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URP 204
2
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. understand the basic concepts of land and land use; 2. appreciate the relationship between planning and valuation; and 3. become familiar with planning tools.
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Definitions and concepts of land and land use; the need for planning land use. Attributes of land
use planning, methods of land use planning, principles of land use; land use determinants, land
use dynamics and integrated spatial solutions for problems on different scales. Area-oriented
integration of various tools for land use planning, regional and environmental management.
Agricultural/rural land use planning: models of land use planning, and 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.
ESM 112
2
At the end of this course, students should: 1. Understand the concept of property management; 2. Understand management theories and principles in property management practice; 3. Understand the key activities that make u...
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Property management defined; types of property involved - commercial, residential, industrial,
office property; professional organizations; duties and job descriptions of property managers;
Introduction to the principles and theories of management and leadership. Meaning of
management in the context of estate management. Types of estate: rural and urban, public
and private, and their categories and characteristics. The estate settings: social, political,
economic, legal and physical. Types of tenancies: monthly, yearly and weekly.
200 Level Estate Management
ESM 221
3
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. obtain sound knowledge of the foundational principles of investment mathematics which is fundamental to understanding of Valuation; 2. appreciate the fact that Va...
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Introduction to investment mathematics. Simple interest calculations, compound interest
calculations. Basic valuation mathematics, amount of one-naira calculations, present value of one-
naira calculations, interrelationship between the amount of one naira and the present value
formula, different ways of expressing the main components in the formula such as interest (i),
number of (n) and the capital invested. Nature/theories and definitions of value, definitions and
purposes of valuation. The functions of a valuer. Income, prices, cost and their relation to value.
The economic constitutional, geographical, sociological, environmental, political and legal bases
of property value. Principal types of landed property in Nigeria.
ESM 222
3
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Gain understanding of rental analysis; 2. Become familiar with the valuation of different property types; 3. Understand the basics of property inspections; and 4....
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The land market: its nature, features, sectors and imperfections. The money and capital markets,
and the principles governing interest rates and yields. Method of market analysis. Mathematics
of finance: the mathematical background and construction of valuation tables and concepts of
years purchase. Property inspection and survey (property referencing). Concepts of rack rents
and profit rent. Elementary valuation problems without and with the aid of valuation tables – for
income receivable in arrears and in advance, different income periods/patterns: discounting and
capitalization distinguished; the concept of risk and return.
ESM 241
2
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Understand the institutional and socioeconomic frameworks that regulate and control the use and development of land; 2. Understand how land is an economic resourc...
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Meaning of land. Concept of rent. Land market, price determination, and location theory. Land
resources requirements. Comparative and complementary land uses. Demand for land (local and
global) and its relation to population and resources. Theories of consumption. Theories of income.
Theories of land asset prices. Nature of land investment; decisions and appraisal. Divergence of
private and social costs. Problems of resource allocation; conservation of land resources Concept
of land use capacity. Concepts of highest and best use. Principle of comparative and absolute
advantages; application in allocation of resources. Organization and its effects on values. Reasons
for urbanization. Economic advantages and disadvantages of urbanization. Land use values and
patterns; value determination. General patterns of land use within urban areas.
ESM 242
2
At the end of this course, students should: 1. Know the institutional and socioeconomic frameworks that regulate and control the use and development of land; 2. Understand Land as an economic resource; 3. Become familiar...
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Man’s dependence on land. Man/land relationships within physical, economic and institutional
frameworks. Importance and nature of decision-making. Descriptive models of decision-making
units (‘proprietary’ and ‘social’). Proprietary decisions: goals and motive; criteria for evaluation
constraints; households and firms location decision. Development decision-making processes:
landowners, developers, and planners. Finance for development; financial institutions.
