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ABE 304
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At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. Apply extension strategies to adopt technologies on Nigerian small rural farms from the understanding of rural sociology; 2. Apply appropriate financial system to...
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Management decision making. Functions of management planning, organisation, staffing,
directing and controlling. Financial management. Principles of extension: diffusion, adoption
and rejection of innovations. Communication and leadership in agricultural extension.
ABE 599
3
The project will enable students to: 1. Synthesis all that was learnt in the programme to develop a technology or obtain data that can be deployed to solving a major agricultural and biosystems engineering problem.
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Individual student project to deepen knowledge, strengthen practical experience and
encourage creativity and independent work. The project ends in a comprehensive written
report.
Minimum Academic Standards
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Minimum Laboratories, Workshops and Studios
Category Minimum Requirement
Farm Power and Machinery Engineering
Laboratories Soil and Water Engineering
Agricultural Processing and Storage Engineering
Farm Structures and Environmental Control Engineering
Workshops Farm Mechanics
Machinery Maintenance
Studio Engineering Graphics and Drawing
List of Laboratories/Workshops/Equipment/Instruments/Tools
Farm Power and Machinery Laboratory
S/No. Equipment
1 Tractors for field operation
2 Disc and moldboard ploughs
3 Disc ridger
4 Disc harrow-offset and tandem
5 Planter with fertilizer unit
6 Seed drill
7 Hydraulic boom and hand sprayers
8 Grain combine harvester
9 Agricultural trailer
10 Conveyor test belt
11 Knapsack sprayer test rig
12 Tillage and traction model study unit
13 Single cylinder engine test bed
14 Variable compression ration petrol engine test bed
15 Tractor power take-off dynamometre
16 Exhaust calorimetre heat exchanger
17 Fuel consumption measurement system for engine testing
18 Lubricating oil rig
19 Hydraulic power pack
20 Tractor model showing working parts
21 Six speed gear box
22 Tractor real axle section
23 Tractor electrical system
24 Basic transducers for measuring torque, pressure, temperature, etc.
25 Tachometre
26 Single Axle Tractor
27 Blacksmith Furnace
28 Soil Bin for traction Studies
29 PTO 3-pt linkage Dynamometre
30 Drawbar Dynamometre
31 Ergometre (Hand, Bicycle)
32 Stethoscope
33 Oxygen metre
34 Four-cylinder engine test bed
35 Soil cone penetrometer
36 Solar PV modules
37 Inverters
38 Charge controllers
39 Deep cycle batteries
40 Solar PV training kits
41 Gas chromatograph analyseanalyser for biogas
42 Laboratory anaerobic digester systems
43 Laboratory wind turbine
44 Laboratory wind energy conversion kit
45 Laboratory hydro-power kit
46 Mechanical tool box
47 Electrical tool box
48 Solarimetres
49 Sun metres
Soil and Water Laboratory
S/No. Equipment
1 General Purpose Theodolite
2 Liquid prismatic compass
3 Surveyor’s umbrella
Stereoscope
4
5 Nylon-coated steel tapes-50m
6 Leveling staff
7 Abney level
8 Planimetres
9 Physical Survey Basic Set (Pocket Altimetre, range finder, automatic level set,
double prismatic square, ranging rods, land chains-30m, chain, arrows,
clinometres)
10 Soil Sampling Augers
11 Soil Texture set
12 Sieve sets with shaking machine
13 Centrifuge
