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AREN 403: Rural Engineering

Land and water use planning; planning and design of rural houses, rural roads, village drainage systems, waste disposal and sanitary structures, integrated rural energy planning and development; rural electrification.

AREN 404: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Water for irrigation - surface and ground water quality and water flow rate; types, performance and selection criterion for pumps, irrigation requirements and scheduling, farm irrigation systems design, surface sprinkler, trickle, subsurface and surface...

AREN 405: Maintenance and Management of Agricultural Machinery

Defects of farm machinery (wear and breakages); instruments to measure defects; materials for repairs; diagnostic testing; bench work, blacksmithing and welding; repair and maintenance of farm equipment (tractors, tillage equipment, harvesting equipment, etc...

AREN 406: Storage of Agricultural Products and Cold Chain Management

Choice of systems for reception, storage and handling of agricultural produce, types of storage systems: construction details and design of systems, access roads, dust extractors, capacity of equipment, system selection and reliability. Grain storage methods...

AREN 408: Agro-Meteorology and Climatology

Solar radiation, short and long wave radiation, direct and diffuse radiation, Net radiation, measurement and estimation; radiation utilization in photosynthesis;  Energy balance/Bowen ratio; Evaporation and evapo-transpiration models; Soil temperatures;...

AREN 601: Research Methods in Engineering

This course is structured to enable students understand the engineering research process, development of research proposals, design of questionnaire, interviewing techniques and content analysis. The course will enrich students’ ability in research...

AREN 602: Measuring Techniques in Engineering

The focus of this course will be to enable students have understanding of sensing elements, signal conditioning, recording and analysis and specialized measurement systems. Students will have knowledge in flow measurement systems, pneumatic measurement...

AREN 603: Agro Hydrology

This course will introduce students to the hydrologic cycle, the global water budget, and Ghana’s water budget. It will cover catchment hydrology involving stream patterns and description of the basin. Also to be introduced will be stream flow...

AREN 604: Soil and Water Conservation

This course covers conservation and the environment; water erosion and control practices. Students will be introduced to the types of soil erosion and factors affecting erosion by water. Also to be discussed in the course are some important parameters such as...

AREN 605: Agro Meteorology

The purpose of this course is the introduction students to meteorological instruments and observations. Students will also be introduced to meteorological and climatic elements, atmospheric dynamics, radiation and evaporation/evapotranspiration; weather...

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