Courses Offered - S.Thangapazham Agriculture College

Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Agriculture)

Duration 4 Years

S.Thangapazham Agricultural College, Vasudevanallur started during the academic year 2015-16 and functioning from 07.10.2015 with the sanctioned strength of 60 students. The College was started in accordance with the G.O.No. (MS)No.199/2015, dt: 28.09.2015 and granted Affiliation by the Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore vide Order No. E1/Th.K.S.N/21201/2015, dt:29.09.2015. The TNAU have granted approval and affiliation with sanctioned student strength of 60 during the academic year 2015 – 16. At present, in every academic year, on an 136 students are being admitted in B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture Program.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary course or equivalent academic stream with the subjects mentioned hereunder can apply for B.Sc. (Agri) or B.Sc.(Hort)

Syllabus : 2015 - B.Sc. Agriculture

Syllabus : 2017 - B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture

Syllabus : 2015 - B.Sc. Agriculture

Syllabus : 2017 - B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture

S.No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
I SEMESTER
1	AGR 101	Principles of Agronomy and Agricultural Heritage	1+1
2	COM 111	Fundamentals of Information Technology	1+1
3	MAT 111	Applied Mathematics	1+1
4	SAC 101	Principles of Analytical Chemistry	1+1
5	PBG 101	Introduction to Agricultural Botany	1+1
6	ENG 101	English for effective communication	0+1
7	AEX 101	Fundamentals of Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology	1+1
8	NSS/NCC 101	National Service Scheme/ National Cadet Corps	0+1*
9	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
10	PED 102	Yoga for Human Excellence	0+1*
		Total	6+10=16
II SEMESTER
1	AGR 102	Fundamentals of Agricultural Meteorology	1+1
2	BIC 101	Fundamentals of Biochemistry	2+1
3	CRP 101	Fundamentals of Plant Physiology	2+1
4	AEC 101	Principles of Economics	1+1
5	SER 121	Principles and practices of sericulture	1+1
6	ENS 101	Principles of Environmental Sciences	1+1
7	FSN 111	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	1+1
8	FOR 111	Agro Forestry	1+ 1
9	TAM 101	Ilakkiyathil Velanmaiyum Ariviyal Tamil Payanakkamum	0+1
9	ENG 103	Development Education	0+1
10	NSS/ NCC 101	National Service Scheme/ National Cadet Corps	Regd. in I Sem
11	PED 101	Physical Education
12	PED 102	Yoga for Human Excellence
		Total	10+9=19
III SEMESTER
1	AGR 201	Weed Management	1+1
2	AEN 201	Fundamentals of Entomology	2+1
3	AGR 202	Irrigation Management	1+1
5	PAT 201	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	2+1
6	SAC 201	Fundamentals of Soil Science	2+1
7	AMP 201	Livestock and Poultry Production Management	2+1
8	AGM 201	Fundamentals of Microbiology	2+1
9	AEX 201	Dimensions of Agricultural Extension	1+1
10	FMP 211	Farm Power and Machinery	1+1
11	AEC 201	Production Economics and Farm Management	1+1
12	NSS/NCC 101	National Service Scheme/ National Cadet Corps	Regd. in I Sem
13	PED 101	Physical Education	Regd. in I Sem
		Total	15+10=25
IV SEMESTER
1	AGR 203	Agronomy of field Crops- I	1+1
2	HOR 211	Production Technology of Fruits and Plantation Crops	2+1
3	SST 201	Principles and Practices of Seed Production	1+1
5	SWE 211	Fundamentals of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	2+1
6	STA 211	Applied Statistics	1+1
7	ERG 211	Renewable Energy	1+0
8	AGR 204	Study Tour	0+1
9	AEN 202	Economic Entomology and Principles of Pest Management	2+1
10	PBG 201	Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics	2+1
11	SAC 202	Soil Resource Inventory and Problem Soils	1+1
12	ANM 201	Introductory Nematology	1+1
13	NSS/NCC 101	National Service Scheme/ National Cadet Corps	Regd. in I Sem
14	PED 101	Physical Education
		Total	14+10=24
V SEMESTER
1	AGR 301	Crop Production-I	0+1
2	AGR 302	Agronomy of field Crops- II	1+1
3	SAC 301	Soil Fertility, Fertilizers and Manures	2+1
5	AEN 301	Pests of Field Crops and their Management	1+1
6	PAT 301	Principles of plant disease management	1+1
7	ABT 301	Plant Biotechnology	2+1
8	PBG 301	Principles and Methods of Plant Breeding	2+1
9	AGM 301	Soil and Applied Microbiology	1+1
10	AEC 301	Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Prices	1+1
11	ARM 301	Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship	1+1
12	SST 301	Seed Quality Regulation and Storage	1+1
13	NCC 101	National Cadet Corps	Regd. in I Sem
		Total	13+11=24
VI SEMESTER
1	AGR 304	Principles and practices of cropping and Farming Systems	1+1
2	AGR 303	Crop Production – II	0+1
3	SAC 302	Crop and Pesticide Chemistry	2+1
5	AEX 301	Extension Methodologies and Transfer of Agricultural Technology	1 +1
6	AEN 302	Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management	1+1
7	NST 301	Fundamentals and Applications of nanotechnology	1+0
8	APE 321	Post Harvest and Food Engineering	1+1
9	ENS 301	Environmental Pollution and Management	1+1
10	HOR 311	Production Technology of Vegetables and Spice crops	2+1
11	ENG 301	Soft skills for Employability	0+1
12	PBG 302	Breeding Field and Horticultural crops	2+1
13	PAT 301	Diseases of Field Crops and Their Management	1+1
14	NCC 101	National Cadet Corps	Regd. in I Sem
		Total	11+13=24
VII SEMESTER
1	AEX 401	Rural Agricultural Work Experience – RAWE (VSP+ADA+NGO+INDUSTRY)	0+20
2	APW 401	Project Work	0+3
3	AEX 402	All India Tour	0+1
		Total	0+24=24
VIII SEMESTER
1	AGR 401	Organic Farming	1+1
2	EXP 401	Experiential Learning – I	0+5
3	PAT 401	Diseases of Horticultural crops and their management	2+1
4	AEC 401	Agricultural Finance, Banking and Co-operation	1+1
5	HOR 411	Production Technology of Flowers, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	2+1
6	EXP 401	Experiential Learning – II	0+5
7	ENS 401	Climate Change and Disaster Management	2+0
8		Optional Course	Minimum of 2 credits
9	PRJ 401	Project Work	Registered in VII Semester
		Total	9+15=24
*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses
Total Credits			180

