COURSE: BSC (AGRIC) IN PLANT PATHOLOGY

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to enter the plant pathology industry.

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


• Introduction to soil science


• Gene and chromosome organisation


• Introduction to financial management in agriculture


• Introduction to agricultural production economics


• Introduction to crop protection


• Plant biochemistry evolution


• Soil fertilisation and plant nutrition


• Gene analysis and manipulation


• Crop propagation


• Agricultural economics


• Growth activities and control of fungi


• Principles of plant pathology

Third year subjects:

• Plant ecophysiology


• Growth diversity and control of bacteria


• Structure and diversity of viruses


• General plant pathology


• Sustainable production


• Plant genetics and biotechnology


• Gene manipulation and microbes


• Plant disease control


• Host pathogen interactions

Fourth year subjects:

• Biometry


• Environmental microbiology


• Weed science


• Research project


• Agroclimatology


• Molecular biology of prokaryotes


• Experimental design and analysis


• Nursery and seed pathology


• Insect pest management

Careers: plant pathologist.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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