Faculty of Agriculture
Mymensingh
Curricular Layout of M.S. & Ph.D. Programs of the
Faculty of Agriculture
1. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Agronomy
Semester I
A.
Compulsory Courses : (8 cr hr)
Course
No. Title of the
Course Cr hr
Marks
Agron 501 Advanced crop
husbandry
2
100
Agron 502 Crop yield
processes
2
100
Agron 503 Seed
technology
2
100
Agron 504 Weed
management
2
100
Agron 509 Weed Biology and
Ecology
2
100
Agron 113 Cropping
System 2
100
Agron 114 Environmental
Agronomy 2
100
Agron 115 Productive and Post
harvest 2
100
Management of minor crops
B. Elective
Courses :
4 Credits
C. Research Work
3 Credits Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Semester II
A.
Compulsory Courses : (8 cr hr)
Agron 505 Soil fertility and
management 2
100
in crop production
Agron 506 Water management in
crop
2
100
production
Agron 507 Agronomic research methodology
2
100
Agron 508 Stress
agronomy
2
100
B. Elective
Courses
: (4 cr hr)
Agron 510 Cropland agroforestry
2
100
Agron 511 Agricultural
system
2
100
Agron 512 Fodder production and
pasture 2
100
management
Agron 516 Seed Testy &
Quality
2
100
Related courses from other Departments
C.
Research Work
3 Credits Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Semester III
A.
Research
Work
10 & more Sat./Unsat
B. Evaluation of Thesis 250
C.
Defence of Thesis 150
Grand
Total
40 Credit 1600
2. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Soil Science
Semester
I
A. Compulsory Courses (12 cr hr)
SoilSc 501 Soil
physics 3
150
SoilSc 502 Soil chemistry
and Minerology
3
150
SoilSc 503 Soil
microbiology
3
150
SoilSc 504 Soil degreting and
3 150
Conservation
B. Elective Courses :
Nil
C. Research
Work
3
Credits
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Semester II
A. Compulsory
Courses
: (5 cr hr)
SoilSc 505 Soil Fertility & Plant
Nutrition
3
150
Stat 537 Design of
agricultural
2
100
experiments
B. Elective
Courses
: (8 cr hr)
SoilSc 506 Soil Survey
and Classification 2
100
SoilSc 507 Biofertilizer
technology
2
100
SoilSc 508 Soils of
SoilSc 509 Soil
Pollution and
Remediation 2
100
SoilSc 510 Soil Ecology
and Biodiverty
2
100
SoilSc 511 Soil, plant & water
analysis
2
100
Related courses from other
Departments 2
100
C.
Research Work
3
Credits
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Semester III
A.
Research
Work
10 Credits or more sat./Unsat.
B. Evaluation of Thesis
250
C.
Defence of Thesis
150
Grand
Total
41
2050
3. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D degrees in Entomology
Semester I
A. Compulsory Courses : (8 cr hr)
Course
No. Title of the
Course Cr hr Marks
Entom 501 Insect taxonomy
I
2 100
Entom 502 Insect
physiology
2 100
Entom 503 Insect
ecology 2
100
Entom 504 presticide
Management
2 100
B. Elective
Courses
: : (4 cr hr)
Entom 509 Insect taxonomy
II
2
100
Entom 510 Stared Product
Pests
2 100
Stat
539 Experimental
design 2 100
c.
Entom 551 Research
Work 3 Sat./Unsat.
Semester
II
A.
Compulsory Courses : (8 cr hr)
Entom 505 Insect nutrition &
biochemistry 2
100
Entom 506 Insect pest
management
2 100
Entom 507 Insect
Pathology
2
100
Entom 508 Entomological
Technique
2
100
B. Elective Courses : (4 cr hr)
Entom 511 Insecticide
toxicology 2 100
Entom 512 Industrial
entomology
2 100
Entom 513 Insect
Morphology
2 100
C. Entom
507 Research
Work
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Semester III
A.
Research Work
10
Satis/Unsatis
B.
Evaluation of Thesis
250
C.
Defence of Thesis
150
Grand
Total
40
1600
4. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Horticulture
Semester
I
A. Compulsory Courses (8 cr hr)
Course
No. Title of the
Course
Cr hr
Hort 501 Adv. pomology
I
3
Hort 502 Adv. olericulture
I 3
Hort 503 Hort. research
methodology 2
B. Elective Courses :
(4 cr hr)
