Faculty of Agriculture

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria

    Undergraduate Programme

Introduction

The Department of Crop Protection is one of the six Departments in the Faculty of Agriculture of the Ahmadu Bello University. The Department was established 1978. The Department is currently organized into two sections, namely; Entomology, and Plant Pathology. The Plant Pathology Section has four research and teaching units, namely; Mycopathology, Phytobacteriology, Plant Virology and Plant Nematology. The Department also has an Insect Museum that contains a collection of about 70, 000 species of insects as well as a Diagnostic Laboratory and a Culture Room. Collaborative researches have been executed in the past and are currently being conducted with both national and international organizations and agencies at either individual levels or departmental level. Crop Protection Department is a productive conglomeration of very strong colleges and schools, and it also is a whole greater than the sum of these parts. The focus of this strategic plan is that “greater sum,” rather than the particular subunits or parts that compose it. The plan proposes Department-wide goals and actions that crosscut or transcend the boundaries of units, laboratories, and administration. It suggests that the Department can take even greater advantage of its distributed strengths while also reinforcing those strengths and facilitating the “bottom-up” blossoming of innovation and creativity characteristic of the units and laboratories.
The general strategy proposed here for achieving this aspiration is captured by two words: focus and connectivity.

  • Focus on strong or potentially strong academic programs that are strategically important to the Department and maintain areas of excellence within each of the basic research groupings—Entomology and Pathology (Mycology, Virology, Bacteriology, Nematology).
  • Build greater connectivity among the diverse units and programs around these basic academic areas by developing new integrations, boundary-crossing structures, and productive synergies and also building linkages with associated Departments and Institutes within and outside the University.

    • Admission Requirement:
    • At least 5 credit passes in G.C.E. ‘O’ Level/SSCE which should include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology (or Agricultural Science) and Physics.
    • JAMB marks should be high enough to meet the cut-off point set for the year in which the applications are being considered.

