Course Schedule

FIRST SEMESTER

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CORE/ELECTIVE

CREDITS

CROP 111

Introduction to Agricultural Botany

C

2

TOTAL

2

 FIRST SEMESTER

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE

CREDITS

CROP 221 

Introduction to Crop Production

C

2

TOTAL

2

SECOND SEMESTER

COURSE

COURSE TITLE

CREDITS

CODE

CROP 222

Insect Biology and Plant Microbes

C

3

TOTAL

3

CROP SCIENCE SPECIALISATION  

FIRST SEMESTER

CROP 311

Crop Protection

C

3

CROP 315

Principles of Horticulture

C

3

Two Electives from other Departments within SOA

E

6

TOTAL

12

SECOND SEMESTER

CROP 322

Crop Physiology

C

3

Two Electives from other Departments within SOA

E

6

TOTAL

9

LEVEL 400 COURSES

Students shall be required to take all School required courses. Additionally, students shall select one of the EIGHT subject areas listed under Specialisations and take all the CORE courses listed and some other electives.  Level 400 students are expected to report to the School 4 weeks before the commencement of the first semester to begin their research project.

       CROP SCIENCE SPECIALISATION

FIRST SEMESTER

CROP 440

Research Project

C

3

CROP 411

Field Crops 

C

3

CROP 423

Plant Pathology

C

3

CROP 425

Statistics for Agriculturist

C

3

*Select One Elective from CROP 427and CROP 433

E

3

TOTAL

15

* CROP 427=Seed Science and Technology (3 credits) and CROP 433= Molecular Biology (3 credits)

SECOND SEMESTER

CROP 440

Research Project

C

3

CROP 422

Crop Entomology

C

3

CROP 426

Genetics and Plant Bleeding

C

3

*Select One Elective from CROP 434, CROP 418 and CROP 424

E

3

TOTAL

12

*CROP 434= Fruit and Vegetable Crops (3credits), CROP 418= Plantation and Industrial Crops (3credits), CROP 424= Plant Virology (3credits)