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FURTHER CALCULUS

This course builds on MAT 102. It introduces students to the concept of Differentiation and Integration.

Course Code: 
ICH 209
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

Introductory Practical (Physical & Inorganic Chemistry)

This course aims at helping students to develop requisite laboratory skills in general chemistry. Laboratory work includes basic techniques of qualitative and quantitative measurements such as gravimetric, colorimetric, thermometric and selected volumetric methods of analysis. Practical exercises undertaken in this course include calibration of analytical balance and volumetric glassware (burette and pipette), conductivity and pH measurements, determination of molecular properties and solubility products, qualitative analysis of mixtures of two or more metallic salts, and thermochemistry.

Course Code: 
CHE 103
No. of Credits: 
1
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

General Chemistry

                                                               

The main thrust of this course is to assist students to develop an appreciation for the relationship between chemistry and our environment. It is also aimed at providing students with a strong background to those theories and chemical principles that are particularly relevant to chemistry and fundamental understanding of science. This course is designed to provide students with a general overview of the concepts and principles underlying chemical reactions, stoichiometry, bonding, molecular shapes and structures, gas theories, and forces within liquids and solids that are fundamental basis of chemistry.


 

Course Code: 
CHE 107
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Industrial Chemistry

Design and Analysis of Experiments 

Content: The course seeks to introduce students to (i) the fundamentals of experiments and its uses, (ii) basic statistics including ANOVA, curvilinear regression and multiple regression, (iii) experimental designs such as RCBD, BIBD, Latin Square, factorial and fractional factorial designs, (iv) application of statistical models in analyzing experimental data, (v) RSM to optimize response of interest from an experiment, and (vi) the use of software such as GenStat and SPSS.

Objective:To expose students to how to design experiment, analyze and interpret experimental data.

Reading materials

  1. Mead, R., Curnow, N and Hasted, A. M. 1994. Statistical Methods in Agriculture and Experimental Biology, 2nd Edn. Chapman and Hall.
  2. Snedecor and Cochran, W.G. 1989. Statistical Methods. 8th Edn. Iowa State Univ. Press. Iowa, USA.
  3. Steel, R.G.D and Torrie, J.H. 1980. Principles and Procedures of Statistics. A Biometrical Approach. 2nd Edn. McGraw Hill International Edns.
Course Code: 
ASS 824
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Soil Science

Biometeorology   

Content: The course introduces students to radiation, heat transfer in soils, view factors, turbulent transfers and wind relations, hydrologic cycle, energy balance and atmospheric diffusion. The course will focus on the micrometeorological and physiological processes controlling the exchange of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (CH4, N2O), water vapor, and energy between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. The course will also expose students to the impacts of human activities, such as land use change and land management, on energy, water, carbon, and nitrogen exchange between the land and atmosphere.

Objective:To equip students with the relationship between atmospheric conditions, such as temperature and humidity, and living organisms

Reading materials

  1. Brewer, R. 1988. The Science of Ecology. Sanders, New York.
  2. Enger, E.D. and Smith, B.F. 1991. Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships. 4th Edn. W.C. Brown Publishers
  3. Hillel, D. 1980. Applications of Soil Physics. Academic Press Inc. New York.
  4. Napier, T.L. et al., 1983. Water Resources Research: Problems and Potentials for Agriculture and Rural Communities
Course Code: 
ASS 823
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Soil Science

Soil Microbiology

Content: The course provides the students with soil microbes, their role in soil-plant environment and mineral transformation. The course also exposes the students to the effects of soil microflora on soil fertility and plant nutrition, role of microbes in soil formation and nitrogen fixation, and mineralization-immobilization turnover.

Objective: To introduce students to soil microbes and their role in soil-plant environment

Reading materials

  1. Alexander, M. 1976. Introduction to Soil Microbiology. 2nd Edn. John Wiley & Sons
  2. Domsch, K.H and Gams, W. 1973. Fungi in Agricultural Soils. Academic press, New York.
  3. Killham, K. 1994. Soil Ecology. Cambridge Univ. Press.
  4. Paul, E. A. (2014). Soil microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry. Academic press.

