Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Curriculum

 

MINIMUM DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR

B.Sc. AGRICULTURAL ENGINNERING 5-YEAR PROGRAMME

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COMPULSORY	REQUIRED	Electives
100 Level GES 101 (3) GES 103 (3) GES 106 (3)     TOTAL   (6)	MAT 111 (4) MAT 121 (4) MAT 141 (4) CHE 127 (3) CHE 157 (4) CHE 177 (3) CHE 195 (2) PHY 112 (3) PHY 113 (3) PHY 114 (3) PHY 115 (3) STA 111 (4) TME 111 (2) TME 121 (1)                                                                (43)	PHY 118 (3)                   (3)
200 Level TAE 2`11 (2) TAE 212 (2) TME 212 (2) GES 102 (3)     TOTAL   (9)	TME 211 (2) TME 213 (4) TME 214 (3) TME 221 (2) TME 222 (2) TME 224 (3) TME 225 (4) TEL 211 (4) MAT 241 (4) STA 202 (4) MAT 213 (4) MAT 241 (4) TIT 299 (2)                   (42)	TME 215 (1) TME 223 (2) MAT 242 (4)                       (7)
300 Level TAE 310 (3) TAE 311 (2) TME 212 (2) TAE 313 (3)           TOTAL (11)	TME 311 (3) TME 312 (1) TME 313 (4) TME 314 (3) TME 315 (3) TME 322 (4) TME 324 (3) TCE 311 (3) TCE 312 (3) TCE 322 (3) TIT 399 (3)  AGY 210 (2)                                            (35)	TWE 311 (3) TWE 321 (3) TWE 322 (3) TEL 314 (3) TME 316 (4) ANS 210 (2)                   (21)
400 Level TAE 411 (3) TAE 412 (3) TAE 414 (3) TIT 499 (6)     TOTAL              (18)	MAT 351 (3)	TME 411 (3) TME 415 (3) AGY 410 (2) RSS 411 (3) TPE 316 92)           (13)
500 Level TAE 511(3) AE 523 (3) TAE 512(4)TAE 524(2) TAE 514(3)TAE 525(3) TAE 515(3)TAE 526(2) TAE 521(3)TAE 531(3) TAE 522(3)TAE 599(6)   TOTAL                         (38)	TME 521 (3)                           (3)	TWE 511 (3) TWE 521 (3) TWE 524 (3) TCE 450 (3) TCE 517 (3) TIE 511 (3)               (18)

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF COURSES

(AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING COURSES ONLY)

 

Course No	Course Description	Unit	Status
200 Level TAE 211 TAE 221 TIT 299	Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Principles of Farm Mechanization Industrial Training	2 2 2	C C R
300 Level TAE 311 TAE 312 TAE 313 TAE 321   TIT 399	Soil & Water Conservation Engrg. I Agricultural Processing & Storage I Farm Power & Maintenance I Introduction to Farm Buildings & Structures Industrial Training	2 3 3   3 3	C C C   C R
400 Level TAE 411 TAE 412   TAE 413 TAE 414 TAE 424*   TAE 425*   TIT 499	Hydrology for Agricultural Engineering Engineering Properties of Plant & Animal Materials Farm Power & Maintenance II Design of Agricultural Structures Principles of Hydrology, Irrigation and Drainage Post-Harvest Handling, Processing & Storage Equipment Industrial Work Term	3   3 3 3   4 4   6	C   C C C   E E   C
500 Level TAE 511 TAE 512 TAE 513 TAE 514 TAE 515 TAE 521 TAE 522 TAE 523 TAE 524 TAE 525 TAE 526 TAE 599	Agricultural Machinery I  Soil & Water Conservation Engineering II Agricultural Processing & Storage II Irrigation Engineering Drainage Engineering Agricultural Machinery II Agricultural Materials Handling Farm Electrification Land Clearing & Development Computer Modelling of Agric. Systems Farm Transportation Project	3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 6	C C C C C C C C C C C C

 

 

 

Attachment III

 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

(AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING COURSES ONLY)

 

  TAE 211 – Introduction to Agricultural Engineering

        The meaning of Agricultural Engineering.  Agricultural Engineering and environment, Agricultural Engineering and society.  Inter-relationship between Agricultural Engineering and other engineering fields.  Job opportunities in Agricultural Engineering.  Professional societies.  Professional ethics.  The role of Agricultural Engineering in the development of Nigeria.

 

HL 30; HP0; U2; CR0; N P0.

 

TAE 212 – Principles of Farm Mechanization

History of farm machinery development; Human, animal and mechanical power sources; Machines for crop production and processing and livestock production.  Farm mechanization in a developing environment.  Visits to farms.

