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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
DEPARTMENT OF CROP AND SOIL SCIENCE
HANDBOOK FOR STUDENTS(2018-2023)
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PROF. ABDALLA UBA ADAMU
Vice Chancellor, NOUN
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PROF. NDA E. MUNDI
Dean, Facultyof Agricultural Scinces
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UNIVERSITY ADDRESS
National Open University of Nigeria
Headquarters
Plot 91, Cadastral Zone
NnamdiAzikiwe Express Way
Jabi, Abuja
Abuja Office
5, Dares Salaam Street
Off Aminu Kano Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja
e-mail: [email protected]
URL: www.nou.edu.ng
Compiled/Edited by Prof. Nda E. Mundi
Dean,Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.
Assisted by Elanu Grace Olonya
PCSII, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Copy edited: Dr. Felix E. Gbenoba
Contributors
All Heads of Departments
Published by
National Open University of Nigeria
National Open University of Nigeria
Printed 2017
First Printed 2017
©NOUN E-mail: [email protected];[email protected]
URL:www.nou.edu.ng All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means without the prior permission
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of the copyright owner.
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VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS
Vision Statement
“To be regarded as the foremost University providing highly accessible and
enhanced quality education anchored by social justice, equity, equality and
national cohesion through a comprehensive reach that transcends all barriers.”
Mission Statement
“To provide functional, cost-effective, flexible learning which adds life-long
value to quality education for all who seek knowledge.”
NATIONAL ANTHEM (1stStanza)
Arise O Compartriots, Nigeria’s call obey
To serve our father’s land
With love and strength and faith
The labour of our heroes past
Shall never be in vain
To sevrve with heart and might
One nation bound in freedom peace, and unity.
NATIONAL ANTHEM (2nd
Stanza)
Oh God of creation, direct our noble cause
Guide our leaders’ right
Help our youth and truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And liveing just and true
Great lofty height attain
To build a nation where peace
And justice shall reign.
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THE NATIONAL PLEDGE
I pledge to Nigeria, my country
To be faithful, loyal and honest
To serve Nigeria with all my strength
To defend her unity
And uphold her honour and glory
So help me God
NOUN Anthem
National Open University of Nigeria
Determined to be the foremost University in Nigeria
Providing highly accessible and enhanced quality education
Anchored by social justice, equality and national cohension
Come to NOUN
For quality, cost effective and flexible learning
That adds lifelong value,
For all who yearn
For quality education and for all
Who seek knowledge.
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VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTSOF THE UNIVERSITY
Vision Statement of the University
“To be regarded as the foremost University providing highly accessible and
enhanced quality education anchored by social justice, equity, equality and
national cohesion through a comprehensive reach that transcends all barriers.”
Mission Statement of the University
“To provide functional, cost-effective, flexible learning which adds life-
longvalue to quality education for all who seek knowledge.”
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VISION AND MISSION OF THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCES
Vision of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
To provide functional, cost-effective and flexible agricultural learning required
for efficient agricultural production, self employment and sustainable
development in various aspects of agriculture.
Mission of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
The faculty of Agricultural Sciences is dedicated to: train opportunity for
sustainable bio-resources management and enrepreneurship in agricultural
production; opportunity for vocational training and professional workshops for
retooling/reskilling in different areas of agriculture; relevant supportive
resources for teaching and research in agriculture and allied disciplines through
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of delivery; opportunity for
specialization and advance study in major disciplines of agriculture; enhance
agricultural production through community based-driven research objectives
and themes.
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FOREWORD FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR
This handbook has been prepared to provide general information on the
National Open University of Nigeria and in particular, the Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences. The information contained in it are necessary for
students’ registration, choice of course, programme planning, duration of study
and other relevant information that will help the students during their course of
study in the university. It also contains a brief history of the university and the
Facultyof Agricultural Sciences, its Philosophy, Mission, Vision and
Objectives, the Farm Practical Year/ SIWES, Laboratory Practicals, as well as
Teaching and Research Farm.
I therefore,recommend this handbook to all students of the Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences and members of the public who want to study
Agricultural Sciences in the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
PROF. ABDALLA UBA ADAMU
Vice- Chancellor, NOUN
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WELCOME FROM THE DEAN
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
National Open University of Nigeria. This handbook is a maiden issue by the
Facultyof Agricultural Sciences (FAS) which contains the rules and regualtions
governing the undergraduate programmes in the Faculty. The handbook is a
must for all students of the Faculty. The information contained in it are
necessary for students registration, choice of course, programme planning,
duration of study and other relevant information that will help the students
during their stay in the National Open Unviersity of Nigeria (NOUN). It also
contains a brief history of the University and the Faculty of Agricultural
Sciences, the SIWES/Farm Fractical Year, Laboratory practicals, as well as
Teaching and Research Farm. The handbook is therefore, necessary for all
students who want to study Agricultural Sciences in the National Open
University of Nigeria (NOUN).
It is hoped that this document will serve as a guide to the new and stale
sstudents in the Faculty. It also aimed to provide the general public hands-on
information not only about the Faculty generally but specifically about all the
programmes on offer in the Faculty.
It is my pleasure to therefore recommend this prospectus to all the students, the
university community at large and other interested parties.
Professor Nda E. Mundi Dean, Facultyof Agricultural Sciences
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page - - - - - - - - - i
Photograph of the Vice-Chancellor - - - - - ii
Photograph of the Dean - - - - - - iii
Vision and mision statements - - - - - - iv
Vision statements - - - - - - - - iv
Mision statements - - - - - - - iv
Anthem - - - - - - - - - v
Vision and mision statements of the University- - - - iv
Vision and mision of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences- - iv
Forward by the Vice Chancellor - - - - - v
Welcome from the Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - vi
PART 1: INTRODUCTION - - - - - vii
1.1 About the National Open University of Nigeria - - ix
1.2 Studying through Open and Distance Learning at NOUN - X
List of Heads of Department - - - - - - xii
List of Membership of Faculty’s Statutory and Admistrative Committes xiii
Students Examination Guidelines and Regulations - - - xvi
Programme Delivery Mode - - - - - - xviii
Organizational Structure - - - - - - xix
The Study Centres - - - - - - - xx
Quality Assurance - - - - - - - xxv
Philosophy - - - - - - - - xxxi
Organisational Structure of The Facultyof Agricultural Sciences xlii
OPP/DPP Agricultural Extension Management - - - 2
OPP/DPP) Hotel & Catering Management - - - - 18
Outline Programme Proposal (OPP) B.Agriculture - - 31
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Detailed Programme Proposal (DPP) B.Agriculture - - 48
Opp/DPP B.Aquaculture & Fisheries - - - - - 106
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 About the National Open University of Nigeria
Vision Statement
“To be regarded as the foremost University providing highly accessible and
enhanced quality education anchored by social justice, equity, equality and
national cohesion through a comprehensive reach that transcends all barriers.”
Mission Statement
“To provide functional, cost-effective, flexible learning which adds life-long
value to quality education for all who seek knowledge.”
History
The National Open University was initially established on 22nd July 1983 as a
springboard for open and distance learning in Nigeria. It was suspended by the
government on 25th April,1984. However, its tremendous and unassailable role
in tackling the country’s educational problems including access, equity, and
education for all became so evident and consequently its resuscitation was
begun on the 12th of April 2001.The university dedicates itself to
preparingprofessionals in various disciplines through the distance learning
mode. It offers a choice of qualifications from certificates, diplomas to post-
graduate diplomas and degrees.
The National Open University of Nigeria is designed to increase the access of
all Nigerians to formal and non-formal education in a manner convenient to
their circumstances. It also caters for the continuous educational development of
professionals such as teachers, accountants, bankers, lawyers, doctors,
engineers, politicians, self-employed, businessmen and businesswomen. The
range of target clientele is elastic; and itis continually reviewed to meet
Nigeria’s ever- changing needs.
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1.2 Studying through Open and Distance Learning at NOUN
The National Open University of Nigeria is ODL Institution renowned for
providing functional, flexible, accessible, cost effective education adequate for
flourishing in the 21st Century andbeyond. To complete studing via ODL at
NOUN, students are required to read ech study unit of the course materials, text
books and read other materials which ma be provided by the National Open
University of Nigeria.
Each unit contains self – assessment exercises and at certain points in the
course, students would be required submit assignments for assessment purposes.
At the end of the course, there is a final examination. Below, you will find all
the components of the course listed. What you have to do and how you should
allocate your time to each unit in order to complete the course on time and
successfully.
The course requires you to spend a lot of time to read. It is advisable that
you avail yourself the opportunity of attending the tutorial sessions where you
will have the opportunity of comparing knowledge with others.
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PART 2: ABOUT THE FACULTYOF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
2.0 INTRODUCTION
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences has the following philosophy, vision
and mission.
Philosophy
Through the Open and Distance Learning, the Facultyof Agricultural Sciences
aims to create quality learning environment, for teaching, research and
development to meet the challenges of modern society.
Vision Statement
To provide functional, cost-effective and flexible agricultural learning required
for efficient agricultural production, self employment and sustainable
development in various aspects of agriculture.
Mission Statement
The faculty of Agricultural Sciences is dedicated to: train opportunity for
sustainable bio-resources management and enrepreneurship in agricultural
production; opportunity for vocational training and professional workshops for
retooling/reskilling in different areas of agriculture; relevant supportive
resources for teaching and research in agriculture and allied disciplines through
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of delivery; opportunity for
specialization and advance study in major disciplines of agriculture; enhance
agricultural production through community based-driven research objectives
and themes.
The Facultyof Agricultural Sciences is committed to:
I. Training opportunity for sustainable bio-resource management and
entrepreneurship in agricultural production.
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II. Opportunity for vocational training and professional workshops for
retooling/reskilling in different areas of agriculture.
III. Relevant supportive resources for teaching and research in
agriculture and allied disciplines through the Open and Distance
Learning (ODL) mode of delivery.
IV. Opportunity for specialisation and advance study in major
disciplines of agriculture.
V. Enhanced agricultural production through community- based and
farmer-driven research.
CORE VALUES
Our Core Values in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences are:
Excellence: We shall continue to set our sights and standards high.
Achievement: We shall capitalize on our distinctive strengths and
unique opportunities to excel in an increasingly
competitive world.
Collegiality: We shall maintain an inclusive and supportive yet
challenging environment that attracts the best students,
staff and faculty, working together with mutual respect.
Innovation: We shall be creative in our efforts to achieve our
objectives.
Relevance: We shall seek to continually improve our programs,
ensuring that they are appealing and well suited to the
society and development, equipping our graduates for
successful career and future.
Collaboration: We shall initiate mutually beneficial relationships with
a variety of partners to ensure development of facilities,
programmes and research for community development
and service.
Sustainability: We shall maintain our self-sufficiency by seeking
efficiencies and being entrepreneurial in our approach
to challenges.
2.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE FACULTY OF
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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A proposal for the establishment of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences was
presented to the Senate by the Vice- Chancellor, Professor V.A. Tenebe at its 68th
regular meeting held on Tuesday, 24th January, 2012. Acommittee was set up
under the chairmanship of the Dean, Faculty Post-Graduate Studies, Professor
Israel F. Adu, an agriculturist for this purpose.
At the 69thmeeting of the Senate held on Tuesday, 24thApril, 2012, the report and
approval for the establishment of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences from the
then School of Science and Technology was ratified.
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (FAS) was carved out of the then existing
School of Science and Technology (SST) now called Faculty of Sciences (FOS) as
the first of its kind in Africa/Tropics and Subtropics to have a full-fledge-core
courses in agriculture at the Open and Distance Learning (ODL).
The Faculty was approved following the ratification of a report presented and
approved at the 69th meeting of senate held on Tuesday, 24th April, 2012 and
officially took off in July 2014 with Prof. Mathew Dada Alegbejo as the pioneer
Dean. Prof. Nda E. Mundi is the current Dean of the Faculty.
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences is dedicated to: training opportunity for
sustainable bio-resources management and entrepreneurship in agricultural
production; opportunity for vocational training and professional workshops for
retooling/reskilling in different areas of agriculture; relevant supportive resources
for teaching and research in agriculture and allied disciplines through Open and
Distance Learning (ODL) mode of delivery; opportunity for specialization and
advance study in major disciplines of agriculture; enhance agricultural production
through community based and farmer-driven research objectives and themes.
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences runs three departments with the following
programmes:
i. Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
a. B.Sc Agricultural Extension and Management
b. B.Sc Catering and Hotel Management
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c. B. Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
d. B. Agricultural Economics and Agri-Business.
ii. Department of Animal Science and Fisheries
a. B. Animal Science
b. B. Fisheries and Aquaculture
iii. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
a. B. Crop Science
b. B. Soil and Land Resources Management
2.2 PROGRAMMES
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences offers the following approved
undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as the current existing
programmes.
Undergraduate Programmes:
1. B.Sc Agricultural Extension and Management
2. B.Sc Catering and Hotel Management
i. Bachelor of Agriculture with option in:
a. Animal Science
b. Crop Science
c. Soil and Land Resources Management
d. Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
e. Agricultural Economics and Agri-Business
ii. Bachelor of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management with option in:
a. Fisheries
b. Aquaculture
Postgraduate Programme
Postgraduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension and Management
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LIST OF HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS
S/N NAMES DEPARTMENT
1. Prof. G. E. Jokthan Animal Science and Fisheries
2. Dr. Aliyu Musa Crop and Soil Sciences
3. Dr. P.I. Nwandu Agricultural Economics and Extension
2.3 ADMINISTRATION
List of Membership of Faculty’s Statutory and Administrative
Committees
1. STATUTORY COMMITTEES
a. Faculty Board – Members of the Board comprise of all academic staff
in the Faculty and one representative from each of the academic
Faculties and Directorates.
2. FARM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
a. Livestock Unit
Prof. G. E. Jokthan Chair
Prof. Isaac Buswat Member
Dr. Ahmed Njidda Member
Dr. Awolumate Samuel Member
Dr. Bankole Samuel Member
b. Crop Unit
Dr. Aliyu Musa Chair
Dr. PetuIbikunle Member
Dr. B. Shani Member
Dr. Obasi, S.N. Member
Dr. Godwin Alhassan Member
Dr. Andrew Ketswet Member
3. RESEARCH AND SEMINAR COMMITTEE
Prof. G. E. Jokthan Chair
Dr. Ahmed Njidda Member
Dr. Samuel Awolumate Member
Dr. Petu-Ibikunle Member
Dr. Aliyu Musa Member
Dr. P.I. Nwandu Member
Dr. Okwuokenye Goddey Member
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4. REGISTRABLE AND COURSE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE
Dr. Awolumate Samuel Chair
Dr. Okwuokenye Goddey Member
Mrs. Rhoda Alfa Member
Dr. Bankole Samuel Member
5. NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION (NUC) COMMITTEE
Dean Chair
Sub Dean Member
All Heads of Department Member
6. WELFARE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Mary Okpanachi Chair
Mr. Bankole Samuel Member
Mrs. Rhoda Alfa Member
Miss Grace Elanu Secretary
7. EXAMINATION COMMITTEE
Dr. Awolumate Samuel Chair
Mrs. Rhoda Alfa Member
Dr. Bankole Samuel Member
Dr. Okwuokenye Goddey Member
Dr. Obasi, S.N Member
8. COURSE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Prof. Nda E. Mundi Chair
Prof. G. E. Jokthan Member
Dr. P.I. Nwandu Member
Mrs. Rhoda Alfa Member
Dr. Petu Ibikunle Member
9. ADMISSION COMMITTEE
Dr. Bankole Samuel Chair
Dr. Andrew Keswet Member
Mrs. Rhoda Alfa Member
10. LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Dr. Awolumate Samuel Chair
Mrs. Rhoda Alfa Member
Dr. PetuIbikunle Member
Dr. Bankole Samuel Member
Dr. Ahmed Njidda Member
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11. FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES
Faculty of Art Dr. A. I. N. Kaine,
Faculty of Law Dr. P.I. Nwandu
Faculty of Management Sciences Dr. PetuIbikunle
Faculty of Education Dr. Bankole Samuel
Faculty of Sciences Prof. Isaac Buswat
Faculty of Social Sciences Mrs. YetundeAlawode
Faculty of Health Sciences Mrs. Rhoda Alfa
Entrepreneur and General Studies Dr. Awolumate Samuel
School of Postgraduate Studies Dr. Keswet Andrew
CHRD Dr. Aliyu Musa
CLL Dr. Obasi, S.N
DLSS Dr. Fawole Wasiu O.
MIS Dr. Okwuokenye Goddey F.
12. QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMITTEE
Mrs. Rhoda Alfa Chair
Dr.Ahmed Njidda Member
Dr. Hannatu Y.M Member
Dr (Mrs) Inyang Helen Member
Dr. Bankole Samuel Member
13. FACULTY STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
1. Dean Chair
2. Sub Dean Member
3. All Heads of Department Member
14. FACULTY ACADEMIC BRIEF MEMBERS
1. Dean Chair
2. Sub Dean Member
3. All Heads of Department Member
15. DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
A. Department of Animal Science and Fisheries
1. Prof. Grace E. Jokthan Chair
2. Dr. Awolumate Samuel Member
3. Prof. Isaac Butswart Member
4. Dr. Bankole Samuel Member
5. Prof. Okagbare Gregory O. Member
B. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
1. Dr. Aliyu Musa Chair
2. Prof. V. A. Tenebe Member
3. Dr. Adrew Ketswet Member
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4. Dr. PetuIbinkule Member
5. Dr. Godwin Alhassan Member
C. Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
1. Dr. P.I. Nwandu Chair
2. Prof. Nda E. Mundi Member
3. Dr. Okwuokenye Goddey Member
4. Mrs Alfa I. Rhoda Member
5. Dr. A. I. N. Kaine Member
16. DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC BRIEF COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAME AS
STRATEGIC PLANNING MEMBERS
STUDENTS’ EXAMINATION GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS
Examination consitutes a very important aspect of the University’s activities.
The conduct of its examinations is taken seriously. Therefore, the University
does not condone any form of examination misconduct. Students are advised to
abide by the following rules and guidelines:
1. A student’s matriculation number serves as his/her examination number.
2. Students should normally write examinations at their designated centres.
3. Students must bring to the examination hall their writing materials and
any other material, which may be permitted by the Unviersity for a
particular examination. These materials must have been listed as essential
for certain question(s).
4. Students arriving an hour after the commencement of an examination
shall be allowed to sit for the examination only at the discretion of the
Supervisor. Such a student will not be allowed an extra time.
5. Once a student is admitted into the examination hall, he/she may not
leave the hall until he/she has finished with the examination. If for any
cogent reason the student must leave the Hall, he/she must do so with the
permission of the Supervisor.
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6. A student must be accompanied by an invigilator if permitted to leave the
examination hall temporarily (e.g. visiting the rest-room, etc).
7. No answer booklets other than those supplied by the Unviersity are
allowed in the examination hall. All rough works must be done in the
supplied answer booklets and crossed out neatly. All supplementary
answer sheets/booklets must be tied/attached to the main answer booklet.
8. Silence must be observed in the examination hall. Any student requiring
the attention of the invigilator should raise his/her hand.
9. Any activity or behaviour which may be construed as examiantion
misconduct or malpractice (e.g. cheating etc.) shall be liable to discipline
in accordance with the University’s rules and regulations governing
examiantion as contained in the Students’ Handbook.
10. Communciation between students is strickly forbidden during
examiantions. Any student found receiving or giving assistance would be
sanctioned. Such a student may be required to withdraw from the
examination and subsequently made to face the university examination
malpractice panel.
11. Students are not permitted to smoke or sing or pray aloud or engage in
any activity that may distract others in the examination halls.
12. Bags and briefcases are not allowed in eamination halls. The University
will not be liable for any loss or damage of a student’s personal
effects/property.
13. Un-authorised materials (such as tecbooks, course mateirals, notebooks,
sheets/scraps of papers) in printed or electronic form are not allowed in
examination hall.
14. Pagers and mobile phones are not permitted at all in examination halls.
15. Students must observe the Supervisor’s instructions regarding the
commencement and end of an examination. Students who start writing
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before being told to do so, or who continue writing after being asked to
stop would be sanctioned.
PART 3: INFORMATION FOR NEW STUDENTS
3.0 INTRODUCTION
3.1 Orientation Programme
Student orientation programme is done at their various Study Centers. All fresh
students are required to undergo an orientation programme prior to their
registration. The programme is intended to acquinct the students with the whole
range of services and priviledges available to them as well as their reponsibiliies
as members of an academic community. Regulations require satisfactory
completion of the orientation before matriculation in the University.
3.1.2 Registration
The University’s registration system is computerized and so most of the
registration exercise is online. Each student is provided with internet access,
user name and password to log on the registration portal of the University
website.
For fresh students, the registration procedure include participation in interview
and screening exercise where credentials are screened for authenticity. It also
include payment of relevant fees for both fresh and returning students. The
University’s academic year comprises of two semesters. Each student is
assigned an academic adviser during the registration exercise in the Department.
It is important for students to get proper advice from their assigned Academic
Adviser, regarding the number and relevance of the courses to registser for.
To be accepted as a bonafide student, eligible to attend lectures as the case may
be and take examinations, the student must duly register within the stipulated
period for all prescribed courses at the beginning of each semester. Any student
who fails to duly register within the specified time period will pay a late
registration fee. This concession is only for the period approved for the late
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registration.
3.2 Deferment of Admission
Is entertained only based on university policy and conditions such could be
when a student falls sick or suffers an accident aftering registering for a
programme in the University. Such a student would apply with relevant medical
report to the Dean if his/her faculty through the head of the department for
deferment of a semester or session as the case may be to enable him/her fully
recover.
3.3 Change of Programme and Course
Student process change of courses via their respective study centers. The
students download the required form via their Study Centers and process it
through their respective Study Centers
3.3.1 Registered Students who wish to change their Programme of Study
Registered Students who wish to change their Programme of Study process it
via their respective study centers. The students download the required form via
their Study Centers and process it through their respective Study Centers.
3.3.2 New Students who were wrongly admitted to a Programme
Students who were wrongly admitted to a programme can seek counsel from
there counselor.
3.3.3 Change of Registered Courses through “Add/Drop” Provision
A Student who wants to make changes to his/her registered courses after
completion of his/her resistration shall do so on prescribed Add/Drop forms.
This provides students’ the opportunity to delete (drop), add or substitute
courses he/she has previously registered for during the current registration
exercise.the change(s) become effective after approval by the HOD. Under no
circumstance should a student just abandone a course he/she has registered for
or attend lectures and/or sit for examinations of course(s) for which he/she has
not duly registered without first having his/her change(s) approved through the
Add/Drop forms.
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3.3.4 Credit Transfer
Credit transfer is the process by which recognition is granted by NOUN to
applicants on the basis of previous studies undertaken in another institution, and
also on the basis of prior learning. Credit transfer may be approved when a
course previously passed in another institution is assessed as being equivalent to
a course in NOUN.
Credi Unit
Credit unit (CU) represents the weight assigned to the course, and is recorded in
unit hours. One credit is considered as one hour of classroom lecture per week
or two hours of laboratory exercise per week. Thus, CU consists of specified
number of student – teacher hours / week / semester.
Minimum Credit Unit Requirement:
There is a minimum credit weight loading of courses allowed at any particular
semester for academic purposes if a student is studying in the full-time mode.
However, the minimum number of credits one can register for in a semester in
the Open learning system is still dictated by one’s purse, ability and time
available.
Maximum Credit Unit Requirements:
There is also a maximum number of credits the University can allow for
registration in any given semester.
Core Courses:
There are courses that are compulsory for all students in a given programme. A
students’ must pass these courses before he or she will be allowed to register for
courses at the next level or indeed graduate if the course is at the highest level. [
Required courses:
A student must register for all required courses. Failure in any of these courses
does not prevent graduation if the student has passed enough credits for
graduation. Failing a required course however, will affect the Grade Point
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Average (GPA), because all such courses registered for will be used in
computing their GPA.
Grade Point (GP)
This involves the assigning of numerical or alphabetical letter to the scores of
students at examination, reports or projects. Letter systems generally run from
A (5 points), to B (4 points), C (3 points), D (2 points), and F(0 points)
Grade Point Average (GPA)
This refers to the evaluation of student’ performance in any semester. It is the
average of weighted grade points earned in the courses offered by a student in a
semester. The GPA is calculated as follows:
GPA = TCE / TCR
Where:
TCR = Total Credits Required
TCE = Total Credits Earned
Cummulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
The CGPA represents an up-to-date average (i.e. cummulative) of the GPA
earned by the student in at least two semesters. It is an indication of the
student’s overall performance at any point in the course of his/her training at the
University. Cummulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is attained after two
semesters or more in an academic programme.
Calculation of CGPA/GPA
CGPAis calculated as follows:
CPE / CCR
Where:
CPE = cumulative points earned
CCR = cumulative credits registred
Elective Courses:
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These are courses available in one’s domicile University or from other Faculties
in the University. While students are advised to work hard and pass their
elective courses, they can still graduate if they have sufficient credits to do so
even if they failed some electives. They should however note that the number of
failed courses will eventually affect their grading, because all such failed
courses will be used in computing their GPA.
GENERAL STUDIES COURSES
Regardless of the academic programme at the undergraduate level and to some
extent Postgraduate level, in which a student is enrolled, all first year
undergraduate students must register for and pass some general courses. These
are GST courses. If a student fails any of these, he or she would nit be allowed
to graduate. These courses are:
Study skills I and II
Use of English and Communication Skills
People and Culture
Computer Fundamentals
Logic and Creative Thinking
Nigeria and her neighbours
The Good Study Guide
PROGRAMME DELIVERY METHOD
The NOUN employs a range of delivery methods to take education to the
people and make learning an enjoyable activity. These methods include:
• Printed instructional materials, audio, video tapes and CD-ROMs. These
would be transported to you by courier companies, NIPOST and NOUN's
in-house transport division.
• Television and radio broadcast of educational programmes.
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• Electronic transmission of materials in multimedia (voice, data, graphics,
video) over fixed line (telephone or leased lines), terrestrial and VSAT
wireless communication systems.
Study centres in each of the geo-political zones, states and local government
areas shall perform critical roles in the delivery of instruction. Study Centres are
resource places where a student picks up course and other study materials as
well as interact with instructional facilitators and tutors, student counsellors,
study centre directors and with other students. A number of other learner
support facilities including internet browsing, e-mailing, library and a range of
communication channels are also available at the study centres.
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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
The organisational structure of the university is depicted below in a flow
diagram. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the Visitor to the
university. The Senate is the principal decision making body of the university.
The Senate of the university comprises the Vice- Chancellor, Deputy
Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration),
Registrar, Bursar, Librarian, Deans of Faculty, Directors and Heads of
Departments.
ACADEMIC MATTERS OF FAC.
STUDY CENTRES DIRECTORS
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THE STUDY CENTERS
Title City Email Phone No. Study Centre
Director
Geo Political
Zone
Lagos Office
Victoria
Island [email protected]
Abuja HQ Abuja [email protected]
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigeria
Prisons Services, Port
Harcourt
Port Harcourt
South South
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Keffi Prisons
Keffi
North Central
Yola Study Centre Yola [email protected] 08057347240 Dr. AMOS
Williams North East
Kano Study Centre Kano [email protected] 08068042153 Dr. Mohammed
Sanusi Magaji North West
Minna Study Centre Bosso, Minna [email protected] 08035899214 Dr. GANA
Francis N North Central
Sokoto Study Centre Sokoto [email protected] 08065550424
Dr.
MOHAMMED
Kwaire
North West
Ilorin Study Centre Ilorin [email protected] 07035251514 Dr (Mrs) R.O.
Oloyede North Central
Port Harcourt Study
Centre
Port Harcourt [email protected] 08033166957 Dr Gabriel C
Job South South
Benin Study Centre Benin, Edo [email protected] 08066600348
Dr.
KOLAWOLE S
undayEkanah
South South
Akure Study Centre Akure, Ondo [email protected] 08023541556 Mr. Abidemi F.
Agunbiade South West
Awka Study Centre
Abagan,Anam
bra [email protected] 08058542335
Dr. NNAKA
Chibuogwu V. South East
Lokoja Study Centre Lokoja, Kogi [email protected] 08036081157 Prof Isa Ochepa North Central
Umudike Study
Centre
Umahia, Abia [email protected] 08028339222
Dr.
IHUOMA,Chin
we
South East
Enugu Study Centre
Nike-Lake
Road, Enugu [email protected] 08052339007
Mrs.
ONYEHALU
Theresa
South East
Owerri Study Centre
Okigwe Road,
Owerri [email protected] 08063812465
Dr. (Mrs.)
ETTU U.
Theresa
South East
Bauchi Study Centre Bauchi [email protected] 08034047622 Professor.
AHMED Saleh North East
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Title City Email Phone No. Study Centre
Director
Geo Political
Zone
Gidado
Maiduguri Study
Centre
Maiduguri [email protected] 08023761070
Dr. (Mrs.)
ADAMU,
Naomi N.
Jos Study Centre Jos [email protected] 08036142971 Dr. Andrew
D.KESTWET North Central
Katsina Study Centre
Kaita road,
Katsina [email protected] 08065279762
Dr.
GALADANCH
I Musa
North West
Lagos Study Centre
Victoria
Island, Lagos [email protected] 08023405313
Dr. OLUBIYI
Adeniyi
Adewale
South West
Abuja Model Study
Centre
Kubwa
Expressway,
Abuja
[email protected] 08065651440 Prof Abubakar
Garba Suleiman North Central
Abeokuta Study
Centre
Abeokuta,
Ogun [email protected] 08033535423
Prof. Salawu
Ibrahim O. South West
Kaduna Study Centre Kaduna [email protected] 08033334161 Dr Nuhu L.
Garba North West
Calabar Study Centre
Calabar,
Cross River [email protected] 08023546336
Dr. IHEME
Lucius Andee South South
Yenagoa Study
Centre
Yenogoa,
Bayelsa [email protected] 08033911236
Ms MOSUGU,
Grace A South South
Makurdi Study Centre
Kanshio,
Makurdi [email protected] 07035098054
Dr. AKPER
Godwin
Iornenge
North Central
Osogbo Study Centre Osogbo, Osun [email protected] 08030689935
Dr. (Mrs.)
PITAN
Oluyemisi O
South West
Damaturu Study
Centre
Damaturu
08036148866
Mr.
MUHAMMED
Machina A.
North East
Lafia Study Centre Lafia [email protected] 08036217460 Mrs. EZHIM
Rhoda Manyi North Central
Dutse Study Centre
Kiyawa
Road, Dutse [email protected] 08028722780
Mr.
ABDULLAHI
Dogo Abubakar
North West
Jalingo Study Centre Jalingo [email protected] 08034240369
Dr. (Mrs.)
SABO
Elizabeth
North East
Gombe Study Centre Gombe [email protected] 08038053242 Mrs. MALIN
Yelyel Tiling
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian sobi, Ilorin [email protected] 08033353760
Mrs Wuraola
Omotayo North Central
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Title City Email Phone No. Study Centre
Director
Geo Political
Zone
Army.
UYO Study Centre
Uyo, Akwa
Ibom [email protected] 08055339173
Dr. (Mrs.)
ABAA, Angela.
E (Ag. Centre
Director)
South South
Ado-Ekiti Study
Centre
Ado-ekiti [email protected] 08033854942
Mrs. BOSEDE
I.Silas(Study
Centre
Overseer)
South West
Otukpo Study Centre
Otukpo,
Benue [email protected] 08077147734
Prof. ALACHI
Atu James North Central
NOUN Special Study
Centre,Nigerian
NAVY
Apapa, Lagos nigeriannavyspecialstudycentreap
08033068874
Navy Capt (Dr)
AIYEPEKU
Stephen O. (rtd)
South West
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian Air
Force
Airforce base,
Kaduna
g
08033209870
Group Capt.
UMARU
Willy(rtd)
North West
Ibadan Study Centre Ibadan [email protected] 08033358864 Prof. ADISA,
Victor Akin South West
Community Study
Centre Awa-Ijebu
Oru, Ogun [email protected]
Dr.
(Mrs.)SAIDU
Rosemary
South West
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian
Immigrations
Services
Gwagwalada,
Abuja
nigerianimmigrationspecialstudyc
08036124002
Dr. UMOH,
Emmanuel
Jerome
North Central
NOUN Special Study
Centre Nigeria
Prisons Enugu
Maximum Prisons
Okpara
Avenue,
Enugu
South East
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Kuje Prisons
Kuje, Abuja
North Central
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian
Prisons Services
Sauka, Abuja prisonservicespecialstudycentre@
noun.edu.ng
08023193051
North Central
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian
Security and Civil
Defense Corps
(NSCDC)
Sauka, Abuja specialstudycentreforcivildefence
08033142196 Prof. ILIYA
Sarki Dongs
Community Study
Centre Ogori
Ogori [email protected]
0803 620
5520
Dr. ALABI,
Tony Durojaiye North Central
Gusau Study Centre Gusau [email protected] 08062246917 Dr. MUSA
Aliyu North West
Asaba Study Centre Emevor, Delta [email protected] 08023503641 Prof. South South
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Title City Email Phone No. Study Centre
Director
Geo Political
Zone
OKAGBARE
Gregory O
Community Study
Centre, Gulak
Gulak [email protected] 08035995868 HIRKI Hawa
Ben North East
Kebbi Study Centre Kebbi [email protected] 08035904698 Idris M. Garba North West
Community Study
Centre Iyara
Iyara, Kogi [email protected] 08037040097 Emmanuel
Eseyin North Central
NOUN Special Study
Centre, National
Union of Road
Transport Workers
(NURTW)
Garki 1,
Abuja [email protected] 08023124361
Mrs ADENIYI,
P. Abimbola North Central
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian
Police
Dei dei,
Kubwa, Abuja [email protected] 08037002561
Dr. Ebele
Udeoji North Central
NOUN Wuse II Study
Centre, Abuja
Wuse,Abuja [email protected]
Dr. Woleola J.
