Estate Management Programmes

ADMISSION AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Admission into the Department can be through the following modes:

2.1.      University Matriculation Examination (UME)

Candidate seeking admission into the Department through the University Matriculation Examination (UME) organized by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) must in addition to passing the entrance examination at the University specified level, possess the Senior Secondary School Certificate of Education (SSCE) or its equivalent as recognized by the University passed, at least, at credit level to include the following subjects: English Language, Mathematics, Economics, and any other two from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science, Geography, Book-Keeping or Financial Accounting, Fine Arts, Technical Drawing, Surveying and Building Construction.

 

2.2.      Direct Entry (DE)

Holders of Higher School Certificate (HSC) or General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level (AL) into two relevant subjects or Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Estate Management or very closely related disciplines or professional certificate who applied through the JAMB could be admitted into Year or Part II of the programme provided they satisfy the relevant credits requirement specified in 2.1 above. Such a student may be required to take remedial courses from Year or Part I as may be recommended by the Department.

 

Holders of degrees in the related disciplines or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Estate Management could also be considered for Direct Entry admission. Such candidate may be admitted into Year or Part II provided they meet the relevant credits requirement as contained in section 2.1 above.

 

2.3.      Pre-Science Examination (PSE)

Candidates who passed the necessary qualifying examination organized by the University Pre-Science Unit at the end of One Year Pre-Science Programme could be admitted to Year or Part I provided that they possess the relevant credits requirement as specified in section 2.1 above.

 

2.4.      Transfer

Transfers from other University would be treated on their individual merits and subject to the University guidelines on transfer cases.

 

3.0.      DURATION OF PROGRAMME

The Bachelor of Science Degree Programme in Estate Management shall last for a minimum period of ten semesters (i.e five academic years) for holders of Senior Secondary School Certificate of Education). However, no students shall be granted an extension for more than half of the normal duration (i.e fifteen semesters or 71/2 academic years) of the programme if he or she fails to graduate within the minimum duration.

 

4.0.      TITLE OF THE DEGREE TO BE AWARDED

The degree to be awarded on successful completion of the programme is known as Bachelor of Science in Estate Management abbreviated to B.Sc. (Estate Management).

 

5.0.      REQUIREMENT FOR AWARD OF DEGREE

The award of B.Sc. Estate Management degree is subject to the candidate fulfilling the University general conditions for award of degrees in addition to having satisfied the following:

  1. The candidate must have passed all the prescribed compulsory examinations including UMITT.
  2. The candidate must have completed minimum total credit units of 191.
  • The candidate must have successfully completed a semester of industrial work practical experience in recognized and approved organization; a report of which must be in a bound typewritten form.
  1. The candidate must have successfully completed a research work embodied in the form of project or dissertation report; and
  2. The candidate must have shown sufficient evidence of being worthy in character.

 

6.0.      COURSE REQUIREMENTS

The major course components that make up the curriculum for the B.Sc (Estate Management) degree programme comprises of Property Valuation, Plant and Machinery Valuation, Feasibility and Viability Appraisal, Property, Facilities, & Project Management, Building Technology, Law, Economics, Land Economics, Town Planning, among others. Some of these courses are offered outside the Department. Indeed, the course components can be categorized into three, namely:

  1. Those courses offered in the Department of Estate Management.
  2. Those courses offered in cognate departments; and
  • Those courses can be further categorized into compulsory core courses, compulsory ancillary courses and elective courses.

 

6.1.      Compulsory Core Courses taught within the Department of Estate Management

 

  • Principles of Estate Management
  • Introduction to Valuation
  • Principles of Town and Country Planning
  • Taxation and Rating
  • Principles of Valuation
  • Land Use and Resources
  • Applied Town Planning
  • Arbitration and Awards
  • Property Management
  • Advanced Valuation
  • Feasibility and Viability Appraisals
  • Estate and Development Finance
  • Plant and Machinery Valuation
  • Project Management
  • Computer Application in Estate Management
  • Facilities Management
  • Real Estate Portfolio Management
  • Research Project

 

 

6.2       Compulsory Ancillary Courses taught outside the Department of Estate Management

 

  • General Mathematics
  • Architectural Graphics
  • Principles of Agricultural Production
  • Principles of Accounting
  • Principles of Economics
  • Building Construction
  • Building materials
  • Land Surveying
  • Basic Statistical Methods
  • Economic Theory
  • Building Services and maintenance
  • Economic Theory
  • Building Services and Maintenance
  • Economics of Agriculture
  • Basic Computer Programming
  • Public Health Engineering
  • Law of Contracts and Torts
  • Nigerian Land Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Nature of Environmental Sciences