14 Weighing balance
15 Tension metres
16 Double ring Infiltrometre
17 Various types of flumes
18 Current Metres
19 Pump test set
20 Pump impeller display panel
21 Laboratory infiltration apparatus
22 Sprinkler irrigation set
23 Drip irrigation set
24 Rainfall simulator
25 Rain gauges
26 Hydrological cycle apparatus
27 Constant head permeametres
28 Falling head permeametres
29 Oven
30 Irrigation pipes
31 Beakers
32 Funnels
33 Measuring cylinders-10ms
34 Plain roller
35 Thermometres
36 Hydrometres
37 Rammers
38 Compaction mould
39 Spatula
40 Soil scoops
41 Tensiometre
42 Permeametre
43 Penetrometre/Penetro-logger
44 Soil auger
45 Soil extruder
46 Portable soil metre
47 Analytical balance
48 Electrical balance (3kg)
49 Timer (electric)
50 Stopwatch
51 Liquid limit device machine
52 Glass plate for plastic limit
53 Proctor mould
54 Density bottle
55 High speed stirrer
56 Automatic soil compactor
57 Shrinkage limit apparatus
58 Neutron probe
59 Lysimetres
Agricultural Processing and Storage Laboratory
S/No. Equipment
1 Standard Rheometres (Digital)
2 Standard Rheometres (Analogue)
3 Muffler furnace
4 Refrigeration and air conditioning cycles kits impact test apparatus (ACV)
5 Elastic behaviours test kits standing hydraulic press
6 Portable crane hoist
7 Vernier calipers
8 Micrometre screw gauges
9 Extrusion press
10 Strain gauges
11 Steam boilers
12 Assorted measuring tools
13 Assorted woodwork tools
14 Assorted carpentry tools
15 Various hand tools
16 Assorted instruments
17 Assorted tools for maintenance, repairs
18 Gas calorimetres
19 Bomb calorimetres
20 Power jack
21 Stroboscope
22 Grading machine
23 Laboratory gravity separator
24 Hammer mills with kit
25 Burr mill with kit
26 Sets of Tyler sieves
27 Métier Electronic (digital readout) balance Universal testing machine)
28 CBR machine (digital)
29 Wind Tunnel (terminal velocity equipment)
30 Drum-type mixers
31 Vibrators
32 Thermocouple print thermometres
33 Crack detection microscopes
34 Ordinary microscopes
35 Modulus of elasticity kit
36 Electronic extensometer
37 Pendulum impact tester
38 Dry-ice maker
39 Hydraulic extruder
40 Dry shrinkage test machine
41 Colour standard test
42 Laboratory air compressors
43 Moisture determination balance
44 Stop watches, omega
45 Conductivity metre (Wind tunnel for TV)
46 Magnetic stirrers
47 pH-metre (Digital)
48 Laboratory trolley wheel barrows portable digital press
49 Dry mixers
50 Muffle oven
51 Infra-red moisture metre
52 Dryers
53 Drying test apparatus
54 Centrifugal fans
55 Axial fans
56 Cold storage cabins
57 Cabinet refrigerators
58 Deep freezers
59 Humidity measuring equipment
60 Incubations
61 Microwave ovens
62 Air conditioning units
63 Tachometre
64 Robin mixers
65 Tensiometre
66 Silos
67 Shelling machine
68 Centrifuge, standing type
69 Planimetres
70 Stabilizers
71 Laboratory air cleaning machine
72 Laboratory sorting machines
73 Laboratory grading machines
74 Laboratory gravity separators
75 Grain storage bins
76 Centrifugal fans
77 Axial flow fans
78 Grain moisture metres
79 Compression testing machine
80 Tension test machine
81 C.B.R Marshall Tester
82 C.B.R Mould and accessories
83 Feed mill (complete)
84 Apparatus for tensile tests
85 Apparatus for compression tests
86 Bulk density measuring machine
87 Portable water pumps
88 Grain storage bins
89 Thermometres
90 Sieve shakers
91 Digital weighing balances
92 Standard floor weighing machine, 1000kg
93 Top loading electronic balance
94 Sunshine recorders
95 Standard drawing boards sets
96 Coefficient of friction test apparatus