    Candidates for 200 level admissions must have obtained:
    Advanced Level pass in G.C.E. (or any approved equivalent examination) in two subjects and credits in the West African School Certificate in, at least, three other subjects. The two or three G.C.E. “A Level” subjects passed or equivalents must be in Chemistry and Biology/Agricultural Science or Chemistry and Botany/Zoology. Holders of the following qualifications from Institutions recognized by the University may also be considered for admission into 200 levels:
  • Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Agriculture with an over-all Distinction pass.
  • Higher National Diploma (HND) in Agriculture with an over-all credit pass.
    • It should be noted that Diploma holders are also required to fulfill the Faculty’s ‘O’ level/SSC requirements as stated above.
    Graduation Requirement
    Candidate must have taken and earned 120 credit units. Download Udergraduate Student Handbook
    General
    The Faculty of Agriculture offers a five-year course of study leading to the award of the Honours degree of Bachelor of Agriculture. Within the curriculum a wide range of subjects are studied to provide a broad background of knowledge and skills necessary for Savannah ecological zone of Nigeria. The Faculty operates a Semester Course Credit System. Each session is made of two semesters. The first semester is from October to March and the second semester begins in May and ends in August. The Semester periods facilitate the teaching of Agriculture when crops (rained or Irrigated) are on the field. There is a vacation from June to mid-august after each session for 200 and 300 levels students. The vacation period after 400 level and the whole of the first semester in 500 levels are designed to give students a good foundation in basic sciences as well as a broad exposure to all areas of general Agriculture. As from the second semester of 400 level, the students have an opportunity to concentrate their study in a chosen aspect of Agriculture in any one of the four option programmes offered. The Experimental farms of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) and National Agricultural Research Liasion Services (NAERLS) are used to supplement classroom and laboratory facilities. As much as possible places of Agricultural interest are visited to acquaint students with practical Agriculture.
    Candidates for 100 Level admission must have obtained:
    Marks high enough in the JUME to meet the cut-off point set for the year in which their applications are being considered. They must have fulfilled the GCE ‘O’level/SSC requirements as stated above.
    Holders of the following qualifications from Institution recognized by the University may also be considered for admission into 200 level.
    (i) Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Agriculture with an over-all Distinction pass.
    (ii) Higher National Diploma (HND) in Agriculture with an over-all credit pass. It should be noted that Diploma holders are also required to fulfill the Faculty’s ‘O’ level/SSC requirements as stated above.
    Details of Course Structure: 5 Year (B. Agric) Agriculture Programme
    100 Level (First Semester)
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    BIOL 111 Plant Biology 2 CR  
    BIOL 113 Animal Biology 2 CR  
    CHEM 101 Introduction to General Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 121 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 161 Introduction to Practical Chemistry I  1 CR  
    COSC 101 Introduction to Computer Science 2 CR  
    GENS 101 Nationalism 1 CR  
    GENS 103 English and Communication Skills 2 CR  
    GEOG 101 Introduction To Human Geography 2 CR  
    Restricted Electives
    GENS 102 Environmental Health 1 CR  
    GENS 107 History of Scientific Ideas 2 CR  
