The Master of Laws Programme intends to provide a unique opportunity to students who want to provide their ability in their areas of specialization taking into account to that this programme is purely self-studies where students do concentrate in their areas of specialization. The Programme aims at producing legal experts equipped with good analytical skills to tackle current legal problems arising from the changing nature of society in the third world and other countries in the world in social, economic and political sectors. It is a result oriented programme that enables a candidate to be fully equipped to tackle specified specialized legal problems and issues in various areas and specialties offered by the Faculty of law. The candidate may also with the permission of the Dean of the Faculty opt to do his/her course on traditional subjects under offer.
PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOME
Upon successful completion of this Programme, students will be able to:
- Provide a fundamental knowledge and understanding of the principal features of the legal system
- Enable students to identify, locate and critically appraise legal materials.
- Enable students to apply the principles of law and legal rules to solve and analyze practical problems, and to advise what to do in practical situations.
- Reason logically, supporting the process with authority.
- Provide students with the necessary personal and key skills to enable them to develop as independent, autonomous and reflective individuals
- Develop student’s skills to undertake tasks and carry out independent legal research, and developed communication skills.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
|
Code |
Course Title |
Credit |
|
BCC 131 |
Digital Fluency |
4 |
|
BCC 133 |
Research Methods |
4 |
|
OLW 674 |
Law and history of accountability mechanisms |
4 |
|
OLW 671 |
Principles of international law |
4 |
|
OLW 672 |
International politics and relations |
4 |
|
OLW 673 |
Substantive international criminal law |
4 |
|
OLW 675 |
Contemporary issues in international criminal justices |
4 |
|
OLW 676 |
International criminal courts and tribunal process and procedures |
4 |
|
OLW 677 |
Dissertation |
8 |
|
Level 600 I |
||
FIRST SEMESTER |
||
Code
|
Course Description |
Credits
|
|
BCC 131 |
Digital Fluency |
4 |
|
BCC 133 |
Research Methods |
4 |
|
OLW 674 |
Law and history of accountability mechanisms |
4 |
TOTAL |
12 |
|
Code |
Course Description |
Credits |
SECOND SEMESTER |
||
|
OLW 671 |
Principles of international law |
4 |
|
OLW 672 |
International politics and relations |
4 |
|
OLW 673 |
Substantive international criminal law |
4 |
|
|
Totals |
12 |
FIRST SEMESTER |
||
|
OLW 675 |
Contemporary issues in international criminal justices |
4 |
|
OLW 676 |
International criminal courts and tribunal process and procedures |
4 |
|
OLW 677 |
Dissertation |
8 |
|
|
Totals |
16 |
PROGRESSION AND GRADUATION
- To progress from semester to semester, a student is required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50
- A student shall be allowed to repeat a course until he/she has passed the paper so far as she is within the GPA of not less than 2.50
- Courses designated as pre-requisites to more advanced courses must be passed before the latter courses are offered.
- A student, after successful completion of a semester, can, upon written application giving reasons and after approval has been granted defer and continue in the appropriate semester.
- Students shall also participate in live virtual streaming lectures and virtual classrooms and where necessary avail themselves on campus for the face to face intermittent programs
- Must fulfill four times mandatory visit to the university within the period of study
- Students shall pass a minimum of 48-course credits and a maximum of 56-course credits to be eligible for graduation
Programme Requirements | Credit Hours | Minimum for Graduation Must take and pass |
Mandatory Courses | 40 | 32 |
Elective Courses | 8 | 8 |
Dissertation | 8 | 8 |
Maximum Credit required | 56 | 48 |
Minimum Credit Pass for graduation | 48 | 48 |