97 Table top inclination plane (Adjustable)
98 Standard inclination plane (Adjustable)
99 Electrical motor- 10hp
100 Thermographs
101 Pre-cleaners
102 Oil expellers
103 Juice extractor
104 Desiccators
105 Stop watches/clocks
106 Rotary evaporators
107 Gas chromatograph
108 pH-metres
109 Egg incubator
110 Glassware (Assorted)
111 Standard generator
112 Individual computer set
113 Laptops
114 Printers
115 Special computer tables
116 Complete public address sets, high voltage, high frequency
117 Projectors
118 Field vehicles
119 Photocopiers
120 Laboratory chairs, tables, and complete form work
Farm Structure and Environmental Control Laboratory
S/No. Equipment
Load Measurement Equipment
1 Compression testing machine
2 Integral boss load measuring rings on compression and tension application
3 100-kN compression/500-kN tension machine
4 33-kN flexural and transverse machine
5 100kN heavy beam flexural and transverse machine
6 Drying and weighing:
7 General purpose electric laboratory oven
8 Incubators
9 Electronic weighing machine
10 Semi-automatic balance
11 Counter flat form scale
12 Mettle weighing machine
13 Spring balance
Soil Equipment
1 Melting pot
2 Extruder (big and small)
3 Sample mixer
4 Liquid limit device machine
5 Grooving tools
6 Spatulas (big and small)
7 Measuring cans
8 Glass plate for plastic limit
9 Shrinkage limit apparatus
10 Density bottle
11 High speed stirrer
12 Hydrometre (big and small)
13 Standard compaction rammer
14 Automatic soil compactor
15 Procter mould
16 Compaction mould
17 C.B.R -Marshall Tester
18 C.B.R -Mould and accessories
19 Sand cone
20 Trays (big and small)
21 Scoops
22 Desiccators
23 Field density tools
24 Field density spoons
25 Field rubber headed mailer
26 Field club hammers
27 Field density chisel
28 Field metal dibber tool
29 Field scrappers
30 Field density hand pick
31 Field steel pointed rod
32 Glass jar
33 Mortar
34 Rubber headed pestle
35 Glass evaporating dish
36 Filter paper
37 Conical beaker
Concrete Equipment
1 Slip test apparatus
2 Compacting factor apparatus
3 Penetrometre
4 100mm cube mould
5 150mm cube mould
6 Bean mould
7 Cylinder mould
8 Standard curing tank
9 Three-gang mould for 50mm mortal cube
10 Hand steel float
11 Head pans
12 Wheel barrows
13 Diggers
14 Band trowel
Sand Aggregates and Fillers Equipment
1 Aggregate impact value apparatus abrasion machine
2 Metal measurement (115mm x 180mm deep)
3 Asphalt Equipment
4 Thermometre
5 Laboratory thermometer
6 Surface thermometer
7 Muffler furnace
8 General Equipment
9 Distiller
10 Measuring tapes
11 Refrigerator
12 Stain gauge indicators
13 Sieve shakers
14 Sets of sieves
15 Set of 200mm diametre (various sizes)
16 Set of 300mm diametre (various sizes)
17 Set of 450mm diametre (various sizes)
18 Vanier caliper
19 Shear box
20 Oedometre (Consolidometre)
21 AAS
22 Automatic weather station
23 Current metre
24 Geometre
25 High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Agricultural Engineering Workshops
Farm Mechanics Workshop
S/No. Equipment
Measuring Tools and Instruments
1 Pocket rule with belt clip (235m)
2 Steel measuring tape caliper rule
3 Procession external micrometre
4 Universal measuring instrument for depth measurement
5 Procession inside micrometre
6 Dial indicator
7 Outside spring caliper
8 Inside spring caliper
9 Metal bar divider
10 Precision tri square
11 Metric threading gauge
12 Wielding and soldering accessories
13 Wielding shield
14 Wielding helmet
15 Goggle clear
16 Wielding goggle
17 Electrode holder
18 Earth clamp
