COURSE: BSC (AGRIC) IN ANIMAL SCIENCE/ PASTURE...

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to enter the animal science and pasture science industries.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 4 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer literacy


• General chemistry


• Academic literacy


• Molecular and cell biology


• General physics


• Mathematics


• Biometry


• Plant biology


• Information literacy


• Introductory genetics


• Introduction to microbiology


• Animal diversity

Second year subjects:

• Introduction to proteins and enzymes


• Carbohydrate metabolism


• SA flora and vegetation


• Animal anatomy and physiology


• Gene and chromosome organisation


• Sustainable production systems


• Nutrition


• Animal science


• Lipid and nitrogen metabolism


• Biochemistry in perspective


• Genetic analysis and manipulation


• Agroclimatology

Third year subjects:

• Animal anatomy


• Animal physiology


• Introduction to soil science


• Introduction to financial management in agriculture


• Introduction to agricultural production economics


• Reproduction science


• Nutrition science


• Principles of veld management


• Growth physiology


• Soil fertility and plant nutrition


• Animal breeding


• Planted past and fodder crops

Fourth year subjects:

• Biometry


• Soil classification and surveying


• Large stock science


• Land use planning


• Nutrition science


• Research methodology


• Crop physiology


• Small stock science


• Meat and diary science


• Wildlife science

Careers: animal scientist, researcher.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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