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THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM
INTRODUCTION
ISAMS run courses at Pre-Diploma, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate/Post-Graduate and Professional Diploma levels in affiliation with leading universities and bodies in Nigeria. These programmes are both academic and professional in content and orientation.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMMES
The programmes are meant to and have been producing highly skilled professionals in the disciplines of Accounting, Computing and Computer Engineering, and the Social Sciences, capable of making important contributions to national development and the growth of each of these disciplines. In particular, the programmes are to:equip participants with knowledge and skills needed to function as professionals in specialized areas such as Administration (Management), Accounting, Finance, Computer Operations and Engineering, Marketing, Purchasing and Supply, Personnel Management, Secretarial Administration, Public Administration and related fields, based on sound and current IT (information technology) foundation;create in the students a wider consciousness towards enhanced productivity in their chosen fields;equip the participants with the needed professional orientation towards passing the examinations of professional bodies like COAN, CIMN, CIFMAN, CIBN, ICAN, NIM, etc.
The programmes focus on practical and systematic orientation to problem solving and decision making. They blend theory and practice targeted at academic and professional efficiency.
Academic Faculty
ISAMS attracts a cream of highly qualified and experienced academics and professionals drawn from Universities, industrial and commercial organizations located within Lagos and Ogun States.
College Facilities
ISAMS have its corporate office located at No.4, Little Road, Yaba Lagos. Lectures, laboratory and workshop sessions take place in a purpose-built, spacious and conducive premises located in Onike, Yaba Lagos.
COLLEGE REGULATIONS.
ACADEMIC TIME TABLE
The Harmattan and Rain Semester Teaching Time - Table shall be made available to students at the beginning of each Semester to guide them in selecting course, particularly electives, for which they can register. The Harmattan and Rain Semester Examination' Time- Table, however shall be made available to students at least two weeks before the commencement of each examination.
(i)The Senate shall have control and general discretion on all college examinations and shall exercise such powers as may be necessary to discharge these functions.
(ii)Senate shall be responsible for the details of organization and administrative arrangements for all examinations. It shall set up a sub-committee on Examination to assist it in the performance of these functions. The Registrar or his nominee shall be the Secretary to the Sub-committee.
(iii)Subject to the overriding control of Senate exercised through the Senate Committee on Examinations as in (ii) above, College examination shall be conducted by Department Boards of Examiners appointed by Senate on the recommendations of the appropriate College/Department Board.
(iv)Senate shall determine whether any matter is one of the conducts of examination or of the organization and arrangements for examinations.
DATES OF COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS
(i)The dates of all Semester examinations shall be fixed by Senate on the recommendation of the Committee of Rector and HODs. Such dates shall be published in the College Calendar; and once published, shall not be altered except with the express approval of the Senate.
(ii)Examiners must ensure that College examinations are held at the end of each Semester for all courses offered in that Semester and make available to the Head of Department exact sources or any copyrighted materials used in the question papers set by them.
(iii)The question papers must be written legibly or typed personally by the examiner himself on the prescribed forms.
(iv)The course number and title of paper in each subject must conform with the numbers and title in the College Handbook.
The Chief Examiner in each subject shall be responsible for the correctness of the question papers. All corrected proofs must be signed by the Chief Examiner or one of the College Examiners.
Maps, drawing, photographs, sketches and any other materials needed for reproduction in question papers must be in a form, which can be reproduced without notification and must be submitted along with the question papers.
(7)The Examiners are required to strictly preserve the secrecy of question papers at all stages until after the examination. The contents of question papers must not be disclosed to any person other than fellow examiners in the same subject or an official of the College specially appointed to deal with question papers.
(8)The Chief Examiner shall arrange for delivery of marked answer scripts to External Examiners where applicable. On no condition should the scripts be forwarded by post or sent abroad.
(9)The authorized scheme for College Examination is that approved by the Senate and it is the responsibility of the Course Examiner to ensure that this scheme is strictly adhered to.
On the completion of the examination, answer scripts shall be retained by the Head of Department or Chief Examiners.
REGISTRATION FOR COLLEGE EXAMINATION
(10)A candidate for a college examination shall register for such Department for at least one year after the date of Examination after which they may be destroyed, examination in the prescribed entry registration form. The completed registration form must be lodged with the Departmental Officer of the College/ Department to which the student belongs not later than the closing date prescribed for the registration for such courses.
