SYNOPSIS OF DEPARTMENTAL COURSES

FWL 201: INTRODUCTION TO FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE (2 UNITS)
Principles and problems of production, management and conservation of West African Fish and Wildlife Resources. Fisheries and Wildlife recreation and amenities (sport fishing. Wildlife Park; zoo; sport hunting; game reserve). Identification, nomenclature, morphology and evolution of some selected West African Fish and Wildlife Species. Identification of common aquatic and terrestrial organisms of food value in fisheries and wildlife

FWL 202: FIELD TRIP (2 units)
Report writing on practical field trip to Fisheries and Wildlife establishments

FWL 300: LIMNOLOGY AND HYDROBIOLOGY ( 2 units)
Physico-chemical properties of fresh and brackish waters, hydrology and water cycle, study and identification of fauna and flora of importance in tropical fresh water and coastal swamps. Ecology, utilization of aquatic flora and fauna. Control of aquatic weeds.

FWL 301: AQUATIC AND TERRESTICAL ECOSYSTEMS (3 units)
Distribution, structure and dynamics of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in tropical Africa with special reference to fresh water, rain forest and savannah ecosystems. Energy flow and nutrients cycling in the various ecosystem and their importance in conservation of water, soil vegetation, fish and wildlife.

FWL 302: FISH AND WILDLIFE STOCK ASSESSMENT AND POPULATION DYNAMICS (3 units)
Evaluation of fisheries and wildlife resources in selected aquatic and terrestrial environments by ground and aerial censuring. Fish and wildlife population analysis with respect to size, age group, sex ratio, reproductive activities survivorship and recruitment. Construction of life tables for fish and wildlife populations. Different sampling techniques in wildlife and fisheries.

FWL 303: FISH AND WILDLIFE ECOLOGY (3 units)
Ecology of fishes and wild animals with special reference to distribution and natural history and application of this knowledge to fisheries and wildlife management and obtaining maximum returns from these resources. The niche concepts; habitat studies of fish and wildlife communities in major aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems of Nigeria. Food and feeding habit of fish and wildlife
populations. Territorial difference on home range. Factors affecting abundance and distribution of fish and wildlife population.

FWL 304: PRINCIPLES OF FISH AND WILDLIFE NUTRITION (2 units)
Basic and fundamental principles of fish and wildlife nutrition, classification of foods and feeding stuffs for fish and wildlife. An extensive average of the chemistry and nutritive value of feeds for fish and wildlife including succulent grasses and legumes used as source of feed by wildlife. Factors affecting the nutritive value of source of feed by wildlife. Factors affecting the nutritive
value of feeds for fish. Nutrient requirements of fish. Nutrient sources and basic considerations in fish and wildlife feeding.

FWL 305: FISH AND WILDLIFE UTILIZATION (2 units)
Biochemical composition of fish and wildlife as food and industrial biomaterials. Metabolic relationship of nutrients in fish and wildlife. Their influences on fish quality and utilization under different ecological and climatic conditions. Factors affecting fish and wildlife utilization in Nigeria. Studies of basic, nutritional and economic values of fish and wildlife processing and marketing of fish and wildlife products.

FWL 306: AQUACULTURE AND FISH FARMING TECHNIQUES (2 units)
Aims and types of aquaculture, status and aquaculture in Nigeria. Principles and methods of stocking, liming, pond fertilization, feeding, weed control and harvesting in fish ponds. Water quality requirements, species selection and combination, growth rate and food conversion,
introduction of exotic species and their implications.

FWL 307: POND CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE (2 units)
Practical survey, design and construction of ponds (Production, breeding and rearing ponds.) Construction of other fish culture enclosures. Construction and maintenance of ponds, channels and drainage facilities. Pond preparation for fish stocking and breeding. Management of Flora and water quality.

FWL 308: ZOO AND MUSEUM MANAGEMENT (3 units)
Planning and design of zoo and museum, capture and transportation of wild animals, health, handling and care of wild animals in captivity. Collection, preserving and exhibiting animals specimen in museum for educational and recreational purposes. A museum infrastructures
for zoos and mature interpretation. Feeding of animals and zoo sanitation. Control of zoo visitors. Financial control and personnel management.

