The Faculty of Arts was one of the Faculties established in 1982/83 session and started with two Departments, namely, English and Literary Studies and History (whose nomenclature changed to History and International Studies in 2002/2003 academic session). The Faculty now has seven Departments with fully accredited programmes as listed in 2 below. English and Literary Studies, French, History and International Studies, Linguistics and Nigerian Languages (Linguistics and Yoruba), Philosophy, Religious Studies (with options in Christian Religious Studies, Arabic Studies and Islamic Religious Studies) and Theatre and Media Arts. The Faculty has a functional digital state-of-the- art Language Laboratory that serve English, French, Yoruba, Linguistics and Arabic.

            List of Academic Programmes

The Faculty now has seven Departments which provide, in addition to the traditional subjects, an appropriate platform to mount courses in General Studies for the entire University. These Departments are:

(a)        English and Literary Studies

(b).      French

(c)        History and International Studies

(d)       Linguistics and Nigerian Languages

(e)        Philosophy

(f)        Religious Studies (Christian Religious Studies, Arabic Studies and Islamic Religious                    Studies)

(g)       Theatre and Media Arts

Situation Analysis

The Faculty has ten (10) undergraduate academic programmes which cut across the seven departments in the Faculty.

Accreditation Status of Courses in the faculty

1. Number of Programmes: – 10
2. Title of Programmes and Accreditation Status: –