Ekundayo North Central
Mccarthy Study
Centre
Obalende,
Lagos [email protected] 08055900636
Dr. James
Timothy South West
Community Study
Centre, Bogoro
Bogoro [email protected] 08077882881 Dr. LANDI
Hantsi James North East
Community Study
Centre, Azare
azare,Bauchi [email protected]
0803 447
6874
Inuwa Dahiru
Ghazali FCNA North East
Commnity Study
Centre,Fugar
Edo [email protected] 07066568941 Mrs.Lawani
Comfort South South
Commnity Study
Centre,Fugar
Edo [email protected] 07066568941 Mrs.Lawani
Comfort South South
Community Study
Centre Awgu
Awgu, Enugu [email protected] 08037782878
Mr.
OFORBUIKE
Nwachukwu
(Centre
Overseer)
Community Study
Centre Offa
Offa [email protected] 08032122232 Dr. Ibrahim
Shehu North Central
NOUN,Special Study
Centre for National
Assembly
Central area,
Abuja
u.ng
08036675272 Prof. EYISI Joy
Chinwe North Central
Abakiliki Study
Centre
Abakaliki,
Eboyin
g
08069395473 Dr. Jonathan E.
Aliede South East
Mushin Study Centre
Mushin,
Lagos [email protected] 08035839076
Mr. Athanasius
E. Onyeokoro South West
NOUN Community
Study Centre Otan-
Ayegbaju
Otan
Ayegbaju
Osun State
otan-
07032693482.
otan-
ayegbaju.comsc
@noun.edu.ng
South West
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Title City Email Phone No. Study Centre
Director
Geo Political
Zone
NOUN Special Study
Centre. Victory
International Institute
of Theology and
Education.
Kwali, Abuja victoryinstitutestudycentre@noun.
edu.ng
Mrs. Margret
Boro North Central
Community Study
Centre, Ikom
Ikom, Cross
River [email protected] 08033371691
Dr. (Mrs)
AZEKHUEME,
Kate U.
South South
Kagoro Study Centre Kagoro
08036125776 Tanko Achi North West
Idah Community
Study Centre
Idah, Kogi [email protected] 08065756063 Emmanuel A.
Amanabo. North Central
Owhrode Community
Study Centre
Udu, Delta [email protected]
g
08034103357
Dr Ajufo
Beatrice Ifeoma
South South
Iwo Study Centre
Iwo, Osun
State [email protected] 08034400044
Dr. Ajibola S.
O. South West
Wukari Study Centre
Wukari,
Taraba [email protected] 08036381639
Mr. Lazarus
Bala Sabo
North East
Ugbokolo Study
Centre
Ugbokolo,
Benue
g
08033232155 Dr.Adakole
Ikpe North Central
Uromi Community
Study Centre
Uromi. Edo
state [email protected] 07066568941
Dr.Tessy
Onogimesike
Angba
South South
NOUN Special Study
Centre Nigeria
Prisons Awka
Awka,
Anambra South East
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QUALITY ASSURANCE
Quality is the watch-word at the National Open University of Nigeria and it
underpins every aspect of the experiences prepared for a student who has
decided to be instructed at the university. As it is for all Nigerian universities to
be assessed through accreditation by the National Universities Commission
(NUC), the National Open University of Nigeria is a part of the accreditation
exercises. The programmes we offer, our teaching and the degrees awarded are
all subjected to the same quality assurance by the NUCas in all Nigerian
universities. Besides, due to globalisation, NOUN collaborates with the
Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Canada, the International Council
forDistance Education (ICDE), the African Council for Distance Education
(ACDE) and the well established open and distance universities of the United
Kingdom, Hong Kong, India, Australia and South Africa.
Strategic Plan
The concept and practice of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Nigeria has
taken new dimensions within the last decade especially with the resuscitation of
the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). This calls for a strategic plan
that entails a complete paradigm shift from the traditional mode of learning to a
combination of face-to-face, learner-centred, tradition-assisted, interactive,
just-in-time learning, with no social bias or hindrance. The NOUN plan
proposes to develop in five major areas.
These areas are :
• Enhance student enrolment in programmes being offered in the
university.
• Create demand-driven academic programmes relevant to the needs of the
society.
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• Create linkages with other universities and industrial concerns.
• Achieve staff competencies in ODL.
• Deploy the use of innovative technologies in the delivery of her
operational services.
• Our vision is that when the plan is successfully carried out, NOUN will
justify its role as a leading ODL centre in the country.
For our learners:This means an opportunity to experience a flexible, interactive
and student- centred learning environment, of a well coordinated and integrated
set of instructions that will lead to awards of certificates, diplomas, degrees and
acquisition of competencies that will equip them to face the world with
confidence. For staff, the vision means their competencies will be empowered
via the provision of appropriate tools and methodologies that will accommodate
the integration of the various delivery methods available for modern provision
of learning in an ODL setting. For the university as a whole, the vision implies
administrative efficiency and service, greater expansion and collaborative
opportunities, and making the university an example in the demonstration of the
deployment of ODL to knowledge and skill acquisition in all its programmes
and activities.
Expectations for Clients: Certain expectations are required of NOUN as it offers
its services and products. These are hitch- free admission for all candidates into
the appropriate programmes of the university according to individual
qualification and/or professional standing and experience;attainment of delivery
target of service delivery within one week of the respective target period;
prompt response to enquiries from learners through the respective organs of the
university such as the call centre office, public affairs, e-mail and internet; and
not the least, producing well-grounded graduates found fit in learning and
character for self realisation and the labour market.
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Implementation Strategy
NOUN would seek collaboration with professional bodies/organisations to
develop learning materials and produce instructionally well-designed course
materials as study packs for students. Due to the special features of ODL,
NOUN would have to ensure provision of learner support services through the
use of study centres at various locations in the country; employ competent
instructional facilitators to impart instructions at these study centres; and use
student group learning activities, presentations, etc, to enhance learning at the
various study centres, and encourage the use of appropriate multimedia
technology to achieve delivery of instructions. In order to attract a robust
participation of the stakeholders, part of the strategy would be the conducting of
workshops, seminars, short-term courses, conferences for groups and
individuals at educational institutions and various work places and to engage in
strong advocacy.
Strategic and Operational Priorities
The immediate priority is maintaining the provision of instructional materials to
the students in any of the delivery formats at the respective study centres and
the continous re-appraisal of the relevance of the various programmes to meet
prevailing demands of the society. To achieve this operational strategy, the
reward system will accommodate increased responsibility for staff. The
university will also improve the work environment for its staff and provide them
with modern and effective working tools to enable them achieve job
actualisation and satisfaction.
Strategic Direction
Our strategic direction is to implement the following: Offer new and locally
relevant programmes, attain full development of the ICTnetwork within and
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amongst the NOUN systems, and provide the best possible learning experiences
for our students through the use of a range of contextually relevant media and
technologies; Build upon the e-learning initiatives already begun with a gradual
expansion to full delivery coursesonline by the end of the plan period.
Encourage increased use of student support services through the completion of
the ongoing renovations and refurbishment of the first phase of the study centres
while the second stage of the study centres development to include all states and
selected study centres reflecting concentration of students will be embarked
upon. Lay the foundation for quality research and the identification of
researchpriorities essential for a new and growing open university; exhibit
excellence in the design, development and provision of instructional materials
and tutorial facilities to be comparable to any ODL institutions anywhere in the
world.
Strategic Aims
To collaborate with institutions and organisations within the West African
sub-region for training and development in ODL through the activities of
RETRIDAL; and enhance the growth and development of NOUN and its staff
through partnerships with international development partners and professional
organisations and other open and distance learning institutions worldwide such
as Commonwealth of Learning (COL), United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), New Partnership for Africa’s
Development (NEPAD), West African Distance Educators (WADE), African
Council for Distance Education (ACDE), International Council for Open and
Distance Education (ICDE), University of South Africa (UNISA), Open
University of United Kingdom (OUUK), University of Southern Queensland
(USQ), Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK), Indira Ghandi National Open
University (IGNOU), to mention a few. To develop instructional materials
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suitable for international students beginning with the West African sub -region
through the African region and to the rest of the world in keeping with the trend
in cross border education.
SERVICOM
The university has set up a SERVICOM Unit.The Service Compact with All
Nigerians (SERVICOM), is a comprehensive plan of action for the running and
sustaining of a public service agency with which the university could be
assessed. In setting up this unit, the university is interested in democratising the
entire process of running its various operational activities such that her major
clients the students, public and stakeholders for whom these services are
provided are given some measure of control over the quality of services being
delivered/ received.
Output Control Measures
Intrinsic in the charter of service, is the right of the citizens of the country to
seek redress when any of the services as contained in the SERVICOM Charter
fail to meet their expectations. If such a situation should arise, the university has
provided avenues for the redress for any dissatisfied student and or stakeholders
to do any of the following:
• Petition the Study Centre Director
• Petition the Dean/ Director of the academic unit concerned
• Petition the Registrar
• Petition the University Senate
• Petition the Vice- Chancellor
• Petition the Council
• Petition the Honorable Minister of Education; and/or
• Seek redress at the law court
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Anti-Corruption and Transparency Monitoring Unit (ACTU)
The university,in its drive to minimise corruption and corrupt practices in public
service has set up an Anti-Corruption Unit.
NOUN-ACTU Mandate
• To eradicate and enlighten all NOUN staff on the negative effects of
corrupt practices in the university’s wheel of progress.
• To adopt suitable internal moral principles to sensitise their awareness
and the need to cultivate honest values such as integrity, objectivity,
accountability, probity and transparency which are the core values
essential to reduce or better still totally eradicate corrupt practices within
the university.
Basic Admission Requirements and Expected Duration of
theProgrammes
To be admitted into the 5-year B. Agriculture, or B. Aquaculture and
Fisheries Management degree programmes. Candidates must have:
a) Undergraduate programmes (100 Level)
5 credits in WASC/GCE/NECO subjects including English, Mathematics,
Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and any one of the following:
Physics, Geography or Economics, at least a pass in Physics.
b). For Direct Entry (200 Level)
- “A” Level passes in the relevant subjects.
- ND with a minimum of upper credit plus 5 credits in WASC/GCE/NECO
subjects including English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural
Science and any one of the following: Physics, Geography or Economics, at
least a pass in Physics is required for 200level.
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Course Duration - 4 years for direct entry candidates and 5 years for students
who came in from 100 levels.
b) Post-graduateProgramme
i. PGD Agricultural Extension and Management
Candidates seeking admission for PGD Agricultural Extension and
Management must possess a Bachelor’s degree with at least 3rd
class division.
Candidates with pass degree and minimum of 3 years cognate experience in
related field may be accepted. HND holders in Agricultural Sciences or related
disciplines may be admitted. Holders of Bachelor degree in Basic Science,
Biological/Earth Sciences and Agricultural Sciences from universities that are
recognised by NOUN are admitable.
Graduation Requirements
To graduate, a student shall have undergone 4 or 5 years of study depending on
his entry point, including 12 calendar months of Farm Practical Year
(FPY/SIWES). The activities of the farm practical year should include periodic
seminars on the student’s work as a way of stimulating interest as well as the
presentation of a written report to be graded at the end of the year.
Course workload must meet the graduation requirements of the university.
However, in doing so, the student must earn a minimum of 167 credit units for
the five -year programme and 132 credit units for the four- year (direct entry)
programme in agriculture and related fields as indicated under course
requirements.
The submission of an undergraduate project report based on supervised research
is a graduation requirement, which must not be compromised. This requirement
exposes the student to problem-solving techniques and provides him with the
ability to organise ideas from literature and research findings. In short, it
prepares the student for the work ahead and for further training at the post-
graduate level. This area of academic preparation needs to be maintained and
developed further.
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Degree Classification
The determination of the class of degree shall be based on the Cumulative
Grade Point Average (CGPA) earned at the end of the programme. The GPA is
computed by dividing the total number of credit points (TCP) by the total
number of units (TNU) for all the courses taken in the semester. The CGPA
shall be used in the determination of the class of degree according to the
following table:
CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT
AVERAGE (CGPA)
CLASS OF DEGREE
4.50 – 5.00
3.50 – 4.49
2.40 – 3.49
1.50 – 2.39
First Class
2nd
Class Upper
2nd
Class Lower
3rd
Class
The maximum length of time allowed to obtain a degree in the Facultyshall
besixteen semester for the 5-year degree programme and fourteen semesters for
students admitted directly into the 200 level. For extension beyond the
maximum period, a special permission of Senate shall be required on the
recommendation of the FacultyBoard.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii)
Credit Units
Vary
according
to contact
hours assigned
to each course
per week per
semester and
Percentage
Score
Letter
Grades
Grade
Points
(GP)
Grade Point
Average
(GPA)
Cumulative
Grade Point
Average
(CGPA)
5-Point
System
Class of
Degree
70 –100 A 5 Derived 4.50 5.00 1st Class
60 – 69 B 4 by
Multiplying
(i) & (iv)
3.50 4.49 2nd
Class
Upper
50 – 59 C 3 and divide
by total
credit units
2.5 - 3.49 2nd
Class
Lower
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according to
work load
carried by
student
45 – 49 D 2 1.50 to 2.49 3rd
Class
40 – 44 E 1 <1.5 Fail
Probation
Probation is a status granted to a student whose academic performance falls
below an acceptable standard. A student whose Cumulative Grade Point
Average is below 1.00 at the end of a particular year of study, earns a period of
probation for one academic session.
Withdrawal
A candidate whose Cumulative Grade Point Average is below 1.00 at the end of
a particular period of probation should be required to withdraw from the
university.
Any student who cannot satisfy the graduation requirements within 2-years after
the prescribed duration for the programme (i.e. 6 or 7 years after admission)
shall be required to withdraw from the university.
Course Credit Unit System
This should be understood to mean a ‘quantitative system of organisation of the
curriculum in which subject areas are broken down into unit courses which are
examinable and for which students earn credit(s) if passed’. The courses are
arranged in progressive order of difficulty or in levels of academic progress, e.g.
Level or year 1 courses are 100, 101 etc. and Level II or Year II courses are
200, 202 etc.
The second aspect of the system is that courses are assigned weights allied
Credit Units. [
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
This is the up-to-date mean of the Grade Points earned by the student in a
programme of study. It is an indication of the student’s overall performance at
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any point in the training programme. To compute the Cumulative Grade Point
Average, the total of Grade Points multiplied by the respective Credit Units for
all the semesters are added and then divided by the total number of Credit Units
for all courses registered by the student.
Evaluation
Course Evaluation
Continuous Assessment should be a significant component of the assessment of
a student’s performance in a course. It should constitute between 30 and 40%
of the final grade awarded. The Grade Point Average (GPA) and the
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) systems are the yardsticks for
evaluating students’ performance from semester to semester and from year to
year. The final degree classification should be based on the final CGPA ranges
contained in the following table:
CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT
AVERAGE (CGPA)
CLASS OF DEGREE
4.50 – 5.00
3.50 – 4.49
2.40 – 3.49
1.50 – 2.39
First Class
2nd
Class Upper
2nd
Class Lower
3rd
Class
External Examiners System
External Examiners should be used only in the final year of the under-graduate
programme to assess final year courses and projects, and to certify the overall
performance of the graduating students, as well as the quality of facilities and
teaching. However, the existing practice of using external examiners for major
subject areas in professional programmes should be continued.
SIWES/Farm Practical Year Rating and Assessment
The fourth year should be basically left for practical farm training. This training
should be for duration of 12 months of which not less than 80% should
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bedevoted to practical training on a farm and related industries. There should
be no classroom lectures during the practical year. The practical farm training
should normally not commence before the fourth year (in a 5-year programme)
in order to make it meaningful since the students are expected to put into
practical use the knowledge they have learned in the classroom and laboratory.
The year would involve practical training in the following areas.
