Upon successful completion of the first three years of study students are awarded the National Diploma. They then qualify to enrol for a fourth year of study to obtain the B. Tech. degree.
Type: undergraduate diploma
Duration: 3 year full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Agricultural management
- Plant production
- Animal production
- Computer skills
- Agricultural soil science
- Production and operation techniques
- Computer applications (agriculture)
- Soil classification
- Pasture science
Second year subjects:
- Experiential training
- Agricultural production management
- Agricultural production techniques
Third year subjects:
- Agricultural management
- Plant production
- Animal production
- Agricultural engineering
- Personnel management agriculture
- Agricultural law
Careers: Farming as owner or manager; careers related to the buying and selling of agricultural products, land and resource management, farming-business management.
Source: www.cut.ac.za