Courses offered

Courses offered for Graduate Degree Program
Scheme of Studies for B.Sc. (Agri.) Hons.  Undergraduate  (Semester system)

 

A. GENERAL COURSES

COURSE

CODE

SUBJECT/TITLE

CREDIT HOURS

Major

/ Supporting

 

1st  SEMESTER

AGR-301

Introduction to Agriculture

3(2-1)

Major

AGR-302

Principles of Agronomy

3(2-1)

Major

TOTAL

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

6(4-2)

 

2nd   SEMESTER

AGR-402

Field Crop Production

3(2-1)

Major

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

3(2-1)

B. SPECIALIZATION COURSES

 

5TH SEMESTER

AGR-501

Arid Zone Agriculture

3(2-1)

Major

AGR-503

Agro-Technology of Major Field Crops

3(2-1)

Major

AGR-505

Field Crop Physiology

3(2-1)

Major

AGR-507

Biological Crop Potential   

3(2-1)

Major

AGR-509

Biological Nitrogen Fixation              

4(3-1)

Major

STAT-511

Statistical Methods in Agriculture

3(2-1)

Core

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

19(13-6)

 

6TH SEMESTER

AGR-502

Farming System and Farm Records

3(2-1)

Major

 

AGR-504

Fundamentals of Weed Science

4(3-1)

Major

 

AGR-506

Field Crop Ecology

3(2-1)

Major

 

AGR-508

Crop Nutrients and Growth Regulators

3(2-1)

Major

 

AGR-510

Environment and Crop Production

3(2-1)

Major

 

BCH-512

General Bio-chemistry

3(2-1)

Core

 

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

19(13-6)

 

 

 

7TH SEMESTER

AGR-601

Seed Production and Technology

3(2-1)

Major

 

AGR-603

Agronomic Research and Scientific Writing

4(3-1)

Major

 

AGR-605

Irrigation Agronomy

3(2-1)

Major

 

AGR-607

Stress Physiology

3(2-1)

Major

 

AGR-609

Special Problem                   

3(2-1)

Major

 

AGR-611

Conservation Agronomy for non major

3(2-1)

Elective

 

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

19(13-6)

 

 

 

8TH SEMESTER

AGR-602

Internship Including Report Writing

15(0-15)

Major

 

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

15(0-15)

 

SCHEME OF STUDIES (AGRONOMY)
FOR M.Sc  (Agri.) Hons. Agronomy

First Term/Semester

Course code

Subject/title

Credit hours

AGR-701

Sustainable Agriculture

3(3-0)

AGR-703

Seed Production and Management

3(2-1)

STAT-711

Statistics (Design & Analysis of experiments ) Compulsory 

3(2-1)

MINOR-619

Minor-I (Farming Systems and Crop Production)

3(3-0)

Total Credit Hours

12

Second Term/Semester

AGR-702

Weed Management

3(2-1)

AGR-704

Applied Conservation Agronomy

3(3-0)

PB-706

Analytical Bio-Chemistry (Compulsory)

3(2-1)

MINOR-620

Minor-II(Arid Zone Agronomy)

3(2-1)

Total Credit Hours

12

Third Term/Semester

AGR-705

Modern Concepts in Crop Production

3(2-1)

AGR-707

Advanced Irrigation Agronomy

3(2-1)

AGR-709

Crop Nutrition

3(2-1)

AGR-619

Minor-III (Farming Systems and Crop Production)

3(2-1)

Total Credit Hours

12

Fourth Term/Semester

AGR-710

Thesis Work

10

 

Total Credit Hours

46

 

SCHEME OF STUDIES (AGRONOMY)
FOR Ph.D Agronomy

First Term/Semester

Course code

Subject/title

Credit hours

AGR-711

Field Crop Experimentation

3(2-1)

AGR-713

Advanced Agronomy

4(3-1)

AGR-719

Minor-I (Integrated Agriculture)

3(3-0)

Total Credit Hours

10

Second Term/Semester

AGR-712

Plant Water Relations

3(2-1)

AGR-714

Recent Advances in Agronomy

3(3-0)

AGR-720

Minor-II(Advanced Seed Technology)

3(2-1)

Total Credit Hours

09

Third Term/Semester

AGR-715

Advanced Crop Ecology

3(3-0)

AGR-717

Allelopathy in Crop Production

3(2-1)

AGR-719

Minor-III (Integrated Agriculture)

3(2-1)

Total Credit Hours

09

Fourth Term/Semester

AGR-716

Special Problem

1(1-0)

AGR-718

Seminar

1(1-0)

Total Credit Hours

02

AGR-722

Thesis Work

20

Total Credit Hours

50

  


 

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