 

HL 30;  HP0;  U2;  CR0  P0

 

TAE  310 – Introduction to Farm Buildings and Structures

Functions and classification of various farm structures and buildings.  Materials of construction., farmstead planning, silos, cribs and other storage structures, livestock buildings, farm dwellings, workshop, building for crop production and crop processing structures,  Environmental and physiological factors.

 

HL 30; HP 45;  U3;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 311 – Soil and Water Conservation Engineering I

History of soil erosion, effects of and factors influencing soil erosion.  Geological and man-made erosion.  Basic physical properties of soil, infiltration entry of water intro soil.  Basic techniques of soil conservation e.g. bionomic methods, rotations, cover crops, mulching, mechanical methods, contouring, strip-cropping ridging, etc.

 

HL 30;  HP0  U2;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 312 –Agricultural Processing Engineering

Milling of grain.  Theories of communition.  Influence of crop variable, mill design, separation and cleaning of grain, grain properties aerodynamic drag, friction resilience, electrical properties leading to machine design.  Thin layer drying theory.  Extension to deep bed drying.  Extraction processes, protein, sugar, seed oil.  Influence of crop properties.  Energy and mass balances as it relates to agricultural processing.

 

HL 30;  HP 45  U3;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 313 – Farm Power and Maintenance I

        Tractor-implement relationships.  Determination of soil forces acting on an implement.  Implement attachment: trailed, semi-mounted and mounted implements.  Determination of the forces acting on a tractor/implement combination by graphical and numerical analysis.  Dynamic behaviour of implements, lateral and in-operation mode.  Implement stability and control.  Tractor hydraulic systems.  Steeraility of tractor-implement combinations.

 

HL 30; HP 45; U3; CR0  P0

TAE 410 – Hydrology for Agricultural Engineers.

The hydrology cycle, precipitation and data analysis to include measurement and computation over a basin.  Usage in agricultural projects, e.g. irrigation, drainage, records for optimum timing of farm operations e.g. planting, tillage, harvesting, etc. Land and sub-surface processes water storage and movement.  Soil moisture budgeting and use in irrigation, planning and development.  Catchment response; flow measurement and hydrographic analysis.  Frequency analysis of floods, regional flood frequency and routing, soil-plant-water relationship.

 

HL 30; HP 45;  U3;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 412 – Engineering Properties of Plants and Animal Materials

        A study of the physical and mechanical properties of animal and plant products as related to their harvesting, processing, packaging and storage.

 

HL 30;  HP 45;  U3;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 413 – Farm Power and Maintenance II

A review of tractor development, internal combustion engines, their principles of operations, construction and maintenance.  Hydraulic hitch systems.  Power transmission and power-take-off.  Theory of chassis mechanics.  Tractor design consideration.  Performance testing and cost estimation.

 

HL 30; HP 45;  U3;  CR0;  PTAE 312

 

TAE 414 – Design of Agricultural Structures.

        Integrated study of farm houses: poultry houses, dairy cattle housing and hog housing, farm bunkers, silos, fences, etc.  Design of structural members of wood, steel, plain and reinforced concrete, and local materials.  Design of farm structures, column, beams, nailed and local bolted connections of timbers.  Ventilation system for temperature and moisture control.

 

HL 30; HP 45;  U3  CR0; PTAE 313

 

*TAE 424 – Principles of Hydrology, Irrigation and Drainage

Introduction to hydrological concepts and application of hydrology in various agricultural and engineering projects.  Hydro-meteorology, weather and climate, humidity, temperature, radiation, wind and precipitation.  Practical measurements and data analysis towards project planning and execution.  Drainage basin and water-shed.  Ground water hydraulics.  Water resources development.  General consideration of irrigation requirement in Nigeria.  Principles, planning and design and construction of irrigated systems and schemes.  Theory of field drainage and water-shed run-off.   Design of drainage systems in agricultural, rural and urban environments.

HL 45;  HP 45;  U4;  CR0;  P0

 

*TAE 425 – Post-Harvest Handling, Processing and Storage Equipment

Cleaning and sorting equipment.  Different types of conveyors, size-reduction mills, rural electrification.  Use of electricity for heat and power.  Drying equipment principles and practice: Driers, refrigeration principles and practice.  Cold storage and silos.

 

HL 45; HP 45;  U4;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 511- Agricultural Machinery I

        Short review of the development of mechanization in various branches of agriculture.  Principles of construction design, operation and adjustment of machines and implements for primary and secondary tillage, aw well as land leveling and earth moving.  Analysis of forces acting on the plough.  Selecting of tillage implements suitable for various Nigerian conditions.

