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1.0 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission to the department can be satisfied by meeting the general University admission requirements as well as passing the relevant Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination (or its equivalent) in the relevant subjects. A candidate can also be admitted to higher levels by meeting the basic and other requirements as stated below.

Admission to Part I: Through UTME (University Matriculation Examination)

To be eligible for admission, candidates must pass the SSC Examination or its equivalent at credit level in not less than 5 subjects and in not more than two sittings in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English Language and any other subject selected from Technical Drawing, Economics, Further Mathematics, Fine Arts, Geography, Land Surveying and Building Construction.

UTME subjects: English Language, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics or Technical Drawing

Direct Entry Admissions:

a) Candidates for Direct Entry to Part II should have GCE (A) level or its equivalent with passes in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in not more than two sittings. In addition, candidates must satisfy the general entry requirements for admission to Part I as listed in 4(1).

b) Holders of National Diploma (ND/OND) or its equivalent at not less than Upper Credit level in Building, Architecture, Quantity Surveying and Civil Engineering may be considered for direct entry to Part II provided that they:

•  score not less than 60% at ND level and the subjects passed must include Mathematics and other science courses offered at ND II level (for example, basic courses in Structures and Building Science)
• satisfy the entry requirements as stated in 4(1)

c) Holders of Higher National Diploma (at not less than Lower Credit level) Certificate in Architecture or Civil Engineering may be considered for admission to Part II provided they satisfy 4(2b) in addition to the general conditions stipulated in 4(1).

 

2.0 University Academic Regulations

Some University Examination Regulations that students should note as contained in University Examination Regulations for first Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates are:

2.1 Registration for University Examinations

(a) A candidate for a University examination must have registered the courses in the prescribed format not later than the closing date prescribed for registration for such courses. Any candidate who fails to register for courses at the appropriate time as prescribed by Senate will not be allowed to take any examination in such courses. Any examination taken without course registration shall be null and void.

(b) Students who registered for courses are committed to the number of units registered for and are expected to take examinations in such courses. If a student failed to take an examination he would be scored ‘0F’ for the number of units he had registered for and in which he had failed to take the prescribed examination.

(c) Any student who does not have any course to offer in a particular semester should apply for leave of absence.

(d) A candidate who has less than 15 units in a particular semester to graduate should apply to his/her Faculty Board for permission to register for less than 15 units. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of regulation which may result in the non-processing of the candidate’s results.

(e) A candidate, who cannot register for courses during the prescribed period for registration because of an illness must ensure that medical report on his illness is forwarded by him or his parents/sponsors to reach the Dean of his Faculty not later than four weeks after the end of the normal registration period as scheduled in the University Calendar. Such a medical report should be forwarded for authentication by the Director of Medical and Health Services for it to be considered valid. Such a candidate shall be exempted from the penalties of late registration. All applications should be routed through the Head of Department.

(f) Students must attend a minimum of 75% of course instructions including lectures, tutorials and practical where required to qualify to sit for examination in any course.

2.2 Absence from Examination

Candidates must present themselves at such University examinations for which they have registered. Candidates who fail to do so for reason other than illness or accident shall be bound by the following regulations:

(a) Any student who fails to register for courses during one semester without permission should be deemed to have scored ‘0F’ in the minimum number of units required for full-time students (i.e. 15 units).

(b) Candidates who registered for courses, attended classes regularly, did all practical and tests but did not take required semester examinations should be given a continuous assessment grade in each of the affected courses and a grade of ‘0F’ in the examination which they should have taken, but which they did not take.

(c) Candidates who have less than 15 units to graduate but fail to take the required examinations should be deemed to have scored ‘0F’ in the outstanding courses only provided such candidates obtained permission to register for less than 15 units.

(d) Any candidate who on account of illness, is absent from a University examination may be permitted by the Senate on the recommendation from the appropriate Faculty Board, to present himself for such examination at the next available opportunity provided that:

• A full-time student in the University shall report any case of illness to the University Health Centre at all times.
• When a student falls ill during examination, he should report to the Director, Medical and Health Services before attending any hospital outside the University. A report of sickness should be made to the Registrar within a week and a medical certificate of validation of his illness within three weeks.
• When a student falls ill before an examination he shall be under an obligation to send a medical report countersigned by the Director, Medical and Health Services within one week of such illness. Any time outside this period, shall be considered on its merit.
• The Director of Medical and Health Services should within 48 hours, submit a medical report on a candidate who is ill during an examination and is taken to the Health Centre or referred by it to the hospital for treatment.
• A candidate applying for leave of absence on medical grounds must forward his application together with a medical report to the Dean of his Faculty through his Head of Department. The Director, Medical and Health Services must countersign the Medical Report. The appropriate Faculty Board must take all applications for Leave of Absence.