Any candidate who fails to register for examination at the appropriate time as prescribed by the Senate shall not be allowed to take any examination in such courses. Any examination taken
without registration shall be null and void.
(1)Candidate must present themselves at such examination for which they have registered under these regulations .Candidates who fail to do so for reasons other than illness or accident shall be deemed to have failed that examination. Misreading of the Time- table shall not be accepted as a satisfactory explanation for absence.
(2)As a general rule no special examination shall be set for any candidate who fails or is unable to complete any examination but such examination shall be taken at the next available opportunity which may be the following year. The general rule notwithstanding each case shall be considered on its merit.
GUIDELINES FOR CANDIDATES AT COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS
(1)A candidate shall not be allowed during an examination to communicate by word or otherwise with other candidate nor shall he leave his/her place except with the consent of an Invigilator. Should a candidate act in such a way as to disturb or inconvenience other candidates, he/she may, at the discretion of the Invigilator, be excluded from the examination room. Such an action by the Invigilator must also be reported to the Rector.
(2)It shall be an examination offence for any student, staff or any person whatsoever to impersonate a candidate in any College examination. Any student or staff of the College found guilty under this regulation shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate authority of the College.
(3)It shall be an examination offence for any candidate to take onto an examination room or have in his/her possession during an examination any
book or paper or printed or written documents, whether relevant to examination or not, unless specifically authorized to do so. An invigilator has authority to confiscate such documents.
(4)A candidate shall not remove from an examination room any papers, used or unused, except the question paper and such book and papers, if any, as he/she is authorized to take into the examination room.
(5)Candidate shall comply with all direction to candidates set out on an examination answer book or other examination materials supplied to them.
They shall also comply with direction given to them by an Invigilator.
(6) Candidate shall not write on any paper other than the examination answer books. All rough work must be done in the answer book and crossed out
neatly. Supplementary answer books, even if they contain only rough work must be tied inside the main answer books.
(7) When leaving the examination room, a candidate shall not leave his written work on the desk but he shall hand over to an Invigilator. Candidates are responsible for the proper return of their written work.
(8)Smoking shall not be permitted in examination rooms during examination sessions.
(9) Any candidate or staff who attempts in any way to unlawfully have or give a pre-knowledge of an examination question or to influence the marking of Scripts or the award of marks by the College or External Examiner shall be Subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate authority of the College.
EXAMINATION OFFENCES
(1)If any candidate is suspected of cheating, receiving or assisting other candidates or of infringing any other examination regulation, a written report of the circumstances shall be submitted by the Invigilator to the Associate Rector Academics within 24 hours of the examination session. The candidate concerned shall be allowed to continue with the examination.
(2)Any candidate suspected under Regulation (1) above shall be required to submit to the Invigilator written reports immediately after the paper. Failure to make a report shall be regarded as a breach of discipline.
(3)Where the Association Rector (Academics) has reason to believe that the nature of any question or the content of any paper may have become known before the date and time of the examination to any person other than the examiners of the paper, the Board of Examiners and any official of the College authorized to handle the paper, he may order the suspension of the examination or the cancellation of the paper or setting of a new paper and shall report the matter to the Senate. The Associate Rector (Academics) shall take any disciplinary measure against any student or students involved, as he may deem appropriate.
(4)If in the opinion of an Invigilator, circumstances arise which render the examination unfair to any candidate he must report the matter to the Associate Rector (Academics) within 24 hours of the examination.
(5)Where a matter is reported to the Associate Rector (Academics) under regulations 3 & 4 above, he may take such other action(s) as he thinks fit for the purpose of these regulations.
(6)Any candidate or member of the Academic staff may complain to the Associate Rector (Academics) that examination has been improperly conducted. The Associate Rector (Academics) shall investigate the complaint and report the result of his investigation to the Senate which shall take such actions as it may deem appropriate, including withholding of result or deprivation of the award of degree, diploma, etc.
EXAMINATION ACCOMODATION
(1)All College examination shall be held in rooms approved by the Registrar as suitable for the purpose. The rooms shall be prepared as follows;
(i)As much as possible the Registrar shall endeavor to accommodate all candidates who are to write papers in the same course in one room.
