Courses at UG level
The following courses are being offered in this department
Courses are offered in the areas of Dimensions of Agricultural Extension, Fundamentals of Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology, Extension methodologies and Transfer of Agricultural Technology and Communication skills and Personality Development,Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme is an important competence and confidence building programme introduced to the B.Sc (Agri.) syllabus based on ICAR guidelines.
- AEX 401-Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme is 90 days village stay programme organised for Final BSc (Agri) Students during their seventh Semester.
- Course offered by the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology under the Monitoring control of the Dean
- Scientists from various Departments will be involved as Group facilitator and Monitoring Team members.
- The programme includes:
| Internship with Farmers | 60 days |
| Attachment with ADA | 10 days |
| Attachment with NGO | 10 days |
| Agro-Industrial Tie up programme | 10 days |
Methods of Teaching
A variety of methods are used to make the teaching interesting, creative and meaningful with emphasis on eliciting the maximum involvement of every student. They include lecture by faculties and guest speakers, practical, library work, thesis projects, term papers assignment, participation in seminar and group discussion, field visits and study tours. Self-directed learning mode, interactive sessions and involving farmer resource persons are the highlights of teaching methods.
Agricultural Extension
| COURSE CODE | SUBJECT | CREDIT HOURS |
|---|---|---|
| AEX 101 | Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology | 2+0 |
| AEX 102 | Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension | 2+1 |
| AEX 201 | Communication skills and Personality Development | 1+1 |
| AEX 401 | STUDENT READY Programme RAWE and Agro- Industrial Attachment (RAWE & AIA)
|
0+20 |
| AEX 402 | Study Tour | 0+1 |
| APW 401 | Project Work | 0+1 |
| Total | 29 |
Language
| COURSE CODE | SUBJECT | CREDIT HOURS |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 101 | English for effective communication | 0+1 |
| ENG 102 | Development Education | 0+1 |
B.Sc. (Agriculture) -COURSE OUTCOME (CO)
AEX - 101 Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology (2+0)
|
CO 1 |
Acquisition of knowledge on basic concepts of rural sociology and educational psychology and its practical applications |
| CO 2 | Understanding the Social Structure and Social Stratification and Social groups: their types and characteristics |
| CO 3 | Knowledge on the concepts of Migration and the impact it has created in society. |
| CO 4 | Understanding the concepts of Social Control and Social Change |
| CO 5 |
Knowledge on Teaching–Learning Process and Basic principles of Human behaviour and Personality. |
AEX - 102 Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension (2+1)
| CO 1 | Understanding the fundamentals of extension education, extension systems in India. |
| CO 2 | Insight in to programme planning and rural development efforts, extension administration. |
| CO 3 | Knowledge on different extension methods and approaches used for transfer of agricultural technology. |
| CO 4 | Provide an opportunity to visit different organizations involved in extension activities and rural development work. |
| CO 5 | Acquaintance on practical skills in preparation of different extension teaching methods. |
| CO 6 | Knowledge on the concepts of adoption, diffusion and innovation and understanding the principles involved in agricultural journalism |
AEX - 201 Communication skills and Personality Development (1+1)
| CO 1 | Acquaintance of communication skills and media strategies in Technology Transfer |
| CO 2 | Knowledge in the concepts of Information and communication technologies and ICT tools can be used for Agricultural Extension |
| CO 3 | Knowledge on working skills needed for Print, Radio and T.V. Journalism to reach farming community |
| CO 4 | Orientation on the key concepts of Personality Development, typology and traits |
| CO 5 | Acquaintance with interpersonal skills, develop Morale and problem solving skills with the attitude and understanding to influence on behavior |
AEX - 401 STUDENT READY Programme RAWE and Agro- Industrial Attachment (RAWE & AIA) (0+20)
| CO 1 | Knowledge on resource endowment and utilization pattern in the farm resources |
| CO 2 | Understanding the measures for incremental income of farm family and become capable of development of better plan for the village and practice activities like demonstrations, campaigns, rallies and documentation of ITK practices adopted by farmers |
| CO 3 | Acquaintance with the activities of KVKs and research stations and acquire professionalism in handling various field situations |
| CO 4 | Get trained with practical real world experience on material management, input delivery system, processing technology, storage system, packing and marketing and small business management. |
| CO 5 | Gain Experience that help to mould as job providers by venturing into several agribusiness enterprises instead of seeking jobs after passing out from the college. |
| CO 6 | Enabling to prepare project proposals for need based problems and reporting on the insights of issues concerned with respect to the agrarian society. |
AEX - 402 Study Tour (0+1)
| CO 1 | Provides the opportunity to visit National and International institutions related to Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and other allied fields in various regions of the country |
| CO 2 | Gain first-hand knowledge about different agro-climatic zones, crops grown, cultivation practices, socio-cultural and economic status of the farming communities in different parts of the country |
| CO 3 | Provide a nationwide picture of agriculture in India. |
| CO 4 | Enrich knowledge on different courses offered by National Institutes |
ENG 101 - English for effective communication (0+1)
| CO 1 | Make the students competent in Listening – Receptive skill, Speaking – Productive skill, Reading – Receptive skill, Writing – Productive skill |
| CO 2 | To enhance the students comprehension skills |
ENG - 102 Development Education ( 0+1)
| CO1 | The students gain knowledge on the basic principles of learning, binary terms, educational objectives, brainstorming and interpersonal communication |
Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme
Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme is offered as a part of undergraduate curriculum to learn the actual farming situation with the objectives of sensitizing the students about farmer’s socio-economic milieu including livelihood analysis. Students are attached with any one Agro Industry to get expertise in entrepreneurial and managerial skills followed by attachment with State Department of Agriculture and NGO to study the various activities, schemes in operation and organization structure.
Main Objectives of RAWE programme
- To provide opportunities to the students for studying the rural situation
- To give oppournities for gaining direct farm experience
- To make them to do extension service to the farming community
- To provide oppournities to study the role of block level agriculture, horticulture and other development departments
- To provide oppournities to study the role and activities of NGO
- To expose the students to various agro based industries activities and to study the feasibility
All India Study Tour
The final year students are taken on a tour to national and International Institutes to India to expose them to different cropping conditions in various agro climatic zones of India. The National Institutes like NAARM, MANAGE, DRR, DSR, DOR, CRIDA, NIPHM, EEI, NBPGR, CPRI, CIPHET, FRI etc., and International Institutes like ICRISAT. The unique experiments like SAFOL Market, Farmer Producer Companies will also be exposed to the students. The students are not only exposed to biophysical conditions, cropping pattern but also the socio, economic, cultural life of different terrains in India. The students are provided with a stipend of Rs. 8000/student to meet out the expenses for All India study tour which was received from ICAR.