2.3 Examination Offences

(a) A candidate shall not be allowed during an examination to communicate by word or otherwise with any other candidates nor shall he leave his place except with the consent of an invigilator. Should a candidate act in such a way as to disturb or inconvenience other candidates, he shall be warned and if he persists he may, at the discretion of the invigilator be excluded from the examination room. Such action by the invigilator must also be reported in writing through the Head of Department to the Vice-Chancellor within 24 hours.

(b) It shall be an examination offence for any student, staff or any person whatsoever, to impersonate a candidate in any University examination. Any student or staff of the University found guilty under this regulation shall be subjected to disciplinary action by the appropriate authority of the University.

(c) No candidate shall take into an examination room or have in his possession during examination any book or paper or printed or written documents, whether relevant to the examination or not, unless specifically authorized to do so. Any invigilator has authority to confiscate such documents.

(d) Mobile phones are not allowed in examination halls.

(e) A candidate shall not remove from an examination room any papers, used or unused, except the question paper and such book and papers, if any, as he is authorized to take into the examination room.

(f) Candidates shall comply with all “direction to candidates” set out on an examination answer book or other examination materials supplied to them. They shall also comply with direction given to them by an invigilator.

(g) Candidates shall not write on any paper other than the examination answer books. All rough work must be done in the answer books and crossed out neatly. Supplementary answer books, even if they contain only rough work must be tied inside the main answer books.

(h) When leaving the examination room, even if temporarily, a candidate shall not leave his written work on the desk but he shall hand it over to an invigilator. Candidates are responsible for the proper return of their written work.

(i) Smoking shall not be permitted in examination room during examination sessions.

(j) Any candidate or staff who attempts in any way to unlawfully have or give pre-knowledge of an examination question or to influence the marking of scripts or the award of marks by the University examiner shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate authority of the University.

(k) If any candidate is suspected of cheating, receiving assistance or assisting other candidates or of infringing any other examination regulation, a written report of the circumstance shall be submitted by the invigilator to the Vice-Chancellor within 24 hours of the examination session. The candidate concerned shall be allowed to continue with the examination.

(l) Any candidate suspected of examination malpractice shall be required to submit to the invigilator a written report immediately after the paper. Failure to make a report shall be regarded as a breach of discipline. Such report should be forwarded along with the invigilator’s report to the Vice-Chancellor.

(m) Where a Head of Department fails to forward a report on examination malpractice to the Vice-Chancellor such action would be considered misconduct.

3.0 Prospectus

3.1 Undergraduate Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) Programme

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Pre-requisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 101	Introduction to Building and Environment I		1	0	3	2
URP 103	Nature of Environmental Science		1	0	3	2
ARC 103	Graphic Communication		0	0	6	2
MTH 101	Elementary Mathematics I		4	1	0	5
PHY 101	General Physics I		3	1	0	4
CHM 101	Introduction to Chemistry I		3	1	3	4
CHM 103	Experimental Chemistry I		0	0	1	1
PHY 107	Experimental Physics 1A		0	0	3	1
	Special Elective		2	0	0	2
Total			14	3	18	23

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Pre-requisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 102	Introduction to Building and Environment II		1	0	3	2
MTH 104	Vectors		2	0	0	2
MTH 102	Elementary Mathematics II	MTH 101	4	1	0	5
PHY 102	General Physics 1B	PHY 101	3	1	0	4
PHY 108	Experimental Physics 1B		0	0	3	1
CHM 102	Introduction to Chemistry II		3	1	3	4
CHM 104	Experimental Chemistry II		0	0	1	1
	Special Elective		2	0	0	2
Total			15	3	9	21

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 201	Building Construction and Materials II	BLD 102	1	0	3	2
BLD 203	Structural Mechanics and Strength of Materials I	PHY 101	2	0	3	3
BLD 205	Building & Architectural Science		1	0	3	2
ESM 203	Land Surveying I		1	0	3	2
QTS 201	Principles of Measurement and Description I		1	1	3	3
CSC 201	Computer Programming I		2	0	3	3
CHE 201	Engineering Thermodynamics		2	0	3	3
MTH 201	Mathematical Method I	MTH 101/102	3	1	0	4
Total			15	2	21	24