    TOTAL 20      
    100 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    BIOL 112 Ecology 2 CR  
    BIOL 114 Introduction to Evolution  & Genetics 2 CR  
    CHEM 112 Introduction to Physical Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 132 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 162 Introduction to Practical Chemistry II 1 CR  
    STAT 102 Introduction to Statistics   CR  
    GEOG 102   2 CR  
    TOTAL   13    
    200 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 201 Principles of Economics 3 CR First Semester
    AERS 211 Introduction to General Sociology 2 CR  
    AGRC 203 Principles of Agriculture 2 CR  
    AGRC 205 Principles of Biochemistry 3 CR  
    AGRN 203 Introduction to Modern Crop Production Practices 2 CR  
    ANSC 203 Animal       Behavior and  Handling 2 CR  
    GENS 201 Moral Philosophy 1 CR  
    PLSC 221 Plant Taxonomy ,Morphology & Anatomy 2 CR  
    SOSC 201 Soil Inorganic & Physical Chemistry 3 CR Modified
    TOTAL   20    
    200 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 212 Principles of Rural Sociology 2 CR  
    AGRC 202 Mathematics for Agriculture 2 CR  
    AGRN 204 Principles of Horticulture and Landscaping 2 CR New
    ANSC 202 Animal Physiology & Parasitology 2 CR  
    CPPR 204 Agricultural Zoology 3 CR  
    CPPR 206 Agricultural Microbiology 3 CR  
    GENS 202 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2 CR  
    SOSC 202 Introductory Agricultural Climatology 2 CR  
    SOSC 204 Principles of Soil Science(1) 2 CR  
    TOTAL   20    
    300 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 301 Introduction to Farm Production & Management 2 CR First Semester
    AGEN 301 Basic farm Engineering 2 CR  
    AGRC 311 Introduction to statistics 2 CR  
    AGRN 301 Principle of field crop production 2 CR  
    CPPR 301 Plant Diseases 3 CR  
    CPPR 303 Crop pest & their control 2 CR  
    PLSC 301 Botany of Crops 3 CR  
    SOSC 301 Principles of Soil Science II 2 CR Replacement
    TOTAL   18    
    *Replacement for Fundamentals Soil Physics
    300 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 302 Introduction To Agricultural Marketing & Prices 2 CR Second Semester
    Nd AGEN 304 Engineering element of land and water mgt 2 CR  
    AGEN 310 Power and Machines for crop and Animal Production 2 CR  
    AGRC 304 Principle of Irrigation and Drainage 2 CR  
    AGRN 302 Principle of Commercial crop Production 2 CR New
    ANSC 302 Feeds and Feeding 3 CR  
    GENS 302 Business Creation and Growth 2 CR  
    PLSC 312 Physiology of Crop Growth 3 CR  
    PLSC 322 Genetics and Plant Breeding 3 CR  
    TOTAL   21    
    400 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 411 Introductory Agricultural Extension 2 CR  
    AERS 413 Agribusiness I 2 CR New
    AGEN411 Harvest and Post- Harvest Technology 2 CR  
    AGRN401 Principles 0f Fruit and Vegetable Production 2 CR New
    AGRN403 Cereals, Legumes & Fodder Production 3 CR  
    CPPR401 Pesticides and Application 2 CR  
    ANSC401 Monogastric Animal Production 2 CR  
    ANSC403 Ruminant Animal Production 2 CR  
    SOSC401 Soil Fertility & Mineral Nutrition of Crops 2 CR  
    TOTAL   19    
    400 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    ECONOMICS        
    AERS 412 Research Methods & Planning 3 CR  
    AERS 414 Agric Development & Planning 2 CR  
    AERS 416 Agricultural Resource Use & Project Evaluation 3 CR  
    AERS 418 Adoption & Diffusion of Innovations 3 CR  
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme mgt. 2 CR  
    AERS 422 Agricultural Extension &Rural Development 2 CR  
    AERS 424 Introduction to Computer Application in Agric. Data Analysis 3 CR New
    AERS 426 Basic Econometrics 3 CR New
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    TOTAL   23    
             