 

Course Code: 
ASS 822
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Soil Science

Physical Processes of Soil and Water Conservation   

Content: The course seeks to expose students to the concepts of soil and water conservation, physics of soil erosion, assessment of soil erosion, soil erosion control, soil erosion models, moisture conservation and water resources development.

Objective:

To provide students with the understanding of the utilization of soil and water without waste so as to make possible a high level of production that can be continued indefinitely

Reading materials

  1. Schwab, G.O. Frevert, R.K., Edminster, T.W. and Barnes, K.K. 1981. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. 3rd Edn. John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York
  2. Ritzema, H.P. (ed.) 1994. Drainage Principles & Application. 2nd Edn., ILRI Publication 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  3. Plaster, E.J. 2009. Soil Science and Management. 5th Edn. Clifton Park, NY
Course Code: 
ASS 821
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Soil Science

Soil Management 

Content:  The course introduces students to the need to maintain the fertility and structure of the soil for high crop yield, It also exposes the students to methods of managing and conserving the soil for sustained crop production through ways of reducing soil erosion to control the loss of nutrients, methods of decreasing rates of sedimentation of water bodies, tillage and its effect on soil properties, tillage and soil structure management, traditional and modern tillage practices, physical aspects and machine-soil interaction, management of problem soils and management of soils under different cropping systems.

Objective: To expose students to sustained level of production from the land whilst maintaining soil loss below threshold level which permits the natural rate of soil formation to keep pace with the rate of soil erosion.

Reading materials

  1. Morgan, R.P.C. (ed.) 1995. Soil Erosion and Conservation 2nd Edn. John Wiley & Sons, England.
  2. Plaster, E.J. 2009. Soil Science and Management. 5th Edn. Clifton Park, NY
  3. Schwab, G.O. Frevert, R.K., Edminster, T.W. and Barnes, K.K. 1981. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. 3rd Edn. John Wiley & Sons Inc. New York
Course Code: 
ASS 820
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Soil Science

Advanced Soil Hydrology   

Content: The course is designed to expose students to soil water flow equation, infiltration- vertical and horizontal infiltration and infiltrability equations, internal drainage and redistribution, surface and subsurface drainage, soil evaporation, soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, water balance, and groundwater flow and groundwater flow equations.

 Objective: To introduce students to the physical interpretation of phenomena which govern hydrological events related to soil

Reading materials

  1. Gupta, B.L. and Gupta, A. 1992. Engineering Hydrology. 2nd Edn. Standard Publishers, New Delhi.
  2. Kutilek, M. and Nielsen, D.R. 1994. Soil Hydrology. Catena Verlag, 38162 Germany.
  3. Ritzema, H.P. (ed.) 1994. Drainage Principles & Application. 2nd Edn., ILRI Publication 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Course Code: 
ASS 818
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Soil Science

 Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition     

Content: The course exposes students to concepts of soil fertility, mechanisms of plant nutrient absorption, nutrient uptake models, soil fertility evaluation, fertilizer technology and use, and fertilizer interactions in soils. It also provides the students with the fundamental concepts in soil fertility evaluation, diagnostic techniques, measurement of specific soil fertility parameters.

Objective:
To introduce the students to the fundamental concepts of soil fertility and the fertilizer interactions in soils

Reading material
1.    Meuser, H. 2012. Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. Treatment of Contaminated and Disturbed Land Series: Environmental Pollution, Vol.23. Springer. ISBN: 978-94-007-5750
2.    White, R.E. 2006. Principles and Practices of Soil Science. Blackwell Science Ltd. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, UK
3.    Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa. SSSA Special publication No. 51. Roland Buresh et al. (Eds). 1997.
4.    Gugino, B. K., et al. Soil Health Training Manual. Ithaca: Cornell University, 2007.
Magdoff, F., and H. M. van Es. Building Soils for Better Crops. Beltsville, Md.: Sustainable 

Course Code: 
ASS 817
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 800
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Soil Science

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