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 202	Building Construction and Materials II	BLD 201	1	0	3	2
BLD 204	Structural Mechanics and Strength of Materials II	BLD 203	2	0	3	3
BLD 206	Soil Mechanics		1	0	3	2
ESM 204	Land Surveying II	ESM 203	1	0	3	2
QTS 202	Principles of Measurement and Description II	QTS 201	1	1	1	3
CSC 208	Computer Programming		1	0	3	2
MTH 202	Mathematical Method II	MTH 101/102	3	1	0	4
	Special Elective		2	0	0	2
Total			13	2	21	22

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 200	SIWES	0	0	9	3

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 301	Building Construction and Materials III	BLD 202	1	0	3	2
BLD 303	Construction Technology I	BLD 202	2	0	3	3
BLD 305	Building Maintenance I		1	0	3	2
BLD 307	Building Services and Equipment I		2	0	3	3
BLD 309	Theory of Structures	BLD 204	2	0	3	3
SSC 201	Statistical Methods and Sources I		2	1	0	3
QTS 303	Tendering and Estimating I	QTS 202	2	0	3	3
MEE 303	Fluid Mechanics		1	0	3	3
Total			15	1	21	22

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 302	Building Construction and Materials IV	BLD 301	1	0	3	2
BLD 304	Construction Technology II	BLD 303	2	0	3	3
BLD 306	Building Maintenance II	BLD 305	1	0	3	2
BLD 308	Building Services and Equipment II	BLD 307	2	0	3	3
BLD 310	Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures I		2	0	3	3
BLD 312	Project Planning and Control		2	0	3	3
SSC 202	Statistical Methods & Sources II	SSC 201	2	1	0	3
QTS 304	Tendering and Estimating II		2	0	3	3
	Special Electives		2	0	0	2
Total			16	1	21	24

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 300	Industrial Training	0	0	9	3

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 401	Structural Analysis	BLD 309	2	0	3	3
BLD 403	Design of Reinforced Concrete Structure II	BLD 310	2	0	3	3
BLD 405	Principle of Construction Managements	BLD 312	1	1	3	3
BLD 407	Building Services and Equipment III		2	0	0	2
BLD 411	Integrated Studio Project		0	0	9	3
QTS 305	Building Economics I		2	1	0	3
QTS 409	Introduction to Building Contracts		2	0	0	2
Sub-Total			11	2	18

Electives of 2/3 units from below

Restricted Electives
CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
URP 307	Rural Development Planning		2	0	3	3
QTS 301	Measurement of Const. Works	QTS 202	2	0	3	3
QTS 405	Construction Economics		2	0	0	3
ESM 201	Introduction to Valuation		1	0	3	2
MME 201	Introduction to Engineering Materials		2	0	3	3
Grand Total						21/22

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 400	Industrial Training	0	0	27	9

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 501	Advanced Construction Technology I	BLD 303 & BLD 304	2	0	3	3
BLD 503	Management of Building Project	BLD 405	1	1	3	3
BLD 505	Professional Practice		1	1	0	3
BLD 507	Project Dissertation I		0	0	9	3
QTS 403	Tendering and Estimating III		2	0	3	3
Sub-Total + 4/5 units from an appropriate option below			6	2	18	14
Grand Total						18/19

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Prerequisite	L	T	P	U
BLD 502	Advanced Construction Technology II	BLD 501	2	0	3	3
BLD 504	Advanced Project Management	BLD 503	1	0	3	2
QTS 306	Building Economics II	QTS 305	2	1	0	3
BLD 506	Design of Steel structures		2	0	3	3
BLD 508	Project Dissertation II	BLD 507	0	0	9	3
Elective of 4/5 units from an appropriate option below			7	1	18	14
Grand Total						18/19

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 509	Construction plant & equipment	1	0	3	2
BLD 511	Highway Engineering	1	0	3	2
BLD 537	Computer Applications in Building	0	0	6	2
BLD 503	System Analysis in Construction	1	0	3	2
CSC 501	Introduction to Operation Research	2	1	0	3

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 510	Productivity Studies on Sites	1	0	3	2
BLD 512	Building Materials Production Process	1	0	3	2
BLD 514	Construction Budgeting and Finance	1	0	3	2
BLD 516	Information System and Management	1	0	3	2

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 511	Highway Engineering	1	0	3	2
BLD 515	Technology and Masonry Design	1	0	3	2
BLD 517	Design of Timber Structures	1	0	3	2
BLD 519	Advanced Structural Analysis	1	0	3	2
BLD 521	Fundamentals of Geotechnology	1	0	3	2
BLD 537	Computer Applications in Building	0	0	6	2

