Course Gaps at Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere - Ekiti

Dynamics of microbial populations in air; water and soil; Distribution and survival of aerial and aquatic microorganisms; Biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and chemical elements; Application of microbial systems in water purification; waste management and pollution control; Recent advances in biotransformation and bioremediation

Detailed chemistry of specific foods; Role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in microbial deterioration of foods; Microbial food-borne infections and food intoxications; Quality assurance in the food industry; Role of microbial enzymes in the food industry; Food production and processing; Indigenous fermented foods in Africa and Nigeria; Optimization of food processing methods; Use of prebiotics and probiotics in foods

Principles of Gene expression; Recombinant DNA Technology; Applications of Genetic Engineering in Medicine; Industry and Agriculture; Hybridization; Polymerase Chain Reaction and Microarray Techniques; Mapping of prokaryotic genomes e.g; E; coli genome libraries; SAGE DNA chip technology; Functional genomics computer analysis; proteomics

Development and re-development process. Property management in relation to social, political, economic, physical and location aspects. Property management process – strategy of estate owners and choice of alternative to achieve owner’s objectives. Estate-cycle and problems of obsolescence. Principles of estate management applicable to management of public and private estate, new towns, expanding towns, local authority redevelopment area. Implications for estate management of legislation pertinent to relationship between the landlord and tenant. Marketing and agency: legal positions of principal and agent; methods of sale promotion, selling market segmentation; market research, market planning, total project management. Parties involved in property development. Data and information for property development. Sources of finance and funding arrangements for development. Feasibility Studies – residential/commercial properties. Effect of government policy in development process with emphasis on land policy implications. Management of institutional housing and commercial estates: principles, procedures, and problems. Rule of thumb in real estate practice. Common scheduling tools, including critical path method and bar charts as an aid in project planning, budgeting, and cost control. Also introduces the gathering, processing, and evaluation of project information for effective project control.

General introduction to various aspects of surveying, use of simple survey equipment; principles and practice of chain surveying, compass traversing. Introduction to survey draughtsmanship.

General introduction to the various facts of land surveying, determination of vertical distance errors, and corrections in levelling cross-sections and profiles: contouring, enlargement and reduction of maps, years. Introduction to Geographic land information systems, use of basic GPS devices.

The course is planned to equip the undergraduates in all the disciplines of health sciences with the necessary tools and skills for collecting, analysing, interpreting data quantitatively. Topics to be covered include: The central role of statistics in health sciences disciplines, data description, elements of probability. Description of random variables. Applications of the binomial and normal distributions. Estimation and confidence intervals. Contingency tables. Regression and variance analysis. Study design and hypothesis testing for practical purposes. Students are provided with specific data to work on and are also required to develop simple questionnaire protocols for analysis.

Statutory and Local Authority requirements. Site preparation: Clearing of bushes, grubbing up roots, top vegetable soil excavation, reduced soil excavation, reduced level excavation, dewatering, extermination of termite nests. Types of engineering soils: Importance of soil investigation. Sequence of building operations. Setting out of a simple building, using builders square, 3-4-5 Method, and checking the accuracy of setting out. Classification and properties of building materials, survey of current types of materials and methods used in building construction, concrete (cement, aggregate, water), timber, plastic and steel framing systems; masonry construction; interior and exterior finishes. Students are introduced to preliminary and basic construction processes in the construction of buildings. Types of foundation (strip, pile, pad and raft), functional requirements of foundations, trenching excavation and support, types and functional requirements of floors such as solid ground floor and raised timber ground floors.

Introduction to demographic and the emphasis is on the use of demographic materials and methods for planning, policy analysis, and evaluative research in public health. Emphasis should be placed on the demographic features of the Nigerian population, its size, composition and distribution should be highlighted. Response of demography to mortality, fertility and migration. Health need of each population group and health planning in relation to demography. The course gives an overview of the Nigerian population policies. Trends in general population growth are featured prominently in the course. Topics to cover include: sources and quality of data from census, special surveys, and other vital registration systems. Students are to present the descriptive statistics and graphics with report writing and submit assigned projects.

Computer devices, Data collection, Evidence Collection, Extraction and preservation of evidence, Data Recovery, Evidence preservation, verification & authentication, Data Discovery & Identification, Data Analysis, Computer Forensics Tools, Data Hiding Techniques, Computer forensics and mobile forensics.