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    Department of Animal Science

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    Staff Directory Result 17 record(s) found.
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    Name: ABEKE FRANCIS
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
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    Name: DR. YAHAYA AHMED MOHAMMED
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
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    Name: MUSTAPHA SABO NALADO
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
    Designation: Assistant Lecturer
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    Phone No.: +2348061524895
    Email: msabo@fudutsinma.edu.ng
     

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    Name: AONDOAKAA ASAMBE
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
    Designation: Assistant Lecturer
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    Phone No.: +234(0)8029592847
    Email: aasambe@fudutsinma.edu.ng
     

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    Name: DR. SALISU USMAN SHEHU
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
    Designation: Lecturer II
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    Phone No.: 08099446287
    Email: usalisu@fudutsinma.edu.ng
     

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    Name: ROTIMI EMMANUEL ABAYOMI
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
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    Name: RABO JUDE SAMMANI
    Department: Animal Science
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    Name: JAMILU YAHAYA RUNKA
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
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    Name: MOHAMMED KABIR
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
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    Name: PROF. RASHEED ADEBAYO HAMZA
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
    Designation: Professor
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    Phone No.: +2348129236840; +2347068188706; +17087905579
    Email: rhamzat@fudutsinma.edu.ng
     

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    Name: STELLA LARUBA ADEOSUN
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
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    Name: DR. LAWAL ABDU SAULAWA
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
    Designation: Associate Professor
    Specialization: Monogastric Animal Production
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    Phone No.: +2348034224358
    Email: labdusaulawa@fudutsinma.edu.ng
     

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    Name: MUHAMMAD GHAZALI GARBA
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
    Designation: Lecturer I
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    Phone No.: +234(0)8034655789
    Email: mgarba@fudutsinma.edu.ng
     

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    Name: GWAZA DEEVE SEBASTIAN
    Department: Animal Science
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    Name: RABO JUDE S.
    Department: Animal Science
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    Name: ABDULLAHI USMAN SARKI
    Department: Animal Science
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    Name: ARUWAYO ADEBAYO
    Department: Animal Science
    Faculty: Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
    Designation: Senior Lecturer
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    Phone No.: +234-8035813377
    Email: aaruwayo@fudutsinma.edu.ng
     


    17 record(s) found.

    B. Agric. Animal Science


    ACADEMIC CURRICULLUM
    100L First Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. GST111 Communication in English I 2 Core
    2. GST121 Nigerian Peoples, Culture and Anti-Cultism/Social Vices 2 Core
    3. CHM101 Introduction to General Chemistry 2 Core
    4. CHM111 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry 2 Core
    5. CHM161 First Year Practical Chemistry I 1 Core
    6. MTH111 ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS 1 3 Core
    7. PHY111 General Physics I 2 Core
    8. PHY121 Experimental Physics I 1 Core
    9. BIO111 General Biology I 3 Core
    10. BIO121 First Year Practical Biology I 1 Core
    11. GST131 Introduction to Computer Studies 2 Core
             

    100L Second Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. GST112 Communication in English II 2 Core
    2. GST122 Use Of Library, Study Skills & Information Communication Technology 2 Core
    3. GST132 Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence 2 Core
    4. CHM122 Introduction to Physical Chemistry 2 Core
    5. CHM132 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 2 Core
    6. CHM162 First Year Practical Chemistry II 1 Core
    7. MTH112 Elementary Mathematics III 3 Core
    8. PHY112 General Physics II 2 Core
    9. PHY122 Experimental Physics II 1 Core
    10. BIO112 General Biology II 3 Core
    11. BIO122 First Year Practical Biology II 1 Core
             

    200L First Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. AEE211 Principles of Agricultural Economics 2 Core
    2. AGR211 Climatology & Biogeography 3 Core
    3. AGR221 General Agriculture 3 Core
    4. ANS211 Anatomy & Physiology of Farm Animals 2 Core
    5. ANS221 Principles of Animal Production 2 Core
    6. CPP211 Crop Anatomy, Taxonomy & Physiology 2 Core
    7. CPP221 Introduction to Biotechnology 2 Core
    8. GST211 History and Philosophy of Science 2 Core
    9. GST221 Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 2 Core
    10. AGR231 Farm Practice I 1 Core
             