(ii)Where all candidates for the same course cannot be seated in one room, and are likely to be split into different rooms, the HOD of the Department must be informed in good time to make arrangement for sufficient number of Invigilators.
(iii)Sitting arrangement shall be standardized and specific distance maintained between one candidate and the other to prevent cheating.
The Registrar shall supply to the invigilator at each examination room the following materials;
- Answer books and other approved writing materials, e.g. drawing papers, square ruled paper and graph.
MEDICAL ATTENTION
The Registrar shall arrange with the Director of Medical and Health Services for at least one of the College Medical Officers to be on call for the purpose of attending to candidates for the whole period of the Examination.
USE OF TYPEWRITER OR DICTATION OF ANSWERS
When a candidate in any college examination, for special medical reasons, desires to use a typewriter to indicate his/her answers, the Registrar shall, after consultation with the Director (Medical and Health Services) arrange for the typing or dictation of his/her answers under supervision at the candidate expense.
APPOINTMENT OF UNIVERSITY EXAMINERS
Examinations for the Diploma of the College shall be conducted by examiners appointed by the Senate on the recommendation of the appropriate Department.
(a)College examiners in each of the Departments within the Faculty shall be appointed annually by the Senate on the recommendation of the Department/ Faculty Board from among the academic staff of the College. An assistant Lecturer shall not normally be appointed an examiner. One of
the College Examiners shall be designated Chief Examiner.
(b)All appointment of college Examiners shall normally be made at the first meeting of Senate of each academic year, provided that Senate, as recommended by the Academic Boards, may ratify such appointment.
(c)In the event of an emergency, the Rector may, on the recommendation of the appropriate HOD of a Department appoint an examiner to fill a vacancy provided always, that such actions are reported to the next Senate meeting for ratification.
FUNCTIONS OF COLLEGE EXAMINERS
(a)The Chief Examiner:
i)Shall be responsible for collection, collation and harmonization of all the segments of a paper/or a Course Examination.
ii)Shall ensure that all questions are coordinated and enough copies duplicated for each course.
iii)Shall arrange for the marking and presentation of the results to Senate in good time.
(b)Other College Examiners:
i)All examiners are to adhere to the timetable for the submission of questions. Draft examination questions are to be submitted to Heads of Departments by Examiners eight (8) Weeks before the beginning of the examination.
ii)Draft examination questions together with model answers and marking Scheme should be submitted to the Head of Department. Head of Department will not accept draft examination questions without model answers and a marking scheme.
iii)Examiners shall proof-read their questions till all corrections have been made, so that corrections will not be in the examination room. A report on corrections made in the examination room shall be made by the senior Invigilator to the examiners Head of Department.
(iv)Examiners shall be present during the first half of the examination and should be available throughout the examination. Examiners should therefore, consult the final time table for information on the place and time for their examinations.
(v)Examiners shall collect their scripts from the Head of the Department.
(vi)The Examiner or his nominee shall sign for any script collected from the Head of Department.
(vii)Examiners shall adhere to the time-table for the submission of examination Grades and attendance at Examiners Board meeting. Examiners are to submit their examination grades to the Head of Department not later than two (2) weeks of the paper being taken.
Duties of Department/Faculty Examination Officers (DEO/FEO)
(i)Department/Faculty Examination Officers should be responsible for ensuring that all arrangement for the College examinations in the Faculty/Department are made.
(ii)They shall be responsible for the preparation of Faculty/Department Examination Time-table, allocation of Examination rooms, and assignment of Invigilators.
(iii)They shall be responsible for the collection of draft examination question for Head of Departments.
(iv)They shall provide assistance in the processing of examination results (calculation of G.P.A).
(v)They shall provide assistance in the preparation of examination result for submission to the faculty/college Examiners Board.
Duties of Examination Attendants
(i)To report once to the Invigilator any unseemly behavior of any candidate.
(ii)To accompany candidates leaving examination room under permission, so as to avoid cheating.
(iii)To run errand on the instruction of the examination Supervisor/ Invigilator.
(iv)To perform such other duties as may assigned from time to time by the chief invigilatoror any other Senior Examination Officer. Under no circumstances should an attendant aid and abet a candidate to cheat during the examinations.
APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF EXTERNAL EXAMINERS
One external from a University of repute shall participate in the conduct of the final year examination of each Diploma programme, and the determination of the overall results in accordance with the general regulation relating to the duties of the external examiner.
FUNCTIONS OF EXTERNAL EXAMINERS
It shall be the duty of the External Examiners, where applicable, to assist in the conduct of the examination for which they have been appointed and in particular:
i)to scruntinize draft question papers and to satisfy themselves that the question papers are appropriate having regard to the approved syllabus for the course being examined and the level of the examination; and to recommend such alteration or modifications to the papers as they may think desirable. All question papers must be signed by the external Examiner,
ii)to mark or revise the marking of scripts in consultation with the Chief Examiner in the subject;
iii)to assess practical or oral test in consultation with the Chief Examiner in the subject;
iv)to participate in the determination of results and to adjudicate in cases of diagreement among College Examiners in consultation with the Chief Examiner;
v)to submit to the Rector, on the following points,
vi)the general standard of the Examination and the performance of the candidates;
vii)the standard of marking by the College Examiners;
viii)a critical appraisal of the conduct of the examination, with suggestions for improvement on future occassions.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS
The Board of examiners of a Colllege shall be constituted as follows:
The Dean of the Faculty as Chairman
The Heads of Departments and all other College approved Examiners in the Faculty.
Where applicable, the relevant External Examiners.
The Functions of the Board of Examiners of a Faculty shall be:
(i)to consider and ratify the marks, and in final examinations, the clasifications recommended by the Department Board of Examiners in respect of graduating students;
(ii)to make recommendations to the Faculty Board for the award of degrees, diplomas and certificates;
(iii)to consider all cases of absence or withdrawal from examinations and to make re-commendations to the Faculty Board;
(iv) to make recommendations to the Faculty Board for the award of distinctions and prizes.
The Department Board of Examiners shall be constituted as follows:
The Chief Examiner (Chairman)
The Exernal Examiner (s) where applicable
All the College Examiners in each paper.
The Function of the Departmental Board of Examiners shall be:
(i)the moderation of al examination questions;
(ii)to consider the marks allotted to candidate for individual course;
(iii) to make recommendation to the Faculty Board of Examiners.
PATTERN OF EXAMINATION
(i)Each course shall be examined at the end course.
(ii)Each course will normally be examined by a theory paper of 1-3 hours in addition to which there may be a pratical paper and /or an oral examination.
(v) MEASUREMENT OF PERFORMANCE
Performance in a course shall be measured in terms of:
(a)The results of prescribed theory and examination and /or
(b)Assessment of essays, pratical exercise and reports prescribed for each course.
(C) RE-SIT EXAMINATIONS
The following guidelines are prescribed for the registration and conduct of re-sit examintions;
(i)That the re-sit examinations for both Harmatan and Rain Semester course be held once a year before the commencement of a new session.
(ii)That a student for re-sit examination should not be allowed to re-sit more than 10 Units, and not more than two courses in any year, except that a student who is unable to take his examinations (some or all) at the regular time may be allowed to exceed the 10 units ceiling subject to the approval of the Senate.
(iii)That a candidate must score not less than 30% in the particular course(s) in which a re-sit is being sought. This however does not apply to candidate taking examinations on special grounds for the first time as noted in (ii) above.
(iv)That student shall pay a fee of N1,500.00 per course for the re-sit examinations. These fees shall be subject to review from time to time as appropriate.
(v)That once a student registers for re-sit examination, it shall be mandatory for him to take the examination. Failure to do so shall earn him/her a zero mark.
(vi)If a student fails a re-sit paper or fail to present himself/herself for a re-sit examination registered for, such a student is deemed to have failed the examination and he/she is expected to register afresh for that course.
REGISTRATION OF STUDENT UNABLE TO GRADUATE DUE
TO SOME OUTSTANDING COURSE.
At the commencement of the session, a student shall through his/her Dean seek a general waiver of the regulations relating to minimum course load of full time studentship if he/she is unable to graduate because of one or two outstanding course. Such a student need not carry minimum full-time studentship load. In cases where the course are few and the circumstances permit the student may register for only one Semester for which he/she would pay fees on pro-rata basis.
