COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTURE

The purpose of this programme is to train students for the application of appropriate horticultural technologies and strategies; and the application of environmental friendly production procedures in order to maintain a viable, profitable and sustainable horticultural industry.

Type: undergraduate diploma

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Horticulture


• Supervisory Management


• Plant Material Studies


• Growth Media Technology


• Site Planning


• Environmental Studies


• Work-integrated learning: Horticultural Practice

Second year subject:

• Horticulture


• Horticultural Management


• Plant Material Studies


• Turfgrass Culture


• Horticultural Mechanization


• Work-integrated learning: Horticultural Practice

Third year subjects:

• Horticulture


• Horticultural Production Management


• Plant Material Studies


• Environmental Studies


• Plant Protection

Careers: horticulturist.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za

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