OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY,  P.M.B 4494, OSOGBO NIGERIA

AMENDED ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2013/2014 ACADEMIC SESSION, IKIRE CAMPUS 

 RAIN SEMESTER, 2013/2014 SESSION

Wednesday 17th December, 2014 - Re-opening and resumption for payment of reparation, signing of undertaking and processing of clearance
Monday 5th – Saturday 10th January, 2015 - Revision
Monday 12th – Saturday 24th January, 2015 - Rain Semester Examination for all levels
Monday 26th January – Saturday 14th February 2015 - Project defense for Final Year Students/Computation of Students’ Results
Monday 16th – 18th February, 2015 - Consideration of Results by Departments/Faculty
Thursday 19th February, 2015 - Consideration of Results by Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors 

OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY,  P.M.B 4494, OSOGBO NIGERIA

REVISED ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2013/2014 ACADEMIC SESSION AND
CALENDAR FOR 2014/2015 ACADEMIC SESSION 

 RAIN SEMESTER, 2013/2014 SESSION (AMENDED)

OCTOBER 2014

Monday, 13th October: Management Meeting
Tuesday, 14th October: Academic Board of (Agriculture; Education; Health Sciences and Law)

Wednesday, 15th October: Academic Board (Science, Engineering and Technology, Management and Social Sciences, Humanities and Culture)

Tuesday, 21st October: Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors for Consideration of all Results
Tuesday, 21st October: Project Defence for Final Year Students (Deadline for submission for all students)

Monday 27th, October: Special Meeting of Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors (Results consideration)
Tuesday, 28th October: Business Committee of Senate
Wednesday, 29th October: Congregation Meeting
Thursday, 30th October: Senate for Consideration of all Results
Friday, 31st October: End of 2013/2014 Academic Session

CALENDAR FOR 2014/2015 ACADEMIC SESSION

HARMATTAN SEMESTER, 2014/2015 SESSION

NOVEMBER 2014
Monday 3rd – Sunday, 23rd November Opening of E-portal for registration and Payment of fees for all Stalites

Wednesday, 5th November Academic Board (Agriculture, Education, and Law)
Thursday, 6th November Academic Board (Sciences, Management and Social Sciences)

Friday, 7th November Academic Board (Health Sciences, Engineering, Humanities)
Monday, 10th November Resumption for all students/Commencement of lectures for Stalites

Monday, 10th - Saturday, 30th November - Opening of e-portal for registration and payment of fees for Freshers
Monday, 10th November Management Meeting
Friday, 14th November University Research Committee

Friday, 14th November Ceremonial Committee
Monday, 17th November Management Meeting
Tuesday, 18th November Library Committee
Wednesday, 19th November Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Thursday, 20th November Academic Planning Sub-Committee
Monday, 24th November Colloquium (Staff/Students)
Tuesday, 25th November Business Committee of Senate
Thursday, 27th November Senate

DECEMBER 2014
Monday 1st – Sunday 14th December - Late Registration for Freshers
Tuesday 2nd –Thursday 4th December Orientation for Freshers
Monday, 10th December Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Wednesday, 17th December Business Committee of Senate
Friday, 19th December Special Senate Meeting
Wednesday 24th December – Sunday, 4th January End of the Year Break

JANUARY 2015
Monday, 5th January Resumption from End of Year Break
Wednesday, 7th January Matriculation
Monday, 19th January Management Meeting
Tuesday, 20th January Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors

Wednesday, 21st January Ceremonial Committee
Thursday, 22nd January Business Committee of Senate
Friday, 23rd January Board of Postgraduate Studies
Wednesday, 28th January Appointments and Promotions Committee (Academics)
Thursday, 29th January Senate
Friday, 30th January Appointments and Promotions Committee (Admin and Technical)

FEBRUARY 2015
Monday, 2nd February Management Meeting

Tuesday, 3rd February Board of Postgraduate Studies
Wednesday, 4th February Academic Planning Sub-Committee
Thursday, 5th February University Research Committee
Thursday, 5th February Colloquium (Staff/Students)
Friday, 6th February Development Committee
Monday, 9th – Friday, 13th February Revision Week
Monday, 16th February – Monday, 6th March 2014/2015 Harmattan Semester Examinations
Monday, 16th – 20th March General Studies Examinations
Wednesday, 18th February Appointments and Promotions Committee (Academic)
Thursday, 19th February Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Monday, 23rd February Business Committee of Senate
Tuesday, 24th February Appointments and Promotions Committee (Admin. and Technical)
Wednesday, 25th February Matriculation
Wednesday, 25th February Board of Postgraduate Studies
Thursday, 26th February Senate
Friday, 27th February Academic Planning Sub-Committee

