JAMB And WAEC Subject Combination for Linguistics

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What are the JAMB subject combination for Linguistics for 2023/2024? If you are really interested in knowing the JAMB as well the O level (WAEC) subject combination required to study Linguistics under the faculty of Arts and Humanities then it may please you to know that we have covered JAMB and WAEC subject combination for Linguistics here in this post you are currently reading.

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To make this official, this is a notice to inform all JAMB and WAEC candidates who will be sitting for the upcoming JAMB examination that JAMB subject combination for Linguistics has been released by the management of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Keep in mind that the JAMB subject combinations as well as the o level (WAEC) requirements mentioned on this post are only meant for Linguistics under the faculty of Arts and Humanities.

JAMB Subject Combination For Linguistics

The required JAMB subject subject combination for Linguistics are:

Any Language and two other subjects.

Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks

(i) UNIBEN accepts two Arts subjects and any other subject.

(ii) UNIZIK and UNILORIN require one Arts subject and any two subjects from Arts/Social Sciences.

(iii) ABSU accepts one Arts and two other subjects.

(iv) UNIUYO requires Literature in English and any other two Arts or Social Science subjects.

(v) UI requires any language (preferably an African Language) and/or English Literature and/or at least one other Arts subject or Social Science subject

(vi) BSU and KWASU require Literature in English plus any other two subjects

(vii) UNIOSUN accepts any three Arts subjects.

WAEC (O Level) Subject Requirements For Linguistics

The list of compulsory WAEC subjects required for Linguistics under the faculty of are as follows:

Five SSCE credit passes including English Language.

Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks

(i) UNIBEN requires SSCE credit passes in Literature in English, one Arts subject and at least a pass in Mathematics.

(ii) UI and UNILORIN require ‘O’ level credit passes in Arts and Social Sciences. UNILORIN requires at least one Nigerian Language) or Lit. in English and one other Art subject. UNILORIN accepts Science subject.

(iii) UNIOSUN and UNIUYO require credit pass in Literature in English.

(iv) UNILAG requires five ‘O’ level credits to include English Language, Mathematics and three other subjects from Arts or Social Sciences. A credit pass in one Nigerian Language will be an advantage.

(v) UI requires 5 or 6 ‘O’ level credit passes at one or two sittings to include English Language, Arts and any other two subjects. Credit passes in African language and Mathematics will be an advantage.

(vi) UNILORIN requires O credit passes in Arts and Social Sciences. Also requires at least one Nigerian Language or Literature in English and one other Arts subjects.

(vii) DELSU requires credit pass in Literature in English.

(viii) UNN – as in Linguistics, Igbo and other Nigerian languages.

(ix) KWASU requires credit passes in English,Literature, Mathematics (Pass), plus any other three Arts/Social Science/Science subjects.

(x) BSU requires five SSCE credit passes in Arts and Social Sciences including Literature in English Language.

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