Semester I

Course No.	Course Title	Credits
		T	P	TOTAL
A) Core Courses
AGRO-111	Fundamentals of Agronomy-I	1	1	2
AGRO-112	Introductory Agro-meteorology and Climate change	1	1	2
AHDS-111	Livestock Production and Management	1	1	2
EXTN – 111	Rural Sociology & Educational Psychology	2	0	2
HORT-111	Fundamentals of Horticulture	1	1	2
LANG – 111	Comprehension & Communication Skills in English	1	1	2
MIBO – 111	Introductory Microbiology	1	1	2
SSAC- 111	Fundamentals of Soil Science	2	1	3
	Total Core Courses	10	7	17
B)	Remedial Courses
AGH – 111	Agricultural Heritage*1	1	0	1
BIO-111	Introductory Biology*2	1	1	2
MATH-111	Elementary Mathematics*3	2	0	2
	Sub-Total	1/2/3	0/1	1/3
C)	Non-Gradial Courses
HVE-111	Human Values & Ethics	1	0	1
NSS-111	National Service Scheme	0	1	1
PEY-111	Physical Education and Yoga	0	1	1
	Sub-Total	1	2	3
	Total Credits (A+B+C)	12/13/14	9/10	21/23

* Remedial Courses (3/5 credit)                   

*¹Compulsory to all students

*² Students who have Biology in XII std are exempted

*³Students who have MATH in XII std are exempted

 

Semester II

Course No.	Courses	Credits
A)	Core Courses	T	P	Total
AGRO – 123	Fundamentals of Agronomy-II	1	1	2
BOT – 121	Fundamentals of Crop Physiology	1	1	2
ECON- 121	Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics	2	0	2
ENGG – 121	Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	1	1	2
ENTO – 121	Fundamentals of Entomology	1	1	2
EXTN- 122	Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education	2	1	3
GBP- 121	Fundamentals of Genetics	2	1	3
PATH – 121	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	2	1	3
	Total	12	7	19
B)	Non-Gradial Course
FRST-121	Introduction to Forestry	1	1	2
EDNT-121	Educational Tour*	0	1	1
	Subtotal	1	2	3
C)	Common Course
EXTN- 123	Communication Skills and Personality Development	1	1	2
	Subtotal	1	1	2
	Total Credits (A+B+C)	14	10	24

Semester III

Course No.	Courses	Credits
A)	Core Courses	T	P	Total
AGRO – 234	Crop Production Technology-I (Kharif crops)	1	1	2
AGRO – 235	Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management	1	1	2
BIOCHM – 231	Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	2	1	3
ENGG – 232	Farm Machinery and Power	1	1	2
ENTO – 232	Insect Ecology and Integrated Pest Management	1	1	2
GPB – 232	Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	1	1	2
HORT – 232	Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices	1	1	2
PATH – 232	Principles of Integrated Disease Management	1	1	2
STAT – 231	Statistical Methods	1	1	2
	Subtotal	10	9	19
B)	Common Courses
COMP – 231	Agri- Informatics	1	1	2
ESDM – 231	Environmental Studies and Disaster Management	2	1	3
	Subtotal	3	2	5
	Total Credits (A+B)	13	11	24

Semester IV

Course No.	Courses	Credits
A)	Core Courses	T	P	Total
AGRO – 246	Crop Production Technology-II (Rabi crops)	1	1	2
AGRO – 247	Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture	1	0	1
AGRO – 248	Principles of Organic Farming	1	1	2
AHDS – 242	Livestock Breeding and Nutrition	1	1	2
ECON – 242	Agriculture Finance and Cooperation	2	1	3
ENGG – 243	Renewable Energy and Green Technology	1	1	2
ENTO – 243	Pest of Horticultural Crops and their Management	1	1	2
GPB – 243	Principles of Seed Technology	1	2	3
HORT – 243	Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops	1	1	2
SSAC – 242	Problematic Soils and their Management	1	1	2
	Subtotal	11	10	21
B)	Elective Courses (3 credits)
ELE BOT – 242	Micropropogation Technologies	1	2	3
ELE EXTN – 244	Agricultural Journalism	2	1	3
ELE GPB – 244	Commercial Plant Breeding	1	2	3
ELE PATH – 243	Bio-fertilizers, Bio-control Agents and Bio-pesticides	2	1	3
	Subtotal Elective	1	2	3
C)	Non-Gradial Course
EDNT – 242	Study Tour*	0	1	1
	Total Credits (A+B+C)	12	13	25

