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B. Agric. Soil Science
ACADEMIC CURRICULLUM
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 |
| 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: |
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| AEE422 |
Extension Practice |
2 Credit Unit |
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| 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 |
| 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: |
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| AGR432 |
Agricultural Product Processing & Storage |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| AGR442 |
Farm Mechanization and Workshop Practice |
2 Credit Unit |
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| AGR462 |
Report Writing |
1 Credit Unit |
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| 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 |
| 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: |
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| ANS422 |
Animal Health Management |
2 Credit Unit |
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| 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 |
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| CPP442 |
Crop Protection Pest and Disease Control |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
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| CPP511 |
Vegetable and Fruit Crop Production |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
History, definition, classification and importance of vegetable crops. Ecological distribution of vegetables and fruits in Nigeria. Varieties and adaptation of exotic vegetables and fruits to the Nigerian environment. Types and systems of vegetable and fr |
| CPP512 |
Crop Husbandry (Plantation Crop) |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Soil and climatic requirements, growth requirement; weed control and water use; improved varieties, production practices, diseases and pests, harvesting, handling, processing, storage, marketing and utilization of plantation crops. |
| CPP521 |
Crop Husbandry |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Soil and climatic requirements, growth requirement, weed control and water use; improved varieties, production practices, fertilization, diseases and pest; harvesting, handling, processing, storage, marketing and utilization of field and plantation crops. |
| CPP522 |
Forage and Fodder Crop Production |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Adaptation and botany of indigenous and introduced pastures and forage plant. Characteristics of grasses, legumes and shrubs. Establishing, production and seed production of pasture plants, the utilization and maintenance in permanent and temporary pastur |
| CPP531 |
Field Experimentation |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Principles of field experimentation in crop and soil science. Research methodology; experimental lay out, field survey, normal distribution and sampling; measurements and data results |
| CPP532 |
Plant Breeding and Seed Production |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Significance of reproductive system in cultivated plants ; sexual and asexual reproduction. Techniques and principles of crop germ plasm bank; role of plant breeding in pest and disease control in crops; selection methods in breeding programmes; maintenan |
| CPP541 |
Crop Protection |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Quarantine regulations and phytosanitary measures. Fundamentals of plant resistance to diseases, principles and methods of disease control and management, principles, techniques and equipment for applying crop protection chemicals in the control of field |
| CPP542 |
Weed Science |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Characteristics, classification and biology of weeds. Losses due to weeds. Weed control methods and problems associated with. Classification, chemistry, selectivity, formulation, application, storage, and mode of action of herbicides. Herbicides and envir |
| CPP551 |
Floriculture |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Identification of tropical and ornamental plants, culture of trees, shrubs and flowers. Shade trees, ground covers, annual flowers, perennial shrubs and hedge plants, bedding of
foundation plants, lawn grasses, nursery management, palms as ornamental pla |
| CPP552 |
Post Harvest Physiology and Product Storage |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Storage life and harvested fruits, seeds, vegetables and flowers; Tropical environment in relation to maturity, ripeness and senescence. Physical and chemical indices of quality in fruits, seeds, vegetables, flowers and other products. Storage of crop mat |
| CPP561 |
Landscape Design |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Design principles, design practice, basic styles, preparing the design, landscape construction. Hard landscaping, soft landscaping. Contouring and levels. Maintenance and management of established landscape. Landscape contracts and contractual agreements. |
| CPP562 |
Principle of Irrigation and Drainage |
2 Credit Unit |
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| CPP571 |
Micro Propagation |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Tissue culture: physiological basis of plant culture at cellular level. Identification of suitable plants and plant parts for tissue culture. Environmental control in tissue culture, influence of pathogens on cultured propagules. Recent advances in Biotec |
| CPP581 |
Pack Design and Management |
2 Credit Unit |
| Description: |
Architectural design, principles and concepts for various types of parks. Functional designs, e.g. parks for family relaxation, park for holidaying, concepts of national parks, picnic parks |
| 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; |
| 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 |
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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 |
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| SSC222 |
Principles of Soil Science |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC311 |
Introduction to Pedology & Soil Physics |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC312 |
Soil Chemistry and Microbiology |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC412 |
Soil Fertility & Water Management |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC422 |
Farm Design, Farm Survey & Land Use Planning |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC452 |
Climate Change and Agricultural Productivity |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC511 |
Soil Survey and Land Planning |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC512 |
Soil Fertility &Plant Nutrition |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC521 |
Soil Physics |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC531 |
Soil and Plant Analysis |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC541 |
Soil Microbiology and Chemistry |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC551 |
Soil & Water Conservation |
2 Credit Unit |
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| SSC572 |
Project |
4 Credit Unit |
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| SSC582 |
Seminar |
1 Credit Unit |
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