ADVANCED COST ACCOUNTING 1: COURSE CODE ACC 312/ODFeL/1ST SEM/HND ACC

. Course Introduction and Description

This course is designed to introduce you to basic biological sciences and to make you understand the environment in which you live. It is also designed to develop your basic knowledge of biology as a science. General biology as a course introduces you to living things around you and your relationship with them. You will also learn the basic unit of living things including why and how living things are grouped. The course will also help you to identify the different features of different groups of living things. This will assist you in learning the interaction between an organism and its environment and to know the fundamentals of inheritance.

. Course Prerequisites

You are required to have the following to be qualified for this course.

1.  5 credits in “O” level certificate

2.  An interest in science, your environment and nature.

3.  Proficiency in English language

4.  Proficiency in basic computer operations and online interaction

. Course Learning Resources

Falusi, O. A. (2003). Introductory Biology. Davies publishing co. Kaduna. Pp 46-48

Isah, S.E., Alli. I. and J.Y. Karago. (2012). Basic Concepts in Biology. Print point publishing Co. Kaduna. Pp 22 – 50

Nweze, C. (2004). Comprehensive Biology for Senior Secondary Schools. A Johnson Publishers Ltd, Lagos. Pp 97

Ramalingam, S. (2000). Modern Biology Africa – FEB Publishers Limited. Pp 205-209

Raven, H. and Johnson, B. (1989). Biology. Second Edition. St. Louis, Times Mirror/mosby College Publishing.

Roberts, M. B. V. (1983). Biology of Functional Approach. Third Edition. The English Language Book Society and Nelson. Butler and Tanner Ltd, Frome and London. Pp 47-50.

Stone, R. H., Cozens, A. B. and Ndu, F. O. C. (1999). New Biology for Senior Secondary Schools. Longman Group, UK Limited. Pp 282.

Suleiman, M. M. (2008). Revision notes in Biology. Spectrum Books Limited Ibadan. Pp 146-s148.

. Course Outcome

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Explain the concept of living things and the structure of cells

2. Identify the principal features of different groups of living things

3. Describe the method by which plants and animals feed and generate energy from their

food

4. Explain how plants and animals remove their waste products.

5. Explain how living things move

6. Describe how living things increase in size and number

7. Explain the interaction between an organism and its environment

8. Understand man’s interference with his environment.

9. Explain the fundamentals of biological inheritance.

. Activities to Meet Course Objectives

The course material has been simplified as much as possible for easy understanding especially for you who may not have had formal training in biology. You are expected to take your studies seriously by reading this course material very well with understanding. There will be online interaction, classwork, chatting and assignments. You are encouraged and expected to interact with each other, and also to have software applications (WhatsApp, Facebook, telegram etc.) and a functional email address on your device (phones, laptops, etc.)

 Time (To Complete Syllabus/Course)

Duration of tutoring is 13 Weeks and you shall be expected to put in a minimum of 2-hour study time weekly.

Grading Criteria and Scale

Grading Criteria (further details on the marking scheme/rubric for each item can be presented)

Test (CA 1)  20%

Individual assignments/test (CA 2 ) 20%

Semester Examination   60%

TOTAL   100%

Links to Open Education Resources

OSS Watchprovides tips for selecting open source, or for procuring free or open software.

SchoolForgeand SourceForgeare good places to find, create, and publish open software. SourceForge, for one, has millions of downloads each day.

Open Source Education Foundationand Open Source Initiative, and other organisation like these, help disseminate knowledge.

Creative Commonshas a number of open projects from Khan

Academyto Currikiwhere teachers and parents can find educational materials for children or learn about Creative Commons licenses. Also, they recently launched the School of Openthat offers courses on the meaning, application, and impact of "openness."

Numerous open or open educational resource databases and search engines exist. Some examples include:

• OEDb: over 10,000 free courses from universities as well as reviews of colleges and rankings of college degree programmes

• Open Tapestry: over 100,000 open licensed online learning resources for an academic and general audience

• OER Commons: over 40,000 open educational resources from elementary school through to higher education; many of the elementary, middle, and high school resources are aligned to the Common Core State Standards

• Open Content: a blog, definition, and game of open source as well as a friendly search engine for open educational resources from MIT, Stanford, and other universities with subject and description listings

• Academic Earth: over 1,500 video lectures from MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale

• JISC: Joint Information Systems Committee works on behalf of UK higher education and is involved in many open resources and open projects including digitizing British newspapers from 1620-1900!

Other sources for open education resources Universities

• The University of Cambridge's guide on Open Educational Resources for Teacher Education (ORBIT)

• OpenLearnfrom Open University in the UK Global

• Unesco'ssearchable open database is a portal to worldwide courses and research initiatives

• African Virtual University (http://oer.avu.org/) has numerous modules on subjects in English, French, and Portuguese

• https://code.google.com/p/course-builder/is Google's open-source software that is designed to let anyone create online education courses

• Global Voices (http://globalvoicesonline.org/) is an international community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world, including on open source and open educational resources Individuals (which include OERs)

• Librarian Chick: everything from books to quizzes and

• videos here, include directories on open source and open educational resources

• K-12 Tech Tools: OERs, from art to special education

• Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools: audio and video tools

• Web 2.0 Guru: animation and various collections of free open source software

• Livebinders: search, create, or organize digital information binders by age, grade, or subject (why re-invent the wheel?)