Evaluation of Course
Courses shall be evaluated in terms of credit units where a course unit is defined as one lecture/tutorial hour per week or three hours practical class per week throughout the semester. 1 lecture/tutorial hour per week per semester = 1 (one credit unit, 3(three laboratory/studio/workshop hours/week per semester = 1 credit unit. There is an understanding that for one lecture hour a student should put in two hours of individual/private study outside the lecture hour.
Duration of Academic Year and Semester
Each session shall consist of two semesters with a long vocation of between 11 to 12 weeks. Each semester shall have minimum of 17 weeks, 15 of which must be devoted to actual teaching.
Types of Course, Coding and Numbering
Classification of Course offered shall be
(a) Compulsory Courses
(b) Require Courses
(c) GS Courses and
(d) Electives
A student is required to choose courses in the above arreas as may be determined by the Department of Architecture.
Numbering
Courses shall be numbered according to levels i.e. 100 – 400 for undergraduate courses. The first digit of the numbering represents the level of instruction, the second digit area of stress, while the last digit represents the sequence within the subject area.
Course Coding
Each course shall be represented by three (3) code lettering, representing the discipline offering the courses e.g. Law for law or ACC or Accountancy, CAM for Construction Management Practice, ARC for Architecture. GSS is for General Studies.
Course Load of Credit Unit
(a) Full-Time Undergraduate Students – full time student shall be required to register for an approved combination of courses with a minimum total of 30 (thirty) per academic year and a maximum of 48 (forty-eight) units. However, transfer students may register for less to the extent of units brought forward from former discipline.
(b) Where a student fails courses in the two semesters, he/she will be required to register them in the succeeding session. While a student who fails in a course at either of semesters will be required register the particular course as in 7.3.4 (c) so as to make a minimum of 15 (fifteen) units or 30 (thirty units as the case may be.
(c) The affected student could select courses from any level in their department to make up the minimum of 15 (fifteen) units or 30 (thirty) units as the case may be.
(d) If a student has more than 24 (twenty-four) units to take in one semester, say first semester, he/she repeats first semester examinations for two (2) sessions to exhaust those for two (2) sessions to exhaust courses/units.
(e) In any case the affected student will be required to pay full school fees for the sessions and;
(f) The effected student shall apply to senate through the approved channel of communication for permission to register excess units. The number of excess units should be indicated in the applications.
(g) Where a student has excess units less than six (6), the student can resist without adding extra year, but where the excess units is more than six (6), the student s required to pay for a full sessions fees in each case.
METHODOLOGY AND COURSE CONTENTS
In pursuance of the stated philosophy and objective, the Department of Architecture adopts an integrated studio and theory course work approach
Studio-Work (Architectural Design) Methodology
The studio consists of architectural design programmes, which expose the student to a broad spectrum of architectural tasks confronting the profession in Nigeria. Such tasks cover housing, traditional architecture, rural development planning, Institutional and complex buildings, industrial and agricultural buildings and urban design. The programmes which are primarily based on thorough studies of communities-rural and urban, through critical observation, surveying and documentation, are intended to develop also the skills and techniques in problems recognition, information gathering, analysis, synthesis, design, and evaluation. The exercises through the years vary in magnitude from relatively simple human environmental requirements through buildings requiring mechanical services/to urban planning and landscape design problems that need the use of specialist consultants. Aspects covered in the exercise include Descriptive Geometry, Data Analysis and Synthesis, Architectural Graphics and Lettering, Landscape Design, Site Planning, Structural Detailing and Architectural Design Programming. Data collection is foremost.
Architectural Design is undertaken in every semester for the duration of the educational programme. The student is expected to grapple with technical, social, environmental, aesthetic as well as financial implications of architecture during the exercises. Emphasis is placed upon constructional processes in architectural design. Site visits encourage the study of construction techniques.
In the course of the architectural design programme the student is exposed to criticism and exhibition of his work not only to his year, but also to the Department as a whole. The students are encouraged to work in studios where they constitute a pool of resources for cross fertilization of design ideas and enhancements of staff/student interaction. Portfolio assessments are made open to enable students know early how they are performing. Students are encouraged to use extensive data and other design information available in the Department, university library or elsewhere in their work. The studio work entails extensive design research. Hence, great emphasis is placed upon architectural design as a vehicle for integrating and Appling knowledge in other courses, to specific architectural projects. See chapter five (5) for details.
Theory Courses Methodology
Because of the diverse nature of architecture and the Department’s desire to produce architects who understand the context of their design in the physical, social, cultural, economic and technical terms, the educational programme includes both the art of design as well as utilitarian subjects. However, all these subjects fall within six main areas of study or instruction modules as follows:
- Fine and applied Arts.
- History and Theoretical Studies.
- Building Systems Technology.
- Humanities and Social Studies.
- Environmental Control System.
- Physical Sciences.
Module A: Fine and Applied Arts
The subjects in this module, Free Hand Sketching, Graphic presentation, graphic Communication, Architectural Modelling, Photography, Painting, mosaic and Mural Design, life Drawing, Metal Work, Introduction to Basic Design. Industrial Arts, Ceramic and Glass Design, Surface Design Sculpture, Moulding.
This Module provides the architecture student with the basic experience and skills in art. It aims to develop imagination and creative faculties and to gain confidence in working processes in fine and applied arts. It provides understanding and application of visual communication in art-line, shapes form, colour, texture, proportion, light and shade, etc. these Courses aim at this application of art to architectural design.
Module B: History and Theoretical Studies
The subjects in this module cover History, Theory and Philosophy of Architecture, African Traditional Architecture, Japanese, Islamic and Chinese Architecture, Pre-Colonial Urbanisation in Africa, Restoration and Art History, History of Built Environment, Evolution of Planning Thoughts, Planning Principles and Practice and Architectural Practice and Management European forms are included.