Teaching and Research Farm
To meet the minimum standard for accreditation (NUC minimum benchmark),
The Facultyfarm at Kaduna is being upgraded into a teaching and research farm
where face-to-face facilitation will be done for students within the Kaduna
catchment area. Identified designated schools/colleges of agriculture and large
farms around the country are being approached with Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to use their facilities for students training.
Laboratory Practical
This will be done via the following ways:
i. Using the existing laboratories of other tertiary institutions at least one in
each geo-political zone. MOU will be signed with these institutions.
ii. Virtual laboratory/use of video clips.
iii. Established model laboratory at the Faculty.
Research Project/Thesis
The submission of an undergraduate project/ thesis based on supervised
research is a graduation requirement, which must not be compromised. This
requirement exposes the student to problem-solving techniques and provides
him with the ability to organise ideas from literature and research findings. In
short, it prepares the student for the work ahead and for further training at the
post-graduate level. This area of academic preparation needs to be maintained
and developed further.
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Maintenance of Curricular Relevance
The Facultyof Agricultural Sciences in its drive to maintain a standard and also
follow up with the progress of its graduates shall:
Maintain a 2-way communication strategy involving the Faculty,
and employers/professional bodies for periodic evaluation of
competency and or work output of its graduates.
Undertake a 5- year periodic review of curriculum by a group of
experts who should be professors and associate professor/readers.
Innovate quality enhancing strategies: Encouragement of research
at all levels (including undergraduate programme) into low cost
affordable technologies that farmers can adapt and adopt for
sustainable entrepreneurship.
Use of indigenous technology and culture to make the curriculum
relevant.
Staff
Staffing is an important criterion of benchmark minimum academic standards.
A capable cadre of staff in various disciplines in agriculture has been employed
by the Faculty; this is believed to transmit knowledge to the students in addition
to developing their inquisitive minds. Often, the development of incapable
graduates is a direct result of inadequate capabilities of the academic staff.
Capability is intimately tied to rank or seniority in a discipline.
Indicators of staff include parameters such as number, rank and distribution of
academic staff: teacher student ratio and support staff ratio. The NUC
guidelines on these parameters wereapplied.
Staff of the Facultycan be categorised into three: Academic, Technical and
Administrative staff.
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Academic Staff
S/N Name of
Academic Staff
Rank/Designation Qualification Status
1. Prof. Vincent
Tenebe
Professor B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Agronomy Full
Time
2. Prof. N.E. Mundi
Professor B.Sc.( Ed.) Agric. Science, M.Sc. Agric.
Extension, Ph.D. Agric. Extension
&Rural Sociology
Full
Time
3. Prof. I.S. Butswat Professor& SIWES
Coordinator, Abuja
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Animal Science Full
Time
4. Prof. Grace Esrom
Jokthan
Professor B. Agric,, M.Sc. (Animal Science)
Ph.D., Animal. Science
Full
Time
5. Dr. Andrew
Keswet
Senior Lecturer B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph. D.,
Agric.Mechanisation
Full
Time
6. Dr. A.M. Petu-
Ibikunle
Senior Lecturer B.Agric., M.Sc. Crop Physiology &
Production, Ph.D. Agronomy
Full
Time
7. Prof. G. O.
Okagbare
Professor&Centre
Director,Abuja Study
Centre
B. Ed. Agric., M.Sc., Ph. D., Animal
Science
Full
Time
8. Dr. M.Aliyu Senior Lecturer B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph. D., Soil Science Full
Time
9. Dr. Elizabeth Sabo Senior Lecturer B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Agric. Extension
Full
Time
10. Dr. B. B. Shani Lecturer I B.Agric. Eng’g 1996, M. Agric. Eng’g
2004, PhD Agric. Eng’g 2008
Full
Time
11. Dr. Okwuokenye
Goddey F.
Lecturer II B.Agric 1997, M.Sc. Agric. Extension
2010, PhD Agric. Extension 2014
Full
Time
12. Dr. Helen Inyang Lecturer II B.Agric. Tech. 1995, M.Sc. Agric. Econs
2006, PhD Agric. Econs. 2015
Full
Time
13. Dr. Godwin A.
Alhassan
Lecturer II B.Sc. Agric. 1984, M.Sc. Crop
Production 2004, PhD Crop Production
2015
Full
Time
14. Dr. Samuel
Awolumate
Lecturer 1 B. Sc (Agricultural Economics & Rural
Sociology), M. Sc. (Fisheries &
Aquaculture)Ph.D., Aquaculture and
Fisheries Economics
Full
Time
15. Dr. Ahmed Njidda Associate Professor Ph.D Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry
2011, M. Sc. Animal Production and
Management (Ruminant Animal) (2002),
B.Sc. Animal Science (1995)
Full
Time
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16. Dr. Obasi S.N. Lecturer II Ph. D Soil Survey & Land use Planinng
2005, Ms.C Soil Survey and Land use
Planing 2010, B. Sc. Soil Science 2005
Full
Time
17. Dr. (Mrs) Hannatu
Michael Y.
Lecturer II Ph.D Agric. Econs and Extension 2015,
M.Sc. Agric. Econs and Extension &
Rural Sociology 2000, B. Sc. Sociology
1989
Full
Time
18. Dr. Agbo
Aderonke N.
Lecturer II Ph.D Fisheries 2015, M.Sc. Zoology
1990, B.Sc Zoology 1987
Full
Time
19. Dr. Fawole Wasiu
O.
Lecturer II Ph.D Agric. Econs. and Extension,
2017, M.Sc. Agric. Econs and Extension
2012, B.Tech. 2008
Full
Time
20. Dr. Abayomi
SamuelBankole
Assistant Lecturer D.V.M ( Veterinary Medicine) Full
Time
21. Mrs. Yetunde
O.Fawusi
Assistant Lecturer B. Sc., M. Sc., Agronomy Full
Time
Administrative Staff
S/N Name Rank/Designation Qualification/Date Status
1. Mrs. Mary
Achimugu
Okpanachi
Senior Asst.
Registrar
B.Sc. Business Administration 2001 Full
time
2. Mr. Alao
Emmanuel
Abiodun
Principal Executive I
( Marketing)
PGDM 2002, HND Animal Health 2014,
Adv. Dip. Bus. Admin 2000, AMNIM
2007
Full
time
3. Miss Grace O.
Elanu
Principal
Confidential
Secretary II
MPA 2018, M.Ed. (on-going); PGDM
2003; HND Secretarial Studies, 2000.
Full
time
4. Mrs. Oloruntoba
Kehinde Victoria
Accountant I B.Sc Accounting 1998 Full
time
5. Mrs. Priscilla
Salamatu Jokthan
Admin. Officer B.A Archeology 2011 Full
time
6. Mrs. Agbo
Bridget E.
Higher Executive
Officer (Admin)
HND Human Resources Management Full
time
7. Mr. Aliyu
Alhassan
Senior Secretarial
Assistant 1
ND Business Admin, 2002SSCE
NECO2007/1997
Full
time
8. Mr. Yohanna
Bukata
Senior Secretarial
Assistant
Diploma in Data and Processing, 2000 Full
time
9. Mr. Baaki Sunday Chief Clerical
Officer
HND Cooperative Economics and
Management, 2014
Full
time
10. Mrs. Susan
Emmanuel
Asst. Catering
Officer
SSCE 1990, Cookery & Kitchen Course Full
time
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11. Mrs. Ererobo O.
Esther
AEO Accounts SSC (NECO & WAEC) 2005 & Dip. In
Accounting 2001
Full
time
12. Mr. Ibrahim
Yusuf
Secretarial Assistant
I
OND 2012, NECO 2008 Full
time
13. Abbas Abubakar Driver FSLC, 1984, SSCE 2010 Full
time
14. Mr. John Y.
Lawan
Driver WASC/NECO 2008 Full
time
15. Mr. Gabriel O.
Ogbe
Clerical Officer SSCE 2013 Full
time
16. Mr. Dalhatu
Adamu
Clerical Officer NECO 2004, Diploma in Computer
Operations 2015
Full
time
17. Mrs. Shaawanatu
Mohammed Bello
Youth Corper HND Animal Production Technology NYSC
18. Mr. Ahmed Ali Youth Corper HND Animal Production Technology NYSC
19. Mr. Shekwodiza
Yahaya
Environmental
Attendant
SSCE Full
time
20. Miss. Amina
Salihu
Environmental
Attendant
Diploma in Public Accounting and
Auditing 2015
Full
time
21. Mr. Mubarak
Haruna
Environmental
Attendant
SSCE 2016 Full
time
22. Mr. Mohammed
Ladan
Environmental
Attendant
Diploma in Computer Full
time
23. Mr. Precious
Audu
Environmental
Attendant
NABTEB 2012, Nat. Dip. In Computer
Networking and System Security 2016
Full
time
24. Mr. Ibrahim
Enagi Zakari
Environmental
Attendant
PGDE 2012, HND Crop Production
Tech. 2007, Nat. Dip. In Agric. Tech.
2004
Full
time
25. Miss. Martha
Haruna
Environmental
Attendant
SSCE 2013 Full
time
26. Mr. Micheal Egbe Environmental
Attendant
SSCE Full
time
27. Mr. Gungret John
Kumden
Environmental
Assistant
SSCE 2009 Full
time
28. Mr. Attairu
Muhammed
Environmental
Attendant
SSCE Full
time
28. Mr.Ayuba Ishaya Environmental
Attendant
(Gardener)
FSLC1998 Full
time
30. Mr.Irimiya Audu Environmental
Attendant
(Gardener)
FSLC 1998 & SSC 1999 Full
time
31. Mrs.Ladi Markus Environmental
Attendant (Farming)
No Formal Education Full
time
32. Mr.Shehu Haruna Environmental
Attendant
(Gardener)
FSLC 1993, SSC2001 Full
time
33. Mrs.Cecilia
Ishaya
Environmental
Attendant (Cleaning)
FSLC Full
time
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34. Mr.Innocent B.
DogonYaro
Environmental
Attendant (Farming)
FSLC 1980, SSC 1985 & WASC 2006 Full
time
35. Mr.Ibrahim Luka Environmental
Attendant (Farming)
FSLC 1999 & SSC 2006 Full
time
Technical Staff
S/N Name Rank/Designation Qualification/Date Status
1. Mark Bernard
Gowong
Laboratory
Technologist I
PGDM 2002; HND Food Technology.
1997.
Full
time
2. Umar Aminu Farm Officer I M.Sc. Economics 2016, B.(Hons)
Agricultural Economics and Extension
Full
time
3. Mr. Adawa Goma
Gideon
Farm Officer II FSLC 1994, SSC 200, Bachelor of
Agriculture 2008 and M.Sc. Agric Econs
& Rural Sociology (In view)
Full
time
4. Mr. Jamiu
Danjuma Ibrahim
Senior Executive
Officer (Farm)
FSLC 1993, WASC 2001, SSC 2002,
ND. Agric. Tech. 2005 & HND Animal
Production Technology 2008
Full
time
5. Mr. Isaac Ameh
Ochaba
Higher Technical
Officer (Farm Mgt.)
HND Agricultural Engineering 2014 Full
time
6. Mr. Hamidu
Ibrahim
Higher Technical
Officer (Farm Mgt.)
HND Animal Production Technology
2009.
Full
time
7. Mr.Hussaini Isah Senior Assistant
Technologist
ND Animal Heal & Production Full
time
8. John Joseph Technical Assistant
(Farming)
FSLC 1999 & WASSC2005 Full
time
9. Mr. Bashir
Abdullahi
Assistant Technical
Officer
National Diploma Agricultural
Engineering 1993
Full
time
10. Mr. Abdullahi
Aminu
Assistant Technical
Officer
National Diploma Fisheries Technology
2009
Full
time
11. Mr. Abdulkadir
Muhammad
Assistant Technical
Officer
National Diploma Animal Health &
Production 2010
Full
time
12. Miss. Obed
Nankling Dabit
Assistant Technical
Officer Animal
Production
National Diploma Animal Health &
Production
Full
time
13. Mr. Gambo J
Garba
Assistant Technical
Officer Soil
National Diploma Agric. Technology Full
time
14.. Mr. Muhammed
Abubakir
Technical Assistant
Heardsman
FSLC 2003 Full
time
15. Mr. Mustapha
Usman
Technical Assistant
Heardsman
FSLC 2006 Full
time
16. Mr. Nababa
Shehu Moh’d
Farm Security SSCE 1992 Full
time
17. Atakolo Godwin
Onuh
Tech. Assistant
Security
Nat. Dip. In Business Admin. And Mgt.
Studies 2012, SSCE 2005
Full
time
18. Mr. Samaila
Aliyu
Technical Asst.
Security
SSCE 2007 Full
time
19. Mrs.Talatu Farm Assistant Cert. in accounting Assistant III 1993, Full
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Danladi (Farming) TC II (Refered) 2008, Accounting
Assistant III & NCE 2011
time
20. Mr.Daniel
Rubainus
FSLC 1997, SSC
2005, Certificate in
Cat fish Farming
Technical Assistant (Security) Full
time
21. Mrs.Laitu Depot Environmental
Attendant (Farming)
FSLC 1996 & Certificate in Life Stock
Management.
Full
time
22. Mr. Adamu Sani
Ladan
Vert. Assistant FSLC 1987, SSCE 1994 & Cert. in Lives
Stock Mgt. & Extension
Full
time
23. Mr.Lamido
Dalhatu
FSLC 2001 Environmental Attendant (Herdsman) Full
time
24. Mr.Gidado M.
Aliyu
FSLC 1995 Environmental Attendant (Herdsman) Full
time
25. Mr.Tukur Gaiya Tractor Driver FSLC 1998 & WAEC 2004 Full
time
26. Mr.Ezekiel Musa FSLC 1992 Tractor Mate Full
time
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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE FACULTYOF
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
The Vice-chancellor
University Senate
Dean
Senior Management Committee of Deans & Directors
Heads of Departments
Centre Director
Counsellor
Facilitators
Learner support services/Study Centre
Academic Staff
Soil Science and Land
Resource Management Aquaculture & fisheries Agric Economics &
Agro-Business
Animal
Science
Crop
Protection
Learner/Public
Support Staff
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FACULTYOF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
OUTLINE PROGRAMME PROPOSAL (OPP)
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B. AGRIC. (SOIL AND LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OPTION)
300 LEVEL
FIRST SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title Credits
SLM 301 Introduction to Soil Mineralogy 3
SLM 303 Introduction to Pedology and Soil Physics 2
SLM 305 Introduction to Soil Chemistry, Fertility and
Microbiology
3
SLM 309 Soil Analytical Techniques 3
CRP 309 Arable Crops Production 2
CRP 313 Permanent Crops Production 2
SLM 307 Introduction to Soil Microclimatology 3
AGR 307 Environmental Impact Assessment 2
Sub Total Credit Units 20
SECOND SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title Credits
SLM 302 Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition 3
CRP 312 Farm Power and Agric. Mechanisation 3
SLM 306 Soil Erosion and Conservation 2
SLM 308 Soil and Water Management 3
SLM 310 Watershed Hydrology 2
SLM 314 Computer- based Terrain Analysis 2
CRP 308 Agric. and Bio-Resources Management 2
SLM 312 Report Writing in Soil Science 1
ENT 306 Entrepreneurial Studies II 2
Sub Total Credit Units 20
3
400 LEVEL (FARM PRACTICAL YEAR)SEMESTER – SIWES
Course
code
SKILL CREDITS
SLM 407 Soil-Site Characterisation 2
CRP 401 Crop Production Techniques (Permanent,
Arable and Horticultural Crops etc)
2
SLM 401 Soil Fertility, Soil and Water Management 2
ANP 405 Animal Husbandry Techniques ( Cattle , Sheep,
Goats, Poultry, Pigs and Rabbits)
2
CRP 405 Agricultural Product Processing and Storage 2
CRP 407 Crop Protection and Pest and Disease Control 2
ANP 403 Animal Health Management 2
SLM 403 Farm Design Survey and Land Use Planning 2
AEC 401 Farm Management Records and Accounts 2
ARD 401 Extension Practices 2
AGM 401 Farm Mechanisation Practices 2
SLM 405 Agricultural Meteorology 2
AGM 403 Workshop practices 2
AGR 403 Biotechnology in Agricultural Production 3
AFM 409 Fisheries 2
AGR 401 Report Writing 3
Total 34
500 LEVEL
FIRST SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title Credits Status
SLM 501 Advance Soil Fertility 2
SLM 503 Soil Physics 2
SLM 505 Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry 3
SLM 507 Soil Morphology and Classification 3
SLM 509 Waste Management and Soil 3
ARD 509 Agricultural Business Management 3
CRP 517 Organic and Urban Farming 2
AGR 515 Techniques of Scientific Writing and
Presentation
1
Sub Total Credit Units 19
4
SECOND SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title Credits Status
SLM 504 Anthropogenic Impact on Land 3
SLM 506 Integration Soil Management 2
SLM 508 Land Reclamation 2
SLM 510 Soil Survey and Land Evaluation 2
SLM 512 Fertilizer Technology 2
SLM 514 Soil Ecosystem 2
SLM 516 Advanced Soil Science 3
AGR 502 Student Seminar 1
AGR 599 Project 4
Sub Total Credit Units 21
FACULTYOF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
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DETAILED PROGRAMME PROPOSAL (DPP)
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA FACULTYOF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
DETAILED PROGRAMME AND RECOMMENDED COURSES FOR B. AGRIC.
