Course Offered

UG Courses

Sr. No.	Course No.	Sem.	Course Title	Credits
1	SSAC-111	I	Fundamental of soil science	2+1=3
2	BIOCHEM- 231	III	Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	2+1=3
2	SSAC -242	IV	Problematic Soils and Their Management	1+1=2
3	SSAC-353	V	Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	2+1=3
4	FST- 362	VI	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	2+0=2
5	ELE-SSAC-364	VI	Agrochemicals	2+1=3
6	SSAC-475	VII	RAWE	0+2=2
7	SRP-EL SSAC405	VIII	Soil, Water, Plant, and Fertilizer Analysis	0+10=10
8	SRP-EL SSAC406	VIII	Agricultural Waste Management	0+10=10
			Total	11+27=38

Semester wise course layout for M.Sc. (Agri.) in Soil Science as per ICAR New Syllabus 2022-23

Sr. No.	Semester	Course	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	I	Major	SOILS-501	Soil Physics	2+1=3
2	I	Major	SOILS-503	Soil Chemistry	2+1=3
3	I	Major	SOILS-504	Soil Minerology, Genesis, Classification and Survey	2+1=3
4	I	Minor	AGRON-513	Principles and Practices of Organic Farming	2+1=3
5	I	Minor	PP-501	Principle of Plant Physiology I: Plant Water Relationship and Mineral Nutrition	2+1=3
6	I	Supporting courses recommended by SAC	BIOCHEM-501	Basic Biochemistry	3+1=4
7	I	Non-Credit Courses	PGS-501	Library and Information Services	0+1=1
8	I	Non-Credit Courses	PGS-504	Library and Information Services	0+1=1
9	II	Major	SOILS-502	Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use	2+1=3
10	II	Major	SOILS-506	Soil Biology and Biochemistry	2+1=3
11	II	Major	SOILS-510	Analytical Techniques and Instrumental Methods in Soil and Plant Analysis	0+2=2
12	II	Major	SOILS-508	Soil, Water and Air Pollution	2+1=3
13	II	Minor	MICRO-505	Soil Microbiology	2+1=3
14	II	Supporting courses recommended by SAC	STAT-511	Experimental Designs	2+1=3
15	II	Non-Credit Courses	PGS-502	Technical Writing and Communication Skills	0+1=1
16	II	Non-Credit Courses	PGS-503	Intellectual Property and its Management in agriculture	1+0=1
17	III	Major	SOILS-511	Management of Problematic Soils and Water	1+1=2
18	III	Seminar	SOILS-591	Master’s Seminar	1+0=1
19	III	Non-Credit Courses	PGS-505	Agriculture Research, Research Ethics and Rural Development Programme	1+0=1
20	IV	Seminar	SOILS-599	Research	0+20=20

PG Courses

Sr. No.	Course No.	Sem.	Course Title	Credits
1	SOILS-501	I	Soil physics	2+1=3
2	SOILS-503	I	Soil chemistry	2+1=3
3	SOILS-504	I	Soil mineralogy, genesis, classification and survey	2+1=3
4	BIOCHEM-501	I	Basic Biochemistry	2+1=3
5	PGS-504	I	Basic concepts in laboratory techniques	0+1=1
6	SOILS-502	II	Soil fertility and fertilizer use	3+1=4
7	SOILS-506	II	Soil biology and biochemistry	2+1=3
8	SOILS-511	II	Analytical techniques and instrumental methods in soil and plant analysis	0+2=2
9	SOILS-509	II	Soil, water and air pollution	2+1=3
10	SOILS-513	III	Management of problematic soils and water	2+1=3
11	SOILS-591	IV	Master seminar	0+1=1
			Total	17+12=29