Faculty of Agriculture Course Credit Structure
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100 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Course Status |
BIO 101 |
General Biology I |
4 |
Core |
CHM 101 |
Introductory Physical Chemistry I |
3 |
Core |
CHM 103 |
Practical General Physical Chemistry |
1 |
Core |
CPS 101 |
Introduction to Computer I |
2 |
Core |
MTH 101 |
Elementary Mathematics I |
3 |
Core |
PHY 101 |
Introductory Physics – General Physics Laboratory |
3 |
Core |
PHY 107 |
Practical Physics |
2 |
Core |
GST 103 |
Nigerian People and Culture |
2 |
Required |
GST 104 |
History and Philosophy of Science |
2 |
Required |
|
Total |
22 |
|
100 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Course Status |
BIO 102 |
General Biology II |
4 |
Core |
BIO 105 |
Practical Biology |
3 |
Core |
CHM 102 |
Introductory Organic Chemistry I |
3 |
Core |
CHM 104 |
Practical Inorganic Chemistry |
1 |
Core |
CHM 105 |
Introductory Organic Chemistry |
3 |
Core |
GEO 131 |
Introduction to Human Geography |
4 |
Core |
GST 101 |
Use of English |
4 |
Core |
GST 102 |
Philosophy & Logic |
2 |
Required |
|
Total |
24 |
|
Total Credit Units for 100 Level = 46
200 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Course Status |
AGR 201 |
Introduction to Agriculture |
2 |
Core |
|
Farm Practice I |
1 |
Core |
AGR 205 |
Principles of Forestry |
2 |
Core |
AEE 201 |
Principles of Agricultural Economics |
2 |
Core |
AEE 203 |
Principles of Rural Sociology |
2 |
Core |
AAP 201 |
Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals |
2 |
Core |
AAP 203 |
Introduction to Biotechnology |
1 |
Core |
ACP 201 |
Introduction to Soil Science |
1 |
Core |
ACP 203 |
Crop Anatomy, Taxonomy & Physiology |
2 |
Core |
ACP 205 |
Climatology and Biogeography |
2 |
Core |
GST 222 |
Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies |
2 |
Required |
GST 223 |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship Studies |
2 |
Required |
GST 103 |
Nigerian People & Culture |
2 |
Required (For D.E. Students) |
GST 104 |
History & Philosophy of Science |
2 |
Required (For D.E. Students) |
|
Total |
21/25 |
|
200 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Units |
Course Status |
AGR 202 |
Farm Practice II |
1 |
Core |
AGR 206 |
Statistical Methods |
2 |
Core |
AGR 208 |
Principles of Fisheries & Aquaculture |
2 |
Core |
AGR 210 |
Introduction to Food Science & Technology |
2 |
Core |
AEE 202 |
Introduction to Macroeconomics |
1 |
Core |
AEE 208 |
Household Resource Management |
2 |
Core |
AAP 202 |
Principles of Animal Production |
2 |
Core |
AAP 204 |
Introductory Agricultural Biochemistry |
2 |
Core |
ACP 204 |
Principles of Crop Production |
2 |
Core |
ACP 206 |
Introductory Soil Chemistry & Pedology |
2 |
Core |
GST 101 |
Use of English |
4 |
Required (For D.E. Students) |
GST 102 |
Philosophy & Logic |
2 |
Required (For D.E. Students) |
|
Total |
18/24 |
|
Total Credit Units for 200 Level = 39/49
300 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Course Status |
AGR 301 |
Introduction to Farm Machinery |
2 |
Core |
AGR 303 |
Land Survey |
1 |
Core |
AGR 307 |
Experimental Designs and Statistical Analysis |
2 |
Core |
AGR 309 |
Farm Practice III |
1 |
Core |
AEE 301 |
Farm Management &Production Economics |
2 |
Core |
AEE 303 |
Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology |
2 |
Core |
AEE 305 |
Communication & Audio Visual Techniques |
2 |
Core |
AAP 301 |
Mono-gastric Animal Production |
2 |
Core |
ACP 301 |
Arable Crop Production |
2 |
Core |
ACP 303 |
Principle of Irrigation and Drainage |
2 |
Core |
ACP 305 |
