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B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture (2018 Onwards)

B.Tech.(Horticulture)

B.Sc., (Hons.) Horticulture 2017 Syllabus

I Semester

Sl. No.	Course No	Title	Credit hours
1.	AGM 121	Introductory Microbiology	2 + 1
2.	BIC 101*	Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry	2 + 1
3.	ENG 101*	Comprehension & Communication Skills in English	1 + 1
4.	FSC 101	Principles of Horticulture	2 + 1
5.	FSC 102	Plant Propagation and Nursery Management	1 + 1
6.	MAT 111*	Elementary Mathematics	1 + 1
7.	SAC 101*	Fundamentals of Soil Science	2 + 1
8.	VSC 101	Botany of Horticultural Crops	1 + 1
9.	TAM 101* ENG 103*	Tamil Ilakiyangalil Velanmaiyum Ariviyal Tamil Payanpadum Development Education (For Non Tamil students)	0 + 1
10.	NSS 101 / NCC 101*	National Service Scheme / National Cadet Corps	NG
11.	PED 101*	Physical Education	NG
12.	PED 102*	Yoga for Human Excellence	NG
Total			12 + 9=21
NG – Non gradial but compulsory courses *common courses for Agri & Horti.

II Semester

Sl. No.	Course No	Title	Credit hours
1.	AGR 102*	Introductory Agro-meteorology & Climate Change	1 + 1
2.	CRP 112	Introductory Crop Physiology	2 + 1
3.	FSC 103	Tropical and Subtropical Fruits	2 + 1
4.	FSN 121	Fundamentals of Food Technology	1 + 1
5.	PBG 112	Principles of Genetics and Cytogenetics	2 + 1
6.	PSM 101	Spices and condiments	1 + 1
7.	SAC 102	Irrigation water quality assessment	0 + 1
8.	SWE 112	Soil and Water Conservation Engineering	1 + 1
9.	VSC 102	Tropical and Subtropical Vegetable crops	2 + 1
10.	NSS 101* / NCC 101*	National Service Scheme / National Cadet Corps	Reg.in I sem
11.	PED 101*	Physical Education	Reg.in I sem
Total			12+9=21

*common courses for Agri & Horti.

III Semester

Sl. No.	Course No	Title	Credit hours
1.	AEN 201*	Fundamentals of Entomology	2 + 1
2.	AMP 201*	Livestock and Poultry Management	2 + 1
3.	ENS 201*	Environmental Studies & Disaster Management	2 + 1
4.	FLG 201	Commercial Floriculture	2 + 1
5.	FSC 201	Temperate Fruit crops	1 + 0
6.	PAT 211	Principles of Plant Pathology	2 + 1
7.	PBG 211	Principles of Plant Breeding	2 + 1
8.	PSM 201	Plantation Crops	1 + 1
9.	SST 221	Principles of seed production and quality regulations in horticultural crops	1 + 1
10.	VSC 201	Temperate Vegetable crops	1 + 0
11.	VSC 202	Crop Production – I (3 crops) vegetables/ Flowers / Spices (Direct sown crops)	0 + 1
12.	HOR 201	Study tour	NG
13.	NSS 101* / NCC 101*	National Service Scheme / National Cadet Corps	Reg. in I sem
14.	PED 101*	Physical Education	Reg. in I sem
Total			16+9=25

*common courses for Agri & Horti.

IV Semester

Sl. No.	Course No	Title	Credit hours
1.	AEC 202	Economics and Marketing	2 + 1
2.	AEN 212	Apiculture, Sericulture and Lac Culture	1 + 1
3.	AEX 201*	Communication Skills and Personality Development	1 + 1
4.	AGR 211	Weed and Water Management in Horticultural Crops	1 + 1
5.	FLG 202	Ornamental Horticulture	1 + 1
6.	FSC 202	Breeding of Fruit and Plantation Crops	1 + 1
7.	FMP 211	Farm Power and Machinery	1 + 1
8.	FSC 203	Dryland Horticulture (Team teaching: Agronomy and Horticulture)	1 + 1
9.	STA 201*	Statistical Methods	1 + 1
10.	NST 201*	Fundamentals and Applications of Nanotechnology	1 + 0
11.	PSM 202	Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	1 + 1
12.	VSC 203	Crop Production – II Vegetables (Transplanted Crops)	0 + 1
13.	PED 101*	Physical Education	Reg. in I sem
14.	NSS 101* / NCC 101*	National Service Scheme / National Cadet Corps	Reg. in I sem
Total			12+11=23

*common courses for Agri & Horti.

V Semester

Sl. No.	Course No	Title	Credit hours
1.	FLG 301	Principles of Landscape Architecture	0 + 1
2.	AEN 311	Insect Pests of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops	1 + 1
3.	ANM 311	Nematode Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management	1 + 1
4.	ARM 301*	Entrepreneurship Development and Business Management	1 + 1
5.	AGR 311	Introduction to Major Field Crops	1 + 1
6.	CRP 302	Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops	1 + 1
7.	FOR 311	Introductory Agro-forestry	1 + 1
8.	FSN 311	Processing of Horticultural Crops	1 + 1
9.	PAT 311	Diseases of vegetable, ornamental and spice crops	1 + 1
10.	SAC 301*	Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	2 + 1
11.	VSC 301	Breeding of Vegetable, Tuber, Spice, Flower and medicinal crops	2 + 1
12.	NCC 101*	National Cadet Corps	Reg. in I sem
Total			12+11=23

*common courses for Agri & Horti.

VI Semester

Sl. No.	Course No	Title	Credit hours
1.	AEN 312	Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	1 + 1
2.	ABT 311	Elementary Plant Biotechnology	2 + 1
3.	AGM 321	Soil and applied microbiology	1 + 1
4.	AGR 312	Organic Farming	1 + 1
5.	ARM 321	Horti-Business Management	2 + 0
6.	COM 311*	Agro-Informatics	1 + 1
7.	AEX 311	Fundamentals of Extension Education	2 + 1
8.	FSC 301	Postharvest Management of Horticultural Crops	2 + 1
9.	PAT 312	Diseases of Fruits, Plantations, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	1 + 1
10.	SST 321	Seed production techniques in horticultural crops	1 + 1
11.	VSC 302	Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation	2 + 1
12.	NCC 101*	National Cadet Corps	Reg. in I sem
Total			16+10=26

*common courses for Agri & Horti.

VII Semester-STUDENT READY

Sl. No.	Activities	No. of days	Credit Hours
AEX 411	Rural Horticultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment (RHWE & AIA) – Team teaching Agricultural Extension and Horticulture		0+20
	i. General orientation & On campus training by different faculties	3
	ii. Village attachment	60
	iii. Agro-Industrial Attachment	7
	iv. Plantation Crops Internship (Coffee and Tea Training)	15
	v. Report writing & Final Examination	5
AEX 402	All India Study Tour	15	NG
HOR 401	Project Work (Registration during VII semester, Mid term evaluation for 20 marks at the end of VII semester and Final evaluation at the end of VIII semester)		0+1
No. of days for RHWE & AIA		105	0+21=21

VIII Semester-STUDENT READY - Experiential Learning Programme

Sl. No.	Module	Credit Hours
1	EXP Module-I	0+10
2	EXP Module-II	0+10
	Total	0+20=20