Department of Urban AND Regional Planning URP 101: FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOGRAPHY COURSE PARTICULARS Course Code: URP 101 Course Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOGRAPHY No. of Units: 3 Course Duration: Three hours of theory per week for 15 weeks Status: Compulsory Course Email Address: [email protected] Course Webpage: http://www.urp.futa.edu.ng/courseschedule.php?coursecode=URP%202101 Prerequisite: NIL COURSE INSTRUCTORS Dr. M.A Oyinloye SET Building, Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. Phone: +2348036710380 Email: [email protected] and Miss. K. A. Adegboyegun SET Building, Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. Phone: +2348035787800 Email: [email protected] COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a first semester course that will give the students’ knowledge on the fundamentals of geography as it relates to Urban and Regional Planning. The students would be exposed to the study of Demography and cultural characteristics, the concept of environmental Resources, factors influencing agricultural production, industrialization in a general sense and the factors influencing the location of industries. COURSE OBJECTIVES The main objective of this course is to:  introduce students to the main elements of human geography. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES / COMPETENCIES Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: (Knowledge based) 1  understand the dominant aspects of human geography. These include population characteristic patterns, the geography of resources, economic and agricultural geography etc GRADING SYSTEM FOR THE COURSE This course will be graded as follows: Attendance 05% Assignment 15% Test(s) 20% Final Examination 60% TOTAL 100% GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS Attendance: It is expected that every student will be in class for lectures and also participate in all practical exercises. Attendance records will be kept and used to determine each person’s qualification to sit for the final examination. In case of illness or other unavoidable cause of absence, the student must communicate as soon as possible with any of the instructors, indicating the reason for the absence. Academic Integrity: Violations of academic integrity, including dishonesty in assignments, examinations, or other academic performances are prohibited. You are not allowed to make copies of another person’s work and submit it as your own; that is plagiarism. All cases of academic dishonesty will be reported to the University Management for appropriate sanctions in accordance with the guidelines for handling students’ misconduct as spelt out in the Students’ Handbook. Assignments and Group Work: Students are expected to submit assignments as scheduled. Failure to submit an assignment as at when due will earn you zero for that assignment. Only under extenuating circumstances, for which a student has notified any of the instructors in advance, will late submission of assignments be permitted. Code of Conduct in Lecture Rooms and Laboratories: Students should turn off their cell phones during lectures. Students are prohibited from engaging in other activities (such as texting, watching videos, etc.) during lectures. Food and drinks are not permitted in the laboratories. READING LIST Abler R. et al (1972): Spatial organization; the geographer view of the world. englewood cliffs, New-jerseu. Prentice – Hall inc. 14 Afolayan A.A (1978): Population in geographic of Nigeria Development (ed) by Oguntoyinbo, J.S (e tal) Heinemann education Books (Nig) ltd Ibadan. 14 Akinbode .A(1997): Population explosion in Africa and its Implication for Economic Development journal of Geography vol. 76 No1 pp 28-36 1245 Basorun J.O (2003): Basic element of urban and regional Planning. Shalom publisher Akure, Nigeria. 4 2 Olusanya, P.O (1975): Population growth and its components. In john C. Caldwill et al(eds) population growth and social Economic change in west Africa. Published by the world population council, New-york, pp 254-274. 4 Onokernoraye A.G (1985): An outline of Human Geography. The geography and planning series of study Notes. University of Benin, Nigeria. 4 Onokerhoraye A. et al (1985): Physical geography and Planning series of study Notes. University of Benin, Nigeria. 14 Legend 1- Available in the University Library 2- Available in Departmental/School Libraries 3- Available on the Internet. 4- Available as Personal Collection 5- Available in local bookshops. COURSE OUTLINE Week 1&2 Topic Remarks  Demographic and cultural characteristics types and causes of population movements.  Types and causes of population movements  The concept of environmental Resources, world distribution of terrain, minerals, water and biotic resources. 7& 8  Brief history of the physical, economic and cultural factors influencing agricultural production 9 & 10  General factors influencing the location of industries 11 & 12  Distribution of world’s major manufacturing regions 13  Problems and prospects of industrialization in the developing countries. 14  Impact of human activities on National environments at low and high densities During this first class, the expectation of the students from the course will also be documented. 3&4 5&6 MID-SEMESTER TEST 15 REVISION This is the week preceding the final examination. At this time, evaluation will be done to assess how far the students’ expectations for the course have been met. 3