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Brief on the school
The School of Environmental Technology is structured to promote an interdisciplinary approach to professional education in the basic disciplines of Environmental Planning, Design and Management. The primary aim of the programmes is to identify the critical areas of Environmental Technology which promote an orderly development of the human environment and for which manpower development is prerequisite and to design course aimed at achieving meaningful ends in national development. Because designers perform critical roles in improving the quality of the built environment, the process of their education must recognize and be sensitive to human needs and inspirations and to the wise use and the conversation of resources. Technology has widened the scope of the decision making process particularly in the establishment of criteria, the identification of priorities and investigation of alternatives.
Consequently, a sound grasp of the technological processes in physical development is critical to a developing nation as Nigeria in the making of technological choices suitable to national development.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Some of the most important aims and objectives of the School are to:
- Provide education that ensures the attainment of professional skills requisite to effective shaping, reordering and articulation of the built-environment:
- Promote academic excellent and provide research opportunities appropriate to the development of national resources and technological skills in meeting emerging national demands; and
- Providing linkages between theory and practice through active participation in the practical aspect of the disciplines and providing continuing education to practitioners.
Organization of the School
The School of Environmental Technology is organized into the following departments:
Department of Architecture
Department of Estate Management
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Department of Industrial Design.
Department of Quantity Surveying. |
