Overview
A basic course in the Department of Horticulture, and it is considered a
general study subject for all departments of the college. The course contains a
number of topics: an introduction to horticulture and its definition, the
relationship of horticulture to other sciences and its place in agricultural
production, and then a study of the division of horticultural crops, the growth
and development of horticultural plants, and environmental conditions and their
impact It focuses on the growth and development of horticultural crops, in
addition to studying some basic physiological processes, plant growth
regulators and their uses, propagators of vegetative propagation - its
definition, propagation by cuttings, and concludes with a study of the
remaining methods of vegetative propagation
Intended learning outcomes
Successfully
completing the course, the student will be able to:
1. Know the
basics of horticulture.
2. Explain the
factors affecting the growth and production of horticultural crops.
3. Know the
different agricultural operations that take place for horticultural crops.
4. Distinguish
between methods of breeding and pruning horticultural plants.
5. Distinguish
between different breeding methods.
Teaching and learning methods
1. Theoretical
and practical lectures.
2. Practical
training
3. Field
visits.
4. Use of the
information network.
Methods of assessments
|
percentage
|
Evaluation date (week)
|
evaluation methods
|
No
|
|
|
20%
|
after the fifth week
|
first midterm exam
|
1
|
|
|
20%
|
after the tenth week
|
Second midterm exam
|
2
|
|
|
10%
|
after the twelfth week
|
Practical exam
|
3
|
|
|
10%
|
after the twelfth week
|
Report
|
4
|
|
|
40%
|
after the twelfth week
|
final exam
|
5
|
|
|
100%
|
total
|
|
