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Enamelling. Filigree. Production of cast Jewellery. Construction and assembly of sets of Jewellery. Processes; chasing and repousse. Applique. Exercises on extraction, and adaptation of motif from natural and artificial objects for application on surface of jewellery and metals. Making thumbnail sketches for jewellery design. The sketches will be adapted as motif for different repeat patterns. This course will include presentation of different colour scheme for approval.

This course expounds the role of the metal and jewellery designer, provides the students with knowledge on the various types of metals and jewellery (surface): structural and applied. With more emphasis on the applied design. This will include furnishing design, engraving and embroidery. This course will focus on development of concepts for jewellery and metal design through exercises in basic repeat patterns on paper. Identifying and exploring colour as an element of design, through evolving exercise in creative use for various patterns and symbols

The course draws on the background knowledge on kiln development and fundamentals of kiln firing from the open pit method to the chambered kilns, choice of fuels, combustion, heat transfer to more in-depth details of refractory materials, properties and to determine applications for the various refractories. This will also relay the experience of the technology of harnessing the refractory materials for effective application in heat treatment of ceramic products sintering and materials processing. Students will be exposed to the process of packing and firing of kilns, firing atmosphere, temperature measurement and tools, and how to address possible problems in kiln firing: under-firing, over-firing, daunting, bloating, slogging, carbon trapping, shattering and crazing, kiln repairs and maintenance. Issues on environmental demands of refractory technology and sustainable practices will be considered

The course aims to develop kiln designs and their construction principles with a view of orientating the students on the rule that guides design and construction of kiln. This course provides the student with the fundamental principles that govern kiln design and construction. Materials that are used in the construction of kilns such as kaolin, silica-alumina, combustible organic matter (saw-dust, rice husk), grog, fireclay and other refractory materials are explored. These would lead the students to a practical demonstration of kiln construction, heat measuring tools, and kiln log in kiln–heat management to fire ceramic wares effectively.

The kiln, its origin and development types of the kiln, and their design and operation. Sources of energy for firing kilns – electricity, gas, oil, kerosene, wood and coal. Factors necessary for kiln construction and usage. Kiln furniture – prop shelves, stilt. Kiln filing fuels and energy utilization in the ceramic and glass industries. Technical and economic considerations in the choice of fuels and energy. Introduction to fuel calculation, management, technology, atmosphere, and medium, placement of wares for different firings, the firing, and off-loading. Materials for kiln building. Raw materials for Refractories. Types, the technology of production, and properties of refractories for kiln and furnace building. Special refractories. Modern applications of refractories. Experimental methods of testing and evaluation of refractories.

Kilns and furnaces for ceramic and glass production. Basic history and development of kilns. Classification and types of kilns and furnace. Survey of the principal fuels for ceramic and glass production: solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Bio-fuels. Conventional and non-conventional energy: electrical, solar, nuclear, geothermal energy. Fuels, classification and testing of fuels. Fuels and energy utilisation in the ceramic and glass industries. Technical and economic considerations in the choice of fuels and energy. Introduction to fuel calculation, management and technology. Raw materials for Refractories. Types, technology of production and properties of refractories for kiln and furnace building. Special refractories. Modern applications of refractories. Experimental methods of testing and evaluation of refractories.

Meaning of land. Concept of rent. Land market, price determination, and location theory. Land resources requirements. Comparative and complementary land uses. Demand for land (local and global) and its relation to population and resources. Theories of consumption. Theories of income. Theories of land asset prices. Nature of land investment; decisions and appraisal. Divergence of private and social costs. Problems of resource allocation; conservation of land resources Concept of land use capacity. Concepts of highest and best use. Principle of comparative and absolute advantages; application in allocation of resources. Organization and its effects on values. Reasons for urbanization. Economic advantages and disadvantages of urbanization. Land use values and patterns; value determination. General patterns of land use within urban areas.

Man’s dependence on land. Man/land relationships within physical, economic and institutional frameworks. Importance and nature of decision-making. Descriptive models of decision-making units (‘proprietary’ and ‘social’). Proprietary decisions: goals and motive; criteria for evaluation constraints; households and firms location decision. Development decision-making processes: landowners, developers, and planners. Finance for development; financial institutions. Cost/benefit analysis as an aid to land use decision-making. Relation between proprietary land units: superior, inferior relationships, neighbours, successors. Conflicts between proprietary and social interests; pollution – types of problems and approaches to control. Outline of selected aspects of land policies in Nigeria and elsewhere. Variety of policy frameworks within which land use decision are taken. Land policy and land reform. Land use planning machinery. Rural and agricultural policy. Analysis of land use decisions and problems of land use planning in Nigeria. 300 Level Estate Management

Introduction to the theory of land surveying, Elementary land surveying methods, Chain and tape, prismatic compass, plane table surveying, levelling and production of site plans. Evaluation of technical reports. Identification and solutions to various plane surveying problems Law 208: Land Law (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to: 1. distinguish between proprietary and personal interests and its relevance to land law; 2. distinguish between freehold and leasehold estates, legal and equitable interests in land; 3. explain Trusts of Land with particular reference to co-ownership of the family home including the holding and management of co-owned land, 4. explain legal and equitable formalities for the creation and disposition of estates and interests in land; 5. explain the concept of priority of interests in registered land; and 6. discuss Commercial interests including mortgages, easements and covenants. Course Contents Introduction to basic concepts: Trusts of Land, freehold and leasehold estates, legal and equitable interests. priority of interests in land, mortgages, easements and covenants. Sources of Nigerian land law, classification and types of property, ownership and possession, real property, customary land law; Nature of title to land under customary law. Nature and management of community land. Industrial rights in community land. Creation and determination of family property under customary law.

Methods and applications of land surveying to the building construction industry. The various technologies employed by Professional Land Surveyors in accomplishing their work including levelling. Design and adjustment of surveying instruments, levelling, distant measurement, data collection. Theodolite and compass traversing, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Land Information System (LIS).