Uniben Agricultural Economics & Extension Services Undergraduate Syllabus

   100 LEVEL (FIRST YEAR) COURSES 

S/N	Course No.	Course Title	Credit Rms.
1	BOT  111	Diversity of Plants	3        core
2	BOT 122	Plant form & Function	3        core
3	CHM 111	General chemistry I	3        core
4	CHM 122	General chemistry II	3        core
5	CHM 113	Organic chemistry I	3        core
6	CHM 124	Organic chemistry II	3        core
7	MTH 123	Vectors, Geometry & Statistics	3        core
8	PHY 109	Practical Physics	2       core
9	PHY 111	Mechanics, Thermal Physics & Properties of Matter	3          core
10	PHY 113	Vibrations, Waves & Optics	3   elective
11	PHY 124	Electromagnetism &     Modern Physics	4    elective
12	AEB 111	Introductory       Animal     and Environmental Biology	4       core
13	AEB122	Functional Zoology	4       core
14	GST 111	Use of English I	2         core
15	GST 112	Philosophy and Logic	2         core
16	GST 121	Use of English II	2         core
17	GST 122	History and Culture	2         core
18	GST 123	The history and philosophy of Science	2         core
		Total   NUC   Total	51 34 48

200 LEVEL (SECOND YEAR) COURSES

S/No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR211	Introduction to Agriculture and Agro Forestry	3 Core
2	AGR 212	Introduction to Statistics	3     core
3	AGR 213	Introduction     to      Agricultural Biochemistry	3     core
4	CRS211	Principles of Crop Production	3     core
5	ANS211	Principles of Animal Production	3     core
6	SOS 211	Introduction to Soil Science	3     core
7	CSC 211	Introduction to Computers	3     core
8	FIS211	Introduction to Fisheries Resources of West Africa	2      core
9	AGR 214	Principles of Home Economics	2      core
10	ANS 221	Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals	2      core
11	AEE 221	Introduction   to       Agricultural Economics	3     core
12	AGR 221	Introduction to Climatology and BioGeography	3     core
13	FOW 221	Introduction to Forestry and Wildlife	3     core
14	CRS 221	Crop    Physiology,     Anatomy           and Taxonomy	2      core
15	AGR 222	Principles of Food Science and Technology	3     core
TOTAL			41

300 LEVEL (THIRD YEAR) COURSES

S/N	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR 305	Field Study	3           core
2	AGR311	Statistics and Field Experimentation	3               core
3	AEE311	Introduction to Agric. Ext. & Rural Sociology	2                core
4	AEE312	Introduction to Farm Management and Production Economics	2                core
5	ANS311	Ruminant Animal Production	2                 core
6	AGR 3 12	Agricultural Biochemistry and Methods(Metabolism)	3                 core
7	CRS311	Arable Crop Production	2                 core
8	FIS314	Aquaculture	3                 core
9	FOW311	Principles of Silviculture	3                 core
10	SOS 311	Soil Pedology and Physics	2                 core
11	AEE 321	Ext. Teaching, Learning Process and Methods	2                 core
12	ANS 321	Non-Ruminant Animal Production	2                 core
13	CRS 321	Permanent Fruit Crop Production	2                 core
14	CRS 322	Crop Protection	3                 core
15	SOS 321	Soil Chemistry and Microbiology	2                 core
16	AGR 321	Introduction to Farm Machinery	2                 core
17	AGR 322	Agricultural Genetics and Breeding	3                 core
18	CSC 220	Application of Computers to Agriculture	3                 core
TOTAL			44