The emphasis in this module is on the understanding of the History, Theory and Philosophy of Architecture. It aims to clarify the scale of values and concepts with which architecture is created. It examines Pre-Colonial recognition of the existence of conceptual resources in its immediate cultural environment. This module provides the foundation on which the student bases his/her creative work.
Module C: Building Systems Technology
The subjects in this module focuses on Building Materials and Construction, Building Structures, Theory of Structures, Advanced Architectural Structures, Architectural Frames, Equipments, Survey, Project planning and Control, Working Drawing and Detailing, Specification Writing, Quantities and Estimation, Building Economics, Costing, Building Maintenance, Management and Real Estate Management.
Studies in Building Systems Technology emphasize the understanding of building components, the structures, the methods of putting them together and the process involved in putting them together to realize an architectural piece. Structural and constructional applications for timber, masonry, reinforced concrete, steel, aluminium, as well as local/traditional materials are examined in various course units within this module. The realisation of an architectural design involves various participants who represent many aspects of the building industry. This module clarifies implementation, cost implication, managerial, as well as various processes that go into the realization of an architect’s concept.
Module D: Humanities and Social Studies
The subjects in this Module cover African Studies, Research Methods, Elements of Economics and Sociology, Psychology of Perception, Property and Contract Law, Human/Spatial Organisation, Development Economics, Peoples and Cultures of Africa, Archaeology, Structure of Rural Communities, Nigerian History, Economic History of Africa and Traditional Industries.
This subject exposes the student of Architecture to the general cultural, historical, psychological, sociological contexts within which architecture is created the Module aims at clarifying some practical implications of design decisions from the point of view of the use the client and the public at large. The student is exposed to the complexities of the human, social and cultural environment in its various dimensions. It enables him/her understand humans historically, culturally and psychologically and to take such factors into account when making design proposals. The module exposes the student to the legal, political and economic framework within which he is expected to operate as an architect.
Module E: Environmental Control Systems
The subjects in this Module cover Urban climatology, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Natural and Artificial Lighting, Acoustics and Noise Control, Environment Resources Management, Water Supply and Drainage, Electrical, Lighting, Vertical Transport Systems, Security System, etc. The knowledge helps the student to determine space requirement and to integrate services within the fabric of buildings.
Module F: Physical Sciences
The subjects here include General and Foundation Mathematics, Geography, Geology and Physics, Introduction to Computer methods. Application and Programming, Statistical Methods, Soil Mechanics, strength of Materials, probability Theory, mechanics, Chemistry, Analytical Geometry, Calculus, Trigonometry, Materials Science, Cartography and Geology of Nigeria.
Knowledge of physical sciences forms a pre-requisite to a thorough understanding o the techniques required in Architecture. A mastery of basic techniques, skills and principles embodied in the physical sciences are essential for he success of the building industry, Of special significance to present day architectural education is computer literacy. The physical science module provides courses aimed at providing familiarity with skills in the operation and application of computer methods.
DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS:
The Department of Architecture operates within the Academic Regulations of the University; consequently the conduct of all aspects of academic work in the Department is in accordance with these Regulations. There are departmental regulations related to studio courses, which because of their peculiar nature, are not fully covered by the University’s Regulations. Therefore below are set out details of the conduct of design studio courses required for all levels of the programmes.
Design Studio Regulations
(a) The studio is the centre of student’s academic work in the Department of Architecture. The Studio is always open to students al days of the week.
(b) Studio courses are organised on class-by-class bases, each studio class comprising students of the particular year of the programme, and are under the direction of a Year Master assisted by other studio staffs to be appointed by the Head of Department.
(c) All design programmes are issued to each student directly by the Year Master. Furthermore, all projects undertaken as part of design courses are carried out mainly in the studio. The reason for this working together is for esprit de corps develop; there is cross-fertilisation of ideas, and unity of effort results. Group schemes are encouraged in certain projects at all levels of the programme.
(d) Studio courses-Architectural Design and Graphic Communication shall have 3 hours per Unit whereas Visual Communication and Practical Surveying shall have 3 hours per Unit. Studios have 2 hours per Unit whereas Visual Communication and Practical Surveying shall have 3 hours per Unit.
(e) Architectural Design (studio) courses for Levels 200-400 shall be assessed as follows:
(i) On completion of each project, a jury shall be conducted after which marks or grades shall be awarded to each completed work.
(ii) At the end-of the semester a student’s final grade will be an aggregate of all projects already assessed.
(iii) Uncompleted work or unacceptable work shall be regarded as failed and will be reassessed on completion or correction at the end of the semester. Such work will, for purposes of grading, be regarded as re-sits and can only receive a grade if found satisfactory, as the highest grade.
(f) In the case of 400 level students, final grades will be subject to External Examiners’ assessments. No new drawings additional to those on which original assessment was made will be considered, except in cases of re-sit. Jury system is a must.
(g) For 100 level – 300 level portfolio assessment shall be at the end of each semester with the Head of Department and Year Masters as assessors. Jury system of no less than five (5) jurors is necessary for each assessment.
Field Study
Development opportunities and construction abound in our rural communities, but the sudden endowment of nearby urban centres with alluring opportunities and the quest for development have produced rural forms that are completely neglected. The architect, therefore in the face of this situation should strive to provide design solutions that will not only check this ugly trend but envisage design procedure as a total developmental process prompting the integration of several spheres of human endeavour and a holistic understanding of the needs of the society. The Department of Architecture, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has adopted the “INTEGRATED PROJECTS METHOD (IPM) to prepare her students to assume the numerous services of an Architect. The IPM tends to give the student the effrontery to identity problems rather than being assigned problems to be solved. It also gives the student architect the ability to discover the course of such problems so that his/her effort could be more fruitfully channelled towards prevention rather than solution of these problems.
