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APP 201: POLITICAL THEORY
This is a second year, first semester course that focuses on political theories that political science is grounded. The module aims at exposing you to different concepts, theories and ideologies. It will help you understand the difference between political theory and political science, evaluate the theories used in political inquiry, comprehend the concepts state, power and authority and differentiate the different political ideologies.
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APP 201: POLITICAL THEORY
This is a second year, first semester course that focuses on political theories that political science is grounded. The module aims at exposing you to different concepts, theories and ideologies. It will help you understand the difference between political theory and political science, evaluate the theories used in political inquiry, comprehend the concepts state, power and authority and differentiate the different political ideologies.
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CILS 2101: COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS
Communication refers to the conveying of ideas from the mind of one person to the
mind of another which takes place between two or more people, (Harding, 1985 ).
Simply put, it implies that when a person has some idea, they can easily transfer
this idea as it is, to another person’s mind or other people’s minds with no difficulty.
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STATISTICS NOTES
The main aim of this unit is to introduce you to the basic concepts used in descriptive statistics and elementary probability theory such as:- measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, skewness and kurtosis, random variables, probability, conditional probability and univariate probability distributions.
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LDP 601: FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT
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This course is intended to introduce and expose the learners to the principles and concepts governing the practice of management. Management is a social science hence a complex and pervasive field and its practice is greatly affected by the situational factors that each manager faces.
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LDP 603: RESEARCH METHODS
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The module is covered in Lectures. Each Lecture focuses on area in research. You will
note that in each unit, there is an introduction, unit objectives, contents presented in
subtopics, activities, summary and suggestions for further readings. This structure aims at making it easy for you to read the material more easily and logically.
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LDP 611: SOCIAL CHANGE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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Welcome to our very first lecture in this course. We will start by discussing the main theories of social change while all along relating these to development. In particular, we will look at the relevance of the theories to the African situation bringing out the relevant driving forces in social change such as the role of technology, education, politics, economy, rural-urban dichotomy, demographic factors and also gender. Our hope is that you will enjoy this lecture and also the exercises and activities that go with it.
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LDP 604: PROJECT PLANNING, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
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This unit will expose you to very important aspects of project planning, design and implementations by drawing you to certain practical issues encountered in project management. This will aim to provoke your positive thinking and thus stimulate imagination and creativity that will result in equipping you with skills and knowledge necessary for designing, planning, and implementing any type of projects.
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APP 200: PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC LAW
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The courts have power to hear and determine disputes, primarily of criminal and
civil nature. Criminal cases are those in which the State prosecutes a person or an
organization for committing an act which is not in the interest of the public. Civil
cases originate from a person who seeks redress for a private wrong such as
breach of contract, trespass, or negligence; or to enforce civil remedies such as
compensation, damages or to stop some action.
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APP 304: EDUCATION POLICY IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Education policy is any deliberate policy decision carried out by the government to solve a problem or serve a need in the education sector. It is a social policy. As a social policy, it is put in place to sustain people's livelihood through education.
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APS 103: HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY
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This course is a survey of the origin and development of Psychology in relation to
contemporary Psychology and its foundations in Philosophy and Physiology. Special attention is given to the systems of thought that have emerged since the founding of Psychology as an empirical science.
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APS 101: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
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Ethics refers to the correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research. We have a moral responsibility to protect research participants from harm.Researchers have a duty to respect the rights and dignity of research participants. They must abide by certain moral principles and rules of conduct which include
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APS 310: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY FULL NOTES
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Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology that studies how the nervous system
(particularly the brain) influences behaviour and mental processes. It is the study of how the complex properties of the brain allow for the behaviour to occur.
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AGD 312: GENDER DIMENSIONS IN RURAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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Rural development is a broad discipline that covers many different themes. The central theme is defined by the name. In this module, rural development is about progress and change in the rural areas of developing countries. It is concerned with the factors that affect rural change, how we define progress, and what can be done to bring about the overriding objective of rural development, which is to reduce, and eventually eliminate, rural poverty.
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Renaissance Philosophy
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During the middle ages, philosophy was virtually the handmaiden of theology but the blending of philosophy and theology was an unstable one. Philosophy was set at providing an intellectual and metaphysical foundation for revealed religion. By the close of the middle ages, the medieval marriage between religion and philosophy had become strained, and during renaissance there was a decisive separation between the two.
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF PHILOSOPHY – SOCRATES, PLATO &ARISTOTLE
Socrates is said to have reacted against the teachings of the Sophists among whom he is sometimes grouped. He wanted to keep his native city of Athens from the moral destruction toward which the Sophists were leading it. Like the Sophists, he wandered from place to place discussing moral life and convictions with the people he met on the streets.
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UCU 104: INTRODUCTION TO ETREPRENEURSHIP
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Entrepreneurship- is the process of creating something new with value by devoting the
necessary time and effort assuming the risks involved and receiving the resulting rewards inform of monetary gain personal satisfaction and independence.
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UCU 112: CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
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This module introduces you to the basic concepts, principles and issues in creativity and innovation. The module begins with clarification of the concepts, nature and scope of creativity. This enables you to clearly see and appreciate the distinction between creativity and innovation and the importance of both skills in the 21 st century.
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UCU 103: CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
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The term philosophy is derived from a combination of two Greek words, namely philia
(love) and Sophia (wisdom) meaning love of wisdom. You may therefore, define philosophy as love of wisdom. This definition has persisted for more than two thousand years.
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UCU 110 : COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATIVE SKILLS FULL NOTES
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This course is aimed at helping you to develop the capacity to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of contexts, learn independently, collaborate with others, think critically as well as become an information literate citizen. This is a skills based course, which is taken by all the first year students across disciplines at the university.
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