MSc. Environmental Management
ENMG800: FIELD RESEARCH AND THESIS:
The objective of this is to provide each student with a significant and challenging research experience
which will enable them to develop specialist knowledge related to their particular interests within
resources and environmental management.
ENMG801 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT I:
The course deals with the role of environmental assessment (eg EIA and SEA) in the planning and operation
of development projects. Topics to be treated are the philosophical and institutional basis for
environmental assessment, by means of case studies to examine the techniques of assessing the impacts of
projects on the social and economic systems, on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, on air quality and
noise in the affected.
Basic concepts and definitions EIA as a process and document and Risk assessment (RA). Developing baseline
data/environmental characteristics; Methods\approach to EIA (e.g. checklists, simple matrix and Leopold
Matrix), and Monitoring Programme Statement and auditing.
ENMG802: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT II:
The course deals with the role of environmental assessment (eg EIA and SEA) in the planning and operation
of development projects. Topics to be treated are the philosophical and institutional basis for
environmental assessment, by means of case studies to examine the techniques of assessing the impacts of
projects on the social and economic systems, on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, on air quality and
noise in the affected .
Basic concepts and definitions EIA as a process and document and Risk assessment (RA). Developing baseline
data/environmental characteristics; Methods\approach to EIA.
ENMG803: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT :
The global environment debate – International Environmental taxonomy, environmental epistemology.
Environmental economics and management. Ecosystems management and environmental ethics. Environmental
risk management. Energy resources and the environment.
ENMG804: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS:
Concepts and techniques in economics which are of fundamental relevance in analyzing issues concerning
natural resources and the use of the environment.
The Global Environment Debate. Taxonomy of International Environmental Problems. Economic Theory and
common Property Resources. The divergences between Social Cost and Private cost-Externalities and
Alternative Collective Action. Economic Development Policies for Environmental Protection – problems of
equity, private ownership, amenity rights, resource allocation, the concept of economic development.
Case studies of Environmental Costs of Economic Growth (Growthmania). Measuring Costs and Benefits
(input –output approach). The cultural basis of our environmental crisis.
ENMG806: FIELD TECHNIQUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS:
Water quality Analysis. Soil analysis, Assessment of water losses due to evaporation and Evapotranspiration.
Evaluation of stream stage, velocity and discharge. Measurement of sediment yield of rivers. Monitoring
and Managing data obtained from a Meteorological station.
ENMG808: RESEARCH SEMINAR II:
ENMG809: ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING:
This course provides a vocational training in the theory, methods and application of environmental auditing
to individual and whole organization, in both private and public sectors.
ENMG810: LAND RESTORATION AND RECLAMATION:
Concepts and definition; kinds of land degradations and factors responsible; land use and land conservation
practices (traditional and modern). Biodiversity and environmental stability. Principles of conservation,
Soil conservation, Afforestation scheme, Water conservation, Mineral Resources conservation, Wild-life
conservation, Appraisal of Natural Park Policies. Typical contaminated problems; methodologies for
assessing the extent and seriousness of contamination; applicability and effectiveness of remediation
techniques as function of contamination and condition.
ENMG811: WASTE MANAGEMENT:
An overview of the principles, policy and legislation of waste management. Issues relating to the production
and handling of gaseous, liquid and solid wastes. The minimization-à reuse-à recycling-à recovery-àdisposal
hierarchy and opportunity to optimize the associated waste stream within each waste type. Political and
economic issues of waste management.
ENMG812: SUSTAINABLE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT:
Contemporary water supply and demand situations. Bases of water resources evaluation.
The “Ecosystem Approach “as applied to water basin management. Ecohydrology as an integrative water science
and as the practical tools for the ecosystem approach. Drainage basin instrumentation. Evaluation of
surface water resources. Methodology of groundwater exploration. Groundwater resources of Nigeria.
The problem of water pollution. Drainage basin management. Spatial aspect of water supply planning.