A. 100 LEVEL COURSES
FIRST SEMESTER
BIO 101: General Biology I (Botany / Zoology) (2 Units)
Characteristics of living things, cell as the basic unit of living things, cell
structure, organisation, cellular organelles, tissues, organs and systems.
Classification of living things, general reproduction and concept of inter-
relationships of organism, heredity and evolution,elements of ecology
(introduction) and habitats.
CIT 101: Computers in Society (2 Units)
What is computer, types of computer, history of digital computer, element of a
computer hardware and software, how to work with a computer, operating
system, windows, files, word processing, copying a text, saving, changes to a
document and formatting, spelling checker and introduction to printing a
document, spread sheet, entering and correcting data, using formula, numeric
formats, creating charts, types of charts, power points and presentation,
networking, internet and e-mail, reading and responding to an e-mail message.
GST 105: History and Philosophy of Science (2 Units)
General description of the nature of science and basic scientific methods and
theories; history of western science and science in ancient times, middle ages
and the rise of modern science; an overview of African science; man and his
environment and natural resources; nature, scope and technological
development and inventions; great scientist of Nigerian origin.
GST 101: Use of English and Communication Skills (2 Units)
This course is to enable students learn the skills of listening and comprehension,
retrieve information, for interpreting and evaluation, effective reading skills,
comprehending at varying speed levels, reading for vocabulary development in
various academic contents.
CHM 101: Introductory Inorganic Chemistry I (2 Units)
Hypothesis, theory and law with appropriate illustrations, nature of matter – 3
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states of matter, atomic structures, electronic energy levels and orbitals, Periodic
classification of elements and its relationship to their electronic configuration,
Chemical bonding, survey of properties and trends in groups I II, IV, V & VII
metals.
CHM 131: Organic Chemistry for Agriculturist 1(2 Units)
Definition, nomenclature; functional groups; homologous series; families of
organic compounds – composition, structure, formulae, synthesis, isolation and
purification; isomerism; electronic theory in organic chemistry; alkanes, alkenes
and alkynes; Benzene ring and aromatic compounds.
CHM 191: Introductory Practical Chemistry I (1 Unit)
Practical based on CHM 101 and CHM 131: Cations and Anions-Identification,
Acid-base titrations, redox reactions and determinations.
PHY 191: Introductory Practical Physics 1 (1 Unit)
Graphs, measurement; error analysis; determination of acceleration due to
gravity by means of simple pendulum; determination of force constant of a
spiral spring and the constant; determination of surface tension of water;
determination of specific latent heat of fusion of ice; determination of the
coefficient of limiting static friction between two surfaces; determination of the
coefficient of static friction on two surfaces using an inclined plane;
determination of the relative density of kerosene using the specific gravity
bottle; determination of the relative density of a granular substance not soluble
in water using the specific gravity bottle.
PHY 121: General Physics (2 Units)
Relevance of Physics to Agriculture.Selected topics and application to
agriculture in mechanics, properties of matter, waves and sound, vibrations,
electromagnetism, heat optics, light, thermal physics. Atomic and nuclear
physics
AGR 101: Mathematics for Agriculturists 1 (2 Units)
Algebra and trigonometry: Real number system; real sequences and series; set
and subsets; unit interaction, complements; empty and universal sets; Venn
diagram; one way correspondence between sets; quadratic function and
equations; solution of linear equations; simple properties of determinants;
indices and binomial theorem; transformations; e.g. log transformation;
equations of straight line and application to simple regression equations;
permutations and combinations; circular measure, trigonometric functions of
angles; addition and factor formulae; complex numbers; moments and couples;
relative velocity; calculus; elementary functions of simple real variable; graphs
of simple functions, the differentiation of simple algebraic: exponential and log
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functions; the differentiation of a sum; product, quotient, function of function
rules; implicit differentiation : definite and indefinite integrations of functions;
application of definite and indefinite integrals to areas and volumes.
BIO 191: Practical Biology I (1 Unit)
Simple practical based on BIO 101 theoretical courses
GST 121: Use of Library (1Unit)
Brief history of libraries, library and education, university library and other
types of libraries, types of library materials, using library materials including e-
learning, e-materials, understanding library catalogues and classification,
copyright and its implications, database resources, bibliographic citations and
referencing development of modern CIT, hardware technology software
technology, input, output and storage devices, communication and internet
services, word processing skills
SECOND SEMESTER
AGR 102: Mathematics for Agriculturists II (2Units)
Types of vectors and their application; matrices; simple linear equations; loci;
integration; differential equations; first and second-order chemical equations;
straight lines and planes; angle between lines and planes; distance of point from
a plane; distance between 2 skew lines; circles. Introduction to statistics;
diagrammatic representation of descriptive data; measures of location and
dispersion for grouped data; curves and graphs; histograms; scatter diagram;
theory of probability; binomial distribution; collection, tabulation and
representation of agricultural data; mean; mode and median; analysis of
variance; linear regression and correlation.
CHM 102: Physical Chemistry (2 Units)
Atoms; Sub-atomic particles, Isotopes, Avogadro’s number; The Mole Concept;
Chemical Formulae; The Laws of Chemical Combinations; Equations and
Calculations; State of Matter; Gases, Liquids and Solids; Chemical
Thermodynamics; Energetic and Thermo chemistry; Buffers, Chemical
Equilibrium and Equilibrium Constants; Solubility Products; Chemical kinetics;
Electrochemistry; Nuclear Binding Energy, Fission and Fusion.
PHY 192: Practical Physics II (1 Unit)
Selected experiments on topics covered in PHY 111 and PHY 122, application
of a variety of simple experimental techniques with emphasis on quantitative
measurements, experimental errors and graphical analysis.
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GST 102: Use of English and Communication Skills II (2 Units)
Writing paragraphs; topic, sentence and coherence, development of paragraphs;
Illustration, description, cause and effect including definitions, formal letters,
essential parts and stylistic forms; complaints and requests, jobs ordering goods,
letters to government and other organisations; writing reports; reporting events,
experiments, writing summaries.
BIO 102: General Biology II (Botany and Zoology)(2 Units)
Cellular basis of life; general structure and functions of plant cells and cellular
organelles; plant cell division; heredity; diversity in plant cells and habitats;
Morphology general characteristics, life cycles and range of forms of bacteria,
viruses, fungi, algae, bryophytes, Lichens and pteridophytes,general structure of
animal cell. Functions of animal cells and cellular organelles; animal cell types
and division. Forms, functions and life history of invertebrates using selected
examples from classes of invertebrates such as Protozoa, Coelenterates,
Arthropods, Plantyhelminthes, Aschelminthes, Annelida and Mollusca.
CHM 132: Organic Chemistry for Agriculturist II (2 Units)
Simple reactions of hydrocarbons, alcohols and acids,introductoryorganic basic
chemistry and importance of lipids, proteins and carbohydrate and other natural
products, petroleum chemistry, oils and fats, hydrogenation of oils. Polymer
and biological important molecules, relevance of physics to agriculture.Selected
topics and application to agriculture in mechanics, properties of matter, waves
and sound, vibrations, electromagnetism, heat optics, light, thermal
physics.atomic and nuclear physics
CHM 192: Introductory Practical Chemistry II (1 Unit)
Practical based on general chemistry CHM 101 and introductory organic
chemistry I CHM 102- Determination of melting and boiling points and reaction
of functional groups.
GST 104: Introduction to Social Science (2 Units)
Classification of social systems, interpersonal relationships, personality traits
and leadership qualities. The role of the media, meaning, scope and indices of
development: historical perspectives, ideological bases, economic, political and
social factors of development, self reliance and national development. Growth
and spatial distribution of population, delivery of public goods through public
enterprises and agencies, peaceful co-existence among nations.
BIO 192: Practical Biology I (1Unit)
Simple practical based on BIO 102 theoretical courses
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200 LEVEL COURSES
FIRST SEMESTER
GST 201: Nigerian Peoples and Culture (2 Units)
Nigerian’s perception of his world, culture areas of Nigeria and their
characteristics, evolution of Nigeria as a political unit, concept of functional
education, social justice, individual and national development, norms and values
and moral obligation of citizens
ANP 201: Introduction to Biotechnology (2 Units)
Nucleic acids, nucleotides and nucleosides, structure and function of DNA and
RNA, translation into proteins, the genetic code, DNA errors and repair:Genes;
Gene structure, function, replication, expression; Gene repair, mutation,
recombination and cloning; Principles of DNA recombination. Molecular
Tools/Techniques, Biotechnology application in animal agriculture: DNA
probes, transformation of microorganisms, recombinant DNA vaccines,
transformation of animals. Other biotechnology applications: Delivering
peptides and enzymes, targeting rumen protozoa, developing a new feed
additive, reducing phosphorus pollution, pathogens in manure and the
environment, improving fibre digestion.
Practical: Extraction of DNA and RNA from animal tissues; in vitro
translation, transcription, recombination and cloning.
ARD 201: Principles of Agricultural Extension (2 Units)
The meaning of extension science, the scope of agricultural extension, the need
for agricultural extension,basic extension principles in agricultural production.
The extension agents, rural communities and communication principles and
strategies: Discussion of principles behind agricultural extension.
ARD 203: Introduction to Home Economics Extension (2 Units)
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 will help meet these
needs. Preparation for careers in variety of occupations, role of women in
agriculture.
ARD 251: Introduction to Agricultural Economics (2 Units)
The scope of agricultural economics. Basic economic Principles applied in
agricultural production and marketing. Efficient organisation of scarce
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resources and factors of agricultural production, discussions of principles and
philosophies involved in Agricultural Economics.
AGR 201: General Agriculture (3 Units)
The distribution of agriculture: World population and food supply, history,
scope and importance of agriculture to man. Agriculture and natural
environment.Characteristic features of tropical agriculture and how they affect
production. Land use and tenure, trends in the production, distribution and
utilisation of agricultural products, Measures of improving Nigerian agriculture,
climatic, edaphic and social factors in relation to crop production and
distribution in Nigeria, systems of crop farming, types, distribution and
significance of farm animals; basic principles of animal farming. Place of
forestry, fish farming and wildlife in agriculture.
AGR 203: Principles of Crop Production (2 Units)
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, microorganisms and other pests affecting crops. Weeds and their
effects on crop production, pests, disease and weed control. Basic Mendelian
genetics.Principles of crop production, harvesting, processing and storage.
FRM 211: Forestry and wildlife Management (2 Units)
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, silviculture, aforestation characteristics of major
timber and their uses. Felling and transportation.
SLM 201: Principles of Soil Science (2 Units)
Soils, their origin and formation, physical properties of soils, Soil moisture, air
and temperature, soil classification and survey, soil colloids; soil
reactions,soilorganic matter and soil organisms, soil and water conservation;
nutrient requirements and mineral nutrition to plants, introduction to fertilizer.
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AGR 205: Introduction to Agro-Climatology (2 Units)
The principles, aims and scope of climatology, the elements and controls of
climate and weather and dynamics of the earth’s atmosphere, radiation and
heating of the atmospheric system; atmospheric moisture, the dynamics of
pressure and wind systems, condensation and precipitation process, seasonal
variations in temperature, daylight, radiation, rainfall and evapo-transpiration,
equipment and maintenance of standard meteorological stations, the tropical
climate; relation between agriculture and climate with reference to crops,
livestock, irrigation, pests and diseases.
AGR 207: Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals (2 Units)
Parts of the beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits and poultry,
fundamentals of cell biology, anatomy and physiology of the cell, cell
types.anatomy and physiology of animal tissues, nervous system, skeletal
system, muscle, bone, circulatory system, reproductive, digestive, special senses
and other systems of farm animals. Physiological functions of animals –
homeostatic, nutrition and digestion, respiration. Temperature regulation,
excretion and reproduction, endocrinology, the blood and circulation, lactation,
milk let down and egg production, water balance.
SECOND SEMESTER
AGR 206: Crop Anatomy Taxonomy and Physiology (2 Units)
Parts of the crop cell types. Introduction to plant taxonomy, characteristics,
distribution, economic importance and local examples of leguminosae,
gramineae, compositae, Dioscoreacea, Rutaceae, development of cells and
tissues; use of plant keys, cell biology, cell and cell types, comparative anatomy
of major plant organs, enzymes, photosynthesis and translocation; pollination,
respiration and energy utilisation; seed dormancy and germination,
development; mineral nutrition, growth regulation.
ANP 202: Principles of Animal Production (2 Units)
History of animal agriculture, the role of livestock in the national
economy.Livestock breeds and distribution in Nigeria. Management practices
and systems including housing, feeding, breeding and reproduction, health and
products processing, effects of climate and other factors on behaviour and
handling of animals, Animal production as a business and its interface with
other sectors of the national economy, the role of innovations in science and
technology through research in the development of animal production.
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Practical: Identification of different livestock species and breeds, housing and
equipment, common livestock parasites and diseases, livestock products and by-
products.
ANP 204: Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry (3 Units)
Chemistry of living matter; cells, enzymes and intermediary metabolism, tissues
and their chemicals. Hormones: classification, control and interactions. Use of
natural and synthetic hormones in animal production. Chemistry and
metabolism of carbohydrates: definition, classification, reactions of
monosaccharide’s, tests of carbohydrates; Glycolysis, citric acid cycle, hexose
monophosphate shunt, gluconeogenesis, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis.
Chemistry, physical properties and metabolism of lipids: definition and
classification; biosynthesis of saturated fatty acids (SFA) synthesis of
acylglycerols, oxidation of FA, energy balance sheet from SFA oxidation.
Chemistry and metabolism of proteins, enzymes and nucleic acids, Amino acid
structure, properties and reactions, enzyme properties, functions and inhibition.
Practical: Testing of carbohydrates, acidic hydrolysis of starch. Tests for
lipids – saturated and unsaturated, tests for proteins, proximate analysis of plant
and animal products.
ARD 202: Introduction to Rural Sociology (2 Units)
Meaning, importance, and basic concepts and principles of rural sociology, rural
versus urban living culture, cultural values and cultural environment, settlement
patterns and village organisation, factors which influence rural living
conditions, types or rural economics, problems of developing rural economies,
rural infrastructure, major rural social institutions – marriage and family,
religion, politics, social theories and interactions, general strategies to rural
development, role of communities,social aspects of production and marketing in
the rural areas, communication and technological change in rural society.
FST 202: Principles of Food Science and Technology (3 Units)
Definition and scope of food science and technology, food distribution and
marketing, food and its functions, food habits, food poisoning and its
prevention, principles of food processing and preservation, discussion of
different preservation methods, deterioration and spoilage of foods, other post-
harvest changes in food, contamination of foods from natural source,
composition and structures of Nigeria/West African food; factors contributing
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to texture, colour, aroma and flavour of food, cost; traditional and ethnic
influences of food preparation and consumption pattern.
AGR 202: Introductory Agricultural Engineering (2 Units)
Concepts and objectives of agricultural engineering, workshop tools; principles
of internal engine.Study of farm machinery used for tillage, plough, cultivation,
farm power and operating, principles, maintenance procedures of farm
machinery.
AFS 220: Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife (2 Units)
The important fishes and wildlife of West Africa with emphasis on Nigeria
species, classification, evolution, morphology and basic structure of fishes, the
adaptation of fish to aquatic life, life cycle of principal species of fishes and
wildlife industries in Nigeria, fundamental principles of fish and wildlife
management and production.
AGR 204: Computer Appreciation and Application to Agriculture (2 Units)
History of computers, functional components of computer, characteristics of a
computer, problem solving; flow charts, Algorithms, computer programming,
statements; Introduction to the use of EXCEL, SAS, SPSS, GENSTAT,
Introduction to problem solving with the computer; Data entry and editing with
the computer. Data analysis using different statistical packages.