Hort 504 Homestead
forestry 2
Hort 505 Hort. seed
physiology 2
Hort
516 Fruit & veg.
processing tech. 2
Related courses from other Departments
Semester
II
A. Compulsory
Courses
: (2 cr hr)
Hort 506 Adv. pomology
II 2
Hort 507 Adv. olericulture
II
2
Hort
508 Ornamental & landscape hort. 2
Hort 509 Spices &
plantation
crops
2
B. Elective Courses :
Nil
Semester III
Evaluation of Thesis 9 cr hr
Defence of
Thesis 3
cr hr
5. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Plant Pathology
Semester I
A. Compulsory Courses : (8 cr hr)
Course
No. Title of the
Course Cr
hr
PPath 501 Plant pathogenesis
and 3(2+1)
genetics of pathogens
PPath 503 Methods in plant
pathology 3
Stat 539 Design of
experiments
2
B. Elective Courses :
(2 cr hr)
PPath 504
Bacteriology 2
PPath 505
Mycology 2
PPath 506 Nematology 2
PPath 507
Virology
2
Related courses from other Departments
Semester
II
A. Compulsory
Courses
: (2 cr hr)
PPath 502 Epidemiology and plant
disease
2
management
B. Elective Courses : (8 cr hr)
PPath 508 Disease resistance in
plants
2
PPath 509 Post-harvest
pathology
2
PPath 510 Seed
pathology 2
PPath 511 Soil-borne
diseases
2
PPath 512 Agroforest
pathology
2
PPath 513 Integrated pest
management 2
Related courses from other Departments
Semester III
Evaluation of Thesis
9 cr hr
Defence of
Thesis
3 cr hr
6. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Crop Botany
Semester I
A. Compulsory Courses : (6 cr
hr)
Course
No. Title of the Course
Cr hr
CBot 501 Morphology,
phylogeny and 2
plant diversification
CBot 503 Plant
physiology
2
CBot 505 Plant
ecology
2
B. Elective Courses :
(4 cr hr)
CBot 507 Economic cryptogems
and
2
gymnosperms
CBot 501 Developmental plant
physiology
2
CBot 511 Plant tissue
culture
2
CBot 512 Plant nutrition
2
CBot 513 Crop
physiology
2
Related courses from other Departments
Semester
II
A. Compulsory
Courses
: (7 cr hr)
CBot 502 Plant anatomy &
embryology 3(2+1)
CBot 504 Plant
metabolism 2
CBot 506
Agro-climatology
2
B. Elective Courses : (4 cr hr)
CBot 508 Weed taxonomy &
morphology 2
CBot 509 Developmental plant
anatomy 2
CBot 514 Crop
ecology
2
CBot 515 Agroforestry
2
Related courses from other Departments
Semester III
Evaluation of Thesis 9 cr hr
Defence of
Thesis 3
cr hr
7. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D degrees in Genetics & Plant Breeding
Semester I
A. Compulsory Courses (8 cr hr)
Course
No. Title of the
Course
Cr hr
GPB
501
Cytology and
embryology 2
GPB
502
Principles of genetics 2
GPB
503 Genetic resources & crop evolution 2
GPB
504 Biotechnology & genetic engineering 2
B. Elective Courses : (2 cr hr)
GPB
511 Stress
breeding
2
GPB
512 Experimentation & data
analysis
2
Semester
II
A.
Compulsory Courses : (8 cr hr)
GPB
521 Cytogenetics 2
GPB
522 Molecular & development genetics 2
GPB
523 Breeding behaviour
& selection methods 2
GPB
524 Biometrical & population
genetics 2
B. Elective Courses :
(2 cr hr)
GPB
531 Distant hybridization and
chromosome
manipulation
2
GPB
532 Resistance
breeding
2
Semester III
Evaluation of
Thesis 9 cr hr
Defence of
Thesis 3 cr hr
8. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Extension Education
(To be
available soon)
9. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Chemistry
Semester
I
A. Compulsory Courses : (8 cr
hr)
Course
No. Title of the
Course
Cr hr
AgChem 501 Fertilizer technol.
& usage 2
AgChem
503 Soil colloids & nuclear chem. 2
AgChem 504 Formulation & safety
aspects 2
of pesticides
AgChem 507 Analysis of fertilizers,
plant, 2
soil and water
B. Elective Courses : (2 cr hr)
AgChem 508 Chemistry of manures
&
2
fertilizers
AgChem 510 Waste utilization and
environ. 2
pollution
Related courses from other Departments
Semester
II
A. Compulsory
Courses
: (8 cr hr)
AgChem 502 Principles of
instrumental
2
methods of analysis
AgChem 505 Chemistry of
synthetic
2
pesticides
AgChem 506 Chemistry & technology
of 2
rubber, sugarcane, tea &
2
tobacco
Stat
539 Design of
experiments
2
B. Elective Courses : (2 cr hr)
AgChem 509 Chemistry of plant products
2
AgChem 511 Quality of irrigation
water
2
Semester III
Evaluation of Thesis 9 cr hr
Defence of
Thesis 3 cr hr
10. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry
Semester I
A. Compulsory Courses : (8 cr hr)
Course
No. Title of the
Course
Cr hr
Biochem 501 Advanced chemistry of
2
carbohydrates, lipids &
nucleic acid
Biochem 502 Adv. chemistry of proteins
& 2
enzymes
Biochem 503 Principles of biochemical
2
techniques
Stat
531
Statistics
2
B. Elective Courses :
(4 cr hr)
Biochem 507 Comparative
biochemistry 2
Biochem 508
Biotechnology
2
Biochem
509 Biochem. of plant hormones 2
& biocides
Biochem
510 Clinical biochem. & immuno- 2
chemistry
Biochem 511 Biochemistry of
fishes
2
Related courses from other Departments
Semester
II
A.
Compulsory Courses : (6 cr hr)
Biochem 504 Intermediary metabolism
and 2
its regulation
Biochem 505 Replication of DNA,
protein 2
biosynthesis & introduction
of recombinant DNA
Biochem 506 Bioenergetic
& human nutrition 2
B. Elective Courses : (2 cr hr)
Biochem 512 Special topics in
biochemistry 2
Biochem 513 Soil
biochemistry
2
Biochem 514 Animal
hormones
2
Biochem 515 Animal
biochemistry
2
Related courses from other Departments
Semester III