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Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Courses Offered

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B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture

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.

DURATION

4 Years

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

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Transforming Agri Passion into Profession

At ST Agricultural College, students begin their journey with a passion for nature and a dream to make a difference in the world of agriculture. Through hands-on learning, scientific exploration, and field exposure, they grow into skilled professionals ready to tackle real-world challenges. After graduation, our students step confidently into rewarding careers in agri-tech, research, agribusiness, and sustainable farming—empowered to lead, innovate, and contribute to the future of food and farming.

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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 ENG 103 Ilakkiyathil Velanmaiyum Ariyiyal Tamil Payanakkamum Development Education 0+1
10 NSS/ NCC 101 National Service Scheme/ National Cadet Corps
11 PED 101 Physical Education Regd. in I Sem
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
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
<1AGR 301Crop Production-I0+1
V SEMESTER
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

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

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 ENG 103 Ilakkiyathil Velanmaiyum Ariyiyal Tamil Payanakkamum Development Education 0+1
11 NSS/NCC 101 NSS/NCC 0+1*
12 PED 101 Physical Education 0+1*
13 PED 102 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*
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/NCC 101 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
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