FWL 309: ICHTHYOLOGY /WILDLIFE TAXONOMY AND BIOLOGY (2 units)
Identification and classification of important African wildlife species, morphology, anatomy, physiology and reproductive cycles of some selected species of important wild animals for “bush meat” protection.

FWL 310: FISH BIOLOGY (3 units)
Morphology and anatomy of typical bony and cartilaginous fishes. Physiology of respiration, diffusion, excretion and reproduction. Embryology of life history, studies on age and growth, fecundity and reproduction biology, condition factor, length weight relationships, size frequency distributions.

FWL 311: FISH & WILDLIFE ADAPTATION AND PHYSIOLOGY (3 units)
The different shapes and adaptive designs in fish and wildlife in relation to their environments. Natural environmental adaptation and physiological basis for migration, reproduction, feeding, temperatures, pressure, light and noise.

FWL 312: ORNAMENTAL FISHERIES & AQUARIUM DESIGN (2 units)
Identification, management and nutrition of ornamental fishes, design, construction and maintenance of aquaria and ponds for ornamental fishes, culture and breeding of aquarium fishes. Aquarium fish trade, sport fishing in recreation and tourism.

FWL 314: FISH BIOCHEMISTRY ( 2 units)
Fish, their composition and food, water metabolism chemistry and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, hormones, vitamins, minerals and antibiotics, energy transfer systems, general enzyme systems, general cell molecular biology to include membrane, and mitochondria
systems and intra membrane, processes, biochemistry of growth maintenance and reproduction,
endocrine chemistry and biochemistry.

FWL 316: PRACTICAL FIELD TRIP (2 units)
Report writing on visitation to fisheries and wildlife establishments.

FWT 303: FORESTRY SURVEY ( 2 units)
Ground survey instruments, chain surveying plutting small survey map and plans, leveling; compass surveying, plane tabling, the theodolite, uses of theodolite; tacheometry; forest read alignment.

AEE 305: PRINCIPLES OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY ( 3 units)
Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension Education. Definitions and objectives. Inter-relationships between them. Community development and Extension services. The role of External Extension. Education in integrated Rural Development Programmes.

AEE 306: FARM RECORDS AND ANALYSIS
Principles of Farm record keeping; types of farm records and analysis, crops, livestock and machinery records, enterprise analysis.

FWT 308: FORESTRY MENSURATION ( 3 units)
Fundamental of resource inventory and mensuration; theory of tree measurements - diameter, height, crown, instruments for measuring diameter and height; taper and form; stand measurement and sample plots, tree volume estimation; stand and stands, stand table projection, concepts of stand structure, stand density and site quality; yield tables.

CSP 309: LAND/SOIL MANAGEMENT ( 3 units)
Need for soil conservation practices. Effects of deforestation, soil problems affecting crop production, methods of land clearing, effect of bush clearing. Tillage implements, soil tillage and tillage techniques; effects of tillage methods on soil and crop. Soil structure formation and improvement, structure deformation and measures to prevent it. Maintenance and improvement
of soil fertility-natural and artificial processes. Irrigation methods, drainage methods, erosion control . Application of Global positioning system (GPS) in Topographical mapping. Field trip.

FWL 401: FISHERIES & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT & CONSERVATION ( 3 units)
Basic and practical objectives of fish and wildlife management and conservation in Nigeria. Fisheries and wildlife administration and legislation; problems of enforcing laws. Development and management of lakes, rivers, game reserves and parks for conservation of Nigerian
fish and wildlife, producing management plans for fish and wildlife areas in Nigeria. Government policy in fisheries and wildlife administration and management. Conservation of endangered species.

FWL 402: STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL FARMS EXPERIENCE SCHEME ( 12 units)
Students are attached to industries, farms research station etc with a view to making students develop more skill in their various disciplines and providing additional opportunities for students to learn to write field reports. Students are supervised during the training period and shall be expected to keep log books and other records designed for the purpose of monitoring students’ performance.