Resolving conflicting human uses of water, in order to maintain it as a sustainable resource.
Case studies of issues and resolution from Africa and elsewhere.
ENMG813: NATURE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT:
Spatial variations in biological diversity. The causes and consequence of biodiversity losses.
The biological and ecological principles underlying the conservation and management of habitats and species.
Approaches to sustainable development and wildlife conservation.
ENMG814: GLOBAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE:
Review of climate change debate and its scientific basis; regional case studies of environmental change and its
feedbacks on climate change; paleo environmental and contemporary climate and climate change; quantification
of climate change; working with climate data and models, and analysis of the potential impact s of
environmental change on a range of sectors, including agriculture, forestry, water resources and human
health, and potential mitigation and adaptation options.
ENMG815: POLLUTION CONTROL:
Definition, major types and sources of pollution. Characteristics of pollutants, acquisition of basic
skills for measuring and monitoring major types of pollution; environmental and health hazards associated
with major types of pollutions.
ENMG816: ENERGY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT :
Sources of Energy. World energy crises, alternative sources, conservation techniques, sustainable
development of energy.
ENMG817: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
Agro meteorology, Agric Extension services, Agricultural Products Marketing.
ENMG818: ENVIRONMENTAL RIST ASSESSMENT:
Environmental Hazards, Risk assessment, Mitigation Strategies Adaptation analyses, Institutional Policies,
case studies.
ENMG819: TOURISM, CULTURE AND LEISURE:
The course focuses on the environmental effects of tourism, its social dimensions, and the economic
advantages and disadvantages of tourism in different settings.
ENMG820: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT:
The course examines the geographical approaches to the study of health and health care, focusing on the
investigation of spatial variations in disease incidence, the epidemiology of selected diseases, the links
between environment and health, and the problems relating the location of and access to health-care
facilities.
GEOG802: RESEARCH METHODS. :
The course is design to provide students with basic training in research approaches, methods and techniques
so that they are able to undertake high-quality independent research in their chosen subject areas within
the programme. Formulating research proposals, literature review, data collection, data analysis and
communication of research ideas. Preparation for a successful thesis.
GEOG832: QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUE:
Data analysis: criteria for choice of statistical test; Hypothesis testing. Parametric methods: analysis of
variance, correlation analysis, regression analysis, factor analysis, trend surface analysis.
Non-parametric methods: Chi square, Kruska Walli ANOVA etc Use of computer for data analysis.
GEOG819: LAND RESOURCE ANALYSIS :
Principles of land resource evaluation, regionalization and classification genetic, landscape and
parametric systems. Practical systems of land capability evaluation, in soil science, agriculture,
hydrology, meteorology, climatology, and for military, civil engineering and recreational planning
purposes. Methods in land capability evaluation, reconnaissance survey, landscape sampling, field
techniques, laboratory analysis, application of remote sensing and data management.
GEOG861: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND PLANNING :
The concept of systems in environmental design. Ecosystematic equilibrium. Forms and sources of pollution.
Problems of pollution measurement. Pollution instrumentation. Pollution and meteorology; atmospheric
elements as rectifying systems. Hydrographic Surveys. Meteorological and environmental instrumentation.
Cultural landscape and its deterioration. Conservation and maintenance of environmental components.
RGIS803: FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS:
The historical development of cartography and spatial data collection procedures. The fundamental
principles and application of GIS, remote sensing and computer modeling. Introduction to key GIS concepts
and techniques; processing and applications of GIS data on natural and environmental resources and land
information, census, geodemographics, health, cadastral systems, and infrastructure management.
RGIS804: DATA BASE MANAGEMENT:
Database (definition, data, types of data -spatial, relational, functions of database); Database Management
Systems (definition, components, reasons for database management systems, advantages of database management
systems, users of database management systems, applications of database management systems); Database
Design - stages in database design (requirements collection and analysis, conceptual design, logical
design and physical design); Database Creation: issues in database creation, database software etc;
Database Management; GIS Database.