Undergraduate Programme            

The Department of Plant and Soil Science offers the following undergraduate programmes:

• BSc in Plant Science
• BSc in Biotechnology (with the Department of Genetics)
• BSc in Ecology (with the Department of Zoology and Entomology)
• BScAgric in Animal and Pasture Science
• BScAgric in Applied Plant and Soil Sciences
• BScAgric in Plant Pathology

The Department offers a wide range of undergraduate modules:

• AGR 361 - Field Crops
• AGR 410 - Vegetable Crops

• APS 461 - Crop Physiology

• BOT 161 - Plant Biology
• BOT 251 - South African Flora and Vegetation
• BOT 261 - Plant Physiology and Biotechnology
• BOT 356 - Plant Ecophysiology
• BOT 358 - Plant Ecology
• BOT 365 - Phytomedicine
• BOT 366 - Plant Diversity

• BTC 361 - Plant Genetics and Crop Biotechnology

• GKD 250 - Introductory Soil Science
• GKD 320 - Soil Chemistry
• GKD 350 - Soil Classification and Surveying
• GKD 420 - Soil Fertility, Soil Microbiology and Plant Nutrition

• HSC 351 - Nursery Management: Principles and Practices
• HSC 420 - Fruit Tree Crops
• HSC 490 - Ornamental Horticulture

• LKM 450 - Environmental Biophysics

• OKW 413 - Weed Science

• PGW 350 - Soil-Water Relationship and Irrigation
• PGW 400 - Scientific Communication
• PGW 421 - Experimental Design and Analysis

• PLG 251 - Introduction to Crop Protection
• PLG 262 - Principles of Plant Pathology
• PLG 351 - General Plant Pathology
• PLG 363 - Plant Disease Control
• PLG 462 - Plant Pathology Research Project
• PLG 463 - Plant Disease Epidemiology
• PLG 483 - Advanced Plant Disease Control
• PLG 490 - Current Concepts in Plant Pathology

• PPK 251 - Sustainable Production and Agroclimatology

• WDE 310 - Principles of Veld Management
• WDE 320 - Planted Pastures and Fodder Crops
• WDE 450 - Environmental Resource Assessment and Management