S.No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
I SEMESTER
1	AGR 101	Fundamentals of Agronomy and Agricultural Heritage	1+1
2	BIC 101	Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry	2+1
3	SAC 101	Fundamentals of Soil Science	2+1
4	FOR 111	Introduction to Forestry	1+1
5	ENG 101	Comprehension & Communication Skills in English	1+1
6	HOR 111	Fundamentals of Horticulture	1+1
7	MAT 111	Elementary Mathematics	1+1
8	PBG 101	Introduction to Agricultural Botany	1+1
9	AEX101	Rural Sociology & Educational Psychology	2+0
10	TAM101	Ilakkiyathil Velanmaiyum Ariviyal Tamil Payanakkamum	0+1
10	ENG103	Development Education	0+1
11	NSS/NCC 101	NSS/NCC	0+1*
12	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
13	PED102	Yoga for human excellence	0+1*
Total			12+9=21
II SEMESTER
1	SWE 112	Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	1+1
2	CRP 101	Fundamentals of crop Physiology	2+1
3	AEC 102	Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics	1+1
4	AGM 101	Fundamentals of Microbiology	2+1
5	AEX 102	Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education	2+1
6	FSN 111	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	1+1
7	AGR 102	Introductory Agro-meteorology & Climate Change	1+1
8	HOR 112	Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops	1+1
9	RSG 101	Geo- informatics for Precision Farming	1+0
10	NSS/NCC 101	NSS/NCC	0+1*
11	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
Total			12+8=20
III SEMESTER
1	PAT 201	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	2+1
2	AEN 201	Fundamentals of Entomology	2+1
3	SST 201	Principles of Seed Technology	2+1
5	AGR 201	Crop Production Technology – I (Kharif crops)	1+1
6	HOR 211	Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices	1+1
7	ENS 201	Environmental Studies & Disaster Management	2+1
8	AMP 201	Livestock and Poultry Management	2+1
9	AEC 201	Farm Management, Production & Resource Economics	1+1
10	SAC 201	Soil Resource Inventory	1+1
11	FMP 211	Farm Machinery and Power	1+1
12	AGR 202	Study tour	0+1*
13	NSS/NCC 101	NSS/NCC	0+1*
14	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
Total			15+10=25
IV SEMESTER
1	PBG 201	Fundamentals of Genetics	2+1
2	AEX 201	Communication Skills and Personality Development	1+1
3	STA 211	Statistical Methods	1+1
5	PAT 202	Principles of integrated plant disease management	1+1
6	AEN 202	Management of beneficial and harmful insects	2+1
7	AGR 203	Crop Production Technology – II (Rabi crops)	1+1
8	AGR 204	Farming System & Sustainable Agriculture	1+1
9	SAC 202	Problematic soils and their management	2+0
10	HOR 212	Production Technology for Ornamental Crops, MAP and Landscaping	1+1
11	ANM 201	Introductory Nematology	0+1
12	NST 201	Fundamentals and Applications of nanotechnology	1+0
13	ERG 211	Renewable Energy and green technology	1+1
14	NSS/NCC101	NSS/NCC	0+1*
15	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
Total			14+10=24
V SEMESTER
1	PBG 301	Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	2+1
2	AEC 301	Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices	2+1
3	AGM 301	Agricultural Microbiology	1+1