19 Wielding hammer
20 Wire brush
21 Wielding and cutting touches set oxygen acetylene hoses
22 Safety helmet
23 Working and wielding gloves
24 Blowlamp with butane
25 Electrode-All sizes
26 Soldering iron (all sizes light-heavy duty)
27 Soldering lead wire (2mm)
28 Soldering lead in rod
Workshop Hand Tools (Technicians)
1 Hacksaw frame
2 Hacksaw blades high speed steel Tube cutter 3 – 32mm; 3 – 16mm
3 Steel wire brush
4 Clip plier for external clip
5 Clip plier for internal clip
6 Combination of plier (160, 180mm)
7 Heavy duty diagonal cutter constructed steel cutter (800mm)
8 Universal grip plier (250mm)
9 Welding grip plier (280mm)
10 Riveting tool set
11 Engineering hammer (200g – 250g)
12 Sledge hammer
13 Rubber hammer
14 Clipping chisel (150 – 250mm)
15 Welding hammer
16 Standard ring spanners
17 Combination spanner set
18 Scrapper
19 Hand gloves
20 Centre punch set (120x12) mm
21 Chisel set
22 Flat file (150-300) mm
23 Square file (150-300) mm
24 Half round file (150-300) mm
25 Round file (150-300) mm
26 Blacksmith tong (150-300) mm
27 All steel vices (100-175) mm
28 Pipe cutter (10-60) mm; (42-10) mm
29 Anvil with two horns (100 kos)
30 Technician tool box (empty)
Woodwork Equipment
1 Band saw-table size-700 x 980mm - 3hp
2 Radial arm saw 3hp (with extra blade)
3 Circular saw-blade dia-400mm with external blades
4 Universal woodworker combined-4hp seven works model
5 Single cylinder planner-4hp (surface planner with extra blades)
6 Vertical Motorize-chain motorise-3hp with extra bits
7 Router drilling machine-3hp
8 Combined tennoning and scribing machine
9 Belt sanding machine-2hp (with extra sanding paper reels)
Hand Tools (Carpentry)
1 Marking gauge
2 Mortise gauge
3 B. spirit level universal
4 Motorize chisel-(6.4, 9.6, 12.7, 16) mm
5 Flat chisel-(6.4, 9.6, 12.7, 16) mm
6 Bevel edge chisel – (6.4, 9.6, 12.7, 16) mm
7 Round chisel (6.4, 9.6, 12.7, 16) mm
8 Smooth plane-jack plane, plough plane
9 Wood rasp
10 Hand saw or panel saw
11 Ripsaw, crosscut
12 C- Clamp
13 F- Clamp
14 Wood bench vice
15 Jack plane
16 Hand drilling machine/rachet brazed bits
17 Sanding machine-heavy duty
18 Surface and thickness (100-150) mm blade
19 Extra knives carpentry machine planner and thicknesser
20 Air compressor-tank capacity 500 litres complete with accessories-type spray
gun and air blow-gun
21 Hydraulic garage jack (1, 2, 6 ton)
22 Hydraulic workshop crane (2.5 tones)
23 Battery tester, cell tester, acid tester
24 Battery fast and slow charger (6-24V,20Λ)
25 Battery service equipment
26 Spark plug tester and cleaner
27 Hydraulic mobile crane (1.5 – 5tons)
28 Wire rope winch- (1500 – 3000kg)
29 Chain host
30 Pedal operated grease gun
31 Hand lever grease gun
32 Exhaust gas tester
33 Standard tool box mechanics
34 Standard tool box for electricians
35 Electric hand drill 100mm
36 Electric two speed drill 23mm
37 Electric hand drill 13mm
38 Straight electric hand grinder 125mm
39 Angle electric hand grinder 230mm
Machinery Maintenance Base
S/No. Equipment
1 Hydraulic trolley
2 Wheel alignment gauge
3 Electrical/Electronic kit
4 Clutch alignment gauge
5 Vacuum tester
6 Battery charging equipment
7 Injector repair machine
8 Carburetor service kit
9 Hydraulic press
10 Vulcanizing set
11 Oxyacetylene equipment
12 Nozzle testing outfit
13 Tool boxes
14 Complete set of various maintenance kits
Engineering Graphics and Design Studio
S/No. Equipment
1 50 Computer work stations with design and graphic software from the
AutoCad suite (FUSION 360, etc.), 3-D printers and accessories.
