B.Sc Agriculture

USPs of the Program

Course Structure

SEMESTER I		SEMESTER II
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Fundamentals of Horticulture	2	Fundamentals of Genetics	3
Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	3	Agricultural Microbiology	2
Fundamentals of Soil Science	3	Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	2
Introduction to Forestry	2	Fundamentals of Crop Physiology	2
Comprehension & Communication Skills in English	2	Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics	2
Fundamentals of Agronomy	4	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	4
Introductory Biology*/Elementary Mathematics*	2/2	Fundamentals of Entomology	4
Agricultural Heritage*	1	Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education	3
Rural Sociology & Educational Psychology	2	Communication Skills and Personality Development	2
Human Values & Ethics	1	NSS/NCC/Physical Education & Yoga Practices**	2
NSS/NCC/Physical Education & Yoga Practices**	2
TOTAL	24	TOTAL	26
SEMESTER III		SEMESTER IV
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Crop Production Technology – I (Kharif Crops)	2	Crop Production Technology –II (Rabi Crops)	2
Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	3	Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping	2
Agricultural Finance and Cooperation	3	Renewable Energy and Green Technology	2
Agri- Informatics	2	Problematic Soils and their Management	2
Farm Machinery and Power	2	Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops	2
Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices	2	Principles of Seed Technology	3
Environmental Studies and Disaster Management	3	Farming System & Sustainable Agriculture	1
Statistical Methods	2	Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices	3
Livestock and Poultry Management	4	Introductory Agro-meteorology & Climate Change3	2
		Elective Course
TOTAL	23	TOTAL	22
SEMESTER V		SEMESTER VI
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management	3	Rainfed Agriculture & Watershed Management	2
Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	3	Protected Cultivation and Secondary Agriculture	2
Pests of Crops and Stored Grain and their Management	3	Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management-II	3
Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management -I	3	Post-harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables	2
Crop Improvement-I (Kharif Crops)	2	Management of Beneficial Insects	2
Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication	2	Crop Improvement-II (Rabi crops)	2
Geoinformatics and Nano-technology and Precision Farming	2	Practical Crop Production –II (Rabi crops)	2
Practical Crop Production – I (Kharif crops)	2	Principles of Organic Farming	2
Intellectual Property Rights	1	Farm Management, Production & Resource Economics	2
Elective Course	3	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	2
		Elective Course	3
TOTAL	24	TOTAL	24
SEMESTER VII		SEMESTER VIII
Subject	Credits	Subject	Credits
Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment(RAWE &AIA) *	20	Experiential Learning Programme (ELP) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	20
TOTAL	20	TOTAL	20

* For Semester VII: Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment(RAWE &AIA)

S.No.	Activities	No. of Weeks	Credits
1	General orientation & On campus training by different faculties	1
2	Village attachment	4
3	Unit attachment in Univ./ College. KVK/ Research Station Attachment	1
4	Plant clinic	4
	Total	10
5	Agro-Industrial Attachment	3	10
6	Field Visit	5
7	Project Report Preparation, Presentation and Evaluation	2
	Total	10

* For Semester VIII: Modules for Experiential Learning Programme (ELP) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: A student has to register 20 credits opting for two modules of (0+10) credits each (total 20 credits) from the package of ELP modules in the VIII Semester from the list provided below:

Subject	Credits
Production Technology for Bioagents and Biofertilizer	10
Seed Production and Technology	10
Mushroom Cultivation Technology	10
Soil, Plant, Water and Seed Testing	10
Commercial Beekeeping	10
Poultry Production Technology	10
Commercial Horticulture	10
Floriculture and Landscaping	10
Food Processing	10
Agriculture Waste Management	10
Organic Production Technology	10
Commercial Sericulture	10

Elective Courses List

Subject	Credits
Agribusiness Management	3
Agrochemicals	3
Commercial Plant Breeding	3
Landscaping	3
Food Safety and Standards	3
Biopesticides & Biofertilizers	3
Protected Cultivation	3
Micropropagation Technologies	3
Hi-tech. Horticulture	3
Weed Management	3
System Simulation and Agro-advisory	3
Agricultural Journalism	3