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Name of major Agricultural Engineering at ISCED level 6

Name of qualification in the diploma

Agricultural Engineer

Optional specialisations Crop Production and Plant Protection Agro-environment manager Medicinal Plants and Herbs Farm Management

Person responsible for the study program

Dr. László FODOR

Number of legislation laying down training and graduation requirements

Ministry of Education decree 15/2006. (IV. 3.)

Foreign language requirements Proof of knowledge of at least one foreign language as follows: state approved complex professional language exam at intermediate (B2) level, or high school graduation diploma / certificate equivalent to these.

National Qualification Frameworks (MKKR) level

6

Training time 7 semesters

Number of required credits 210

Number of obligatory course-unit credits

125

Number of elective course-unit credits

30

Number of optional course-unit credits

10

Thesis credits 15

Field practice credits 30

Graduation exam There are 2 parts of the exam:

defend of the thesis,

verbal complex final examination.

Field practice 1. Field practices connected with theoretical education: Professional agricultural practice in the 3rt, 4th and 5th

semesters, in full-time programme: 135 working hours / in part-time programme: 24 working hours.

Summer filed practice: in the 1st, 2nd semesters 2 x 80 working hours (2 weeks).

2. A half-year industrial traineeship: Performance in the 7th (practical) semester, in full-time programme: 600 working hours / in part-time programme: 120 working hours.

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Other important information concerning the study program

Further information:

Eszterházy Károly University

Education and Information Centre, Admission Unit 3300 Eger, Eszterházy tér 1. Tel.: +36 36/520–424, Fax:+36 36/520-425 http://www.tik.ektf.hu E-mail: felvi [at] ektf.hu Contact: Dr. László FODOR college professor, programme leader Eszterházy Károly University/Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development Tel: + 36 37/518-273 E-mail: fodor.laszlo@uni-eszterhazy.hu

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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING COURSE (BSc)

Eszterházy Károly University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development 36 Street Mátrai, 3200 Gyöngyös Hungary GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMME Education for agricultural professionals goes back fifty years in Gyöngyös. The training of viticulture and oenology technicians began in 1962 at the Higher Agricultural School of Gyöngyös. Later to the range of qualifications on offer was extended to horticultural engineering in either viticulture/oenology or in vegetable growing, as well as to farm engineering in the field of crop cultivation. After the reorganisation of the institution in 1976 the viticulture/oenology, vegetable growing and crop cultivation majors were gradually discontinued and were replaced with the cooperative farming major, with specialisations in field crops, livestock and horticulture. The agricultural engineering major was launched in the academic year of 1991/1992, with specialisations in livestock, horticulture and field crops. In 1993 the scope of the major was expanded. New specialisations were added, including crops and pest control, animal husbandry management, forestry, game management, environmental management and rural development. The year 2005 saw the introduction of the multi-cyclic linear structure of educational, and specialisations were continued as separate majors. The structure of education under the reformed agricultural engineering major (BSc) was dominated by the cultivation of field crops (cereals, maize, industrial crops etc.) and by animal husbandry (poultry, swine, cattle etc.), complemented by the teaching of the most advanced precision technologies. GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE COURSE

Programme description: Agricultural engineering major (BSc) Programme leader: Dr. László Fodor PhD, college professor Description of the qualification provided by the diploma: Agricultural engineer

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Length of studies, credits to be earned: a.) Number of semesters: 6 semesters + 1 semester of

external internship b.) Number of classes: 1890 c.) Number of credits to be earned for the diploma: 180 + 30 d.) Duration and nature of practical training:

Field practice I–II–III: 135 hours; Summer practice I–II: 160 hours; External internship: 600 hours.

The mission of Agricultural Engineering BSc is to provide future agricultural professionals with general expertise in the fields of agricultural production, processing and business management. Upon graduation they possess a comprehensive understanding of science, technology, agriculture and business, as well as reasonable professional judgement. They have the skills to pursue farming on their own, to produce and market competitive agricultural products, to establish and run a business and to analyse the commercial and economic processes relevant to agriculture. The programme is multidisciplinary and practice oriented, which means that the three determining sectors of agriculture – crop production, horticulture and animal husbandry – are treated with equal significance in the courses, and besides state-of-art theoretical knowledge, there is great emphasis on practice as well. The programme emphasizes hands-on expertise and the practicing of the various skills. With respect to the programme structure, sessions in laboratories, specially equipped classrooms and field practice comprise over 60% of the studies. These education goals are in parallel with the short and long term objectives of the government and the Ministry of Agriculture, since they are willing to increase the proportion of small and medium sized farmlands, where animal husbandry is also taken into consideration beside crop production. The aim is to achieve a ratio of 80% - 20% concerning family-run, medium size enterprises and large farms. The growing number of agricultural enterprises requires more professionals who own modern professional, complex economic and practical knowledge. Fields of study most relevant to the qualification to be obtained Study of the soil, tillage and land use: Soil formation, the factors of soil formation. Organic soil components. Soil chemistry. Nutrients in the soil, the management of nutrients. Soil structure, water and air management of the soil. The classification and major types of soils. Soil deterioration, amelioration, the assessment of soil value. Tillage and fertilisation regimes. Weeds, their biology, mechanical, chemical and biological weed control. Crop switching and crop rotation, monoculture, their scientific basis and classification. Tillage regimes and land use. Crop farming: The significance of the key field crops (cereals, maize, legumes, root crops, oil and industrial crops, fodder crops) in agriculture. Ecological and biological preconditions and factors of their cultivation (climate, soil, preceding crops, basic biology). Agronomy and agro-technology aspects of cultivation technology (selection of fields, crop changing, nutrient supply, preparation of the soil, selection of variety, sowing, care, pest control, harvesting, storage), machinery. Requirements under the “Good Farming Practice”. Precision crop farming technologies.

