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GEOG 494-Geopolitics of Africa

The course aims to provide an understanding of the changing political geography of Africa, explain the contemporary geopolitical scene with regard to intra-state and inter-state relations and explore the geographical influences on Africa's external...

GEOG 492-Environmental Hydrology

The study focuses on the impact of hydrological processes on the environment: flooding, erosion and sediments, urban drainage, salt water intrusion, drought and drought management and  Environmental aspects of water resource projects

GEOG 488-Soil Survey

Knowledge of soil survey is relevant to agricultural development. The course therefore focuses on methods of examining, describing and mapping different types of soils. The purpose is to enable the student have basic knowledge and understanding of the...

GEOG 486-Applied Geomorphology

The course will treat areas such as a definition of applied geomorphology, drainage basin morphometry, the calculation of stream frequency, circuity ratio, elongation ratio, basin relief, ruggedness number, bifurcation ratio, drainage density, graded river,...

GEOG 485-Hydrology

The course is designed to highlight some phenomena and conservation measures necessary for the planning, design and operational phases of water management. The outline includes rudiments of hydrology and hydrological measurements, intensity and frequency of...

GEOG 484- Climatic Change: Arid and Semi Arid Lands

Climatic change is one of the most important challenges of the twenty-first century. This course is offered at a time when key facts about climate change itself are on firm grounds. Warming is unequivocal. There is very high confidence that the bulk of this...

GEOG 483- Tropical Geomorphology

The course describes the tropical area as a morphogenetic region as well as the zonal morphological processes and forms as modified by the tropical environment. The outline includes the weathering processes and products, deep weathering profiles, laterite,...

GEOG 482-Tourism Development in the Third World

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the various concepts and theories that underlie tourism development in developing countries.  The course also provides insights into some case studies in the various geographical regions within the...

GEOG 481- Climate and Society

This course critically examines the links between climatic processes and human activities. It investigates the physical nature of Earth’s climate and its variability across space and time, and applies this to patterns of human activities. It explores...

GEOG 479-Environmental Ecology

This course will examine global and national concerns on the problem of environmental degradation and pollution, from the ecological perspective.  Causes of environmental degradation, solutions for restoring ecological equilibrium and Environmental...

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