* Educational Tour shall be organized after completion of Sem.IV and before start of Sem.V

Semester V

Department	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
Agronomy	AGRO-359	Weed Management	1 + 1 = 2
Botany	BOT-356	Principles of Plant Biotechnology	2 + 1 = 3
Plant Pathology	PATH-354	Diseases of Horticultural Crops and their Management	2 + 1 = 3
Agricultural Economics	ECON-354	Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices	1 + 1 = 2
Agricultural Extension	EXTN-353	Extension Methodologies for Transfer of Agricultural Technology	1 + 1 = 2
Animal Science and Dairy Science	ASDS-353	Technology of Milk and Milk Products	1 + 1 = 2
Agricultural Engineering	ENGG-353	Farm Power and Machinery	1 + 1 = 2
Entomology	ENTO-353	Crop Pests and Stores Grain Pests and their Management	2 + 1 = 3
Soil Science	SSAC-354	Biochemistry	2 + 1 = 3
			13 + 9 = 22

 

Semester VI

Department	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
Agronomy	AGRO-3610	Farming systems and sustainable Agriculture	1 + 1 = 2
	AGRO-3611	Organic and Rain fed farming	1 + 1 = 2
Botany	BOT-367	Principles of Seed Technology	2 + 1 = 3
Horticulture	HORT-364	Post-harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables	1 + 1 = 2
Agricultural Economics	ECON-365	Agri-Business Management	1 + 1 = 2
Agricultural Extension	EXTN-364	Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skills	1 + 1 = 2
Animal Science and Dairy Science	ASDS-364	Sheep and Goat production	1 + 1 = 2
Agricultural Engineering	ENGG-364	Protected Cultivation and Post-harvest Technology	1 + 1 = 2
Entomology	ENTO-364*	Introductory Nematology	1 + 1 = 2

Clarification regarding ENTO-364* Nematology course practical will be done in association with ICAR- Central Coastal Agriculture Research Institute, Old Goa.

Semester VII

Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme (RAWEP)

Course No.	Course Title	Credits
RAWE 4701	Agronomy	0 + 2
RAWE 4702	Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science	0 + 1
RAWE 4703	Agricultural Botany	0 + 1
RAWE 4704	Agricultural Economics	0 + 2
RAWE 4705	Agricultural Entomology	0 + 1
RAWE 4706	Agricultural Engineering	0 + 1
RAWE 4707	Extension Education	0 + 2
RAWE 4708	Horticulture	0 + 1
RAWE 4709	Plant Pathology	0 + 1
RAWE 4710	Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry	0 + 1
RAWE 4711	Reports on study of Village attachment/Unit attachment in Univ./College, KVK, Res. Station	0 + 1
RAWE 4712	Reports on study of Agro-Industrial attachment or Reports on study of Agro-based industry/enterprise	0 + 6
		20

Semester VIII

Experiential Learning/Hands on Training

Course No.	Course Title	Credits
Module I	Horticulture
HRT. 401	Commercial Vegetable Production	0 + 5
HRT. 402	Commercial Floriculture	0 + 5
HRT. 403	Nursery Management of Horticultural Crops	0 + 5
		15 Credits
Module II	Post Harvest technology and Value Addition
PHT. 401	Post Harvest Technology and value addition of Fruit and Plantation Crops	0 + 5
PHT. 402	Commercial Food Processing and Value Addition	0 + 5
PHT. 403	Processing of Cereals, Pulses and Oilseed Crops	0 + 5
		15 Credits
Module III	Commercial Agriculture
CMA. 403	Commercial Mushroom Production	0 + 5
CMA. 404	Commercial Production of Biofertilizers	0 + 5
CMA. 405	Commercial Seed Production Technologies	0 + 5
CMA. 406	Commercial Compost Production Technologies	0 + 5
		20 Credits

Clarification: Of the 10 courses, students have the option to take any 4 courses adding up to 20 credits as all courses have the same number of credits.