Course Title: Introduction to Civil Engineering
(CVE 102)
Course Lecturer: Engr. F. M. Alayaki
Civil Engineering Department,
College of Engineering,
University of Agriculture Abeokuta,
Nigeria
Course Unit: 1
Contact Time: 1 Hour
Course Content
• Ecology and Population. Some principles of
ecology, ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles.
Nitrogen cycle and Phosphorous cycle. Solar
Energy and atmosphere, Population DynamicsSome Biological Growth curves, Exponential
Growth and Human Population Growth, Food
Production – Human food requirements
increasing the yield, use of pesticides and
insecticides and effects on none target organisms,
Biological Resistance.
• Water Pollution. Water Resources: The
Hydrologic cycle, Groundwater, Dams and
Reservoirs, Irrigation and Building up of salts;
Water Pollutants:
Types of
Pollutants,
Dissolved Oxygen, Biochemical Oxygen
Demand and Thermal Pollution, Treatment of
water and wastes, Water Quality criteria.
Water treatment fundamentals, Sewage,
treatment fundamentals.
• Air Pollution. General considerations, emission
sources, Hazardous air pollutants, Air pollution
control techniques
• Energy and Raw Materials. Energy and power,
energy consumption, Petroleum resources,
Natural Gas Resources, Energy Conservation,
Electrical Energy and Power, Electric generating
capacity, electric energy
consumption, the
generation of electricity and environmental
effects.
Typical Questions
1. (i) Explain the term “Ecology”
(ii) Discuss the different disciplines of ecology.
2. Briefly define the following:
i.
Ecosystem
ii.
Carbon cycle
iii.
Food processing
iv.
Hydrological cycle
v.
Oxygen cycle
3. (i) State the factors that can affect human population growth.
(ii) Using Nigeria’s last population census figure, project the population of the
Country in the next 10 years from the last census year at the annual growth rate of 3.28%.
4. (i) Discuss the effects of groundwater in engineering construction.
(ii) What are the factors affecting groundwater movement?