FWL 403: PARK PLANNING & INTERPRETATION (2 units)
General features of parks and other wildlife domestication areas. The importance of wildlife parks in the socioeconomic development of a community. Principles of park management. The concept of master/management plans parks administration. Park organization and management in Nigeria, East and Southern Africa. The principles of park interpretation.

FWL 405: FIREARMS AND BALLISTICS (2 units)
Major considerations in firearms use in wildlife management. Different firearms types, techniques of gun loading, aiming and shooting, handling, are and maintenance of firearms and ammunitions.

FWL 407: POLLUTION AND WATER CHEMISTRY (2 units)
Physical composition of water bodies; water chemistry, nutrient cycles and aquatic productivity; sampling methods and analyses. Pollution and its effects on aquatic life, ecological characteristics of polluted waters and methods for maintaining and improving water quality (chemical, mechanical, biological).

FWL 409: FISH AND WILDLIFE PARASITES, DISEASES AND CONTROL (3 units)
Identification, morphology, taxonomy, life history of fish and wildlife parasites. The ecological effects of parasite populations in water body. Common bacterial fungal and viral fish and wildlife diseases and their control.

FWL 411: FISHING GEAR TECHNOLOGY (2 units)
Study of types of gear and fishing craft, properties of the material used in the construction of fish gears, construction of hooks, traps and nets. Assessment of efficiency of fishing gear. Design and construction of different types of fishing gear and their maintenance.

FWL 413: PRODUCTION OF OTHER MARINE PRODUCTS (2 units)
Ecology, life histories of crustacean and aquatic molluscs, culture of shrimps, oysters; crabs, crayfish, lobster, cockles, periwinkles, marine gastropods, grogs, edible sea weeds and fresh water plants. Deep sea and shore farming of some products. Processing and preservation of
marine products.

FWT 401: FORESTRY INVENTORY (3 units)
The basics of forest inventory; planning of forest inventory. Inventory sampling design; sampling techniques in forestry inventory; field measurement procedures; field data compilation: inventory data processing: inventory reports

APH 403: POULTRY PRODUCTION (3 units)
The areas of poultry production business brooding of chicks and rearing of growers techniques of keeping layers, breeders, broilers and some other poultry species e.g. turkeys, ducks, geese and guinea lowls commercially and semi commercially. Practical ways of establishing a poultry farm – provision of land, housing, equipment and labour. Poultry production plans and feasibility studies.

FWT 409: BIOMETRICS (3 units)
Application of basic biometric techniques to problems in forestry and wood technology, processing of data from forestry experiments for management purposes.

FWL 500: SEMINAR (2 units)
Instruction on the preparation, presentation and discussion of critical reviews of topics important to Fisheries and Wildlife to be followed by students presentation of above reviews.

FWL 501: FISHERIES & WILDLIFE EXTENSION (2 units)
Principles and methods of programme planning, extension need, educational objectives, learning experience, clientele participation plan of work etc. Organizing associations and cooperatives, concepts of evaluation applied to fisheries and wildlife extension, dissemination of research findings to field workers.

FWL 502: FISH BREEDING AND HATCHERY TECHNOLOGY (3 units)
Selection of brooders, induced spawning of cultivated fish species in Nigeria. Artificial fertilization, incubation and hatching of eggs. Rearing of hatchlings, frys and fingerlings. Design, construction, maintenance and management techniques of indoor and outdoor hatcheries. Sales and economics of fish seed production.

FWL 503: FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE ECONOMICS ( 2 units)
Economic constraints in fisheries development; free access fishery, sustainable yield curve and total revenue curve. Bionomic equilibrium, factor rents, welfare economic theory and its relevance for fisheries and wildlife, externalities in fisheries capital investment and depreciation of equipment; consumer and consumption patterns; fishery resources and right of ownership.

FWL 504: FISHERIES & WILDLIFE POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION (2 units)
Fisheries and wildlife legislation in Nigeria. The regional game laws. National laws regarding natural resources management. National and state policies on fisheries & wildlife planning and use. Administrative structure of fisheries & wildlife management in Nigeria. Problems of fisheries and wildlife conservation in Nigeria. Fisheries Institutions, conservation strategies, fisheries policy
and laws of Nigeria. International Laws. Laws of the sea.