ENT 206: Entrepreneurial Studies 1 (2Units)
The objective of the course to provide students with the knowledge, skills and
motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in agriculture, it draws on the
spirit of innovation, creativity, and opportunity. The course offers the students a
broad overview of entrepreneurship from historical and current perspectives in
the context of agriculture, the course concept can be adapted to bring out the
salient features which the would-be-entrepreneur has to bear in mind for a
successful effort. Historical background of entrepreneurship, basic concepts and
definitions of entrepreneurship, functions of the entrepreneur,characteristics of
the entrepreneur, benefits of entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial process
(Record- keeping, planning and forecasting, budgets and budgeting, start off).
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B. AGRIC. (CROP SCIENCES OPTION)
300 LEVEL COURSES
FIRST SEMESTER
CRP 301: Statistics and Field Experimentation (3 Units)
Basic concepts of statistics.Frequency distribution, measure of location and
measure of variation. Probability distribution, normal and binomial distribution,
Histograms, mean, mode and median, sampling, statistical inference, test of
significance, F-test, t-test, Chi-square test, analysis of variance. Principles of
field experimentation in crops and soil sciences; research methodology;
experimental layout; field survey; normal distribution and sampling;
measurements and data analysis; Basic concepts of field experimentation;
selection of experimental designs for specification; collection and analysis of
data; interpretation of results of different designs; paired plot, completely
randomised, randomised complete block, Latin square, split plot, factorial
experiments. Correlation and regression.
CRP 303: Principles of Crop Protection (3 Units)
Major pests, 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 their control.Study of the
effects of plant diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and nematodes and
their control.Effects of weeds on crops and livestock and the principles and
methods of their control.Strategies of integrated pest
management.Characteristics of disease agents (fungi, bacteria, viruses,
nematodes).Crop protection methods (cultural, biological, physical, chemical,
host-plant resistance).Shortcoming and advantages of different pest assessment
and control methods.
CRP 305: Crop Genetics and Breeding (2 Units)
Mendelian genetics; Introduction to population and quantitative genetics;
multiple alleles, mitosis and meiosis. The origin, organisation and transmission
of biological variations, theory of evolution,fundamental principles of
inheritance; objectives and general principles of crop breeding including their
application to self-populated, cross-populated and vegetatively propagated
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crops; general and special methods of selection in in-breeders and out-breeders;
incompatibility, male sterility, heterosis and polyploidy in crop breeding;
mutation breeding; Breeding methods for crop improvement, development,
multiplication and distribution of improved varieties.
CRP 311: Stored Produce Protection (2 Units)
Role of pesticides in pest management.Toxicology of major groups of pesticides
used in stored produce protection. Principles of pesticide application and
significance of droplet size.Application techniques for control of field and
storage pests.Application machinery, safe handling and storage of
pesticides.Pesticides and the environment.Chemical residues in stored products.
CRP 309: Arable Crop Production (2 Units)
Origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements of cereals, legumes, oilseeds,
tubers, fibre crops, root crops and other important annual crops in
Nigeria.Improved varieties of major annual crops, production practices,
harvesting, processing, storage, utilisation and economic aspects of selected
arable crops. Factors affecting yield, propagation methods and cultivation and
improvement practices for selected arable crops.
CRP 313: Permanent Crop Production (2 Units)
Origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements of some important
permanent crops such as cocoa, oil palm, rubber, kola nut, coffee, coconut,
citrus, plantain, bananas, mango, sugarcane, cashew etc. Production practices,
improvement, harvesting, processing, utilisation, storage and economic aspects
of some selected permanent and perennial crops. Principles of tree crop
practices such as nursery, propagation, transplanting, mulching, irrigation,
fertilization, harvesting and post-harvest handling of some selected fruit tree
crops (citrus, mango, oil palm, guava, cashew etc).
ANP 301 :Introduction to Non-Ruminant Animal Production (2 Units)
Management of breeding stock; growing and young animals; housing
equipment and feeding principles of poultry, rabbits and pigs; production and
management practices; livestock economics, heath management of stock;
processing and marketing of poultry pigs and rabbits.
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AGR 307: Environment Impact Assessments (2Units)
Definition of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Classification of EIA;
Elements of EIA; Basic Guidelines of EIA; Role and Function of
Environmental Impact Assessment.
SECOND SEMESTER
CRP 302: Crop Physiology (3 Units)
Study of the functioning of plants, its significance in agriculture, and the
manipulation of these functions to attain maximum crop productivity; roles of
light, water and temperature in plant performance; flowering, fruiting and
ripening, seed dormancy and seed germination; mineral nutrition,
photosynthesis and dry matter accumulation. Respiration, nitrogen metabolism,
including legume root nodule physiology; plant growth substances and their
potential uses in agriculture. Environmental factors affecting dry matter
accumulation in crop plants. Physiology of grain yield, Water stress and drought
physiology. Assimilate partitioning in relation to yield determination and
patterns; crop geometry and cultural manipulations.
Practical component
CRP 304: Principles of Horticultural Crop Production (2 Units)
History, definition, classification and importance of vegetables and fruits in
Nigeria, importance, scope and distribution of fruits and vegetables grown in
Nigeria with reference to climate and soil; basic principles and practice of
horticulture; requirements for siting fruit orchards and vegetable farms,
Varieties and adaptation of exotic vegetables and fruits to the Nigerian
environment. Practices used in the production of horticultural crops, including
establishment, nutrition, maintenance, harvesting and post-harvest technology
and handling of horticultural produce. Horticultural cropping systems.Types and
systems of vegetable and fruit production; production practices, handling,
processing, storage, marketing and utilisation of vegetables and tropical fruit
crops.Methods of plant propagation.Nursery plant production, handling and
marketing.Nursery systems, diseases and pests of vegetables and tropical fruit
crops.Horticultural machines and equipment. Principles of producing, planting,
maintaining ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials and fruits in the nursery, home
and parks.
CRP 306: Principles of Irrigation and Drainage (2 Units)
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Forms of irrigation; costs and profitability of irrigation; application of irrigation
to different crops. Soil-water-plant-atmosphere relationship; assessment of
water requirements for crops meteorological approach and critical growth stages
for water of different field crops; economic and efficient use of water;
scheduling irrigation for major field and horticultural crops; agronomic
management of irrigated crops: effect on salinity, alkalinity, acidity and flood-
prone soils on growth and development of crop plants; agronomic practices for
crops in problematic soils. Soil erosion, soil drainage under irrigation or under
natural rainfall.Maintenance of irrigation equipment and assessment of
traditional irrigation techniques.Hydrologic cycle, role of water in crop
growth.Irrigation resources in Nigeria.
CRP 308: Agriculture and Bio-Resources Management (3 Units)
Biological diversity, genetic diversity, specific diversity, species of local cereal,
local legume species, local fruit tree species, genetic diversity expressed
through large number of associations or combination of genes in individuals of
single species, wild local plants related to cultivated species, or whose genetic
diversity is crucial ingredient to cross-breeding or hybridisation process aimed
at giving more vigour to the crop varieties that have been cultivated over so
many years, loss crop genetic variability of crops or genetic erosion, species
disease resistance, utilisation of plant and animal genetic resources.
Biotechnological protection of forest plantations and economic plants,
germplasm appropriation and privatisation for crop improvement, patents and
plant breeders rights, production of improved plants and animals.
CRP 310: Harvesting, Processing and Storage of Crops (3 Units)
Harvesting methods for tropical crops: tree crops, roots and tubers, grain
crops.Fundamentals and principles of crop storage and
transportation.Traditional and modern methods of crop processing and
storage.Storage and self-life problems in crop products; ideal environments for
crop storage.Design and operation of equipment for storage.Storage and
storage-life of harvested fruits, seeds, vegetables, flowers and other crop
products.Principles of controlled-environment for transit and long-term
storage.Operational equipment for storage and preservation.
CRP 312: Farm Power and Agric. Mechanisation (3 Units)
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Aims and objectives of agricultural mechanisation.Study of farm machinery
used for tillage; ploughs, harrows, cultivators;harvesting and processing
equipment (sprayers and dusters). Equipment for livestock (automatic feed
conveyors, automatic drinkers for poultry, feeding and watering equipment;
milk and milk handling equipment, and meat processing equipment).Water
lifting and irrigation equipment. Overview of farm power sources; the internal
construction engine; the transmissions system; the tractor chassis, wheel and
types; the electrical system; the hydraulic system and the three-point linkage;
tillage requirement and implement selection, row crop planter and grain drills;
mowers, rakes and building equipment; forage and combine harvester; crop
drying and dryers; introduction to hammer, burr and roller mills, and their uses
in farming; estimation of cost of operating an agricultural machine; made-in of
farm equipment.
PracticalComponent
SLM 302: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition (3Units)
Fertility in tropical soils. Soil organic matter; its properties and maintenance;
liming and its soil plant relationship; nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus and
sulphur content of soil. The soil as a plant nutrient medium, fertilizers and
fertilizer management- their manufacture, sources, applications, methods, rates
and timing, handling and storage of fertilizers. Crop growth and response to soil
nutrients, major, secondary and trace elements in crop nutrition; nutrient
absorption, maintenance and loss in soil fertility in extensive and intensive
agriculture. Role of legumes in soils.
ANP 302: Introduction to Ruminant Animal Production (2 Units)
Management of breeding stock; growing and young animals; housing
equipment and feeding principles of cattle , sheep and goats; production and
management practices; livestock economics, heath management of livestock;
processing and marketing of cattle , sheep and goats.
AEA 308: Principles of Farm Management (2Units)
Theory of production. Principles of agricultural production and resource use:
factor-factor, factor –product and product-product relationship. Consumption
and resource allocation in agriculture.Farm cost and revenue theories.Element
of time, risk and uncertainty in agricultural production.Types of farm record and
their uses. Farm budgeting, gross and net margin analysis and farm planning.
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ENT 306: Entrepreneurial Studies II (2 Unit)
The objective of the course to provide students with the knowledge, skills and
motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in agriculture.It draws on the
spirit of innovation, creativity, and opportunity. The course offers the students a
broad overview of entrepreneurship from historical and current perspectives in
the context of agriculture, the course concept can be adapted to bring out the
salient features which the would-be-entrepreneur has to bear in mind for a
successful effort.
400LEVEL(FARM PRACTICAL YEAR)SIWES
Course
Code
Skill to be Acquired Credits
CRP 401 Crop Production Techniques 1 (Permanent
and Arable Crops)
2
CRP 401 Crop Production Techniques II
(Horticultural Crops etc)
2
ANP 405 Animal Husbandry Techniques ( Cattle ,
Sheep, Goats, Poultry, Pigs and Rabbits)
2
CRP 405 Agricultural Product Processing and Storage 2
CRP 407 Crop Protection and Pest and Disease control 2
ANP 407 Animal Health Management 2
SLM 401 Soil Fertility, Soil and Water Management 2
SLM 403 Farm Design Survey and Land Use Planning 2
AEC 401 Farm Management Records and Accounts 2
ARD 401 Extension Practices 2
AGM 401 Farm Mechanisation Practices 2
SLM 405 Agricultural Meteorology 2
AGM 403 Workshop Practices 2
AGR 403 Biotechnology in Agricultural Production 3
AFM 401 Fisheries 2
AGR 401 Report Writing 3
Total 34
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Each student will write a report on each of these areas that will be evaluated.
500 LEVEL COURSES
CRP 501: Weed Science and Control (3 Units)
Weed definition, biology, classification, reproduction and economic
importance. Weed control methods and problems associated with them.
Mechanisms of weed seed dissemination, prolificacy, survivability, persistence
and colonisation. Parasitic weeds. Weed management: prevention, eradication
and control. Weed control methods: cultural, chemical, biological and
integrated. Herbicides: classification, formulations, methods of application,
dosage calculations, application equipment and their calibration for uniform and
adequate delivery of herbicides; herbicide handling and disposal, assessment of
herbicide performance. Weed control in crop and non-crop situations. Safety
factors in the use of herbicides; basis for herbicide selectivity.Practical methods
of controlling weeds in Nigeria.
CRP 503: Seed Production Technology (2 Units)
Elements of seed industry. Seed programme development. Purity analysis, seed
viability and vigour.Seed storage principles.Seed conservation and germplasm.
Seed packaging purposes, types and cost implications. Seed marketing
principles and objectives. Marketing,organisation and management.Structure
and nature of seed; seed viability, vigour, dormancy and deterioration; methods
of breaking seed dormancy; production, processing, drying treatment,
distribution of improved seed; seed certification standards.Principles and
methods of seed production for self-pollinated crops, cross-pollinated and
hybrids.Procedures for field inspection, seed legislation and control. Seed
testing procedures, seed programmes in Nigeria; seed marketing. Seed sampling
methods (types and techniques) and seed blending procedures and calculations;
seed laws. Plant breeders’ right- implementation and evaluation.Synthetic seed;
somatic embryogenesis.
CRP 505: Vegetable and Fruit Crop Production (3 Units)
History, definition, classification and economic importance of vegetables and
fruits cultivated in Nigeria.Varieties and adaptation of exotic vegetables and
fruits to the Nigerian environment. Types and systems of vegetable and fruit
production, production practices, handling, processing, packaging, storage,
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marketing and utilisation of vegetables and tropical fruit crops; methods of plant
propagation; nursery systems; diseases and pests of vegetables and fruit crops;
horticultural machines and equipment; requirements for siting fruit tree orchards
and vegetable farms; principles of producing, planting and maintaining
ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials and fruits in the nursery, homes and parks.
CRP 507: Farming Systems (2 Units)
Concepts, definition and classification of farming systems. Factors determining
farming systems: physical, biological and socio-economic, characteristics of
tropical small-scale farming systems: nomadic, shifting cultivation, fallow,
rotation, permanent cultivation, ley farming. Intercropping, mono-cropping, sole
cropping, sequential cropping, relay cropping, strip cropping. Important crop-
based farming systems: lowland rice-based, upland cereal-based, root crop-
based, small-scale mixed farming, irrigated smallholder farming, smallholder
farming with plantation (perennial) crop-based and agro-forestry. Farming
systems research: descriptive and prescriptive.
CRP 509: Organic Crop Production Systems (3 Units)
Soil resource management in organic crop system (soil and water
conservation).Soil fertility evaluation and management (manuring, fallowing,
mulching, composting).Mixed farming and cropping systems in organic crop
production (intercropping, crop rotation, mono-croppingetc).Conservation of
biodiversity.Sustainable land- clearing system.Crop protection in organic
agriculture.Organic foods, organic standards, certification and
market.Advantages and disadvantages of organic agriculture. Basic practices in
organic crop production (site selection, land preparation, seed selection,
planting and post-planting operations). Pest management methods in organic
crop production with emphasis on insects, nematodes, weeds, vertebrates and
pathogens.Use of botanicals and bio-intensive integrated pest management.
CRP 511: Introduction to Crop Biotechnology (3 Units)
Introduction to key concepts and definition in plant biotechnology.Importance
of biotechnology in agriculture, specifically in crop improvement and
production. Nucleic acid structure and its manipulation in genetic engineering,
including nucleic acid hybridization, function of endo-nucleases, polymerase
and other enzymes. Role of southern blot, restriction fragment length,
polymorphism and other techniques in gene mapping. Transformation and
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production of transgenic crops.Basic principles of plant tissue culture
techniques including micro-propagation and rapid multiplication techniques.
Protoplast, cell, tissue and organ culture.In vitro and in vivo cultures.Somatic
embryogenesis in rapid germination of agriculture and rural development in the
developing countries.
CRP 513: Plant Pest and Disease Management (3 Units)
Pest management and population dynamics of different kinds of animals which
are plant pests.The concept of economic threshold in pest damage in crops. Pest
surveys and pest damage assessment. Different management strategies: cultural,
exclusion, biological, environmental management, chemical and breeding for
pest resistance. The economics of pest management; the combination and the
sequential use of various strategies to achieve population management.The
advantages and limitations of pest management practices. Pest management
and strategies suited to small mixed farms. Principles of plant quarantine and
phytosanitary measures. The importance and usefulness of disease pyramid in
disease management. Prerequisites for disease management method.Plant
disease prognosis, its method and importance in disease
management.Philosophies behind the use of exclusion, eradication, protection
and therapy as management measures. Basic methods used in disease
management: legislative, cultural, biological, chemical and breeding for disease
resistance.
CRP 517: Organic and Urban Farming (2 Units)
Definition of urban farming.Major types of horticultural crops grown under
organic and urban farming system.Importance of organic farming.Protected
crops cultivation.Peculiarities of organic and urban farming.Concepts of home
gardening, market gardening and commercial gardening.Certification of organic
horticultural products. Materials used in organic crops production. Sources of
organic fertilizer materials.Environmental and health implications of organic
and urban farming. Influence of urbanisation and environmental factors.
Problems of organic and urban/ dry season horticultural farming.Maintenance of
soil fertility and crop protection.Irrigation in urban farming.Prospects in urban/
dry season horticultural farming.
