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Department of Forestry and Wild Life Management
Available Programme(s)
B. Forestry and Wild Life Management
| FOREWORD |
The Head, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management welcomeallfreshandreturning students tothe campus of Federal University Dutsin-Ma. Forestry and Wildlife Management programme in which you already enrolled;promises to be veryexciting and academically rewardingfor you, if and only if, you have the passion and curiosity to learn new ideas. For you to excel in this University and graduate top of your class, you work hard and not procrastinate. Above all, you must have the fear of God in you; because, it is only those that have the fear of God in them, that can derive positive meaning from the so call ‘freedom’peculiar to academic environment(as obtainable in Nigerian Universities). Academic freedom literally means that students should explore all possible avenues in learning and research opportunities found within an academic institution. At this juncture, I will like to admonish you from engaging in any social vices on this campus. Remain committed to your studies (lectures/practicals) endeavour to always be regular and punctual at all academic activities. Staff and students of the Department are required to cordially interact at all times. For, together we can achieve our common objectives of academic excellence and professional advancement. As a young and growing Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management in Nigeria, our hopes are very high and our dreams are boundless, as we work towards attaining greater heights andin making sustainable contributions to our dear nation. This undergraduateStudent Information Handbookprovides useful informationwhich can guide forestry students to excel during their academic pursuitin this University. This Handbook may not have provided answers to non- academic questions that may bother every student. Thus, students should feel free to approach anystaff of the Department for clarifications or advice, should there be a need. Once again, you are warmly WELCOME to FUDMA; and best wishes in your studies.
SHUAIBU RABI BINTA
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PHILOSOPHY |
| The philosophy of the B. Forestry and Wildlife Management programme is to develop techniques as well as train theoretically and practically sound manpower for effective sustainable management of Nigeria’s abundant renewable natural resources. |
| VISION |
| To be a leading Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management in the country committed to excellence in teaching and research that will reduce the rate and impact of desertification in the semi-arid part of the country. |
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Produce graduates with sufficient technical, productive and entrepreneurship skills who will be involved in production, research and entrepreneurship in any aspect of Forestry and other related disciplines. |
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Train graduate that are relevant to themselves, the industry and society and who can contribute effectively to national development goals in Forestry and Wildlife Management. produce graduates geared towards self employment. |
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B. Forestry and Wild Life Management
ACADEMIC CURRICULLUM
| 400L Second Semester |
| S/n |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Category |
| 1. |
FWM402 |
SIWES |
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Core |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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; |
| FWM301 |
Principles of Silviculture |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM302 |
Forest Economics |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM311 |
Resource Inventory and mensuration |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM312 |
Remote Sensing (RS) for Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM321 |
Natural Ecosystems |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM322 |
Forest Engineering |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM331 |
Introduction to Forest and Wildlife management |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM332 |
Forest Biometrics |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM341 |
Wood Formation and Properties |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM342 |
Wildlife Population Analysis |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
The primary objectives of wildlife population assessment, the population concept, wildlife population analysis, attributes of population dynamics, such as growth, mortality, recruitment, age, sex etc. Different sampling techniques in wildlife population a |
| FWM351 |
Forest Plantation Establishment |
1 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Structure, properties, identification and characteristics of wood. Anatomical features of wood development. |
| FWM352 |
Wildlife Ecology and Management |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Organization of wildlife resources; Wildlife in relation to their environment; Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of wildlife; Interrelationship between climate, soils vegetation, geologic history and wildlife population characteristics as r |
| FWM361 |
Forest Arial Photogrammetry and Ground Survey |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| FWM362 |
Forest and Wildlife Pests and Diseases |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
The major pests and disease of forest trees. Taxonomy, biology and method of control of these pests and diseases of forests trees and wildlife. |
| FWM372 |
Forest Plantation Establishment ll |
1 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Students are to work on the field for the establishment of forest plantation |
| FWM401 |
Forest Inventory and Management plan |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Identification and classification of different plantation age series; Sample plots lay-out and measurement of sample trees; Steps/ procedures involved in the evaluation of wood resources of selected project areas; Method of preparation of management plans |
| FWM402 |
SIWES |
6 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is aimed at providing opportunity for students to put into practice theoretical knowledge acquired in the classroom, and to provide students the opportunity to prepare for employment after graduation. Stud |
| FWM403 |
Wood Seasoning and Preservation |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Practical methods involved in wood seasoning, identification of bio-deteriorating agents and their control. Preservatives; Formulation, application and evaluation. Environmental safety in use of preservatives. |
| FWM411 |
silvicultural Techniques |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Types of plantations, preparation and layout of nurseries. Silvicultural management tools; nurseries practices. Seed technology methods |
| FWM421 |
Remote Sensing and Mapping |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Definition of Remote Sensing; advantages and disadvantages of remote sensing; Identification of remote sensing equipment; Electromagnetic energy; Electromagnetic spectrum; Principles and Applications of remote sensing to forestry; Preparation of maps form |
| FWM431 |
Harvesting, Processing and Wood Utillization and Forest operations |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Harvesting methods and evaluation of standing trees; identification of equipment for wood processing; timber processing methods; classes of wood utilization; practical handling of sawmilling equipment/machinery; Wood raw materials for saw milling, log han |
| FWM441 |
