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HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

All agricultural activities in the world revolve around soil. The soil is a key natural resource whose care and management while in use plays a decisive role in the wealth or poverty of any nation. All soils have great many properties and attributes which are mainly used in assessing their potential productivity. The soils of the arid and semi-arid regions in which the Federal University of Technology Yola is located have some unique characteristics, which pose some acute problems in their management for sustained agricultural production. These soils are predominantly sandy in nature and this underlies many of the problems of moisture availability and management in the region. Due to this inherent factor, the soils are subject to erosion and consequently their agricultural potential is declining by the day. In order to lessen these inherent problems and to boost agricultural production on these soils, a programme in Soil Science in the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Yola aimed at training students in the region, to encounter these problems and to enhance the agricultural productivity of the soils was designed and mounted in 1992. By 1994 the first set of students graduated with the degree of B.Tech. Soil Science. The philosophy of the programme is to give students a broad-based practical and functional training in the various fields of Soil Science (Soil Physics, Soil Chemistry, Soil Microbiology, Soil fertility, Pedology, Soil Conservation, Soil Survey and Land evaluation, Fertilizer Management and Plant Nutrition etc). This training is aim at developing competent Soil Scientists that will be relevant to the much needed agricultural manpower for achieving self-reliance in agriculture and in building a well founded agro-allied industries thereby leading to economic independence.

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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible for admission into five (5) year B.Tech. (Soil Science) programme candidate(s) must have one of the following:-

(i) U.M.E
Candidate(s) must have successfully completed the SSCE or had obtained the WASC or GCE and passed with credits in:- Chemistry, Biology, or (Agric. Science), Mathematics, English Language and any other subject. At least a pass in physics is required. A candidate who has a pass in Agric. Science should have at least a pass in Biology.

(ii ) DIRECT ENTRY
(a) Matriculation requirements in the relevant subjects plus two (2) HSC, GCE ‘A’ Level pass in chemistry and Biology or OND holders with credits in Biology or Agric. Science and Chemistry may be added advantages to be admitted into five (5) year degree programme.
(b) An ND and/or HND with credit in Biology or Agriculture may be admitted into four (4) year programme.

DURATION OF PROGRAMME AND DEGREE AWARDED
The duration of the programme is five (5) years. Students would offer general courses in Agricultural from 200 level to 400 level. Students would then offer specific specialized courses in Soil Science in their 500 level to be awarded B.Tech. Agriculture Soil Science degree.

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STAFF

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Teaching and Research Facilities Available in the Department

The Department in collaboration with the Biotechnology Centre has all the teaching and research equipment it requires such as AAS, Flame photometer, digestion and distillation units, colorimeter, spectrometers, incubators, ovens, furnaces, autoclaves, infiltrometers and a host of other equipment for both undergraduate and postgraduates.

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COURSE OUTLINE

100 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

SECOND SEMESTER

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200 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

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300 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

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400 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

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500 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

*Students are expected to take four units (4 units) from the optional courses

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SECOND SEMESTER