GEOG400: RESEARCH PROJECT (6 CU):
A 10,000 – Word project based on field and/or library research on an aspect of geography and
carried out under the supervision of a member of staff.
GEOG401: SYSTEMATIC GEOGRAPHY OF NIGERIA I (2 CU):
Location and extent, physiographic regions, hydrography of the regions. Main ecological zones
and systems, primary productivity, Growth and distribution of population, natural resource base,
agricultural production and marketing systems, River Basins.
Pre-requisite (GEOG208)
GEOG402: SYSTEMATIC GEOGRAPHY OF NIGERIA II (2 CU):
Problems of Industrialization, Urbanization, transport development, internal and external trade.
Concepts and models - City and community regions, migration flows, urban systems, the nature of
economic dualism, modernization, development planning strategies.
Pre-requisite (GEOG208)
GEOG403: PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY IN GEOGRAPHY (2 CU):
The fundamental nature and scope of geography. Geography in the framework of the scientific thought
of the classical, medieval and Renaissance scholars. Transition from medieval to modern geography.
The French, American, Russian, British and German Schools of Geography, Contemporary geographic
concepts and methodology. Theoretical and ‘real world’ studies in spatial interaction and
decision-making. Applied Geography.
GEOG404: THE DEVELOPED WORLD (2 CU):
Differentiation of the Developed World from the Developing World. Distribution of incomes and
standards of living, social, economic and political frameworks of the capitalist and centrally
planned states. The historical evolution of the developed economies; geographical bases of the
economies of Western Europe, U.S.A. and USSR. Growth of the performance of agriculture,
manufacturing and services. International trade and implications on the world economy.
Energy and Environment Questions.
Pre-requisite (GEOG208)
GEOG405: THE DEVELOPING WORLD (2 CU):
The nature of underdevelopment in the Third World. Poverty and income distribution; production
systems and links with the international economy; geographical distribution of natural resources,
human resources and technology; Development strategies, agriculture, industrialization, education
and manpower development. The population problem, International trade, the transfer of resources.
The debt burden, globalization.
Pre-requisite (GEOG305)
GEOG406: APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY (2 CU):
Nature of radiation and some relevant concepts; Evapotranspiration and potential evapotranspiration
; Climate and agriculture, Climate and man; Climate and animals; Climate and architecture,
Climate and industry and transport; Topo-climates, Man-made climate: urban climates,
air-pollution, indoor climates.
Pre-requisite (GEOG311)
GEOG407: PEDOLOGY (2 CU):
General outline of pedology. Definition and development of the subject. The effect of the major
soil forming factors. Processes in the soil system. Soil classification: diagnostic horizons,
soil horizon designations.
Pre-requisite (GEOG303)
GEOG408: SOIL SURVEY AND LAND EVALUATION (2 CU):
Purpose and principles of soil survey. Scales and levels of intensity. Planning a soil survey.
Remote sensing in soil survey. Taxonomic units, choice of classification, mapping units,
the map legend. Field survey. Presentation of results. Principles and purposes of land evaluation.
Land capability classification: principles and procedures.
Pre-requisite (GEOG303)
GEOG409: TROPICAL CLIMATOLOGY (2 CU):
Delimiting the tropical climate region; Radiation and temperature conditions in the tropics;
The general circulation of the tropical atmosphere, Inter Tropical Convergence zone (ITCZ),
Tropical disturbances, Rainfall characteristics of the tropics, Tropical climates;
Climatic hazards.
Pre-requisite (GEOG311)
GEOG411: POPULATION, RESOURCES AND ENVIROMENT (2 CU):
Dynamics of rural land use, demographic and ecological change; the concept of critical population
density; selected small-scale studies. Global population, food resources and land use,
technological change, and land resources and environmental conservation.
Pre-requisite (GEOG212)
GEOG412: HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES (2 CU):
Inputs and outputs of the hydrological equation; Surface water hydrology; Ground water hydrology;
Water budgets; Water resources and conservation; water resources projects. (Case studies and group
projects).
Pre-requisite (GEOG311)
GEOG413: FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY (2 CU):
Drainage basin as a geomorphic unit. Drainage morphometry; basin water balance; surface and
sub-surface runoff. Fluvial processes on slopes. Sediment yield studies. River channels;
their morphology and processes. Application of drainage basin geomorphology to resources
management.
Pre-requisite (GEOG317)
GEOG414: TROPICAL GEOMORPHOLOGY (2 CU):
Structure and functions of Tropical denudation systems. Nature and evolution of tropical landscape.
