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M.Sc. GEOGRAPHY
Philosophy The postgraduate program in the department of Geography is designed to provide skilled and adequate manpower in planning and management of man’s environment and resources. The problem of resources for the growing world for which the geographers must apply their skills is the basis for offering postgraduate programmes in applied geography. Fundamental to this problem is the geographical methods of studying the inter-relationship between the physical environment, the economy, the nature of society within the context of changing situations at all levels of scale from the most local to world wide. The purpose of the program is to produce a breed of graduates who will be concerned with man’s evaluation, exploitation and management of human and natural resources, imbued with a clear understanding of the relevant physical, behavioural and information systems, through which man can optimize his use of these resources. This programmes is developed at a time when the pressure on Nigerian resources is increasing thus demanding a more rational and foresighted approach to resource management and allocation. The Postgraduate programmes in the Department of Geography consist of course work and research thesis/project. Fieldwork forms an integral part of the programmes. The program courses are in the following areas: i) M.Sc Environmental Resources Management (ERM) ii) M.Sc Rural Development (RD) iii) M.Sc Geography with options in Climatology, Population, Geomorphology & Transportation iv) Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Environmental Management Duration of the Programme The minimum duration of each course is twelve months and the maximum is twenty four months, staring from October of each academic year. The programmes are full-time and based on course work and a project report. Seminars, field and studio/laboratory courses, form and integral part of the program. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS M.Sc Environmental Resources Management Candidates must posses at least a good Second Class Honours degree in Geography, or closely related disciplines in Environmental Sciences, Natural Sciences, Agriculture or Engineering from recognized Universities. M.Sc Rural Development Candidates must posses at least a good second class Honours Degree in Geography, or closely related disciplines in Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, Social Sciences and Management Sciences from recognized Universities. M.Sc Geography Candidates must posses at least a good Second Class Honours Degree in Geography, or closely related disciplines in Environmental Sciences from recognized Universities. PGD Environmental Management Candidates must posses at least possess a degree in Geography, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, Social and Management Sciences from recognized Universities. Holders of Higher National Diploma in any of the above fields with minimum of lower credit level may also be eligible for admission. Job and Career Prospects. The shortage of well educated and informed personnel in environmental resources management and rural development planning often results in serious planning lapses in a country’s drive to develop. Therefore the products of these programmes are intended to fill a critical and growing area of manpower need at the present stage of the country’s development. Job prospects abounds in the following areas for the graduates: Ministry of Environment, Departments of Natural resources, Community Development, Lands and survey at the state and local government levels, Urban and regional planning agencies, Agricultural development agencies, River Basin authorities, etc. Classrooms, studio and seminar room, three computers with printers, projector, mobile screen, photocopying machine, departmental library, offices, generator, postgraduate room etc.
course outline course description COURSE OUTLINE For M.Sc. GEOGRAPHY FIRST SEMESTER: CORE COURSES
ELECTIVES CLIMATOLOGY: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- POPULATIONS STUDIES: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- TRANSPORTATION: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- GEOMORPHOLOGY: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- SECOND SEMESTER: CORE COURSES
ELECTIVES CLIMATOLOGY: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- POPULATIONS STUDIES: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- TRANSPORTATION: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- GEOMORPHOLOGY: CHOOSE A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS
----- Course DescriptionGY 701 Contemporary Geog Philosophy & Methodology 2 Units Phases of development of geographic thought. Deterministic, possibilities, and probabilistic view points. Positivist reflexive and "committed" modes of explanation in geography. Deductive and inductive reasoning. The quantification debate. Marxist, radical and alternative of perspectives. The welfare approach. Development of geographic thought in Nigeria. The philosophy of geography at FUT, Yola. GY 702 Computer Application in Geographic Research - 2 Units The Computer environment. The hardware and software. Data processing using the spread sheet (Lotus 123, Quarto-pro e.t.c) Application of statistical and graphical packages in Geographic research, e.g. MINITAB, SPSS, Harvard graphics etc. Basic programming and its application to Geography. Introduction to BASIC programming. Computer application in G.I.S. GY 703 Research Design in Geography - 2 Units Formulation of research problems. Various forms of Geographic investigation procedures, measurement techniques and report writing. GY 704 Remote Sensing & GIS Applications in Environmental Mgt- 2 Units Appropriate systems and methodologies in environmental monitoring, ground truthing, and data collection for numerical processing and integration, conservation and impact assessment, assessment of remote/difficult terrains, identification and quantification of environmentally sensitive areas, land degradation, urban land use and pollution monitoring. Integration of remote sensing and GIS in environmental monitoring. GY 705 Multivariate Analysis in Geography - 2 Units Application of multivariate analysis in geographic research. Multiple regression analysis, factor and principal component analysis, Analysis of variance, Discriminate analysis, canonical correlation, cluster analysis, Techniques of Time series analysis, Marchov Chain, etc. Linear programming. GY 706 Agro-Climatology -2 Units The meaning, scope and processes of agro-climatology. Agroclimatological data base. Crop weather relationship. Climatic modelling for agricultural operations. Weather hazards in agriculture. GY 707 Physical Climatology -2 Units The physical basis of climate. Energy balance as a source of meteorological process. Atmospheric circulation systems with particular reference to the tropics. Tropical weather systems. Climatic variability. Contemporary issues in Climatology. GY 708 Advanced Biogeography - 2 Units Factors in the environment of organisms. Environmental complex. The concept of limiting factor and tolerance. Principles and concepts relating to the organization and interrelationship of species. Principles and concepts pertaining to biotic communities. Vegetation classification and mapping. Forest and Savanna environmental systems in Nigeria. Research methodology in biogeography. GY 709 Techniques in Climatology - 2 Units The basic techniques in weather observation; analysis of data; climatological models. Applications of the basic techniques in radiation climatology and geographical climatology. Precipitation analysis in space and time. Climatic classifications. GY 710 Micro Climatology - 2 Units The physical bases of boundary layers climates. Climate of vegetated and non vegetated surfaces and of terrain. Man modifier atmosphere environments. Urban climatology. The measurement and instrumentation for determining boundary layers climates. GY 711 Hydrology - 2 Units Principles of stream flow, river regime. Runoff, Rainfall Relationship, Water storage and flood routing techniques. Hydrological modelling. Extreme value analysis through statistical techniques. Pervious, impervious, and semi-pervious rocks and their influence on porosity. The formation of aquifers and method ground water prospecting. GY 712 Population and Development - 2 Units Population and Development Relationships with population and development-relationships. Demographic aspects of social and economic development. Systems approach to economic and demographic modelling. Demographic factors in consumption and savings. Household decision model, population pressure implications, demography and planning and economic growth: labour supply, employments, investment and economic growth; population components and inputs into development planning process; policy issues in planning population and development. GY 713 Techniques of Population Analysis: - 2 Units Advanced demographic techniques for the measurement and analysis of the spatial aspects of population; viz distribution and density, mobility, mortality and reproduction. The life table and population projections. Demographic survey design and analysis. Evaluation and adjustment of demographic data. Population models and their applications in planning. GY 714 Population Policy and Implementation: - 2 Units Population policy formation problems and prospects; the political and social background to population policy; African population polices, population policies in the development Countries, population policies in Latin America; population policies in Asia; population policies in the 1980. Prospects and problems of implementation; implementation strategies and Targets. Case studies. GY 715 Human Migration and Distribution: - 2 Units Human migration trends and patterns. Determinants and consequences of population migration. Refuge phenomenon, voluntary and involuntary migration, topology of migration, planning for migrants. Effects of rapid out migration. Field surveys. GY 716 Population Information Management Systems - 2 Units Organisational structures for population management and planning, population statistics, their collection, storage and retrieval; The vital Registration procedure. The legal frame work for population planning. National and state agencies for population and manpower development. Population Education, and population communications. Case studies of population management information systems in U.S.A. and United Kingdom. GY 717 Census Planning and Execution: - 2 Units The importance of census in National Development. The United