Geography and Meteorology Course Descriptions

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:

 

100 LEVEL (FIRST SEMESTER) 

Course Code Course  Title Pre-

requisite

L T P TU
University Wide Courses
GSS 101 Use of English 1 0 0 1
GSS 105 Humanities 2 0 0 2
GSS 107 Nigerian Peoples and Culture 2 0 0 2
GSS 108 Basic Igbo Studies   1 0 0 1
Inter- Faculty Courses
PHY 101 General Physics I 2 0 1 3
ICH 101 Basic Organic Chemistry I 2 0 0 2
BIO 101 General Biology I 2 0 3 3
MAT 101 Mathematic I 2 0 0 2
BUS 101 Introduction to Business Management I 2 0 0 2
Intra-Faculty Courses
ECO 101 Principles of Economics I 2 0 0 2
EVM III Nature of Environmental Science I 2 0 0 2
Departmental Courses
GME 101 Introduction to Practical Geography. 1 0 3 2
  Total   21 0 7 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 LEVEL (SECOND SEMESTER) 

Course Code Course Title Pre-

Requisite

L T P TU
University Wide Courses
GSS 102 Use of English GSS 101 1 0 0 1
GSS 106 Social Science 2 0 0 2
GSS 109 Basic Igbo Studies   1 0 0 1
Inter-Faculty Courses
PHY 102 General Physics II PHY 101 2 0 3 3
ICH 102 Basic Physical Chemistry II ICH 101 2 0 0 2
BIO 102 General Biology BIO 101 2 0 3 3
MAT 102 Mathematics II MAT 101 2 0 0 2
BUS 102 Introduction to Business Management  II 2 0 0 2
Intra-Faculty Courses
ECO 105 Principles of Economics II ECO 101 2 0 0 2
Departmental Courses
GME 102 Local Field Studies GME 101 0 0 2 2
GME 112 Introduction to Physical Geography & Meteorology. 2 0 0 2
GME 122 Introduction to Human Geography 2 0 0 2
  Total   18 0 8 24

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

YEAR II (200 LEVEL) FIRST SEMESTER

Course Code Course Title Pre-requisite L T P TU
Inter-Faculty Courses
CSC101 Computer Language and Programming I   2 0 0 2
SVI 181 Basic  Surveying   2 0 0 2
Departmental Courses
GME 203 Practical  Meteorology &  Instrumentation  I   2 0 0 2
GME 205 Introduction  to Cartography   2 0 0 2
GME 211 Introduction to Geomorphology   2 0 0 2
GME 213 Introduction to Hydrology   2 0 0 2
GME 215 Introduction to Biogeography   2 0 0 2
GME 217 Introduction to Urban &  Regional  Planning I   2 0 0 2
GME 221 Spatial Organization of Society   2 0 0 2
GME 231 Introduction to Statistics for  Geographers and Meteorologist   2 0 0 2
GME 271 Tropical  Meteorology   2 0 0 2
  Total   22 0 0   22

YEAR II (200 LEVEL)   SECOND SEMESTER

 

Course Code Course Title Pre-requisite L T P TU
Inter-Faculty Courses
CSC102 Computer Language & Programming II CSC 101 2 0 0 2
Intra-Faculty Courses
SVI 182 Basic Surveying II SVI 181 1 0 3 2
Departmental Courses
GME 204 Practical Meteorology & Instrumentation  II GME 203 0 0 2 2
GME 206 Field Course I GME 102 0 0 6 2
GME 212 Introduction to Water Resources GME 112 2 0 0 2
GME 216 Biogeography GME 215 2 0 0 2
GME 218 Introduction to Urban & Regional Planning II GME 217 2 0 0 2
GME 222 Introduction to Population Geography   2 0 0 2
GME 232 Geomorphology of the Humid  Tropics 2 0 0 2
GME 244 Ecology of Natural Resources   2 0 0 2
GME 242 Principles of Climatology   2 0 0 2
  Total   17 0 11 22

 

 

 

THIRD YEAR (300 LEVEL) FIRST SEMESTER

Course Code
Course Title
Pre-requisite L T P TU
Intra-Faculty Courses
LAW 417 Land Law I 2 0 0 2
Departmental Courses
GME 307 Field Course II GME 206 2 0 6 2
GME 381 Advanced Cartographic Methods GME 205 1 0 3 2
GME 323 Economic Geography 2 0 0 2
GME 325 Population Geography GME 222 2 0 0 2
GME 337 Quantitative Techniques in Geography and Meteorology Planning I GME 231 2 0 0 2
GME 387 Water Resources of Tropical Africa GME 212 2 0 0 2
GME 361 Research Methodology in Geography and Meteorology 2 0 0 2
GME 371 Geography of African Development 2 0 0 2
Optional Department Courses (Electives) Choose only two courses from the either Group A or Group B

 

GROUP A

GME 319 Hydrology GME 213 2 0 0 2
GME 327 Settlement Geography   2 0 0 2
GME 341 Principles  of Land Evaluation   2 0 0 2
GROUP B
GME 385 Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere   2 0 0 2
GME 383 Cloud Physics   2 0 0 2
GME 343 Principles of Oceanography   2 0 0 2
  Total   21 0 9 22

 

N.B:  Students specializing  in Geography are advised  to choose two  courses form Group A while  those  specializing  in  Meteorology  should  choose  two courses from Group B . Note  that if  you do  not comply with this  instruction  you   run  the  risk of having  your  courses  cancelled. 

 

THIRD YEAR (300 LEVEL) SECOND SEMESTER

Course  Code Course Title Pre-requisite L T P
TU
GME 309 SIWES (Students proceed  on one Semester Industrial  Work for Practical  Experience) 6 0 O 6

 

FOURTH YEAR (400 LEVEL): FIRST SEMESTER

Course Code Course Title Pre-requisite L T P TU
Compulsory Departmental Courses
GME 401 Environmental Impact Assessment   2 0 0 2
GME 409 Synoptic Meteorology 2 0 0 2
GME 433 Quantitative Techniques in Geography and  Meteorology Planning II GME 337 2 0 0 2
GME 451 History of  Geographic Thought 2 0 0 2
GME 461/

SVI 481

Geographic Information Systems I

GIS (Practical)

  2 0 0 2
GME 473 The Developed World 2 0 0 2
GME 481 Micro Meteorology 2 0 0 2
GME 425 Environmental Resources Management 2 0 0 2
Optional Departmental Courses (electives) Choose only two courses from the groups of optional specifications. Specifically choose one elective course from Group A and  one  from Group B)

 

Group A:  Physical Geography/Meteorological Option

GME 445 Agro Meteorology 2 0 0 2
GME 427 Applied Meteorology 2 0 0 2
GME 429 Moonson Meteorology 2 0 0 2
GME 447 Climatological Pressure System 2 0 0 2
GME 431 Numerical  Weather Prediction 2 0 3 2
GROUP B:  Natural Resources and Environmental  Management Option
GME 449 Agricultural  Geography   2 0 0 2
GME 423 Water  Resources  Planning and Management GME 387 2 0 0 2
GME 439 Forestry Economics & Wildlife Policy,

Law &  Administration

2 0 0 2
GME 435 Urban Environmental  Problems   2 0 0 2
GME 437 Tourism and Recreational Management   2 0 0 2
  Total   20 0 3 20

 

400 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER

Course Code Course Title Pre-requisite L T P TU
Inter-Faculty Courses
LAW  418 Land Law II Law 417 2 0 0 2
Compulsory Departmental Courses
GME 452 Contemporary Philosophy and Methodology  in Geography GME 451 2 0 0 2
GME 474 The Developing  World   2 0 0 2
GME 472 Systematic Geography of Nigerian Development   2 0 0 2
GME 476 Operational Meteorology   2 0 0 2
GME 462/ SVI 482 Geographic Information Systems II

GIS (Practical)

GME 461 2 0 0 2
GME 491 Original Research Project   2 0 18 6
Optional Courses (electives choose only two courses from the groups of options specifications. Specifically, choose one elective course from group C and one from group D).

