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This involves exposure of patients in different units within health care setting external to the University: Hospitals, Health Centres and ambulatory care services. Inter-disciplinary practice.

Introduction to housing. Housing standards. Urban and rural housing. Health requirements of housing – physical, physiological, psychological. Building types – commercial, residential, institutional, industrial, recreational, combined use and many others. use of building certifications. Building site selection. Building technology- drawing and reading of plan. Housing/building codes, edicts, or ordinances, laws and legislation of the various government levels. International and national legislations on housing. Criteria for building approval. Role of environmental health professionals in building approval and registration. Effects of poor housing on health. Overcrowding, slum settings, morbidities, mortalities, accidents, building defects. Public health aspects of the building code. Hazards associated with poor housing. Housing-associated emergencies. Building inspection and reporting. Housing Health Rating System. Attributes of a healthy house. Remedy to building defects. Building decommissioning. Building demolition. Building collapse.

Housing needs, demand and supply. Basic principles guiding housing standards; housing finance; investment by public, private and cooperative sectors, subsidies, loans and mortgage funds. Characteristics of Housing in Nigeria: design methods, construction materials, maintenance, forms and functions of elements. Housing policy: objectives and programmes. Appraisal of existing housing options in Nigeria. Case studies – planned public housing, planned private housing and traditional housing. The universality of the housing problem. Classification of dwellings by building, materials, location, tenure and design variables. Assessing housing needs and demand in quantitative terms. Population structure, household, characteristics of housing, housing delivery systems.

An overview of cell biology; tissue structures and human histology; basic structure of the human body; body planes and positions; the skeleton; regional anatomy of the upper limb, lower limb, thorax and abdomen.

Definition of terms in human nutrition. Chemistry and functions of cell constituents, biosynthesis and functions of nucleic acids. Availability of nutrients. Interrelationship of nutrients. Metabolism of nutrients under different physiological conditions. Effect of diet on biochemical process. Regulatory mechanisms for various nutrients. Inborn errors of metabolism.

Fundamental Principles of mechanics applied to study the physiology of biological systems. Introduction to the basic concepts of continuum mechanics-tensors, finite deformation kinematics, stress, conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy applied to deformable continua; rigid body kinematics in the context of applications in biomechanics. Application of biomechanics in tissues such as bone, ligaments, skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and cartilages. Skeletal muscle and mechanism of movement; biomechanical implications of the sliding filament theory; velocity-force curves; lever mechanics; types of muscle fibres.

Introduction to Biotechnology: Historical background; types, their examples and applications Biotechnology and human health: pharmaceuticals, diagnosis, vaccines, gene therapy, organ replacement therapy, nutrition, environmental health, health prevention, etc. Introduction to Genetic Engineering: history of genetic engineering; cloning; DNA fingerprinting; polymerase chain reaction; summary of DNA fingerprinting; application of GE in fighting diseases. Introduction to Tissue Engineering: basic biological concept– cells, organelles; tissue organisation; tissue dynamics, representative tissue; case studies; barriers to tissue engineering adoptions.

Positive and negative effects of the computers and ICT on human beings and societies; Computing as a profession; organization using computers; sociological impacts of computers; individuals and computers; computer as an audit tool; computers in banking; computer based information systems and telecommunications; computers in consultancy services; design and construction; education; government insurance; stock-brokerage; legal and medical professions

The theory and practices of Human-Computer Interfaces (HCI) from information systems angle would be discussed. Various industry and web HCIs designs will be evaluated from the user- centered perspective utilising information systems. Rapid prototyping and comparative evaluation of design are essential parts of this course. In addition, users’ expectation of interface design, interaction and usability components and user-centered HCI evaluation and development will be covered.