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Prospectus 2014-2015
Prospectus
2014-2015
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Ruhuna
Sri Lanka
Prospectus 2014-2015
Prospectus 2014-2015
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna
Mailing address Faculty of Agriculture
University of Ruhuna
Mapalana
Kamburupitiya
Sri Lanka
Phone 041 229 2200/229 2382
Fax 041 229 2384
E-mail [email protected]
Web www.agri.ruh.ac.lk
Revised and edited by
Mr S Wijetunga
Dr PLN Lakshman
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The Mission
The Mission of the Faculty of Agriculture is to
develop human resources and technology to cater
to contemporary and future needs of the
agricultural sector, to advance and disseminate
knowledge and to provide advice and guidance in
the field of Agriculture, for sustainable economic
development.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Introduction to the Faculty of Agriculture ................................................. 2 1.2 The University of Ruhuna .......................................................................... 5 1.2.1 Deans of the Faculties ............................................................................. 5
1.2.2 Administrative Officers ........................................................................... 6 1.2.3 Librarian .................................................................................................. 7 1.2.4 Senior Assistant Registrars and Assistant Registrars .............................. 7 1.2.5 Deputy Bursar, Senior Assistant Bursars and Assistant Bursas .............. 8
1.3 Staf of the Faculty of Agriculture .............................................................. 8 1.3.1 Administrative Staff ................................................................................ 8 1.3.2 Department of Agricultural Biology ....................................................... 9
1.3.3 Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension ......................... 10 1.3.4 Department of Agricultural Engineering ............................................... 11
1.3.5 Department of Animal Science ............................................................. 12 1.3.6 Department of Crop Science ................................................................. 13 1.3.7 Department of Food Science and Technology ...................................... 14
1.3.8 Department of Soil Science ................................................................... 15 1.3.9 Computer Unit ....................................................................................... 16
1.3.10 Academic Supporting Staff (Dean’s Office) ....................................... 17
Vacant ............................................................................................................. 17
1.3.11 Organizing Structure of the Faculty of Agriculture ............................ 19 1.3.12 Visiting Academic Staff ...................................................................... 20
1.4 Departments of Study ............................................................................... 23 1.4.1. Department of Agricultural Biology .................................................... 23 1.4.2 Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension ......................... 24
1.4.3 Department of Agricultural Engineering ............................................... 26 1.4.4 Department of Animal Science ............................................................. 29 1.4.5 Department of Crop Science ................................................................. 30
1.4.6 Department of Food Science and Technology ...................................... 33
1.4.7 Department of Soil Science ................................................................... 35
1.5 The Library ............................................................................................... 38 1.5.1 Library Membership .............................................................................. 38 1.5.2 Registration ........................................................................................... 38 1.5.3 Borrowing Facilities .............................................................................. 39 1.5.4 Return of Issued Books ......................................................................... 39
1.5.5 Fines and Payments ............................................................................... 40 1.5.6 The Organizational Structure of the Library Books .............................. 40 1.5.7 Other Services ....................................................................................... 40
1.5.8 Use of the Library ................................................................................. 40
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1.6 Computer Unit .......................................................................................... 41
1.7 The English Unit ...................................................................................... 43 1.8 The Research Farm ................................................................................... 43 1.9 Academic Committee ............................................................................... 44 2. Undergraduate Programmes ....................................................................... 45 2.1 Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Resource Management &
Technology (BSc Agric Res Mgt & Tech) ............................................... 46 2.1.1 Name of the degree ............................................................................... 46 2.1.2 Graduate profile ..................................................................................... 46 2.1.3 Admission requirements and registration .............................................. 47
2.1.4. Structure of the academic programme ................................................. 47
2.1.5. Course structure for the new degree of BSc Agricultural Resource
Management & Technology ........................................................................... 48 2.1.6. Course contents/descriptions ................................................................ 49 2.1.7. Elective courses .................................................................................... 50
2.1.8 Compulsory non-credit courses ............................................................. 50 2.1.8. Final year specialization programme ................................................... 50
2.1.9. Industrial Training ................................................................................ 51 2.2.1. Background .......................................................................................... 56 2.2.2. Structure of the BSc Agribusiness Management Degree Programme . 58
2.3.3. Course Descriptions ............................................................................. 62 2.2.4. The Examination Regulations / By Laws ............................................. 62
2.3 Bachelor of Science in Green Technology (BSc in G.Tech) ................... 63 2.3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 63