    200L Second Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. AGR212 Introduction to Statistics 2 Core
    2. AGR222 Principles of Soil Science 2 Core
    3. ANS212 Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry 2 Core
    4. CPP212 Principles of Crop Production 2 Core
    5. FIS212 Introduction to Fisheries and Wild Life 2 Core
    6. FST212 Principles of Food Science and Technology 2 Core
    7. FST222 Introduction to Home Economics 2 Core
    8. AGR232 Farm Practice II 1 Core
    9. GST212 Introduction to Entrepreneurial Studies 2 Core
    10. ANS222 Principles of Animal Health 2 Core
    11. FWM202 Introduction to Forest Resources 2 Core
    12. GST222 Communication in French 2 Core/Optional
    13. GST232 Communication in Arabic 2 Core/Optional
    14. AEE212 Introduction to Agricultural Marketing and Pricing 2 Elective
    15. CPP222 Introduction to weed Science 2 Elective
             

    300L First Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. AEE311 Introduction to Agriculture Extension and Rural Sociology 2 Core
    2. AEE321 Introduction to Farm Management and Production Economics 2 Core
    3. AGR311 Introduction to Soil Pedology and Physics 2 Core
    4. AGR321 Introduction to Farm Machinery 2 Core
    5. AGR331 Application of Computer to Agriculture Production 3 Core
    6. ANS311 Non-Ruminant Animal Production 2 Core
    7. CPP311 Arable Crop Production 2 Core
    8. CPP321 Crop Genetics and Breeding 2 Core
    9. CPP331 Farming System 2 Core
    10. GST311 Introduction to Entrepreneurship Skills 2 Core
             

    300L Second Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. AGR312 Soil Chemistry and Microbiology 2 Core
    2. AGR322 Statistic and Data Processing 2 Core
    3. ANS312 Ruminant Animal Production 2 Core
    4. ANS322 Animal Genetics and Breeding 2 Core
    5. CPP312 Permanent Crop Production 2 Core
    6. CPP322 Principles of Crop Protection 2 Core
    7. ANS332 Agricultural Biochemistry 2 Core
    8. AEE312 Extension Teaching, Learning Process and Methods 2 Core
             

    400L First Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. AGR411 Student Industrial Work Experience 6 Core
             

    400L Second Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. AEE412 Farm Management and Agribusiness Practices 2 Core
    2. AEE422 Extension Practice 2 Core
    3. ANS412 Animal Husbandry Techniques I (Cattle, Sheep, Goat, Poultry, Pigs, Rabbits and Camel) 3 Core
    4. CPP442 Crop Protection Pest and Disease Control 2 Core
    5. AGR412 Soil Use and Management 2 Core
    6. AGR422 Farm Design, Farm Survey & Land Use Planning 2 Core
    7. AGR432 Agricultural Product Processing & Storage 2 Core
    8. AGR442 Farm Mechanization and Workshop Practice 2 Core
    9. AGR452 Climate Change and Agricultural Productivity 2 Core
    10. AGR462 Report Writing 1 Core
    11. CPP422 Crop Production Techniques (Permanent, Arable & Horticultural crops) 2 Core
    12. ANS432 Animal Husbandry Techniques II (Non-Ruminant) 2 Core
             

    500L First Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. ANS511 Poultry and Swine Production 2 Core
    2. ANS521 Beef and Dairy Cattle Production 2 Core
    3. ANS531 Monogastric Animal Nutrition 2 Core
    4. ANS541 Reproductive Physiology and Artificial Insemination 2 Core
    5. ANS551 Nigerian Feeds and Feeding Stuffs 2 Core
    6. ANS561 Animal Experimentation and Research Techniques 2 Core
    7. ANS571 Pasture and Range Management 2 Core
    8. ANS501 Seminar 1 Core
    9. ANS503 Professional Practice of Animal Sciences 1 Core
    10. ANS507 Micro-Livestock Production 2 Core
    11. ANS505 Camel and Equine Production 2 Core
             

    500L Second Semester
    S/n Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Category
    1. AEE512 Agric-Business Management and Finance 2 Core
    2. ANS512 Applied Animal Breeding 2 Core
    3. ANS522 Sheep and Goat 2 Core
    4. ANS532 Ruminant Animal Nutrition 2 Core
    5. ANS542 Animal Production Handling Processing 2 Core
    6. ANS552 Animal Health and Diseases 2 Core
    7. ANS562 Livestock Economics 2 Core
    8. ANS572 Project 4 Core
    9. AEE592 Principles of Cooperative Practice 2 Elective
    10. FWM542 Wildlife Management and Utilization 2 Elective
             