Nations and the census provisions. The problems of censuses in Nigeria. Relative steps and Timing of a population census. Census Education - problems and procedure. GY 718 Principles of Human Resources Development - 2 Units Human resources development; determination of manpower planning, social and economic theories of population, manpower, employment and social economic development relationship; concepts of economically active population, labour shortage, unemployment and under-employment. Demographic aspects of labourer force. Manpower needs and problems of developing countries. Regional and sectoral desegregation of manpower needs, and inter-sectoral relationships in labour force requirements. Population planning for national socio-economic development, components of labour force growth and their measurement. Labour force projections, personnel policy issues, organisational consideration, training and management. GY 719 Techniques in Traffic Management: - 2 Units Objectives and techniques of traffic management policy and social factors in traffic management. GY 720 Rural Transportation Planning - 2 Units Transport and rural communities, Analysis of rural transport Network, supply and demand of transportation in rural areas, passenger and Freight transport, growth of agricultural production and transport demands, prospects and problems of rural transport planning. Alternative strategies for effective transport planning in rural areas. GY 721 Maritime Transportation - 2 Units Objectives & Scope of Maritime transport; Seaports; Shipping Policy & liner conferences; Maritime trade & economic development. GY 722 Urban Transportation Planning: - 2 Units Spatial and a spatial aspects of urban movement; urban transportation planning processes; traffic management. GY 723 Regional Transport and Development 2 Units The evolution of transportation; the spatial structure of regional transport; the network and modal demand regional transport problems; transport & economic development. GY 724 Transportation Policy Analysis - 2 Units Analysis of different transportation policies in selected developing and developed countries of the world. Transport Policy in Nigeria. GY 725 Urban Systems Analysis: 2 Units The city as a system central place systems and Rank-size Relationship. The Nature of cities; classical models, factorial ecology and micro economic explanations of urban spatial structure. Mathematical modelling of urban systems. GY 726 Public Transport Planning and Management: 2 Units Public transport systems (Road, rail and water); Administrative organisational structure; fare structures and collection system, interchange facilities; demand for supply of public transport, criteria for route selection in various land uses, high way design and traffic management for road public transport, rural public transport, rural public services, subsidies and other sources of revenue for public transport, legislation, public transport in the planning process. GY 727 Theoretical Geomorphology: 2 Units Concepts and approaches. Geomorphological systems. Measurement and time and processes in Geomorphology. Space and time structures. Testing of hypothesis in the field. GY 728 Transport and the Environment: 2 Units Environmental factor in transport demand; Impact of transportation systems upon the environment nature and sources of the impacts; measurement and the valuation of the impact in monetary terms. GY 729 Geomorphology of Arid Lands: 2 Units Evolution of landform systems in arid lands, Nature and origin of surface landform systems. Changing landform boundaries with special reference to Northern Nigeria. Soil catena in arid lands. GY 730 Applied Geomorphology: 2 Units Structure of Geomorphic systems. Anthropogenic intervention in fluvial systems and processes. Erosion by water and wind. Ground surface subsidence. Human use of rivers, lakes lacustrian and other water bodies and basins. Flooding. Perception of and human response to flooding. Integrated management of fluvial systems. GY 731 Fluvial Geomorphology: 2 Units The hydrology and hydraulics of rivers. morphometric analysis of the drainage basin. The drainage basin as planning unit. GY 732 Savanna Landforms 2 Units The Savanna as a Geomorpho-climatic zone. Geomorphic/processes and land forms. Landforms over different rock formations. Residual and relict landforms. Soils and slopes. Man as an agent of denudation in Savanna areas with special refence to Northern Nigeria. GY 734 Land Evaluation 2 Units The land as a resource. Land resource Surveys, conservation and Management. Land Use, systems and requirements. Principles and procedures of land evaluation. The economics of land evaluation. GY 797 Project I - 2 Unit Formulation and writing of a formal research proposal including definition of research problems, statement of objectives and working hypothesis, proposed methodology and literature reviews. Presentation and defence of the research proposal at departmental seminar. GY 798 Project II 6 Units This shall be based on original research in which the candidate is expected to demonstrate a grasp of the concepts and analytical techniques in the area of specialisation, and make some contribution to knowledge. The dissertation shall be defended before a panel of internal and external examiners. 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