GROUP C:   Physical Geography

GME 456A

Climatic Geomorphology

  2 0 0 2
GME 456B Applied Geomorphology   2 0 0 2
GME 438 Special Topics in Meteorology   2 0 0 2
GME 456C Fluvial Geomorphology   2 0 0 2
GME 454 Arid and Semi-Arid Hydrology   2 0 0 2

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

GROUP D:  Human Resources and Urban Regional Planning
GME 482 Urban Geography   2 0 0 2
GME 486 Regional Planning Models   2 0 0 2
GME 418 Principles of Town and Country Planning   2 0 0 2
GME 488 Rural Geography, Development and Planning   2 0 0 2
GME 478 Medical Geography   2 0 0 2
GME 466 Industrial Geography   2 0 0 2
GME 432 Demography GME 325 2 0 0 2
GME 428 Political Geography   2 0 0 2
GME 464 Transportation and Environment   2 0 0 2
GME 442 Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management   2 0 0 2
  Total   18 0 18 22

 

 

 

  1. COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

GSS 101: Use of English I (1 Credits)

Oral English, Parts of Speech, Phrases and Clauses, Sentence Construction, Direct and Indirect Speech Passive Constructions, Punctuation and Capitalization, Listening, Speaking and Reading Skills, Pre-writing Skills, Use of Library, Use of Dictionary, Skills for Examinations.

 

PHY 101:  General Physics I (3 Credits)

Space and Time, Frames of Reference, Units and Dimension, Kinematics-Vectors, Scalars, Speed/ Velocity, Acceleration, Circular Motion and Applications. Fundamental Laws of Mechanics. Statics: Equilibrium, Centre of Mass. Dynamics: Newton’s Law of Motion, Force, Inertia, Mass, and Weight, Contact Forces, At-wood Machine, Pulleys. Projectile Motion. Linear Momentum. Galilean Invariance, Universal, Gravitation-Newton’s Gravitation Law: Kepler’s Laws, Gravitational Potential, Earth’s Satellite, Velocity of Escape and Weightlessness. Work and Energy, Rotational Dynamics and Angular Momentum, Moment of Inertia, Kinetic Energy of Rotation; Conservation Laws. Oscillatory Motion – Simple Harmonic Motion, Damped and Forced Oscillation.

 

ICH 101:        Basic Organic Chemistry I (2 Credits)

Brief Historical Background, Bonding in Organic Compounds, the Carbon Atom, Hybridization (sp3, sp2, sp.). Classification of Organic Compounds. Isolation and Purification of Organic Compounds. Elemental or Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Formulae or Organic Compounds – (empirical, molecular and structural), Structural and Stereoisomerisms, Functional Group and Homologous Series.

 

BIO 101:       General Biology I (3 Credits)

Cell Structure and Organisation of Cellular Organelles, Diversity, Characteristics and Classification of Living Things, General Reproduction, Interrelationship of Organisms, Heredity and Evolution, Elements of Ecology and Types of Habitats.

 

MAT 101:     Elementary Mathematic I (2 Credits)

Number Systems-Natural, Integer, Rational, Irrational, Real and Complex Numbers. Elementary Set Theory. Indices, Surds and Logarithms. Quadratic Equations. Polynomials and their Factorizations: the Remainder and Factor Theorems.  Rational Functions and Partial Fractions. The PMI (Principle of Mathematical Induction).  Permutations and Combinations. The Binominal Theorem for Rational Index.  Progressions-Arithmetic, Geometric, Harmonic, Arithmetic-geometric. Solution of Inequalities. The Algebra of Complex Numbers: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Divisions; Argand Diagrams and the Geometry of Complex nth Roots of Unity and Complex Solution to zn=a.  Trigonometry – Circular Measure, Elementary Properties of Trigonometric Functions, Radian Measure, Addition Formulae and other Trigonometric Identities, Sine and Cosine Laws; Solution of Triangles, Heights and Distances.

 

BUS 101: Introduction to Business Management I (2 Credits)

A study of the nature of Business Organization.  The Character of Business from a Social and Economic Perspective. Scope of Business; Definition of Business; External Properties of Business; Role of Business; Types of Economic Systems. Why Study Business.  Forms of Business Ownership: Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Joint Stock Company, Statutory Corporations/Public Enterprises, and Cooperative Societies. Management and Organisation. Nature of Management; Functions of Management; Line and Staff Functions in Organisations. Production and Marketing, Types of Production; Production Processes, the Marketing Concept; Marketing Functions. The Finance Function, Types of Financing – Short Term, Medium Term, Long Term Financing; Factors influencing Choice of Funds. Types of Shares. The Accounting Function. Purpose of Accounting; Principles of Accounting; Double Entry Bookkeeping, Day Books, Ledger Accounts, the Trail Balance, Profit and Loss Account, and the Balance Sheet.

 

ECO 101:      Principles of Economics I (2 Credits)

The subject matter – Nature and Significance of Economic Science. The tools of Economic Analysis. Basic economic Concepts – Value, Utility, Cost, etc. Theories of Demand and Supply. Elasticity of Demand and Supply and their Applications. Elementary Theories of Cost. Inflation.

 

 

GME 101: Introduction to Practical Geography (2 Credits)

Map Reading:  Location, map scale, conventional signs, representation of relief and recognition of relief forms, analysis and interpretation of relief forms on maps, analysis and interpretation of cultural features on maps. Graphical and map presentation of geographical data, isoline maps, clorepleth maps, dot maps, flow maps etc.

 

 

CSC101:        Computer Language and Programming I (2 Credits)

History of Computers; Functional Components of a Computer, Characteristics of a Computer. Number Systems, Boolean Algebra, Flowchart; Algorithms; Statement, Symbolic Names, Lists and Arrays; Subscripts, Expressions and Control Statements in Computer Programming. Programming in BASIC. Computer Application. Strategy for Computer Programming. Rules that guide the writing of BASIC Programs/Statements.  Library Functions. User-defined Functions. Subprograms and Subroutine in BASIC.

 

GME 102: Local Field Studies (2 Credits)

Field studies for familiarization of students with their local environments, and for practicalizing classroom lectures in both human and physical geography.