2.3.2 Structure and Design of curriculum ...................................................... 66 2.3.3 Course Structure .................................................................................... 67
3. Course Descriptions ................................................................................... 71 3.1 Courses Offered by Department of Animal Science ................................ 72 3.2 Corses Offered by the Department of Agricultural. Biology ................... 77
3.3 Common Courses Offered by the Faculty ................................................ 83 3.4 Courses Offered by the Department of Crop Science .............................. 88
3.5 Courses Offered by the Department of Agric. Economics and Extension
.................................................................................................................. 92
3.6 Courses Offered by the Deparmrnt. of Agricultural Engineering .......... 101 3.7 Coures Offered by the Deparment. of Food Science and Technology ... 110 3.8 Inter Departmental Courses .................................................................... 114 3.9 Courses Offered by the Department of Soil Science .............................. 117
4. Evaluation procedure and examination by-laws ...................................... 120 4.1 Examination Regulations/By-Laws ........................................................ 121 4.2 Evaluation procedure .............................................................................. 121 4.3 Course coordinators ................................................................................ 122 4.4 Grade and grade point average for courses ............................................ 122
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4.5 Calculation of Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) ......................... 122
4.6 Calculation of Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) ........................... 123 4.7 Restrictions for number of course credits for degree programs ............. 124 4.8 Restrictions for number of attempts for course examinations ................ 124 4.9 Restrictions for the period for completion of the degree ....................... 124 4.10 Final year specialization programme ................................................... 125
4.11 Eligibility requirements to sit end semester examination of a course .. 126 4.12 Guidelines for the Calculation of Final Marks for Courses in
Examinations .......................................................................................... 126 4.13 Absentees at Examinations ................................................................... 127
4.14 Examination Procedure, Offences and the Punishments ...................... 128
4.15 Medical certificates for failure to attend examinations ........................ 128
4.16 Scheme for awarding degrees .............................................................. 129 4.17 Effective Date of the Degrees .............................................................. 129 5 Students services ....................................................................................... 130
5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 131 5.2 Financial assistance ................................................................................ 131
5.2.1 Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Scheme .............................. 131 5.2.2 Bursaries .............................................................................................. 131 5.2.3 Endowed Scholarships ........................................................................ 132
5.3 Student Union and Societies .................................................................. 132 5.3.1 University Student Union and Faculty Student Union ........................ 132
5.3.2 Societies .............................................................................................. 133 5.4 Physical Education ................................................................................. 133
5.5 Accommodation and Lodging ................................................................ 133 5.6 Health Facilities ...................................................................................... 134
5.7 Social events of the students .................................................................. 134 5.8 Freshers’ Welcome ................................................................................. 134 5.9 Final Year Going Down Party ................................................................ 134
5.10 Students Common Room, Canteen and Other Facilities ...................... 134 5.11 Career Guidance Activities .................................................................. 135
5.11.1 Faculty Adviser to the Cultural Center and Career Guidance Unit ... 135 5.12 Student Counseling and Welfare Unit .................................................. 135
5.13 Academic Counseling .......................................................................... 136 5.14 Academic Sub Wardens ....................................................................... 137 6. University Contacts .................................................................................. 138 6.1 Wellamadama Campus ........................................................................... 139
6.2 Faculty of Medicine ............................................................................... 140 6.3 Faculty of Engineering ........................................................................... 140 6.4 Faculty of Agriculture Contacts ............................................................. 140 7. Faculty Intercom Numbers ....................................................................... 142
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Introduction to the Faculty of Agriculture
The Ruhuna University College, established in 1978, was upgraded to
University status in 1984, to fulfill a long cherished desire of the people of
the southern Sri Lanka for a University in the region. The University of
Ruhuna consists of seven faculties at present. The Faculties of Science,
Humanities & Social Sciences, Management & Finance and Fisheries &
Marine Science Technology are located at the Wellamadama Campus, 3 km
from Matara city, near Dondra. The Faculty of Medicine is located at
Karapitiya in Galle. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 2000 at
Hapugala in Galle. The Faculty of Agriculture, one of the pioneering faculties
of the University, is located at Mapalana, 16 km from Matara, and 2 km from
Kamburupitiya along Matara, Kamburupitya road. The Faculty premises of
50 hectares include several academic and administration buildings which
house lecture theaters, laboratories, the library, student residences, student
recreational facilities, canteen, auditorium, etc., supporting academic and
research programs. The Faculty Farm is also located within its premises,
integrating farm activities with teaching, research and outreach programs.
