Overview:

The College of Agriculture and Forestry at United Methodist University provides professional and technical education in agriculture sciences and forest management, offering degrees in specialized fields like agronomy, animal science, and forestry.

Programs Offered:

Bachelor of Science Agriculture (BSc)
- Duration: 4 years
- Credit Hours: 136
- Cost per Credit Hour: USD $15
- Overview: Offer diverse paths in science and business, focusing on food, land, and natural resources.
Bachelor of Science in Forestry (BSF)
- Duration: 4 years
- Credit Hours: 136
- Cost per Credit Hour: USD $15
- Overview: educates students in the management, use, and conversation of forest ecosystems and resources, covering topics like forest ecology, wildlife biology, fire management, and timber harvesting.

Kayode O. W. Shobayo (MSc; PGD; BSc)

Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management

oluwolson@gmail.com or oluwolson@yahoo.com

+231555005542

Professional Summary

Kayode O. W. Shobayo is an accomplished agricultural educationist, extension specialist, and academic leader with a distinguished career in agricultural development, rural transformation, and natural resource management. He currently serves as the Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management, where he provides strategic academic leadership, fosters research and innovation, and champions partnerships that bridge the gap between scientific research and practical agricultural solutions.

With an MSc in Agricultural Extension and Innovation Studies, a Postgraduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, and a BSc in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Dean Shobayo combines technical expertise with a deep understanding of socio-economic factors that shape agricultural systems. His work has focused on empowering farmers, promoting sustainable practices, and integrating modern innovations into rural livelihoods.

Areas of Expertise

Agricultural Extension Systems and Innovation Adoption

Rural Development Planning and Community Engagement

Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Strategies

Forestry and Natural Resource Governance

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Sustainable Land Use

Curriculum Development and Academic Program Leadership

Education

MSc; Agricultural Extension and Innovation Studies – Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (2022)

PGD; Agricultural Extension and Rural Development – Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (2015)

BSc; Agricultural Economics and Farm Management – Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (2010)

Professional Experience

Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management – United Methodist University, (2025 – Present)

Oversees academic programs, research initiatives, and community outreach projects.

Leads institutional collaborations with government, NGOs, and private sector stakeholders.

Research Coordinator, College of Natural and Applied Sciences – United Methodist University, (2023-2024)

Supervised undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

Agricultural Extension Specialist, Yejide Agro-Allied Industry, (2015 – 2023)

Designed and implemented farmer training and capacity-building programs.

Research Interests

Adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations

Socio-economic analysis of agricultural value chains

Forestry conservation and sustainable resource utilization

Role of extension services in climate adaptation

COURSE GUIDE FOR THE AGRICULTURE COLLEGE

All the courses available in Level 100 are compulsory for all students.

	FRESHMAN YEAR Semester (I)
	Course No.	Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1	ENG 101	Freshman English	3
2	CHEM 101	General Chemistry/ Lab	4
3	ROTC 101	Military Science	1
4	MATH 107	College Algebra/Pre- Calculus Math	3
5	AGRI 101	Introduction to Agriculture	3
6	TIR 101	Introduction to Religion	3
	TOTAL		17
FRESHMAN YEAR Semester (II)
	Course No.	Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1	AGRI 102	Introduction to Forestry	3
2	ENG 102	Freshman English II	3
3	AGRI 104	Farm Layout and Equipment	3
4	AGRI 108	Climate and Society	3
5	AGRI 106	Introduction to Plant Science	3
6	CHEM 102	Inorganic Chemistry	4
	TOTAL		19

All the courses available in Level 200 are compulsory for all students

		SOPHOMORE YEAR Semester (I)
		Course No.	Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1		PHYS 201	General Physics	3
2		CSC 201	Computer Science	3
3		AGRI 205	Crop Science	3
4		AGRI 207	Introduction to Soil Science	3
5		AGRI 209	Introduction to Animal Science	3
6		AGRI 211	Introduction to Environmental Science	3
		TOTAL		18
		SOPHOMORE YEAR Semester (II)
	Course No.		Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1	AGRI 202		Ruminants Production	3
2	AGRI 204		Cash Crop	3
3	AGRI 206		Rice Production	3
4	BOTA 208		General Botany	3
5	AGRI 210		Practicum1 (Crops Production Protocols)	3
6	AGRI 212		Aqua-Culture	3
	Total			18

All the courses available in Level 300 are compulsory for all students

Junior Year Semester (I)

Course no.		Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1	AGRI 300	Agricultural Extension	3
2	AGRI 301	Agricultural Engineering	3
3	AGRI 303	Agricultural Statistics	3
4	AGRI 305	Agricultural Economics	3
5	AGRI 307	Principles of Animal Production	3
6	AGRI 309	Principles of Crop Production	3
Total			18

Junior Year Semester (II)

	Course no	Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1	AGRI 302	Principles of Agricultural Marketing	3
2	AGRI 304	Animal Production and farm Practice	3
3	AGRI 306	Soil Fertility and Fertilizer	3
4	AGRI 308	Entomology	3
5	AGRI 310	Crop Physiology	3
6	AGRI 312	Internship	3
	Total		18

All the courses available in Level 400 are compulsory for all students

Senior Year Semester (I)

Course no.		Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1	AGRI 400	Plant Pathology	3
2	AGRI 401	Plant Genetics & Breeding	3
3	AGRI 403	Research Methods	3
4	AGRI 405	Introduction to Horticulture	3
5	AGRI 407	Farm Management and Enterprise	3
6 AGRI 409		Practicum 2	1
Total			16

Senior Year Semester (II)

	Course no.	Course title/ description	Credit hrs.	Sec.	Letter Grade	GPA	Semester
1	AGRI 402	Post-Harvest Technology	3
2	AGRI 404	Animal Genetics and Breeding	3
3	AGRI 406	Food Security And Sustainable Development	3
4	AGRI 408	Senior Research Project/ (Thesis)	3
TOTAL			12

PROGRAM TOTAL CREDITS = 136

NOTE: All students majoring in Agriculture must complete the required credit hours which will offer a 4-year program that lead to the award of a B.Sc. degree in Crop Science. All courses in the first and second years are core and are designed to provide students with foundations in General Sciences and Agriculture, and further consolidate their understanding of the subject. For a student to graduate with a B.Sc. degree in Agriculture, he/she must have completed 136 credits including all University, School and Departmental required courses, and passed. The list of courses, their descriptions, codes and credit weight are provided above.

