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Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Diploma in Agriculture

The Diploma in Agriculture in Agriculture is offered by Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Diploma in Agriculture offered by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology at the Faculty of Applied Sciences

The course is structured to provide career-oriented education in order to prepare students for employment in the agricultural sector. The aim of the course is to train students in the latest agricultural techniques within the context of a specific specialisation field (fruit production; agronomy; viticulture; oenology or livestock production).

The purpose of this programme is to provide industry with agricultural and extension practitioners that are able to apply technical knowledge, practical competencies and appropriate extension and scientific communication skills in operating agricultural production units effectively as part of a production and/or advisory team. Graduates will be able to define, conceptualise and develop basic solutions for problems of limited complexity relating to agricultural production systems and human relations.

Career Opportunities

Graduates follow career paths in agricultural research, extension, quality control, production and marketing. All of these are applicable in a wide variety of farming, research, agricultural input and marketing industries.

Curriculum

FIRST YEAR
Semester 1
Plant production
Agricultural computer and numerical literacy
Agricultural Economics and Marketing 1a
Agricultural Soil Science 1a
Crop Protection 1a

Semester 2 
Agricultural Economics and Marketing 1b
Agricultural Extension 1
Agricultural Soil Science 1b
Crop Protection 1b

SECOND YEAR
Semester 1
Agricultural Extension 2a
Biometry
Crop Protection 2

Semester 2
Agricultural Economics and Marketing 2
Agricultural Extension 2b
Agricultural Engineering 

THIRD YEAR
Agricultural Production
Agricultural Practice
Agricultural Environment
Agricultural Management Information and Systems
Agricultural Labour Practice
Research Methodology: Introduction