FINAL YEAR STUDENTS PROJECT
Deans shall consider the cases of final year students who are unable to graduate because of non-completion and submission of final year projects with a view to dertermining whether student involved in the perparation of the projects would have to register as full-time student whilst working on the project or stay out of campus and receive supervision on the preparation of the project.The senate shall at the beginning of a new session, be informed of the status of All such students by the appropriate Department/Faculty.
ORIENTATION PROGRAMME
There is usually a one-week Orientation Programme, which should be fully attended by all fresh students. It is at this forum that essential and much needed information that will help fresh student to face adequately the challenges of higher institution education and as well understand life in the college will be given wider and fuller coverage; hence it is in every student interent to attend all the various activities scheduled for for the orientation week.
The College recognises also the various interests of students in the area of literary activities and as set forth the following guidelines to regulate such activities.
Publication
(a)Editors of publication and authors of any articles or cartoons that are libelous shall be held responsible for their content and they shall be liable to what ever penalty recommended by the Students Disciplinary Committee, ISAMS Press Council.
(b)Each article or cartoon shall bear the name of the author or a registered pen name. (This pre-supposes that any student writer who wishes to be writing articles under a pen name must register it with the student affairs officer before using it).
Code of Conduct of all students
As a corporate institution, the College accept the reponsibility to create the best congenial atmosphere for the smooth development of its students.The following guidelines are therefore set out for this purpose;
(a)The College expect its students to comport themselves decently and responsibly in public places;
(b)No student shall engage his/her fellow student or any member of the public in physical combat;
(c)The junior staff of the college i.e. messengers, drivers, security men, etc. are
responsible officers of the college and student should not, on any account, insult or assult them. Any student aggrieved by any of the college staff make a reportof such grievance to the student Affairs Officers who shall take the matter up with the appropriate quarters of the College.
(d)The College expects a healthy and decent male/female relationship among students.
(e)In the light of (d) above therefore, no male
visitors shall be found in any female
after10.00 p.m;
(f)Similarly, no female visitors shall be found in any male hostels after 10.00p.m.
(g)No liquor shall be sold or consumed in the college premises before 6.00 pm. Any student who has to drink must do so with moderation and temporance. Any student found drunk or misbehaving under the influence of alcohol either on or off-campus shall be severely disciplined;
(c)The possession and/or comsumption of any dangerous drug is totally prohibited. Any student found contravening this regulation should be summarily dismissed from the college.
(d)Any student found stealing should be severely disciplined in accordance with the College regulations. Those found stealing outside the College premises may be handed over to the law enforcement agencies. The College shall deal FIRMLY and RUTHLESSLY with any reported cases of violation of any of this Code of Conduct.
Student are advised to read this Handbook to give you a full and comprehensive information about the College, its general regulations and the conduct of its academic affairs.
STUDENTS RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS
In order to be able to operate effectively toward achieving their goals in the
College, students are entitled to some undeniable rights. And for the College community at large to be conducive to the attainment of the goals, they too owe it some obligation in exchange for certain privileges that the institution offers you. It is a two-way traffic.
Right:
1.The rigth of membership of the college community.
2.The right to receive tuition in the courses for which you have paid and have been duly registered.
3.The right to be examined in accordance with the approved rules and regulations governing the award of your degree or diploma, and
4.The right to be heard in accordance with the rules governing the fundamental rights of freedom of speech and natural justice.
Privileges:
1.The privileges to use the name of the college for protecting yourselves in all honest and lawful transaction only through the presentation of your students Identity card;
2.The privilege to use the college to enhance the attainment of your ultimate objectives here;
3.The privilege to be certified at the end of your course here only after duly satisfying your examiners and the senate at every stage of process leading to certification;
4.The privilege to enjoy medical care on campus within the affordable limits of the college resources provided; of course, you have duly
registered at the college health center; and
5.The privilege to live in a college assisted Hostel on the payment of the prescribed accommodation fees.
Obligations:
Consequent upon the right and privileges the College is conferring on students as members, they are reciprocally obliged to:
1.Observe the rules and regulations governing academic programmes such as registering for courses as well as for examinations at the appropriate times;
2.Respect and obey constitute authorities of this College;
3.Treat all College properties, either provided for use, or not, with care;
4.Observe every rule and regulation of the college assisted hostels; and
5.Abstain from doing anything whatsoever that can bring the name of the College into disrepute or embarrass its authorities.
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