Courses with Gaps

Statistics systems. Nature, types, sources, methods of collection and problem of official statistics. Index numbers, theory, construction and problems. Descriptive statistics. Basic principles of probability; discrete and continuous random variables (binomial, normal, t, chi-square, Poisson, other univariate distributions); joint distributions; sampling distributions; central limit theorem; properties of estimators; linear combinations of random variables; testing and estimation; maximum likelihood principle, basics of hypotheses testing. Socio-economic indicators: nature, types, uses and computation. Nature, sources, contents and problems of official statistics in selected sectors.

Income tax: nature and incident. Allowances on deductions. Assessment of owners and occupiers of landed property. Taxation of capital estate duty. Capital transfer tax. Elementary principles of national finance with particular reference to central and local government finance. The caucus and principles of taxation. Taxation distinguished from other land burdens. Methods of taxation proprietary interests in land. Income tax. Inheritance tax. Local rates and other statutory charges. National taxation policies relating to land. Organization and administration of rating. Valuation list and preparation objections; proposal and appeals. Assessment of property. Occupation and hereditament. Tone of list; gross value; net annual value; rateable value. Rebus sic stantibus. Rating valuation practice. Hypothetical tenant. Valuation assumptions. Vacant and to let exemptions. Adjustment of gross value to net annual value. Alterations of the valuation list. 400 Level Estate Management

Concepts of peace, conflict and security in a multi-ethnic nation. Types and Theories of Conflicts: ethnic, religious, economic, geo-political conflicts; Structural Conflict Theory, Realist Theory of Conflict, Frustration-Aggression Conflict Theory. Root causes of conflict and violence in Africa: indigene and settlers’ phenomenon; boundaries/boarder disputes; political disputes; ethnic disputes and rivalries; economic inequalities and social disputes. Nationalist movements and agitations. Selected conflict case studies: Tiv-Junkun; Zangon-Kataf chieftaincy and land disputes. Peace building, management of conflicts and security: peace & human development. Approaches to peace & conflict management: religious, government and community leaders. Elements of peace studies and conflict resolution: conflict dynamics assessment scales: constructive & destructive. Justice and legal framework: concepts of social justice. The Nigeria legal system. Insurgency and terrorism. Peace mediation and peace keeping. Peace & security council: international, national and local levels. Agents of conflict resolution: conventions, treaties community policing: evolution and imperatives. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): a) dialogue b) arbitration, c) negotiation d) collaboration. Roles of international organizations in conflict resolution: (a) the United Nations and its conflict resolution organs, (b) the African Union, & its peace and security council (c) ECOWAS in peace keeping. Media and traditional institutions in peace building. Managing post-conflict situations/crisis: refugees. Internally displaced persons (IDPs). The role of NGOs in post-conflict situations/crises. .

Scope of philosophy; notions, meanings, branches and problems of philosophy. Logic as an indispensable tool of philosophy. Elements of syllogism, symbolic logic— the first nine rules of inference. Informal fallacies, laws of thought, nature of arguments. Valid and invalid arguments, logic of form and logic of content — deduction, induction and inferences. Creative and critical thinking. Impact of philosophy on human existence. Philosophy and politics, philosophy and human conduct, philosophy and religion, philosophy and human values, philosophy and character molding. 300 level Ceramics option

An introduction to economics, its scope methodology and relationship to the building/construction industry. Supply and demand considerations, elasticity, GDP, the Nigerian financial system, money and banking regulations. General principles of economics (micro/macroeconomics). The basic problems of resource allocation and modes of production (building components). Factors of production and law of diminishing returns, methods of production, market structures (perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly), structure of the Nigerian economy (real sector, service sector), marketing and sales management, and Pricing methods (demand and supply, tendering procedures). 200 Level

Factors affecting supply and demand for land and buildings. Principles of investment. Stocks and shares. Interest rates and investment yields, the property market methods of valuation. Factors affecting demand and supply of land and buildings of various uses. Outgoings and the different letting arrangements: FRI, IRI. of leases and tenancies. Income patterns and variations. Property valuation process/procedure generally, and of the different methods of valuation: Direct market price comparison, replacement cost. Profit/accounts, and land residual methods. Sources of data for valuation.

Analysis of sales and letting of freehold and leasehold property, use of valuation tables. Effect of income tax on sinking fund, premiums, surrender and renewals of leases. Investment/ income method of valuation approaches: term and reversion, hard-core; traditional/conventional (initial/all-risks yield cum fixed annuity capitalization), modern/contemporary (equated yield cum variable annuity capitalization). Determination of freehold and leasehold investment/initial/all-risk yield: analysis of transactions involving sales and lettings of comparable freeholds let at rack/full rental value. Virtual/sitting rent calculations. Valuations involving freehold currently let at full rental value (FRV) on full repairing and insuring (FRI) basis and currently not let at FRV and not on FRI basis. Valuations involving deferred receipts and payments, and varying incomes. Effects of capital expenditure and present and future premium payments on rental values and valuations associated therewith. Valuations of leaseholds: long and short terms. Effects of income tax on freehold and leasehold valuations and adjustment to the year’s purchase. Applications of statistics and computer techniques in valuation.

Meaning and nature of capital projects: The meaning of management and its role in construction; the planning and controlling roles in management; different stages of planning in the execution of building projects. Practical steps in planning and control during the execution of building projects: Co-ordination, control and supervision of simple and multiple contracts, site layout, introduction to work study; productivity studies. Financing capital projects; working capital, flow of funds.

Introduction to Euro codes for design of building structures, design principles for reinforced concrete structures covering beams, columns, slabs, footings and retaining walls. Slabs: types of slabs, design methods and procedures, One-way spanning solid slabs, One-way spanning ribbed slabs, Two-way spanning solid slabs, restrained solid slabs, Waffle slabs, flat slabs. Columns: Types, loads, classification and design considerations, effective heights of columns, short braced axially loaded columns, short columns subjected to axial load and bending about one axis, symmetrical and unsymmetrical reinforcement, column sections subjected to axial and biaxial bending, design of slender columns. Foundations: Functions, types and general considerations, isolated pad bases/eccentrically loaded pad bases. Wall, strip and combined foundations. Software for reinforced concrete design of building structures. Design One-storey live project. Introduction to deep beam and corbel.

Review of methodologies in Surveying and Geoinformatics. Techniques in research methods. Identification of research problems, review of related literature and justification for the research. Description of data source, acquisition, quality and presentation of data, processing of data. Presentation and analysis of results, research findings, conclusions, recommendations and research contributions to knowledge. Rreferences and appendices.