    ANIMAL SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    ANSC 442 Ruminant Nutrition 2 CR  
    ANSC 444 Monogastric Nutrition 2 CR  
    ANSC 446 Pasture Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 448 Statistical Method in Animal Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 452 Animal Health 2 CR  
    ANSC 454 Animal Breeding & Genetics 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 456 Micro-Livestock Production 2 CR New
    TOTAL   18    
    CROP SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agric. Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 440 Field Experimentation 2 CR  
    AGRN 442 Weeds &Weed Management 2 CR Renamed
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    CPPR 440 Soil-Born Arthropods Plant Pathogen 2 CR  
    CPPR 442 Stored Produce Protection 2 CR  
    PLSC 440 Principles & Method of Crop Breeding 2 CR  
    PLSC 442 Plant Propagation Techniques 2 CR New
    SOSC 442 Soil Fertility  2 CR  
    TOTAL   18    
             
    SOIL SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 440 Field Experimentation 2 CR  
    AGRN 442 Chemical Weed Control 2 CR  
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    CPPR 440 Soil-Born Arthropods Plant Pathogen 2 CR  
    SOSC 440                     Soil Analysis & Instrumentation 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 442 Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 444                     Environmental Biophysics 2 CR Replacement
    SOSC 446 Waste Management 2 CR New
    TOTAL   18    
    500 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training: Crop Production 3 CR  
      Field Practical Training: Livestock Production 3 CR  
      Field Practical Training: Engineering Practices 1 CR  
    TOTAL   7
    500 level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    ECONOMICS
    AERS 502 Agricultural Marketing & Prices 3 CR Second Semester
    AERS 504 Agricultural  Finance 3 CR  
    AERS 506 Sociology of Rural Development 2 CR  
    AERS 508 Sociology of Rural life 3 CR  
    AERS 510 Farm Production Economics management 3 CR  
    AERS 512 Agribusiness II 3 CR New
    AGRC 500 Project and Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training 1 CR  
    TOTAL                 20    
    ANIMAL SCIENCE
    ANSC 534 Range Management 2 CR  
    ANSC 540 Animal Reproductive Physiology 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 542 Animal Product & Processing Technology 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 544 Economic and Topical Issues in Livestock 3 CR Modified
    ANSC 546 Cattle, Sheep and Goat Production 2 CR Merge
    ANSC 548 Poultry, Swine and Rabbit Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 550 Principles of feed Manufacturing 2 CR New
    ANSC 500 Project and Seminar 2 CR  
    ANSC 552 Applied Animal Breeding 2 CR New
    AGRC582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   20    
     
    CROP SCIENCE
    AGRN 540 Root, Tuber & Plantation Crops 2 CR  
    AGRN 542 Irrigation Agronomy 3 CR  
    CPPR 522 Plant, Pest & Diseases 3 CR  
    CPPR 524 Plant Nematology  & Technology 2 CR  
    PLSC 540 Seed Production Technology 2 CR Renamed
    PLSC 542 Food Industry Development 3 CR  
    AGRC 500 Project & Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   18    
     
