Syllabus – Don Bosco College of Agriculture-Sulcorna Goa

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

*²Students 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

Course No.	Courses	Credits
A)	Core Courses	T	P	Total
AGRO – 359	Practical Crop Production-I (Kharif crops)	0	1	1
AHDS – 353	Technology of Milk and Milk Products.	1	1	2
BOT – 353	Intellectual Property Right	1	0	1
ECON – 353	Agricultural Marketing Trade and Prices	2	1	3
ENTO – 354	Pests of Crops and Stored Grain and their Management- I	1	1	2
GPB – 355	Crop Improvement – I (Kharif Crops)	1	1	2
HORT – 354	Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping	1	1	2
PATH – 354	Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management	2	1	3
SSAC – 353	Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	2	1	3
	Subtotal	11	8	19
B)	Common Courses
EXTN – 355	Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication	1	1	2
	Subtotal	1	1	2
C)	Elective Course (3 credits)
ELE AGRO – 3510	Weed Management	2	1	3
ELE ECON – 354	Agribusiness Management	2	1	3
ELE FST – 351	Food Safety and Standards	2	1	3
ELE HORT – 355	Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops	2	1	3
	Subtotal	2	1	3
	Total Credits (A+B+C)	14	10	24

Semester VI

Course No.	Courses	Credits
A)	Core Courses	T	P	Total
AGRO – 3611	Practical Crop Production-II(Rabi crops)	0	1	1
AGRO – 3612	Geo-informatics and Nano-technology and Precision Farming	1	1	2
AHDS – 364	Sheep Goat and Poultry Production	1	1	2
ECON – 365	Farm Management, Production and Resource Economics	1	1	2
ENGG – 364	Protected Cultivation and secondary Agriculture	1	1	2
ENTO – 365	Management of Beneficial Insects	1	1	2
FST – 362	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	2	0	2
GPB – 366	Crop Improvement – II (Rabi crops)	1	1	2
HORT – 366	Post-harvest Management and Value Addition of Fruits and Vegetables	1	1	2
PATH – 365	Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management-II	2	1	3
	Subtotal	11	9	20
B)	Elective Course (3 credits)
ELE AGM – 361	System Stimulation and Agro-advisory	2	1	3
ELE HORT – 368	Hi tech Horticulture	2	1	3
ELE HORT – 367	Landscaping	2	1	3
ELE SSAC – 364	Agrochemicals	2	1	3
	Subtotal	2	1	3
	Total Credits (A+B)	13	10	23

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
ELM AGRO 4801	Organic Farming Production Technology	0+10
ELM AGRO 4802	Commercial production of organic inputs	0+10
ELM AHDS 4803	Poultry production	0+10
ELM AHDS 4804	Processing of Milk and Milk Product	0+10
ELM BOT 4805	Seed Production and Technology	0+10
ELM BOT 4806	Tissue Culture Techniques	0+10
ELM ENGG 4807	Natural Resources Management	0+10
ELM ENTO 4808	Mass Production of Bio-agents and Bio-pesticides	0+10
ELM ENTO 4809	Commercial Beekeeping	0+10
ELM ENTO 4810	Silkworm cocoon production technology	0+10
ELM HORT 4811	Commercial Horticulture	0+10
ELM HORT 4812	Floriculture and Landscaping Gardening	0+10
ELM HORT 4813	Nursery Management of Horticultural Crops	0+10
ELM HORT 4814	Commercial Vegetable Production	0+10
ELM HORT 4815	Protected Cultivation of Flowers and Vegetables	0+10
ELM HORT 4816	Post-harvest Management and Value Additions of Horticultural Crops	0+10
ELM PATH 4817	Mushroom Cultivation Technology	0+10
ELM PATH 4818	Biofertilizer Production Technology	0+10
ELM SSAC 4819	Soil, Water, Plant and Fertilizer Analysis	0+10
ELM SSAC 4820	Agricultural Waste Management	0+10
ELM FST 4821	Food Processing	0+10

This program will be undertaken by the students preferably during the eighth semester for atotal duration of 24 weeks with a weightage of 0+20 credit hours. The students will register for anyof two modules, listed as above, of 0+10 credit hours each.