Courses with Gaps

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

Concepts of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and attitudes needed in the 21st century in the field of Physiology, definition of small business, strengths and weaknesses of small business, trends expected of small businesses, ethics and social responsibility - the role that values play in ethical behaviour and the importance of ethics; ethics versus social responsibility, the business plan in Physiology; the need for a business plan, the steps in the preparation of a business plan and financial plans, location of a business in Physiology; importance of site selection for a business, processes for selecting the right site for a business, financing a business in Physiology; estimating the money needed to launch a new business, ways to raise money for a new business, organizational planning for a business in Physiology; staffing. training and organizational charts.

The basics of three-phase circuits, connections, voltage and current analysis and real and reactive power calculations; the fundamentals of electricity conversion from the form supplied by the source to the forms required by the load; power electronic conversion techniques, including the basic converters (DC-DC, AC-DC and DC-AC) and their power switching and control methods; the methods of circuit analysis applicable to switched mode circuits; essential properties of the relevant semiconductor devices; simple converters for practical applications. Topics: Characteristics of power devices; DC-DC converters; AC Current, Voltage and Power; Effects of power electronics on AC power Rectifiers (AC-DC converters) and Inverters (DC-AC converters).

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.

Fabrication of partial and complete acrylic complete and temporary partial dentures from impressions to review). Use of facebow and articulators in transferring and mounting records. Surveying casts and designing metal frameworks (performed). Casting of metal frameworks (observed). Fabrication of maxillary obturators (observed). Fabrication of occlusal appliances (observed). Filling out of laboratory request forms.

The course deals with nutrition issues, which affect the nutritional states of the community. Classification of food. Nutritional value of food and its health effect. Obesity and its health implications. The topics presented are developed within the framework of specific age groups. Areas covered include identification of community nutritional problems, needs, and resources available. Also, emphasis will be directed on planning and administration of programs and services. Evaluation of program effects and developments of skills in the areas of nutrition, education, and communication. Attention will also be focused on national nutrition goals. Skills will be directed at community nutrition surveys in children 0 – 5 years and school children up to the age of 18 years. National nutrition policy. Government work plans will be reviewed to assess the dietary patterns in the community. Special diets in health and during illness are discussed. Students are expected to participate actively in community and institutional nutritional surveys using the structured questionnaire prepared by staff and students. 400 Level

Introduction: Drug – receptor interaction; affinity and [intrinsic activity; occupancy theory; Rate Theory; Drug receptor interactions; law of mass action, enzyme-substrate interaction. dose- response relationship – Graphical and Derivation of receptor affinity PD2; Competitive Antagonism. The Gaddum-Schild Equation for Affinity constant of competitive antagonists; Non-competitive antagonism, Partial agonist; Competitive non-competitive antagonism. Pharmacodynamic prediction from pharmacokinetic data (one compartment model). Receptor desensitisation, Mechanisms of Post-receptor transduction. Introduction to Biostatistics, Normal distribution, Mean probit transformation, standard Deviation and standard Error. T-tests paired and unpaired, chi- square Test, Analysis of variance, Poisson Distribution. Physiology and Pharmacology courses are the minor and major courses in a BSc Pharmacology programme worldwide. Students must therefore be well grounded in them upon graduation to be able to pursue a successful career. Physiology provides the theoretical basis of normal body function while pharmacology explains how drugs and chemicals exert correction in situations of altered physiology. These two courses transverse all organs/systems of the human body and span 200 to 400 Levels of the BSc Pharmacology programme.

Fundamental structural components of the railway track and how they are designed to withstand the effects of train and environmental forces so that the railway foundation is adequately protected and train / track operating costs, passenger comfort and safety are kept within acceptable limits. Track structure as a whole and its components parts including the rails, fastenings, sleepers, ballast, the formation and subsoil. Switches and crossings and the overhead line electrification system. Aspects of concreted (slab track). Track maintenance.