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Horticulture: Ecological, agronomical and agro-technical needs of vegetables and the optimal ways to meet such needs in the field and in greenhouses. The cultivation value of fruit and grape varieties. Planting of orchards. Pruning, crown shaping, care. Harvesting, “post-harvest” technologies Feed and fodder: The composition of feedstuffs; characteristics of digestion. Feed stuff valuation techniques. Feedstuff conservation and storage. Species-specific characteristics of feeding. The planning of feedstuff feeding. Animal husbandry: Animal husbandry in general: domestication, the effect of the environment on animals, the classification of livestock species, value indicators, growth and development, basic genetics, selection for breeding, breeding procedures, biotechnology. Poultry breeding: varieties, hybrids, value indicator characteristics, raising and breeding breeding pair types, handling and hatching breeder eggs, production of eggs for consumption, of broiler chicken, environmental protection and animal welfare. Cattle breeding: varieties, biological characteristics, selective breeding, milk production technology, raising calves, raising heifers, fattening, keeping cows for slaughter. Pig breeding: varieties, hybrids, breeding procedures, value indicator characteristics, reproduction, raising piglets, keeping breeding pigs, feedstuffs, environmental and animal welfare tasks. Sheep and goat breeding: varieties, value indicator characteristics, reproduction, keeping breeding animals, feedstuffs, raising lambs, fattening, milk production, wool production. Business management: Characteristics of agricultural enterprises. Basic concepts of business. Setting up a production structure. Management of tangible assets. Management of current assets. Management of human resources. Risk management, crisis management. Accounting, finances and marketing. Organisation and economy of productive processes. Specializations Crop production-plant protection specialization: Students interested in the cultivation of field crops and plant protection learn the fundamental technologies of cultivation (e. g. of maize and other cereals) and obtain in-depth information on the weed species, diseases and pests associated with cultivated crops, and the control thereof. The students also learn about alternative cultivation processes. They acquire the skills to arrange and implement environmentally friendly (integrated) pest control technologies and modern precision cultivation technologies. Agro-environment management specialization: The objective of this specialization is to train such professionals who are able to utilise natural resources systematically, develop and protect the environment as well as to carry out environmentally friendly agricultural production on the basis on their knowledge of biology, technology, economics, ecology, agronomy and environmental sciences. They can participate effectively in the agri-environmental protection programmes. Main strengths of this specialization are providing students with valid knowledge in renewable energy utilization and skills in biomass-based energy production and utilisation.

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CURRICULUM Semester 1

Subject

Number of classes/week Credit

value Evaluation

theory practice

Fundamentals of economics 2 0 2 Examination

Business mathematics and statistics 2 2 6 Practice-based grade

Zoology and animal physiology 2 2 6 Examination

Botany and plant physiology 2 2 6 Examination

Inorganic, organic chemistry and biochemistry 2 3 6 Examination

Law and industry-specific administration 2 0 3 Examination

Foreign language I 0 3 0 Signature

Total number of contact classes 12 12 29

Semester 2

Subject

Number of classes/week Credit

value Evaluation

theory practice

Agricultural and Environmental policy of EU 2 1 3 Examination

Introduction to informatics 0 2 3 Practice-based grade

Soil science and agro-chemistry 2 2 6 Examination

Environment Management Basics 2 2 6 Examination

Principles in crop protection 2 2 6 Examination

Soil management and land use 2 3 6 Examination

Student-selected subject I 0 2 2 Practice-based grade

Summer placement I 80 hours 0 Signature

Foreign language II 0 3 0 Signature

Total number of contact classes 10 17 32

Semester 3

Subject

Number of classes/week Credit

value Evaluation

theory practice

Principles in genetics and biotechnology 2 3 6 Practice-based grade

Foraging 2 2 6 Practice-based grade

Animal breeding I 2 3 6 Examination

Accounting and finance 1 1 3 Practice-based grade

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Business economics 2 1 4 Examination