    SOIL SCIENCE
    AGRN 542 Irrigation Agronomy 3 CR  
    PLSC 542 Physiol. & Nutritional Aspects of Crop Improvement 3 CR  
    SOSC 540 Soil & Water Chemistry 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 542 Pedology 3 CR Renamed
    SOSC 544               Environmental Pollution and Toxicology 3 CR Replacement
    SOSC 546 Soil Physics 2 CR Replacement
    AGRC 500 Project & Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   19    
    General
    The Faculty of Agriculture offers a five-year course of study leading to the award of the Honours degree of Bachelor of Agriculture. Within the curriculum a wide range of subjects are studied to provide a broad background of knowledge and skills necessary for Savannah ecological zone of Nigeria. The Faculty operates a Semester Course Credit System. Each session is made of two semesters. The first semester is from October to March and the second semester begins in May and ends in August. The Semester periods facilitate the teaching of Agriculture when crops (rained or Irrigated) are on the field. There is a vacation from June to mid-august after each session for 200 and 300 levels students. The vacation period after 400 level and the whole of the first semester in 500 levels are designed to give students a good foundation in basic sciences as well as a broad exposure to all areas of general Agriculture. As from the second semester of 400 level, the students have an opportunity to concentrate their study in a chosen aspect of Agriculture in any one of the four option programmes offered. The Experimental farms of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) and National Agricultural Research Liasion Services (NAERLS) are used to supplement classroom and laboratory facilities. As much as possible places of Agricultural interest are visited to acquaint students with practical Agriculture.
    Candidates for 100 Level admission must have obtained:
    Marks high enough in the JUME to meet the cut-off point set for the year in which their applications are being considered. They must have fulfilled the GCE ‘O’level/SSC requirements as stated above.
    Holders of the following qualifications from Institution recognized by the University may also be considered for admission into 200 level.
    (i) Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Agriculture with an over-all Distinction pass.
    (ii) Higher National Diploma (HND) in Agriculture with an over-all credit pass. It should be noted that Diploma holders are also required to fulfill the Faculty’s ‘O’ level/SSC requirements as stated above.
    Details of Course Structure: 5 Year (B. Agric) Agriculture Programme
    100 Level (First Semester)
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    BIOL 111 Plant Biology 2 CR  
    BIOL 113 Animal Biology 2 CR  
    CHEM 101 Introduction to General Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 121 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 161 Introduction to Practical Chemistry I  1 CR  
    COSC 101 Introduction to Computer Science 2 CR  
    GENS 101 Nationalism 1 CR  
    GENS 103 English and Communication Skills 2 CR  
    GEOG 101 Introduction To Human Geography 2 CR  
    Restricted Electives
    GENS 102 Environmental Health 1 CR  
    GENS 107 History of Scientific Ideas 2 CR  
    TOTAL 20      
    100 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    BIOL 112 Ecology 2 CR  
    BIOL 114 Introduction to Evolution  & Genetics 2 CR  
    CHEM 112 Introduction to Physical Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 132 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 162 Introduction to Practical Chemistry II 1 CR  
    STAT 102 Introduction to Statistics   CR  
    GEOG 102   2 CR  
    TOTAL   13    
    200 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 201 Principles of Economics 3 CR First Semester
    AERS 211 Introduction to General Sociology 2 CR  
    AGRC 203 Principles of Agriculture 2 CR  
    AGRC 205 Principles of Biochemistry 3 CR  
    AGRN 203 Introduction to Modern Crop Production Practices 2 CR  
    ANSC 203 Animal       Behavior and  Handling 2 CR  
    GENS 201 Moral Philosophy 1 CR  
    PLSC 221 Plant Taxonomy ,Morphology & Anatomy 2 CR  
    SOSC 201 Soil Inorganic & Physical Chemistry 3 CR Modified
    TOTAL   20    
    200 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 212 Principles of Rural Sociology 2 CR  
    AGRC 202 Mathematics for Agriculture 2 CR  
    AGRN 204 Principles of Horticulture and Landscaping 2 CR New
    ANSC 202 Animal Physiology & Parasitology 2 CR  
    CPPR 204 Agricultural Zoology 3 CR  
    CPPR 206 Agricultural Microbiology 3 CR  
    GENS 202 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2 CR  
    SOSC 202 Introductory Agricultural Climatology 2 CR  
    SOSC 204 Principles of Soil Science(1) 2 CR  
    TOTAL   20    
    300 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 301 Introduction to Farm Production & Management 2 CR First Semester
    AGEN 301 Basic farm Engineering 2 CR  
    AGRC 311 Introduction to statistics 2 CR  
    AGRN 301 Principle of field crop production 2 CR  
    CPPR 301 Plant Diseases 3 CR  
    CPPR 303 Crop pest & their control 2 CR  
    PLSC 301 Botany of Crops 3 CR  
    SOSC 301 Principles of Soil Science II 2 CR Replacement
    TOTAL   18    
    *Replacement for Fundamentals Soil Physics
    300 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 302 Introduction To Agricultural Marketing & Prices 2 CR Second Semester
    Nd AGEN 304 Engineering element of land and water mgt 2 CR  
    AGEN 310 Power and Machines for crop and Animal Production 2 CR  
    AGRC 304 Principle of Irrigation and Drainage 2 CR  
    AGRN 302 Principle of Commercial crop Production 2 CR New
    ANSC 302 Feeds and Feeding 3 CR  
    GENS 302 Business Creation and Growth 2 CR  
    PLSC 312 Physiology of Crop Growth 3 CR  
    PLSC 322 Genetics and Plant Breeding 3 CR  
    TOTAL   21    
    400 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 411 Introductory Agricultural Extension 2 CR  
    AERS 413 Agribusiness I 2 CR New
    AGEN411 Harvest and Post- Harvest Technology 2 CR  
    AGRN401 Principles 0f Fruit and Vegetable Production 2 CR New
    AGRN403 Cereals, Legumes & Fodder Production 3 CR  
    CPPR401 Pesticides and Application 2 CR  
    ANSC401 Monogastric Animal Production 2 CR  
    ANSC403 Ruminant Animal Production 2 CR  
    SOSC401 Soil Fertility & Mineral Nutrition of Crops 2 CR  
    TOTAL   19    
    400 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    ECONOMICS        
    AERS 412 Research Methods & Planning 3 CR  
    AERS 414 Agric Development & Planning 2 CR  
    AERS 416 Agricultural Resource Use & Project Evaluation 3 CR  
    AERS 418 Adoption & Diffusion of Innovations 3 CR  
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme mgt. 2 CR  
    AERS 422 Agricultural Extension &Rural Development 2 CR  
    AERS 424 Introduction to Computer Application in Agric. Data Analysis 3 CR New
    AERS 426 Basic Econometrics 3 CR New
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    TOTAL   23    
             
