Philosophy
Postgraduate programme in Agronomy is tailored to meet the worldwide demand for scientific expertise in the development of crop and plant production methods, farming systems, soil suitability classification and conservation. This dissertation-oriented programme will encapsulate all that the candidates require to attain a high level of competence in the field of plant agriculture and soil management for sustainable food production.
Objectives
At the end of the programme, the students should be able to:
1. Discover, formulate and demonstrate new principles of crop improvement and soil-crop management so as to make agriculture socially viable, profitable for the farmers and competitive on world markets.
2. Develop disease, insect and weed management strategies for crops.
3. Identify agriculturally useful genes from new or unique sources to improve crops nutritional
quality, pest, resistance, stress tolerance and commercial potential.
4. Assume leadership role in academic, research, field and laboratory settings.
5. Formulate and evaluate appropriate policy in line with plant agriculture to achieve food
sufficiently.
6. Demonstrate the ability to design a field based research project, apply relevant research skills,
critically analyze and interpret data and work with minimal supervision.
7. Show competence in communicating scientific findings.
Admission Requirement:
Graduates (with B.Sc. Hons., B.Agric.) in Agriculture who meet minimum and other University requirements both at ‘O’ Level (5 Credit passes) and first degree (minimum of Second Class lower division). The Department reserves the right to order some candidates to take and pass selected undergraduate courses as non-scoring electives. Candidates may be required to satisfy a selection process.
Requirements for Graduation:
The M.Sc Programme in Agronomy shall last for 3 semesters. The minimum CGPA for graduation shall be 2.50. It consists of course work and a research project. The minimum credit for graduation shall be 44 credit Units distributed as follows:
Course Units
GEDS 4
Core 30
Electives 4
Dissertation 6
Total 44
M Sc. AGRONOMY
COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
GEDS 801
AGRI 800
AGRY 846 |
GENERAL COURSES CORE COURSES Biblical Principles for Sustainable Agriculture ELECTIVE COURSES (Choose ONE per Semester) Advanced Soil Analytical Techniques |
2
-
|
2
3
(2) |
6 |
|
Total = 44 |
19 |
19 |
6 |
Note: Each student must take ONE elective course during the 1st and 2nd semesters, reflecting their choice area of specializations thus;
Elective Courses for Specialized Areas:
(A) Agronomy
AGRY 873 Agronomy Research and Computer Applications (2 credits)
AGRY 882 Biotechnology in Crop Production (2 credits)
(B) Agro Forestry
AGRY 863 Advanced Agro-forestry (2 credits)
AGRY 882 Biotechnology in Crop Production (2 credits)
(C) Soil Science
AGRY 861 Advanced Soil Mineralogy (2 credits)
AGRY 882 Biotechnology in Crop Production (2 credits)
(D) Plant Breeding
AGRY 872 Advanced Plant Breeding and Genetics (2 credits)
AGRY 882 Biotechnology in Crop Production (2 credits)
(E) Horticulture
AGRY 862 Recent Advances in Horticulture (2 credits)
AGRY 882 Biotechnology in Crop Production (credits)
(F) Crop Biotechnology
AGRY 851 Recent Advances in Crop Biotechnology (2 credits)
AGRY 882 Biotechnology in Crop Production (2 credits)