MARCH 2015
Monday, 2nd March Management Meeting
Monday, 2nd March Academic Board (Agriculture, Education and Law)
Tuesday, 3rd March Academic Board (Health Sciences, Engineering and Humanities).
Tuesday, 3rd March University Research Committee
Tuesday, 3rd March Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Wednesday, 4th March Ceremonial Committee
Wednesday, 4th March Business Committee of Senate
Thursday, 5th March Academic Board (Science, Management and Social Sciences)
Friday, 6th March Library Committee
Friday, 6th March End of 2014/2015 Harmattan Semester Examination

Monday, 9th March – Friday, 3rd April 2014/2015 Harmattan Semester Break

Monday, 16th March Board of Postgraduate Studies
Tuesday, 17th March Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Wednesday, 18th March Finance Sub-Committee
Thursday, 19th March Appointments and Promotions Committee (Academic)
Thursday, 19th March Inaugural Lecture
Friday 20th March Development Committee
Friday, 20th March Business Committee of Senate
Tuesday, 24th March Appointments and Promotions Committee (Admin. and Technical)

Thursday, 26th March Senate

APRIL 2015

Wednesday, 1st April Security Committee
Thursday, 2nd April Academic Board (Science, Management and Social Sciences)
Friday, 3rd April Board of Postgraduate Studies
Friday, 3rd April Academic Board (Agriculture; Education; and Law)

RAIN SEMESTER 2014/2015
Monday, 6th April Resumption/ Commencement of Lectures for all students
Monday 6th – Friday 17 April E-Registration for all students for Rain Semester 2014/2015
Monday, 6th April Management Meeting
Wednesday, 8th April Academic Planning sub-Committee
Tuesday, 14th April Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Wednesday 15th April Business Committee of Senate
Thursday, 16th April Appointments and Promotions Committee (Admin and Technical)
Monday 20th April Management Meeting
Monday, 20th – 30th April Late Registration with Penalty
Wednesday, 22nd April Appointments and Promotions Committee (Academic)

Thursday, 23rd April Senate

MAY 2015

Friday, 1st May May Day
Monday, 4th May Management Meetin
Tuesday, 5th May Faculty Board (Health Sciences; Engineering; Humanities and Cultures)

Wednesday, 6th May Security Committee
Thursday, 7th May Faculty Board (Science, Management and Social Sciences).
Thursday, 7th May Ceremonial Committee

Friday, 8th May Faculty Board (Agriculture; Education; and Law)
Monday, 11th May Management Meeting
Monday, 11th May Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Tuesday, 12th May Academic Planning Sub-Committee
Wednesday, 13th May Business Committee of Senate
Thursday, 14th May Board of Postgraduate Studies
Friday, 15th May Appointments and Promotions Committee (Academics)
Monday, 18th May Management Meeting
Tuesday, 19th May University Research Committee
Thursday, 21st May Appointments and Promotions Committee (Admin and Technical)
Thursday, 27th May Senate

JUNE 2015
Monday, 1st June Management Meeting
Tuesday, 2nd June Finance Sub-Committee
Tuesday, 2nd June Faculty Board (Sciences; Management and Social Sciences
Wednesday, 3rd June Faculty Board (Agriculture; Education; and Law)

Thursday, 4th June Faculty Board (Health Sciences, Engineering & Technology; Humanities and Culture).
Friday, 5th June Library Committee
Monday, 8th June Security Committee
Tuesday, 9th June Colloquium (Staff/Students)
Wednesday, 10th June Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Thursday, 11th June Academic Planning Sub-Committee
Friday, 12th June Development Committee
Friday, 12th June Business Committee of Senate
Monday, 15th June Management Meeting
Tuesday, 16th June Ceremonials Committee
Thursday, 25th June Senate
Monday, 29th June Management Meeting
Monday, 29th June – Friday, 3rd July Revision Week 

JULY 2015
Thursday, 2nd July Inaugural Lecture
Friday, 3rd July Academic Planning Sub-Committee
Monday, 6th July Management Meeting
Monday, 6th July 2014/2015 Rain Semester Examination Commences
Monday, 6th – 24th July 2014/2015 Rain Semester Examination

Monday, 6th – 10th July General Studies Examination

Tuesday, 7th July Faculty Board (Agriculture; Education; and Law
Wednesday, 8th July Faculty Board (Sciences; Management and Social Sciences).
Thursday, 9th July Faculty Board (Health Sciences; Engineering; Humanities and Culture)
Friday, 10th July Ceremonials Committee
Monday, 13th July Academic Planning Sub-Committee
Wednesday 15th July University Research Committee
Thursday, 16th July Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Monday, 20th July Management Meeting
Tuesday, 21st July Development Committee
Wednesday, 22nd July Finance Sub-Committee
Thursday, 23rd July Business Committee of Senate
Thursday, 23rd July Library Committee
Thursday, 30th July Senate

