Faculty of Agriculture
The educational philosophy of the faculty is to cultivate capable students with insight into nature, life, the environment and human nature, and with great creative energy and activity. In addition to the traditional fiels of crop production and foor processin, agriculture has recently been playing an important role in various other areas, including overpopulation and environmental issues, nutrition and health care, and the rapidly developing field of genetic engineering. To meet society's needs for agriculture, the Faculty of Agriculture has been reorganized into three departments: Agrobiological Resources, Applied Biological Chemistry, and Environmental Bioscience. The faculty provides a curriculm that enables students to become full of intellectual curiosity, with various kinds of lectures, laboratory experiments, and pracrical training.
Department of Agrobiological Resources
What will you learn ?
The Department of Agrobiological Resources offers an educational programu and laboratory system based on three areas of learning: making the best use of agrobiological resources, the effective production and protection of agrobiological resources, and the market economy of agricultural products. Our students study science broadly, from genetic resources at the moleculer level to plant and animal resources at the individual level, the improvement of technology for crop and plant production, the management of agriculture, and the food market economy.
How will you learn ?
First-year students take fundamental subjects in this department, which are designed to provide an overview of agrobiological resources, including an introduction to laboratories and field training.
In the second year, the department teaches various basic subjects: crop production techniques and the principles of increasing production, the mechanism of inheritance and the practical use of genetic resources, the management of micro-organisms and pest insects in farmland and urban areas, agricultural management, and the workings of the food market. In the third year, every student decides his/her laboratory course and takes on the challenge of specialized laboratories and seminar, which lays the groundwork for later undergraduate study. In the senior year, students devote themselves to undergraduate research.
What will you do after graduation ?
Graduates of the department obtain employment mainly in agriculture-related industries, grocery and food industries, as well as industries associated with hygiene or sanitation. Other graduates work as local civil servants or high school teachers, and a few go on to postgraduate studies.
Major specialized subjects of the department
Introduction to Agrobiological Resources, Biodiversity, Biometrics, Introductory Crop Production, Laboratories in Agrobiological Resources, Food Crops, Industrial Crops, Horticultural Science, Pomology, Vegetable Crop Science, Floricultural Science, Protected Cultivation in Horticulture, Tropical Agriculture, Genetics, Breeding Science, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology, Management of Agrobioproduction, Economics of Agrobiological Resources, Food Economics, Agricultural Policy, Accounting of Agrobioproduction, Plant Pathology, Plant Disease Control, Agricultural & Environmental Mrcrobiology, Fundamental Entomology, Applied Entomology, Laboratories in Crop Science, Laboratories in Horticultural Science, Laboratories in Genetics & Breeding Science, Laboratories in Plant Pathology, Laboratories in Entomology, Seminar of Agrobioproductional Management, Agricultural Practices, Seminars, Undergraduate Study.
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry
What will you learn ?
The mission of the Applied Biological Chemistry Department is to teach and prepare liberally educated, articulate, and skilled engineers for leadership positions in the food industries and agri-business. The Applied Biological Chemistry program provides a broad scientific and engineering education leading to professional entry-level positions in food and agriculture industries.
How will you learn ?
In the first year students will develop an understanding of the basic scientific disciplines involved in biotechnology, including microbiology, chemistry, biology and mathematics. Detailed study and experiments in bioprocessing, microbiology and molecular biology follow in the second year. Students spend the third year on advanced study and experiments, while in the final year they develop their knowledge further through advanced lectures and a research project (undergraduate study) .
What will you do after graduation ?
The potential job market is broad. Many graduates accept entry-level positions with food and food-related companies as research engineers, process/project engineers, environmental engineers, production supervisors, or quality control specialists, while others become technical sales or technical service engineers for suppliers of chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
Major specialized subjects of the department
Introduction to Applied Biological Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Metabolic Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Microbial Technology, Cell Technology, Protein Engineering, Nutritive Science, Food Chemistry, Food Functionality, Food Resources, Food Science & Technology, Food Preservation, Food Hygiene, Food Palatability, Bioorganic Chemistry, Cell Control of Organic Substance, Pesticide Chemistry, Organic Natural Product Chemistry, Bio-physical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Public Hygiene, Laws on Food, Agriculture Rural Areas and Environment, Laboratories in Applied Biological Chemistry 1 - 7, Seminars, Undergraduate Study.
Department of Environmental Bioscience
What will you learn ?
The Department of Environmental Bioscience is a multi-faceted department that addresses a wide variety of environmental issues, ranging from management of our natural resources to human/environmental interaction. In achieving a harmonious relationship between human needs and the natural ecological system, students involved in environmental biosciences must be knowledgeable in the areas of life science and landscape architecture. Upon completion of the curriculurn, the student must be able to demonstrate the ability to design creative and exciting environments as well as to have theoretical knowledge related to assessment of the environment, environmental safeguards, and environmental conservation.
How will you learn ?
The Department of Environmental Bioscience through its programs seeks to provide opportunities for advanced study and for original research along with a broadening of each student's educational background.
The Department of Environmental Bioscience offers interdisciplinary courses that are relevant to all university first-year students regardless of their major area of study. First-year students also take fundamental subject matter in this department, in courses designed to provide an overview of environmental studies, including primary laboratory and field studies.
Upon completion of the freshman year, Environmental Bioscience offers work programs to students. Areas of emphasis are: ecology, biology, chemistry, environmental analytical chemistry, biogeography, biochemistry, plant physiology, biotechnology, meteorology, soil science, microbiology, bioremediation, wildlife management and conservation, landscape architecture, and information science. The program also allows the student to explore a broad range of laboratory courses which examine the principles and practices of ecology, biology, chemistry, and landscape architecture.
The program of study is designed to allow qualified students to take undergraduate research and write a thesis in the senior year. Students who satisfactorily complete the undergraduate curriculum in environmental bioscience may pursue advanced studies leading to the Master or Doctor degree in their field of interest.
What will you do after graduation ?
Graduates are prepared for job opportunities in chemical companies and green industries, may obtain positions as high school or junior high school teachers, or become researchers in a variety of industries.
Major specialized subjects of the department
Introduction to Environmental Bioscience, Animal Ecology, Environmental Zoology, Animal Ecology & Conservation, Wildlife Management & Conservation, Plant Morphology, Plant Conservation Ecology Dendrology, Landscape Architecture, Open Space & Environmental Conservation, Ethnobotany, Environmental Law, Impact Assessment, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Nutrition, Plant Physiology, Plant functional Science, Material Cycling Systems, Soil Science, Environmental Soil Science, Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Hydrosphere Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Endocrine Disrupter Science, Environmental Microbiology, Laboratories in Environmental Zoology, Laboratories in Conservation Botany, Laboratories in Analytical Chemistry, Laboratories in Environmental Soil Science, Laboratories in Environmental Microbiology, Laboratories in Plant Functional Science, Practice of Landscape Design, Practice in Environmental Bioscience, Seminars, Undergraduate Study.