Integrated Project Method
The students would be required to spend about 2 weeks in the field conducting socio-economic and physical survey of the study area. The data and information collected forms the basis for the studio design work for the rest of the session.
The programme involves documentation, analysis, and synthesis of a planning programme out of which will emerge schematic planning proposals and design of specific projects-domestic and non domestic. Emphasis shall be on climatologically appropriate and affordable semi-rural housing. Weekend sketches, 12 hours and quick studio programmes shall be used to encourage creativity. Each phase of the course work shall be assessed separately by the department’s Academic Committee, while the final assessment would be carried out by a panel of assessor appointed by the Head of Department.
Performance Objectives
The student will be expected to demonstrate and maintain a high level of creative thinking and excellence in the translation of concepts generated from these into functional physical forms. To achieve this general goal, the student-architect is advised to continuously attempt to explore alternative solutions while taking design decisions. Further, the candidate should begin to appreciate that concepts do not necessarily follow information in a succession of steps; that they are interacting and may even be reversible to better alternatives.
Design Studio Conduct
(a) Attendance to all studio sessions and field trips is mandatory for every registered studio member. Minimum of 75.00% recorded attendance is mandatory.
(b) All studio projects shall be reviewed and assessed on completion via jury system(s) of no less than five (5) jurors..
(c) All studio members shall be present throughout the duration of the jury. Students arriving late or departing early may be considered absent.
(d) Every student shall maintain portfolio of all projects undertaken during the year for final assessment by the school’s committee of examiners.
Design Studio-Works Schedule per semester
Week 1-3 – Field Trips with case studies
Week 3-7 – Analysis/Synthesis . First Interim Jury.
Week 8-15 – Conceptualisation to final Design with models.
Completion – Final Jury.
Design Studio Task
The task of this design studio method is therefore to identify the opportunities and constraints of development of the study area and its environs, and to evolve planning and architectural solutions that are responsive to the problem within the context of time and space with an aim to maximizing the opportunities, while ameliorating the associated environmental issues of the studied community. It is expected that while being amenable to change it also could be predicted by unpredicted events and demands.
Design Studio Process
PHASE 1: Documentation of Data collected.
PHASE 2: Detailed Analysis for Design Proposals.
PHASE 3: Synthesis of Development Alternative:
PHASE 4: Presentation Drawings of Evaluated Option.
Strategies for future development implementation.
(a) Documentation:
Problem definition, data gathering, documentation and studio for a. the class would be divided into 6 (six) groups for this aspect of their study. The study groups would record all information collected in a graphic format, and at the end, present their works verbally to the studio forum. Every member of the class is expected to be comprehensively informed about all aspects of the study area during the exercise.
(b) Analysis:
The class would be divided into 3 (three) groups for this phase of the study. Each group would have at least two (two) students from each of the proceeding documentation groups. In phase 3 (three) the groups are expected to:
(i) Analyse and evaluate available data/information from the documentation exercise.
(ii) Conduct schematic projections using available maps and information. The groups must base their proposals on three different scenarios for the likely future development of the community. Such scenarios could hinge on an economic philosophy, socio-political philosophy or any idea, which the groups deem feasible/viable to ameliorate the stress of ruralisation or urbanisation and stimulate per capita growth rate.
(c) Synthesis of Development Alternatives:
The study group for this phase would be the same as for phase 3 (three). The challenges for this phase are as follows:
(i) State their goals/objectives.
(ii) Formulation of conceptual scenarios for the realisation of the development goals and implementation strategies based on the analysis and projections.
(iii) Concretisation of concepts i.e. translation of visual structural organisational schema into a physical context. This should include preliminary road network or the area, and evaluation of an instrument to guide the orderly development of the community. This aspect of the study include Action Area layouts for various key land uses to test the basic assumption of various key land uses to test the basic assumption of the group which could be in the form of in-fill development, upgrading, revitalisation, redevelopment, etc. each group is expected to present three (3) dimensional illustration of the social/economic philosophy of the group for the development of the community.
NOTE: The student is advised to recognise that the itemization of the components of the study process, as above, is primarily for ease of communication. Evaluation of design solutions does not necessarily follow a logical linear approach. The dilemma of the designer is the cyclical nature of his/her take-a situation whereby he/she moves between analysis-synthesis until the ultimate evolution of a satisfactory solution based on evaluations.
(d) Presentation Drawings of Evaluated Option.
STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCES SCHEME (SIWES)
This programme is aimed at exposing the student to the practical work where he/she is attached to a professional Architectural firm. It is always a semester (six months) duration programme. It is observed during the second semester of the students third year of the course duration. The programme carries (6 units). The students are expected to have an office based supervisor, a supervisor from the Department of Architecture and an ITF supervisor, to ascertain his/her participation during the period. Any failure will repeat the programme. Overall assessment of the 300 level students is keyed into successful completion of the SIWES experience.
FINAL YEAR STUDENT PROJECTS
(a) Final year students shall normally select and have their project topics approved before going on the end of the penultimate year long vacation.
(b) Final year students shall be encouraged to carry out both the literature review and fieldwork prior to the start of the academic session to facilitate the actual writing of the project during the semesters.
(c) Students are required to submit bound copies of their projects one month before second semester examinations in their final years.
(d) Final year students shall be expected to defend their projects for at least ten minutes before the panel, which shall include the external examiner.