AUGUST 2015
Monday, 3rd August Management Meeting
Tuesday, 4th August Academic Board (Agriculture, Education, and Law)
Wednesday, 5th August Academic Board (Science, Management and Social Sciences).
Thursday, 6th August Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Friday, 7th August Academic Board (Health Sciences, Engineering; Humanities and Culture)
Friday, 7th August Security Committee
Thursday, 13th August Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Friday, 14th August End of Marking of Results of Rain Semester Examination

Tuesday, 18th August Postgraduate Board of Studies
Wednesday, 29th August University Research Committee
Thursday, 20th August Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors for consideration of 2014/2015 Rain Semester Results
Friday, 21st August Academic Planning Sub-Committee
Monday, 24th August Business Committee

Thursday, 27th August Senate
Friday, 28th August Finance Sub-Committee
Monday, 31st August Management Meeting/End of 2014/2015 Session

SEPTEMBER 2015
Tuesday, 1st September Ceremonials Committee
Wednesday, 2nd September Appointments and Promotions Committee (Academic)
Thursday, 3rd September Finance Sub-Committee

Wednesday, 9th September Special Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors
Monday, 14th September Ceremonials Committee
Tuesday, 15th September Business Committee of Senate
Wednesday, 16th September College Board (Agriculture; Education; Health Sciences and Law)
Thursday, 17th September Board of Postgraduate Studies
Thursday, 18th September Appointments and Promotions Committee (Admin and Technical)
Friday, 18th September College Board (Science, Engineering & Technology; Management and Social Sciences; Humanities and Culture).

Friday, 18th September University Research Committee
Monday, 21st September Foundation Day
Monday, 21st – Saturday, 26th September Convocation week
Thursday, 24th September Senate
Friday, 25th September College Board (Agriculture, Education, Health Sciences and Law)

The Department of Anatomy is one of the pioneer departments in the College of Health Sciences, established at the inception of the University in September 2007. It started as one of the thirteen departments involved in the MBBS degree programme of the College and currently runs B. Sc degree in Anatomy which took off in 2012/2013 academic year.

It has the following three units/divisions for teaching and research purposes; Macroscopic Anatomy and Anthropology Unit, Microscopic and Developmental Biology Unit, Comparative and Evolutionary Anatomy Unit. The departmental office with offices of the academic staff is housed in the College of Health Sciences Building in the Main Campus of the University.

The departmental building, located in the State Hospital, Asubiaro (proposed Osun State University Teaching Hospital) houses offices for technical staff of the department, research laboratories for academic staff, teaching laboratories for the various divisions of the department, tutorial rooms and adequate conveniences.

Seminars, conferences, presentations and other research related activities are organized on a regular basis by the department. These include

i. Anatomy Colloquium: This takes place once in an academic session. The department invites a lecturer from within and outside the university to discuss anatomical solutions to disease conditions. Staff and students interact and discuss freely for students to clear any gray area in their course of study. The entire university community is invited to share from the benefit of the programme. It is mandatory for students and staff of the department to attend.
ii. Departmental Guest Lecture: This is a biennial programme, organised to honour notable anatomists from within and outside Nigeria. Chosen anatomist will deliver his guest lecture on a topical issue in anatomy at the time. . It is mandatory for students and staff of the department to attend.
iii. Departmental Seminar/Presentation: These take place once in a month and it is a forum for postgraduate students and academic staff of the department to discuss their research work and anatomy related issues.
iv. Students’ Rap Sessions: These take place once in a semester and it is a forum for undergraduate students of the department to discuss anatomy and anatomy education.
v. Conference/Workshop: The department, from time to time, organises and/or hosts scientific conferences, workshops and anatomy schools. This is worked out by the academic staff in the department through collaborations with colleagues.

Students of the Department offer the same science courses at the 100 level as their counterparts in the College of Science, Engineering & Technology but start to offer courses in the department from 200 level. During the second semester holiday of 300 level, all students in the Department are required to proceed on three-months Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) as part of their graduation requirement.

The academic programme of the Department operates academic curricular that are tailored along the stipulations contained in the National Universities Commission (NUC) Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards.

PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY
Philosophy
The general philosophy of the department is to be involved in producing graduates of high academic standing in medical sciences with adequate practical exposure who can function adequately in the medical education and research processes, complement ancillary laboratory medical services to the greater society and develop entrepreneurial expertise in related disciplines.

