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INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
Economics is a social science which studies allocation of scarce resources which have
alternative uses among competing and limitless wants of the consumer in the society. It
therefore concerns the way people apply knowledge, skills and effort to satisfy human
wants or provide for material well being.
Human wants – Refer to peoples’ desire for goods and services and circumstances that
enhance material well being.
Economics resources – These are ingredients available for providing goods and services.
They are also called factors of production which include land, labour, capital and
entrepreneurship. A resource must be scarce and have money value. Resources are
categorized as either natural or manmade
i. Natural resources – Refer to anything given by nature example soils, lakes and
mountains.
ii. Man-made resources – Refer to anything created by man to assist in production
of goods and services example tools, equipment and building.
Scarcity and Choice
Scarcity - Resources are scarce if their availability is not enough to produce goods and
services to satisfy all wants. Resources are therefore said to be limited and hence choices
have to be made.
Choice is the decision to satisfy one want out of many alternatives. This means others have
to be forgone.
Opportunity cost
Refer to the value of benefit expected from the best second alternative forgone. Since
resources are scarce and have competing alternative uses, choice to satisfy one means
another is forgone
Economic and Non Economic goods
Economic goods – These are goods produced with scarce resources e.g. clothes and
therefore a price has to be paid to obtain them.
Non – Economic goods – are free goods hence no price has to be paid for them e.g.
sunshine, ai
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APP 205: INTRODUCTION TO ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY
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This module will introduce you to various administrative theories that are helpful to the study of public administration. In addition it's an interactive instructional module that uses both action and collaborative learning styles that provide you with diverse online learning experiences and effective learning processes.
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
Agricultural marketing can be defined as the performance of all business activities
involved in the flow of goods and services from the initial point of production
until they are in the hands of the ultimate consumer.
Marketing consists of all strategies and tactics used to identify, create and maintain
satisfying relationships, with customers that results in value for both consumers and
marketer.
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APA STYLE REFERENCING SIMPLIFIED
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Acknowledging a source in your work is somehow a play with your understanding of the information that you are passing across, though the approach is similar. One can begin by first acknowledging the source of the information (author of the information you are using) then follow with the text that contains the information you are presenting: e.g Jones (1998) notes that following instructions in any examination is as important as passing the examination itself.
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AHT 406: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF EASTERN AFRICA
In this module, we shall define the basic concepts in historical archaeology of Eastern Africa and encourage you to develop your own understanding historical archaeology. The module also introduces the historical methods and the subsequent historical archaeology that has been constructed. The module takes you through the meaning of historical archaeology and other types of “archaeologies”, development of Swahili city States, the Great Zimbabwe civilization and the recent historical archaeology of Eastern Africa.
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THE COLD WAR: PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1945-1990
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The cold war is the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after the World War II up to 1990s. The Cold War was a result of a clash between communism and capitalism, which were the main opposing ideologies or world-views. The USA with its capitalistic ideology believed that capitalism was the best and that communism was non democratic. Similarly, the communist Soviet Union believed that capitalism was exploitative and non democratic and therefore its spread to the rest of the world needed to be checked.
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AGE 101: DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHTS
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Geography; It’s concerned with the relationship between man’s way of life and the places in which he lives. Geo tries to study the earth as the world of man. It deals with differentiation and integration of places. Describing location of places.
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AGD 309: GENDER, ECONOMIC PLANNING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
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The topic will give definitions of the concepts that will used throughout in this module, and their application in gender and development studies. These include:development, economics, economics policy, economic planning and economic empowerment, economic growth and development.
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AGRO 332 : SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT NUTRITION NOTES
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Soil fertility: Is the ability of the soil to supply elements/nutrients essential for plant growth (From germination to physiological maturity) without toxic concentration of any element i.e. in the required amount and at the required time.
Soil productivity: Is the ability of the soil to produce a particular crop or sequence of crops under a specified management system.
NB: Productive soils are fertile for the crops being grown. However, many fertile soils are unproductive because they have poor climate.
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AGD 300: GENDER ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS
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The course is designed to present and discuss the methodologies of the best known analytical frameworks which have been used to integrate gender considerations into development initiatives. It gives practical examples of each framework, and provides accessible commentaries discussing the frameworks' potential uses, advantages, and limitations, as well as recent adaptations.
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CROP IMPROVEMENT
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Crop improvement can be defined as
i. An art, a science, and technology of improving the genetic makeup of plants in relation to their economic use for the mankind.
ii. The art and science of improving the heredity of plants for the benefit of mankind.
iii. Science of changing and improving the heredity of plants
2. Genetics
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics, the science of genetics enables plant breeders to predict to varying extents the outcome of genetic manipulation of plants. The techniques and methods employed in breeding are determined based on the genetics of the trait of interest, regarding, for example, the number of genes coding for it and gene action. For example, the size of the segregating population to generate in order to have a chance of observing that unique plant with the desired combination of genes depends on the number of genes involved in the expression of the desired trait.
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AGD 102: GENDER, CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
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In this unit, we will learn that gender describes those characteristics, roles and behavior patterns that distinguish men from women and are socially and culturally defined. These perceptions are quite in contrast to sex roles that are biologically determined. We therefore learn that there is a distinction between gender and sex.
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Principles of Conflict of Laws Third Edition
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The document is a course textbook that contains the specifics of application of International and Municipal Laws, specifically where the two come into contact and it appears that only one or the other should apply. It introduces the concept and builds up into such concepts as forum shopping, superiority of municipal law, application of laws in foreign marriages, among others. It brings all in clear light, making it a necessary tool for students.
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Law 514: Validity and Formality of Marriage
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The document provides the full exposition on the place of marriages under the different systems, where there arises conflict of various laws.
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GPR 424: Nature and Scope of Conflict of Laws
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The document provides a summary of all the basic concepts of conflict of laws.
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LLBK 319: SUMMARY OF CONCEPTS IN CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW
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A succinct introduction and summary of concepts on Consumer Protection law.
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DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS
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Before each disorder name, ICD-9-CM codes are provided, followed by ICD-IO-CM codes in parentheses. Blank lines indicate that either the ICD-9-CM or the ICD-IO-CM code is not applicable. For some disorders, the code can be indicated only according to the subtype or
specifier.
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ECT 202: INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS IN EDUCATION
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This module aims at giving you a good perspective of what teaching means and how to
effectively perform the teaching task. The module tackles each related topic in teacher
education in a systematic and logically sequenced order. Its focus is to make the teacher
effective in disseminating information, skills, values and attitudes to his learners.
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ASC 103: SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF AFRICAN SOCIETIES
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The discipline of sociology is founded on a trinity of three main pillars: social structure,
social research methods and social theory.
You may like to think of the discipline of sociology as a traditional African stool that
stands on three legs: socialstructure, social research methods and social theory.
Having been introduced to the discipline of sociology last semester, this course
exposes you to the first pillar: social structure. As you go on with your courses in
sociology you will encounter the other two pillars: social research methods and social
theory
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AGE 300: AIR PHOTO INTERPRATATION ANDFIELD COURSE
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The word photography was coined in 1839 from the Greek terms 'phos' for light and graphs meaning to write or draw or record. photography is therefore nothing more than graphic recording of light energy of different intensities. the scope of photography is now understood to include all processes that are used to record the action of radiant energy on different forms of matter.
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