 

GSS 102:       Use of English II (1 Credits)

Paragraphs, Essays, Letters, Speeches, Public Announcements, Students’ Reports/ the Term Paper, The Minutes, Memoranda, Short Stories and Summary.

 

PHY 102: General Physics II (3 Credits)

Electrostatics: Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s Law, Capacitors, Electric Fields and Potentials, Energy in Electric Field. Conductors and Currents: Ohm’s Law, Temperature Dependence of Resistance, Combination of Resistances, Measurement of Resistances, Emf’s.  Dielectrics (Qualitative Treatment only), Magnetic Fields and Induction, Faraday’s and Lenz’s Laws, Earth’s Field, Ampere’s Law. Maxwell’s Equations (Qualitative Treatment only), Electromagnetic Oscillations and Waves, Types, Properties.  Mirrors and Lenses, Reflection, Refraction, Applications. Optical Instruments.

 

ICH 102: Basic Physical Chemistry II (2 Credits)

The Gas Laws:  Boyle’s Law, Charles Law, the General Gas Equation, Gay-Lussac’s Law; Gas Constant. Dalton’s Law of partial Pressures, Graham’s Law of Gaseous Diffusion. The Kinetic Theory of Matter. Derivation of the Kinetic Equation Derivations from the Ideal Gas Law; Van der Waal’s Equation, Liquefaction of Gases, the Joule-Thompson Effect. Properties of Dilute Solutions: Definition of the following Concentration Terms; Molarity, Molality, Mole fraction, Vapour Pressure and Lowering of Vapour Pressure; Raoult’s Law; Elevation of Boiling Point, Lowering of Freezing Point; Osmotic Pressure. Introduction to Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry: Definition of the following terms: Systems, State Variables, and Equilibrium, Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes. The First Law of Thermodynamics; Work done for State Changes (PV type). Thermochemistry: Heat Changes; Heats of Reaction, Laws of Thermochemistry (Lavoisier and Laplace Laws and Hess’ Law of Constant Heat Summation). (Applications of the Laws in Calculations, Bond Energy). Chemical Equilibrium: Chemical Equilibrium and Reversible Reaction. The Law of Mass Action; Equilibrium Constant, Factors affecting Chemical Equilibrium, Equilibrium between Ions in the Solid and Liquid Phases; Solubility and Solubility Product. Effect of a Common Ion on Solubility and Solubility Product. Chemical Kinetics: Rate of a Chemical Reaction; Factors affecting the Rate of a Chemical Reaction. Activation Energy.

 

BIO 102:       General Biology (3 Credits)

Generalized Survey of Plant and Animal Kingdoms based mainly on Study of Similarities and Differences in the External Features and Ecological Adaptation of these Forms.

 

 

MAT 102: Elementary Mathematics II (2 Credits)

Functions: Concept and Definition, Examples-Polynomial, Exponential, Logarithmic and Trigonometric Functions. Graphs and their Properties. Plane Analytic Geometry: – Equations of a Straight Line, Circle, Parabola, Ellipse and Hyperbola. Tangents and Normals. Differentiation from First Principles of some Polynomial and Trigonometric Functions. Techniques of Differentiation – Sum, Product, Quotient and Chain Rules including Implicit Differentiation. Differentiation of Simple Algebraic, Trigonometric, Exponential, Logarithmic and Composite Functions. Higher Order Derivatives. Applications to Extremum and Simple Rate Problems. L’Hospital’s Rule, Simple Taylor/McClaurin Expansion. Curve Sketching. Integration as Anti-differentiation.  The Fundamental Theorem of Integral Calculus. Applications to Areas and Volumes.

 

BUS 102: Introduction to Business Management II (2 Credits)

This course is designed to familiarize the students with Forms of Business and Management Process. Business Integration and Combination. Types of Integration; Reasons for Business Integration; Problems of Business Integration. Government/ Business Relations: Government and Business; Government in Business; Reasons for Government Involvement in Business. Business Organisations and Social Responsibility. What is the Social Responsibility of Business? Social Issues facing Business Organisations; the Debate on the Social Responsibility of Businesses – Nigeria’s Corporate Experience. International Business/International Trade Theories of International Trade; Reasons for International Trade; Terms of International Trade. Management of Industrial Relations. Trade Union Formation and Growth; Trade Union Objectives; Problems of Trade Unions; Formation of Employer’s Associations; Objectives and Functions of Employers Association; the Role of Government in Labour-Management Relations. Employee Needs in an Organisation: Managing Individual Needs in an Organisation, Introducing some Theories of Motivation. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; McGregor’s Theories X and Y; Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory; etc. Insurance: Meaning and Principles of Insurance, Types of Insurance; Importance of Insurance.

 

CSC102:        Computer Language & Programming II (2 Credits)

Introduction to Problem Solving Methods and Algorithm Development; Designing, Coding, Debugging and Documenting Programs (i.e. Flow Charts, Control Statements, INPUT/OUTPUT Statements, DO Statements, Array, Subscripts, Dimension Statements) using the Technique of FORTRAN.

 

 

ECO 105: Principles of Economics II (2 Credits)

Distinction between Micro and Macroeconomics. Production Theory – Location, Returns to Proportion and Returns to Scale. Classifications of Market Structure. Basic Principles of International Trade, Public Finance, Wage Determination.

 

GSS 105: Humanities (2 Credits)

Humanities: Nature and scope; concepts of culture and culture pattern; evolution of man’s tradition and culture; culture and society; government; development; language and culture; relationship between education, culture and tradition; analysis of Nigerian belief and system; women in Nigerian culture.

 

GSS 106:       Social Science (2 Credits)

The main objective of this course is to enable students acquire a broad and general knowledge and understanding of the society and the world in which we live.  It is also designed to help them acquire the analytical tools and methodologies which the social scientist uses to perceive the world and recreate it for the overall benefit of man.  The course is more beneficial to students in the faculties of National Sciences and Engineering based faculties.

  • 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 distribution of population
  • Delivery of public goods through public enterprises and agencies
  • Peaceful co-existence among nations
  • War and peace
  • International organizations as an agent of peace
  • Oil wealth and national development
  • Political socialization
  • Social deviance and control

 

GSS 107:       Nigerian People and Culture (2 Credits)

Study of Nigerian history and culture in pre-colonial times, Nigeria perception of his world. Culture area of Nigerian and their characteristics. Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit. Nigerian history-precolonial, colonial and contemporary time the military in Nigeria politics nation integration and unity. Concepts of functional education; national economy, balance of trade, economic self-reliance, social justice. In individual and national development. Norms and values. Moral obligations of the citizens, environmental sanitation. Music-in Nigerian, culture in Nigerian history democracy, human rights and governance in Nigeria.

 

GSS 108: Basic Igbo Studies I (1 Credit)

The course will touch the three main areas (branches) in the Igbo studies, viz. Language, Literature and Culture.