    ANIMAL SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    ANSC 442 Ruminant Nutrition 2 CR  
    ANSC 444 Monogastric Nutrition 2 CR  
    ANSC 446 Pasture Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 448 Statistical Method in Animal Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 452 Animal Health 2 CR  
    ANSC 454 Animal Breeding & Genetics 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 456 Micro-Livestock Production 2 CR New
    TOTAL   18    
    CROP SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agric. Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 440 Field Experimentation 2 CR  
    AGRN 442 Weeds &Weed Management 2 CR Renamed
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    CPPR 440 Soil-Born Arthropods Plant Pathogen 2 CR  
    CPPR 442 Stored Produce Protection 2 CR  
    PLSC 440 Principles & Method of Crop Breeding 2 CR  
    PLSC 442 Plant Propagation Techniques 2 CR New
    SOSC 442 Soil Fertility  2 CR  
    TOTAL   18    
             
    SOIL SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 440 Field Experimentation 2 CR  
    AGRN 442 Chemical Weed Control 2 CR  
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    CPPR 440 Soil-Born Arthropods Plant Pathogen 2 CR  
    SOSC 440                     Soil Analysis & Instrumentation 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 442 Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 444                     Environmental Biophysics 2 CR Replacement
    SOSC 446 Waste Management 2 CR New
    TOTAL   18    
    500 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training: Crop Production 3 CR  
      Field Practical Training: Livestock Production 3 CR  
      Field Practical Training: Engineering Practices 1 CR  
    TOTAL   7
    500 level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    ECONOMICS
    AERS 502 Agricultural Marketing & Prices 3 CR Second Semester
    AERS 504 Agricultural  Finance 3 CR  
    AERS 506 Sociology of Rural Development 2 CR  
    AERS 508 Sociology of Rural life 3 CR  
    AERS 510 Farm Production Economics management 3 CR  
    AERS 512 Agribusiness II 3 CR New
    AGRC 500 Project and Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training 1 CR  
    TOTAL                 20    
    ANIMAL SCIENCE
    ANSC 534 Range Management 2 CR  
    ANSC 540 Animal Reproductive Physiology 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 542 Animal Product & Processing Technology 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 544 Economic and Topical Issues in Livestock 3 CR Modified
    ANSC 546 Cattle, Sheep and Goat Production 2 CR Merge
    ANSC 548 Poultry, Swine and Rabbit Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 550 Principles of feed Manufacturing 2 CR New
    ANSC 500 Project and Seminar 2 CR  
    ANSC 552 Applied Animal Breeding 2 CR New
    AGRC582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   20    
     
    CROP SCIENCE
    AGRN 540 Root, Tuber & Plantation Crops 2 CR  
    AGRN 542 Irrigation Agronomy 3 CR  
    CPPR 522 Plant, Pest & Diseases 3 CR  
    CPPR 524 Plant Nematology  & Technology 2 CR  
    PLSC 540 Seed Production Technology 2 CR Renamed
    PLSC 542 Food Industry Development 3 CR  
    AGRC 500 Project & Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   18    
     
