PHILOSOPHY
The Chemistry programme offers courses leading to the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry. The programme is designed in each case to expose students to all the main branches of chemistry and to emphasize the relationship between the subject and other science and applied science disciplines.
Chemistry is the index of industrial development. The giant strides made by man in the understanding and exploitation of nature, synthesis of new materials essential to the enhancement of the quality of life, and the surge in and sustenance of economic and technological progress have benefited immensely from chemistry. A degree programme in chemistry should foster in the undergraduate an appreciation of the centrality of chemical science to human well-being, as well as its inevitable linkage to, and interactions with, other branches of science.
OBJECTIVES
A degree programme in chemistry should therefore aim to:
(i) Stimulate in the students sustained interest and enthusiasm in chemistry and its applications
(ii) Build in students a culture of continuing enquiry
(iii) Provide students with a broad and balanced base of chemical knowledge and practical skills
(iv) Develop in students a range of skills applied in chemical and non-chemical areas, that can provide confidence for employment
(v) Provide students with a solid base of chemical knowledge and skills that are required for postgraduate studies and research, and
(vi) Inculcate in students an appreciation of chemistry in all human endeavours.