  • Course Content for Language
[i]   Mkpuruedide na nkewasi ha

[ii]  Mmebeokwu Igbo, usoro mmebeokwu Igbo

[iii] Iwu nsupeokwu Igbo

[iv] Ụdaume Igbo na iwu ndi metụtara ụdaume n’edemede

 

  • Course Content for Literature
[i]   Nkọwa Agụmagụ, ọdidi agụmagụ

[ii]  Nkenudi Agụmagụ di iche iche; Ntulekorita Agumagu Odinala na nke ugbua.

[iii] Njirimara Agụmagụ; Uru Agụmagụ bara.

[iv] Akwụkwọ Agụmagụ

  • Course Content for Culture
[i]   Nkọwa ndị bụ ndị Igbo; Mmalite ndị Igbo.

[ii]  Omenala – nkọwa ya na njirimara omenala ndị Igbo, dk. Oji, Ọmụgwọ, Ekele, Nri ndị Igbo, Nka, dgz.

[iii] Ewumewu – nkọwa ya, Ewumewu ndị Igbo dị iche iche dk. Ewumewu Mmekọrita,

Ewumewu Ọchịchị, Ewumewu Akụnaụba, Ewumewu Ofufe na Nkwenye ndi Igbo.

 

GSS 109: Basic Igbo Studies II (1 Credit)

The course will touch the three main areas (branches) in the Igbo studies, viz. Language, Literature and Culture.

(a) Course Content for Language

[i]   Njirimara asụsụ; Uru asụsụ bara; Mkpụrụedide na nkewasi ha.

[ii]  Nkejiasusu Igbo

[iii] Tens

[iv] Nkebiahịrị na ahịrịokwu

[v]  Mmepụta ụdaasụsụ Igbo; Mkpurụụdaasusu Igbo; Nkejiokwu; Ụdaolu

[vi] Edemede na Aghọtaazaa

 

(b) Course Content for Literature

[i]   Atụmatụokwu na Atụmatụ Agụmagụ; Uru atụmatụokwu na atumatu agumagu bara.

[ii]  Akwụkwọ Agụmagu ndi a họpụtara, ọgugụ na nkọwa ha.

[iii] Akwụkwọ agụmagụ

 

(c) Course Content for Culture

[i]  Ewumewu – nkọwa ya, Ewumewu ndị Igbo dị iche iche dk. Ewumewu

Mmekọrita, Ewumewu Ọchịchị, Ewumewu Akụnaụba, Ewumewu Ofufe na

Nkwenye ndi Igbo.

[ii]  Echiche ndị Igbo gbasara ihe dị iche dk. Chukwu, Ọnwụ, dgz.

 

EVM 111:     Nature of Environmental Science I (2 Credits)

Basic principles and concepts of the environment; energy systems in the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere; ecosystems, resources and resources management.  Man-environmental relationship; current environmental issues, including air pollution and other natural hazards; erosion, drought, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods etc.

Origins and growth of settlements, factors affecting the siting and development of villages and towns.  Effects of advances in science, technology, medicine and public hygienic on the environment.  Systems of land tenure and land use philosophy of planning new or ideal town.  The control of development and the maintenance and improvement of the environment. Philosophy of sustainable development surveying, photogrammetry and remote sensing as tools for environmental planning and management. Environment and building science.

 

GME 112: Introduction to Physical Geography and Meteorology (2 Credits)

The composition and structure of the lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere. Nature, distribution, evolution and significance of the first order relief forms of the earth.

Importance of Meteorology, meteorological, parameters, synoptic charts, structure of atmosphere, pressure heights, vertical temperature distribution, radiation and isolation. The earth’s radiation, atmospheric and oceanic circulation systems introduction to the cycling of matter and energy in ecosystems.

 

 

GME 122: Introduction to Human Geography (2 Credits)

Man, Location and Resources:  The scope of human geography and its relation to physical geography.

World Population:  Its distribution and patterns of growth demographic characteristics of selected populations.

Human Settlements:  Evolution, patterns and functions. Inter-relationships between urban and rural settlements.

Environmental Resources; the Concept of Resources:  Types of resources and their global distribution, relationship between resources and tertiary activities, impact of human activities on the environment at varying level of technology and population densities.  The role of movement; flows of people, goods, energy and ideas.

 

SVI 181:        Basic Surveying (2 Credit)

Theodolite:  Traversing: definition and type of traversing the procedures and method of theodolite traversing.  Temporary and permanent adjustment theodolite for traversing.  Collection of field data, computations and traverse adjustment.  Production of plan at suitable scale. Sources of errors and accuracy attainable.

Leveling: Definition and uses of leveling, principles and methods of leveling. Leveling with inverted staff and reciprocal leveling.  Data collection, computation and leveling adjustment. Sources of errors. Correction and accuracy attainable.

Tacheometry:  Special feature and uses of tacheometer. Detailing, controls and determination of spot-levels using techeometry.  Substance bar and its uses. Contouring, preparation of large scale plan.

 

SVI 182:        Introductory Surveying (2 Credit)

Theodolite and compass surveying: Introduction, declination, basic definitions, fundamental operations, compass theodolite transverse, errors, local attraction and magnetic declination problem, optical and electronic theodolites etc.  Ordinary leveling: introduction and basic definitions, errors in leveling, leveling staff, different methods of leveling.  Curvature and refraction. Tacheometry: introduction and principles, tacheometric calculations and reductions, errors and uses of tacheometric surveying.  Plotting of contours, interpolation of contours, characteristics of contours and uses of contours; advantages and disadvantages of planer table survey; preparation of survey plans.

 

GME 203: Practical Meteorology and Instrumentation (2 Credits)

Meteorological observation units, accuracy required, sources of errors, exposure of instruments, general rules and procedure for the observation and recording of meteorological variables: pressure, air, temperature, atmospheric humidity, visibility and cloud cover, sunshine and radiation, precipitation, evaporation, vapour pressure, present and past weather, principles of radiation instruments, radiation sensors and sources. Solar radiation: direct and diffuse components, ultra violet radiation from polarization of light in the atmosphere, measurement of terrestrial radiation, measurement of evaporation.

 

GME 204: Practical Meteorology and Instrumentation II (2 Credits)

Synoptic Weather Analysis:  The concept of synoptic analysis. Preparation of synoptic charts, weather symbols and codes. Synoptic representation of the pressure field. Isobars on level surface and contours of constant pressure surface. Frontal zones, cold fronts, warm fronts and occluded fronts. Frontal analysis and interpretations.

 

GME 205: Introduction to Cartography (2 Credits)

History of map making: Techniques of map making. Cartographic processes. Types of maps, design and construction of physical and economic maps. Basic contour compilation, profiles, flow maps, pie graphs and bar graphs. Map projection and lettering techniques.

 

 

GME 206: Field Course I (2 Credits)

4-5 days study and analysis of geographic problems in the field operated in a spiral manner from the environment of the University to the Local Government Area and ultimately to the entire state.  Emphasis is on mastering field techniques for solving simple geographic problems through applying theoretical classroom work to real life problems.  Field data collection and simple analysis are emphasized. The course is fieldwork oriented, focuses on the physical dimensions and human activities of the area, including management of resources, hazards, etc and their relationships.

