Communication and Language Arts at the University Of Ibadan (UI) carries an explicit warning that Government and Economics do not count as Arts subjects. That note appears twice and changes how the requirements read.
Literature in English is required at both the O’Level and JAMB stages, and the department sets its screening mark twenty points above the university wide figure.
The sections below cover the O’Level credits, the four JAMB papers, the university cut-off and the departmental cut-off that decides admission to this programme.
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UI Department Of Communication & Language Arts Admission Requirements
O’level Subject Combinations
Candidates who wish to study Communication & Language Arts at the University Of Ibadan (UI) must possess Five ‘O’ Level Credits at one sitting or 6 ‘O’ Level Credits at two sittings to include the English Language, two Arts to include Lit-in-English and any other three or four subjects from Arts, Social Sciences or Science.
[Please note that Government and Economics are not Arts subjects]
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
English Language, Literature in English and any other from Arts, Social Sciences or Science [Please note that Government and Economics are not Arts subjects].
UI JAMB Cut-Off Mark
Generally, For any candidate to be admitted into the University Of Ibadan (UI) for any course at all, the candidate must score 200 and above in jamb. That is to say that the University Of Ibadan (UI) JAMB Cut-Off mark is 200.
UI Department Of Communication & Language Arts Departmental Cut-Off Mark
The UI Department of Communication & Language Arts Departmental Cut Off Mark is 220. That is to say that, Candidates who seek admission to the University Of Ibadan (UI) Department of Communication & Language Arts must score 220 and above in the school UTME Screening exercise.
Government and Economics Will Not Count for UI Communication and Language Arts
The O’Level requirement is five credits at one sitting or six across two sittings, to include English Language and two Arts subjects, one of which must be Literature in English.
The remaining three or four credits may come from the Arts, Social Sciences or Sciences. The bracketed note then narrows what qualifies as an Arts subject for the compulsory pair.
That note matters because Government and Economics are the two papers candidates most often assume are Arts subjects. Offering them in place of a genuine Arts paper will not satisfy the condition.
The JAMB registration is four subjects: English Language, Literature in English and any other from the Arts, Social Sciences or Science, with the same note attached.
The general JAMB cut-off for any course at the University Of Ibadan is 200, while the departmental cut-off for Communication and Language Arts is 220 in the school UTME screening exercise.