FWL 505: WILDLIFE DOMESTATION & GAME RANCHING TECHNIQUES (2 units)
Major objectives and levels of wildlife domestications. Capture, transportation and handling of wild animals prior to domestication. Planning and design of shelter for captive, reared and domesticated wildlife breeding techniques. The effect of environmental factors on reproduction,
growth and general performance of wild animals. Potentials and problems of wildlife domestication, particularly through game ranching in Nigeria.

FWL 506: SNAIL FARMING TECHNIQUES ( 2 units)
General biology and classification of gastropods and molluscs in particular. The economic importance of snails. The concept of snail farming, with particular emphasis on its evolution and developmental trends world wide. Various systems and level of snail farming e.g. outdoor (pasture), outdoor (fed) indoor, fry-rearing methods etc. Common management techniques for rearing snails. Practicals in snail housing, feeding health care and harvesting.

FWL 507: PROJECT (6 units)
Supervised study on identified problems, requiring both oral and written presentation. Students must attend tutorials on research techniques and scientific writing as well as oral presentation relating to students project in the school.

FWL 508: FISH POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY (3 units)
The structure of fish muscle, the principal components of fish muscle and factors affecting their composition, major causes of fish spoilage, physical and chemical changes in fish muscle during and after rigor mortis, techniques of fish preservation and processing, chemical and physical methods of fish quality assessment, organoleptic measurement of fish spoilage, international
standards for fisheries products. Design, construction and maintenance of preservation equipment,

FWL 509: RANGE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES (2 units)
Identification and classification of major rangeland types in Nigeria, assessment of range conditions and productivity in relation to wildlife, livestock and fisheries, interactions between rangelands man and livestock, rangeland manipulation and improvement, fencing, water
spreading, reseeding, removal and brush and fertilization. The role of fire in the management and conservation of Nigerian rangelands. Measuring forage yield and carrying capacity and stocking rates.

FWL 510: WILDLIFE BREEDING AND PRODUCTION (3 units)
Basic methods of wildlife capture. Taming and maintenance of animals in captivity. Processes of wildlife domestication. Principles of animal breeding. Use of breeding in domestication. Maintenance of newly domesticated animals. Practical production and maintenance of mini – livestock i.e. guinea fowl, grass cutter, giant rat and giant snail.

FWL 511: FISH FARMING ENGINEERING (3 units)
Pond construction engineering. Design and construction of fish cages, tanks and other impounding structures. Classification and design of different types of water pumps. Types of aeration and filtration devices their designs and construction.

FWL 512: INTRODUCTION TO HERPETOLOGY (2 units)
Reptile taxonomy and classification, crocodilian classification & identification, status of crocodiles in Nigeria, importance of crocodiles (Trade & Food), crocodilian breeding biology and captive propagation programme and reptile in International Trade (CITES) and crocodilian.

FWL 513: APPLIED FISH NUTRITION (3 units)
Classification of foods, nutrient sources and composition. Feedstuffs and feed supplements for fish, chemistry and nutritive values of feedstuffs and feed supplements, consideration of methods of feed formulation, preparation and properties and biological evaluation and improvement.

FWL 515: ORNITHOLOGY (2 units)
Taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution, evolution reproductive cycles and life histories of some selected game and water birds. Migration, dispersions, habits, habitats and management of common game and water birds of importance in bushmeat production. Domestication and breeding in captivity of guinea fowls, bush fowls, spurwinged goose and other important duck and
geese in food production, methods of pest control of pest birds.

FWL 517: POPULATION REGULATION IN WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ( 2 units)
The concept of density dependent and density independent factors in animal population regulation, fishing, hunting and capturing and their effects on animal population movement, curling, cropping, sport fishing and hunting as methods of animal population vegetation,
causes of migration, emigration and immigration in fish and wildlife. Territorial behaviour and aggression in fish and wildlife.