 

 

GME 211: Introduction to Geomorphology (2 Credits)

The meaning and scope of Geomorphology. Rock types, their origins and characteristics, geomorphic processes. Weathering types and processes. Nature and origin of second order relief forms of the continents, volcanism and diastrophism. Structural landforms. Glacial landforms. Development of drainage patterns and fluvial landforms. Coastal processes of landform development in deserts, Karst landforms.

 

GME 212: Introduction to Water Resources (2 Credits)

The meaning and scope of water resources, water resources as different from hydrology, water resources exploitation uses and conservation, sources and facilities for urban and rural water supply, approaches to urban and rural water supply, water supply and sanitation governance in the tropics.

 

GME 213: Introduction to Hydrology (2 Credits)

The nature of the science of hydrology. Definition, scope and applications. The concept of hydrological cycle and water balance, historical development and systems approach in hydrology.

Precipitation:  importance, characteristics and measuring devices. Watershed as a unit for hydrological studies, delimitation and morphology.

Water losses:  Interception, evaporation, evapotranspiration infiltration, surface runoff, relationships between precipitation, surface runoff and groundwater flow, erosion and sedimentation.

 

GME 215: Introduction to Biogeography (2 Credits)

The meaning and scope of Biogeography. Basic structure and dynamics of plant communities; factors influencing plant growth. Survey of characteristics, distribution and controlling factors of principal or zonal vegetation types. Ecology and ecosystems, biomes. Man’s influence on vegetation. The meaning and scope of soil geography; factors of soil formation; zonal soils, Azonal soils and intrazonal soils.

 

GME 216: Biogeography (2 Credits)

Evaluation of biogeographical perspectives. Tropical biological environment; the biosphere in the tropic, the concept of the ecosystem structure and functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; primary biological productivity in the tropics. Floristic and faunal differentiation in the tropics; the tropical rainforest and its anthropic derivatives, tropical savanna vegetation, the dynamic status of savanna vegetation, the forest/savanna competition and boundary, vegetation changes through time, adaptation, succession and climax vegetation.

 

GME 217: Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning I (2 Credits)

The history of town planning and evolution of town planning; the bases of urban and regional planning; definition of relevant terms; rural areas, urban areas, region, hamlet, village, town, city, metropolise, megacity, megalopolise, municipality; planning and management: categories of planning and levels of planning, management: definition, schools of thought, functions of management, relationship between planning and management; brief history of town planning, evolution of town planning in Nigeria. The role of urban and regional planners to the society.

 

GME 218: Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning II (2 Credits)

Elements of Planning:  Planning process, theories and models of urban and regional planning. Rural and urban land use theories; information requirements, survey methods and technique of analysis in urban and regional planning; the development plan system; urban renewal and techniques. Transportation planning methods. Housing and basic components of human settlements.

GME 221: Spatial Organization of Society (2 Credit)

Some basic concepts of spatial organization, principles of classification of geographical phenomena, growth and spatial distribution of population, basic concepts of environmental psychology. Production systems, typology and distribution; location, spacing and growth of settlement, movements over space and transport networks. Land use:  typology, patterns and interactions.

 

GME 222: Introduction To Population Geography (2 Credits)

Examination of population data sources. Population growth and components. Migration processes and consequences. The Nigerian population structure, distribution patterns and their implications.

 

GME 231: Introduction to Statistics for Geographers and Meteorologist (2 Credits)

The place of statistics in research. Review of algebraic operations. Subscripts and summations. Data description and characteristics. Frequency distributions and graphic presentation. Measures of central tendency and variability; methods of sampling; sources of spatial data. Nature of raw data, calculation and use of deviation and variability.  Probability theory and methods of sampling. Hypothesis and their testing. Tests of significance.

 

GME 232: Geomorphology of the Humid Tropics (2 Credits)

Classification and analysis of tropical landforms, weathering in the tropics; deep weathering and mass wasting processes. Significance of deep chemical weathering in Nigeria and associated landforms – the inselberg landscape, geological evolution in Nigeria.  Drainage basin studies, stream adaptation to structure, antecedent and super-imposed drainage basin. Rivers as cascading systems. The cycle of erosion and evolution of tropical landforms-peneplan and pediplan; pediment concept and theories; evolution of slope forms.

 

GME 242: Principles of Climatology (2 Credits)

Climatology: Definition of climate, branches of climatology. The general circulation of the atmosphere: scales and laws of motion. Forces that drive the atmosphere. Major features and models of the circulation, weather-producing systems – air masses and fronts, frontal and non-frontal depressions, tropical systems. Climate classification and global systems of climate.  Urban climatology: classification-macro, meso and micro climatology. Definition, scope and example of micro, meso and topoclimatology, meso-climatology, lakes, seas, deserts, land and sea breeze, valley winds. Types of meso-environment. Energy and water balance processes. Micro-climatology: vertical temperature, humidity and wind profile in the atmospheric boundary layer, influences of ground surface on the micro-climate, heat island effect.  Heat exchanges between ground and ambient air. Factors affecting air and soil temperature. African climate: climate variability and change.

 

GME 244: Ecology of Natural Resources (2 Credits)

Meaning and scope of Ecology. Population, community, ecosystem, environment and environmental factors. Study of communities and ecosystem abundance, density, yield, cover, frequency. The ecology of niche, niche, overlap competition co-existency, resources shift.

Ecosystems as fundamental units of Natural resources; the concept of Natural Resources.

Habitats:  The primary terrestrial and aquatic habitats which affect man. Alteration imposed on the habitats by man. Conservation and management of ecosystems. Conservation planning of natural resources and national and global perspectives.

 

GME 271: Tropical Meteorology (2 Credits)

Energy characteristics of the tropics, some tropical weather system; land and sea breeze; monsoon; atmospheric disturbances: inter-tropical disturbance lines and line squalls, weather predication in the tropics.

 

GME 307: Field Course II (2 Credits)

8-10 days intensive field studies designated to illustrate the application of techniques to geographical analysis.

 

GME 309: Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)

One semester of industrial work experience in a recognized establishment.

 

GME 319: Hydrology (2 Credits)

The various concepts and principles of hydrology, field and laboratory techniques in hydrology, the planning and organization of hydro meteorological networks, methods of drainage basin instrumentation and observation, purpose and uses of hydrograph analysis and synthesis, techniques of estimating missing hydrological data.

 

GME 323: Economic Geography (2 Credits)

The Meaning of Economic Geography:  The concepts of basic needs, demand and supply, resources and factors of production, the concepts of comparative advantage, economics of scale, privatization, growth pole and agglomeration economics. The “production systems”.

Theories and Laws:  Landuse theory, central place theory, industrial location theory and spatial interaction models. Economic rent and global trade and movement.

 

GME 325: Population Geography (2 Credits)

Theories and concepts of population, population data as vital statistics, procedure and problems of population data collection including censes. Pattern of population distribution and trends of change. Determinant and spatial aspects of mortality, fertility and migration. Contemporary population issues, population and resources, population pressure and its political implications, population policies, population projection techniques.