Physiology of Crop Growth and Development |
2 |
Core |
ACP 307 |
Introduction to Soil Physics |
2 |
Core |
ACP 309 |
Crop Breeding and Genetics |
2 |
Core |
ESP 311 |
Entrepreneurship Studies II and Venture Creation |
2 |
Required |
|
Total |
26 |
|
300 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Course Status |
AGR 304 |
Farm Practice IV |
1 |
Core |
AGR 306 |
Agriculture & National Development |
2 |
Core |
AGR308 |
Application of Computer to Agricultural Production |
2 |
Core |
AGR 310 |
Agricultural Zoology |
2 |
Core |
AEE 302 |
Agricultural Resource Use & Project Evaluation |
2 |
Core |
AEE 304 |
Extension Teaching, Learning Process & Methods |
2 |
Core |
AAP 304 |
Ruminant Animal Production |
2 |
Core |
AAP 302 |
Animal Breeding and Genetics |
2 |
Core |
AAP306 |
Animal Health Management |
2 |
core |
AAP 308 |
Agricultural Biochemistry & Methods |
2 |
Core |
ACP 302 |
Principles of Crop Protection |
2 |
Core |
ACP 304 |
Permanent Crop Production |
2 |
Core |
ACP 306 |
Soil Microbiology |
2 |
Core |
|
Total |
25 |
|
Total Credit Units for 300 Level = 51
400 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER (ALL OPTIONS)
Course Code |
Course |
Credit Units |
Prerequisites |
AGR 401 |
Land Tenure and Policy |
2 |
|
AEE 401 |
Agricultural Extension Practices |
2 |
AEE 303 |
AAP 401 |
Introduction to Genetic Engineering |
2 |
|
ACP 411 |
Harvest & Post Harvest Technology |
2 |
|
ACP 401 |
Horticultural Crop Production |
2 |
ACP 204 |
ACP 403 |
Cereals, Legumes & Fodder Production |
3 |
ACP204 |
ACP 405 |
Pesticides and Application |
3 |
|
ACP 407 |
Soil Fertility and Mineral Nutrition |
2 |
|
ACP 409 |
Crop Pest and Disease Management Techniques |
2 |
|
|
Total |
20 |
|
400 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER (SIWES/FPT) (ALL OPTIONS)
Course Code |
Contact Hours of Field Work |
Credit Units |
Remarks/Prerequisites |
AGR 402 |
Field Practical Training: Crop Production 144 Contact Hours |
6 |
Student status 400L classification |
Field Practical Training: Livestock Production 144 Contact Hours |
5 |
Student status 400L classification |
|
Field Practical Training: Soil Science |
6 |
|
|
Field Practical Training: Farm Power, Machinery and Structures |
7 |
|
|
Field Practical Training Seminar |
1 |
|
|
Report writing |
3 |
|
|
Total |
28 |
|
500 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION OPTION
Course Code |
Course |
Credit Units |
Prerequisite |
AEE 500 |
Seminar |
2 |
|
AEE 501 |
Production Economics, Farm Management and Accounting |
2 |
AEE 301 |
AEE 503 |
Econometrics |
2 |
AGR 206 |
AEE 505 |
Microeconomic Theory |
2 |
AEE 201 |
AEE 507 |
Agricultural Resource Use and Project Analysis and Evaluation |
3 |
AEE 302 |
AEE 509 |
Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations |
2 |
AEE 304 |
AEE 511 |
Agricultural Extension, Programme Planning and Management |
2 |
AEE 203 |
AEE 513 |
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development |
2 |
AEE 303 |
AEE 515 |
Research Methods |
3 |
AGR 206 |
ACP 503 |
Farming Systems |
2 |
ACP 204 |
|
Total |
22 |
|
500 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION OPTION
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Prerequisites |
AEE 502 |
Agricultural Marketing and Prices |
2 |
AEE 301 |
AEE 504 |
Agric.-business, Management & Finance |
2 |
AEE 301 |
AEE506 |
Agricultural Policy and Development |
2 |
AGR 306 |
AEE508 |
Agric. Project Appraisal, Management and Evaluation |
2 |
AEE302 |
AEE 510 |
Rural Community Development |
2 |
AEE 305 |
AEE 512 |
Sociology of Rural Life |
2 |
AEE 203 |
AEE514 |
Social and Technological Change in Agriculture |
