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Introduction to developing mobile applications. Mobile operating systems capabilities, application architecture, and major components, such as activities, services, broadcast receivers, etc. Development of interactive applications using widget libraries, web-based services. Basic concepts of 2D graphics and animation. An SQL database engine, and multithreading. Multiplatform mobile application development. Mobile application basics and features; Android application basics, UI design. Data storage; networking application design. Advanced application design (sensors, camera, GPS, Audio, etc.), graphics and games, web- based hybrid application design. Design and implement a simple mobile application for a given mobile platform. Metrics and methods to evaluate the performance of mobile applications. Mobile application perspectives and impact. Lab Work: Demonstration of a Simple Mobile Application. Design and Development of interactive mobile applications. Demonstration of multiplatform mobile application development. Development of Android applications including UI design and data storage design. Demonstration of advanced mobile application design. Illustration of metrics for measuring the performance of mobile applications.

Evolution of mobile radio communications. Examples of mobile radio systems: radio paging, cordless telephones, cellular radio. Trends in cellular radio and personal communications. A basic cellular system, Frequency reuse, Roaming, Hand-off strategies, Co-channel interference, Traffic and Grade of service, System capacity, Improving capacity of cellular system. Propagation path loss, multi-path propagation problem, Rayleigh fading, Rician distribution. Doppler effect. Field strength prediction models, co-channel interference and reduction, adjacent channel interference, near-far problem. Standards and overview of analogue and digital cellular systems: AMPS, TACS, GSM, CT2, PCN, DECT, PHS. Frequency management and channel assignment, speech coding, channel coding, bandwidth consideration, equalisation, modulation techniques, multiple access techniques. GSM: Architecture, elements, and standard interfaces; FDMA/TDMA structure; Speech and channel coding; time slots and bursts; signalling; hand-offs; DCS 1800; GPRS; data services over GSM. Third Generation Wireless Standard: convergence; UMTS; IMT-2000; CDMA2000; WCDMA; UWC-136; Network layer standards. Paging services and technologies; Short Message Services. Call Processing: Signalling; Roaming and mobility management; Route optimisation; Wireless Intelligent Networking; Databases; Protocols; Security and billing issues. Global Positioning System: principles, and applications. Lab Work: Demonstration of different types of mobile radio systems. Illustration of basic features of a cellular system. Working with different analog and digital cellular systems. Demonstration of features of a GSM system. Demonstration of the features of SMS. Illustration of GPS applications.

IP networking concepts and practices for IPv6 addressing. DHCP and DNS in IPv.6 networks. Secure communication over VPNs, VoIP architecture. Concept of Virtual Computing, Cloud Computing, VoIP. Traffic monitoring and network connectivity between operating systems. Overview of latest technologies of IP networks and understand application-level services used in the internet. Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). VPN Secure Network Connectivity. VoIP Architecture. Network Neutrality. Lab Work: Demonstration of IPv6 networks including DHCP and DNS configuration.Basics of VPNs. Simple applications of VPNs. Installation of applications on virtual servers. Monitoring traffic on virtual servers. Working with Multiple Servers. Balancing traffic on servers. Testing the security of VPNs. Illustration of VOIP architecture.

Nigerian history, culture and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria; Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; formation of political parties in Nigeria; Nationalist movement and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation building (military intervention in Nigerian politics; Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self- reliance (indigenous trade and market system; indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people; trade, skill acquisition and self-reliance). Social justices and national development (law definition and classification. Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual, norms and values (basic Nigeria norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition; citizenship and civic responsibilities; indigenous languages, usage and development; negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values: The 3Rs – Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Re-orientation; Re- orientation Strategies: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption(WAIC), Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Nigerian history, culture, and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria; Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (an amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; formation of political parties in Nigeria; Nationalist movement and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation-building (military intervention in Nigerian politics; Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self- reliance (indigenous trade and market system; indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people; trade, skill acquisition, and self-reliance). Social justice and national development (law definition and classification). Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual, norms, and values (basic Nigerian norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition; citizenship and civic responsibilities; indigenous languages, usage and development; negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping, and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values: The 3Rs – Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Re-orientation; Re- orientation Strategies: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption (WAIC), Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Nigerian history, culture and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria; Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; formation of political parties in Nigeria; Nationalist movement and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation building (military intervention in Nigerian politics; Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self- reliance (indigenous trade and market system; indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people; trade, skill acquisition and self-reliance). Social justices and national development (law definition and classification). Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual norms and values (basic Nigeria norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition; citizenship and civic responsibilities; indigenous languages, usage and development; negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values: The 3Rs – Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Re-orientation; Re- orientation Strategies: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption (WAIC), Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Nigerian history, culture and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria; Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; formation of political parties in Nigeria; Nationalist movement and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation building (military intervention in Nigerian politics; Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self- reliance (indigenous trade and market system; indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people; trade, skill acquisition and self-reliance). Social justices and national development (law definition and classification). Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual norms and values (basic Nigeria norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition; citizenship and civic responsibilities; indigenous languages, usage and development; negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values: The 3Rs – Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Re-orientation; Re- orientation Strategies: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption(WAIC), Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Nigerian history, culture and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria; Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; formation of political parties in Nigeria; Nationalist movement and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation-building (military intervention in Nigerian politics; Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self- reliance (indigenous trade and market system; indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people; trade, skill acquisition and self-reliance). Social justice and national development (law definition and classification). Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual, norms and values (basic Nigeria norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition; citizenship and civic responsibilities; indigenous languages, usage and development; negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values: The 3Rs – Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Re-orientation; Re- orientation Strategies: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption(WAIC), Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Nigerian history, culture and art up to 1800 (Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo peoples and culture; peoples and culture of the ethnic minority groups). Nigeria under colonial rule (advent of colonial rule in Nigeria; Colonial administration of Nigeria). Evolution of Nigeria as a political unit (amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914; formation of political parties in Nigeria; Nationalist movement and struggle for independence). Nigeria and challenges of nation-building (military intervention in Nigerian politics; Nigerian Civil War). Concept of trade and economics of self- reliance (indigenous trade and market system; indigenous apprenticeship system among Nigeria people; trade, skill acquisition and self-reliance). Social justice and national development (law definition and classification). Judiciary and fundamental rights. Individual, norms and values (basic Nigeria norms and values, patterns of citizenship acquisition; citizenship and civic responsibilities; indigenous languages, usage and development; negative attitudes and conducts. Cultism, kidnapping and other related social vices). Re-orientation, moral and national values (The 3R’s – Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Re-orientation) Re- orientation Strategies: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), Green Revolution, Austerity Measures, War Against Indiscipline (WAI), War Against Indiscipline and Corruption (WAIC), Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER), National Orientation Agency (NOA). Current socio-political and cultural developments in Nigeria.

Object-oriented approach to information system development, particularly in reference to the earlier stages of analysis and design. Importance of modelling, principles of modelling, object- oriented modelling, conceptual model of the Unified Modelling Language (UML), architecture, software development life cycle. The principles and basic concepts of object orientation and the different aspects of object-oriented modelling as represented by the UML technique. Case study of a typical UML-based CASE tool. Lab Work: Practical exercises on different requirements specification and design activities; developing problem statements, SRS documents and Use Case Diagrams; designing UML Activity diagrams, UML Class diagrams and State Chart diagrams; drawing partial layered, logical architecture diagram with UML package diagram notation; Designing Component and Deployment diagrams.