 

GME 327: Settlement Geography (2 Credits)

The role of settlement in the organization of man and his activities, and the spatial manifestation of national development. Evolution of human settlements. Theoretical distribution of settlements. Types and patterns of rural settlement. History of urbanization – classical, medieval, pre-industrial urbanization and form. Modern urbanization, world urbanization pattern. Origin and spatial pattern of urbanization in Nigeria.

 

 

GME 337: Quantitative Techniques in Geography and Meteorology Planning I   (2 Credits)

Binomial Distribution:  Student’s t-test.  Description of point patterns, nearest neigbour analysis.

Correlation Analysis:  Simple correlation, partial correlation and multiple correlation.

Regression Analysis: Simple and multiple regression, chi-square analysis. Centrographic techniques. Analysis of variance (ANOVA).

 

GME 341: Principles of Land Evaluation (2 Credits)

Concepts and practices of applied physical geography; purpose and scope of land resources studies.  Principle of land resources evaluation; rural land resources evaluation; rural land resource appraisal; land evaluation for capability and suitability, classification, conservation of rural land resources. Assessing impact on rural land.

 

GME 343: Principles of Oceanography (2 Credits)

This course presents geological, physical, chemical and biological studies of the earth’s oceans.  Course includes a study of the origin and continuing evolution of the ocean basins, air-sea and land-sea interactions, and life in the oceans.  The law of the sea.

 

GME 361: Research Methods in Geography and Meteorology (2 Credits)

Introduction to research methodology. The new paradigm in Geography and the problem of scientific research topic, problem articulation, formulation of hypothesis, theoretical or conceptual framework.  General information systems characteristics – open and closed systems, feedbacks mechanism or system regulation, entropy and negentropy, logic of measurement and association.  Geographic information/ data analysis. Methods of data classification in geography – by subdivision, by grouping and similar observation. Numerical taxonomy, multi-variate classification. Other techniques of data analysis. Explanation and interpretation, report writing, bibliographic arrangement. Geographic information/data storage. Use of maps or computer for data storage.

 

GME 371: Geography of African Development (2 Credits)

Geography of Africa dealing with the peoples, their culture, history, systems of resources utilization, population patterns and processes and spatial aspects of development.

 

GME 381: Advanced Cartographic Methods (2 Credits)

Enlarging and reducing maps, calculation of areas, cartographic, symbolization, theory and method of cartography, application of colour in map design, patterns and sources. Topographic production of type image and lettering, profiling processes; production, planning and costing; basics of photography.  Scope and limitations of the visual presentation of statistics, sources and manipulation of statistics for visual presentation, criteria of significance and choice of technique; scale and error factors. The use of mechanical, optical and photographic aids in cartography.

 

GME 383: Cloud Physics (2 Credits)

Cloud formation and features, the nuclei of cloud condensation, the growth of cloud droplets, the germination and growth of snow crystal, snow, rain, hail, rain-making experiments. Atmospheric electricity.

 

GME 385: Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere (2 Credits)

The ideal gas law and the equation of state applied to dry air and water vapour, thermodynamic systems, the hydrostatic equation, thermodynamic variables of the atmosphere and representation on P – V curves, reversible and irreversible processes in the atmosphere. The carnot cycle applied to the atmosphere, first law of thermodynamics and the concept of conservation of energy, adiabatic processes, poisson equation, definition and derivation. The universal gas constant, the concept of illustrating computations based on the topics discussed.

 

 

 

GME 387: Water Resources of Tropical Africa (2 Credits)

Various sources of water supply in tropical Africa, problems of surface and groundwater resources of tropical Africa.  Spatial patterns of residential, industrial, commercial and agricultural water uses in urban and rural areas.  Problems of water resources management in tropical Africa.  Financing water and sanitation in tropical Africa. The role of public and private sector in water supply and management.  African water resources development process and design.  Theoretical models in the study of urban water demand and supply in tropical Africa.

 

LAW 417: Land Law I (2 Credits)

Concept of property: meaning and classification, definition of land and classification of rights in land.  Customary land tenure system: nature of title to land under customary law, the concept of family property and alienation of family property.  Customary transactions on land: sale of land at customary law, gift of land, borrowing of land, customary tenancy and customary pledge.  Effects of land use act on customary land tenure system in Nigeria: preservation of customary land tenure system, the Land Use Act and customary right of country and management, customary land relationship and the land use act and revocation of customary right of occupancy and entitlement to compensation.  The doctrine of estate: definition of concept, estate of freehold and co-ownership.  Sale of real property: preliminary considerations and conveyancing procedure.

 

LAW 418: Land Law II (2 Credits)

Land Use Act: evolution of the Land Use Act, status of the Act under the constitution, Vesting of title in the governor, control and management of land, nature of right of occupancy, customary right of occupancy, certificate of occupancy, alienation of right of occupancy, revocation of right of occupancy and right to compensation.  Planning law:  basis for planning, meaning of development, approval of planning by planning authority, planning permission and enforcement of planning control.  Leases and tenancies: relationship of landlord and tenant, lease and licence, leased/tenancies and the Land Use Act and types of tenancies.

 

 

GME 401: Environmental Impact Assessment (2 Credits)

Basic terminology.  Environmental inventory; Environmental Assessment; Environmental Impact Statement; National Environmental Policy Act; E.I.A progress reports; Methods of impact analysis, Public participation in environmental decision-making.  Practical consideration in impact statement writing.  Practical works in E.I.A for few simple selected projects.

 

GME 409: Synoptic Meteorology (2 Credits)

General information on synoptic meteorology. Methods of long and short range weather forecasts.  Basic synoptic codes – prospects of using meteorological satellite data – elements of world weather watch; compilation and analysis of weather charts.  Air masses – their classification and properties; fronts and cyclone activity.  Macro-synoptic processes and long range weather forecast.  Laws of general atmospheric circulation peculiarities of circulation in various areas of the globe.

 

 

 

GME 418: Principles of Town and Country Planning (2 Credits)

Definition of town and country planning, Land use planning process, Stages or principles in land use planning process, models, design, evaluation etc. Land use activities including: population, employment housing shopping, leisure, transport, perception, commercial etc.

 

GME 423: Water Resources Planning and Management (2 Credits)

Importance and necessity for planned water resources.  Financing water supply scheme and development in tropical Africa.  Urban and rural water supplies, planning and execution of modern water schemes.  Sectoral approach to water resources planning. Effects of variations in water demand on design capacities of different components of water scheme.  Water demand and supply forecasting.  Water supplies of small communities in rural areas.  Planning and preparing water supply projects.  Water management options for urban and rural water demand and supply in tropical Africa.  Water pollution and quality control measures for municipal and industrial water supplies.

 

GME 425: Environmental Resource Management (2 Credits)

Evaluation of the environment as actual or potential resource and methods of exploitation, purposes and approaches to resource conservation and management, the implications of the monistic nature of the environmental system in conservation planning, environmental units as multiple resources, conflict inherent in natural resource conservation and management, principles relating to watershed, game, fisheries, forestry and range management, environment for recreation.

