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Concept of Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship/Corporate Entrepreneurship,). Theories. Rationale and relevance of Entrepreneurship (Schumpeterian and other perspectives. Risk- Taking. Necessity and opportunity-based entrepreneurship and Creative destruction). Characteristics of Entrepreneurs (Opportunity seeker. Risk taker. Natural and Nurtured. Problem solver and change agent. Innovator and creative thinker). Entrepreneurial thinking (Critical thinking. Reflective thinking. and Creative thinking). Innovation (Concept of innovation. Dimensions of innovation. Change and innovation. Knowledge and innovation). Enterprise formation. partnership and networking (Basics of Business Plan. Forms of business ownership. Business registration and Forming alliances and join ventures). Contemporary Entrepreneurship Issues (Knowledge. Skills and Technology. Intellectual property. Virtual office. Networking). Entrepreneurship in Nigeria (Biography of inspirational Entrepreneurs. Youth and women entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship support institutions. Youth enterprise networks and Environmental and cultural barriers to entrepreneurship). Basic principles of e-commerce.

Anatomy, physiology, design as well as safety of fixed appliances. Introduction to types of crown designs and the materials used in the fabrication of the crowns such as acrylic jacket crown, porcelain jacket crown, and evolution of porcelain crown, the use of modern ceramics such as Zirconia crown. All-metal crown, three-quarter crowns, half-crown, and their different modes of facing. The study of metallurgy and its function in providing the foundation for crown construction.

Introduction to different types of bridge designs. Classification of bridges, the various materials, and equipment used for the fabrication of bridges. Resin-bonded bridges, All ceramic bridges, all- ceramic bridges, ceramic metal bridges. Laboratory stages in the construction of bridges.

Cell structure and organisation. Functions of cellular organelles. Characteristics and classification of living things. Chromosomes, genes their relationships and importance. General reproduction. Interrelationships of organisms (competitions, parasitism, predation, symbiosis, commensalisms, mutualism, saprophytism); heredity and evolution (introduction to Darwinism and Lamarkism. Mendelian laws. Explanation of key genetic terms), elements of ecology and types of habitats.

Basic characteristics, identification and classification of viruses, bacteria and fungi. A generalised survey of the plant and animal kingdoms based mainly on the study of similarities and differences in the external features. Ecological adaptations. Briefs on physiology to include nutrition, respiration, circulatory systems, excretion, reproduction, growth and development.

Common laboratory hazards: prevention and first aid; measurements in biology; uses and care of microscope: compound and dissecting microscope. Biological drawings and illustration, scaling, accuracy and proportion; use of common laboratory apparatus and laboratory experiments designed to illustrate the topics covered in BIO 101.

Anatomy of flowering plants, primary vegetative body: stem, leaf and root to show the mature tissues namely parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma, xylem and phloem. Types of fruits and seeds. Care and use of dissecting kits and other biological wares. Dissection and general histology of animal tissues based on vertebrate forms. Morphology and functions of epithelial, muscular, nervous and connective tissues. Examination of various groups of lower invertebrates under microscopes, identification of various groups of organisms in Animal Kingdom. And any experiment designed to emphasise the practical aspects of topics in BIO 102

Atoms, molecules, elements and compounds and chemical reactions. Modern electronic theory of atoms. Electronic configuration, periodicity and building up of the periodic table. Hybridisation and shapes of simple molecules. Valence Forces; Structure of solids. Chemical equations and stoichiometry; Chemical bonding and intermolecular forces, kinetic theory of matter. Elementary thermochemistry; rates of reaction, equilibrium and thermodynamics. Acids, bases and salts. Properties of gases. Redox reactions and introduction to electrochemistry. Radioactivity.

Historical survey of the development and importance of Organic Chemistry; Fullerenes as fourth allotrope of carbon. uses as nanotubules. nanostructures. nanochemistry. Electronic theory in organic chemistry. Isolation and purification of organic compounds. Determination of structures of organic compounds including qualitative and quantitative analysis in organic chemistry. Nomenclature and functional group classes of organic compounds. Introductory reaction mechanism and kinetics. Stereochemistry. The chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers, amines, alkyl halides, nitriles. Aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives. The Chemistry of selected metals and non-metals. Comparative chemistry of group IA, IIA and IVA elements. Introduction to transition metal chemistry.

Laboratory experiments designed to reflect topics presented in courses CHM 101 and CHM 102. These include acid-base titrations. qualitative analysis. redox reactions. gravimetric analysis. data analysis and presentation.