Student-selected subject II 0 2 2 Practice-based grade

Foreign language III 0 3 0 Signature

Industrial placement I 0 3 0 Signature

Total number of contact classes 9 17 27

Semester 4

Subject

Number of lasses/week

Credit value

Evaluation theory practice

Marketing 3 0 4 Examination

Crop production I 2 3 6 Examination

Horticulture I 2 1 5 Examination

Animal breeding II 2 3 6 Examination

Thesis consultation I 0 3 5 Practice-based grade

Business administration 2 0 3 Examination

Student-selected subject III 0 2 2 Practice-based grade

Foreign language IV 0 3 0 Signature

Industrial placement II 0 3 0 Signature

Summer placement II 80 hours 0 Signature

Total number of contact classes 11 18 31

Semester 5

Subject

Number of lasses/week

Credit value

Evaluation theory practice

Crop production II 2 3 6 Examination

Horticulture II 2 1 5 Examination

Thesis consultation II 0 3 5 Practice-based grade

Student-selected subject IV 0 2 2 Practice-based grade

Industrial placement III 0 3 0 Signature

Crop production-plant protection specialization

Weeds and weed management 1 2 5 Practice-based grade

Field crops pest protection 2 2 5 Examination

Total number of contact classes 7 16 28

Agro-environment management specialization

Waste management in agriculture 1 2 4 Practice-

based grade

Agro-environment management 2 0 3 Examination

Landscape ecology and management 2 1 5 Examination

9 15 30

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Semester 6

Subject Number of

lasses/week Credit value

Evaluation theory practice

Geodesy, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing 2 2 6 Practice-based grade

Thesis consultation III 0 3 5 Practice-based grade

Student-selected subject V 0 2 2 Practice-based grade

Crop production-plant protection specialization

Seed production and variety usage 2 1 4 Examination

Cultivation of energy plants 2 2 6 Examination

Precisional cultivation 2 2 6 Examination

Integrated pest management (IPM) 1 2 4 Examination

Total number of contact classes 11 12 33

Agro-environment management specialization

Cultivation of energy plants 2 2 6 Examination

Utilization of renewable energy sources 2 2 6 Examination

Organic farming methods 2 2 6 Examination

Total number of contact classes 8 13 31

Semester 7

Subject Number of

practice classes

Credit value

Evaluation

Internship Outside of Institution 600 hours 30 Practice-based grade

INFRASTRUCTURAL BACKGROUND FOR PRACTICAL TRAINING Modern laboratories, a well-equipped study farm and research institutes (Research Institute of Viticulture and Oenology, Fleischmann Rudolf Research Institute) are available to facilitate practical training. The professional base for the agricultural engineering programme is the Tass-puszta Study Farm operated by the College. The study farm centre houses the machinery court and workshop, a granary and crop dryer, an accredited plant and soil testing laboratory, the student laboratories, a greenhouse, a biomass heating plant, buildings where animals are kept, as well as the Centre for Research and Development. The study farm cultivates 374 hectares of land, including 256 hectares of plough-land, 37 hectares of vineyard, 4 hectares of orchard, 37 hectares of meadow/pasture, 5 hectares of woodland and 7 hectares of fish ponds, as well as 30 hectares of land not subject to agricultural cultivation. The key field crops grown for generating revenue are winter wheat, maize and industrial oil crops (sunflower, rape). The 37 hectares of vineyard are mainly used for research (grape variety collection, technology research). The entire grape harvest is processed in the automated winery using controlled fermentation

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technology. The total storage capacity of the cellars is 2500 hl. The wines are also available commercially. The study farm includes an important production and service facility in the form of a computer-controlled 2000 m2 foil greenhouse, which is suitable for hydroponic farming and is heated by the farm’s 1MW biomass heating plant. The foil greenhouse is used for forcing pepper and tomato. With respect to technical training and practice, a well-equipped machinery workshop as well as motorised machinery of various capacity (MTZ, John Deer, Fiat tractors), agricultural equipment (ploughs, cultivators, soil looseners, seedbed preparation tools, rolls, sowing machines, fertiliser sprayers, sprayers etc.), means of transport, granary machinery (seed cleaner, dryer) ensure the quality of training. Parts of the field training of agricultural engineering students take place in the Fleischmann Rudolf Research Institute. Here, students can participate in field experiments for crop breeding, nutrient management and other topics relevant to the development of crop farming technology. They acquire hands-on experience in seed production technologies as well as in activities related to the cleaning, classification and categorisation of seeds.

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MAIN SUBJECTS

Subject: Fundamentals of Economics

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 0

Type of end-term test: oral exam

Credits: 2

Educational objective:

The objective of teaching The Basics of Economics is to provide students with updated information about the economic processes and their relations.

The main parts of the material: the subject and general basic terms of Economics, introduction to micro-and macroeconomics, as well as the basic relations of world economics.

Curriculum outline: The basic terms of Economics. Basic terms and relations of the market economy. The development of economic theories. The demand side of the product market. Analysis of consumer behaviour. The supply side of the product market. The market of the factors of production. Public interest and market. Public goods and externals.

Basic terms and relations of Macroeconomics. Measuring income, output and price level. The formation of the product market equilibrium and the IS curve. Money and money market. The IS-LM system. Aggregated demand and aggregated supply. Labour market. Unemployment.

Subject: Business mathematics and statistics

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: mark

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Within practical calculations those in connection with calculating percentage, performance, arithmetic and geometrical series as well as finance are revised and practised. After the basics of set theory the basics of functions will be clarified. Through the calculations of border and differential calculations we can get to the topic of examining the whole set of functions by stopping at the problem of binary functions.

