B.Tech. (Hort.

) 2011 Syllabus
SEMESTER WISE DISTRIBUTION OF COURSES
I Year I Semester
Sl.
No.
1.
2.

Course No.
FSC 106**

5.
6.

MAT 111*

Applied Mathematics

1+1

COM 111*

Fundamentals of Information
Technology

1+1

AGR 102*

7.

ENG 101*

8.
9.

Primer on Horticulture

2+1

SAC 101*

4.

Credit
Hours
2+1

Nursery Technology of
Horticultural Crops
Principles of Analytical
Chemistry

FSC 107**

3.

Course Title

PED 101*
NSS101*
/ NCC 101*

1+1

Fundamentals of Agricultural
Meteorology
English for Effective
Communication
Physical Education
NSS/NCC
Total

1+1
0+1
0+1
0+1

Department

Page
No.
1

Horticulture

Soil Science &

Agricultural Chemistry
Physical Sciences and
Information Technology
Physical Sciences and
Information Technology
Agricultural meteorology

11

English

27

Physical Education
NSS/NCC

14
18
23

29
32/36

8+9=17

I Year II Semester
Sl.
No.
1.
2.
3
4
5
6
7

Course No.
FSC 108**
VSC 106**
FLG 106
CRP 101*
AGM 101*
AEC 101*
PBG 161

Course Title
Commercial tropical fruit
culture
Commercial tropical vegetable
culture
Landscaping and Turf
management
Crop Physiology
Agricultural Microbiology

Credit
Hours

Department

2+1
2+1

47
Horticulture
54

2+1
2+1

Crop Physiology

2+1

Agricultural
Microbiology

Principles of Agricultural
1+1
Economics
Principles of Genetics and
2+1
methods of plant breeding in
horticultural crops
Total 13+7=20

Page
No.
39

Agricultural Economics
Plant breeding and
Genetics

59
63
68
72

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II Year III Semester

Course No.

Course Title

Credit
Hours

1.

VSC 206**

Commercial temperate vegetable

culture

2+1

2.

SAC 201*

Fundamentals of Soil Science

2+1

3.
4.

AEN 201*
PAT 201*

2+1
2+1

5.

SST 211**

6.

AMP 201*

7.

FMP 211*

8.

SWE 211*

Fundamentals of Entomology
Fundamentals of Plant Pathology
Principles of Seed Production
and Quality control in
Horticultural crops
Livestock and Poultry
Production Management
Farm Power and Machinery
Fundamentals of Soil and Water
Conservation Engineering

9.

AGM 211**

Applied Microbiology
Total

1+1

Department
Horticulture
Soil Science &
Agricultural Chemistry
Agricultural Entomology
Plant Pathology
Seed Science and
Technology

1+1

Veterinary and Animal

Science
Farm Machinery

2+1

Agricultural Engineering

1+1

Agricultural
Microbiology

2+1

Page
No.
77
85
90
95
101
105
110
113
117

15+9=24

II Year IV Semester
Sl.No Course No.
1.

FSC 206**

2.

PSM 206**

3.

BTH 201

4.

ABT 201*

5.

SST 212**

6.

ARM 201*

7.

STA 201*

8.

SWE 212

9.
10.

ERG 211*
FOR 211*

11.

AGR 211**

Course Title
Commercial Sub Tropical and
Temperate Fruit Culture
Commercial Production of
Spices and Plantation Crops
Industrial visit I (Fruit,
Vegetable and Floriculture
Industry)
Principles of Biotechnology
Seed production technology of
horticultural crops
Fundamentals of Agribusiness
Management
Applied Statistics

Credit
Hours

Department

2+1
2+1

Horticulture

Page
No.
121
131
139

0+1
1+1
1+1
1+1
1+1

Surveying and Engineering

1+1
drawing
Renewable Energy
1+0
Forest Resource Management
1+1
Weed and Water Management in
1+1
Horticultural crops
Total 12+10=22

Biotechnology
Seed Science and
technology
Agriculture and Rural
Management
Physical Sciences and
Information Technology
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
Forestry
Agronomy

141
144
149
150
155
158
162
166

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No.
1.

III Year V Semester

Course No.
FLG 306

2.

FLG 307

3.

FLG 308

4.

BTH 303

5.

PSM 306**

6.

ABT 301*

7.

ENS 311**

8.

AEN 311**

9.

AEC 301*

Course Title

Commercial Floriculture
Protected and Precision
Horticulture (Team teaching
Hort. & Remote sensing)
Hi Tech Crop Production
Industrial visit II (Spices,
Plantation and Pharma Industry)
Commercial Production of
Medicinal and Aromatic crops
Applied Plant Biotechnology
Waste Management in
Horticulture Industry
Pest Management in Horticulture
Production Systems
Production Economics and Farm
Management

Credit
Hours
2+1

Department

2+1
0+1

Horticulture

0+1

Course
No.

Course Title

2+1
1+1
1+1
2+1
1+1

Biotechnology
Environmental
Sciences
Agricultural
Entomology
Agricultural Economics

Credit
Hours

Establishment and management of

2+1
Horticultural Estates
Interiorscaping and therapeutic
2.
BTH 305
2+1
Horticulture
Post Harvest Technology of Fruits,
3.
BTH 306
2+1
Vegetables and Spices
4.
EXP 301@ Experiential learning
0+5
Fundamentals and applications of
5.
NST 301*
1+0
Nanotechnology
6.
ENG 301* Soft skills for career development
0+1
Agricultural
Marketing,
Trade
and
7.
AEC 302*
1+1
Prices
Nematode Management in
8.
HNM 311
1+1
Horticultural crops
Greenhouse construction and
9.
SWE 311
1+1
maintenance
Total 10+12=22
@ EXP 301 List Enclosed
1.

182
185
187

Principles of processing and

10.
Home Science
FSN 311** value addition of horticultural
2+1
produces
Total 13+10=23
III Year VI Semester
Sl.
No.

Page
No.
176
178

Department

FSC 306

193
196
200
204
208

Page
No.
212
216

Horticulture
221

Nanotechnology
Language
Agricultural
economics
Nematology
Agricultural
Engineering

226
228
233
238
242

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IV Year VII Semester
Course
Course Title
No.
Horticultural Industrial Work
Experience (HIWE)
1.
BTH 401
(60 + 10 + 10 + 10 days)
2.
BTH 402
Project Work (Dissertation)
Industry and Institutional
3.
BTH 403
Educational Tour (All India Tour)
Total

Sl.
No.

Credit
Hours

Department

Page
No.
245

0+6
Horticulture
0+4

247
248

0+1
0+11=11

IV Year VIII Semester

Sl.
No.
1.

Course No.
PSM 406

2.

EXP 401@

3.

PAT 401*

4.

TAM 401*
/ENG 401*

5.

SAC 401*

6.

AEC 401*

7.

FSN 451

8.

ARM 402

Course Title

Credit
Hours

Post harvest technology of

flowers, plantation, medicinal and
aromatic crops
Experiential learning
Diseases of horticultural crops
and their management
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Development education
Nutrient management and
fertilizer technology
Agricultural finance, banking and
cooperation
Food safety and quality control
for horticultural products
Entrepreneurship Development
Total

@ EXP 401 List Enclosed

Department

Page
No.
249

2+1
0 +5

Horticulture
Plant Pathology

2+1

254
258/260

0+1

Tamil/English

2+1

Soil Science and

Agricultural Chemistry

1+1

Agricultural Economics

1+1

Home Science

1+1

Agriculture and Rural

Management

9+12=21

262
267
272
276