Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

YOU 102 — Introduction to the History of the Yorùbá People

YOU department course · Nigerian universities

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

• access adequate information on the origin of the Yorùbá people, migration issues, kingship related issues, among others
• explain, in details, the rise and fall of the major Yorùbá kingdoms
• analyse the historical data, from both oral and written sources; and
• discuss the trends of scholarship in the language, literature and culture

Course contents

The oral and written history of the Yorùbá people, with the various historical sources, the social, economic, political, administrative, diplomatic and military history. History of the people with particular reference to the rise and fall of the major kingdoms. Analysis of the Yorùbá kingdoms.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study YOU 102.

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• YOU 203 · Morphology of Yorùbá Language
• YOU 204 · Syntax of Yorùbá Language I
• YOU 301 · Phonology of Yorùbá Language II
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