    COURSE DESCRIPTION OR SYNOPSIS
    AEE211 Principles of Agricultural Economics 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The nature of economics and economic problems; scope and method, price theory and functions of the market with particular reference to agriculture. The concept of opportunity cost; supply and demand and their applications to agricultural problems. Product

    AEE212 Introduction to Agricultural Marketing and Pricing 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Market and Market Prices. Relation of Marketing to economic development. Marketing functions and Marketing agencies (institutions). Marketing channels, Margin and efficiency, Grain, Friuts, vegetables, roots, cotton and livestock marketing. Marketing of i

    AEE311 Introduction to Agriculture Extension and Rural Sociology 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The need for agricultural extension. Agricultural extension in the world and in Nigeria. Basic philosophies behind agricultural extension. Basic concepts and principles of rural sociology to an understanding of rural situation, Importance of rural communi

    AEE312 Extension Teaching, Learning Process and Methods 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Nature and elements of communication process. Principles of analyzing communication problems in extension. The meaning of the concepts of teaching, learning and motivation. Steps and principles of teaching and learning. Extension and teaching methods.

    AEE321 Introduction to Farm Management and Production Economics 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Theory of production. Principles of agricultural production and resource use; factor-factor, product-factor and product-product relationship. Consumption and resource allocation in agriculture. Farm cost and revenue theories. Elements of time, risk and un

    AEE412 Farm Management and Agribusiness Practices 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AEE422 Extension Practice 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AEE512 Agric-Business Management and Finance 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The scope of agricultural business and management types of agricultural business management and organization; enterprise selection production planning public policies affecting agricultural business, farm growth; organization of large scale farm legal org

    AEE592 Principles of Cooperative Practice 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Evaluation of cooperatives- especially farmer, marketing and purchasing cooperatives. Cooperative as a form of business. Purpose and advantages of cooperatives to agriculture. Comparison of other businesses with cooperative business. Principles and operat

    AGR211 Climatology & Biogeography 3 Credit Unit
    Description: The principles, aims and scope of climatologic and biogeography. The elements and controls of climate and weather and the dynamics of the earth’s atmosphere. Radiation and heating of the atmospheric systems, atmospheric moisture, the dynamics of pressure

    AGR212 Introduction to Statistics 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Role of statistics in Social Sciences, Collection, Classification, Tabulation and representation of data. Measures of central tendency and dispersion. Probability distributions. Various tests of significances. Analysis of variance and covariance. Regress

    AGR221 General Agriculture 3 Credit Unit
    Description: The definition of agriculture. World population and food supply. History, scope and importance of agriculture to man. Agriculture and natural environment. Characteristics features of tropical agriculture and how they affect production. Land use and tenure

    AGR222 Principles of Soil Science 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Soils, their origin and formation. Physical properties of soils. soil moisture, air and temperature, soil classification and survey. Soil colloids; soil reactions. Soil organic matter and soil organisms; soil and water conservation, Nutrient requirements

    AGR231 Farm Practice I 1 Credit Unit
    Description: Construction and laying out of seed beds for irrigated vegetables gardening to be maintained by students from planting to harvesting. General nursery operations seed collection, nursery development, seedling production, cultural practices in the nursery e

    AGR232 Farm Practice II 1 Credit Unit
    Description: Engaging students in poultry production and management, objective evaluation of the body conformation characteristics of some livestock species, visits to some established livestock farms. General principles of pest/diseases prevention and control of live

    AGR311 Introduction to Soil Pedology and Physics 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Soil, its origin and formation. Soil morphological characteristic; soil components, soil forming rocks and minerals, weathering of rocks and minerals. Profile description, soil Survey, soil mapping, soil classification, properties and management of Nigeri

    AGR312 Soil Chemistry and Microbiology 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Chemical composition of soil. Soil fertility conversion units and calculations; soil fertility evaluation, silicate mineral chemistry; cation and anion exchange phenomena and base saturation. Soil reaction (active and reserve acidity, alkalinity, bufferin

    AGR321 Introduction to Farm Machinery 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Aims and objectives of farm mechanization. Basic mechanics. Workshop tools. Principles of internal combustion and electric motors. Study of farm machinery used for tillage: ploughs, Harrows, cultivators, farm power transmission system. Harvesting and proc

