Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

HAU 101 — Introduction to Hausa people and the Language

HAU department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain the origin and oral history of Hausa people and the attendant relationship with other Chadic language family members; and
• explain the history of Hausa orthography and the general development of Hausa language on the basis of its genetic typology and aerial scholarship

Course contents

This course introduces the students to the Hausa people, their Language, their origin and their migration in oral and written history, as well as their relationship to other peoples in Nigeria and Africa. The Language component includes: introduction to the orthography and the history of the orthography.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study HAU 101.

More HAU courses

• HAU 102 · Introduction to Hausa Verbal System
• HAU 103 · Introductory Grammar
• HAU 104 · Orthography of Hausa
• HAU 105 · Survey of Hausa Poetry
• HAU 106 · Introduction to Linguistics
• HAU 107 · Introduction to Narratology
• HAU 108 · Introduction to Drama
• HAU 109 · Pre-Danfodio Literature
• HAU 203 · Hausa Phonology
• HAU 204 · Morphology of Hausa
• HAU 205 · Hausa Sentence Structure
• HAU 206 · Introductory Ajami