Courses with Gaps

Review of matrix algebra. Theory and propagation of errors. Principles and methods of survey network adjustment. Non-least squares adjustment methods like Bowditch, transit, equal shift and unaltered bearing adjustment methods. Braced quadrilateral and centered polygon adjustment. Linear and nonlinear models, Linearization. Methods of solving systems of linear equations: Direct (ad joint, crammer, elimination/substitution, bordering, Cholesky) methods and indirect or iterative (Jacobi, Gauss-Siedel, SOR) methods. Introduction to least squares adjustment.

Statutory valuation. Effect of legislation on property value. Current legislation in Nigeria. Valuation of property assets of a company. Role of value in the property market. Trends in value. Mortgage valuation, insurance valuation, going concern valuation. Principles and methods involved in the valuation of company assets. Companies and partnerships. Valuation of goodwill. Valuation of plant and machinery. Statutory valuations: property income/withholding tax, capital gains tax, capital transfer tax, estate duty/probate, stamp duty, property rating. A review of procedure, legislation issues and administration. Asset valuation: principles involved in establishing the value to a partnership, company, government and government agencies of its fixed assets: chattels, land/buildings, roads and other infrastructural facilities. Valuations for way-leave, easement and royalty. Land residual valuation issues; site analysis and valuation. Valuation for loan facility: mortgage and trading stock valuations. Going concern value, and market value valuations of a business. Applications of statistical and computer techniques in valuation. Definition and basic characteristics of common minerals. The legal, political, economic and physical bases of mineral ownership. Exploitation, processing and marketing of minerals and their impacts on mineral values. Methods of valuation of different minerals for different purposes.

Site analysis and site valuation. Capitalization of income from freehold interests in property including DCF approach. Capitalization of income from leasehold property. Dual rate adjusted for tax. Single rate valuation of leasehold interests in property. Categories of leasehold investment and valuation approaches. Valuation of leasehold investment; variable profit rents. Calculation of premiums. Renewal and extension of lease. Cost-in-the market area analysis. Effect of planning, current economic conditions and legislation on value of property. Developmental valuation. Mineral valuations; capital, budgeting, cash flow. Residual techniques of valuation. Valuation of specialized properties including petrol filling stations, hotels. Contemporary methods of valuation: capital asset pricing model (CAPM), real value approach, natural model, modified national model. Valuation of special properties: filling stations, hotels, recreational properties like stadia, privately owned schools, hospitals, and other property equipped for business to earn profit. Issues in mineral, plant and machinery valuations. Insurance valuations. Contemporary methods of income property valuation: historical background, real value approach, equated yield approach, real value/equated yield hybrid approach, capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach, Arbitrage valuation model, Hedonic Valuation model. Environmental valuations. Compulsory land acquisition and compensation valuation: The Land Use Act and pre-land use Act legislations, severance and injurious affection, disturbance. Agricultural and cultural artefacts valuations. The Estate Surveyor and Valuer as an expert witness. Identifications and definitions of plant, machinery, equipment and industrial buildings/premises in their categories. Survey, inspection and determination of functional and economic lives and efficiency of plant, machinery and equipment. Theories of depreciation and methods of ascertaining accrued depreciation. Various purposes for which plant machinery, equipment and industrial premises may be valued. Different methods of valuing plants, machinery and equipment

This course is designed to explore multiple theoretical approaches to the study of advertising and the digital media vis-à-vis the dynamics of an ever-changing visual ecology. Chosen texts will be developed to examine the messages’ cultural reflections, nature, and characteristics. Students will initially be required to develop an image bank and an in-depth bibliography of critical texts addressing the construction of visual imagery within a defined period of time and/or location.

A chronological survey of art in Africa beginning with the rock art traditions in Southern Africa dated 70,000 BC typified among others in the Blombos Stone to the Saharan frescos in North Africa, the art of pharaonic Egypt and ancillary traditions of Nubians (Kushite kingdom), Meroe and Axium, Bantu and Sudanese kingdoms and city-states in Africa south of the Sahara to 1,700 AD. The focus shall be on the stylistic progression of forms, symbolism, and the social value of works as metaphors that bear pan-continental identities.

Technology options for various design solutions. Examination of local technology, intermediate technology and examination of technology involved in other parts of the world. Construction methodologies to be explored by the registered Builder for various design solutions are explored. Hypothetical or real-life project scenarios.

Introduction to graphics description and use of drawing equipment, basic drafting techniques, line drawing, scale and proportions, lettering convention, representation on drawing basic descriptive geometry, surface development, inclined cuts and true sections. Effect of light on shape and form, shadow protection rendering techniques. Simple projections, various types of tracing and drawing papers. Standard sizes, right and wrong tiles. Design process with example of a small house project, importance of various spaces, linking of various spaces. Development of elevations. Difference between presentation drawings and working drawings. Introduction to Draughtsman ship. Site: relation of site with design solution, site selection factors for various types of topographic construction of different scales and their uses in practice.

The course introduces majors in art history to the history and methods of the discipline. It surveys the approach and methods adopted by Gorgio Vasari’s Life of the Artists and its artistic biography approach. Johan Joachim Winkelmann, Jacob Burckhardt among others are explored. Topics such as determination of periods, stylistics and atelier attribution and provenance studies, the primitive and the progressive chronology applied to African art history constitute the core of this course.

General introduction to various aspects of surveying, use of simple survey equipment; principles and practice of chain surveying, compass traversing. Introduction to survey draughtsmanship.

General introduction to the various facts of land surveying, determination of vertical distance errors, and corrections in levelling cross-sections and profiles: contouring, enlargement and reduction of maps, years. Introduction to Geographic land information systems, use of basic GPS devices.