Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

GEO 306 — Field Course

GEO department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• appreciate fieldwork is an important geographic activity
• identify geographical features
• conduct hands-on field exercises; and
• examine the relationships between and among features

Course contents

Eight to ten days intensive field studies designed to illustrate the application of theories, concepts and techniques of geographical analysis. Examples of field study activities include rural land use studies, urban studies, vegetation and soil studies, landform studies and market surveys.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study GEO 306.

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