 

 

6.3.      General Studies Courses

 

  • Use of English
  • Humanities
  • Nigerian Peoples and Culture
  • Social Sciences
  • Agumagu Igbo

 

 

7.1.      Stress Areas and Numbers

The major areas of study in the programme and their code numbers are given below:

 

 

 

 

Area of Study

Foundation

Property Management

Land Use, Planning and Administration

Land and Resources Development

Land Taxation and Property Rating

Property,Mineral, Plant and Machinery Valuation

Feasibility and Viability Appraisals

Estate and Development Finance

Arbitration and Awards

Research Project/Dissertation

 

7.2.      Course Numbering System

Every course offered in the Department is designated with three letters ESM, which followed by a three-digit number. The first digit of the number indicates the level of year of study at which the course is offered. The second digit shows the stress areas from where the course obtains. The last digit of the number indicates the semester when the course is taught. Odd number signifies first semester while even number shows that the course is taught during second semester.

 

8.0.      DISTRIBUTION OF CREDIT UNITS IN THE PROGRAMME

The distribution of the workload in terms of compulsory and elective credit units in the semester and sessions over the normal duration of the programme is given in the table below:

 

Year First Semester Second Semester Total

Credit

Units
Compulsory Electives

Available

 Minimum

Electives

 Compulsory Electives

Available

 Minimum

Electives
1 21 0 0 21 0 0 42
2 21 0 0 19 0 0 40
3 20 0 0 22 0 0 42
4 19 0 6 SIWES 0 25
5 18 4 2 22 0 0 42
TOTAL 99 4 2 90 0 0 191

 

8.1.      Description of the semester and session’s Workload

The constituents of the semester and session’s workload are described in the schedules that are given below:

 

 

YEAR 1

First Semester

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 101 Principles of Economics I 2

 

 1 1 0  
ESM 111 Principles of Estate Management I 3 2 1 0  
Intra- Faculty Courses
EVM 111 Nature of Environmental Sciences I 2 2 0 0  
ARC 111 Architectural Graphics I 2 1 0 3  
URP 111 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning I 2 2 0 0  
Inter-Faculty Courses
ACC 101 Principles of Accounts I 2 2 0 0  
MAT 101 Mathematics I 2 2 0 0  
University Common Courses
GSS 101 Use of English I 2 2 0 0  
GSS 105 Humanities 2 2 0 0  
GSS 107 Nigerian Peoples and Culture 1 1 0 0  
GSS 109 Agumagu Igbo I 1 1 0 0  
                         Total 21 18 2 3  

 

  • L- Lectures, T- Tutorials, P-Practical

 

 

 

YEAR 1

Second Semester

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 102 Principles of Economics II 2 1 1 0  
ESM 112 Principles of Estate Management II 3 2 1 0  
ESM 122 Principles of Land Economy 2 1 1 0  
Intra- Faculty Courses
EVM 112 Nature of Environmental Sciences II 2 2 0 0  
ARC 112 Architectural Graphics II 2 1 0 3  
URP 112 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning II 2 2 0 0  
Inter-Faculty Courses
ACC 102 Principles of Accounts II 2 2 0 0  
MAT 102 Mathematics II 2 2 0 0  
University Common Courses
GSS 102 Use of English II 1 1 0 0  
GSS 106 Social Sciences 2 2 0 0  
GSS 110 Agumagu Igbo II 1 1 0 0  
                         Total 21 17 3 3  

 

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

 

YEAR II

First Semester

 

 

 

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

 

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 201 Agricultural Production I 2 2 0 0  
ESM 203 Statistical Methods I 2 1 1 0  
ESM 205 Elements of Law of Contracts and Torts I 2 1 1 0  
ESM 221 Land Economics 2 2 0 0  
ESM 251 Introduction to Valuation I 3 2 1 0  
Intra- Faculty Courses
QUS 211 Building Quantities I 2 2 0 0  
SVI 181 Basic Surveying 2 1 0 3  
BLD 211 Building Construction III 2 2 0 0  
BLD 221 Building Materials III 2 2 0 0  
Inter-Faculty Courses
CSC 101 Computer Language and Programming I 2 2 0 0  
                         Total 21 17 3 3  

 

 

 

 

YEAR II

Second Semester

 