2 |
|
AEE 516 |
Macroeconomic Theory |
2 |
AEE 301 |
AEE 518 |
Principles of Cooperative Practices |
1 |
|
AEE 599 |
Final Year Project |
4 |
|
AAP 502 |
Pasture and Range Management |
2 |
ACP 503 & ACP 403 |
|
Total |
23 |
|
Total Credit Units = 45
500 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
ANIMAL PRODUCTION OPTION
Course Code |
Course |
Credit Units |
Prerequisite |
AEE 511 |
Agricultural Extension and Programme Management |
2 |
AEE 203 |
AEE 515 |
Research Methods |
3 |
AGR 206 |
AAP 500 |
Seminar |
2 |
|
AAP 501 |
Poultry, Swine and Rabbit Production |
2 |
AAP 301 |
AAP 503 |
Sheep and Goat Production |
2 |
AAP 306 |
AAP 505 |
Beef and Dairy Cattle production |
2 |
AAP 306 |
AAP 507 |
Reproductive Physiology and Artificial Insemination |
2 |
|
AAP 509 |
Statistical Methods in Animal Production |
2 |
AGR 206 |
AAP 511 |
Nigerian Feeds and Feeding Stuffs |
2 |
AAP 302 |
AAP 513 |
Applied Animal Breeding and Behavior |
2 |
AAP 302 |
ACP 503 |
Farming Systems |
2 |
ACP 204 |
|
Total |
23 |
|
500 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER
ANIMAL PRODUCTION OPTION
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Prerequisites |
AEE 504 |
Agric.-business, Management and Finance |
2 |
|
AEE 518 |
Principles of Cooperative Practices |
1 |
|
AAP 502 |
Pasture and Range Management |
2 |
ACP 403 & ACP 503 |
AAP 504 |
Ruminant Nutrition |
2 |
AAP 201 & AAP 304 |
AAP 506 |
Monogastric Nutrition |
2 |
AAP 201 & AAP 304 |
AAP 508 |
Animal Physiology and Biochemistry |
2 |
ACP 202 & AAP 308 |
AAP 510 |
Dairy and Meat Technology |
2 |
AAP 304 |
AAP 512 |
Livestock Economics |
2 |
AEE 201 |
AAP 514 |
Animal Health and Diseases |
2 |
AAP 306 |
AAP 516 |
Animal Products and Handling |
2 |
|
AAP 518 |
Game Production and Utilization |
2 |
|
AAP 599 |
Final Year Project |
4 |
|
|
Total |
25 |
|
Total Credit Units = 48
500 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
CROP PRODUCTION OPTION
Course Code |
Course |
Credit Units |
Prerequisite |
AEE 515 |
Research Methods |
3 |
AGR 206 |
ACP 500 |
Seminar |
2 |
|
ACP 501 |
Agronomy of Neglected Crops |
2 |
|
ACP 503 |
Farming Systems |
2 |
ACP 204 |
ACP 505 |
Plant Protection |
2 |
ACP 302 |
ACP 507 |
Soil and Plant Analysis I |
2 |
|
ACP 509 |
Soil and Plant Analysis II |
2 |
|
ACP 511 |
Vegetable and Fruit Production |
2 |
ACP 304 |
ACP 513 |
Physiology of Crop Production |
2 |
ACP 305 |
ACP 515 |
Soil Physics |
2 |
ACP 301 |
ACP 517 |
Soil Survey and Land Use Planning |
2 |
AGR 303 |
ACP 519 |
Soil Microbiology and Chemistry |
2 |
ACP 206 |
Electives – Each student to choose one course |
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ACP 521 |
Soil and Water Conservation |
2 |
|
ACP 523 |
Floriculture |
2 |
|
ACP 525 |
Landscape Design |
2 |
|
ACP 527 |
Micropropagation |
2 |
|
ACP 529 |
Park Design and Management |
2 |
|
|
Total |
27 |
|
500 LEVEL SECOND SEMESTER
CROP PRODUCTION OPTION
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Unit |
Prerequisites |
AEE 518 |
Principles of Cooperative Practices |
1 |
|
ACP 502 |
Tuber and Plantation Crops |
2 |
ACP 204 & ACP304 |
AAP 502 |
Pasture and Range Management |
2 |
AGR 503 & ACP 403 |
ACP 504 |
Weed Science |
2 |
ACP302 & ACP 405 |
ACP 506 |
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition |
3 |
ACP 206 |
ACP 508 |
Irrigation Agronomy |
2 |
ACP 303 |
ACP510 |
Post Harvest Physiology and Product Storage |
2 |
|
ACP 512 |
Plant Breeding and Seed Production Technology |
3 |
ACP 309 |
ACP 514 |
Physiological and Nutritional Aspects of Crop Improvement |
2 |
ACP 306 |
ACP 599 |
Final Year Project |
4 |
|
|
Total |
23 |
|