5	PAT 301	Diseases of Field and Horticultural crops and their management – I	1+1
6	ARM 301	Entrepreneurship Development and Business Management	1+1
7	AGR 301	Practical Crop Production – I (Kharif crops)	0+2
8	HOR 311	Post harvest management and value addition of fruits and vegetable crops	1+1
9	SAC 301	Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	2+1
10	APE 311	Protected Cultivation and Secondary Agriculture	1+1
11	AGR 302	Rainfed Agriculture & Watershed Management	1+1
12	AEN 301	Pests of Field crops and stored produces and their management	1+1
13	NCC 101	NCC*	0+1
		Total	13+12=25
VI SEMESTER
1	AEC 302	Agricultural Finance and Co-Operation	2+1
2	PAT 302	Diseases of Field and Horticultural crops and their management -II	2+1
3	COM 311	Agro Informatics	1+1
5	ENS 301	Environmental Pollution and Management	1+1
6	AEN 302	Pests of Crops and Stored grain and their Management	1+1
7	AGR 303	Practical Crop Production – II (Rabi crops)	0+2
8	AGR 304	Principles of organic Farming	1+1
9	ABT 301	Plant Bio technology	2+1
10	PBG 302	Crop Improvement	2+1
11	NCC 101	NCC*	0+1
12	OPT 301	Optional course	1+1
	CRP 351	Physiological Techniques in crop production
	SAC351	Designer fertilizer Production
	SAC352	Rejuvenation of Deteriorated lands
	SAC353	Soilless crop production
	SAC354	Instrumental methods of analysis
	SST 351	Seed entrepreneurship skill development and management
	AGR 351	Weed and water management
	PGP 351	Plant Genetic Resources Collection, Conservation and Utilization
	NEM 351	Commercial Production of Nematode Antagonistic bio-agents
	AGM351	Downstream Processing for Industrially Important Microbial Products
	AGM 352	Microbial Enzymes
	AGM 353	Microbial Quality and Safety of Foods
	AGM 354	Plant –Microbe Interaction
	AGM 355	Quality Control of Bio-inoculants
	SAC 355	Crop and Pesticide Chemistry
Total			13+11=24
VII SEMESTER
1	AEX 401	Student READY programme (Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment)	0+20
2	PRJ 401	Project Report Preparation, presentation and Evaluation	0+1
3	AEX 402	All India Study Tour*	0+1
Total			0+22=22
VIII SEMESTER (Experiential Learning Programme/ HOT)
1	Module-I		0+10
2	Module-II		0+10
Total			0+20=20
List of Modules
	AGM 451	Bio-inoculant production technology
	HOR 451	Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetable Crops
	SAC 451	On Farm Advisory for Soil Health, Water Quality & Plant Nutrition
	AEN 451	Commercial Beekeeping
	SER 451	Commercial Cocoon Production
	ABT 451	Commercial Plant Tissue Culture
	HOR452	Commercial Nursery Technology of Horticultural Crops
	HOR 453	Commercial Landscape Gardening
	PAT 451	Commercial production of Bio-control agents
	PAT 452	Commercial mushroom production
	AMP 451	Commercial broiler and layer production
	SST 451	Commercial seed production
	PBG 451	Hybrid pearl millet seed production
	PBG 452	Hybrid rice parental line seed production
	ARM 451	Managerial skills for Agribusiness
	AGR 451	Development of Integrated Farming system Model
	HOR 454	Protected cultivation of Vegetable crops
	ENS 451	Composting technology
	AGR 452	Organic Agriculture
*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses
Total Credits			181