    SOIL SCIENCE
    AGRN 542 Irrigation Agronomy 3 CR  
    PLSC 542 Physiol. & Nutritional Aspects of Crop Improvement 3 CR  
    SOSC 540 Soil & Water Chemistry 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 542 Pedology 3 CR Renamed
    SOSC 544               Environmental Pollution and Toxicology 3 CR Replacement
    SOSC 546 Soil Physics 2 CR Replacement
    AGRC 500 Project & Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   19    
    General
    The Faculty of Agriculture offers a five-year course of study leading to the award of the Honours degree of Bachelor of Agriculture. Within the curriculum a wide range of subjects are studied to provide a broad background of knowledge and skills necessary for Savannah ecological zone of Nigeria. The Faculty operates a Semester Course Credit System. Each session is made of two semesters. The first semester is from October to March and the second semester begins in May and ends in August. The Semester periods facilitate the teaching of Agriculture when crops (rained or Irrigated) are on the field. There is a vacation from June to mid-august after each session for 200 and 300 levels students. The vacation period after 400 level and the whole of the first semester in 500 levels are designed to give students a good foundation in basic sciences as well as a broad exposure to all areas of general Agriculture. As from the second semester of 400 level, the students have an opportunity to concentrate their study in a chosen aspect of Agriculture in any one of the four option programmes offered. The Experimental farms of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) and National Agricultural Research Liasion Services (NAERLS) are used to supplement classroom and laboratory facilities. As much as possible places of Agricultural interest are visited to acquaint students with practical Agriculture.
    Candidates for 100 Level admission must have obtained:
    Marks high enough in the JUME to meet the cut-off point set for the year in which their applications are being considered. They must have fulfilled the GCE ‘O’level/SSC requirements as stated above.
    Holders of the following qualifications from Institution recognized by the University may also be considered for admission into 200 level.
    (i) Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Agriculture with an over-all Distinction pass.
    (ii) Higher National Diploma (HND) in Agriculture with an over-all credit pass. It should be noted that Diploma holders are also required to fulfill the Faculty’s ‘O’ level/SSC requirements as stated above.
    Details of Course Structure: 5 Year (B. Agric) Agriculture Programme
    100 Level (First Semester)
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    BIOL 111 Plant Biology 2 CR  
    BIOL 113 Animal Biology 2 CR  
    CHEM 101 Introduction to General Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 121 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 161 Introduction to Practical Chemistry I  1 CR  
    COSC 101 Introduction to Computer Science 2 CR  
    GENS 101 Nationalism 1 CR  
    GENS 103 English and Communication Skills 2 CR  
    GEOG 101 Introduction To Human Geography 2 CR  
    Restricted Electives
    GENS 102 Environmental Health 1 CR  
    GENS 107 History of Scientific Ideas 2 CR  
    TOTAL 20      
    100 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    BIOL 112 Ecology 2 CR  
    BIOL 114 Introduction to Evolution  & Genetics 2 CR  
    CHEM 112 Introduction to Physical Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 132 Introduction to Organic Chemistry 2 CR  
    CHEM 162 Introduction to Practical Chemistry II 1 CR  
    STAT 102 Introduction to Statistics   CR  
    GEOG 102   2 CR  
    TOTAL   13    
    200 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 201 Principles of Economics 3 CR First Semester
    AERS 211 Introduction to General Sociology 2 CR  
    AGRC 203 Principles of Agriculture 2 CR  
    AGRC 205 Principles of Biochemistry 3 CR  
    AGRN 203 Introduction to Modern Crop Production Practices 2 CR  
    ANSC 203 Animal       Behavior and  Handling 2 CR  
    GENS 201 Moral Philosophy 1 CR  
    PLSC 221 Plant Taxonomy ,Morphology & Anatomy 2 CR  
    SOSC 201 Soil Inorganic & Physical Chemistry 3 CR Modified
    TOTAL   20    
    200 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 212 Principles of Rural Sociology 2 CR  
    AGRC 202 Mathematics for Agriculture 2 CR  
    AGRN 204 Principles of Horticulture and Landscaping 2 CR New
    ANSC 202 Animal Physiology & Parasitology 2 CR  
    CPPR 204 Agricultural Zoology 3 CR  
    CPPR 206 Agricultural Microbiology 3 CR  
    GENS 202 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2 CR  
    SOSC 202 Introductory Agricultural Climatology 2 CR  
    SOSC 204 Principles of Soil Science(1) 2 CR  
    TOTAL   20    
    300 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 301 Introduction to Farm Production & Management 2 CR First Semester
    AGEN 301 Basic farm Engineering 2 CR  
    AGRC 311 Introduction to statistics 2 CR  
    AGRN 301 Principle of field crop production 2 CR  
    CPPR 301 Plant Diseases 3 CR  
    CPPR 303 Crop pest & their control 2 CR  
    PLSC 301 Botany of Crops 3 CR  
    SOSC 301 Principles of Soil Science II 2 CR Replacement
    TOTAL   18    
    *Replacement for Fundamentals Soil Physics
    300 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 302 Introduction To Agricultural Marketing & Prices 2 CR Second Semester
    Nd AGEN 304 Engineering element of land and water mgt 2 CR  
    AGEN 310 Power and Machines for crop and Animal Production 2 CR  
    AGRC 304 Principle of Irrigation and Drainage 2 CR  
    AGRN 302 Principle of Commercial crop Production 2 CR New
    ANSC 302 Feeds and Feeding 3 CR  
    GENS 302 Business Creation and Growth 2 CR  
    PLSC 312 Physiology of Crop Growth 3 CR  
    PLSC 322 Genetics and Plant Breeding 3 CR  
    TOTAL   21    
    400 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AERS 411 Introductory Agricultural Extension 2 CR  
    AERS 413 Agribusiness I 2 CR New
    AGEN411 Harvest and Post- Harvest Technology 2 CR  
    AGRN401 Principles 0f Fruit and Vegetable Production 2 CR New
    AGRN403 Cereals, Legumes & Fodder Production 3 CR  
    CPPR401 Pesticides and Application 2 CR  
    ANSC401 Monogastric Animal Production 2 CR  
    ANSC403 Ruminant Animal Production 2 CR  
    SOSC401 Soil Fertility & Mineral Nutrition of Crops 2 CR  
    TOTAL   19    
    400 Level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    ECONOMICS        
    AERS 412 Research Methods & Planning 3 CR  
    AERS 414 Agric Development & Planning 2 CR  
    AERS 416 Agricultural Resource Use & Project Evaluation 3 CR  
    AERS 418 Adoption & Diffusion of Innovations 3 CR  
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme mgt. 2 CR  
    AERS 422 Agricultural Extension &Rural Development 2 CR  
    AERS 424 Introduction to Computer Application in Agric. Data Analysis 3 CR New
    AERS 426 Basic Econometrics 3 CR New
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    TOTAL   23    
             
