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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

The Academic Brief of the School of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Yola 2005-2015 has been compiled with all the necessary input from the various departments in the School. It details the existing and projected academic programmes of the School, staffing, facilities, equipment and other needs of the School.  Apart  from detailing the contents of the courses being run in the various programmes of the School, this document also contains a detailed description of the Vision and Strategic Plan of the School, the research and community services agenda for the school as well as all other projected needs of the School within the plan period.

It is hoped that this document will not merely collect the dusts on the shelves of our readers but will be useful in actualising the dreams of the School within the plan period. The committee that designed this document desires that yearly review of this plan will make it more dynamic, responsive, and indeed respond to existing technologies, contemporary thoughts and more current needs within the plan period. The committee therefore detests any situation that promotes this document as the “law of Persia that cannot be altered.”

The SES Academic Brief 2005-2015 is therefore presented to further progressive actions on the worldwide environment at large and the Nigerian environment in particular. 

Dr. Felix Aromo Ilesanmi

Ag. Dean

24^th August 2005.

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HISTORY

The School of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Yola was established in 1988 in realisation of the need to train interested applicant in the various disciplines in Environmental Sciences especially in the catchment zone of the university. Professor G.G.R. Thambifilay, a sabbatical staff from the University of Maiduguri/Arid Zone Studies Centre became the first Dean of the School. His tenure lasted till 1989 when he returned to the University of Maiduguri at the expiration of his sabbatical leave. The Department of Geography was the only Department that took off that same year. A year later, the Departments of Urban and Regional Planning as well as Surveying took off. In 1997, the University approved the establishment of the Departments of Architecture, Building, Industrial Design and Estate Management. The Estate Management programme is yet to commence.

PHILOSOPHY

The six departments in the school are closely related and collectively focused on the science of understanding, ordering, managing and monitoring the physical and the human environments. However, within this broad structure, each department is specializing in one major area of the science of the environment in order to provide a detailed theoretical and practical spatial/temporal perspective that would help achieve a harmonious and sustainable development. The basic thrust of the school is to develop an integrated network of teaching and research framework that would produce well trained and competent graduates capable of directing and managing the complex processes of development and change, in the natural and human environments. To achieve these, emphasis is placed on understanding the spatial location of features, their relationships and the processes shaping them over time. Site and situation analyses, including environmental processes and impact of human activities, are stressed and linked to societal needs, goals and objectives. Thus, the understanding, design, implementation and monitoring of land cover, land uses, plans and policies at all levels are given special consideration and topmost priority in the school. Each department is moderately equipped to handle its area of specialization with efforts being directed at achieving the overall objectives of a technology-focused institution in the twenty first century. Details on each department are provided in the pages that follow.

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STAFF

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DEPARTMENTS

Department of Architecture

Department of Building

Department of Geography

Department of Industrial Design

Department of Surveying

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

COMMITTEES  

The Head of Department under the Dean, provides leadership for the department as he works through the committee system. Monthly Departmental Meetings are complemented with committee meetings. The core academic staff members are assigned various administrative responsibilities as detailed below:

1. School Research Committee
2. School Seminar/Publications Committee
3. Staff – Students Consultative Committee
4. Facilities and Space Allocation Committee
5. School Postgraduate Committee
6. School Management Committee

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