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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.

Atoms, molecules, elements and compounds and chemical reactions. Modern electronic theory of atoms. Electronic configuration, periodicity and building up of the periodic table. Hybridization 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.

Space and time; units and dimension, vectors and scalars, differentiation of vectors: displacement, velocity and acceleration; kinematics; Newton 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.

Heat, temperature and temperature scales. Gas laws; general gas equation, thermal conductivity. First Law of thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy. Reversibility, 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. Bernoulli’s equation and incompressible fluid flow. Surface tension, adhesion, cohesion, viscosity, capillarity, drops and bubbles.

Introduction to Health and Safety Management Systems. Health and safety planning, implementations and control. Assessment of hazards and risks in each element of construction. Development of health and safety policy for an organization. Health and safety in construction using ISO 9001 standards. Assessment and implementation of Risk Control Plan. Accidents and incidents investigation process. Reporting of accidents. Formation and duties of Health and Safety Committee in an organization. Housekeeping at Construction site. Selection and utilization of appropriate PPEs at site. Ergonomics in project delivery process. Finally using the lessons learnt, student will be able to develop a Project Health and Safety Plan for the management of any particular project.

Studio-based course aimed at consolidating the knowledge and skill the students would have acquired from the different courses over the years. The course focuses group or individual/independent work on buildings in which students are expected to demonstrate proficiency in the design, development of services, structural computations, structural detailing (Students are to engage in detailing of a complete building or of a structural element thereof) and preparation of the following building production management documents (otherwise known as Builder’s documents): Construction Program (using Microsoft Project/Primavera), Project Health and Safety Plan, Project Quality Management Plan, Construction Methodology. Solutions to set assignments with adequate clarity and against a set time frame.

Overview of the building construction process and the building industry. The role of different stakeholders in the construction industry. Building as a structure, a process and a discipline. The history of building, its function and types; origin and growth of settlements, factors affecting settlements and its development, statutory and local authority requirement. Introduction to building profession and other related professions in the built environment such as Land Surveying and Geo-informatics, Urban and Regional Planning, Architecture, Quantity surveying, Estate Management, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Scope of duties, future prospects and roles of professionals in the construction industry.

Brief history of computing. Description of the basic components of a computer/computing device. Input/ Output devices and peripherals. Hardware, software and human ware. Diverse and growing computer/digital applications. Information processing and its roles in society. The Internet, its applications and its impact on the world today. The different areas/programs of the computing discipline. The job specializations for computing professionals. The future of computing. Lab Work: Practical demonstration of the basic parts of a computer. Illustration of different operating systems of different computing devices including desktops, laptops, tablets, smart boards and smart phones. Demonstration of commonly used applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, presentation software and graphics. Illustration of input and output devices including printers, scanners, projectors and smartboards. Practical demonstration of the Internet and its various applications. Illustration of browsers and search engines. How to access online resources.

Methods and applications of land surveying to the building construction industry. The various technologies employed by Professional Land Surveyors in accomplishing their work including levelling. Design and adjustment of surveying instruments, levelling, distant measurement, data collection. Theodolite and compass traversing, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Land Information System (LIS).

Application of different techniques and technologies in land surveying. The uses of common instruments like the quickset, theodolite, plotting of field survey data.