(e) Students who submit their projects after the external examiner has concluded his/her work shall not score more than a “C” grade.
ACADEMIC ADVISING
(a) All teaching staff are expected to be involved in academic advising. However, the department may decide to assign this duty to a few members of staff. When this procedure is followed, due allowance shall be made for the time spent by members of staff concerned with academic advising in relation to their teaching duties.
(b) A single adviser is to look after a student throughout his course but change may be permitted by the. Head of Department in exceptional cases.
(c) It is the duty of the Registrar to make available all relevant registration materials to advisers and Head of Department.
(d) Head of Department are to arrange for the students to meet their adviser, who will help them to decide on their courses before registration. This is to be done with trial course registration forms. The adviser, when satisfied with the course entry in the trial course registration form, will sign it in duplicate. The courses will later be transferred to the official University course registration form.
PROGRAMME/SUB-DISCIPLINE/DISCIPLINE WORKLOAD BY STUDENT
YEAR ONE: FIRST SEMESTER
| GROUPING
|
COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | PRE-REQ |
L |
T |
P |
U |
|
GENERAL STUDIES COURSES |
|||||||
| GSS 101 | Use of English I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| GSS 105 | Humanities | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| GSS 107 | Nigerian People and Culture | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
|
Core Compuls-ory Courses. |
|||||||
| MAT 101 | Mathematics I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| PHY 101 | Physics I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| ENV 111 | Nature of Environmental Sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC111 | Architectural Graphics and Lettering I | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| ARC 113 | Introduction to Architecture I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 121 | Freehand Sketching I | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
YEAR ONE: SECOND SEMESTER
|
|
COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | PRE-REQ |
L |
T |
P |
U |
|
GENERAL STUDIES COURSES |
UNIVERSITY COMMON COURSE | ||||||
| GSS 102 | Use of English II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| GSS 103 | Introduction to Philosophy and Logic. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
|
CORE COMPULSORY COURSES |
MAT 102 | Mathematics II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| PHY 102 | Physics II | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| INTRA FACULTY COURSES | |||||||
| ENV 222 | Ecology of natural Resources and Environmental Planning. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| DEPARTMENTAL COURSES | |||||||
| ARC112 | Architectural Graphics and Lettering II | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| ARC 114 | Introduction to Architecture II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 122 | Freehand Sketching II | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| ARC 132 | Basic Elements of Planning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 15 | 21 |
YEAR TWO: FIRST SEMESTER
|
GROUPING |
COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | PRE-REQ |
L |
T |
P |
U |
| UNIVERSITY COMMON COURSES | |||||||
|
Core Compuls-ory courses |
CSE 101 | Computer Programming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| INTER FACULTY COURSES | |||||||
| SVI 181 | Basic Surveying I | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| GME 231 | Introduction to Statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DEPARTMENTAL COURSES | |||||||
| ARC 211 | Architectural Design I | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||
| ARC 213 | Descriptive Geometry I | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ARC 221 | Graphic Communication | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| ARC 231 | History of Architecture I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 241 | Building Components and Methods I | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 243 | Building Materials I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 245 | Building Structures I
(Statics) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 261 | Building Climatology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 14 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
DIRECT ENTRY STUDENTS MUST IN ADDITION REGISTER FOR:
GSS 105 – Humanities
GSS 107 – Nigerian Peoples and Culture.
YEAR TWO: SECOND SEMESTER
|
Core Compuls-ory Courses |
COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | PRE-REQ |
L |
T |
P |
U |
| INTER FACULTY COURSES | |||||||
| CSE 102 | Computer Programming II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| INTRA FACULTY COURSES | |||||||
| SVI 182 | Basic Surveying II | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| GME 232 | Quantity Techniques | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DEPARTMENTAL COURSES | |||||||
| ARC 212 | Architectural Design II | ARC 211 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
| ARC 214 | Descriptive Geometry II | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ARC 252 | Urban and Rural Sociology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 232 | History of Architecture II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 242 | Building Components and Methods II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 244 | Building Materials II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 246 | Building Structures II ( Dynamics) | ARC 245 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 14 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
DIRECT ENTRY STUDENTS MUST IN ADDITION REGISTER FOR:
GSS 103 – Introduction to Philosophy and Logic.
YEAR THREE: FIRST SEMESTER
| GROUPING | COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | PRE-REQ |
L |
T |
P |
U |
|
Core Compulso-ry Courses |
INTRA FACULTY COURSES | ||||||
| DEPARTMENTAL COURSES | |||||||
| ARC 3I1 | Architectural Design III | ARC 212 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
| ARC 313 | Landscape Architecture | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ARC 315 | Problem Analysis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| ARC 331 | History of Architecture III | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 341 | Building Components and Methods III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 343 | Building Materials III | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 345 | Building Structures III | ARC 246 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| ARC 347 | Working Drawing | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ARC 361 | Building Services I | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Electives:2 Units of Electives below | 2 | ||||||
|
Electives Optional Courses |
TOTAL | 11 | 2 | 18 | 21 | ||
| ARC 321 | Basic Photography and Reprography | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| ARC 351
ARC 363 |
Art Appreciation
Natural and artificial lighting |
1
1 |
0
0 |
0
0 |
1
1 |
||
| TOTAL | 2 | 18 | 21 |
|
YEAR FOUR: FIRST SEMESTER
|
GROUPING |
COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | PRE-REQ |
L |
T |
P |
U |
|
Core Compuls-ory Courses |
INTER FACULTY COURSES | ||||||
| QUS 211 | Building Quantities and Estimating I | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| SVI 571 | Geographic Information System I | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| DEPARTMENTAL COURSES | |||||||
| ARC 411 | Architectural Design V | ARC 311 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| ARC 413 | Urban Design (Theory and Practice) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ARC 431 | Theory of Architecture I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 441 | Building Components and Methods IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 445 | Building Structures IV | ARC 345 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| ELECTIVES ( Any four units from below) | 4 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 9 | 2 | 18 | 21 | |||
|
Electives Optional Courses |
ARC 415 | Urban and Rural Development planning | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| ARC 435 | African Traditional Architecture | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ARC 443 | Building Maintenance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 447
ARC 451 |
Construction Management
Contract Law |
1
1 |
1
1 |
0
0 |
2
2 |
||
| TOTAL | 11 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
L – Level of Instruction T – Area of Stress
P – Sequence within subject U – Credit Units
N.B. A student who has more than 4 levels 100-300 level courses outstanding will not be allowed to register for any 400 level courses.
