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Introductory Practical Physical and 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): 
Biochemistry

Introductory Practical Physics for Agriculture

This is the practical component, of course, AGN106 N.  It applies the principles of instrumentation and measurements for the measurements of the quantities/mechanical properties of agricultural and biological materials and systems.

Course Code: 
AGN 107 N
No. of Credits: 
1
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Pre-requisite: 
AGN106 N
Select Programme(s): 
Agro-Processing

Introductory Physics for Agriculture

The course exposes students to the basic theory and principles of physics that will enable them apply such principles in agro-processing. It will deal with the various concepts and theories of mechanics, heat and electricity that are applicable in the agro-processing industry.

Course Code: 
AGN 106 N
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Agro-Processing

Introduction to Statistics

This course introduces students to the techniques applied in collecting, organising, analysing and interpreting data for the purpose of making better decisions.

Course Code: 
AGN 105 N
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Course Outline: 
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Select Programme(s): 
Agro-Processing

Introduction to Computing

This course aims at assisting students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in computing or to promote computer literacy among students.  The course consists of theory and practical sessions. 

Course Code: 
AGP 101
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Agro-Processing

Introduction to Physical/Inorganic Chemistry II

This course gives a further insight into the concepts in Physical Chemistry. It deals with chemical bonding, various theories of bonding, as well as, structure and shape, the gas laws, the ideal gas law, deviations from ideality and its application.

Course Code: 
CHE 101C
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Pre-requisite: 
CHE 101A
Select Programme(s): 
Biochemistry
Science

Subsidiary Mathematics

This course introduces students to the relevant topics in mathematics that are applicable to various aspects of agricultural products processing. Topics to be treated include the basic set theory, mappings, linear and quadratic functions and their graphs, matrices and determinants, permutations and combinations, the binomial theorem, trigonometry and calculus.

Course Code: 
MAT 103
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Agro-Processing

Introductory Practical Chemistry for Agriculture

This is the practical component, of course, AGN 103 N and aims at equipping students with the practical skills for agro-processing. Students shall perform experiments with the pH meter, volumetric analysis, inorganic salts preparation, functional group tests, paper and thin-layer chromatography.

Course Code: 
AGN 104 N
No. of Credits: 
1
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Pre-requisite: 
AGN 103 N
Select Programme(s): 
Agro-Processing

Introductory Chemistry for Agriculture

This course introduces students to the basic theory and principles of inorganic and organic chemistry that would be required for the conversion of a variety of agricultural raw materials into finished products. Students would be familiarised with the atomic structure and the periodic table, chemical equations, the mole concept, chemical reactions, kinetics and equilibrium, as well as methods of separation of substances.

Course Code: 
AGN 103 N
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Agro-Processing

Data Collection and Analysis

The course introduces students to various methods of data collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of scientific data. Data collection methods include experimentation, field surveys, and direct observations. Concept of statistics, importance and misuse of statistics, sampling and its importance, sampling methods (simple random, systematic and stratified sampling) will be considered. Various types of data presentation (bar graph, pie chart, histogram, line graph, polygons and tables) will be discussed. Other areas are scales of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio), measures of central tendency (mean, median, stem-and-leaf plot and box plots) and measures of dispersion (range, quartiles, inter-quartile range, percentiles, standard deviation, standard error, coefficient of variation). 

Course Code: 
BIO 103
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Biochemistry

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