The principal objective of the academic programme of the department is to produce graduates in the field of Demography and Social Statistics who can make effective contribution to population and manpower development in the country. The specific objectives of the programme are:

• To expose students to world-wide discussions of population problems in the context of development planning and of alternative courses of action, thereby giving them a balanced view of the situation.



• To make the students well equipped with tools of demographic analysis and to acquire a sound knowledge of the application of Statistics to diverse social problems in their environment, in everyday decision-making, development planning and project execution in the private and public sectors of the economy.



• To enable students fill the need for manpower in the various sectors of the Nigerian economy where statistically and computerisationally oriented personnel is increasingly needed.

A highlight of the programme is the inclusion in the final year programme of a research paper based mainly on small scale field investigation and aimed at putting into use the knowledge acquired in the various courses on the design and analysis of social investigation. During the second year, students are advised to take the relevant computer courses aimed at making them well equipped for data analysis in the research paper and in meeting demand in the modern economic system.