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Rural Sociology
Author: SDY Alfred
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM741
Topics: Rural Sociology, rural population, rural social organization, settlement patterns, agriculture system, Rural Social Institutions, family, educational institutions, Religious Institution, Economic Institution, Political Institution, social change, Social Differentiation, Social Stratification, Social Mobility, Social Interaction, Social Solidarity, Population Composition, Occupational Status, Rural Urban Migration, rural-rural Migration, urban-rural Migration, region-region Migration, Locality Groups, Voluntary Associations, social status, social norms, social belief, social values, social transmission, social control, social role
Introduction to Rural Sociology
Author: NE Mundi
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM202
Topics: Rural Sociology, urban settings, Settlement Patterns, Village Organizations, Rural Infrastructure, Rural Social Institutions, Rural Economic Institutions, marriage, family, Rural School System, Social Interactions, Rural Communities, Nigeria rural development, social change, Agricultural Sociology, culture, norms, statuses, roles, values, beliefs, power
Communication for Rural Innovation, 3rd edition
Author: Cees Leeuwis
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM503
Topics: Communication, Rural Innovation, perceived self-efficacy, knowledge, perception, information, ignorance, social learning, individual learning, mutual interdependence, interpersonal communication, advisory communication, mass media campaigns, entertainment, open space technology, visual diagramming, visual mapping, information systems thinking
Social processes and comparative rural social systems
Author: Salamatu Attairu, Joseph Ogbu
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Administration, Social and Management science
Course Code: CRD422
Topics: Social processes, comparative rural social systems, Evolutionary Theory, Functionalist Theory, Conflict Theory, social change, Social structure, rural agrarian systems, rural sociology, Social system
Advanced Rural Sociology
Author: MG Olujide
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM506
Topics: Rural Sociology, Sociology Theories, Rural Agrarian Society, Social Change, Attitude Change, Resistance to Change, Group Structure, Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, Rural Poverty
Women and youth in Rural Development Programme
Author: Sidikatu Ajayi
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM732
Topics: Rural Development Programme, rural youth, educating rural youth, poverty, Rural development programmes challenges
Rural Development and Leadership
Author: CPO Obinne
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM738
Topics: Rural Development, Leadership, project planning, project analysis, Rural Development Projects, community development, leader training, leader selection, Rural Leadership problems, Poverty Reduction, Integrated Rural Development Model, project cycle, project identification, project appraisal, project implementation
Introduction to Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
Author: JA Salawu
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM301
Topics: Agricultural Extension, Rural Sociology, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Extension Methods, Social Stratification, Rural Social Change, social changes theories, Rural Communities
Introduction to Rural Life
Author: SDY Alfred
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM311
Topics: Rural Life, Rural Areas characteristics, Semi-Urban Settlements, Urban Settlements, Poverty
Rural Finance
Author: KAA LawaL, Taiwo Abdullahi, KC Jude, Nwankwo Frank
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Administration, Social and Management science
Course Code: CRD303
Topics: Rural Financing, Rural Finance, Rural Finance Approaches, Savings Mobilization, Promoting Rural Finance, Nigerian Rural Financial System, Time Value of Money, Discounted Cash Flow Criteria, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Cooperative Banks, Cooperative Organizational Structure, Cooperative Institutions, Rural Development Programmes, Rural Financial Institutions, Micro Finance Banks, Cooperative
Business, Credit Cooperative Societies
Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations
Author: Tosan Fregene
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM503
Topics: Diffusion, Innovations Adoption, innovation model, innovation decision process, Opinion leadership, change agents
Leadership and Rural Development
Author: Ademola Ladele
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM511
Topics: Leadership, Rural Development, leader characteristics, leaders selection, group dynamics, group leadership, social power, cultural influence, power structure theories, social power forms, power structure determination, power structure assessment
Rural Community Development
Author: OJ Okwu
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM504
Topics: Rural Community Development, social change, Rural Community, innovations, Institutions, Infrastructural Community, Community Development, self-esteem, freedom, Evolution Theory, Differentiation Theory
Rural Youth Programmes in Agricultural Extension
Author: BO Ovwigho
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: AEM512
Topics: Rural Youth Programmes, Rural Youth Club, Adolescent Behaviour Problems, United Nation’s Definition of Youth, African Definition of Youth, Religious-African Definition of Youth, Social-Personal Definition of Youth, Operational Definition of Youth, Young Farmers’ Club
Gender Issues in Agriculture
Author: ARD NOUN
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Course Code: ARD513
Topics: Gender, gender framework, gender theories, Gender access to credit facilities, Gender roles in agricultural labour, Gender access to appropriate technology, Gender issues in rural travel and transport, culture, social class, social mobility, rural-urban dichotomy
Community Development
Author: MGS403
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Administration, Social and Management science
Course Code: MGS403
Topics: Community Development, Rural Leadership, Growth models, rural Development, Integrated Rural development, Social Infrastructures, Rural Education, Rural Community
Rural development Strategies
Author: Salamatu Attahiru, Joseph Ogbu
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Administration, Social and Management science
Course Code: CRD324
Topics: Rural development Strategies, Rural Development, Rural Development Plan, Rural Development Projects, Motivation, Community Development, Community Modernization
A First Look at Communication Theory, 10th edition
Author: Em Griffin, Andrew Ledbetter, Glenn Grayson Sparks
School: Edo University
Department: Administration, Social and Management science
Course Code: MAC215
Topics: communication, interpersonal communication, symbolic interactionism, coordinated management of meaning, expectancy violations theory, relationship development, social penetration theory, uncertainty, reduction theory, social information processing theory, relationship maintenance, relational dialectics theory, communication privacy management theory, media multiplexity theory, social judgement theory, cognitive dissonance theory, group communication, public communication, group decision making, symbolic convergence theory, organizational communication, dramatism, narrative paradigm, mass communication, media, culture, media ecology, semiotics, cultural studies, media effects, cultivation theory, agenda-setting theory, genderlect styles, muted group theory, intercultural communication, communication accommodation theory, face-negotiation theory, co-cultural theory, integration
Introduction to Mass Communication
Author: Joseph Obe
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Administration, Social and Management science
Course Code: MAC111
Topics: Mass Communication, Theories of Mass Communication, Models of Communication, verbal communication, Non-Verbal Communication, Intra Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication, Public Communication, Cross Culture, International Communication, Print Media, book publishing, broadcast media, narrowcast media, online media, Media Effects Theories
Advanced Theories In Mass Communication
Author: Babatunde Folarin
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Administration, Social and Management science
Course Code: JLS811, JLS815
Topics: Human Communication Theory, Mass Communication Theory, Communication Process, Communication Models, Authoritarian Media Theory, Soviet-Communist Media Theory, Libertarian Media Theory, Free Press Media Theory, Social Responsibility Media Theory, Democratic Participant Media Theory, Development Media
Theory, Development Journalism, Development Communication Paradigms, Media Intrusion Theory, Social Marketing Theory, Social Semiotics Theory, Information Processing Theory, Post-Industrial Society Perspective, Surveillance Society Perspective, Mass Communication Theories