Throughout the years the FSA has continued its development and has aptly created a name for itself in the West Indies. Here is a little background information on its evolution.
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The Faculty of Science and Agriculture (formerly the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences)
was established at the St. Augustine Campus of the The University of the West Indies in 1996
from the merger of the former Faculties of Agriculture and Natural Sciences. The former was established in 1960 and
continued the tradition of excellence in teaching and research of its predecessor, the Imperial College
of Agriculture, while the latter was established at St. Augustine in 1972 from the former College
of Arts and Science, which began teaching Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics in 1963. Today the FSA
is among the largest in the University offering B.Sc. degrees with majors in Agriculture,
Agribusiness Management, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Human Ecology,
Environmental and Natural Resources Management, Mathematics, Physics, and Zoology.
In addition majors in Science may be combined with a major from another faculty
(e.g. Social Science) subject to pre-requisites and availability.
The number of students registered in the FSA in 2002/2003 was 1,304, 1237 of
whom were registered full-time and 67 part-time.
In addition, the Faculty offers ten (10) M.Sc. programmes (including one by distance teaching)
and M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees are offered in each department.
Undergraduate diplomas in Agricultural Extension and Institutional and
Community Nutrition and Dietetics are also offered by the School of Agriculture.
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