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Application of different techniques and technologies in land surveying. The uses of common instruments like the quickset, theodolite, plotting of field survey data.

Land Resources. Human settlement and land use in Nigeria. Evolution growth structure and pattern of human settlement. Proprietary land capital and income. Obsolescence and urban renewal. Relocation problems. Economic forces that influence land uses, through succession of land uses and the competition between uses which are evident in the operation of the land market. Economics of land uses in non-market societies. Urban land use and location. Development of the theory of location, economics of location. Land uses and land values, patterns of urban land use. Man-land relationship. Economic and legal concept of land. Rural and urban land uses and theory of allocation. Population pressure and supply and demand for land resources. Urban growth theories: theory of highest and best uses, competition and competing uses. Proprietary land structure in Nigeria. Economic returns to land resources, property values and real estate market, property rights in land resource’s location of theory and land uses. Acquisition and transfer of rights. Leasehold system. Property market and estate investment. Estate development. Public control of land use. Land reform, reform objective and methods. Capital costs and rental income. Urban transportation: problems involved in traffic congestion. Theories on road pricing. Transport-land use in Nigeria. Conservation of land resources. National land policy: relative instruments and empirical guidance. Taxation of landed property. Urban environmental pollution management. Use of economic criteria in public investment and planning.

Concepts in landscape and environmental design - Basic elements of landscape - Climate and landscape design - Landscape design goals, processes and analytical methods - Landscape construction materials and methods - Planting design - Management of landscape in the context of environmental planning. Current innovation in landscape and environmental design (great green wall project) will be examined.

Introduction to gemmology and gem. Identification, gem species, varieties and formation. Gemstone hardness and wear ability. Guide to gem cutting terms and classification.

Nature of contract: Sources of law, concept of bargain, classification. Formation of contract: offer and acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations. Contents of contract: terms, representations exclusion and limiting terms and fundamental breach of terms. Capacity: infants, illiterates, corporations, mental patients and drunken persons. Vitiating elements of a contract: mistake, misrepresentation; duress; illegality and unenforceable contracts. Privity of contract: rules and exceptions. Discharge of contract: by performance, agreement, breach and frustration. Remedies/damages; equitable remedies in outline only, quantum merit claims in quasi contract.

Tort of negligence and nuisance liabilities, interference with contractual relations, the doctrine of vicarious liability. Miscellaneous torts – maintenance and carpentry remedies. Vitiating elements in contract – incapacity mistake, misrepresentation, duress and undue influence. Privy of contract and its exceptions discharge of contracts, remedies for breach of contract, remedies in quasi contract, limitation of actions in contracts.

This course is a continuation study in rendering forms as a visual language, emphasizing the definition of the human form concerning the pictorial space exploring various media. It explores a variety of movements in nude and draped figures, immobile objects. Exercises in quick sketches are aimed at honing drawing skills acquired during the duration of the course. Independent projects that explore personal initiatives towards the mastery of form and their historical antecedents, which culminate in a term paper, are integral to the study.

This course is a continuation study in rendering forms as a visual language, emphasizing the definition of the human form concerning the pictorial space exploring various media. It explores a variety of movements in nude and draped figures, immobile objects. Exercises in quick sketches are aimed at honing drawing skills acquired during the duration of the course. Independent projects that explore personal initiatives towards the mastery of form and their historical antecedents, which culminate in a term paper, are integral to the study.

Local field studies on vegetation, soils, settlements, earth’s resources, landforms, market surveys, population, rural or urban surveys and weather.

Different craft techniques: adhesives, applique`, Bias Tape, Casings, Corners and curves, Elastics, Embroidery, enlarging patterns, Fabrics, Fasteners, Gathering, Hand Sewing, Hems, Interfacing, Machine Stitching, Seams, Stuffing, Transferring Markings, Trims. Drawing patterns in their actual sizes. The making of different Dolls and Toys giving them their distinctive identities/personalities.