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Urban and Regional Planning Department

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Department was established in 2010/2011 academic year with the appointment of a pioneer Head, in person of Tpl/Arc A.E Adama who was redeployed from the Department of Architectural Technology. Through the concerted efforts of the pioneer Head of Department and other members of staff, the visitation of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in 2011 found the Department worthy of being accorded full accreditation.

The vision of the Department is to maintain high integrity and identity in offering systematic and scientific education in the core areas of Urban and Regional Planning which include: Housing; Transportation Planning; Environmental Health; Rural and Community Development Planning; Urban Design; Regional Development Planning; Facility Planning; Landscape Planning; Environmental Impact Assessment; Geographic Information System (GIS) and AUTOCAD among others. The Department parades high quality academic staff, spread across these various sub-disciplines of Urban and Regional Planning. The Department possesses a good number of facilities that enhances the training of students. These include drawing studios, modeling workshops, and library as well as computer laboratory.

The Department is currently running National diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) Programme. However, with the recent resource inspection of HND the department has kick-start the HND programme in 2021/2022 academic session. It is hoped that with the present HND programme on-going, the Department will continue to occupy its place of pride in the committee of responsible planning schools in Nigeria and the world at large.

FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT

The Department currently occupies a block of building, comprising the departmental office, examination office, a library, two modeling workshops, two computer laboratories, and two staff offices (occupied by lecturers). There is also a small building occupied by the department, housing two studios and four staff offices. 

 

PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE AND DURATION

The programme available in the Department currently is the National Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning. The ND programme consists of four semesters of classroom, laboratory and workshop activities in the polytechnic. Each semester should be of seventeen weeks duration made up of the following; 15 contact weeks of teaching, that is, lecture, recitation and practical exercises, and 2 weeks for test, examinations and registration.

 

REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRY INTO NATIONAL DIPLOMA URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

The requirement for admission into the ND URP is five O’ level credit passes, at not more than two sittings, in English Language, Mathematics and any three subjects from the following: Geography, Economics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Agricultural Science, Fine Arts, Technical Drawing, ICT/Computer Studies and Further Mathematics/Statistics.  

 

CURRICULUM  

The curriculum for the National Diploma is as seen in the tables below:

 

Year One (ND 1) First Semester

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

L

T

P

CU

CH

GNS 101

Use of English I

2

-

-

2

2

GNS 127

Citizenship Education I

2

1

-

2

3

MTH 111

Mathematics

2

-

-

2

2

MEC 101

Technical Drawing

1

-

3

2

4

URP 113

Introduction to Nigerian Law

2

-

-

2

2

SUG 101

Basic Land Surveying

2

-

3

2

5

URP 115

History of Town Planning

2

-

1

2

3

URP 117

Urban Planning Principles and Techniques I

1

-

3

3

4

URP 119

Geography and Planning

1

-

3

3

4

GLS 113

Use of Library

1

-

1

1

2

URP 121

Model Making

1

-

4

2

5

EED 126

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

1

1

-

2

2

 

Total

18

2

18

25

39

Year One (ND I) Second Semester

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

L

T

P

CU

CH

GNS 102

Communication in English I

2

-

-

2

2

GNS 121

Introduction to Sociology

2

-

-

2

2

GNS 120

Citizenship Education II

2

-

-

2

2

STA 111

Introduction to Statistics

1

1

-

2

2

URP 122

Environmental Science and Ecology

2

-

1

2

3

URP 124

Urban Planning Law and Administration I

2

-

1

2

3

URP 126

Graphic Planning

1

-

3

2

4

URP 128

Urban Planning Principles and Techniques II

1

-

3

2

4

URP 130

Studio I – Neighbourhood Design

1

-

6

3

7

EED 127

Practice of Entrepreneurship

1

-

2

2

3

SUG 102

Basic Land Surveying II

2

-

3

2

5

 

Total

17

1

19

23

37

Year Two (ND II) First Semester

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

L

T

P

CU

CH

GNS 201

Use of English II

2

-

-

2

2

GNS 125

Economics

2

-

-

2

2

URP 221

Building Design and Construction I

1

-

6

3

7

URP 213

Urban and Rural Sociology 

2

-

1

2

3

URP 215

Housing I

1

3

1

2

2

URP 217

Transportation Planning I

1

-

3

2

4

URP 219

Sustainable Human Settlement I

2

-

1

2

3

URP 211

Computer Appreciation

1

-

3

2

4

URP 223

Studio II – Residential Layout Design

1

-

6

3

7

EED 217

Entrepreneurship Practical I

1

-

2

2

3

SIW 211

Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme 

-

-

-

4

-

GIT 201

Element of Geo-Informatics

1

-

1

2

2

URP 225

Research Methods in Planning

1

-

1

2

2

 

Total

16

3

25

30

41

 Year Two (ND II) Second Semester

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

L

T

P

CU

CH

GNS 202

Communication in English II

2

-

-

2

3

URP 220

Urban Economics

2

-

1

2

3

URP 222

Building Design and Construction II

1

-

6

3

7

URP 224

Infrastructure Planning

1

-

3

2

4

URP 226

Population Studies

1

-

1

2

2

URP 228

Urban Planning Law and Administration II

2

-

1

2

3

URP 230

Land Use Planning

2

-

3

3

5

URP 232

Studio III – Development Planning

1

-

6

3

7

URP 234

Terminal Project

1

1

-

3

2

GIT 203

Data Base Creation and Use

1

-

1

2

2

EED 218

Entrepreneurship Practical II

-

-

-

2

-

 