 

GME 427: Applied Meteorology (2 Credits)

The role of meteorology in economic development processes. Meteorology as a common denominator of economic and social development processes of human environment. Meteorological forecasting as a means to reduce losses, the economic equation with meteorology and water, agriculture, energy, industry, transport and communication. Application of meteorology to urban development, architecture, construction and public works. Definitions and methodologies for applying climatological data and information to climate sensitive areas of  human activities.  Value of climatological information, interpretation of climatological data to users of such data sets. Selected examples from such fields as Agriculture, Building, Engineering and Architectural construction; energy, fishery, forestry, human health and comfort, industry and commerce, recreation and tourism, transportation and communication, water resources, settlement of legal and insurance claims.

 

GME 428: Political Geography (2 Credits)

Spatial variations in inter-relationships of political activities and systems.  Significance of the geographical background to political situation. Nature and objectives of political geography. Classical political geography featuring environmental/possibilistic concepts.  Political process, perception, and decision-making. Boundaries in internal, international relations. Economic and political unions. Aspects of the political geography of Africa.  Evaluation of politico-geographic entity.  Politics of resources distribution and allocation.  Introduction to electoral geography. Local Government and geographic relationships.  Metropolitan/urban political organization.  Problems of national integration.

 

GME 429: Moonson Meteorology (2 Credits)

Definition and application of synoptic meteorology, techniques adopted in synoptic weather analysis. Acquisition of synoptic weather analysis. Acquisition of synoptic data. Field observations, synoptic weather systems in West Africa. Easterly and Westerly waves. The Inter-tropical Discontinuity (ITD), thunder storms, linesquarall, duststoms and snow storms.

 

 

GME 431: Numerical Weather Prediction (2 Credits)

Simple numerical methods of predicting weather. Concepts and practice of micro, macro-weather prediction. Instrumentation and weather prediction case studies. Significance and implications.

 

GME 432: Demography (2 Credits)

Definition of terms. Demographic data evaluation: assessment of demographic data, detection of errors in population census and vital registration data and methods of reducing these errors.  Demographic estimation: the use of the stable, stationary and quasi-stable models in obtaining demographic parameters.  Brass and other techniques for computing fertility and mortality, methods of constructing life tables.  Population projections, population theories, population trends and policies.

 

GME 433: Quantitative Techniques in Geography and Meteorology Planning I (2 Credits)

Time series analysis, Network analysis. Non-parametric analysis, Sign test, Mann Whitney U-test, Kruskal Wallis one way analysis of variance, by Ranks. Introduction to principal component analysis and factors analysis.  Introduction to discriminant. Function analysis and Canonical analysis.

 

GME 435: Urban Environmental Problems (2 Credits)

Urban environmental sanitation, urban pollution; industrial, automobile and noise pollution; urban transportation; urban services delivery water, telephone etc. Urban housing problems, urban management problems; and urban physical deterioration: urban population and employment problems, etc.

 

GME 437: Tourism and Recreation Management (2 Credits)

Scope and content of tourism and recreation management, aesthetic factors for parks planning, camp sites and recreation, urban recreation, wildlife and nature preservation, tourist and recreation development in Nigeria; tourist and recreation services in Nigeria; transport, security and recreation resource management.  Recreation sites and landscaping.

 

GME 438: Special Topics in Meteorology (2 Credits)

Stratospheric ozone depletion, El Nino and La Nina phenomena relationship with tropical cyclone in the tropics and their typical global impacts.  Application of tropical weather systems to human health, food and water supply, building designs and urban planning.  Global climate change and tropical climate.  Drought and desertification in the tropics.

 

GME 439: Forestry Economics and Wildlife Policy, Law & Administration (2 Credit Hours)

Forestry status of Nigeria.  Forestry utility. Forestry management economics and planning systems; operations planning and method of forest management.  Nigerian forest policy. Afforestation programmes in Nigeria (the tree planting exercise).  Forest policy and integrated land use. Agro forestry. Threat to forest-air pollution, bush burning, deforestation, poverty, overgrazing. Forestry in rural development and integrated watershed management. Forestry and landscaping-recreation, ecotourism, agricultural and aesthetics management. Forest institutions and administration. Forestry law in Nigeria. Wild life management. Objectives, principles and methods of wild life management.

 

 

GME 442: Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management (2 Credits)

Natural hazards, nature, causes and effects of soil and coastal erosion, drought, floods: riverine and urban; tropical cyclones and storms, earthquakes and landslides; volcanic eruptions, copous examples of environmental hazards and disasters; management of hazards and disasters; disaster control agencies e.g. Erosion or Ecological Agencies, NGOs etc.

 

 

GME 445: Agro-Meteorology (2 Credits)

Agrometeorology, case studies, impact of climate on agricultural patterns in Nigeria; Agricultural problems connected with weather and climate and ameliorative technologies. These include low rainfall, drought, flood and associated soil erosion, desertification, storage problems, etc.

 

GME 447: Climatological Pressure Systems (2 Credits)

Subtropical anticyclones; the upper westerlies; waves in the westerlies; Jet streams; zonal index; rain making experiments, air masses and frontal systems.

 

GME 449: Agricultural Geography (2 Credits)

Classical agricultural location models, market system models, probability and behavioural models of agricultural typology, theoretical analysis of rural land use patterns, systems and settlements.  Origin and spread of agriculture using the diffusion theory.  Role of agriculture in national economic policies and strategies for agriculture development in Nigeria.

 

GME 451: History of Geographic Thoughts (2 Credits)

History of geographic thoughts in relation to the history of science, the major traditions of Geography; classical geographic thought, Egyptians to Roman thought, medieval geographic thought, the age of discovery and its influence on geographic thought, eighteenth and nineteenth century geographic thought, the French and German Schools of thought, early twentieth century geographic thought including Russian and Nigerian schools of Geography.

 

GME 452: Contemporary Philosophy and Methodology in Geography (2 Credits)

Current methodological approaches to geographic research, geography as an empirical science. Geography and cognate disciplines. Quantification in geography; classification in geography; explanations in geography; theories and models in geography; system analysis; philosophical basis of contemporary geographical concepts; development of philosophy of geography in Nigeria.

 

GME 454: Arid and Semi-Arid Hydrology (2 Credits)

Delimitation of arid and semi-arid regions of Africa. Basic concepts: ecology of Sahel zone. Geomorphology and physiography, surface water bodies, geology, and ground water potentials. Effects of dam on hydrologic environments. Problems of drought. Case studies.

 

GME 456A: Climatic Geomorphology (2 Credits)

Review of the concept of climatic geomorphology. The bioclimatic framework of the humid and semi-seasonally humid tropics arid regions weathering and climate. Tropical landscape and their interpretation (humid tropics). Pleistocene and Halocene climate. Tropical landforms. Arid and semi-arid landform, peri-glacial landforms. Nigerian landforms and their interpretation.

 

GME 456B: Applied Geomorphology (2 Credits)

Geomorphology in engineering and economic geology, and environmental management in the tropics. Principles and methods of applied Geomorphology.  Geomorphic resources (rock etc) and economic activity.  Simulation models of geomorphic landscapes. Landscape assessment.