Cost/benefit analysis as an aid to land use decision-making. Relation between proprietary land
units: superior, inferior relationships, neighbours, successors. Conflicts between proprietary and
social interests; pollution – types of problems and approaches to control. Outline of selected
aspects of land policies in Nigeria and elsewhere. Variety of policy frameworks within which land
use decision are taken. Land policy and land reform. Land use planning machinery. Rural and
agricultural policy. Analysis of land use decisions and problems of land use planning in Nigeria.
300 Level Estate Management
ESM 510
2
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. define the theories and practices of land resources governance, planning, development, utilization and forecasting and appraisals and management; 2. make predicti...
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Land Resources. Human settlement and land use in Nigeria. Evolution growth structure and
pattern of human settlement. Proprietary land capital and income. Obsolescence and urban
renewal. Relocation problems. Economic forces that influence land uses, through succession of
land uses and the competition between uses which are evident in the operation of the land
market. Economics of land uses in non-market societies. Urban land use and location.
Development of the theory of location, economics of location. Land uses and land values, patterns
of urban land use. Man-land relationship. Economic and legal concept of land. Rural and urban
land uses and theory of allocation. Population pressure and supply and demand for land
resources. Urban growth theories: theory of highest and best uses, competition and competing
uses. Proprietary land structure in Nigeria. Economic returns to land resources, property values
and real estate market, property rights in land resource’s location of theory and land uses.
Acquisition and transfer of rights. Leasehold system. Property market and estate investment.
Estate development. Public control of land use. Land reform, reform objective and methods.
Capital costs and rental income. Urban transportation: problems involved in traffic congestion.
Theories on road pricing. Transport-land use in Nigeria. Conservation of land resources. National
land policy: relative instruments and empirical guidance. Taxation of landed property. Urban
environmental pollution management. Use of economic criteria in public investment and planning.
LAW 211
2
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Understand the place of law in Estate Management practice; 2. Become familiar with the fundamentals of contracts; and 3. Have basic knowledge of the law of Tort.
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Nature of contract: Sources of law, concept of bargain, classification. Formation of contract: offer
and acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations. Contents of contract: terms,
representations exclusion and limiting terms and fundamental breach of terms. Capacity: infants,
illiterates, corporations, mental patients and drunken persons. Vitiating elements of a contract:
mistake, misrepresentation; duress; illegality and unenforceable contracts. Privity of contract:
rules and exceptions. Discharge of contract: by performance, agreement, breach and frustration.
Remedies/damages; equitable remedies in outline only, quantum merit claims in quasi contract.
LAW 212
2
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. define and explain their knowledge of the place of law in Estate Management practice; 2. draft simple contract documents; and 3. state and demonstrate mastery in...
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Tort of negligence and nuisance liabilities, interference with contractual relations, the doctrine of
vicarious liability. Miscellaneous torts – maintenance and carpentry remedies. Vitiating elements
in contract – incapacity mistake, misrepresentation, duress and undue influence. Privy of contract
and its exceptions discharge of contracts, remedies for breach of contract, remedies in quasi
contract, limitation of actions in contracts.
ESM 357
2
At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. explain landed property taxation as a means of revenue generation; 2. perform valuation for the determination of ground rents, land use charges; and 3. undertake...
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Income tax: nature and incident. Allowances on deductions. Assessment of owners and occupiers
of landed property. Taxation of capital estate duty. Capital transfer tax. Elementary principles of
national finance with particular reference to central and local government finance. The caucus
and principles of taxation. Taxation distinguished from other land burdens. Methods of taxation
proprietary interests in land. Income tax. Inheritance tax. Local rates and other statutory charges.
National taxation policies relating to land. Organization and administration of rating. Valuation list
and preparation objections; proposal and appeals. Assessment of property. Occupation and
hereditament. Tone of list; gross value; net annual value; rateable value. Rebus sic stantibus.
Rating valuation practice. Hypothetical tenant. Valuation assumptions. Vacant and to let
exemptions. Adjustment of gross value to net annual value. Alterations of the valuation list.
400 Level Estate Management