2 50 drawing boards and T-squares
3 Large screen and projector
Staffing
Academic Staff
The NUC guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15 for Engineering and Technology
departments shall apply. However, there should be a minimum of six full-time equivalent of
Staff in the department. There is need to have a reasonable number of Staff with doctoral
degrees as well as sufficient industrial experience. With a minimum load of 18 credits per
semester for students and a minimum of six full-time equivalent of staff in each programme,
staff should have a maximum of 15 contact hours per week for lectures, tutorials, practical
and supervision of projects. Each workshop or laboratory should have adequate number of
staff with the right mix, so that each unit or section in that workshop or laboratory can run
efficiently.
NUC requirement encourages all academic staff to have PhD degrees, hence appointment
of academic staff is preferably to the Lecturer cadre. Only in exceptional cases are
candidates with great promise appointed to Graduate Assistant and Assistant Lecturer
positions for the purpose of being developed to the Lecturer cadre as registered PhD
candidates.
Academic Support Personnel
Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators to help lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practical’s
and field work. This category of personnel is not expected to be regular staff as they are to
be paid on the basis of approved hourly rate.
Administrative Support Staff
The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper
administration of the departments and faculty offices. It is important to recruit very
competent senior staffs that are computer literate.
Technical Support Personnel
The services of technical support staff, which are indispensable in the proper running of
laboratories and workshop/studios are required. It is important to recruit very competent
senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. They are also to
undergo regular training to keep them abreast of developments in equipment operation and
maintenance. The minimum of academic staff to technical staff ratio of 5:1 should be
maintained.
Minimum Number of Staff
Subject to the general standards specified by NUC:
1. there should be a minimum of two PhDs and four M.Eng degree holders full-time academic
staff to mount the programme;
2. each workshop or laboratory should have an adequate number of staff with the right mix,
such that each unit or section in that workshop or laboratory can run efficiently; and
3. there should be an adequate number of administrative staff of the appropriate caliber for
the office of the Head of Department to run.
Library
There must be adequate library facilities to cater for the interest of all the programmes in the
faculty. These include current journals, handbooks, textbooks, manuals, codes of practice,
standards and specifications in sufficient numbers.
Classrooms, Laboratories, Workshops, Clinics and Offices
The NUC recommends the following physical space requirement:
Academic m2
Professor’s Office 18.50
Head of Department’s Office 18.50
Tutorial Teaching Staff Space 13.50
Other Teaching Staff Space 7.00
Technical Staff Space 7.00
Science Staff Research Laboratory 16.50
Engineering Staff Research Laboratory 14.50
Seminar Space per student 1.85
Drawing Office Space (A.O. Board) (Per Student) 4.60
Drawing Office Space (A.I. Board) (Per Student) 3.70
Laboratory Space 7.50
Non-Academic
Secretarial Space 7.00
Office Facilities
S/No Office No in Room Facilities
1. HOD 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer
unit, Secretary and facilities.
2. Professor 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer
unit, Secretary and facilities.
3. Reader 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer
unit.
4. Senior Lecturer 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer
unit.
5. Lecturer I 2 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves.
6. Lecturer II 3 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves
GET 206
3
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. describe basic concepts of thermodynamics, i.e., quantitative relations of Zeroth, first, second and third laws; 2. define and explain system, surrounding, cl...
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Basic concepts, definitions and laws (quantitative relations of Zeroth, first, second and third
laws of thermodynamics). Properties of pure substances: the two-property rule (P-V-T
behaviour of pure substances and perfect gases); state diagrams. The principle of
corresponding state; compressibility relations; reduced pressure; reduced volume;
temperature; pseudo-critical constants. The ideal gas: specific heat, polytropic processes.