Agro Forestry and Plantation Technology |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Development of Agroforestry systems. Layout of Agro –Silvo – Pastoral practices. Crop integration and roles of different components. Problems and socioeconomic feasibilities and limitations of agroforestry systems. |
| FWM451 |
Zoo and Park Management Techniques |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Field training in Natural Park and game reserve, organizational structure, practical exercises in anti-poaching, boundary demarcation and care of animals in captivity. |
| FWM461 |
Fireams and Ballistics Techniques |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Practical training in handling and use of firearms and ammunition (ballistics techniques) loading, aiming, steady holding, trigger squeeze and shooting techniques. The care and maintenance of fire arms and ammunition. |
| FWM471 |
Museum and Herbarium Techniques |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Design and layout of museum collection methods, and collection of specimens; Specimen preservation techniques. Exhibition of wildlife specimens. |
| FWM481 |
Wildlife, Ecological and Ground Survey |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Field studies of plants, animals, soil and water. Types of selected terrestrial and aquatic project areas. Identification of survey equipment. Practice of various survey techniques. |
| FWM491 |
Report Writing |
1 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Layout of reports writing. Presentation of data and drawing inferences. Analysis of report writing. Referencing methods. Research project proposal, feasibility study-report. Seminar report. |
| FWM501 |
Multiple Land Use |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Nigeria's land resources; attitudes and conflicts; strategies for resolution of conflicts, integrated use of land for forestry, wildlife and agricultural purposes. Formulation of management policies for land areas. |
| FWM502 |
Forest Mensuration |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Advanced sampling methods in inventory; volume estimation and volume table construction; growth increment determination; construction of management tables. |
| FWM511 |
Forest Management and Economics |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Principles of sustained yield; yield control and management for optimization of set objectives; systems approach to forest management, use of analytical procedures in forest management and utilization decisions; forest goods and services. |
| FWM512 |
Forest and Wildlife Biometrics |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Practical concepts in the design and analysis of experiments on renewable resources, survey techniques, data collection and processing in renewable resources; basic techniques in survey sampling and design; field experimentation, basic concepts of statist |
| FWM521 |
Forest and Wildlife Policy, Law and Administration |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Forest, wildlife and related natural resource policies; planning effective use of forest resources; structure of wildlife administration. Problem of conserving forest and endangered species. Nigerian law in natural resources management. |
| FWM522 |
Wildlife Nutrition |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Principles of nutrition of wildlife; Nutrient composition of wildlife food, nutrient requirement of wildlife for various physiological processes; feed formulation, ration preparation and general methods of feeding. |
| FWM531 |
Advanced Silviclture |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Major forest types of the tropics and silvicultural systems employed in their management, plantation and nursery practices; seed technology with special reference to trees. |
| FWM532 |
Forest Industries and Timber Quantity Control |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Forest based industries including furniture, sawmill, ply mill, fiber board, chip board and particle board mills, determination of timber quality and its control; inspection, sampling and grading; wood protection, minor forest based industries e.g. charco |
| FWM541 |
Forest Soils |
2 Credit Unit |
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Understanding of soil dynamics and influence upon forest composition; stand regeneration, tree vigour and tree growth rate; forest soil physics, chemistry and micro-biology, soil moisture movement, forest nursery, soil management. Forest soil fertility de |
| FWM542 |
Wildlife Management and Utilization |
2 Credit Unit |
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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 |
| FWM551 |
Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding |
2 Credit Unit |
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Inventory, selection and conservation of basic genetic material for mass production of improved strains for silviculture. Theory, practice, methods and consequences of breeding tree crops; principles underlying choice of species; quantitative genetics in |
| FWM552 |
Wood Processing |
2 Credit Unit |
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Evaluation of quality of standing trees. Felling and logging techniques; wood conversion and processing; wood seasoning and preservation; machining, gluing, preservation and finishing; charcoal production. |
| FWM561 |
Forest Pests, Diseases and Forest Protection |
2 Credit Unit |
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Taxonomy and biology of major pests and diseases of forest trees. Principles underlying disease and pest control, genetic and environmental control; fire use and control; protection against encroachment; diseases and illegal felling. |
| FWM562 |
Pulp and Paper Technology |
2 Credit Unit |
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Raw materials for pulp and paper production. Wood pulping techniques, mechanical, chemical, semi-chemical and thermo-mechanical. Pulp bleaching and bleaching agents, waste
paper recycling. Paper production-mat formation, sizing, dye application, pressin |
| FWM571 |
Wood-Based Panel Products |
2 Credit Unit |
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Principles of Panel production, wood chips, flakes and fiber conversion process, Properties of wood adhesives and additives’ manufacturing techniques and mechanical board. Dimensional stability of panel products. Quality control and marketing of panel pro |
| FWM572 |
Management of Game Birds |
2 Credit Unit |
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Classification, structure, ecology and economic importance of birds and avifauna of Africa, distribution and identification of game birds; management techniques. |
| FWM581 |
Seminar |
1 Credit Unit |
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Preparation/reviews; presentation and discussion of research topics in forestry and wildlife management. |
| FWM582 |
Forest and Wildlife Extension and Education |
2 Credit Unit |
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Management interpretation to include methods and techniques for communicating values of
forestry, parks, game reserves and other wild lands. The role of the extension agent in providing organizational and administrative support in forestry. Training pro |
| FWM592 |
Project |
4 Credit Unit |
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Every student in Forestry and Wildlife Management programme is required to choose and execute a special project under supervision. Duration of the project is two semesters. |
| GST111 |
Communication in English I |
2 Credit Unit |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
| SSC211 |
Climatology & Biogeography |
3 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| SSC222 |
Principles of Soil Science |
2 Credit Unit |
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