The aim of this B.Sc programme is to equip the undergraduate with necessary skills of land resources management through a detailed exposure to the problems relating to planning, design, construction and management of the built and natural environment. The problem also aims at equipping the graduates of the programme with the institutional, analytical management tools necessary for the conservation and sustainable development of our towns and cities. The objectives of the programme include:

i. To install in students an appreciation of the complex natures of the relationship between man his environment.

ii. To provide students with a sys5tematic body of knowledge of basic technology and legal and economic factors influencing and controlling the use and management of land resources.

iii. To prepare students academically for a professional career, with emphasis placed on concepts, principles and methods necessary for practical, analysis, problem identification and proffering of strategies for solving indentified problems.

iv. To train students to be fully aware of the scientific, socio-economic and human perspectives of the consequences of vital estate management decisions at various levels.

v. To develop in students entrepreneurial skills and value for the possibility of self-employment in the profession.

vi. To lay a foundation on which students can proceed to further studies in specialized aspect of estate surveying and valuation. The interdisciplinary nature of the programme will facilitate proper understanding and effective consultation with other specialist in the land and building industry for effective utilization and management of land resources.