    AGR322 Statistic and Data Processing 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Basic concepts of statistics, frequency distribution, measures of location, measures of variation. Probability distribution, normal and binomial distribution. Histograms, mean, mode and median, sampling data collection, data processing techniques, statist

    AGR331 Application of Computer to Agriculture Production 3 Credit Unit
    Description: Introduction to problem solving methods and alogarithm development, designing, coding, debugging and documenting programmes using techniques of good programming language style; computer organization; programming alogarithm development. Applying computer t

    AGR411 Student Industrial Work Experience 6 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AGR412 Soil Use and Management 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AGR422 Farm Design, Farm Survey & Land Use Planning 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AGR432 Agricultural Product Processing & Storage 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AGR442 Farm Mechanization and Workshop Practice 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AGR452 Climate Change and Agricultural Productivity 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    AGR462 Report Writing 1 Credit Unit
    Description:

    ANS211 Anatomy & Physiology of Farm Animals 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Parts of the beef and diary cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits and poultry. Fundamentals of biology. Anatomy and physiology of the cell, cell types. Anatomy and Physiology of cell animal tissues, nervous system, skeletal system, muscle, bone, circulatory

    ANS212 Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. Vitamins and their co-enzyme functions. Minerals. The nature, classification and functions of enzymes and hormones.

    ANS221 Principles of Animal Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Animal production and its development. The livestock industry, problems and prospects. Description of breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and rabbits. Systems of livestock production. Feeding habits of farm animals. Principles of breeding and li

    ANS222 Principles of Animal Health 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Basic principles of Animal health management and hygiene. Signs of health in animals, Housing and protection from adverse weather in relation to animal health. Disease problems in relation to systems of management (Extensive, Intensive and semi intensive

    ANS311 Non-Ruminant Animal Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Management of breeding stock, growing and young animals. Housing. Equipment and feeding principles of poultry, rabbits and pigs. Production and management practices, livestock economics. Health management of stock processing and marketing of poultry, pi

    ANS312 Ruminant Animal Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Management of breeding stock, growing and young animals, housing, equipment and feeding principles of cattle, sheep and goats. Production and management practices. Health management of ruminant animals.

    ANS322 Animal Genetics and Breeding 2 Credit Unit
    Description: History of genetics, chromosomes structure, number and variations. Gene and genotype. genetic code, Mendelism; fundamental principles of inheritance, quantitative and qualitative characters and their inheritance. Different types of gene actions, values an

    ANS332 Agricultural Biochemistry 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. Chemistry and mode of action of enzymes and hormones. Chemistry and analysis of selected agricultural products.

    ANS412 Animal Husbandry Techniques I (Cattle, Sheep, Goat, Poultry, Pigs, Rabbits and Camel) 3 Credit Unit
    Description:

    ANS432 Animal Husbandry Techniques II (Non-Ruminant) 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    ANS501 Seminar 1 Credit Unit
    Description: Presentation and discussion of various topics in Animal Science, the student is also to prepare and participate in all seminars and present a supervised seminar in the final year before the Department.

    ANS503 Professional Practice of Animal Sciences 1 Credit Unit
    Description:

    ANS505 Camel and Equine Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    ANS507 Micro-Livestock Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    ANS511 Poultry and Swine Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Building and equipment, incubation and hatchery management of poultry eggs; turkey, geese, duck and guinea fowl production. The application of the principles of feeding, housing, care, breeding and management as basis of successful production. Carcass cut

    ANS512 Applied Animal Breeding 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Determination of genetic parameters; improvement of farm animals by the application of genetics principles; breeding systems, selection methods; sex determination; foundation stock in livestock production; Breeding and selection of beef and dairy cattle;

    ANS521 Beef and Dairy Cattle Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The beef and dairy cattle industries in Nigeria;-Problems and prospects. Production system-traditional versus modern systems. Feeding and management of beef and diary cattle. Building and equipment. Calf raising techniques, artificial insemination methods

    ANS522 Sheep and Goat 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Sheep and goats distribution and production in Nigeria. Importance of sheep and goats in Nigerian Agriculture and their contribution to the national economy. Feeding, breeding, housing, health care and management in sheep, goat and camel production. Opera