GME 456C: Fluvial Geomorphology (2 Credits)

Characteristics of drainage basin. Analysis of drainage basin forms and processes. Spatial and temporal processes. Drainage basin hygrometry, principles of hydrometeorology.  Hydrograph analysis. Basin yield small and large instrumented watershed. Drainage basin modeling. Floods.

 

GME 458: Urbanization Processes (2 Credits)

Definitional perspective, urbanization processes; spatio-temporal trends in urbanization; cities as systems and changes, rank-size distribution of cities; theoretical study of urban spatial structure, urban hierarchy and spheres of influence; urban  land use types; urban services and management in Nigeria.

 

GME 461: Geographic Information Systems I (2 Credits)

Origin and historical development of Geographic Information System; Definition and conceptual foundation of GIS; components of GIS; functions of GIS; Geographic data and files; Data mode; Attribute files; Application in Urban and Regional planning.

GIS: Practical (GME 461/SVI 481)

Introduction to various GIS, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing software. Comparative analysis of various Graphic User Interfaces (GUI). Raster and Vector file formats and their uses.  Downloading field data into computer, file import and export.

 

GME 462: Geographic Information Systems II (2 Credits)

Environmental management and GIS, Development in Environmental management in the era of GIS; Data types and sources; Application of GIS in remote sensing and cartography; Application of GIS in meteorology, implementation and utilization in weather related operations, decision-making and problem solving in meteorology; problems and prospects of GIS in Nigeria.

GIS: Practical (GME 462/SVI 482) 

Data input: Vector and raster data input. Manual digitizing with Table Digitizer, Use of A3 and A0 Digitizers. Automatic digitizing by scanning.  Use of A3 and A0 Scanners. On-screen digitizing. Processing of GPS Data: Real Time and post field work corrections.  Scanning of aerial photographs. Measurement of photo-coordinates and simple geo-referencing of scanned photographs and maps. Pre-processing of satellite images. Introduction to image enhancement.

 

GME 464      Transportation and Environment (2 Credits)

Scope and content of transport geography.  Theories of transportation and models of transportation development and planning, flow analysis; transport modes and cost structure; urban transportation and population, transport demand studies; land use problems, accident studies – environmental safety; parking and parking problems; traffic congestion; air pollution; solutions to urban traffic congestion; engineering problems; integrated transport planning and problems in developing countries.

 

 

GME 466: Industrial Geography (2 Credits)

Examination and analysis of the theoretical framework for the processes of industrial location. Potentials, processes and problems of industrial development in Nigeria.  Structural characteristics of manufacturing industrial concentration, industrial estates and migration. Theories of transportation and models of transactional flow analysis. Gravity model, intervening opportunity model, Reilly’s law of retail gravitation and Ravenstein’s law of migration.  Structural analysis of transport network, models of transportation, urban transport development.

 

GME 476: Operational Meteorology (2 Credits)

Organization of U.S. Weather Bureau, British Meteorology services, Nigerian. Meteorological services for purposes of data collection, presentation, interpretation, forecasting and publishing, the national development, and international co-operation.

 

GME 472: Systematic Geography of Nigerian Development (2 Credits)

A thematic approach to the geography of Nigeria focusing on a range of physical and human phenomena; spatial pattern; ecological zones; growth and distribution of population; natural resource bases; agricultural production and marketing systems; industrialization; transport development; internal and external exchange. Concepts and models, river basins; city and community regions; migration flows; urban systems; modernization, development strategies.

 

GME 473: The Developed World (2 Credits)

Differentiation of the developed world from the developing world. Distribution of income and the standards of living. Social, economic and political frameworks of the capitalist and centrally planned states.  The historical evolution of the developed economies. Geographical basis of the economies of Western Europe; USA, and USSR; growth and performance of Agriculture, manufacturing and services. International trade and implications on the world economy.

 

GME 474: The Developing World (2 Credits)

The nature of underdevelopment in the third World. Poverty and income distribution. Production systems and links with the international economy. Geographical distribution of natural resources, human resources and technology. Development strategies, agriculture, industrialization, education and manpower development. The population problem, international trade and transfer of resources.

 

GME 478: Medical Geography (2 Credits)

Scope and content of medical geography; spatial analysis of disease patterns and distribution; ecology of diseases – infections, nutritional and genetic diseases; spatial health planning and disease control; Health delivery and inter-disciplinary approach in medical research.

 

GME 481: Micro Meteorology (2 Credits)

Concepts and practice of micro-meteorology; solar and thermal forcing functions of atmospheric processes near the ground; eddy diffusivities of heat; momentum; water vapour and carbon dioxide in the lower atmosphere (including soil and vegetation); measurement of meteorological parameters near the ground, urban micro-technology.

 

GME 482: Urban Geography (2 Credits)

Historical perspective on the city (evolution of cities, theory of origin of cities, areas of city origin, spread of urban life before industrial revolution, pre-industrial city, incidence of pre-industrial city in Africa, their functional structure – the Nigerian example). Patterns of modern global urbanization especially in developing countries. Urban-rural interface. Urban economy, urban demographic characteristics. Classification of cities – descriptive, statistical, multivariate analysis. Theories and empirical studies of urban systems. Urbanization and the urban system in Nigeria. urban ecology, internal structure of the city. Study of urban land uses with emphasis on Nigeria-residential, commercial, industrial and transportation.  Principles and techniques of urban land use planning. Urbanization problems in Nigeria and their solutions.

 

GME 486: Regional Planning Models (2 Credits)

Scope and objectives of regional planning, geographical perception of a region, functional, administrative and planning region; theoretical basis of regional planning regional planning; growth pole center and growth-axis hypotheses, economic versus geographic space, core-periphery model, cumulative causation model; export base theory; input – output access and multipliers.  Strategies and problems of regional development in Nigeria.

 

GME 488: Rural Geography, Development and Planning (2 Credits)

Theories of rural settlement origin, evolution and location. Dynamics of development of rural settlement. Types, patterns of rural settlement and rural central places. Rural land resources and management. Rural population and land use. Rural industrialization. Afforestation. Institutions for rural development and planning (farm settlements ADPS, DFRRI, BETTER LIFE, Integrated Rural Development, Co-operatives, Town Unions, Age Grade, Public Parastatals and Boards, Community Self-help Schemes etc).  Growth pole theory.

 

GME 491: Original Research Project (6 Credits)

Approximately 10,000 word research essay/project based on field and/or library research.

 

The project should bear the following sections and subsections:

Cover page

Title page

Approval page

Certification page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Abstract

Chapter One: Introduction

Background of the Study

Statement of the Research Problem

Aim and Objectives

Research Questions

*Hypotheses

Significance of Study

Scope of Study

Limitation of Study

Study Area

Chapter Two: Literature Review

Theoretical or Conceptual Framework

Review of Literature

Chapter Three: Methodology

Research design

Data needs

Sampling frame and Technique

Research Instrument

*Validity of Instrument

Reliability of Instrument

Method of Data Collection

Method of Data Analysis

Chapter Four: Data Presentation, Analysis and Discussion

Data analysis

Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

 

References

Appendices