Subject: Zoology and animal physiology

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Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Theoretical: The system of the animals. The structure, physiology and species of the unicellular. The structure and species of worms. The structure and physiology of crabs and insects. The species of crabs and insects important in agriculture. The structure and species of fish and amphibians. The structure and species of reptiles. The structure and species of birds. The structure and species of mammals. The digestive, circulatory and respiratory system. The urine system and that of the genitals. The hormonal regulation of the body. The system of the nerves and sense organs, nerve tissues and cell body fluids. Practical: Field practice: worms and vertebrata. Examination of worms (preparations) Examination of insects and spiders (preparations) Histology: epithelium and connective tissue Histology: muscles and nerves The anatomy of domesticated animals: parts of the body, bones Field practice: vertebrata.

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Subject: Botany and plant physiology

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 6 Curriculum outline: Theoretical: Cytology gives a detailed picture about the most important organellums of the plant cells and their role in the functioning of the cell. Histology deals with reproductive and constant tissues as well as the histological structure of the parts of plants (root, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit). Within the frames of morphology the subject presents parts of plants of higher rank as well as their modifications in details. Plant physiology deals with the basic reactions of photosynthesis and cell breathing as well as the water management of plants and the mechanism of mineral nutrition, the significance and absorption of the most important nutrients, the hormonal regulation of the vegetative and generative development of plants as well as the biology of ageing. Practical: Plant toxicology presents the basic terms, the artificial, natural and historical systems, the creation of bigger units of taxonomy, systems of relations and processes of development. It lists the system of prokaryotes as well as eukaryotes like algae, real fungi, lichens, mosses, ferns, gymnospermae, angiospermae (monocotyledons, dicotyledons). At seminars we will deal with herbarium preparation, the use of reference books and the students can get to know with the most important monocotyledons, dicotyledons and species important for the subject: indigenous associative plant species, cultivated plants, weeds and protected plants.

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Subject: Inorganic, organic chemistry and biochemistry

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Theoretical: The role and place of Chemistry in sciences. A historical overview. The material structure in Chemistry. The structure of the atom, atomic models. Quantum mechanical atom description. The periodical system of the elements. Primary chemical bonds. Ion bond, metallic bond. Secondary chemical bonds. The division of materials. Thin solutions and their features. Types of colloid systems and their creation. The significance of the colloid system. The basics and main principles of chemical thermodynamics. Reaction kinetics. The speed of chemical reactions. Catalysts. The principle of mass effect, chemical equilibriums. The on multiplication of water, pH. The definition of dissociation, hydrolysis. Puffer systems. Electro chemistry. Conductors. Electrode potential, redox electrode potential. Electrolysis, plating agents. Chemical reaction types, acid-base theory. The organic agents and their classification. The features of open carbo-chain and ringed carbohydrates. The classification of alcohols. Phenols. Ethers. Oxo compounds. Carbohydrates. Carbo-acids. Fats and oils. Amino acids, proteins. Nucleic acids. The subject of biochemistry. The definition of metabolism, its energetic bases. The energy supply of living organisms. Practical: Safety precautions in the laboratory. The most important labour precautions. Laboratory tools and their use. Measuring weight, volume and density. Refractometrics. The principles of making solutions. Concentration types. Chemical calculations (concentration, pH, stochiometrics). Measuring weight and volume. Making solutions and measuring density. Qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis. Measuring volume, division analysis, electro-analytics. Defining acid-base. Preparing solutions and their concentration

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Subject: Business Law

Classes per week:

Lecture: 2 Seminar: -

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 3

Curriculum outline: 1. Basic terms 2. Hierarchy of the sources of law 3. The theory and practice of sharing the power 4. The Parliament 5. The president of the Republic 6. The government and other institutions of public administration 7. Court of Constitution 8. The ombudsman 9. The Audit Office 10. The organisation of local authorities, their rights 11. Basic principles of justice, courts of justice 12. Prosecution

Subject: Foreign Language 1

Language of teaching: English

Classes per week

Lecture: 0

Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: signature

Credits: 0

Curriculum outline:

Pre-Intermediate:

Meeting people (introduction)

Family (personal particulars)

Home (address, flat/house description)

Daily routine (at home/work)

Job (professions and job description)

Education (learning a foreign language, subjects, teachers)

School (school traditions, experiences),

Public transport (tram, bus, underground)

Travelling by taxi, car

Travelling by train, by air, by coach (destination, stations, buying tickets, departure, arrival)

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Foreign countries (travel agencies, passport control, money exchange) Intermediate:

Me and my family (introduction, personal particulars, family occasions)

My home and its neighbourhood (flat/house description, village/town/district description)

Job and daily routine (at home/work, workplace, job description, future plans, career planning)

Education (what and how to study, information in connection with school, subjects, teachers)

Relationships with others friends, acquaintances, schoolmates, colleagues, fashion, clothing, meetings, correspondence)

Relationships with others (social activities, civil associations, public security)

Leisure time, entertainment, culture (TV, programs, newspaper, radio, reading: library, favourite book)

Health, health conservation, sport

Subject: Foreign Language 1

Language of teaching: German

Classes per week

Lecture: 0

Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: signature

Credits: 0

Curriculum outline:

Pre-Intermediate:

Studying, learning foreign languages

Education, types of schools, subjects

Leisure time activities, hobbies

Daily routine (at home/work)

Fashion, clothing, appearance

Shopping, types of outlets, situations

Traditions, holidays, gifts

Listening to music, music as a hobby

Human relationships, family

Making friends, job connections Intermediate:

Holiday making (home and abroad), favourite resorts

Home, flat, neighbourhood

Household duties, division of labour in the family

Healthy eating, being on a diet

The world of objects, values

Commerce, shopping; FMCG, consumer durables

Mobile phones and the Internet

Life Long Learning

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Jobs, seeking for a job, professions

Application, cover letter, job interview

Subject: The Agricultural and Environmental Policy of the EU

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 1

Type of end-term test: oral exam

Credits: 3

Curriculum outline:

The common agricultural policy of the EU

The wheat regulations of the EU

The possible changes in the wheat regulations of the EU

The regulation of the market of oil and protein plants in the EU

The common regulation of sugar market in the EU

The regulation of the market of fresh vegetables and fruit in the EU

The sales organisation of producers

The common wine market organisation of the EU

The regulation of milk and dairy product market in the EU

The common regulation of pork meat

The common market organisation of mutton and goat meat

Mutton and goat meat

Revision, test

The puffer ability of the soil

The formation and features of soil structure (coagulum, micro aggregates, aggregates).

The pore volume of the soil, its pF value.

Soil as a redoxi system

The features of the redox state

Redox-potential values in the soil.

Soil as a redoxi puffer system.

Hungarian soil types and features

Soil mapping

Soil destruction, qualitative and quantitative soil protection (Erosion and prevention, deflation damages, the chemical and mechanical degradation of soil, soil contamination. Amelioration, methods of melioration).

The subject and task of applied chemistry.

The chemical components of plants, plant nutrients and their classification.

Macro-and micro nutrients.

Nutrient needs, manure needs.

Nutrient intake and nutrient supply

The balance of different nutrients in the soil.

Nutrient circulation between the plants and the soil.

The relation between nutrient circulation and the quantity of crop.

Artificial fertilisers (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium).

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Mixed fertilisers (liquid and micro element ones).

Organic manure (from the stable, manure juice, thin manure and other types).

The definition and optimisation of nutrient needs Practice: Sample taking, the description of soil sections The methods and tools of exploring sections Looking at sections, carrying out field soil examinations The most important soil physical examinations (Arany-restrictive number, soil humidity, ash content, gravity, size of grains, porosity, water capacity, dead water, shrinkage, capacity water lifting, Hy-value) The most important soil chemical examinations (pH, humus content, hydrolite acidity, lime content, salt content, nitrogen content, Al-solvable phosphorus, cation content of potassium) Physical and chemical examinations of plant samples (dry material, ash content, hectolitre weight, raw protein, raw fibre, raw fat). Subject: Environmental management Basics

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 6 Curriculum outline:

1. The definition, formation, objectives and tasks of environmental management. 2. International overview, world conferences and agreements on environmental protection. 3. The definition and principles of sustainable development. 4. The ecological possibilities and barriers of sustainability (climate, soil, water, biology, biomass).

Types of natural resources. 5. Soil and environment. The erosion of soil, the factors influencing its quality and forms of

protection. 6. Nutrient supply and the environment (fertilisers, manure, ameliorating agents, balance of

nutrients). 7. Pesticides and the environment. 8. The status and quality of surface water and below. The pollution of water and prevention.

Drinking water supply and sewage management. 9. Air pollution and its effect on the environment (greenhouse effect, climate change, ozone layer

depletion). 10. Regulation of environmental management (environmental policy, direct or indirect regulative

measures, economic or market tools). 11. The environmental directives of the EU and some aspects of the national environmental

policy.

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Subject: Principles in crop protection

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline: Theoretical: The objective, tasks and significance of plant protection. Requirements for plant protection. The definition and features of integrated plant protection. Causes of contagious plant diseases:

- The criteria of phytopathogenous viruses, their chemical features and morphology, transmission, ways of spreading, names.

- The most important phytopathogenous viruses from economic point of view, virus infections. - Protection against viruses. - Mycoplasmas (phytoplasms) and their symptoms.

- The general features of phytopathogenous bacteria, their environmental needs, sources of infections, spread and their sysmptoms.

- The classification and names of phytopathogenous bacteria. - Some important phytopathogenous bacteria and illnesses from economic considerations. - Protection against bacteria.

- The structure, spread, lifestyle and environmental needs of phytopathogenous funghi, sources of infection, ways of spreading.

- The names and classification of phytopathogenous fungi. - The most important fungi and illnesses from the point of view of plant protection. - Protection against fungi. Pests of plants: - The morphology, reproduction, damages, environmental needs and spread of worms. - Classification of worms, most important species. - Snails. - The structure, reproduction and development of insects.

- Most important insects from plant protection considerations. - The features, damages and most important species of acari. - Vertebrata (birds, wild animals). - Protection against pests. Definition of weeds, damages and the lifestyles, systems of weeds Practical:

1. Study and classification of symptoms and changes caused by pathogens and pests (damages, pathography: wounds, injuries (damages of biting), withering, changes of colour, types of stains, dying of organs, shape alternations, mucus, excreta, tissue on the surface of the plants.

The spatial and chronological forms of pest forecast, the methods and tools of data collection and recording: forecast of poliphag pests in soil, forecast of pests living in the surface and dry fallen leaves, surveying pests moving on the surface, surveying infection of fieldmouse, surveying worms living in the soil, examination of plant stock, light traps, smell traps, sex feromon traps, colour traps.