    ANS531 Monogastric Animal Nutrition 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Principles of monogastric animal nutrition. Feeding standards, nutrient requirements for the various classes of animals, feed additives, water in relation to nutrition. Water, metabolic computation and ration formulation. Feed evaluation. Feed mixing and

    ANS532 Ruminant Animal Nutrition 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Microbiology of rumen; physiology of rumen action; metabolic processes and pathways; Non-protein nitrogen utilization; Determination of digestion coefficients, balance trials, systems for energy evaluation, scheme for protein values; water in relation to

    ANS541 Reproductive Physiology and Artificial Insemination 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The reproductive system in male and female animals; physiology of sperm and ovum; endocrinology; reproduction; egg production; genetic physiology pregnancy and foetal development; fertility and sterility of farm animals. Role of Al in livestock production

    ANS542 Animal Production Handling Processing 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Preparation for slaughter, evisceration and dressing percentages care of carcass and its cuts; processing and care of hides and skin and wool, processing and storage of meat, milk processing and microbiology; and poultry products. Milk hygiene; effect of

    ANS551 Nigerian Feeds and Feeding Stuffs 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Classification of feeds, feeding stuffs and feed supplements. Chemistry and nutritive values of feeding stuffs. Concentrate feeds, cereals, legumes and oil seeds. Novel feeds stuffs. Chemistry and nutritive values of some Nigerian grasses and legume speci

    ANS552 Animal Health and Diseases 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The economic impact of diseases of livestock environmental factors in relation to major livestock diseases. Infection and immunity. Helminthes and protozoan parasites of livestock and poultry, bacterial, fungal and viral infections of domestic livestock;

    ANS561 Animal Experimentation and Research Techniques 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Sampling techniques, Experimental designs and statistical methods of data analysis from animal experiments, special techniques and procedures for studying physiology of reproduction in male and female farm animals, methods of estimating and in-vitro and i

    ANS562 Livestock Economics 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Place of livestock in the Nigerian Economy; consumer and consumption pattern of livestock product; Micro and macroeconomics in animal production; Agricultl1ral production functions including data collection and analysis; marketing theory in relation to li

    ANS571 Pasture and Range Management 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Adaptation and botany of indigenous and introduced pastures and forage plants. Characteristics of grasses, legumes and shrubs. Establishment and production and seed production of pasture plants; utilization and maintenance in permanent and temporary pastu

    ANS572 Project 4 Credit Unit
    Description: Each student in the final year is expected to choose and execute a special project under a supervisor(s). Duration of the project is 2 semesters

    BIO111 General Biology I 3 Credit Unit
    Description: Cell structure and organization, Functions of cellular organelles, Diversity of organisms, General reproduction. Inter relationships of organisms, Heredity and evolution, Elements of Ecology.

    BIO112 General Biology II 3 Credit Unit
    Description: A general survey of the plant and animal kingdoms based mainly on similarities and differences in anatomy, Physiology and Ecological adaptations.

    BIO121 First Year Practical Biology I 1 Credit Unit
    Description: Microscopy: Types of microscope, using the microscope, guidelines for making biological drawings, Morphology and classification of representative members of different classes of the kingdom monera, protista, fungi (mycota), animalia and plantae.

    BIO122 First Year Practical Biology II 1 Credit Unit
    Description: Reproductive systems of invertebrates and vertebrates, some aspects of reproduction in plants, plant tissues, plant organs, photosynthesis, growth and development in plants.

    CHM101 Introduction to General Chemistry 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Atoms, molecules and chemical reactions; Chemical equations and stoichiometry; Atomic structure and periodicity; Modern electronic theory of atoms; Valence forces and chemical bonding; Inter molecular forces; Kinetic theory and gas laws; Basic chemical Ki

    CHM111 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Periodic table and periodicity of elements; Inorganic chemistry of hydrogen, the noble gases, groups 1,2 and 13-17 elements

    CHM122 Introduction to Physical Chemistry 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Units and measurements in physical chemistry; States of matter and change of state; Gases and their properties; Chemical equilibria; Thermochemistry; Chemical kinetics; The scope of thermodynamics; The first and second law of thermodynamics; Enthalpy, ent

    CHM132 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Historical survey of the development and importance of organic chemistry; Scope of organic chemistry; Determination of molecular formula and molecular structure; Electronic concepts (inductive effect, resonance, dipolemoments); Hybridization of the carbo