YEAR FOUR: SECOND SEMESTER
|
GROUPING |
COURSE
CODE |
COURSE TITLE | PRE-REQ |
L |
T |
P |
U |
|
Core Compulsory Courses |
INTER FACULTY COURSES | ||||||
| QUS 212 | Building Quantities and Estimating II | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| SVI 572 | Geographic Information System II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| DEPARTMENTAL COURSES | |||||||
| ARC 412 | Architectural Design VI | ARC 411 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| ARC 414 | Interior Design | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ARC 432 | Theory of Architecture II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 442 | Building Components and Methods V | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 464 | Building Services II | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| ELECTIVES ( Any four units from below) | 4 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 8 | 2 | 21 | 21 | |||
|
Electives Optional Courses |
ARC 416 | Housing Analysis and Design | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| ARC 462 | Public Health Engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 446 | Project Planning and Control | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| ARC 448 | Case Study of Building Materials | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| GME 488
|
Housing Systems and Processes in Developing Countries | 2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
||
| TOTAL | 8 | 2 | 21 | 21 |
13.0 COURSE CODE, TITLES AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ARC 111 ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS AND LETTERING I
( 3 CREDITS)
A laboratory course in Mechanical Drawing, Descriptive Geometry, perspective, shades and shadows including freehand drawing. The course aims to familiarize and train the students to acquire:
- Manipulative skills in the use of technical instruments.
- Dexterity in translating technical ideas into visual and technical drawings.
- Aptitude and facility in communication skills in design and
- Discipline for clear and eligible technical drawing for architectural projects.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE I (2 CREDITS)
Definition of Architecture: as an Art, as a Science, as a business, and as a profession. Historical development of architecture. Career opportunities in architecture. Architectural vocabulary and language. Design aims and tools, drawings and various graphic communication media, reproduction equipment and materials. NIA & ARCON Members of the building team and their responsibilities, relationship of architecture with other environmental disciplines. Architecture relates to all aspects of human existence.
ARC 121 FREEHAND SKETCHING I (2 CREDITS)
Sketching and architectural drawing from file: The course aims at development graphics language by which an architect explains buildings and other objects to himself and others using dry media such as pencil, crayon, water colours, oils, stones, woods, inks, etc.
ARC 112 ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS AND LETTERING II
(3 CREDITS)
Presentation of architectural drawings; greater emphasis will be laid on presentation and rendering techniques, using different media.
ARC 114 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE II (2 CREDITS)
Architectural Education: for technicians, technologists and architects; professional registration. Ethical and legal consideration in architectural practice; architects responsibilities to his clients, the public and other members of the building team; architects code of conduct; architects condition of engagement; architects role during construction. Major conditions affecting architectural practice: the computer systems, economic factors, changing construction markets, multiple contract construction, construction management, package building, home building, design and build, turn – key development, etc.
ARC 122 FREEHAND SKETCHING II (2 CREDITS)
Sketching an architectural drawing from life: A continuation of freehand sketching with greater emphasis on quick sketching techniques using wet and/or dry media such as water and poster colours, ink, crayons, charcoal, pencils, etc.
ARC 132 BASIC ELEMENTS OF PLANNING (2 CREDITS)
Theory and models of urban and rural land use. Land Use Acts (29th March 1978). The rationale for town planning. Morphological structure of Nigerian cities planning process. Slums and Blighted Developments. New Towns and Revitalized Villages/Rural Settlements.
ARC 211 & 212 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN I & II (4 CREDITS EACH)
Studio course using project method in development of creative thinking, analytical skills and an aesthetic sensitivity in organising space(s) for human activities. Design exercises involving basic architectural and creative design problems. Model making. Passing ARC 211 is pre-requisite for ARC 212.
ARC 213 DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY I (2 CREDITS)
General introduction to geometry of space and its elements. Types of projections and their application to design. The method of orthogonal projection (the method of Gaps and Monge). The point, the straight line and the plane. Intersection of lines, planes and geometric forms. Shadows in orthogonal projections and use of shadows in architectural design. The theoretical basis of the construction of shadows. Shadows in complex geometric forms, Isometric projections. Passing ARC 213 is pre-requisite for ARC 214
ARC 214 DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY II (2 CREDITS)
The importance of perspective in architectural design. The method of central projection as basis of perspectives. Composition in perspective. The choice of observation point, the focal point and the eye level. Metric operation in perspective. The circle of perspective. The construction of architectural details. Construction of shadows in perspective. Reflections. Interiors perspectives. Aerial perspectives.
ARC 221 GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (1 CREDIT)
The concepts: ideals and strategies of presentation of projects by an architect. The application and innovation of various media and techniques of presentation as a marketing tool to architecture. The aim is to provide he student with sufficient facility and confidence in preparing presentation materials and acquainting him with presentation strategies for successful communication and production. Manual (analog) and /or Digital.