At present, the Faculty has seven academic Departments of study, namely,
Agricultural Biology, Agricultural Economics and Extension, Agricultural
Engineering, Animal Science, Crop Science, Food Science & Technology
and Soil Science. The BSc (Agriculture) degree is of 4 years duration and the
course is conducted in the English medium. The annual enrollment grew from
15 in 1978/79 to 150 in 1997 making the undergraduate student population in
the faculty to approximately 600. A special intake was initiated in 2007 to
provide an opportunity to a limited number of experienced diploma holders in
agriculture to follow the degree program. Under curriculum revision in 2013,
Faculty commenced to offer three parallel degrees namely, BSc in
Argicultural Resource Management and Technology, BSc in Agribusiness
Management and BSc in Green Technology. Now the student intake has
increased up to 250 per year.
The Faculty also offers six masters degree programs to meet the
contemporary needs of the graduates in the region, this is in addition to MPhil
and PhD degrees by research. Equipment and laboratory facilities for
teaching and research at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels are
available in each Department of Study.
The staff strength of the Faculty was increased progressively since the
inception and now the Faculty has 67 permanent and approximately 15
temporary academic staff, including 7 Senior Professors and 12 Professors. In
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addition, the Faculty has made every endeavor to obtain the services of
outstanding agricultural scientists, administrators, policy makers, planners,
etc. in the country to supplement and enrich the academic program.
The number of visiting lecturers in the Faculty presently exceeds 50, who
come from the Faculty of Agriculture of University of Peradeniya, Faculties
of Science and Humanities & Social Sciences of the Universities of Ruhuna,
Kelaniya and Sabaragamuwa, Coconut Research Institute, Rubber Research
Institute, Tea Research Institute, Industrial Technology Institute, Export
Development Board, Department of Agriculture, Department of Export
Agriculture, World Bank, UNDP; and Agribusiness Council, etc.
While fostering national education, the Faculty is becoming increasingly
committed to community and regional development. The former affiliated
university collage site at Karagoda Uyangoda has been acquired for the
expansion of the field teaching programs, practical training and for out-reach
activities. The faculty is strongly committed towards Southern area
development and to foster the University-Industry link. As a result, an
Industrial Placement Office (IPO) was established in 2005 and an Industrila
Placement Officer was recruited to meet the needs of the graduates' incarrier
guidance, internship, job seeking, etc. The IPO is working in collaboration
with many outside organizations. To this end, many academic of the Faculty
are serving as consultants and resource persons in a number of national and
international institutions and agencies.
Under the new GPA system introduced in the year 2006, the Faculty has
revised the courses to match with the emerging trends in the society. In the
new system, students are given a choice to select elective courses from a vast
array of subject combinations and preferences. Also, students have more
opportunities to be involved in extracurricular activities, learning of
languages, skill development and carrier guidance activities. The third year
second semester of the BSc Agricultural Resource Management and
Technology degree program consists of practical farm training conducted at
the Faculty Farm and at Karagoda-Uyangoda. The students get the
opportunity to visit public and private sector farms, research centers and other
institutions during the course of study. In addition, the students are given
training in plantation crops conducted at nearby estates. A Farm
Mechanization Training course is conducted at the Karagoda-Uyangoda site.
