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The Department of Statistics at Nasarawa State University, Keffi strives to give to the students a high-quality education. The department offers BSc. degree Statistics. The different areas in Statistics further provide concentration in sub-areas that students may choose from depending on their interest. The department serves the needs of the students throughout Nigeria by offering programmes that prepare them with applied knowledge and practical skills in Statistics. It also promote critical thinking, creative problem solving and helps them develop effective communication and entrepreneurial skills.
As part of this mission, the lecturers engage in applied, integrative, collaborative and
Programmes
- Ph.D. Statistics
- M.Phil./Ph.D. Statistics
- M.Sc. Statistics
- PGD Statistics
- B.Sc. Statistics
pedagogical scholarship. Statistics, of course is at the core of humanities, science and the bedrock of scientific development. The BSc. degree programme in Statistics is designed with core courses provide breadth and depth in the field together with well-structured applied component. The programme includes courses in mathematics, physics, computer science as well as general education requirement in the humanities with core statistics courses that provide depth and breadth in the field. The programme has a large applied component in areas such as the industry.
Core courses for the BSc programme in Statistics include Operations research, Descriptive Statistics, Inference Theory, Probability, Econometrics, Biometrics, Demography, Regression Analysis, Bayesian Theory, Statistical Quality control, Biostatistics, Statistical inference etc. The programme has a large applied component.
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The curricular of the Department of Statistics is designed to provide the student the opportunity to prepare him/herself for specialized professional studies.
These curricular leads to the honours degree of Bachelor of Sciencesat the end of four years of studies.
The programmes are so designed to provide solid academic background knowledge for higher degrees if so desired. The program has a lot of inter-relationships with Mathematics and Computer Science in the first two years of study
The Department places special emphases on the practical components, projects and industrialattachment for all the students in general.
The Department of Statistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi has set for itself the following objectives:
- To accomplish outstanding research in Statistics and their applications which are fundamental and useful to scientific development.
- To provide an excellent education in Statistics for undergraduate students that is of the highest international standards
- To recognize and respond to the changing needs of the society through specific high quality research, teaching programmes and initiatives
- To instill in students a sense of enthusiasm for Statistics, an appreciation of its application in different areas and to involve them in an intellectually stimulating and satisfying experience of learning and studying.
- To provide students a broad and balanced foundation in statistics knowledge and practical skills in statistics , mathematics and computer science
- To develop in students the ability to apply their Statistics knowledge and skills to the solution of theoretical and practical problems in statistics.
- To develop in students through an education in Statistics, a range of transferable skills of value in Statistics related and non-statistics related employment.
- To provide students with knowledge and skills base from which they can proceed to further studies in specialized areas of statistics or multi-disciplinary areas involving statistics
- To generate in students an appreciation of the importance of statistics in an industrial and economics environment.
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Departmental Board
The Departmental Board is made up of all lecturers in the Department except Graduate Assistant with the Head of Department as the Chairman. The Departmental Board organizes and controls the teaching of all courses in the Department and the examination held in those courses.
Entry Requirements
Five O/Level credits in English Language, Mathematics and three subjects from Physics, Statistics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Economics and Geography.
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Mathematics and any two of Physics, Chemistry and Economics
English Language
English Language
Staff Profile
| S/No | Name | Rank | Institutional E-mail |
| 1 | Nweze Nwaze Obini | Professor | nwezenobini@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 2 | Adenomon Monday Osagie | Senior Lecturer | adenomonmo@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 3 | Adehi Mary Unekwu | Senior Lecturer | maryunekwu@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 4 | Chaku Shammah Emmanuel | Lecturer I | chakuse@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 5 | Maijama'a Bilkisu | Lecturer I | maijamaab@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 6 | Alhaji Ismail Suleiman | Lecturer I | ismaelsulaiman@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 7 | Ahmed Ibrahim | Lecturer I | ahmadibrahim@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 9 | Idris Muhammed Umar | Lecturer II | ----- |
| 10 | Abubakar Muhammad Auwal | Lecturer II | abalkafawi1@nsuk.edu.ng |
| 11 | Saidu Yahaya Rabo | Graduate Assistant | ----- |
| 12 | Audi Najib Isyaku | Graduate Assistant | ----- |
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