    ANIMAL SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    ANSC 442 Ruminant Nutrition 2 CR  
    ANSC 444 Monogastric Nutrition 2 CR  
    ANSC 446 Pasture Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 448 Statistical Method in Animal Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 452 Animal Health 2 CR  
    ANSC 454 Animal Breeding & Genetics 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 456 Micro-Livestock Production 2 CR New
    TOTAL   18    
    CROP SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agric. Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 440 Field Experimentation 2 CR  
    AGRN 442 Weeds &Weed Management 2 CR Renamed
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    CPPR 440 Soil-Born Arthropods Plant Pathogen 2 CR  
    CPPR 442 Stored Produce Protection 2 CR  
    PLSC 440 Principles & Method of Crop Breeding 2 CR  
    PLSC 442 Plant Propagation Techniques 2 CR New
    SOSC 442 Soil Fertility  2 CR  
    TOTAL   18    
             
    SOIL SCIENCE
    AERS 420 Agricultural Extension & Programme Management 2 CR  
    AGRN 440 Field Experimentation 2 CR  
    AGRN 442 Chemical Weed Control 2 CR  
    AGRN 444 Farming Systems 2 CR  
    CPPR 440 Soil-Born Arthropods Plant Pathogen 2 CR  
    SOSC 440                     Soil Analysis & Instrumentation 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 442 Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 444                     Environmental Biophysics 2 CR Replacement
    SOSC 446 Waste Management 2 CR New
    TOTAL   18    
    500 Level (First Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training: Crop Production 3 CR  
      Field Practical Training: Livestock Production 3 CR  
      Field Practical Training: Engineering Practices 1 CR  
    TOTAL   7
    500 level (Second Semester)      
    Course Code Course Title Credit Units Core Semester
    ECONOMICS
    AERS 502 Agricultural Marketing & Prices 3 CR Second Semester
    AERS 504 Agricultural  Finance 3 CR  
    AERS 506 Sociology of Rural Development 2 CR  
    AERS 508 Sociology of Rural life 3 CR  
    AERS 510 Farm Production Economics management 3 CR  
    AERS 512 Agribusiness II 3 CR New
    AGRC 500 Project and Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training 1 CR  
    TOTAL                 20    
    ANIMAL SCIENCE
    ANSC 534 Range Management 2 CR  
    ANSC 540 Animal Reproductive Physiology 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 542 Animal Product & Processing Technology 2 CR Renamed
    ANSC 544 Economic and Topical Issues in Livestock 3 CR Modified
    ANSC 546 Cattle, Sheep and Goat Production 2 CR Merge
    ANSC 548 Poultry, Swine and Rabbit Production 2 CR  
    ANSC 550 Principles of feed Manufacturing 2 CR New
    ANSC 500 Project and Seminar 2 CR  
    ANSC 552 Applied Animal Breeding 2 CR New
    AGRC582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   20    
     
    CROP SCIENCE
    AGRN 540 Root, Tuber & Plantation Crops 2 CR  
    AGRN 542 Irrigation Agronomy 3 CR  
    CPPR 522 Plant, Pest & Diseases 3 CR  
    CPPR 524 Plant Nematology  & Technology 2 CR  
    PLSC 540 Seed Production Technology 2 CR Renamed
    PLSC 542 Food Industry Development 3 CR  
    AGRC 500 Project & Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   18    
     
    SOIL SCIENCE
    AGRN 542 Irrigation Agronomy 3 CR  
    PLSC 542 Physiol. & Nutritional Aspects of Crop Improvement 3 CR  
    SOSC 540 Soil & Water Chemistry 2 CR Renamed
    SOSC 542 Pedology 3 CR Renamed
    SOSC 544               Environmental Pollution and Toxicology 3 CR Replacement
    SOSC 546 Soil Physics 2 CR Replacement
    AGRC 500 Project & Seminar 2 CR  
    AGRC 582 Field Practical Training Workshop 1 CR  
    TOTAL   19