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Each student will submit report of his/her project based on original research work carried out under staff supervision. Where applicable, original design of pro-type pattern drafting, clothing construction, fabric design, will be presented in addition. Minimum Academic Standards Textile Equipment Dye Stuffs of various colours Chemicals and reagents Printing inks of various colours Printing machine Digitiser Printing Tables Weaving looms Weaving threads Wax Gloves Stoves Gas Cooker and Cylinders Dye Baths Buckets and bowls Cassava Flour Mesh Brushes Screen Water tank Sketch Pads/Drawing books Light box Laboratory coats Squeegees Tracing paper Staffing Personnel The personnel requirements for the programme should reflect students’ population and the variety of activities to be performed in the classrooms, studios, laboratories and workshops. The ratios should conform to the NUC minimum guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15. Academic Staff The point of entry for each of the recognized academic positions should reflect appropriate academic qualifications, and experience in both teaching and professional practice. Details of the requirements for the various positions are indicated below: Academic Support Personnel Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators are recommended to assist lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practicals and fieldwork. Administrative Support Personnel The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper administration of the departments. These will normally include confidential secretaries, clerical officers, typists, messengers and cleaners. It is important to recruit very competent senior personnel who are technology savvy. Technical Support Personnel The technical support personnel shall consist of technical officers and technologists. It is important to recruit very competent senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. Library In addition to the library resources at the University central library, the programme should be provided with fully equipped library and information technology centre with minimum of 5 computers, Internet connectivity, 5 reference books, 5 periodicals, 5 Journals for each of the areas of specialisation in the programme and audio-visual materials. The computers should be fully connected to the e-library section of the University central library having e-books and e- journals in all areas of specialisation of the programme. Classrooms, Laboratories Clinics Workshops and Offices Space Use Minimum (m²) 17. Professors Office Academic 24 18. Head of Department Administration 24 19. Senior Lecturer Academic 20 20. Lecturer Academic 16 21. Assistant Lecturer Academic 12 22. Senior Technical Staff Technical 12 23. Senior Administrative Staff Administration 12 24. Junior Technical Staff Technical 10 25. Junior Administrative Staff Administration 10 26. Studio Space Students 30 27. Lecture Space Students 75 28. Seminar Space Students 30 29. Laboratory Space Students 30 30. Library Students 35 31. Social Space Students 40 32. Storage Space Students 30 Laboratories 1. Pattern Drafting Laboratory 2. Clothing Construction Laboratory 3. Textile Laboratory with dark room 4. Weaving Laboratory 5. Drawing studio 6. Dyeing studio 7. Exhibition Room 8. Store 9. Departmental Library 10. Offices 11. Lecture rooms/ Classrooms 12. Staff Offices Laboratory Equioment 1. Patten Drafting Tables 2. Stools 3. Ironing Boards 4. Dry and Steam irons 5. Varieties of notions (sewing and embroidery threads, zips, buttons, lace, ribbon, appliqués) 6. Fitting room/ cubicle 7. Full-length mirror 8. Brown papers 9. Knitting machines 10. Fashion Card Software 11. Hand, treadle, electric and industrial Sewing machines 12. Over locking machines 13. Embroidery machines 14. Electric Cutter 15. Stoning Machines 16. Mannequins 17. Thimbles 18. Tracing wheel 19. Long Rulers 20. French Curves 21. Varieties of Scissors 22. Fabrics 23. Fashion Catalogues B. Sc / B. Tech. Environmental Management

Research meaning, purpose and research types. Key elements of research methods and procedures, definition of research problems, stating objectives research hypothesis, literature review and reference citation, materials to be consulted for literature review, acknowledging sources of information, research methodology – Research design, area of study, population of study, sample size and various sampling techniques, method of data collection, post study validity and reliability of instrument, types of validity and reliability of instrument, types of validity and reliability method of data analysis, presentation of results, dissension of findings, summary, recommendation and conclusion. Reference and appendix. Introduction. Definition of research, steps in research process, differentiation between social, and natural science variables and concepts in theory building.

Presentation of final year post-Data projects by student.

Opportunity Identification (Sources of business opportunities in Nigeria, Environmental scanning, Demand and supply gap/unmet needs/market gaps/Market Research, Unutilised resources, Social and climate conditions and Technology adoption gap). New business development (business planning, market research). Entrepreneurial Finance (Venture capital, Equity finance, Micro finance, Personal savings, Small business investment organizations and Business plan competition). Entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce (Principles of marketing, Customer Acquisition & Retention, B2B, C2C and B2C models of e-commerce, First Mover Advantage, E- commerce business models and Successful E-Commerce Companies,). Small Business Management/Family Business: Leadership & Management, Basic book keeping, Nature of family business and Family Business Growth Model. Negotiation and Business communication (Strategy and tactics of negotiation/bargaining, Traditional and modern business communication methods). Opportunity Discovery Demonstrations (Business idea generation presentations, Business idea Contest, Brainstorming sessions, Idea pitching). Technological Solutions (The Concept of Market/Customer Solution, Customer Solution and Emerging Technologies, Business Applications of New Technologies - Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual/Mixed Reality (VR), Internet of Things (IoTs), Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Renewable Energy. Digital Business and E-Commerce Strategies).

