Department Of Banking Operations (BOP)

GOAL: The Goal of this programme is to produce diplomates who have the basic theoretical and practical competences to perform entry level tasks in a Bank.

OBJECTIVES: At the end of this programme, the student should be able to perform the following tasks in a Bank:

  1. Domestic operations
  2. Customer service
  3. Credit & Marketing
  4. Foreign operations

MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATION: The general entry requirements for the National Innovation Diploma (NID) Banking Operation programme are:

  • Minimum Credit passes in five subjects obtained at maximum of two sittings.
  • The credit passes should compulsorily include English Language and Mathematics, and any three of the following: economics, commerce, principles of accounts, business methods, literature-in-english, government, history, geography, statistics, agric science and biology.

PROGRAMME DURATION:

The NID programme in Banking Operations is structured to run for three semesters of classroom and practical works, and one semester of supervised industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) with relevant financial institutions such as Commercial Banks, Micro-finance institutions, Bureau-de-change, Stock-broking firms

PROPOSED CURRICULUM TABLE   
YEAR I FIRST SEMESTER
S/NCOURSE CODECOURSE TITLECREDIT UNITS
1GNS 111English Language and Communication Skills I2
2CSC 111 Introduction to Computing3
3ENT 111Introduction to Entrepreneurship2
4BOP 111Basic Economics2
5BOP 112Basic Accounting2
6BOP 113Basic Law2
7BOP 114Basic Management2
8BOP 115Fundamentals of Banking2
9BOP 116Bank Domestic Operations3
10BOP 117Bank Software Operations I4
11BOP 118Bank Safety Management2
12IDS 111Rudiments of Christian Life1
TOTAL25
YEAR I SECOND SEMESTER
S/NCOURSE CODECOURSE TITLECREDIT UNITS
1ENT 121Practice of Entrepreneurship2
2GNS 121 English Language and Communication Skills II2
3BOP 121Business Mathematics2
4BOP 122Fundamentals of Marketing2
5BOP 123Macroeconomics2
6BOP 124Business Law2
7BOP 125Bank Foreign Operations2
8BOP 126Bank Software Operations II4
9BOP 127Bank Customer Service4
10BOP 128Basic Credit and Loan Documentation2
11IDS 121Life and times of Archbishop Benson Idahosa1
TOTAL25
YEAR II FIRST SEMESTER
S/NCOURSE CODECOURSE TITLECREDIT UNITS
1BOP 211Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme25
TOTAL25
YEAR II SECOND SEMESTER
S/NCOURSE CODECOURSE TITLECREDIT UNITS
1BOP 221Business Statistics2
2BOP 222Business Accounting2
3BOP 223Business Finance2
4BOP 224Bank Marketing Services4
5BOP 225Banking Laws, Ethics and Best Practices3
6BOP 226Applied Psychometrics in Banking3
7BOP 227Research Project4
8BOP 228Business Correspondence2
9BOP 229Project Reports2
TOTAL24