Message from the Head of Department

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Department of Animal Science and Fisheries, National Open University of Nigeria. This handbook contains the rules and regulations governing the undergraduate programmes in the Department of Animal Science and Fisheries. The information contained in it is necessary for students’ registration, choice, of course, programme planning, duration of the study and other relevant information that will help the students during their stay in the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). It also contains a brief history of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Department of Animal Science and Fisheries, the SIWES/Farm Practical Year, Laboratory practical, as well as Teaching and Research Farm. The handbook is, therefore, necessary for all students who want to study Animal Science at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

It is my pleasure to therefore recommend this prospectus to all the students of Animal Science and Fisheries, the university community at large and other interested parties. You are welcome to the Department of Animal Sciences and Fisheries.

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