ARC 231 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I (2 CREDITS)
The aim of the course is to give an introduction to some major cultures, which have developed in the world. The mode of life and people, their works of art, architecture and planning, discoveries and inventions are described. The students are shown how to recognize periods from artefacts, and how to discuss the way people lived from available data. The Stone Age, Egyptians, Chinese, Japanese, Hindus, Latin America, Africa and Islam, any others up to the 21st century.
ARC 232 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II (2 CREDITS)
The course continues with cultural History with emphasis on the forces which have shaped the history of the world; Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Middle Ages of Discovery. Industrial Revolution, the Exhibitions of the 19th Century up to the 21st Century.
ARC 241 BUILDING COMPONENTS AND METHODS I (2 CREDITS)
Site clearance, bulk excavation, trenching. Elements and components of construction: Foundations, solid ground floors, load bearing walls, roofs. Opening in walls, doors and windows, floors, simple roofs, finishes, Frames structures.
ARC 242 BUILDING COMPONENTS AND METHODS II (2 CREDITS)
Elements and components of construction; windows – casement, pivoted sashes, vertically sliding sashes, horizontally sliding sashes; frames, boards, windowsills. Doors – panelled, flush, match boarded, framed and lining. Hardware. Dry Methods Combinations and Pre-fabrications cum Site Assemblage
ARC 243 BUILDING MATERIALS I (2 CREDITS)
General properties of building materials density, specific gravity, strength; optical, electrical, thermal and acoustic properties. Strength; optical electrical, thermal and acoustic properties. Deformation and deterioration. Basic building materials and their characteristics: timber: nomenclature, anatomy, properties, deterioration, seasoning and preservation, stones; types appearance and properties: maintenance of stone work. Bricks and blocks. Traditional building materials. Boards and slabs: plywood, block board and laminated board, densified laminated board, particle board, fibre building boards, wood wools slab.
ARC 244 BUILDING MATERIALS II ( CREDITS)
Limes, cements, setting and hardening, types of cement. Concrete: dense and lightweight concrete, manufacture of concrete. Ceramics, mortars, fibre reinforced composites, fibre (asbestos) products. Recycling of Building Materials, Anthill powder for bedding.
ARC 245 BUILDING STRUCTURES I (STATICS) (2 CREDITS)
– Introduction to mechanics and design of building structures, the object of structural design.
– Current coplanar forces: triangle of forces, parallelogram of forces, rectangular components, polygone of forces.
– Non – concurrent coplanar forces: The link polygon, application of the link polygon.
– Direct stress and strain; and stress, stain, elasticity, Hooke’s law and the modulus of elasticity. Behaviour of steel in tension, limiting values of stress, factors of safety, compound bars, and temperature stresses, energy of suddenly applied loads, failing, loads, life loads, dead loads.
– Properties of structural sections. The centre of gravity or centtroid second moment of area, second of area about a centroidal axis, the parallel axis principles. Compound sections. Radius of gyration. Polar second moment of area section modulus.
– Friction: work principles of virtual work; conservation systems of potential energy. Kinematics of particles in various co-ordinate systems; relative motion of particles.
– Shear force and bending moment: Shear forces calculation. Bending moment calculation. Shear force and bending moment diagrams. The mathematical relationship between load, shear force and bending moment.
ARC 246 BUILDING STRUCTURES 11 (DYNAMICS) (2 CREDITS)
– Kinematics of rigid bodies and engineering systems: Dynamics of particles etc. Newton’s laws of motion and D’A lembert’s principle. Impulse, momentums; energy, Power.
– Stresses in laterally loaded septumetrical beam. Stresses induced by bending. Pure bending; the theory of bending; Simple beam design for bending.
– Shearing stresses in beam: A general expression for the distribution of shearing stress. Distribution of sharing stress in angular section.
– Beams of two materials – composite beams, design principles.
– Further work on stress and strain, compound stresses. Biaxial, and strain. Volume metric strain. Stresses on inclined planes for simple tension and compression; Mohr’s circle/Oblique planes and general two-dimensional stresses system.
Principal planes and principal stresses. Moh’s stress circle. Tension or compression in three perpendicular directions. Deflection of beams: Bending and stiffness. Curvature and bending. Mathematical relationship between bending moment, slope and deflection. Determination of deflection by the use of bending moment diagram. Area moment method.
ARC 252 URBAN AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY (2 CREDITS)
General principles of social organisation – cultural systems, traditions, customs and social norms. Effects of physical environment on behaviour. Social aspects of housing development. Social problems of housing: crime, delinquency and violence. Neighbourhood concept. Aspects of urban and rural sociology, ecology, institutions, functions and culture, interrelationship of population, size, age distribution, occupational and class structure, abilities and information including both knowledge and belief. Urbanisation and social aspects of community development, recreation planning. Social implications of planning for a city. Rural – urban social relations, rural – urban social classes and their relationships. Rural – urban migration, urban and inter-urban migration. Social future of towns and cities, urbanisation and urbanism in Nigeria.
ARC 261 BUILDING CLIMATOLOGY (1 CREDIT)
The course is focused on the analysis and applications of climatic factors and the way they interfere with architectural design, planning and building technologies. The effects of the natural and man–made environment on the built forms, and human comfort. Practical applications of climatic, geologic, hydrologic, soil and ventilation conditions to the built forms using available data emphasis on climate/air movement, orientation, exposure and solar control. Thermal characteristic of building materials and some elements construction. The climatologically zones of Nigeria and their characteristics. Study of traditional buildings in varying climatic zones and their problems solving potentials.