2. Forecasting pests, computerised programmes

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3. Methods of plant protection: agro technical, mechanical- physical, biological protection, natural enemies, resistance purification, chemical protection, features and classification of plant protection chemicals. 4.Planning and implementation of plant protection technologies. Subject: Soil Management and Land Use

Classes per week Lecture: 2 Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: written examination

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Theoretical topics:

Ecological factors. Soil cultivation. Fertilization. Weed control. Soil utilisation. Protection of growing space and soil improvement. Systems of soil cultivation.

Practical material:

Growing space studies. Planning basics. Planning soil cultivation, nutrient needs, fertilization, weed control and crop rotation.

Subject: Foreign Language 2

Classes per week

Lecture: 0

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: signature

Credits: 0

Curriculum outline:

Pre-Intermediate:

At the Post Office (sending letters, telegrams)

Telephone (how to use the telephone)

Hotel (different types of accommodation, campsites, services, arrival, departure)

Restaurant (reservation, ordering, dishes)

Parties (receiving guests, introduction, polite behaviour)

Shopping (at department stores, outlets, different kinds of foods)

Leisure time, entertainment, culture

At the cinema, theatre (programs, buying tickets)

Healthy lifestyle

At the doctor’s (state of health, the most common diseases)

Sporting

Time, weather (weather conditions, seasons) Intermediate:

Travelling, accommodation, services

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Staying in a foreign country, administration, customs

Eating habits, restaurants

Characteristics of the Hungarian cuisine

Public transport

Communication, the importance of foreign languages

The advantages and disadvantages of the computer, the Internet

Mass communication, point of views

The world of nature, flora and fauna

Geography of Hungary, natural beauties

Traditional and national holidays Subject: Foreign Language 2

Classes per week

Lecture: 0

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: signature

Credits: 0

Curriculum outline:

Pre-Intermediate:

Sports and games, mass sports, competitions

Healthy life style, sports facilities in Hungary

Animals, keeping animals at home

Eating, eating habits, healthy eating

Catering, receiving guests, situations in restaurants

Holiday making, favourite holiday resorts

Travelling experiences, experience

Health and illness

At the doctor’s , prevention, health services

Seeking for a job, vacancies, applications, CV Intermediate:

Nature, flora and fauna

Environmental protection

Herbs, healthy eating, diets, reform cuisine

Abilities, skills

Learning and knowledge, methods and use of learning foreign languages

Expressing feelings, thoughts, point of views

Complaining in oral and written form, arguments

Learning and working abroad

Filling in application forms, documents, labour contract

Communication, communication strategies, the art of negotiation

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Subject: Principles in genetics and biotechnology

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline: 1. The subject of genetics. Parts of the genetics of Mendel. Rules of Mendel. 2. Diversion from Mendelian rules. The effect of lethal genes on the spread of genotypes. 3. Cytogenetically basics. Process of succession by sex. 4. Morgan methods of recombination gene maps. 5. Poliploidity, aneuploidity. Sears Kimber method for gene mapping wheat. 6. The biochemistry of genom. 7. Watson - Crick Model. The central dogma and exceptions. 8. Replication. The molecular mechanism of protein synthesis. Mechanisms of meliorating

genes. 9. Molecular biology of mutation. 10. Cloning DNA. MRns reverse transcription. Clone stores. Plasmyds. 11. Tiplasmyd-based transformaton and expression vectors. 12. Other gene transmission methods.

Subject: Foraging

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Theoretical:

The inorganic parts of forage

Nutrient-and energy supply

The digestion of domesticated animals

Systems of forage evaluation. The assessment of forage content

The methods of comparing forages

The preservation of forage (silage and making hay)

Storing forage

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Foraging ruminants and swine

Foraging poultry and pets

Producing and distributing mixed forage

Practical:

Forage basics

Laboratory analysis of forage

Presentation of the digestion of cattle and sheep

Digestion of poultry, horses and swine

Compiling forage portions and estimating the quantity of forage

Estimating silage losses. Estimating losses of hay -making

Planning (change of stock). Planning (forage portions). Forage balance

Evaluation of plans. Methods of the preparation of forage

Subject: Accounting and Finance

Classes per week Lecture: 2 Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: mark

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Entrepreneurial activities and their information systems

The definition of accounting, fields of accounting

Basic principles in accounting

The accounting policy of enterprises

The reporting responsibility

The balance sheet and its contents

The profit and loss account and its contents

Evaluation in accounting

Basics of bookkeeping

The bookkeeping responsibility

The characteristics of double-entry bookkeeping

The characteristics of account line accounts

Time line accounts

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Vouchers in accounting

Auditing

Money handling rules of cashier’s offices at enterprises

Controlling

Evaluation of financial assets

Regulations of the cashier’s office

Evaluation, documentation and storage of securities

Types of securities

Handling and documentation of securities

Planning and analysing the financial status

Cash flow calculations

Measuring liquidity

Documentation of money-handling

The rules of money and account circulation, and money processing

Bank accounts

Fulfilling money orders

Methods of payment in domestic money circulation

The detailed rules of the different payment methods

Cash withdrawal

Bank account information

Subject: Business Economics

Classes per week

Lecture: 1

Seminar: 1

Type of end-term test: exam

Credits: 3

Educational objective:

The objective of teaching The Basics of Economics is to provide students with updated information about the economic processes and their relations.