400 LEVEL (FOURTH YEAR) COURSES

S/No	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1.	AEE401	Farm Records and Accounting Practices	2            core
2	AEE402	Farm Management Techniques	2            core
3	AEE403	Extension Practices	2            core
4	ANS401	Non- Ruminant Animal Husbandry	2            core
5	ANS402	Ruminant Animal Husbandry	2            core
6	ANS403	Animal Health	2            core
7	CRS401	Permanent Crop Production Techniques	2            core
8	CRS402	Arable Crop Production Techniques	2            core
9	CRS403	Horticultural Crop Production Techniques	2            core
10	CRS404	Crop Protection, Pests and Diseases Control	2            core
11	AGE401	Agricultural Products, Processing and Storage	2            core
12	AGE402	Agricultural Engineering and Workshop Practice	4            core
13	AGR401	Agricultural Meteorology	2            core
14	SOS401	Farm Survey, Design and Land Use	3            core
15	SOS402	Soil Fertility, Soil and Water Management	2            core
16	AGR409	Report Writing	3
17	CED300	Entrepreneurship	2            core
Total			38

500 LEVEL (FIFTH YEAR) COURSES

S/No	Course No.	Course Title	Credits	Rmks.
1	AEE 511	Agricultural Economics	2	Core
2	AEE 512	Farm Management Production Econs and Accounting	2	core
3	AEE513	Technology, Social Change and Problems of Agric Development	2	core
4	AEE 514	Rural    Community           Development Extension Organisation, Manpower and Supervision	2	core
5	AEE 515	Administration and Programme Planning in Extension	2	core
6	AEE 516	Principles   of   Cooperatives               and Agricultural Marketing	2	Mandatory
7	CRS 517	Tuber and Fibre Crop Production	3	core
8	AGE 511	Processing and Storage of Agric Products	2	core
9	FOW 511	Forest Management and Economics	2	Core
10	AEE 517	Agric Policy, Diffusion of Innovation and Development	2	core
11	AEE 518	Quantitative Techniques and Research Methods	2	core
12	AEE 521	Agribusiness Management and Finance	2	core
13	AEE 522	Agric Econs. And Business Law	2	Mandatory
14	CRS521	Economic Tree Crop Production	3	core
15	ANS 525	Pasture and Range Management	2	core
16	ANS 527	Ruminant Animal Production	2	Core
17	AEE 523	Advanced Rural Sociology and Land Economics	2	core
18	AEE 524	Agric. Project Appraisal, Management and Evaluation		core
19	AEE 525	Economic	2	core
20	AEE 598	Student Seminar	2	core
21	AEE 599	Special Project	6	core
Total				45

AEE 511 Agricultural Economics (2 Credit)

Static theory of production and supply of agricultural products by the individual farm-firms; pricing: employment of resources under perfect and competitions: consumer behavior economics.

AEE512 Farm Management Production Economics and

(Accounting (2 Credits)

Role of economic principle in farm management; value, problems, and methods of collecting Farm Management information; farm record and accounting ,farm business and enterprise analysis; farm planning and organization; getting started in farming; Farm budgeting; decision making under imperfect knowledge capital investment and principles of farm project evaluation. Problems of organizing and managing farms under commercial and peasant systems.

AEE 513 Technology, Social Change and Problem of Agricultural Development  (2 Credits)

Theories and polices of agricultural development; analytical and historical treatment of government policies and programmes affecting Nigeria/International Agriculture.  Agricultural technology: economic Institutions and population pressure; consumption, savings and capital formation; principles of economics development; economic change and development; the experience and prospects of economic development.

AEE 514 Rural Community Development, Extension Organisation, Manpower and Supervision (2 Credits)

General sociology theory: analysis of rural social system: relation of the individual to his environment; group dynamics; leadership patterns; social change and community organization; special topics in rural sociology.

Concept of rural development; agricultural extension and community development; training needs of agents for agricultural extension and community developments.

AEE 515 Administration and Programme Planning in Extension (2 Credits)

Concept, theories, Principles and guidelines of administration, organization, supervision as applied to extension.  Principles and concepts of programme planning in agricultural extension.

AEE 516 Principles of Cooperatives and Agricultural  Marketing (2 credits)

History and development of cooperatives, especially farmer, marketing and purchasing cooperative; philosophy, principles and operating techniques, essential for successful cooperatives activity, limitations and possibilities for cooperatives in Nigeria.

