Objectives
- Provide students with basic and applied knowledge and skills of horticultural crops production & management, breeding, protection and soil fertility management principles & concepts
- Enable the students to understand and realize problems in horticultural crop production and seek solutions through exposure to research, extension and management.
- Provide the students with the knowledge of handling horticultural fruit plants and their products.
- Integrate teaching-research activities with extension activities so as to extend the new improved technologies to the farmers
Entry requirements
To be admitted to B.Sc. in Horticulture, candidates should fit to admission requirement to Ethiopian higher education institutions upon successful completion of two years preparatory education in natural science and pass the entrance examination prepared by the Ethiopian ministry of education. Placement of students to the program abides to the MoE affirmative regulation. Others like re-admission and advance standing shall be treated according to the academic rules and regulations of the universities. Students who graduated with diploma in the field of Horticulture, Plant sciences, General Agriculture and other related fields from recognized institutions can also apply to pursue their studies in regular, summer and extension programs based on the university legislations.
Graduate profile
Graduates of the department of Horticulture are well equipped with theoretical knowledge, practical skills in various aspects of horticulture i.e. horticultural agronomy, horticultural breeding and protection and soil fertility management which are needed to:
- Promote and disseminate agricultural technology through training of farmers
- Assist in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating programs/projects related to horticultural production, protection and management in sustainable base
- Involve in research activities in the area of his/ her professional field of study.
- Integrate horticultural crop production and natural resources management issues with other farming enterprises
- Set and manage overall operation of horticultural nurseries and farms.
- Inspect the quality and safety of horticultural produce.
- Carry out scientific research on various aspects of horticultural crops.
- Promote environmental safety by encouraging good agricultural practices.
- Plan, design, execute and mange residential, public and commercial landscape.
Graduation requirement
- Successful covering of 117 credit hours
- Minimum CGPA of 2.00 on scale of 1-4
Degree nomenclature: Bachelor of Science Degree in HorticultureCourse BreakdownYear I Semester I
| Module name | Course title | Course code | Cr. hrs | ECTS | Mode of delivery |
| English Skills /ENLAM1013 | Communicative English skills | ENLA 1011 | 3(3+0) | 5 | Semester |
| Ethical education /CVETM1023 | Civics and ethics | CVET 1021 | 3(3+0) | 5 | Block |
| Computer science | Introduction to Computer and Its Applications | ICTE 1031 | 2(2+0) | 5 | Semester |
| Basics in horticultural science /HORTM1044 | Plant Anatomy and Morphology | HORT 1041 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block |
| Plant biochemistry | HORT 1042 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block | |
| Plant physiology | HORT 1043 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block | |
| 18 | 30 |
Year I Semester II
| Module name | Course title | Course code | Cr.hr | ECTS | Mode of delivery |
| English Skills /ENLAM1013 | Basic writing skills | ENLA 1012 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester |
| Basics in horticultural science /HORTM1044 | Plant ecology | HORT 1044 | 2(2+1) | 3 | Semester |
| Soil and Water Management (E)/Soil and Agroforestry (E) (HORTM1052/1062)* | Agricultural microbiology | HORT 1045 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Semester |
| Introduction to soil sciences | —-1051 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block | |
| Irrigation and drainage | —-1054 | 3(2+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Agro forestry systems and practices (E) | —-1053 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Soil and water conservation (E) | —-1063 | ||||
| Soil fertility and plant nutrition | —-1052 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block | |
| Research Methods and Analytical Skills (HORT1071) | Introduction to statistics | —2071 | 2(2+0) | 3 | Semester |
| Total | 21 | 30 |
Year II Semester I
| Module name | Course title | Course code | Cr.hr | ECTS | Mode of delivery |
| Horticultural Crops Improvement (HORTM2081) | Principles of plant genetics | Hort2051 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block |
| Breeding of horticultural crops | HORT2082 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block | |
| Introduction to Plant Biotechnology | HORT2083 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Semester | |
| Research Methods and Analytical Skills (HORT1071) | Principles, design & analysis of agricultural experiments | HORT2072 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester |
| Research methods in Horticulture | HORT2073 | 2(2+0) | 3 | Semester | |
| Greenhouse and Propagation / HORTM2091 | Greenhouse Operation, in Production and Management of horticultural crops | HORT2091 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block |
| Principles and practices of plan Propagation | HORT2092 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block | |
| Total | 18 | 29 |
Year II Semester II
| Module name | Course title | Course code | Cr.hr | ECTS | Mode of delivery |
| Horticultural Crops Improvement (HORTM2081) | Horticultural Seed Science and Technology | HORT2084 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Semester |
| Horticultural Crops Protection ( HORTM2104) | Horticultural Entomology | HORT2101 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Block |
| Horticultural Pathology | HORT2102 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester | |
| Weed and weeds management in horticultural Crops | HORT2103 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Vegetable Crops Production and Management (HORTM2111) | Vegetable crops production and management | HORT2111 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester |
| Root and tuber crops production and management | HORT2112 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Fruit Crops Production and Management (HORTM2121) | Tropical fruit production and management | HORT2121 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester |
| Sub-tropical fruit production and management | HORT2122 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Total | 18 | 32 |
Year III Semester I
| Module name | Course title | Course code | Cr.hr | ECTS | Mode of delivery |
| Stimulants, Spices and Medicinal Plants Production and Management (HORTM3131) | Coffee production, processing and quality control | HORT3131 | 2(1+1) | 5 | Semester |
| Tea production and processing | HORT3132 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Semester | |
| Spice and herb crops production and processing | HORT3133 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Medicinal plants production and management | HORT3134 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Floriculture and Landscaping (HORTM3141) | Floriculture production and | HORT3141 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester |
| Agricultural surveying | HORT3142 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Principles and practices of landscape designing | HORT3143 | 2(2+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Senior Seminar and Research Projects (HORTM3154) | Senior seminar | HORT3151 | 1(1+0) | 2 | Block |
| Senior research project 1 | HORT3152 | 1(1+0) | 2 | Block | |
| Total | 15 | 29 |
Year III Semester II
| Module name | Course title | Course code | Cr.hr | ECTS | Mode of delivery |
| Farm Machinery (HORTM3164) | Farm machinery | HORT3161 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block |
| Postharvest physiology and handling of horticultural products | HORT3171 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester | |
| Processing of fruits and vegetables | HORT3172 | 2(1+1) | 3 | Block | |
| Food safety and quality of horticultural produces | HORT3173 | 1(1+0) | 2 | Block | |
| Socio-Economics and Business Management (HORTM3183) | Rural sociology and agricultural extension | HORT3181 | 3(2+1) | 5 | Semester |
| Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management | HORT3182 | 2(2+0) | 3 | Block | |
| Total | Marketing of Horticultural Crops | HORT3183 | 2(2+0) | 3 | Block |
| Farm Management | HORT3184 | 2(2+0) | 3 | Block | |
| Senior Seminar and Research Projects ( HORTM3154) | Senior research project 2 | HORT3153 | 2(0.5+1.5) | 3 | Semester |
| Total | 19 | 30 |
Department of Horticulture and Plant Science |