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Undergraduate Diploma in Agriculture (UDA)

Admissions Criteria:

To engage in the Undergraduate Diploma in Agriculture, you must satisfy the following specific subject requirements:

  •  Passes in a minimum of five (5) GCE O’ Level or
  • CSEC (CXC) General Proficiency Level examination at Grades I, II or, since 1998, Grade III, including English Language and Mathematics and
  • At least one science subject which may include Agricultural Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Integrated Science or Physics.

 

COURSES TO BE COMPLETED

Year I

Semester 1

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

AGRI 0101

Agriculture, Food and the Environment

3

AGRI 0102

Agricultural Physics

2

AGRI 0103

Agricultural Chemistry

3

AGRI 0104

Agricultural Biology I

3

AGRI 0105

Language and Communication

2

AGRI 0106

Computer and Information Literacy

2

Total Credits

15

 

 

Semester 2

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

AGRI 0107

Mathematics

3

AGRI 0108

Agricultural Biology II

3

AGRI 0109

Agricultural Biochemistry

3

AGRI 0110

Introductory Soils Science

3

AGRI 0111

Crop Production I

2

AGRI 0112

Livestock Production I

2

Total Credits

16

 

Semester 3

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

AGRI 0113

Introduction to Farm Equipment and Buildings

3

AGRI 0114

Farm Practice I

4

Total Credits

15

 

Year 2

Semester 1

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

AGRI 0201

Agricultural Economics I

3

AGRI 0202

Sociology of Agriculture

3

AGRI 0203

Crop Production II

3

AGRI 0204

Introduction to Crop and Livestock Health and Food Safety

3

AGRI 0205

Farm Practice II

3

Total Credits

15

 

Year 2

Semester 2

Course Code

Course Title

Credits

AGRI 0206

Introduction to Post-Production Technology 

2

AGRI 0207

Tropical Aquaculture

2

AGRI 0208

Livestock Production II

3

AGRI 0209

Agricultural Economics II

3

AGRI 0210

Farm Practice III

3

Total Credits

13

 [Updated April 2021]

 

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