HL 30;  HP 45;  U3;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 512 – Soil and Water Conservation Engineering II

Soil-water-plant relationship, and application in agricultural and forestry engineering projects.  Principles of soil conservation.  Soil and wind erosion principles and various methods of control, flood problems, drainage in urban in urban and rural areas.  Water Resources conservation and Development.  Land classification for soil conservation.  Reduction of soil and water losses.  Road designs.  Alignment and drainage, CBR test, road construction and materials.  Soil stabilization.  Foundation design; Stability and design of strip and column foundations, local and general shear failures.  Bridge design.  Design of small span bridges, culverts and cause ways.

 

HL 45; HP 45;  U4  CR TAE 514  PTAE 310

 

 

TAE 513 – Agricultural Processing and Storage II

        Method of crops storage, transportation and preservation in tropical and temperate regions, studied with respect to capital outlay, efficiency and effects of climate.  Cleaning and sorting, size-reduction mills, drying principles and practice, driers, solar driers, cold storage.

 

HL 30;  HP 45;  U3;  CR0;  PTAE 312, TAE 412

 

TAE 514 – Irrigation Engineering

        The role of irrigation in world agriculture.  Irrigation in Nigeria.  Irrigation principles.  Land preparation and forming for irrigation.  Surface, sprinkler and sub-surface irrigation systems.  Advanced design of irrigation systems.  Dams: hydrologic design of small dams.  Pumps: hydraulic characteristics and selection for varying duties.  Irrigation scheduling.  Salt problems in irrigated agriculture, leaching, and reclamation of saline and alkaline soils.

 

HL 30  HP 45;  U3;  CRTAE 515; PTCE 322

 

 

TAE 515 – Drainage Engineering

Theories for steady and non-steady state flows problems of heavy soils, surface flow, farm drainage surface and sub-surface systems, open mole and pipe drainage techniques, installation, maintenance and machinery requirements.  Filter materials.  Design of drainage schemes.

 

HL 30;  HP 45;  U3;  CRTAE 514;  PTCE 322

 

TAE 521 – Agricultural Machinery II

Principles of construction, design, operation of machines used in the farm for seeding, planting, fertilizing, weed control, thinning, spraying, dusting, stalk cutting, forage harvesting and harvesting of field crops and fruits.  Equipment or machinery used in major farm operations and their applicability to Nigeria.

 

HL 30;  HP 45;  U3;  CR TME 215; PTAE 511

 

TAE 522 – Agricultural Materials Handling

Analysis of systems suitable for handling various agricultural projects.  Design and construction of handling systems.  Design of conveying equipment such as belt conveyors, fork lifts, tucks and carte, and consideration of materials of construction.

 

HL 30;  HP0;  U2;  CR0;  PTAE 412

TAE 523 – Farm Electrification

Electricity as a power source on the farm for lighting, farm production and processing.  Economics of power supply,  Farmstead wiring, Electrical requirement of workshops, barns and storage houses.  Motor selection for agricultural application.  Care and maintenance of electrical farm installation and machines – hatcheries, milking machines, feed mills.

 

HL 30;   HP 45;  U3;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 524 –Land Clearing and Development

Machines for land clearing: Bulldozer, tree extractors, graders, rollers, planers etc.  Rome ploughs, Disc burners.  Development of  land for Agricultural Use – Cuts and Fills and Cost analysis of Agricultural Land Development Visits to farm sites.

 

HL 30;  HP0;  U2;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 525 –Computer Modelling of Agricultural Systems

Integration of Engineering and Biological principles with efficient modeling techniques to solve complex problems in Agricultural operations.  Topics include the mathematical formulation and modeling of agricultural processes; processes and equipment simulation: optimization and control using digital computer techniques.  Use of canied programme, development of individual programmes, programme solutions

 

HL 30;  HP45;    U3;  CR0;  PTME 214

 

TAE 526 – Farm Transportation

Farm Roads, Farm Transportation systems.  Development and construction of Farm Transport equipment.  Farm Transport System-Standards and specifications.  Ergonomics.

 

HL 30;  HP0;  U2;  CR0;  P0

 

TAE 599 – Agricultural Engineering Project

Problem-solving, individual work, under the supervision of a Lecturer.

HL0;  HP 180;  U6;  CR0;  P0

 

• - Service courses to non-Agricultural Engineering students

 

NOTE

 

        HL     -       Hours of Lecture

        HP    -       Hours of practical

        U      -       Academic Units

        CR    -       Con-current Requirements(s)

        P      -       Pre-requisite(s)

 

The two values in the bracket after “HL” signify the number of hours of lectures and tutorials respectively.