graduate courses in Curriculum, Educational Administration, Sociology of Education, Psychology of Education and Philosophy of Education for Masters and PhD students. Since its inception, the Department of Education employed old timers in education drawn from colleges of education, polytechnics, and teachers with first and second degree working in secondary schools. Among its Heads of Department are Ma'aruf Nuhu Batagarawa, Mani Ahmad, Sunusi Mamman, C. C. Okam, Yahaya Aliyu Sa'idu Kankara, Talatu Ibrahim Umar. Courses offered Below are the list of courses offered by the university according to their respective faculties; Faculty of Humanities Arabic Studies English Language French Language Nigerian Language (Hausa) History Islamic studies Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences Biochemistry Biology Chemistry Industrial Chemistry Computer Science Geography Mathematics Physics Microbiology Faculty of Education Education and Arabic Education and Biology Education and Chemistry Education and Economics Education and English Language Education and Geography Education and Hausa Education and History Education and Islamic Studies Education and Mathematics Education and Physics Faculty of Law Islamic Law Common Law Faculty of Social and Management Science • Accounting • Business Administration • Economics • International Relations • Political Science • Public Administration • Local Government and Development Studies Additional programmes The National Universities Commission has approved for the establishment of fourteen (14) new programmes in the university as follows: Medicine and Surgery (MBBS.) Forestry and Wildlife Management (B. Forestry) Integrated Science (B.Sc. (Ed.)) Business Studies Education (B.Sc. (Ed.)) Primary Education Studies (B.A. (Ed.)) Early Childhood Education (B.A. (Ed.)) Special Education (B.A. (Ed.)) Computer Science Education(B.Sc. (Ed.)) International Relations (B.Sc.) Environmental Management (B.Sc.) Local Government and Developmental Studies (B.Sc.) Meteorology (B.Sc.) Agricultural Science B. Agric) Fisheries and Aquaculture (B. Fisheries) References External links Educational institutions established in 2006 2006 establishments in Nigeria Public universities in Nigeria Katsina