COURSE GUIDE FOR THE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY

Freshman Semester I

N0	Course N0.	Course title/description	Cr. Hrs	Sec.	Letter Guide	GPA	Sem.	Year	Professor
1	ENGL 101	Freshman English I	3
2	MATH 107	Pre-Calculus Math	3
3	AGRI 101	Introduction to Agriculture	3
4	CHEM 101	General Chemistry I	3
5	CHEM 101	General Chemistry Lab	1
6	TRI 101	Introduction to Religion	3
7	ROTC 101	Military Science	1
Total Credits			17

Freshman Semester II

No.	Course No.	Course title/description	Cr. Hrs.	Sec.	Letter Guide	GPA	Sem.	Year	Professor
1	ENGL 102	Freshman English	3
2	AGRI 108	Climate and Society	3
3	FORE 102	Introduction to Forestry	3
4	CHEM 102	Inorganic Chemistry	3
5	CHEM 102	Inorganic Chemistry Lab.	1
6	FORE 104	Dendrology	3
Total Credits			16

Sophomore Semester I

No.	Course No.	Course title/description	Cr. Hrs.	Sec.	Letter Guide	GPA	Sem.	Year	Professor
1	FORE 201	Forestry Ecology	3
2	FORE 207	Forest Soil	3
3	FORE 203	Biodiversity Conservation	3
4	PHYS 205	General Physics	3
5	CSC 201	Introduction Computer Science	3
6	FORE 209	Forestry Survey and remote sensing	3
Total Credits			18

Sophomore Semester II

No.	Course No.	Course title/description	Cr. Hrs.	Sec.	Letter Guide	GPA	Sem.	Year	Professor
1	FORE 204	Silviculture	3
2	FORE 202	Wood Science and Technology	3
3	FORE 206	Agro-forestry	3
4	FORE 208	Tree Nursery Management	3
5	FORE 210	Forest Policy and Governance	3
6	FORE 212	Wild-Life Ecology and management	3
Total Credits			18

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Junior Semester I

No.	Course No.	Course title/description	Cr. Hrs.	Sec.	Letter Guide	GPA	Sem.	Year	Professor
1	FORE 301	Forest Biometrics	3
2	FORE 315	Forest Management (I)	3
3	FORE 319	Forest Survey & Remote Serving	3
4	AGRI 307	Nature and Properties of Soil	3
5	FORE 307	Wood Behavior	3
6	FORE 313	Practice of Silviculture	2
7	FORE 317	Application of Computer Forestry	1
Total Credits			18
Accumulated GPA:

Junior Semester II

No.	Course No.	Course title/description	Cr. Hrs.	Sec.	Letter Guide	GPA	Sem.	Year	Professor
1	FORE 302	Forest Inventory & Mensuration	3
2	FORE 320	Forest Management (II)	3
3	FORE 322	Forest Products & Industries	2
4	AGRI 308	Soil Fertility and Fertilizer	3
5	FORE 324	Forest Engineering	3
6	FORE 316	Practice of Silviculture	2
Total Credits			16
Accumulated GPA:

Senior Semester I

No.	Course No.	Course title/description	Cr. Hrs.	Sec.	Letter Guide	GPA	Sem.	Year	Professor
1	FORE 431	Forest carbon and climate change	2
2	FORE 403	Forest Economics I	3
3	FORE 433	Conservation and Protected Area Management	2
4	FORE 407	Environmental Impact Assessment	3
5	FORE 427	Forest Genetic & Tree Improvement	2
6	FORE 435	Forestry Extension and Community Development	2
7	FORE 437	Agro-Forestry	2
8	FORE	Seminal	1
Total Credits			17
Accumulated GPA:

Senior Semester II

No.

Course No.

Course title/description

Cr.

Hrs.

Sec.

Letter Guide

GPA

Sem.

Year

Professor

FORE 404

Forest Economics II

FORE 406

Forest Protection

FORE 436

Community Forestry

FORE 434

Wood Mechanic

FORE 426

Forest Governance

FORE 428

Ornithology

FORE 498

Research Project

Seminal

Total Credits:

Accumulated GPA

Program Total = 140

VACATION PERIOD

	Junior Forestry Practice (III)
FORE 324	Forest Management & Silvicultural Techniques	4
	Forest Mensuration, Inventory, Survey & Mapping	9wks
	Forest Engineering & Logging Operation
	Wood Processing & Utilization
	Zoo & Protected area Management Techniques
	Report Writing
	Junior Forestry Practice (III)
	Forest Management & Silvicultural Techniques
	Forest Mensuration, Inventory, Survey & Mapping
	Forest Engineering & Logging Operation

NB:

At least 140 hours of acceptable professional work experience in the student’s field prior to graduation is highly recommended. This can include vacation job and an approved internship in a Forestry management institution, or work study experience. Acceptable work experience includes (but not limited to), working for the state, non-governmental, private and university organizations that research or manage forestry, or are responsible for public policy or public relations related to natural resources.

“Student enrolling in the department as of semester I-2022-2023 is required to complete a total of 140 credit hours for graduation”. *Each elective is three (3) credit hours.