Objectives
The objectives of the department include the following:

(a) To teach Anatomy to Medical, Dental, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Sciences students and those of other related disciplines.
(b) To promote anatomy as a subject through research in solving problems in the society.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
UTME Candidates
Candidates seeking admission into B. Sc Anatomy programme through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mode must possess credit passes at Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) conducted by West African Examination Council (WAEC) or National Examination Council (NECO), General Certificate Examination (GCE) at Ordinary Level or its equivalent in Mathematics, English Language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics at not more than two (2) sittings and an acceptable pass mark at the UTME conducted by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Direct Entry Candidates
a. ‘A’ level passes in Chemistry, Physics, Biology/Zoology or related discipline may be accepted for direct entry admission into year two of B. Sc Anatomy programme.
b. Candidates with ND or approved equivalents in Biological Sciences with at least a lower credit may be considered for direct entry into the programme.
c. Medical students who have successfully completed the Basic Medical Sciences programme with a score of “70%” in Human Anatomy in the 300 Level examinations can be admitted into year four for intercalated degree.
Post UTME Screening
All Candidates seeking admission into the University irrespective of their UTME scores shall be required to pass the University post UTME Screening test before being admitted.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
(a) Students shall normally complete registration at the beginning of the semester.
(b) Any addition or deletion from the courses for which a student is formally registered must be made with the consent of the course coordinator.
(c) A student may be allowed to withdraw from a course by the course administrator before a third of lectures have been given. Such a student who withdraws after this time or who fails to sit for examination without reasons acceptable to the appropriate Faculty/College Board shall be deemed to have failed the course. A Grade point of 0F shall be recorded for the student in the course.
(d) Late registration in the course may be allowed with penalty of up to 4 weeks after the commencement of registration.

DURATION OF DEGREE PROGRAMMES
The minimum number of years to be spent for the award of B. Sc Anatomy shall be four years and three years for UTME and direct entry candidates respectively. Registration shall not exceed an additional 50% of the duration of the programme if the student fails to graduate within the minimum number of years.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENT
For the award of B. Sc (Hons) degree in Anatomy, the student must have completed and passed the prescribed compulsory, required and elective courses totaling a minimum of 120 credit units.

DEVELOPMENTAL/RESEARCH CENTRES
A. Bodyform and Wellness Centre (Proposed)

 The Department of Community Medicine is one of the founding Departments of the College of Health Sciences (CHS) since its inception in 2007. The goal of this Department is to contribute to the vision and mission of Osun State University through qualitative and excellent teaching, training and research in Public health.

The Department presently has Dr Adebimpe Wasiu Olalekan as the Acting Head. There are four other lecturers as well as other administrative staff. The Department was part of the good news of full accreditation obtained by the CHS by Nigerian Universities Commission, and the partial accreditation obtained from Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).

The Department gives Introductory Public Health lectures for 200 and 300 level medical students since inception. Students are taken through lectures, demonstrations and field visits. Our 300 level medical students are routinely taken to Ede water works, Osun sate school for the handicapped and abattoirs for visitations.

Each medical student has 3 logbooks for evaluation and teaching;

1. Attendance logbook or evaluation booklet
2. Museum manual
3. Laboratory manual

In 2014 January, the Department passed then NUC re4source verification of the BSc Public Health programme. It is expected that students of BSc Public Health would be admitted into 100 level through JAMB. The Department is also working on submitting a proposal for BSc Environmental Health Sciences to the Senate of the University with the hope of having the NUC resource verification of the programme before the end of June 2014 and subsequent admission of students this year.

Some of our Departmental resources include;

1. A well stocked Public Health museum (recently adjudged to be the best in Nigeria by MDCN accreditation team)
2. A Public Health teaching laboratory with all required accessories, microscopes, reagents among others. The MDCN team was surprised to see 20 new and functional binocular microscopes in a PH laboratory run by a medical school
3. Public Health research laboratory
4. A 30 seater bus to transport students
5. A 4 wheel drive (jeep) for movement to rural areas
6. A data analysis room
7. Seminar room
8. A Public Health demonstration room
9. Adequate and well furnished space for departmental and lecturers office
10. A Departmental side library including an electronic library
11. Multimedia projectors, Public address system and computer sets

The Department has 3 Public Health practising centers for now. These include the rural practice center at Alajue health center, and the urban practice centers at Isale Agbara and Atelewo comprehensive health centers. Our outreaches to Obokun local government, Alajue community and Ipetu-Ile to mention a few are some of the evidence to show that we are linked and in contact touch with communities in the Osun state, and not leaving out our immediate community. The Department also enjoys good working relationship with other departments under CHS.

We currently undertake some departmental level research (ongoing) with focus on

1. Female genital cuttings
2. Diabetes mellitus
3. Antimicrobial resistance

The future is bright. We are well positioned to commence clinical work soonest. The Department also proposes to commence diploma programmes in Public Health, Masters Degree in Public Health and Short tern training in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Management of Public Health programmes. The department is currently working on having a Center for Public Health Education and Research (CEPHER) and an Institute of Public Health under the College of Health Sciences.