Official NUC CCMAS syllabus
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Add LAW 101 to my StudyOps — free →English Language and the law: principles, standards and issues in law; formality and precision in the use of language and distinctiveness of legal language; legal rhetoric and legal logic; legal reasoning and practical reasoning; legalism; Study Skills for Students of Law; Guided note-taking; Free-note-taking; Note-making from texts; Fundamentals of English Grammar; Reading S kills, (a glossary, index and table of contents. Titles, main and sub -headings.) Scanning; Skimming; Distinguishing main ideas from supporting detail; Anaphora; Inference skills; Writing Skills: presentation, organisation of ideas in writing and tasks rela ted to the study and or practice of law; writing legal letters; summarising a legal text or document; writing a report; writing an essay or examination answer. Law 102: Introduction to Logic (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of the Course, students are expected to: 1. identify the basic features of logic as an academic discipline; 2. identify the main branches of logic in philosophical discourse; 3. describe the elementary rules of reasoning and application to logic; 4. recognise arguments, deduction and induction, truth and validity; 5. extrapolate and deploy expertise in logic to other areas of knowledge; and 6. apply the knowledge and expertise acquired in logic. Course Contents Scope of logic; premises and conclusions. Recognising argu
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study LAW 101.