    CHM161 First Year Practical Chemistry I 1 Credit Unit
    Description: Theory and practice of volumetric/quantitative and inorganic qualitative analyses

    CHM162 First Year Practical Chemistry II 1 Credit Unit
    Description: Melting points and boiling points determination; Heats of solution and neutralization; Solubility and solubility curves; Organic purification methods; Reactions and qualitative analyses of organic functional groups

    CPP211 Crop Anatomy, Taxonomy & Physiology 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Parts of crop cell types, introduction to plant taxonomy. Characteristics, distribution, economic importance and local examples of leguminosae, gramineae, compositae, dioscoreaceae, rutaceae. Development of cells and tissues; use of plant keys. Cell biolo

    CPP212 Principles of Crop Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Crop production and its development. The principles, problems and prospects of crop production. Importance of crop rotation, cultural practices, water and soil conservation; irrigation and drainage. General types of characteristics of arthropods, micro or

    CPP221 Introduction to Biotechnology 2 Credit Unit
    Description: History, Applications; Medicine, Pharmaceutical products, Genetic testing. Controversial questions, Human Genome Project, Cloning, Agriculture, Crop yield,Reduced vulnerability of crops to environmental stresses,Increased nutritional qualities,Improved ta

    CPP222 Introduction to weed Science 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Definition of weeds; Characteristics of weeds; Economic importance of weeds; Dormancy in weeds; Propagation of weeds; Classification of weeds based on habitat, life cycle, morphology, mode of nutrition, physiology and scientific classification. Identifica

    CPP311 Arable Crop Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements of cereals, legumes, root crops, fibre crops, vegetables and other important arable crops in Nigeria. Improved varieties. Production practices, harvesting, utilization, processing, storage and economic

    CPP312 Permanent Crop Production 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements of some important permanent crops such as cocoa, oil palm, rubber, coffee, coconut, mango, sugar cane, bananas, plantains, citrus, kola, cashew, etc. production practices, improvement, harvesting, utili

    CPP321 Crop Genetics and Breeding 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Cell structure and components. Chromosomes; structure, number and variations, linkage and crossing over, mutatin and genes in population. Multiple alleles, mitosis and meiosis. Theory of evolution. Fundamental principles of inheritance. Mendalism. Introdu

    CPP322 Principles of Crop Protection 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The major pests, insects, fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes, weeds and other diseases of tropical crops and stored products. Definition of pests. Study of insect pests of major local crops, their significance and principles of control. Study of the e

    CPP331 Farming System 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Some basic agricultural statistics, Agricultural population, crops and livestock, production techniques and crop storage, physical environment and agricultural production, environment and agricultural systems, cropping systems, conceptual approach to farm

    CPP422 Crop Production Techniques (Permanent, Arable & Horticultural crops) 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    CPP442 Crop Protection Pest and Disease Control 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    FIS212 Introduction to Fisheries and Wild Life 2 Credit Unit
    Description: The important fishes and wildlife of West Africa with emphasis on Nigerian species. Classification, evolution, morphology and basic structure of fishes. The adaptation of fish to aquatic life. Life style of principal species of fishes and wildlife. Signif

    FST212 Principles of Food Science and Technology 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Definition and scope of Food Science and Technology and its relationship with other scientific disciplines; Importance of Food Science and Technology in maintaining and improving food supply; General principles of preservation, problems militating against

    FST222 Introduction to Home Economics 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Philosophy, scope, objectives and historical development of home economics; Examination of basic human needs with respect to food, clothing, shelter and health; Programme approaches in home economics which help meet these needs; Preparation for careers i

    FWM202 Introduction to Forest Resources 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Renewable natural resources, availability, distribution and potential; The important forest trees and wildlife (with emphasis on Nigerian species) Classification, morphology and distribution of important forest trees; Forest and game reserves in Nigeria;

    FWM542 Wildlife Management and Utilization 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Wildlife production; harvesting strategies and problem of game cropping, "bush meat “processing methods; traditional uses of wildlife and wildlife products; hunting techniques, game ranching and domestication; growth behaviour and reproduction of animal i

    GST111 Communication in English I 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Effective communication and writing in English Language skills, writing of essay answers, Comprehension, sentence construction, outlines and paragraphs, collection and organization of materials, punctuation.