Total

14

1

22

26

38

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND I) FIRST SEMESTER

 

S/N

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

1

URP 311

Technical Report Writing

1

2

URP 313

Land Economics

2

3

URP 315

Quantitative Analysis

2

4

URP 317

Housing II

2

5

URP 319

Infrastructure Planning II

2

6

URP 321

Rural Development Planning

2

7

URP 323

Research Techniques in Planning

2

8

URP 325

Urban Management

2

9

URP 327

Studio I - Village Design

3

 

 

 

18

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND I) SECOND SEMESTER

S/N

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

1

GNS 321

International Relations

2

2

COM 311

Introduction to Computer Programming

3

3

URP 320

Photography and Model Making

3

4

URP 322

Landscape Planning

2

5

URP 324

Regional Planning I

2

6

URP 326

Transportation Planning Ii

2

7

URP 328

Tourism and Recreational Planning

2

8

URP 330

Studio II - Urban Design

3

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND II) FIRST SEMESTER

S/N

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

Pre-requisite

1

URP 411

Computer Application in Planning

2

COM 311

2

URP 413

Urbanization

2

-

3

URP 415

Natural Resource and Environmental Planning

2

-

4

EST 111

Introduction to Estate Management

2

-

5

URP 417

Regional Planning II

2

URP  324

6

URP 419

Seminar in Planning

1

-

7

URP 421

Land use  Planning II

2

-

8

URP 423

Sustainable Human settlement II

3

-

9

URP 425

Studio III - Development Planning

3

URP 330

 

 

 

19

 

HIGHER NATIONALDIPLOMA (HND) II SECOND SEMESTER

S/N

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDIT UNIT

PRE-REQUISITE

1

GNS 323

Introduction to psychology

2

-

2

URP 420

Principles of Management

2

-

3

URP 422

Project Planning and Evaluation

2

-

4

URP 424

Urban Planning Law and Administration III

2

-

5

URP 426

Professional Practice

2

-

6

GIT 304

Principles of Geoinformatics

2

-

7

URP 430

Studio IV - Urban Renewal Design

3

URP 425

8

URP 432

Planning Dissertation

4

 

 

 

 

19

 

LIST OF STAFF

ACADEMIC STAFF

S/N

NAME

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION  WITH DATES

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

PRESENT STATUS

1

AGBOLADE, O.O

(HOD)

*B.Tech URP -2003

*M.Sc URP -2011

*PhD URP – In view

MNITP, RTP

LECT I

2

ADAMA, A.E

*HND Town Planning -1980

*B.SC Architecture -1988

*M.Sc Architecture -1992

*M.Tech URP -2006

*PGDE -2006

MNITP, ANIA

CHIEF LECTURER

3

ADEWALE, Y.Y

 

*B.Sc (HONS) Geography and Regional Planning -1992

*MURP – 2004

*PGDE -2008

MNITP, RTP

LECT I

4

OLATINWO, B.O

*B.Sc Geography -2008

*M.Sc Geography - 2012

*PhD Geography and Environmental Management – In view

NIL

LECT I

5

ALALADE, T.A

 

*B.URP -2009

*M.Tech GIT- 2014

MNITP

LECT I

6

ALBERT, M.F

 

*B.URP -2008

*M.Sc Envtal and Resource Mgt.– 2016

*PGDE -2018

MNITP

LECT II

7

MBAMARA , B.E

 

*HND URP -2006

*PGDE -2012

*B.Tech URP – 2018

MNITP, RTP

LECT II

8

MURITALA, A.O

 

*B.Sc Geography – 2006

*M.Sc Transport Management - 2015

NIL

LECT III

9

ADENIJI, T.A

 

*B.Sc Geography and Resource Man. – 2011

*M.Sc Geography and Environmental Man. – 2015

*PhD Geography and Resource Man. – In view

NIL

LECT III

10

AYANTOLA, W.A

 

*B.Tech URP – 2012

*B.Sc  Envtal Sc.and Resource Man.  – 2019

NIL

ASST. LECT

11

IBRAHIM, S.O

*B.Tech Transport Management - 2016

NIL

ASST. LECT

12

ADEGBEMI, A.O

 

*B.Sc. Geography and Planning - 2016

NIL

ASST. LECT

13

AYEDUN, O.O

B.Sc. URP – 2015

NIL

ASST. LECT

14

ABUBAKAR, A.T

 

B.Tech URP - 2016

MNITP

ASST. LECT

15

OMOYENI F.T

 

HND URP-2006

PGD URP -2018

MNITP, RTP

PRIN. INSTR I

16

JOLAYEMI J.O

 

HND URP -1998

B.Sc Envtal Sc.and Resource Man.(in view)

NIL

PRIN. INSTR II

 

 

NON-ACADEMIC STAFF

S/N

NAMES

ACADEMIC QUALIFACATION

RANK

1

ALABI, I.O

ND, Sec. studies

HND, Office Tech and Management

CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY I

2

WAHAB ADISA

ND URP, HND URP

SNR. TECHNICAL OFFICER

3

SALAUDEEN, M.F

B.Sc Geography

ADMIN OFFICER

 

 

PART-TIME STAFF

S/N

NAMES

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

RANK

1

ADEOLUWASINA, V

B.TECH URP

NIL

TECHNOLOGIST II

2

OMOTOSHO TOSIN

ND URP, HND URP

NIL

TECHNOLOGIST II

3

IBRAHIM HALIMAT

ND URP

NIL

TECHNICAL OFFICER

 

THE COLOURS OF THE DEPARTMENT

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