B.Sc.

(Agriculture): 2011 Syllabus

I Year I Semester

Sl.
Course No.
No.
1. AGR 101
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

AGM 101
COM 111
MAT 111
SAC 101
PBG 101
ENG 101
NSS/NCC 101

9.

PED 101

I Year II Semester

Sl.
Course
No.
No.
1. AGR 102
2. BIC 101
3. CRP 101
4. PBG 102
5. AEX 101
6. AEC 101
7. HOR 111
8. ENS 101
9.

FSN 111

Course Title

Credit
Department
Hours
1+1 Agronomy

Principles of Agronomy and Agricultural

Heritage
Agricultural Microbiology
2+1
Fundamentals of Information Technology
1+1
Applied Mathematics
1+1
Principles of Analytical Chemistry
1+1
Introduction to Agricultural Botany 1+1

English for effective communication
0+1
National Service Scheme /
0+1
National Cadet Corps
Physical Education
0+1
Total
7+9=16

Course Title
Fundamentals of Agricultural Meteorology
Fundamentals of Biochemistry
Crop Physiology
Principles of Genetics
Dimensions of Agricultural Extension
Principles of Agricultural Economics
Fundamentals of Horticulture
Principles of Environmental Sciences
Principles of food science and processing
Total

Credit
Hours
1+1
2+1
2+1
2+1
1+1
1+1
1+1
1+1
1+1
12+9=21

Agrl. Microbiology
PS & IT
PS & IT
SS & AC
PB & G
English
NSS/NCC
Physical Education

Department
Agronomy
Biochemistry
Crop Physiology
PB & G
Agrl. Extension
Agrl. Economics
Horticulture
Environmental
Sciences
Home Science


II Year III Semester

Sl.
Course
Course Title
No.
No.
1. AGR 201 Weed Management
2. AGR 202
Irrigation Management
3. AEN 201 Fundamentals of Entomology
4.
5.
6.

PAT 201
SAC 201
AMP 201

7.

AEX 201

8.
9.

FMP 211
ANM 201

Fundamentals of Plant Pathology

Fundamentals of Soil Science
Livestock and Poultry Production
Management
Fundamentals of Rural Sociology and
Educational Psychology
Farm Power and Machinery
Introductory Nematology
Total

II Year IV Semester

Sl.
Course
Course Title
No.
No.
1. AGR 203
Agronomy of field Crops- I
2. HOR 211 Production Technology of Fruits and
Plantation Crops
3. SST 201
Principles of Seed Technology
4. SWC 211 Fundamentals of Soil and Water
Conservation Engineering
5. FOR 211
Forest Resource Management
6. ARM 201 Fundamentals of Agribusiness
Management
7.

ABT 201

Principles of Biotechnology

8.
9.
10.
11.

STA 211
ERG 211
AGR 204
SER 201

Applied Statistics
Renewable Energy
Study Tour I
Sericulture Technologies
Total

Credit
Hours
1+1
1+1
2+1
2+1
2+1
2+1
1+1

Department
Agronomy
Agronomy
Agricultural
Entomology
Plant Pathology
SS & AC
Animal Husbandry
Agrl. Extension

1+1
Farm Machinery
1+1
Nematology
13+9=22

Credit
Hours
1+1
2+1

Department
Agronomy
Horticulture

2+1
2+1

SS& T
Soil and Water
Conservation
1+ 1
Forestry
1+1
Agrl. Economics /
Agrl. and Rural
Management
1+1
Agricultural
Biotechnology
1+1
PS & IT
1+0
Bioenergy
0+1
Agronomy
1+1
Sericulture
13+10=23

1


III Year V Semester

Sl.
Course
Course Title
Credit
Department
No.
No.
Hours
1. AGR 301
Crop Production
0+1
Agronomy
2. AGR 302
Agronomy of field Crops- II
1+1
Agronomy
3. AGR 303
Study Tour II
0+1
Agronomy
4. SAC 301
Crop and Pesticide Chemistry
2+1
SS & AC
5. AEN 301
Pests of Field Crops and their
Agrl. Entomology
2+1
Management
6.
Diseases of Field Crops and Their
Plant Pathology
PAT 301
2+1
Management
7. HOR 311 Production Technology of Vegetables and
Horticulture
2+1
Spice crops
8. NST 301
Fundamentals and Applications of
Nano Technology
1+0
nanotechnology
9. AEC 301
Production Economics and Farm
Agrl. Economics
1+1
Management
10. ABT 301
Applied Plant Biotechnology
1+1
Biotechnology
11. FPE 301
Post Harvest and Food Engineering
1+1
FPE


Total
13+10=23



III Year VI Semester

Sl.
Course
Course Title
Credit
Department
No.
No.
Hours
1.
Principles and practices of cropping and
2+1
Agronomy
AGR 304
Farming System
2. SAC 302
Soil Resource Inventory and Problem Soils
2 + 1
SS & AC
3. PBG 301
Principles and Methods of Plant Breeding
2 + 1
PB & G
4.
Production Technology of Flower Crops,
Horticulture
HOR 312
2+1
Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
5.
Extension Methodologies and Transfer of
Agrl. Extension
AEX 301
1 +1
Agricultural Technology
6. AEC 302
Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices
1 +1
Agrl. Economics
7. ENG 301
Soft skills for Employability
0+1
English
8. EXP 301
Experiential Learning - 1
0+5



Total 10+12=22



2


IV Year VII Semester
Sl.
Course
Course Title
No.
No.
1.
AEX 401 Rural Agricultural Work Experience -
RAWE (VSP+ADO+NGO+INDUSTRY)
2.
APW 401 Project Work
3.
AEX 402 All India Study Tour


Total

IV Year VIII Semester
Sl.
Course
Course Title
No
No.
1. AGR 401 Organic Farming
2.
Breeding Field Crops and Horticulture
PBG 401
crops
3.
Nutrient Management and Fertilizer
SAC 401
Technology
4.
Pests of Horticultural Crops and their
AEN 401
Management
5.
Diseases of Horticultural crops and their
PAT 401
management
6.
Agricultural Finance, Banking and Co-
AEC 401
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TAM 401
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8. EXP 401 Experiential Learning II


Total

ABSTRACT

Credit
Hours
0 + 6

Department
Agrl. Extension

0 + 4

0 +1
Agrl. Extension
0+11=11

Credit
Hours
1+1
2+1
2+1
2+1
2+1
1+1
0+1

Department
Agronomy
PB & G
SS & AC
Agrl. Entomology
Plant Pathology
Agrl. Economics
Tamil / English

0+5

10+12=22

Semester wise Distribution of Courses for B. Sc. (Agriculture)

Semester
Number of courses Credit Hours
I
9
7+9=16
II
9
12+9=21
III
9
13+9=22
IV
11
13+10=23
V
11
13+10=23
VI
8
10+12=22
VII
3
0+11=11
VIII
8
10+12=22
Total
68
78+82=160

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