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 202 Agricultural Production I 2 2 0 0  
ESM 204 Statistical Methods I 2 1 1 0  
ESM 206 Elements of Law of Contracts & Torts II 2 1 1 0  
ESM 208 Administrative Law 2 1 1 0  
ESM 252 Introduction to Valuation II 3 2 1 0  
Intra- Faculty Courses
QUS 212 Building Quantities II 2 2 0 0  
SVI 182 Basic Surveying II 2 1 0 3  
BLD 212 Building Construction IV 2 2 0 0  
BLD 222 Building Materials IV 2 2 0 0  
                         Total 19 15 3 3  

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

YEAR III

First Semester

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 301 Economics of Agriculture I 2 2 0 0  
ESM 305 Elements of Nigerian Law I 2 1 1 0  
ESM 331 Economics of Planned Development I 2 2 0 0  
ESM 341 Land Taxation and Property Rating I 3 2 1 0
ESM 351 Principles of Valuation I 3 2 1 0 ESM 251
Intra- Faculty Courses
BLD 331 Building Services I 2 2 0 0  
BLD 371 Building Maintenance I 2 2 0 0  
URP 325 Principles of Town & Country Planning I 2 2 0 0  
Inter- Faculty Courses  
ECO 211 Macro- Economics II 2 2 0 0
                         Total 20 17 3 0  

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

 

YEAR III

Second Semester

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 302 Economics of Agriculture II 2 2 0 0  
ESM 306 Elements of Nigerian Law II 2 1 1 0  
ESM 332 Economics of Planned Development II 2 2 0 0  
ESM 342 Land Taxation and Property Rating II 3 2 1 0  
ESM 352 Principles of Valuation II 3 2 1 0 ESM 252
Intra- Faculty Courses
BLD 432 Building Services II 2 2 0 0  
BLD 372 Building Maintenance II 2 2 0 0  
URP 326 Principles of Town & Country Planning II 2 2 0 0  
URP 412 Housing Studies 2 2 0 0  
Inter- Faculty Courses
ECO 212 Macro- Economics II 2 2 0 0  
                         Total 22 19 3 0  

 

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

 

YEAR IV

First Semester

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 401 Public Health Engineering 2 2 0 0  
ESM 411 Principles of Property Management 3 2 1 0  
ESM 413 Land Registration 2 2 0 0  
ESM 421 Comparative Land Policies 2 2 1 0  
ESM 431 Urban Land Economics 2 2 0 0  
ESM 451 Principles of Valuation I 3 2 1 0 ESM 352
ESM 453 Mineral Valuation 2 1 0 3  
ESM 471 Estate and Development Finance 3 2 0 0  
ESM 491 Research Methodology 2 2 0 0  
Total 19 17 3 3  

 

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

 

 

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 400 Students Proceed on One Semester Industrial Work for Practical Experience 6  

 

 

YEAR IV

Second Semester

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

YEAR V

First Semester

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 501 Computer Applications In Est. Mgt 2 1 1 0  
ESM 511 Advanced Property Management I 2 1 1 0 ESM 412
ESM 521 Land Use and Resources I 2 2 0 0  
ESM 531 Project Management 2 2 0 0  
ESM 551 Advanced Valuation I 3 2 1 0 ESM 451
ESM 553 Plant and Machinery Valuation 2 1 0 3  
ESM 561 Feasibility and Viability Appraisals 3 2 1 0  
ESM 581 Arbitration and Awards I 2 2 0 0  
SUB-TOTAL 18 13 4 3  
1 unit of Elective taken from below 2 2 0 0  
                                                         Total 20 15 4 3  
   ELECTIVES  
EVM 401 Environmental Impact Assessment I 2 2 0 0  
URP 411 Advanced Regional Planning I 2 2 0 0  
                         Total 4 4 0 0  

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical

 

 

YEAR V

Second Semester

 

Course Code Course Title Credit Units L

Hrs

 T

Hrs

 P

Hrs

 Pre-Requisite
Departmental Courses
ESM 502 Professional Practice 2 2 0 0  
ESM 512 Advanced Property Management II 2 2 0 0 ESM 412
ESM 514 Facilities Management 2 2 0 0  
ESM 516 Real Estate Portfolio Management 2 2 0 0  
ESM 522 Land Use and Resources II 2 2 0 0  
ESM 552 Advanced Valuation II 3 2 1 0 ESM 451
ESM 562 Feasibility and Viability Appraisals II 3 2 1 0  
ESM 582 Arbitration and Awards II 2 2 0 0  
ESM 599 Research Project/ Dissertation 4 0 0 12  
Total 22 16 2 12  

 

  • L – Lectures, T – Tutorials, P – Practical