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 518	Design of Highway Structures	1	0	3	2
BLD 520	Advanced Masonry Design	1	0	3	2
BLD 524	Advanced Design of Concrete Structures	1	0	3	2
BLD 526	Advanced Geotechnology	1	0	3	2
BLD 528	Advanced Design of Steel Structures	0	0	6	2

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 523	Acoustics	1	0	3	2
BLD 525	Lighting	1	0	3	2
BLD 527	Advanced Building Services Design Theory	1	0	3	2
BLD 529	Thermal Environment	1	0	3	2
BLD 537	Computer Applications in Building	0	0	6	2
EEG 413	Electrical Energy Distribution	1	0	3	2
CSC 501	Introduction to Operations Research	2	1	0	3

CODE	COURSE TITLE	L	T	P	U
BLD 538	Advanced Maintenance Technology II	1	0	3	2
BLD 540	Maintenance of Building Mechanical System	1	0	3	2
BLD 514	Construction Budgeting and Finance	1	0	3	2
BLD 516	Information System and Management	1	0	3	2

BLD 101 – Introduction to Building and Environment I

1. History of Building; Functions and Types of Buildings.
2. The Professional Builder
   • Definition; scope of duties; future prospects; relationship with other professionals in the Construction Industry
3. Analysis of the various options available in the Building Profession – Construction Technology, Building Services, Construction Management, Building Maintenance and Building Structures.
4. Functions and illustration of various building elements and components – foundations, floors, walls, beams, lintels, columns, roofs, windows, doors, etc.
5. Visit to construction sites.

BLD 102 – Introduction to Building and Environment II

1. Drawing Instruments, layout of drawings and geometric constructions. Multiview drawings and graphical representation.
2. Traditional Housing Design and Development in Nigeria
3. Elemental composition of a building in relation to the environment and functional requirements
4. Brief discussion on plant and equipment required on construction site
5. Organisational Structure and Personnel involved in Construction
6. Local Materials utilisation in low cost mass housing
7. Socio-cultural and climatic condition as they affect building design in Nigeria
8. Analytical tools for problem solution in building provision
9. Economic factors affecting building provision: economics and concepts of production, methods of production, pricing methods
10. Building drawings
11. Presentation of road designs and simple examples of other Civil Engineering drawings.

BLD 201: Building Construction and Materials I

1. Site operations and construction personnel
2. Site Investigation and Site Preparation Processes
   Site Organisation and Layout, Clearing, Levelling and Setting out.
3. Excavations – soil classification, methods of excavation (manual/mechanical). Tools for manual excavation.
   Problems of excavation (including Site Drainage) and timbering to excavation.
4. Design and construction detailing of elements of building.
   • Foundations (to include subsoil/loading conditions).
   • Floors – solid ground floors, Raised/Upper timber floors. Solid upper floors. Finishes.
5. Modelling of building elements and components.
6. Practicals

BLD 202: Building Construction and Materials II

1. Walls: Load-bearing and Non load-bearing walls, Timber walling, Stones wall, Brick/block Walls, Bonding, mortar mixes, d.p.c., Wall finishes – plastering, rendering, tyro-leaning, painting, etc.
2. Openings in walls: Doors, Windows, Lintels, beams and columns, Arches.
3. Stairs and fittings
4. Roofs and ceilings
5. Drainage – tools, equipment, materials and methods of installation
6. External Works and Landscaping: Fences and Fencing, Gates, Access roads, Landscaping.
7. Preparation of Architectural and Construction Drawings of a simple building up one-storey building.
8. Modelling of building elements and components.
9. Practicals

BLD 203: Structural Mechanics and Strength of Materials I

1. Introduction to mechanics and design of building structures. The object of structural design
2. Statics of Particles – Forces in a plane, Forces in space
3. Statics of Rigid bodies in two dimensions
4. Statics of rigid bodies in three dimensions
5. Properties of structural sections – centroid, First Moment of Area, Moments of Inertia, Compound Sections, Radius of Gyration, Polar moment of Inertia, Section modulus, Principal axes and Principal moments of inertia. Mohr’s circles for moment and product of Inertia.
6. Direct stress and strain – tension and compression. Stress/strain curves, Hooke’s law, Poisson’s effect, factor of safety, strain energy, initial stresses, suddenly applied loads, falling loads, creep under loading, fluctuating stress, fatigue under repeated stresses.
7. Analysis of statically determinate structures: Trusses (Method of Joints, sections and graphical methods, calculation of displacement of joints), Beams, Frames, Cables, Shear force, axial force and Bending moment relationship and diagrams.
8. Influence lines for trusses and simply supported beams.