    GST112 Communication in English II 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Logical presentation of papers, phonetics, instruction on lexis, art of public speaking and oral communication, figures of speech, precise, report writing.

    GST121 Nigerian Peoples, Culture and Anti-Cultism/Social Vices 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Nigerian history, culture and arts in pre-colonial times, Nigerian’s perception of his world, culture areas of Nigeria and their characterictics, evolution of Nigeria as a political unit, indigene/settler phenomenon, concepts of trade, economic self-relia

    GST122 Use Of Library, Study Skills & Information Communication Technology 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Brief history of libraries, library and education, University libraries and other types of libraries, study skills (reference services). Types of library materials, using library resources including e-learning, e-material, etc, understanding library catal

    GST131 Introduction to Computer Studies 2 Credit Unit
    Description: History and development of Computer Technology. The why and how of computers. Computer types: Analogue, Digital, and Hybrid, Central preparation, Equipments: Keypunch, starter etc. Data Transmission, Nature, speed and error detection. Data capture and val

    GST132 Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence 2 Credit Unit
    Description: A brief survey of the main branches of Philosophy symbolic Local Special symbols in symbolic logic-conjunction, negation, affirmation, disjunction, equivalent and conditional statements law of tort. The method of deduction using rules of inference and bi-

    GST211 History and Philosophy of Science 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Man- his origin and nature, man and his cosmic environment, scientific methodology, science and technology in the society and service of man, renewable and on-renewable resources – man and his energy resources, environmental effects of chemical plastics,

    GST212 Introduction to Entrepreneurial Studies 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Introduction to entrepreneurship and new venture creation, Enterpreneurship in theory and practice; Forms of business, Staffing, Marketing and new venture; determining capital requirements, Raising capital; Financial planning and management; starting a ne

    GST221 Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Basic concepts in peace studies and conflict resolution, peace as vehicle of unity and development, conflict issues, types of conflict, e.g. ethnic/religious/political/economic conflicts, root causes of conflicts and violence in Africa, indigene/settler p

    GST222 Communication in French 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Introduction to French, French Alphabets and Sounds – Writing and Pronounciation, French Syllabus –Writing and Pronounciation, French Words – Writing and Pronunciation, Phrases, Simple Sentences and Pharagaraphs, Conjuction, dialogue Advance Study of Sent

    GST232 Communication in Arabic 2 Credit Unit
    Description:

    GST311 Introduction to Entrepreneurship Skills 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Some of the ventures to be focused upon include the following: 1. Soap/Detergent, tooth brushes and tooth paste making 2. Photography 3. Brick, Nails, screws making 4. Dyeing/textile blocks paste making 5. Rope making 6. Plumbing 7. Vulcanizing 8.

    MTH111 ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS 1 3 Credit Unit
    Description: Elementary set theory, subset, union, intersection, complements, Venn diagrams. Real numbers; integers, rational and irrational numbers, mathematical induction, real sequences and series, theory of quadratic equations, binomial theorem. Complex numbers; a

    MTH112 Elementary Mathematics III 3 Credit Unit
    Description: Function of a real variable, graphs, limits and idea of continuity. The derivative as limit or rate of change. Techniques of differentiation. Extreme curve sketching. Integration as an inverse of differentiation. Methods of integration, Definite integrals

    PHY111 General Physics I 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Units and dimensions, scalars and vectors, linear and circular motion; velocity, acceleration. Laws of mechanics and gravitation, simple applications. Conservation of energy, momentum; work, power, simple harmonic motion, simple pendulum. Moment of inerti

    PHY112 General Physics II 2 Credit Unit
    Description: Concepts of heat, temperature; measurement of temperature, clinical thermometer. Heat capacity, specific heat, latent heat, calorimetry. Gas laws; kinetic theory of gases. Thermal energy, isothermal and adiabatic changes. Conduction, convection, radiation

    PHY121 Experimental Physics I 1 Credit Unit
    Description: This introductory course emphasises quantitative measurement, the treatment of measurement, errors and graphical analysis, reading and repeated readings, best value, mistakes, discrepancy, systematic errors, detecting systematic errors, use of the mean. R

    PHY122 Experimental Physics II 1 Credit Unit
    Description: A continuation of the treatment of experimental errors and analysis. Mean square error, standard deviation, sample and set standard errors, meanings and uses. Frequency distribution, histogram and frequency data curve, least square errors and curve – fitt
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