Plant Protection II
25 credits
Inter-cropping, Social plant use programme; Environmental conservation; Potato protection programme; Plant growth regulants, defoliants & desiccants; Pest & disease control in oil seed crops.
Soil Science II
25 credits
Soil microbiology and organic matter; Compost-making; Plant nutrition and fertilization; Soil analysis; Fertilizer recommendations; Irrigation; Calculation of irrigation water; Scheduling of irrigation.
Farm Business Management II (Entrepreneurship Skills and Risk Management)
60 credits
Investment analysis techniques; Risk and uncertainty; Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship defined; Roles of small business in the economy; Advantages/disadvantages of employment/self employment; Assessment of self employment potential; Establishment of an enterprise; Forms of enterprise; The business idea; Planning the business, etc.).
Land Use Planning Project (Experiential Learning)
50 credits
The purpose of this project is to carry through and document (Report A) a planning procedure, from natural resources, available infrastructure, suitable enterprises assessment, through to preparing enterprise budgets.
A second report (Report B) is on the operation of the business / farm / community. Details must be included of activities e.g. mechanical operations, seasonal planning of operations, tasking, procedure, organisation, financial planning, spraying programme, etc.
Extension
60 credits
Introduction; Extension approaches / Systems; Communication; Extension Methods; Adoption Process; Public speaking skills; Effective meetings; Extension work programme; Community leadership.
Crop Production IIIA (Nursery Management)
70 credits
Ornamental plant production; Use of chemicals; Plant identification; Greenhouse vegetable production.
Crop Production IIIB (Agronomy)
70 credits
Inter-cropping; Valley Trust (Social Plant Use Programme); The impact of l & cover crop mulch systems on pests & yields of agricultural crops; Environmental conservation - KZN nature conservation programme; The botany of cowpea.
Crop Production IIID (Subtropical Fruit)
70 credits
Litchi; Mango; Pineapple; Macadamia; Integrated pest management; Use of chemicals
Animal Health II
25 credits
Prevention of diseases on a herd basis; Toxicology; Metabolic diseases, digestive disturbances & deficiency diseases; Ticks & tick borne diseases; Diseases of cattle, horses, pigs, poultry and dogs; Meat inspection; Post-mortem techniques; Vaccination programmes; Pharmacology; Map reading and GPS reading; Cattle judging.
Animal Nutrition II
25 credits
The gastrointestinal tract; The nutrients and their metabolism; Common nutritional analysis; Introduction to feedstuffs; Processing and toxicity; Feed storage; Voluntary feed intake; Feed-mill operations; Bio-security; Broiler, Layer, Beef, Dairy nutrition; Problem solving; Ration formulation; Ration formulation(Computer model)
Animal Production IIIA (Beef Production )
70 credits
Introduction to livestock management; Identification of cattle; Breeding seasons; Bull management; Castration, dehorning and weaning; Selection and rearing of replacement heifers; Beef production systems; Beef herd management; Drought; Fertility in the beef herd; Management calendar; Feedlotting; Breeding; Marketing.
Animal Production IIIB (Pig Production)
70 credits
The pig industry in South Africa; Planning of a pig enterprise; Outdoor pig production systems; Economics management of pig enterprises; The physical environment and pig growth; The social environment and pig growth; Slaughtering; Processing; Factors affecting the eating quality of pork; Care of pigs - Prenatal to the marketing stage.
Animal Production IIIC (Poultry Production)
70 credits
Poultry industry; Artificial insemination & reproduction; Chick brooding; Eggs; Poultry meat and meat products; Poultry diseases; Application of vaccines; Small scale commercial rearing of broilers - applicable to rural areas in KZN; Antibiotics; Health care strategies to be followed in intensive large scale commercial chicken production; Storage; Marketing.
Housing and Interior
25 credits
Housing (housing and society, the family, the individual; housing styles; reasons for change in housing styles; housing types; factors influencing housing choice; desirability features in a home; financial aspects of housing provision, etc.); Interior decoration (good taste and design; art elements and principles; interior decoration materials)
Human Ecology III
25 credits
Foundations of community work; Ecology and social justice; Autonomy, decentralisation and community control; Community development: social, economic and political; Community development: cultural, environmental and personal / spiritual; Principles of community development; Community work roles; Community work skills; Practice issues.
Food and Nutrition III
50 credits
Nutrition in the life cycle; Nutrition during childhood; Nutrition during adolescence; Malnutrition and associated diseases; Catering; Nutrition programmes e.g.breastfeeding, primary school feeding programmes, P.E.M. scheme, community based nutrition programmes, Xoshindlala.
Community Development Project (Experiential Learning)
50 credits
The purpose of this project is to carry through and document (Report A) a planning procedure, from natural resources, available infrastructure, suitable enterprises assessment, through to preparing enterprise budgets.
A report (Report B) on the operation of the organisation where experiential training is done. Details of the procedure that are followed in the working with the community, techniques employed for community participation, channels of communications within the community, resource management, observe gender relations, farming systems employed i.e their effectiveness, make critical analysis of methods used in most operations (financial management, extension, etc.)