Effects of Pleistocene and Holocene climatic changes. Application of geomorphology to terrain
evaluations in the tropics.
Pre-requisite (GEOG317)
GEOG415: INDUSTRIAL LOCATION (2 CU):
Factors in industrial location: spatial variations in production and transport costs;
area variations in market potential; agglomeration economies. Approaches to industrial location
theory: the decision making process in industrial location; locational structure of small-scale
industries, the role of Government in industrial location; the spatial strategy of industrial
development policy, predicting the impact of industrial development.
Pre-requisite (GEOG305)
GEOG416: AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY (2 CU):
The location of agricultural production; factors and institutions determining agricultural land
use and production; agricultural production systems, technology and change. Agriculture marketing;
the role of agriculture in national economies.
Pre-requisite (GEOG305)
GEOG417: URBANIZATION (2 CU):
The evolution of a spatial system of cities; relationships between spatial organization and city
formation; the process of urbanization; patterns of urbanization, with special reference to
tropical Africa: Urban functions and urban-rural relations, theories and techniques for studying
urban growth; the limits of urban growth; changes in the urban space system: urban planning;
urban systems and national integration
Pre-requisite (GEOG201)
GEOG419: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (2 CU):
The scope and nature of political geography. Nation states, boundaries, frontiers and their
implications; the concepts of ‘heartland’ and ‘periphery’ evolution of political and
administrative systems; influence of geographical factors on administrative units and
organizations; electoral geography; spatial distribution of power and national integration;
divisive integrative factors; geographical bases of international and international relationships.
Pre-requisite (GEOG305)
GEOG421: MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY (2 CU) :
Environment and diseases; flow patterns of diseases; diets and nutrition and the ecology of
mal-nutrition; utilization of health facilities, environmental sanitation; occupational hazards as
health hazards; implications of population growth on health, food, etc. WHO, multi-national and
national health institutions and programmes. Case studies and group projects.
Pre-requisite (GEOG212)
GEOG422: RURAL GEOGRAPHY (2 CU) :
Social structure of rural communities and social change; rural settlement patterns, functions and
change; rural production systems and types of change. The nature of rural isolation and poverty.
Introduction to the strategies and constraints of rural development. Rural development theories
and strategies; spatial organization of rural Nigeria; rural development policies in Nigeria.
Rural planning objectives; resources development planning problems and prospects of rural planning.
Pre-requisite (GEOG305)
GEOG424: CITY STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION (2 CU) :
The city- a system view; theory and spatial pattern of urban land values; models of urban land use;
the central business district delimitation, structure and dynamics; social area analysis;
intra-urban retail structure; intra-urban location of industries, urban population densities;
urban circulation.
Pre-requisite (GEOG304)
GEOG426: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (2 CU) :
Geographic perception of a region and theories of regional development; Types of regions;
Analysis of the spatial structure of a regional and inter-regional flows – the arrangement
of nodes, productive resources, transport routes, landuse, institutions and markets;
Resources and regional growth centers in regional development; Scopes and objectives of regional
planning; Regional planning in Nigeria.
Pre-requisite (GEOG305)
GEOG428: GEOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (2 CU) :
Economic development in historic context-stages of economic development. The role of natural
resources in economic development. Population and development – the population factor and the
limits of growth theory. Economic developments models, economic sector theories and the problem
of spatial application. Industrial development and industrial impact analysis – case studies of
the energy sector in development. Agriculture and economic development – case studies of
agricultural development projects. The role of the service sector in development- the formal and
the informal sectors. The political context of economic development –Economic Development plans,
Capital Resources and International Aid. World trade and the New World Economic Order
(The North-South Dialogue and the New International Economic Order - NIEO).
Pre-requisite (GEOG305)
GEOG432: APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC REMOTE SENSING & INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2 CU) :
The course will discuss the basic principles of manual and digital image analysis. Remote Sensing
and GIS integration. Remote Sensing and GIS applications: Suitability mapping, natural resource
management, environmental studies, etc.
Pre-requisite (GEOG313)
GEOG434: ECOSYSTEM (2 CU):
Nature of the ecosystem, its dynamics, instability and implications to mankind
Definitions – Ecosphere and Ecosystems; distinctive characteristics; interrelationships and
ecotones (2) Energy Flow – productivity (biomass) and biogeochemical (nutrient) cycle (3) Nature
of major types of ecosystems comparisons and contrasts in the flow of energy and productivity (4)
Ecosystems dynamics – stability and complexities and the resultant effects, the role of man’s
activities (5) Implications of Ecosystems dynamics for agricultural, Livestock and forestry
managements.
Pre-requisite (GEOG309)