COURSE: BSC IN PLANT HEALTH

After completion of these studies, the student will have a thorough knowledge of enviromental factors influencing the health of plants with emphasis on the underlying ecological principals involved. With this unique holistic approach as background, the student will be exceedingly competent in services in environmental and agricultural institutes where the conservation or cultivation of healthy plants is of vital importance.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Biology


• Biometry


• Chemistry


• Mathematics


• Physics


• Computer literacy

Second year subjects:

• Plant pathology


• Botany


• Genetics


• Entomology

Third year subjects:

• Plant pathology


• Botany


• Genetics


• Entomology

Careers: plant cultivations specialist, educator, researcher.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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