ARC 311 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 111 (4 CREDITS)
Design exercises on problems stressing the values of programming, orientation, microclimate, ventilation and spatial relationship. Analysing of projects consisting of a series of multiple units increasing in magnitude and complexity and including elements of vertical circulation. Detailing and working drawings.
ARC 313 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (2 CREDITS)
A theory project course to develop general appreciation of natural and man-made landscape elements and their contribution to the design of open paces in relation to buildings. Designing with nature or subjugation of nature. Landscape architecture of the territorial, urban neighbourhood or – single building lands. Climate and environmental constraints. Spatial relationship between architectural interiors and landscape. Traditional building techniques and landscape. Analysis of elements of urban landscape. The use of natural resource: trees, bushes, grass, rocks, water etc in urban landscape.
ARC 315 PROBLEM ANALYSIS (1 CREDIT)
A lecture course in problem solving techniques/exploring CPM, the use of network and systems analysis, operations research, time motion studies, topological phenomena, set theory, group theory, and cluster theory as tools or analyzing architectural and planning problems.
ARC 321 BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND REPROGRAPHY (1 CREDIT)
Principles techniques and procedures. Camera characteristics. Picture taking and processing techniques. Studio and outdoor photography.
ARC 331 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE III ( 2 CREDITS)
Society and community – A study of pre-colonial communities in North – West Africa.
The settled people of Sahara. The nomads of North West Africa, Sudanese City Dwellers. The Sudanese farming communities. West Africa and cultural survey. The Egyptian factor. Indigenous Architecture of the Savannah Belt, Traditional Architecture of the Forest Belts. The European Architecture of the Guinea Coast. The European Architecture of the Guinea Coast. Forts and Castles, Trade. Settlements, Mission and Government, modern architecture of West Africa.
ARC 341 BUILDING COMPONENTS AND METHODS III (2 CREDITS)
Elements of building construction – load bearing elements, partitions, staircases and ramps, intermediate floors, ceilings, roofs, internal and external surface finishes. Traditional construction methods.
ARC 343 BUILDING MATERIALS III (2 CREDITS)
Glass, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, asphalt and bituminous felt. Paints, Plastics, Rubber materials for sound and thermal insulation and their applications, Mastic and Gaskets.
ARC 345 BUILDING STRUCTURES III (THEORY OF STRUCTURES AND DESIGN) (2 CREDITS)
– Elements and systems of construction; structural forms, designs and materials.
– Basic structural systems.
– Bar systems and surface systems
– Systems of loads.
– Design of statically determinate structures
– Theory of stress of trusses. Application of method of joints and method of sections for trusses.
– Frame structures. Calculations of bending moments and forces in frames.
– Properties of the influence line. Influence of beams. Series of concentrated live loads – maximum live shear. Influence line for trusses
– Stress analysis of statically indeterminate structure. Analysis of statically indeterminate structure using castogliances second theorem. Theorem of least work. Development of three-moment equation. Development of slope – deflection equation.
– Fundamentals of the moments – distribution method.
– Application of moments – distribution method of beams and frames.
ARC 347 WORKING DRAWINGS (2 CREDITS)
Standard, time budgeting, layout guide, code and covenant review, the process, schematic synthesis) floor plans, schedules, site plan, sections, structural design, foundations, framing, utility plans, details, dimensions, specifications, schedules.
ARC 351 ART APPRECIATION (2 CREDITS)
Development of visual literacy through analysis of works of art. Principles of art form, meaning, context and significance. Aesthetic analysis.
ARC 361 BUILDING SERVICES (2 CREDITS)
Water supply prospecting, purification, storage and distribution to communities. Domestic, industrial and commercial supply. Cold water storage in buildings. Hot water storage (unitary and central system) Bye-law and code of practice. Drainage J including roof, foul and surface water sewage, sewage and sewer construction. Bye regulations and codes of conduct practice. Principles of five fighting and associated equipment. Regulations and codes of practice. Production of natural and town gas. Township distribution, distribution within buildings, regulations and codes of practice.
ARC 363 NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING (1 CREDIT)
Natural Lighting: Special lighting requirements, space geometry and light distribution for special effects.
Artificial Lighting: Basic principles, characteristics or various fittings, light service distribution and space geometry, illumination: Basic principles of illumination, illumination for human comfort.
ARC 411 & 412 ARCHITECTURE DESIGN IV & V (5 CREDITS)
Design exercises on problems with emphasis on building technology and the use of different concepts of structural forms and details for designs and complex nature. As far as possible, live projects would be assigned.
ARC 413 URBAN DESIGN (THEORY AND PRACTICE I) (2 CREDITS)
Definition of urban design. Principles and methods of urban design. Theory of urban forms, patterns of urban forms and the relationship with natural environment. Land-subdivision and its influence on urban form. Urban conservation. Methods of restoration of historic landscape and building. Application of urban design principle to town centre development. Combation, Slums, slum clearance and Re-planning.
ARC 416 HOUSING ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (2 CREDITS)
Definitions of Housing. Analysis of Housing, Types of low Density (or High Income) Occupiers; Medium Density (or Medium Income) Occupants; High Density (or Low Income) End-users; village and/or Rural/Farm Housing; Urban, Estate or Layout or Neighbourhood Housing, Housing in Castles, Mansions, Manors, Mansionettes, Villas, Barrack’s, Palaces or Institutions; commercial Housing and/or Owner Occupier Housing; Site and services (Infracstructure) Housing; Subsidizing Housing; e.t.c.
Analysis of Housing Finance. Analysis of Housing Development Experiences in the sic (6) Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria in the pre-colonial Era, colonial Era (1914 to 1960) and the post colonial Era (October 1960 to date in the 21st Century).