Uses of computers in statistical computing. Introduction to various statistical packages. Use of statistical packages in solving problems in statistics. spread sheet applications. Such as SPSS, STATA, MINITAB. can be used to demonstrate statistical methodology.

Definition of fashion merchandising and merchandising concepts and terminologies -(Fashion cycle, fashion trend, fashion design, fashion forecasting, fashion predictors, fashion image, fashion store image, fashion leader, fashion followers, couture mass fashion, fads.). The stages of fashion cycle, fashion cycle in relation to fashion innovation and diffusion. Theories of fashion diffusion. The roles of fashion leaders and fashion followers. The concept of fashions followership and reasons for followership. Fashion merchandising concepts: Merchandiser, market -target market, retailing demand, consumer education, market survey, inventory, assortment planner, Assortment planner, assortment planning, balanced assortment, characteristics of assortment plans- size - price - colours - seasons. Principles and scope of fashion industry, types of different merchandising in the fashion industry namely, retail, export and visual. The structure of fashion merchandising in the fashion industrial viz –strategies –buying, the intangibles of fashion, fashion as mirror of the time. Meaning of Environment, the components of environment and environmental factors (sociological factors, psychological factors and economic factors) that influence fashion interest and demand. Definition of sales promotion, strategies for promoting sales of fashion merchandise – (Advertising, display, personal selling, direct marketing, publicity). The skills needed to succeed in the competitive fashion/ garment production- (Marketing skills, Production skills, communication and inter personal skills, creativity with great sense of style, good eye for materials, strong visualization abilities). Definition of branding in fashion merchandizing, the relevance of branding in fashion industries. Areas of Branding- (Customer profiling, Building a brand, Luxury brands, Brand promotion, Brand protection). Relevance of store image and fashion image to the fashion Merchant. Online marketing. Definition of policy, types of policies in relation to fashion merchandising. Effect of policies on fashion merchandising.

Definition of textile fibre and textile terms (yarn, filament, staple fabric, selvedge, warp yarns, weft yarns, grain, man-made fibre, fabric thread count); sources and classification of textile fibres. Methods of fibres identification. Properties/characteristics of textile fibres. Methods of fabric production (woven fabrics, basic weaves- plain weave, twill weave, satin weave), knitting, quilting, crocheting, lacing, bonding, netting, felting and lamination. Fabric finishes, purpose of fabric finishes, types of fabric finishes (beetling, calendaring, mercerization, sniggering, sizing, bleaching, carbonizing, abrasion resistant, shrinkage control, water-proof finish, moth proof, mildew control). Types of fabrics (cotton, linen, wool, silk, rayon, acetate, nylon/polyamide, polyester and acrylic fabrics). Fabric combinations, blends and mixtures. Reasons for fabric combinations. Uses and care of different fabrics.

History of Textile, textile design materials and techniques; traditional, contemporary and exotic methods of textile design; Theories, methods and practices of textile in two dimensions; paper design for fabric reproduction for all textile production techniques, colour separation of paper work for exposure, (Negative and positive). Design work for all resist’s method of fabric production with special emphasis on African traditional motifs. Transfer of colour separated paper works on mesh using different methods-hand application, photo chemicals. (Wood Block Printing, Silk Screen Printing, Roller Printing, Transfer Printing, Rotary Printing). Conversion of two- dimensional paper works to a functional textile product of all the techniques: printing (stencilling, screen, stamp). Resist (starch, batik, tie-dye, fold &dye, stitch & dye). Organising exhibition, tips to organizing an exhibition (Planning and Preparation, Budgeting, Location, Venue, Perks of the Venue, theme of the event, Consumer Interest, Marketing, send invites, publicise the event, logistics and transport, use of social media to promote the event, Following-Up); generating profits from exhibitions (sales of tickets, obtaining sponsors, selling exhibition space). Visits a textile factory.

Opportunity Identification (Sources of business opportunities in Nigeria, Environmental scanning, Demand and supply gap/unmet needs/market gaps/Market Research, Unutilised resources, Social and climate conditions and Technology adoption gap). New business development (business planning, market research). Entrepreneurial Finance (Venture capital, Equity finance, Micro finance, Personal savings, Small business investment organizations and Business plan competition). Entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce (Principles of marketing, Customer Acquisition & Retention, B2B, C2C and B2C models of e-commerce, First Mover Advantage, E- commerce business models and Successful E-Commerce Companies,). Small Business Management/Family Business: Leadership & Management, Basic book keeping, Nature of family business and Family Business Growth Model. Negotiation and Business communication (Strategy and tactics of negotiation/bargaining, Traditional and modern business communication methods). Opportunity Discovery Demonstrations (Business idea generation presentations, Business idea Contest, Brainstorming sessions, Idea pitching). Technological Solutions (The Concept of Market/Customer Solution, Customer Solution and Emerging Technologies, Business Applications of New Technologies - Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual/Mixed Reality (VR), Internet of Things (IoTs), Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Renewable Energy. Digital Business and E-Commerce Strategies).