CRS 513 Tuber and Fibre Crop Production (2 Credits)

Origin, distribution and botany; soil and climatic requirementsw.  Improved varieties, production practices, harvesting and uses of major tuber and fibre crops.

AGE511 Processing and Storage of Agricultural Produce (3 Credits) Storage of Agricultural materials, storage and shelflife problems.

Methods of preservation, pasturisation sterilization and blanching.  Drying, freez-drying, spray-Drying, design and equipment for storage and preservation. 

AEE517 Agricultural Policy, Diffusion of Innovation and Development (2 Credits)

Identification and Definition of sources of innovation; processes of diffusion and adoption of innovation; adopter categories and adoption rates; change agents and differential rates of adoption. Factors affecting and implications of diffusion of innovation in rural areas.

AEE 518 Quantitative Techniques and Research Methods (2 Credits) Identification and Definition of the research problem objectives and hypothesis; principles of research design; questionnaire preparation. Distribution and retrival; data collection, analysis and handling, Presentation of research findings in narrative, tabular and graphical forms.

AEE 521 Agribusiness Management and Finance (2 Credits)

The scope of agricultural business and management; types of agricultural business; enterprise selection; production scheduling; public policies affecting agricultural business firm growth and survival; legal organization and tax strategies.  Principles of Agricultural Finance; farm credit ; capital needs of agricultural industries; sources of loan funds and collateral security for loans; government credit policies and credit agencies; approaches to efficient credit management, cash book and cask book analysis.

AEE 522 Agricultural Economics. And Business Law (2 Credits) Review of basic macroeconomic concepts; measurement of aggregate economic activity.  Aggregate economic models; models; consumption and investment functional; theory of interest rate; commodity, and money market; general equilibrium models.  Legal principles in agricultural undertakings with respect to land resource use and ownership; contracts sale. Transfer and tax strategies.

CRS 521 Economic Tree Crop Production (3 Credits)

Origin, distribution and botany of the crop.  Soil and climatic requirements of selected crops. Oil palm, cocoa, rubber, coffee, tea, improved varieties, production practices harvesting and uses of the crops.

ANS 525  Pasture and Range Management (2 Credits)

Distribution of natural pasture in Nigeria, Characteristics of grasses, legumes and shrubs for feeding livestock.  Introduction establishment and seed production of pasture plant species.  Grazing systems; forage conservation.

ANS 527 Ruminant Animal Production (2 Credits)

(Cattle, Sheep and Goat production) The beef and dairy industry feeding and management of cattle, sheep and goats. Housing and equipment; calf rearing; growing and finishing operations; milk production, handling and processing.  Animal judging, herd recording, castration and deworming.  Production and lactation in sheep and goats; marketing milk, beef, goat and sheep products.  (1 hour of lecture and 3 hours of practicals per week).

AEE 523 Advanced Rural Sociology and Land Economics (2

Credits)

Economic principles relevant to land in agriculture; population pressure and the demand for and supply of land; land tenure systems, and ownership property rights; economic returns to land resources; valuation of land; land reforms and Institutional factors in land use.

AEE 524 Agricultural Project Appraisal, Management and

Evaluation (2 Credits)

Analysis of social structure of rural agrarian system and societies.  Selected theories of social change; model of social change and attitude change.  Theory, procedure, data requirements for appraisal, analysis, evaluation and management of agricultural projects and programmes; the tasks and tools of project appraisal, project cash flow.  Farm resources and enterprise valuation. Case studies and practical problems.

AEE 525 Economics (2 Credits)

Econometrics theory, in production, simple regression, violation of basic assumption; estimation with bad or deficient data; multiple regression; statistical demand analysis; statistical production and cost analysis. Methods and application of econometrics to agricultural problems.

AEE 598 Student Seminar (2 Credits)

Presentation and discussion of various topics in Agricultural Economics and Farm  Management.

AEE 599 Special Project (6 Credits) Original research guided by staff.