Ideal gas cycles; Carnot; thermodynamic cycles, turbines, steam and gas, refrigeration. The
first law of thermodynamics – heat and work, applications to open and closed systems. The
steady flow energy equation (Bernoulli’s equation) and application. Second law of
thermodynamics, heat cycles and efficiencies.
GET 205
3
At the end of this course, the students should be able to : 1. explain the properties of fluids; 2. determine forces in static fluids and fluids in motion; 3. determine whether a floating body will be stable; 4. determin...
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Fluid properties, hydrostatics, fluid dynamics using principles of mass, momentum and energy
conservation from a control volume approach. Flow measurements in pipes, dimensional
analysis, and similitude, 2-dimensional flows. Hydropower systems.
CHM 101
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. define atom, molecules and chemical reactions; 2. discuss the modern electronic theory of atoms; 3. write electronic configurations of elements on the periodi...
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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.
CHM 102
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. state the importance and development of organic chemistry; 2. define fullerenes and its applications; 3. discuss electronic theory; 4. determine the qualitati...
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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.
PHY 101
2
On completion, the students should be able to: 1. identify and deduce the physical quantities and their units; 2. differentiate between vectors and scalars; 3. describe and evaluate motion of systems on the basis of the...
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Space and time; units and dimension, vectors and scalars, differentiation of vectors:
displacement, velocity and acceleration; kinematics; Newton’s laws of motion (inertial frames,
impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation); relative motion; application
of Newtonian mechanics; equations of motion; conservation principles in physics,
conservative forces, conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy and work, potential
energy, system of particles, centre of mass; rotational motion; torque, vector product,
moment, rotation of coordinate axes and angular momentum. Polar coordinates; conservation
of angular momentum; circular motion; moments of inertia, gyroscopes and precession;
gravitation: Newton’s law of gravitation, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, gravitational
potential energy, escape velocity, satellites motion and orbits.
PHY 103
2
On completion, the students should be able to: 1. explain the concepts of heat and temperature and relate the temperature scales; 2. define, derive and apply the fundamental thermodynamic relations to thermal systems; 3....
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Heat and temperature, temperature scales; gas laws; general gas equation; thermal
conductivity; first Law of thermodynamics; heat, work and internal energy, reversibility;
thermodynamic processes; adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric; second law of thermodynamics;
heat engines and entropy, Zero’s law of thermodynamics; kinetic theory of gases; molecular
collisions and mean free path; elasticity; Hooke's law, Young's shear and bulk moduli;
hydrostatics; pressure, buoyancy, Archimedes' principles; Bernoullis equation and
incompressible fluid flow; surface tension; adhesion, cohesion, viscosity, capillarity, drops and
bubbles.
CHM 107
1
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. state the general laboratory rules and safety procedures; 2. collect scientific data and correct carry out chemical experiments; 3. identify the basic glasswa...
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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.
CHM 108
1
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. state the general laboratory rules and safety procedures; 2. collect scientific data and correctly carry out chemical experiments; 3. identify the basic glass...
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Continuation of CHM 107. Additional laboratory experiments to include functional group
analysis, quantitative analysis using volumetric methods.
MTH 101: Elementary Mathematics I (Algebra and Trigonometry)
(2 Units C: LH 30)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
1. define and explain set, subset, union, intersection, complements, and demonstrate the
use of Venn diagrams;
2. solve quadratic equations;
3. solve trigonometric functions;
4. identify various types of numbers; and
5. solve some problems using binomial theorem.
Course Contents
Elementary set theory, subsets, union, intersection, complements, Venn diagrams. Real
numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers. Mathematical induction, real sequences
and series, theory of quadratic equations, binomial theorem, complex numbers, algebra of
complex numbers, the argand diagram. De-Moiré’s theorem, nth roots of unity. Circular
measure, trigonometric functions of angles of any magnitude, addition and factor formulae.