BSc Tropical Horticulture
Overview
The Tropical Horticulture programme is designed to provide students
with a well-rounded background in general horticultural science with special emphasis on the
production of tropical and subtropical crops. The programme is offering a wide selection of
courses, each providing the student with both the theoretical and the hands-on approach to
learning the subject matter.
In addition to the specialized courses offered, the programme is based on a solid core of traditional plant and horticultural courses where students learn basic plant sciences, horticultural techniques, and cultivating crops that are of economic interest in the tropics.
Programme Details
The BSc in Tropical Horticulture cannot be taken with any other major or minor because
of the number of credits required which are as follows:
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LEVEL I A minimum of 24 credits from Level 1, 18 of which must be FPAS courses and must include: |
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| BIOL1017 | Cell Biology |
3 |
| BIOL1018 | Molecular Biology and Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL1262 | Living Organisms I | 3 |
| BIOL1263 | Living Organisms II | 3 |
| A total of 63 Advanced credits from Part II which must incorporate 24 credits from Level II and 39 from Level III including: | ||
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LEVEL II |
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| AGSL2401 | Management of Soils | 3 |
| BIOL2401 | Research skills and practices in Biology | 3 |
| BIOL2402 | Fundamentals of Biometry | 3 |
| BIOL2403 | Principles of Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL2404 | Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL2406 | Eukaryotic Microbiology | 3 |
| BOTN2401 | Plant Form and Systematics | 3 |
| BOTN2402 | Physiology of Plants | 3 |
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LEVEL III
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| AGBU3007 | New Venture Creation and Management | 3 |
| AGCP2003 | Mechanization for Crop Production | 3 |
| AGCP3005 | Landscape and Turf Grass Management | 3 |
| AGCP3006 | Principles of Fruit Crop Production | 3 |
| AGCP3007 | Post Harvest Technology | 3 |
| BOTN3017 | Principles of Horticulture | 3 |
| BOTN3401 | Principles of Plant Biotechnology | 3 |
| BOTN3402 | Introduction to Plant Breeding | 3 |
| BOTN3403 | Plant-Pest Interactions | 3 |
| BOTN3404 | Plant-Microbe Interactions | 3 |
| BOTN3405 | Plant Ecophysiology | 3 |
| BOTN3406 | Economic Botany | 3 |
| Either | ||
| AGBU3008 | Internship | 3 |
| Or | ||
| AGBU3012 | Horticulture Research Project | 3 |
