BSc in Agricultural Extension (Midcareer)

Home > College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine > BSc in Agricultural Extension (Midcareer)
Objectives:
  1. Enhance the skills and knowledge of midcareer extension personnel with  value chain oriented agricultural Extension
  2. Address further education need of diploma level development agents through   flexible mode of course delivery.
  3. Conduct on job demand driven action research and community services
Graduate Profile:
  • Addressing problematic situations for sustainable commercialization of smallholder agriculture
  • Advise on  production and post-production activities 
  • Mobilizing communities organization development
  • Building and sustaining institutional partnerships for the entire value chain
  • Deliver consultancy in the sector.

Graduation Requirement:
Students who are directly admitted from secondary school are expected to take common, core and supportive modules with a minimum of 180 ECTS for graduation. At the end of the program, the student is required to have a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 2.00 with no “F” letter grade in any course within each module.

Degree Nomenclature:  Bachelor of science degree  in Agricultural Extension

Course Breakdown:
 Year I semester I

Course code

Course title

CrHr

EnLa 1011

Communicative English Skills

3

AgEx 1102

 Statistics for social science

3

AgEx 1041

 Extension Methods and Approaches

3

AnSC 1021

Livestock production and product value addition

4

AnSc 1022

Poultry production and product value addition

2

ABVM 1061

Value chain approach in agriculture

2

AnSc 1024

Apiculture

1

 

 

18

Year I semester II

Course code

Course title

CrHr

EnLa 1012

Basic Writing Skills

3

AnSc2024

 Feed production & processing

2

PlSc 1032

 Horticultural crops production and postharvest value addition

4

PlSc 1031

Field Crops Production and postharvest value addition

4

ABVM 1062

Quality Assurance and Standardization of Agricultural Products

2

AgEx 1101

Research Methods in  Agricultural Extension

2

AgEx 1103

Introduction to Supervised Extension projects (SEP-I)

2

 

 

19

Year II semester I

Course code

Course title

CrHr

AgEx 2104

Needs Assessment & Project proposal preparation & presentation (SEP-II) (Home take)

2

Comp 1013

Introduction to Computer and its Applications

3

AgEx 2043

Communication & audio visual techniques

3

RDAE 2052

Gender and youth in Development

2

AgEc 2072

Agricultural Economics & Marketing

4

RDAE 2054

Rural Sociology

3

AgEc 2073

Agricultural Project Planning & Analysis

2

CBTP- 102

Community Based Training Program (CBTP-I)

3

 

 

21

Year II semester II

Course code

Course title

CrHr

AgEx 2105

Off-campus SEP (Project implementation) (SEP-III)

5

RDAE 2055

Cooperatives for Rural Development

3

AgEx 2046

Social Psychology and Group Dynamics

2

AgEc 2071

Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness management

3

CBTP 201

Community Based Training program (CBTP- II)

3

 

 

16

Year III semester I

Course code

Course title

CrHr

RDAE 3081

Principles and practices of human nutrition and food sciences

3

NaRM 3091

Soil and Water Management

4

RDAE 3053

Farming systems & Livelihood Analysis

3

RDAE 3051

 Theories and practices of rural development

2

AgEx 3106

Off-campus SEP Evaluation(SEP-IV)

1

AgEx 3044

Agricultural Information communication management

2

AgEx 3045

Extension Program planning, Monitoring & evaluation

3

AgEx 3042

Training for rural development

3

 

 

21