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AGR 515: Techniques of Scientific Writing and Presentations (1 Unit)
Techniques of scientific writing and seminar presentations for agricultural
students.
AGR 501: Research Techniques (3 Units)
Defining a research problem; developing hypotheses and objectives; principles
of research design; questionnaire preparation and collection of data;
measurement and data collection; statistical theory; different statistical methods
for handling data; presentation of research finding in narrative tabular and
graphical forms.
AGR 503: Analytical Techniques in Agriculture (2Units) Elective
Basic principles governing common laboratory equipment; principles governing
basic analytical procedures. Introduction to use of instruments, equipment and
machines: Microscopy, Spectrophotometry, Histometry, PCR, Gel
Electrophoresis, HPLC, TLC, GC, LN2 Generator, CASA, Haematology,
Serum Analyser, Cryopreservation.
ARD509 :Agric. Business Management and Finance (2 Units)
The scope of agricultural business and management; types of agricultural
business management and organisation: enterprise selection, production
planning: public policies affecting agric. business: farm growth, organisation of
large scale farms. Legal organisation and tax strategies. Economics of
agricultural processing, marketing management. Principles of agricultural
finance: principles of farm credit; capital needs of agricultural industries;
sources of loans; funds and collateral security for loans; credit agencies and
government credit policy and approaches to efficient credit management. Farm
accounting inventory balance sheet and cash book and cash book analysis
SECOND SEMESTER
CRP 502: Plant Growth and Development (2 Units)
Seed germination and dormancy.Juvenility and senescence.Translocation and
respiration in plants, role of environmental resources. Water and water stress in
plants. Light and solar radiation, role of plant nutrients.Sexual and asexual
reproduction in plants. Plant growth stages: induction, initiation,
differentiation, development, blooming, flowering, and senescence.
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Mechanisms in plant growth and development.The sigmoid growth curve.
Factors influencing plant growth and development. Photosynthesis, plant
growth and partitioning of assimilate. Yield limiting factors and yield
components. Growth regulators: auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, etc. Plant
growth and measurements. Growth analysis: relative growth rate, crop growth
rate, net assimilation rate, leaf area index; roles of plant organs: leaf, stem,
roots, flower, fruits and seeds.
AGR 502: Students Seminar (1Unit)
Presentation and discussion of various topics in animal science, the student is
also expected to prepare and participate in all seminars and present a seminar in
the final year.
CRP 504: Advanced Crop Protection (3 Units)
Quarantine regulations and phyto-sanitary measures; fundamentals of plant
resistance to diseases; principles and methods of disease management;
principles, techniques and equipment for applying crop protection chemicals in
the control of field and storage pests, diseases and weeds; equipment
maintenance and repair; storage of pesticides.
CRP 506: Landscape Horticulture and Floriculture (2 Units)
Definition of landscaping.Natural vs man-made landscape. Scope and historical
sketches of landscaping: to enhance property beauty and value; to provide
screening --- institutional, private property, parks, gardens, roundabouts and
recreational areas. Plants for the landscape. Landscaping---e.g. gardens, sporting
arena, stadia. Design principles, design practice, basic styles, preparing the plan
design, symbols and drawings. Landscape construction.Hard landscaping, soft
landscaping.Contouring and levels.Maintenance and management of established
landscape.Landscape contracts and contractual agreements.Floriculture industry
in Nigeria.Identification and classification of cut flowers of commercial
importance to export market.Principles and practices of out-of-door and
greenhouse cut-flower production. Cultural practices including propagation,
establishment, fertilisation, pruning and training, gardening, packaging and
marketing.Cut-flower preservation techniques.
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CRP 508: Post-harvest Physiology and Produce Storage (3 Units)
Seed storage and factors affecting storage of seeds, grains, fruits, roots, tubers,
and vegetables.Effect of environment on maturity and senescence. 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 crop products; storage of
crop materials; traditional methods of vegetable processing and storage;
fundamentals of crop storage and transportation; storage and shelf-life
problems; ideal atmosphere for storing fruits, seeds, vegetables, flowers and
other crop products; controlled-environment for transit and long-term storage,
protective treatment, design and operation of equipment for storage and
preservation. Post-harvest losses and prevention, economic, qualitative,
quantitative, nutritional and germination losses.
CRP 512: Crop Evolution and Adaptation (2 Units)
Theory of evolution.Mechanics of crop evolution.Roles of hybridisation,
recombination and natural selection in crop evolution.Isolating
mechanism.Modes of speciation.Concepts of primary and secondary centres of
origin.Origin of commonly cultivated crops.Genetic variations in
populations.Genetic drift.
ANP 518: Pasture and Forage Production (2 Units)
Adaptation and botany of native and introduced tropical forage plants, their
establishment, production, utilisation and maintenance in permanent and
temporary pastures. Pastures in Nigerian agriculture.Improvement and
management of pastures. Characteristics of grasses, legumes and shrubs;
pasture seed production and pasture plants. Forage conservation, dry season
feeds. Grazing systems.
CRP 516: Produce/Post Harvest Management (2 Units)
Tropical environment in relation to maturity, ripening and senescence, physical
and chemical indices of quality in fruits, seeds, vegetables, flowers and other
crop products. Storage and storage-life of harvested fruits, seeds, vegetables,
flowers and other crop products. Fundamentals and principles of crop products
processing and storage, storage and shelf life problems in crop products, ideal
environment for storage, principles of controlled environment for storage,
principles of controlled environment for transit and long term storage,
operational equipment for storage and preservation.
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AGR 599: Project (4 Units)
A student is expected to choose and execute a special project under the
supervision of staff. Duration of the project is two semesters.
B. AGRIC. (SOIL SCIENCE & LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
OPTION)
300 LEVEL COURSES
FIRST SEMESTER
SLM 301: Introduction to Soil Mineralogy (3 Units)
Soil components; silicate mineral structure, characteristics and classification of
minerals; clay mineral structures/types and their properties; relationship of
mineralogy to agriculture, engineering, and other environmental sciences, use of
TEM, SEM, XRD, TGA and other analytical equipment in mineral
identification.
SLM 303: Introductory Pedology and Soil Physics (2 Units)
The earth; review of concept of soil and its formation; soil morphology and
profile description; soil classification and survey; properties and classification
of soils of Nigeria.Reviews of basic laws of physics relating to forces
potentials.Soil-water relation, moisture content retention and energy levels;
movement at saturation.Soil and hydrologic cycle; infiltration, water re-
distribution in soil, drainage, soil heat regimes, evaporation and evapo-
transpiration.
SLM 305: Introductory Soil Chemistry, Fertility and Microbiology (3
Units)
Soil phases; availability of soil nutrients, cation exchange capacity and base
saturation; soil acidity and liming; nutrient movement in soils; nutrient uptake
mechanisms; chemistry, status and availability of essential nutrients in soils.
Micro-organisms in soil-kinds, number and activities; role of micro-organisms
in plant growth; the dynamic nitrogen and phosphorus pools; organic matter-
sources, transformation and functions in soil.
AGR 307: Environmental Impact Assessment (2 Units)
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Definition of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Classification of EIA;
Elements of EIA; Basic Guidelines of EIA Role and Function of Environmental
Impact Assessment.
SLM 307: Introduction to Soil Microclimatology (3 Units)
Meteorology and climatology in relation to the soil-atmosphere interface with
emphasis on the microclimate; physical processes taking place within the
microclimate, modification of the microclimate by agricultural practices;
meteorological instruments and use of weather data.
SLM 309: Soil Analytical Techniques (3 Units)
Precision, bias, accuracy and operational variations in analytical techniques;
types of laboratory chemicals, analytical instruments and principles of operation
(colorimeter, flame analyzer, atomic absorption spectrophotometers, pH meter);
plant and soil sampling and sample preparation; nitrogen and phosphorus
determinations in soil and plant; potassium analysis in soil, plant and fertilizers.
Evaluation of analytical data, special techniques and precautions in
micronutrient analysis; features and functions of a standard soil-testing
laboratory.
CRP 309: Arable Crop Production (2 Units)
Origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements of cereals, legumes, oilseeds,
tubers, fibre crops, root crops and other important annual crops in
Nigeria.Improved varieties of major annual crops, production practices,
harvesting, processing, storage, utilisation and economic aspects of selected
arable crops. Factors affecting yield, propagation methods and cultivation and
improvement practices for selected arable crops.
CRP 313: Permanent Crop Production (2 Units)
Origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements of some important
permanent crops such as cocoa, oil palm, rubber, kola nut, coffee, coconut,
citrus, plantain, bananas, mango, sugarcane, cashew etc. Production practices,
improvement, harvesting, processing, utilisation, storage and economic aspects
of some selected permanent and perennial crops. Principles of tree crop
practices such as nursery, propagation, transplanting, mulching, irrigation,
fertilization, harvesting and post-harvest handling of some selected fruit tree
crops (citrus, mango, oil palm, guava, cashew etc).
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SECOND SEMESTER
SLM 302: Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition (3 Units)
Fertility in tropical soils.Soil organic matter; its properties and maintenance,
liming and its soil-plant relationships; nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus and
sulphur contents of soil. The soil as a plant nutrient medium; fertilizers and
fertilizer management – their manufacture, sources, applications, methods, rates
and timing: handling and storage of fertilizers. Crop growth and response to
soil nutrients; major, secondary and trace elements in crop nutrition; nutrient
absorption, maintenance and loss in soil fertility in extensive and intensive
agriculture. Role of legumes in soils.
Practical Component
Identification and uses of some soil sampling equipment, identification of
samples of chemical fertilizers; soil sampling for fertility evaluation; plant
sampling techniques for identification and characterisation of nutrient
deficiency symptoms; management of organic wastes.
SLM 306: Soil Erosion and Conservation (2 Units)
Farming systems, husbandry and land use in the tropics; erosion process; types
of erosion and causative agents; extent and economic importance with reference
to Nigeria; erosion-soil productivity relation and modeling; methods of
predicting rates of erosion; soil conservation methods and policies.
SLM 308: Soil and Water Management (3 Units)
Land preparation techniques for soil conservation and soil-water management
damages to soils; causative factors and control of soil erosion through land
preparation and other soil management practices.
SLM 310: Watershed Hydrology (2 Units)
Watershed characteristics -- climate, soils, vegetation; hydrological processes,
surface and subsurface flows; channel processes; reservoirs; soil-vegetation
interaction; hydrology models; watershed management.
SLM 312: Report Writing in Soil Science (I Unit)
Experimental designs; field experimentation; the use of statistics and graphics,
technical reports, theses and dissertations; journals and their formats.
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SLM 314: Computer-based Terrain Analysis (2Units)
Soil landscape models; ecosystem types; digital remote sensing; geographical
information system; geographical positioning system, computer cartography;
introductory geostatistics.
CRP 312: Farm Power and Agric.Mechanisation (3 Units)
Aims and objectives of agricultural mechanisation.Basic mechanics, workshop
tools.Principles of internal combustion engines and electric motors. Study of
farm machinery use for tillage: ploughs, harrows cultivators, farm power
transmission system. Harvesting and processing equipment (sprayers and
dusters). Equipment for livestock ( automatic feed conveyors, automatic
drinkers for poultry, feed and watering equipment, milking and milk handling,
surveying instrument use on the farm. Operating principles, selection and
maintenance procedures of farm machinery.Farmmachinery costing and records.
Workshop and building materials use on the farm.
CRP 308: Agric and Bio-resource Management (2Units)
Biological diversity, genetic diversity, specific diversity, species of local cereal,
local legume species, local fruit tree species, genetic diversity expressed
through large number of associations or combination of genes in individuals of
single species, wild local plants related to cultivated species, or whose genetic
diversity is crucial ingredient to cross-breeding or hybridisation process aimed
at giving more vigour to the crop varieties that have been cultivated over so
many years, loss crop genetic variability of crops or genetic erosion, species
disease resistance, utilisation of plant and animal genetic resources.
Biotechnological protection of forest plantations and economic plants,
germplasm appropriation and privatization for crop improvement, patents and
plant breeders rights, production of improved plants and animals.
ENT 306: Entrepreneurial StudiesII (2 Units)
The objective of the course to provide students with the knowledge, skills and
motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in agriculture.It draws on the
spirit of innovation, creativity, and opportunity. The course offers the students a
broad overview of entrepreneurship from historical and current perspectives in
the context of agriculture, the course concept can be adapted to bring out the
salient features which the would-be-entrepreneur has to bear in mind for a
successful effort.
400LEVEL (FARM PRACTICAL YEAR)
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SEMESTER – SIWES
Course code Skill Credits
SLM 407 Soil-Site Characterisation 2
CRP 401 Crop Production Techniques (Permanent,
Arable and Horticultural Crops etc)
2
SLM 401 Soil Fertility, Soil and Water Management 2
ANP 405 Animal Husbandry Techniques ( Cattle ,
Sheep, Goats, Poultry, Pigs and Rabbits)
2
CRP 405 Agricultural Product Processing and Storage 2
CRP 407 Crop Protection and Pest and Disease control 2
ANP 403 Animal Health Management 2
SLM 403 Farm Design Survey and Land Use Planning 2
AEC 401 Farm Management Records and Accounts 2
ARD 401 Extension Practices 2
AGM 401 Farm Mechanisation Practices 2
SLM 405 Agricultural Meteorology 2
AGM 403 Workshop Practices 2
AGR 403 Biotechnology in Agricultural Production 3
AFM 409 Fisheries 2
AGR 401 Report Writing 3
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500 LEVEL COURSES
FIRST SEMESTER
SLM 501: Advanced Soil Fertility (2 Units)
Review of soil fertility; conversion units; soil components in relation to plant
growth; soil organic matter and soil micro-organisms in relation to soil fertility;
cation exchange capacity; soil acidity and liming; salinity and alkalinity; soil
aeration; diagnosing nutrient deficiencies in plants; routine soil testing; research
approach into establishing soil test programme, fertilizer recommendations; soil
fertility research in Nigeria.
SLM 503: Soil Physics (2 Units)
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Soil structure; soil water; flow of water in saturated and unsaturated soils and
Darcy's laws; flow of water in heterogeneous layered medium; diffusivity; soil
moisture retention characteristics; drainage; hysterisis; field water cycle; ground
water drainage; soil plant atmosphere continuum; spatial variability of soil
properties.
SLM 505: Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry (3 Units)
The role of micro-organisms in soil; methods of isolation and estimation of soil
microbes; factors affecting abundance of bacteria in soil; nitrogen and
phosphorus cycles; rhizosphere microbes; biological nitrogen fixation;
mycorrhiza organic matter in details; fate of crop residues, animal wastes and
sewage materials, petroleum hydrocarbons, detergents and pesticides in soils.
SLM 507: Soil Morphology and Classification (3 Units)
Concepts and definitions of soil; processes and factors of soil formation; field
study of soils; soil classification; principle and historical background; types of
soil classification systems.Local and international; uses of soil classification.
SLM 509: Waste Management and Soil (3 Units)
Properties of agricultural, municipal and industrial wastes; exchange, sorption
and precipitation cs_3' reactions in soil; soil biota; site selection. Economic
considerations; decomposition of organic residues; rates of waste application;
composting; recycling C and N; soluble-salt considerations; food chain
accumulations of metals and health implications; environmental quality
problems.
ARD 509: Agric. Business Management and Finance (3 Units)
The scope of agricultural business and management; types of agricultural
business management and organisation: enterprise selection, production
planning: public policies affecting agric. business: farm growth, organisation of
large scale farms. Legal organisation and tax strategies, economics of
agricultural processing, marketing management. Principles of agricultural
finance: principles of farm credit; capital needs of agricultural industries;
sources of loans; funds and collateral security for loans; credit agencies and
government credit policy and approaches to efficient credit management. Farm
accounting inventory balance sheet and cash book and cash book analysis
CRP 517: Organic and Urban Farming (2 Units)
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Definition of urban farming.Major types of horticultural crops grown under
organic and urban farming system.Importance of organic farming.Protected
crops cultivation.Peculiarities of organic and urban farming.Concepts of home
gardening, market gardening and commercial gardening.Certification of organic
horticultural products. Materials used in organic crops production. Sources of
organic fertilizer materials.Environmental and health implications of organic
and urban farming. Influence of urbanisation and environmental factors.
Problems of organic and urban/ dry season horticultural farming.Maintenance of
soil fertility and crop protection.Irrigation in urban farming.Prospects in urban/
dry season horticultural farming.
AGR 515: Techniques for Scientific Writing and Presentation (1 Unit)
Techniques of scientific writing and seminar presentations for agricultural
students.
