UG Course Programmes – Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute

Brief History of the Degree Programme

Name of the programme : B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture / B.Sc (Ag)

Year of start :B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture- 2017; B.Sc (Ag.) – 1989

Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute (ADAC&RI) is a constituent college of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. It was first started in Kumulur, Lalgudi Taluk of Tiruchirappalli district with an annual intake of 40 students in the year 1989. Later, the college was shifted to Navalur Kuttapattu, Srirangam Taluk of Tiruchirappalli District in 1992, in the erstwhile Soil Salinity Research Centre campus. In 1995, a new academic block was constructed with class rooms and laboratories to which the college was shifted in the same campus.

The college has Ten departments offering undergraduate courses for B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture and postgraduate programmes in Agronomy, Soil Science, Plant breeding and genetics and Entomology. However, advance research, education and extension activities have been carried out in 23 subject disciplines. There are 51 faculty member who constitute the prime scientific manpower requirement to cater to the needs of the farming community and to contribute for agricultural development. Besides there are three lab assistants, 18 technicians and 26 provincialized skilled mazdoors supporting the administrative, teaching, research and extension activities of the college.

Objectives of the programme

To produce graduates with better understanding of agriculture and allied sciences and technologies for sustainable agricultural production.
To impart agricultural education to the students’ community by creating a sustained platform.

Accomplishments

The college was awarded ‘Best College’ of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) during the year 2014. Total number of 1354 students have graduated in this college since inception. The alumni from this college are working in Agriculture Department Government of Tamil Nadu, State Agricultural Universities (SAU), Agriculture Research Service (ARS), public and private sector banks and private agribusiness firms. About 20 alumni of this college are serving in various capacities in the Indian civil service.

Classrooms and Laboratories

Four ICT enabled class rooms with a seating capacity of 110 each are available for taking classes for the B.Sc.(Hons)Agriculture/B.Sc.(Ag)courses. The class rooms are equipped with LCD Projector Computer, podium with public address system and wifi facility.

All the major departments have their own laboratory for the conduct of practical classes for UG and PG students. The machineries and equipments in each laboratory are presented in this section.

Courses for I Semester

S. No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
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/ ENG101	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
		*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses

Courses for II Semester

S. No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
1	SWE 101	Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	2+1
2	CRP 101	Fundamentals of crop Physiology	2+1
3	AEC 101	Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics	1+1
4	PAT 101	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	2+1
5	AEX 102	Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education	2+1
6	FSN 111	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	1+1
7	FMP 111	Farm Machinery and Power	1+1
8	AGR 102	Introductory Agro-meteorology & Climate Change	1+1
9	HOR 112	Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation Crops	1+1
10	RSG 101	Geo- informatics for Precision Farming	1+0
11	NSS/NCC 101	NSS/NCC	0+1*
12	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
		Total	14+9=23
		*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses

Courses for III Semester

S. No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
1	AGM 201	Fundamentals of Microbiology	2+1
2	AEN 201	Fundamentals of Entomology	2+1
3	SST 201	Principles of Seed Technology	2+1
4	AGR 201	Crop Production Technology – I (Kharif crops)	1+1
5	HOR 211	Production Technology for Vegetables and Spices	1+1
6	ENS 201	Environmental Studies & Disaster Management	2+1
7	AMP 201	Livestock and Poultry Management	2+1
8	AEC 201	Farm Management, Production & Resource Economics	1+1
9	SAC 201	Soil Resource Inventory	1+1
10	AGR 202	Study tour Non gradial compulsory	0+1*
11	NSS/NCC 101	NSS/NCC	0+1*
12	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
		Total	14+9=23
		*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses

Courses for IV Semester

S. No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
1	PBG 201	Fundamentals of Genetics	2+1
2	AEX 201	Communication Skills and Personality Development	1+1
3	MAT 211	Statistical Methods	1+1
4	PAT 201	Principles of plant disease management	1+1
5	AEN 202	Beneficial insects and Principles of Insect pest management	2+1
6	AGR 203	Crop Production Technology – II (Rabi crops)	1+1
7	ERG 211	Renewable Energy	1+0
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	1+1
12	NST 201	Fundamentals and Applications of nanotechnology	1+0
13	NSS/NCC 101	NSS/NCC	0+1*
14	PED 101	Physical Education	0+1*
		Total	15+9=24
		*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses

Courses for V Semester

S. No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
1	PBG 301	Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	2+1
2	AEC 301	Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices	2+1
3	AGM 301	Soil and Applied Microbiology	1+1
4	PAT 301	Diseases of Field and Horticultural crops and their management	1+1
5	AEX 301	Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication	1+1
6	AGR 301	Practical Crop Production – I (Kharif crops)	0+2
7	HOR 311	Post harvest management and value addition of fruits and vegetable crops	1+1
8	SAC 301	Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	2+1
9	ABT 301	Plant Bio technology	2+1
10	AGR 302	Rainfed Agriculture & Watershed Management	1+1
11	NCC 101	NCC*
		Total	13+11=24
		*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses

Courses for VI Semester

S. No	Course code	Course Title	Credit load
1	AEC 302	Agricultural Finance and Co-Operation	2+1
2	PAT 302	Diseases of Field crops and Horticultural crops and their Management	2+1
3	COM 311	Agriculture Informatics	1+1
4	ENS 301	Environmental Pollution and Management	1+1
5	APE 311	Post-Harvest and Food Engineering	1+1
6	AEN 301	Pests of Crops and Stored grain and their Management	2+1
7	AGR 303	Practical Crop Production – II (Rabi crops)	0+2
8	AGR 304	Principles of Organic Farming	1+1
9	PBG 302	Crop Improvement	2+1
10	OPT 301	Optional Course	1+1
11	NCC 101	NCC*
		Total	13+11=24
		*Non-gradial courses compulsory courses

Courses for VII Semester

(RAWE Programme)
S. No.	Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment(RAWE &AIA)
S. No.	Activities	No. of weeks	Credit Hours
1	General orientation & On campus training by different faculties	1	20
2	Village attachment/ Unit attachment in Univ./ College. KVK/ Res. Stn.	8
3	Agro-Industrial Attachment	2
4	Project Report Preparation, Presentation and Evaluation	2	1
Total weeks for RAWE & AIA		13	21

Courses for VIII Semester

(Experiential Learning Programme/ HOT)
ICAR			TNAU
S.No	Module	Credit Hrs.	Module	Credit Hrs.
1	Module-I	0+10	Module-I	0+10
2	Module-II	0+10	Module-II	0+10
	Total	20 (0+20)	Total	0+20

Abstract of the Courses

Semester	TNAU Courses
I	12+9=21
II	14+9=23
III	14+9=23
IV	15+9=24
V	13+11=24
VI	13+11=24
VII	0+21=21
VIII	0+20=20
Total	81+99=180

DEPARTMENT WISE DISTRIBUTION OF COURSES

Department	ICAR		TNAU
Department	No. of courses	Credit Hours	No. of courses	Credit Hours
Agronomy	9	19	9	18
Nano tech & RSGIS	1	2	2	2
Plant Breeding and Genetics	5	13	5	14
Soil Science and Agrl. Chemistry	3	8	4	10
Entomology	3	9	3	9
Nematology	—	—	1	2
Economics	4	10	4	10
Agrl. Engineering	4	8	4	8
Plant Pathology	4	13	4	10
Horticulture	5	10	4	10
Food Science	1	2	1	2
Agrl. Extension	4	9	4	9
Bio chemistry & Bio technology	1	3	2	6
Crop physiology	1	3	1	3
Agrl. microbiology	1	2	2	5
Environmental Science	1	3	2	5
Forestry	1	2	1	2
Statistics	1	2	1	2
Maths	1	2	1	2
Computer Science	1	2	1	2
IPR	1	1	—	—
Animal Husbandry	1	4	1	3
Language	1	2	3	3
NSS/NCC/Yoga/PED	3	Non gradial	3	Non gradial
Tour	2	Non gradial	2	Non gradial
Project	—	—	1	1
RAWE	1	20	1	20
Experiential learning	2	20	2	20
Human values and ethics	1	1	—	—
Elective course	3	9	1	2
Total	66	180/183	69	180

LIST OF EXPERIENTIAL COURSES

S. No.	Titles of the module	Credits
1	Bio-agents and Bio-fertilizer production	0+10
2	Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetables Crops	0+10
3	On Farm Advisory for Soil Health, Water Quality & Plant Nutrition	0+10
4	Commercial Beekeeping	0+10
5	Commercial Cocoon Production	0+10
6	Commercial Plant Tissue Culture	0+10
7	Commercial Nursery Technology of Horticultural Crops	0+10
8	Commercial Landscape Gardening	0+10
9	Commercial production of Bio-control agents	0+10
10	Commercial mushroom production	0+10
11	Commercial broiler and layer production	0+10
12	Commercial seed production	0+10
13	Hybrid pearl millet seed production	0+10
14	Hybrid rice parental line seed production	0+10
15	Managerial skill for Agribusiness	0+10
16	Export Import and Protection of Property Rights in Agriculture	0+10
17	Development of Integrated Farming system Model	0+10
18	Protected cultivation of Vegetable crops	0+10
19	Composting technology	0+10
20	Utilization of Rearing Bed Refuse, Pupae and Unreelable Cocoons	0+10
21	Agri-business management	0+10

Optional courses

A student can select one optional course out of the following offered during VI semester.

Optional courses for 2 credits
S.No	Courses	Credit Hours
1	Applied Crop Physiology	2 (1+1)
2	Designer fertilizer Production	2 (1+1)
3	Rejuvenation of Deteriorated lands	2 (1+1)
4	Soilless crop production	2 (1+1)
5	Instrumental methods of analysis	2 (1+1)
6	Seed entrepreneurship skill development and management	2 (1+1)
7	Production Technology of Field Crops	2 (1+1)
8	Weed and water management	2 (1+1)
9	Plant Genetic Resources Collection, Conservation and Utilization	2 (1+1)
10	Commercial Production of Nematode Antagonistic bio-agents	2 (1+1)
11	Downstream Processing for Industrially Important Microbial Products	2 (1+1)
12	Microbial Enzymes	2 (1+1)
13	Microbial Quality and Safety of Foods	2 (1+1)
14	Plant –Microbe Interaction	2 (1+1)
15	Quality Control of Bio-inoculants	2 (1+1)
16	Crop and Pesticide chemistry	2 (1+1)