The main parts of the material: the subject and general basic terms of Economics, introduction to micro-and macroeconomics, as well as the basic relations of world economics.

Curriculum outline: 1. The basic terms of Economics. 2. Basic terms and relations of the market economy. 3. The development of economic theories.

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4. The demand side of the product market. Analysis of consumer behaviour. 5. The supply side of the product market. 6. The market of the factors of production. 7. Public interest and market. 8. Public goods and externals. 9. Basic terms and relations of Macroeconomics.

10. Measuring income, output and price level. 11. The formation of the product market equilibrium and the IS curve. 12. Money and money market. 13. The IS-LM system. 14. Aggregated demand and aggregated supply. 15. Labour market. Unemployment.

Subject: Marketing

Classes per week Lecture: 3 Seminar: -

Type of end-term test: examination mark

Credits: 4

Curriculum outline:

Marketing as a discipline, definitions of basic terms, market forms and types. The definition and process of marketing management. Marketing activities in the target market: market segmentation, choosing target markets, product positioning. The consumer market, factors influencing consumer behaviour, the model of consumer behaviour, the process of the buying decision. The characteristics of the institutional market, the process and steps of procurement behaviour. The marketing information system, the characteristics and methods of primary and secondary market research. Product as an element of the marketing mix: products and services, product life cycle, brands, trademarks, packaging. Price as an element of the marketing mix: pricing strategies, elements of pricing tactics. Place as an element of the marketing mix: the length, the width and the participants of the distribution channel. Promotion as an element of the marketing mix: advertising, planning and organising advertising programmes, forms of sales promotion, the target audiences of Public Relations, PR tools, types of personal selling. Marketing management, the process of marketing planning, different types of marketing strategies.

Subject: Crop production I.

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Production of autumn wheat

Production of spring barley

Production of green peas

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Production of potato

Production of sunflower

Production of autumn rape

Production of medic

Subject: Horticulture

Classes per week Lecture: 2 Seminar: 1

Type of end-term test: oral examination

Credits: 5

Curriculum outline:

Theoretical topics

The definition of vegetables and their production. Topical tasks after Hungary’s EU accession. The ecological demands and the propagation of vegetables. Open-air growing technologies of tomatoes, green peppers and water melons.

The situation of grape-growing, the ecological demands of grapes, the importance of choosing varieties. Plant protection and growing technologies of grapes.

The significance of fruit production, categorisation of fruit plants, their parts. The growing technology of peaches.

Practical material:

The origin of vegetables. The provision of the optimal temperature. Modern plant-growing methods, the ingredients of different soil mixtures (propagation soil, nutrient cube soil). Intensive nutrient addition, irrigation methods in open-air growing and in forcing.

The forcing technology of peppers and tomatoes.

The morphology of grapes, the process of making plantations, systems of cultivation. Pruning, green labour. The process of harvesting and processing.

Fruit plantations, foliage shapes, systems of cultivation. Production technology of apples and berries. Subject: Crop production II.

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Production of triticale and rye

Production of autumn barley

Production of oat

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Production of rice

Production of soy bean

Production of sugar beet

Production of mustard

Subject: Waste Management in agriculture

Classes per week Lecture: 1 Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: written examination

Credits: 4

Curriculum outline:

Theoretical topics:

The development of the waste problem, basics of waste management.

The definition of waste, categorisation, quality and quantity.

Waste examination. Types of dangerous waste, methods of defining them.

The legal regulation of Hungarian waste management, its objectives, requirements of the EU.

The reduction of the quantity of waste.

The characteristic of the most important waste sources, the possibilities of their utilisation.

The technological system of waste treatment.

Waste collection, temporary storage.

Transportation of waste, means and equipment.

The thermic procedures of waste treatment (waste burning, pyrolysis).

Deactivation of waste in biological ways (composting, biogas-production).

Waste placement.

The treatment of sewage slurry, ways and regulation of its utilisation.

Subject: Producing seeds for sowing

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 1

Credits: 4

Curriculum outline:

The situation of seed production

Seed qualification, types and species

State accreditation of plant species and species protection

Requirements of plant protection

Sealing seeds for sowing, processing seeds

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Seed production of main arable crops

Subject: Planning pet keeping enterprises

Classes per week

Lecture: 1

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: mark

Credits: 4

Curriculum outline: - General features of planning animal husbandry branches - Structure of animal husbandry plans, main parts - Planning cattle branches, milking cattle farms - Raising heifer, fattening cattle, planning cattle keeping for meat. - Planning swineries. Breeding, multiplication, rotation. - Fattening, planning of sales. - Planning sheep enterprises. - Sheep fattening, sales, planning of shearing. - Planning egg production. - Planning poultry keeping. - Planning pet keeping enterprises. - Planning investment, capacity, synchronising places.

Subject: Organic farming methods

Classes per week Lecture: 2 Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: practical mark

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Main educational objectives:

ecological attitude to crop production

relationships between crop production and environment protection

alternative methods of crop production – theoretical and practical fundamentals

Examination of qualitative dimensions and relationships of crop production, the multifunctional aspect of crop production (production, landscape protection, landscape aesthetics, social function etc.)