ARC 431 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE I (2 CREDITS)
The “Art Nouveau”
Horta, Hoffman, Mackintosh.
The “Great Structuralist”
Elffel, Perret, Mailant Herri etc
The “Bauhaus School”
The “Chicago School”
Sullivan, Root, Burham
The “Expressionism”
Mondelsch, Sharoun.
ARC 441 BUILDING COMPONENTS AND METHODS IV (2 CREDITS)
Advances in building constructional elements: Foundations, steel frames, concrete frames, roof lights and roofs of big spans (over 12m).
ARC 445 BUILDING STRUCTURES IV REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN (2 CREDITS)
Introduction to reinforced concrete – basic principles and properties of materials for reinforced concrete, method of design-elastic theory method, load factor method and limit state methods: design of reinforced concrete structures in bending rectangular section and flange section; Transversal share reinforcement, columns-axially and eccentrically loaded, foundation: stair case. Design of reinforced concrete building structure – composition of loads, dimensioning of the section and constructional provisions: bar bending schedule pre-stressed concrete basic principles and properties of materials for pre-stressed concrete (pre-tensioning and post-tensioning), Pre-stressing force and use changes (losses), application of pre-stressed concrete in building practice and example of dimensioning of pre-stressed concrete section.
ARC 415 URBAN AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ( 2 CREDITS)
The city as a system. Growth factors that form cities. The urban land use problem. Space allocation standards. Population and land use, demography and economic data of urban areas. Central plane systems and the Central Business District (CBD). Mathematical modelling of urban systems location systems. The role of industrialisation in urban development. Case study of urban development planning and some Nigerian urban towns systems and the Central Business District (CBD). Mathematical modelling of urban systems. Location systems. The role of industrialisation in urban development. Case study of urban development planning of some Nigerian urban towns.
ARC 435 AFRICAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE (2 CREDITS)
This course is a study of the traditional architecture of the Sahel Belt; Savannah Belt, Forest Belt, and the Guinea Coast. The forces that have shaped them including physical and environmental resources and external factors. The structures, materials and methods of construction. Case studies and building of models.
ARC 443 BUILDING MAINTENANCE (2 CREDITS)
The course deals with: Building maintenance technology, decay in building, agencies involved, alteration, conversion, extension, improvement in building dimensional consideration. Design defects and remedies, structural survey of buildings, maintenance of all types of buildings, mechanical services.
ARC 447 PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (2 CREDITS)
The course deals with management and practice general, management science, organisation theory and application to building projects.
– Personnel management
– Communication and communication system
– Introduction of design theory
– Financial Accounting
– Appraisal and control of capital project from conception to completion.
– Workshop(s) Set Up and Practical Applications in Architecture
ARC 414 INTERIOR DESIGN (2 CREDITS)
The purpose of design: vocabulary of design form, scale, texture. Colour and light, style. The elements of interior design furniture, interior materials, lighting. Accessories, painting and sculpture. System design. Interior design in current practice work spaces, living spaces, public spaces, special purpose interiors, office landscape, personal interiors and super graphics.
ARC 432 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE II (2 CREDITS)
The “Rationalism”
– Le Corbusier, Van Doesbure, Walter Gropius
The “Futurism”
– Santo Elia
The “Organic Movement”
– Ero Sarinen. F. Lioyd Wright, Alvar Alto, Phillip Johnson, Buckminister Fuller.
“Modern” up to and including “Free Style”.
ARC 442 BUILDING COMPONENTS AND METHODS V (2 CREDITS)
Continuation of advanced building constructional elements: advanced doors and windows, curtain walling. Infilling panels; solar control in buildings. Load bearing and Non-load-bearing components.
ARC 464 BUILDING SERVICES II (2 CREDITS)
Lifts, Escalators, Hoists, Standards and codes of practice. Telephone and P. A. services. National Communication networks PAC, PA8X PM8X systems. Public address systems. Fire alarm related to communications. Types of electrical supplies in Nigeria. Design procedure and data requirement. Domestic installations, service units and ring main. Non-domestic installations, voltage drops, ring and rising main distribution, industrial installations, fitting switch gear, fuses, Radio and Television Networks, Digital Communications, etc.
Contemporary services that make buildings “smart” and “Efficient” for the end-users in the 21st century.
ARC 462 PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING (2 CREDITS)
The course aims at acquainting the student with the basic elements, of estate engineering with primary focus on primary infrastructure: Water supply system, water circulation, sources of water: rainfall runoff, collection and storage, distribution and effluents. Sanitation Standards for Good Health.
Sewage disposal system, types of sewage, quantity and characteristics, factors affecting sewage planning development. Types of sewage treatment plants. Septic tanks and soak away system. Drainage system and byelaws. Refuse Disposal Systems. Recycling services
ARC 446 PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL (2 CREDITS)
This course deals with the sequence, organisation and control of projects and the responsibilities of various groups on the implementation of capital projects. Management principles are briefly covered, so also is introduction of work-study productivity and financial implication, legal implications, environmental implications etc. Introduction to “SMART BUILDING”.
ARC 451 CONTRACT LAW (2 CREDITS)
Introduction to Nigerian legal system; formation of contract and remedies, nature of tort, negligence, public nuisance, the rule of Ryland and Fletcher. National Building Coe (2007); Land Use Act (1978).
ARC 448 CASE STUDY OF BUILDING MATERIALS (2 CREDITS)
Detailed academic and practical study (ies) of the technological characteristics, sourcings, handlings, processings, combinations, applications, service abilities and varieties of ALL contemporary, futuristic and (some) previous building materials for the TROPICS especially as used in Nigeria in the past, in the present and possibly in the future.