CCMAS Course Search

Statutory valuation. Effect of legislation on property value. Current legislation in Nigeria. Valuation of property assets of a company. Role of value in the property market. Trends in value. Mortgage valuation, insurance valuation, going concern valuation. Principles and methods involved in the valuation of company assets. Companies and partnerships. Valuation of goodwill. Valuation of plant and machinery. Statutory valuations: property income/withholding tax, capital gains tax, capital transfer tax, estate duty/probate, stamp duty, property rating. A review of procedure, legislation issues and administration. Asset valuation: principles involved in establishing the value to a partnership, company, government and government agencies of its fixed assets: chattels, land/buildings, roads and other infrastructural facilities. Valuations for way-leave, easement and royalty. Land residual valuation issues; site analysis and valuation. Valuation for loan facility: mortgage and trading stock valuations. Going concern value, and market value valuations of a business. Applications of statistical and computer techniques in valuation. Definition and basic characteristics of common minerals. The legal, political, economic and physical bases of mineral ownership. Exploitation, processing and marketing of minerals and their impacts on mineral values. Methods of valuation of different minerals for different purposes.

Site analysis and site valuation. Capitalization of income from freehold interests in property including DCF approach. Capitalization of income from leasehold property. Dual rate adjusted for tax. Single rate valuation of leasehold interests in property. Categories of leasehold investment and valuation approaches. Valuation of leasehold investment; variable profit rents. Calculation of premiums. Renewal and extension of lease. Cost-in-the market area analysis. Effect of planning, current economic conditions and legislation on value of property. Developmental valuation. Mineral valuations; capital, budgeting, cash flow. Residual techniques of valuation. Valuation of specialized properties including petrol filling stations, hotels. Contemporary methods of valuation: capital asset pricing model (CAPM), real value approach, natural model, modified national model. Valuation of special properties: filling stations, hotels, recreational properties like stadia, privately owned schools, hospitals, and other property equipped for business to earn profit. Issues in mineral, plant and machinery valuations. Insurance valuations. Contemporary methods of income property valuation: historical background, real value approach, equated yield approach, real value/equated yield hybrid approach, capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach, Arbitrage valuation model, Hedonic Valuation model. Environmental valuations. Compulsory land acquisition and compensation valuation: The Land Use Act and pre-land use Act legislations, severance and injurious affection, disturbance. Agricultural and cultural artefacts valuations. The Estate Surveyor and Valuer as an expert witness. Identifications and definitions of plant, machinery, equipment and industrial buildings/premises in their categories. Survey, inspection and determination of functional and economic lives and efficiency of plant, machinery and equipment. Theories of depreciation and methods of ascertaining accrued depreciation. Various purposes for which plant machinery, equipment and industrial premises may be valued. Different methods of valuing plants, machinery and equipment

Detailed classification of anaesthetic agents; pre-anaesthetic classification of small animals; small ruminants; large ruminants; equine; sub-human primates; porcine; reptiles and avian species; Use and monitoring of local; regional; dissociative and general anaesthesia in wild and domestic animals; Recognizing and management of anaesthetic crises; Laboratory classes in small ruminants and small animals

Concepts of normality; electrolyte acid base balance; Carbohydrate; lipid; protein and mineral metabolism in health and disease; evaluation of liver; pancreatic; gastrointestinal and endocrine functions

Advanced study of exfoliates in organ and tissue biopsies and their interpretation in diagnostic and clinical pathology; Emphasis would be placed on microscopic evaluation and screening of smears from organs; effusions and tissue biopsies

The development of conceptus and the associated problems (Teratology); Methods of pregnancy diagnosis; obstetrical problems and their causes (maternal; fetal; presentational; postural; positional; monstrosities); Injuries and diseases incidental to parturition; diagnosis; management and prevention; Practical in institutional and commercial farms

Introduction and general characteristics; structure and taxonomy of mammalian viruses; Epidemiology of viral diseases; Viruses; viroids; and prions of veterinary and medical importance

Biochemistry of viral replication; RNA-directed DNA polymerases; Site-specific and general recombination in phage lambda; Assay of viruses; Viral nucleic acid replication; Inhibition of viral replication; Slow virus diseases; Viral interference and interferons; Tumor virology; Viral immunology and pathogenicity; Techniques in viral diagnosis; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS; Management of viral diseases

Important zoo and wild-life animal diseases will be taught; Instructions on some aspects of wild-life management will be provided; Laboratory courses will consist of demonstration in form of field trip to renowned zoos and game reserves; Candidate will also be required to present a detailed clinical review based on capture; restrain; examination and clinical procedures

Goals of plant breeding; Plant introduction and germplasm collections; Centers of genetic diversity and origin of cultivated plants; Genetic basis of selection: pure line theory; quantitative inheritance and heritability; Apomixis; incompatibility and sterility; Haploidy and polyploidy and their significance in plant breeding; Uses of anueploids in plant breeding; Breeding methods for self and cross-fertilized crop species; Backcross breeding; mutation breeding; resistance breeding for diseases; pests and drought; Quality breeding; seed testing and certification; Cell fusion and anther culture in plant breeding; Crop domestication and utilization in medicine