SECOND SEMESTER
SLM 504: Anthropogenic Impacts on Land (3 Units)
Current types of soil resources concepts; land use as related to soils; interaction
technology on the soil environment; possible short and long-term effects of
fertilizers, pesticides, acid rain and other amendments on the soil-water
ecosystem; environmental impact assessment.
SLM 506: Integrated Soil Management (2 Units)
Problem soils - acid soils, salt affected soils, wetland soils, polluted soils,
eroded lands, organic soils, regosols, etc., their characteristics and use; soil
organic carbon sequestration; soil nutrient dynamics.
SLM 508: Land Reclamation (2 Units)
Soil degradation in agriculture, forms and causes (soil compaction, erosion,
sediment deposition, soil and water pollution and wastes etc) and effect on crop
production.Land reclamation technologies for degraded soils.
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SLM 510: Soil Survey and Land Evaluation (2 Units)
Values, purposes and types of soil survey; assemblage and use of maps, photos
and imageries, soil morphological investigations; laboratory determinations, soil
correlations; soil survey report writing; interpretative reports.
SLM 512: Fertilizer Technology (2 Units)
Fertilizer terminologies; importance of fertilizers in agriculture, history of
fertilizer consumption, compositions of macro-and micro-nutrient fertilizer
sources, calculation of fertilizer rates and methods of application; manufacture
of fertilizers with special reference to phosphorus and potassium; chemical and
physical methods of assessing fertilizer materials.
SLM 514: Soil Ecosystem (2 Units)
The ecosystem concept, soil organisms in ecosystem structure and function; soil
as an ecosystem; the soil biota; sources of energy and nutrients for soil
organisms; development of the soil ecosystem; microbial ecology; organic
matter decomposition and energy. Biogeochemistry of C and N; aerobic and
anaerobic processes; nutrient cycling; contributions of Rhizobium and
mycorrhizas; nutrient, cycling and energy flow; inter-relationships of soil and
vegetation on the landscape.
SLM 516: Advanced Soil Science (3 Units)
Silicate chemistry; soil forming rocks and minerals; composition of the soil.
Processes and factors of soil formation; physical state of soils; texture;
structure; porosity; density; soil water. Relationships; evapo-transpiration;
tillage and soil properties, factors and processes affecting plant growth, soil
micro-organisms; shifting cultivation and the fallow system.
AGR 599: Project (4 Units)
This course is compulsory before graduation. Each student is required to carry
out a supervised research project. The final grade will consist of the assessment
of the quality of the project report, the student's attitude to work, seminar
presentation and viva.
AGR 502: Student Seminar (1 Unit)
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Presentation and discussion of various topics in animal science, the student is
also expected to prepare and participate in all seminars and present a seminar in
the final year.
B. AGRIC. (AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT OPTION)
300 Level Courses
FIRST SEMESTER
ARD 301: Introduction to Agric. Extension and Rural Sociology (2 Units)
The need for agric.extension.Agricultural extension in the world and in Nigeria.
Basic philosophies behind agric. extension work. The institutional setting of
agric extension.Basic concepts and principles of rural sociology to
understanding rural situations.Importance of rural communities, institutions,
social stratifications, social processes and social changes in rural areas.
Leadership in rural communities: role and functions of rural leaders.
Development of rural community leaders.The extension agent and the rural
community.Communication techniques and strategies for change.Various
agricultural extension teaching methods, aids and their uses.
CRP 308: Agriculture and Bio-resource Management (2Units)
Biological diversity, genetic diversity, specific diversity, species of local cereal,
local legume species, local fruit tree species, genetic diversity expressed
through large number of associations or combination of genes in individuals of
single species, wild local plants related to cultivated species, or whose genetic
diversity is crucial ingredient to cross-breeding or hybridisation process aimed
at giving more vigour to the crop varieties that have been cultivated over so
many years, loss crop genetic variability of crops or genetic erosion, species
disease resistance, utilisation of plant and animal genetic resources.
Biotechnological protection of forest plantations and economic plants,
germplasm appropriation and privatization for crop improvement, patents and
plant breeders rights, production of improved plants and animals.
CRP 309: Arable Crop Production (2Units)
Origin, distribution, soil and climatic requirements of cereals, legumes, oilseeds,
tubers, fibre crops, root crops and other important annual crops in
Nigeria.Improved varieties of major annual crops, production practices,
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harvesting, processing, storage, utilisation and economic aspects of selected
arable crops. Factors affecting yield, propagation methods and cultivation and
improvement practices for selected arable crops.
CRP 305: Crop Genetics and Breeding (2 Units)
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 and means, repeatability, heritability etc.Crop variation and
selection principles.Breeding and environmental effects, in-breeding, pure line
breeding, cross breeding and other breeding methods.
ANP 301: Introduction to Non- Ruminant Animal Production (2 Units)
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, pigs and rabbits.
SLM 303: Introduction to Pedology and Soil Physics (2 Units)
Soils, its origin and formation.Soil morphological characteristics, Soil
components, soil forming rocks and minerals, weathering of rocks and minerals.
Profile description, soil survey, soil mapping. Soil classification, properties and
management of Nigerian soils. Classification of soil separates; solid texture,
surface area of particles; aggregation soil structure and stability; porosity, soil
water relations, soil and water the hydrological cycle, soil temperature and
conduction, soil erosion.
CRP 303: Principles of Crop Protection (3 Units)
Major pests, 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 their control.Study of the
effects of plant diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and nematodes and
their control.Effects of weeds on crops and livestock and the principles and
methods of their control.Strategies of integrated pest
management.Characteristics of disease agents (fungi, bacteria, viruses,
nematodes).Crop protection methods (cultural, biological, physical, chemical,
host-plant resistance).Shortcomings and advantages of different pest assessment
and control methods.
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AGR 307: Environmental Impact Assessment (2Units)
Definition of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Classification of EIA;
Elements of EIA; Basic Guidelines of EIA Role and Function of Environmental
Impact Assessment.
SECOND SEMESTER
ARD 308: Principles of Cooperative Practices (2 Units)
Evaluation of cooperatives especially farmer, marketing, and purchasing
cooperatives.Cooperative as a form of business; purpose and advantages of
cooperatives in agriculture as compared to other businesses.Principles and
operating techniques essential for successful cooperative activities, limitations
and possibilities for cooperatives in Nigeria.Management of cooperatives.
ANP 302: Introduction to Ruminant Animal Production (2 Units)
Management of breeding stock, growing and young animal, housing, equipment
and feeding principles of cattle, sheep and goats. Production and management
practices.Health management of ruminant animals.
ARD 302: Extension Teaching -Learning Process and Method (3Units)
Nature and elements of communication process.Principles of analysing
communication problems in extension.The meaning of the concepts of teaching,
learning and motivation.Steps and principles of teaching and learning.Extension
teaching methods.Preparation and use of teaching materials and aids.
AGR 314: Introduction to Farm Mechanisation (2Units)
Aims and objectives of agricultural mechanisation.Basic mechanics, workshop
tools.Principles of internal combustion engines and electric motors. Study of
farm machinery use for tillage: ploughs, harrows cultivators, farm power
transmission system. Harvesting and processing equipment (sprayers and
dusters).Equipment for livestock (automatic feed conveyors, automatic drinkers
for poultry, feed and watering equipment, milking and milk handling, surveying
instrument use on the farm). Operating principles, selection and maintenance
procedures of farm machinery.Farmmachinery costing and records. Workshop
and building materials use on the farm.
ARD 304: Communication and Audio Visual Techniques (2Units)
General principles and nature of communication science.Types and use of
audio-visual materials, advantages and disadvantages. Students should be
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exposed to the handling of the audio-visual equipment. Problems associated
with the use of Audio-visual techniques.
ARD 312: Management of Agric. Extension Personnel (2Units)
Concept/meaning and objectives of personnel management in extension; scope
and functions of personnel management; principles of personnel management;
personal qualities of a good extension personnel manager.Functions of a
personnel department.Problems confronting an extension personnel
manager.Duties or tasks of a personnel manager.Expansion of personnel
manager.
ANP 312: Introduction to Genetics and Breeding (2 Units)
The cell, mitosis, meiosis, spermatogenesis and oogenesis.Mendelian laws of
segregation and independent assortment.Genetic ratios, linkage and crossing
over.Chromosomal aberrations. Gene structure: deoxyribonucleic acid,
ribonucleic acid, gene replication and gene-mutations. Protein synthesis.Genetic
properties of populations, gene frequencies, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,
factors affecting gene frequency changes.Quantitative and qualitative characters
and their inheritance.
AEA 306: Farm Records and Accounting (2 Units)
Scope of farm records and accounting, and their objectives.Basic concepts of
accounting.Principles of book-keeping and accounting, kinds, functions of farm
records and accounts.Concepts of trial balance and final accounts.
AEA 308: Principles of Farm Management (2Units)
Nature and scope of farm management.Basic principles of farm
management.Special characteristics of agriculture that affect management
decisions. The decision making functions of farm manager. The common
concepts and tools in management: law of diminishing returns, farm cost,
valuation, depreciation as they affect the farmer. The literate versus illiterate
farmer in carrying out farm management functions.
AGR 302: Agricultural Statistics and Data Processing (3 Units)
Basic concept of statistics. Frequency distribution, measures of location,
measures of variation. Probability distribution, normal and binomial
distribution. Histograms, means, mode and median, sampling, data collection,
data processing techniques, statistics reference, test of significance, F –test, T-
test chi square, anova analysis of variance, and analysis of co- variance,
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correlation and regression analysis, goodness of fit, research objectives,
research design, field experimentation, collection and processing of data.
ENT 306: Entrepreneurial studiesII (2 Units)
The objective of the course to provide students with the knowledge,skills and
motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in agriculture.It draws on the
spirit of innovation, creativity, and opportunity. The course offers the students a
broad overview of entrepreneurship from historical and current perspectives in
the context of agriculture, the course concept can be adapted to bring out the
salient features which the would-be-entrepreneur has to bear in mind for a
successful effort.
400 LEVEL
SEMESTER – FARM PRACTICAL YEAR/SIWES
Course
Code
Skill Credits
ARD 403 Extension Strategies in Pilot Rural
Development Projects
2
ARD 401 Extension Practices 2
CRP 401 Crop Production Techniques (Permanent,
Arable and Horticultural Crops etc)
2
ANP 405 Animal Husbandry Techniques ( Cattle ,
Sheep, Goats, Poultry, Pigs and Rabbits)
2
CRP 405 Agricultural Product Processing and Storage 2
CRP 407 Crop Protection and Pest and Disease Control 2
ANP 407 Animal Health Management 2
SLM 401 Soil Fertility, Soil and Water Management 2
SLM 403 Farm Design Survey and Land Use Planning 2
AEC 401 Farm Management Records and Accounts 2
AGM 401 Farm Mechanisation Practices 2
SLM 403 Agricultural Meteorology 2
AGM 403 Workshop Practices 2
AGR 403 Biotechnology in Agricultural Production 3
AFM 401 Fisheries 2
AGR 401 Report Writing 3
Total 34
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500 LEVEL
FIRST SEMESTER
ARD 501 Statistics and Research Methods (2 Units)
Defining a research problem; developing hypotheses and objectives; principles
of research design; questionnaire preparation and collection of data;
measurement and data collection; statistical theory; different statistical methods
for handling data; presentation of research findings in narrative, tabular and
graphical forms.
ARD 503: Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations (3 Units)
Definition of elements of diffusion, processes of adoption and diffusion of
innovation, the innovation decision processes, characteristics of innovation,
adoption rate and adapter categories, opinion leadership, change agents,
theoretical formulations on the diffusion of innovation, sectors related to
differential rate of adoption of new agricultural technology, implication of these
processes and factors of effective agricultural extension in rural areas.
ARD 513: Gender Issues in Agriculture (3 Units)
Definition and elements of gender in agriculture.Gender roles in production,
processing, marketing and distribution and consumption.Access to production
inputs, credit, and assets.Empowerment of gender by government, NGOs,
private sector. Roles changes in space and time.
ARD 509: Agricultural Business Management and Finance (3Units)
The scope of agricultural business and management; types of agricultural
business management and organisation: enterprise selection, production
planning: public policies affecting agric business: farm growth, organisation of
large scale farms. Legal organisation and tax strategies, economics of
agricultural processing, marketing management. Principles of agricultural
finance: principles of farm credit; capital needs of agricultural industries;
sources of loans; funds and collateral security for loans; credit agencies and
government credit policy and approaches to efficient credit management. Farm
accounting inventory balance sheet and cash book and cash book analysis.
ARD 511: Leadership and Rural Development (2Units)
Identification, evaluation and training of leaders for rural development;
professional and local leaders; principles of rural development, problems and
strategies of rural development; socio-cultural variation and rural resources
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allocation.
CRP 516: Produce/Post- Harvest Management (2 Units)
Tropical environment in relation to maturity, ripening and senescence, physical
and chemical indices of quality in fruits, seeds, vegetables, flowers and other
crop products. Storage and storage-life of harvested fruits, seeds, vegetables,
flowers and other crop products. Fundamentals and principles of crop products
processing and storage, storage and shelf life problems in crop products, ideal
environment for storage, principles of controlled environment for storage,
principles of controlled environment for transit and long term storage,
operational equipment for storage and preservation.
AGR 515: Techniques of Scientific Writing and Presentation (1Unit)
Techniques of scientific writing and seminar presentations for agricultural
students.
ARD 507: Administration and Programme Planning in Extension (3 Units)
Concepts, theories, principles and guidelines of administration, organisation
supervision as applied to extension. Administrative function and responsibility
in agricultural extension; staff recruitment, selection, placement and
supervision, budget development and fiscal control; importance of programme
planning in extension; principles and concept of programme planning in
agricultural extension need; education objectives, learning experience, clientele
participation, plan of work and calendar of work ,the roe of good public
relations, good leadership and cooperation for an extension worker, associations
and cooperatives. Concepts of evaluation applied to agricultural extension
programme.
ARD 505: Extension Training Curriculum and Development (2 Units)
Meaning of extension training, importance of extension in agricultural
development; objectives of the different types of training (e.g. pre-service and
in-service training) programmes for different categories of extension
personnel.Methods of extension training, farmers.Training; programmes;
curriculum development processes; organisation of the causes and evaluation of
training programmes.
500 LEVEL
SECOND SEMESTER
ARD 502: Extension Organisation Management and Supervision (2Units)
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Concepts theories principles and guidelines of administration, organisation,
supervision as applied to extension. Administrative functions and
responsibilities in agricultural extension, staff recruitment, selected placement
and supervision, budget development and fiscal control, importance of
programme planning in agricultural extension need, education objective,
learning experience, clientele participation, plan of work and calendar of work;
the role of good public relations, good leadership and cooperation for an
extension worker, association in cooperative; concept of evaluation applied to
agricultural extension programmes.
AGR 502: Students Seminar (1 Unit)
Presentation and discussion of various topics in animal science, the student is
also expected to prepare and participate in all seminars and present a seminar in
the final year.
ARD 504: Rural Community Development (2 Units)
Sociological economic and related policy perspective as they relate to rural
development. The theories of community, community as a unit of social change,
the micro and macro approaches to social change, dimensions of innovations,
approaches to community development, community development and other
development. Model of rural/agricultural development and their relevance to
Nigerian situations.Problems of institutions and infrastructural community.Case
studies and community development in Nigeria and other developing
countries.The future of communities in Nigeria.
ARD 506: Advanced Rural Sociology (2Units)
General sociology theory, analysis of social structure of rural agrarian system
and societies.Selected theories of social change and their potential for
modernisation of rural societies. Social change and attitude change;
measurement of change in rural societies, resistance and conducive forces to
change in rural societies. Economic aspect of social change, group dynamics,
traditional institutions and there transformation, leadership pattern, involvement
of local people in direct change.Problem of rural societies, their causes and
solutions.Special topics in rural sociology.Selected case studies.
ARD 508: Technological and Social Change in Agriculture(2Units)
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Understanding technological change; basic sociological concepts.Technological
change and societies; general principles in introducing technological changes,
technological change in Nigerian agricultural development, agric. extension;
ethical considerations in introducing technological change, agricultural
engineers and public extension system.
ARD 510: Psychology for Extension Personnel (2units)
Concepts of human development, intelligence, individual differences, teaching,
learning, motivation, and emotion related to extension education.
ARD 512: Rural Youth Programme in Agricultural Extension (3 Units)
History, objectives and organisation and promotion of and types of rural youth
programmes in Nigeria and selected foreign and African countries;
youths/problems and role of government agencies.
AGR 599: Project (4 Units)
The students will write an independent project research work as part of the
programme requirements. That is, each student under the guidance of a
supervisor is required to conduct research into an approved agricultural
production problem culminating in the submission of a dissertation.