Practical materials:

Environmental factors (biotic, abiotic, climatic, edaphic, geographical, hydrological), landscape management, soil cultivating procedures, methods and systems, manure, space utilisation, rational land

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use, soil protection, land use systems, land registration, land evaluation, landscape structure, landscape effects.

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Subject: Environmental management

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 0

Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 3

Subject pre-requirements: -

Curriculum outline:

The definition, formation, objectives and tasks of environmental management.

International overview, world conferences and agreements on environmental protection.

The definition and principles of sustainable development.

The ecological possibilities and barriers of sustainability (climate, soil, water, biology, biomass). Types of natural resources.

Soil and environment. The erosion of soil, the factors influencing its quality and forms of protection.

Nutrient supply and the environment (fertilisers, manure, ameliorating agents, balance of nutrients).

Pesticides and the environment.

The status and quality of surface water and below. The pollution of water and prevention. Drinking water supply and sewage management.

Air pollution and its effect on the environment (greenhouse effect, climate change, ozone layer depletion).

Regulation of environmental management (environmental policy, direct or indirect regulative measures, economic or market tools).

The environmental directives of the EU and some aspects of the national environmental policy. Subject: Technical Basics I.

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: practical mark

Credits: 4

Curriculum outline: Theoretical topics: Operation of engines. Its structural parts. Fuel supply. The cooling and lubricating of engines. Parts of the engines. Transfer of power, structure, wheel, brakes etc. The features of running engines. Performance losses and reduction. Technical supply. Agricultural machinery

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The machines of soil power cultivation. Sowing machines. Planting machines. The machines of plant protection. Practical material: Safety at work. Information, requirements. Measuring units. Basic physical relations, calculations. Running of engines. Fuel supply. Parts of the engines. Transfer of power, structure of wheel-brakes. Economic calculations. The energetic assembling of engines and transportation. Parts of the plough and settings. Demonstration of ploughing. Cultivating machines and settings. Setting of sowing machines.

Subject: Technical basics II.

Classes per week Lecture: 2 Seminar: 2 Type of end-term test: written exam

Credits: 4

Curriculum outline: Theoretical: Machines of harvesting crops Corn and sunflower adapters The machines of harvesting sugar beet and potato The machines of harvesting vegetables The machines of greenhouses and plant production The machines of cleaning and classifying seeds Drying and storing forage The machines of grounding and forage production Storing forage, the types of silage Producing fodder, machines of feeding, watering and manure removal The machines of manure removal and milking The directions of agricultural machinery development Practical: The machines of harvesting forage The machines of harvesting crops The machines of harvesting corn and sunflower. Calculations Harvesting sugar beet. The machines of harvesting vegetables. The machines of cleaning and classifying seeds. Drying and storing forage. Tasks. Grounding and forage production Storing forage.

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Subject: Animal breeding I.

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 2

Type of end-term test: exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline: Lectures: The history of domestification. Its significance and effect on species. The names of domestified animals based on gender and age. Environmental effects. Value-assessing methods. Basic terms of foraging. The composition of farage. The classification of forage. Storage and preservation of forage. The significance of keeping cattle and its products. Cattle raising for milk and meat. The significance and situation of keeping poultry. Types of hens, hybrids, raising broiler chicken. The situation of raising sheep and its products. Keeping lambs. Methods of fattening. Quality of meat. The situation of pig raising. The value assessing features of swine. Features of mothers and fathers. The meat production of swine, slaughtering value. Seminars: Outlook, judgement by outlook. Raising and multiplication. Features of digestion. Feeding methods, features of species. Species. Raising and keeping calves and heifers. The technology of eggs for consumption. Keeping hens. Species of sheep. The milk-and wool production of sheep. Raising breeding animals. Multiplication. Species, hybrids. The multiplication of swine, rasing pigs. Subject: Animal breeding II.

Classes per week

Lecture: 2

Seminar: 3

Type of end-term test: exam

Credits: 6

Curriculum outline:

Theoretical:

System of requirements. Basics of sheep keeping. The situation and tasks of sheep keeping.

Features of value assessment. Meat, milk-and wool producing capacity.

Raising lamb. Methods of fattening. Quality of meat.

Raising. Keeping mothers, multiplication. Raising and utilising rams.

The situation of swine keeping, future prospects. Indices of success.

Features of value assessment of swine. Features of mothers and fathers.

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Meat-producing capacity, meat quality, EUROP system.

Reproduction biology.

Methods of keeping and foraging swine by age and utilisation.

The situation of poultry keeping, broilers

Features of value assessment I. Reproductivity, productivity, fertility, egg-production.

Types of hen pairs, raising and productivity

Features of value assessment II. Meat producing capacity.

Incubation. Animal protection. Practical:

Types of sheep.

Shearing, wool assessment.

Animal protection, transport. Milk of sheep.

Foraging ewes and rams.

Basics of swine raising.

Types of swine, hybrids.

Raising pigs.

Fattening of pigs.

Foraging, animal protection.

Methods of keeping.

Keeping and productivity of hybrids for egg, egg management.

Raising broiler chicken