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
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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
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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
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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
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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

The basic colours of the Department are pink and black

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