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1. Brief History of the Department
The Humanities Department started first as one of the Departments in the School of General Studies in the Polytechnic which then was made up of three departments as follows: Social Sciences, Maths/Statistics and Humanities. The department dates back as far as the Polytechnic itself which started in 1978. This is because it is one of the departments that started with the Polytechnic when it was called College of Technology, Owerri, then situated at Government Technical College (GTC) Owerri with an initial intake of Two hundred and Fifty (250) students which later moved to its present site at Nekede in October 1980. The School of General Studies was later renamed in 2002 by Engr. Onyekwere Nwankwo, the then Rector, as the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. In the 90s, the Department of Humanities was running an in-service certificate/advanced certificate courses in Mass Communication where all the radio, television and newspaper crew were involved in. It was from there that the Mass Communication Department was eventually carved out.
The department is made up of three disciplines thus: English, French and Igbo. The department services other departments in the Polytechnic.
2. Programmes in the department
The courses offered in the Department for the entire school are as follows:
S/No | Course Title | Course Code | Level & Semester |
1. | Use of English I | GNS 101 | ND 1 First Semester |
2. | Communication in English | GNS 102 | ND 1 2nd Semester |
3. | Use of English II | GNS 201 | ND II First Semester |
4. | Communication in English | GNS 202 | ND II 2nd Semester |
5. | Use of English III | GNS 301 | HND 1 First Semester |
6. | Communication in English III | GNS 302 | HND 1 2nd Semester |
7. | Communication in English IV | GNS 401 | HND II First Semester |
8. | Literary Appreciation IV | GNS 402 | HND II 2nd Semester |
Entry requirements.
Credit Passes in 5 courses
Maths
English
Basic science subject (Agric/Biology/Physics/Chemistry)
Any other 2 social sciences (Literature in English, Commerce, Geography, Igbo, Economics, C.R.S, History, Government, FineArts)
3. Records of the Past Heads of the Department
Find below, the list of heads of the Department of Humanities from inception to the present period.
Dr. C. E. Nnolim
Dr. (Mrs.) Rose Acholonu
Dr. Aloy C. Nwogugu
Rev. M. U. Unamba
Mrs. Rose C. Anyahuru
Dr. Obasi Oko
Elder C. I. Ijioma
Mrs. Uju Nwaogu
Dr. N. C. Anumihe
Mr. Ukoha M. U.
Mr. N. A. C. Emerenini
Dr. Mrs Ngozi Nwigwe
Mrs. I. C. Nwachukwu
14 Mrs. Ada Onyebuenyi
Barr. Mrs. C. Toni-Duruaku
Dr. (Mrs.) Basilia Igbokwe
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