Each student, during the final year of the degree program, will have to follow
compulsory courses in Applied Statistics, Technical Writing and Presentation
Skill Seminars and Selected optional courses in addition to the courses
offered in the specialization field of study selected by the student. For the
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specialization course, the students have to follow advanced course modules
offered by the particular Department and conduct a research project and
submit a project report.
The Faculty established a postgraduate program leading to MPhil degree in
1985 which was extended for doctoral studies in 1995. Presently, more than
120 post-graduate students follow MSc courses, namely, MSc Agricultural
Economics and Resource Management, MSc Agri-Business Management,
MSc Animal Science, Master of Food Science & Technology (MFST), MSc
Crop Protection and MSc in Green Technology offered by different
Departments. The Faculty is proposing to start one more MSc programmes,
namely, MSc Crop Production Technology degree was commenced in 2013.
Further, the Faculty is making arrangements to establish a Postgraduate Unit
within the faculty premises to provide all the services to the students
following these masters’ courses.
The staff of the Faculty has excelled in research as well, and have been
successful in securing many competitive and prestigious research grants from
agencies such as PSTC of USAID, BOSTID of National Academy of
Sciences in USA, World Bank, CIDA, IDRC, IAEA, GTZ Germany and
NORAD to name a few. Regarding the out-reach programs, the Faculty
proposes to use the recently acquired Affiliated University College (AUC)
premises at Karagoda-Uyangoda and relevant programs are already being
jointly developed with the National Institute of Education, HARTI, UNDP,
Matara Chamber of Commerce, Hambanthota Chamber of Commerce,
District Secretariat in Matara, Southern Development Authority, Ministry of
Indigenous Medicine, Irrigation Department, Sri Lanka Center for
Development Facilitation (SLCDF), EDB, IFCO etc. In addition to all
achievements, many academics of the Faculty have received International and
National prestigious research and invention awards.
An analytical service laboratory to help farmers, industry and other interested
organizations has commenced their operations recently. The Faculty has
embarked upon publishing an International Journal titled “Tropical
Agricultural Research and Extension”. An unprecedented interest has been
shown by researchers working in the tropics to publish in the journal.
In the year 2008, the Faculty initiated an annual event to hold National
Symposia to enable students, academics, and researchers of the Faculty and
outside agencies and organizations to present papers on topical themes
relevant to Agriculture. It has become an international event since 2010 and
the Faculty is organizing to hold the 6th International Symposium on
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Agriculture and Environment (ISAE 2015) in November 2015.
In keeping with the broad objective of the Faculty to develop as an entity of
international standing, the Faculty has already developed link programmes
with Lund University of Sweden, University of Tokyo, Ibaraki University of
Japan, Ryukyus University of Japan and Karlsruhe Waterworks, Germany.
The Faculty has already developed collaborative research activities and
student/staff exchange programmes with these international institutions.
The students have the opportunity to improve their talents in sports, arts and
in many other areas by participating in various extra-curricular activities
organized by the University as well as through student societies. In addition
to free higher education, financial assistance through several scholarship
schemes is available. The hostel facilities are also subsidized, providing equal
opportunities for students to peruse higher education.
This Prospectus has been prepared with the objective of providing
information pertaining to teaching, research and development activities of the
Faculty of Agriculture. It also provides basic guidelines to the students of the
Faculty for their career development.
The facts given herein are valid as of 15th February 2015.
1.2 The University of Ruhuna
Chancellor
Rajakeeya Pandith Most Venerable Pallaththara Sri Sumanajothi Nayaka
Thero, MA
Vice-Chancellor
Senior Prof SGJN Senanayake
BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), PhD (Copenhagen)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Dr AMN Alagiyawanna, BSc Eng. (Moratuwa), MEng (AIT, Thailand),
DEng (Nagaoka, Japan)
1.2.1 Deans of the Faculties
Agriculture
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Senior Prof S Subasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (AIT, Thailand)
(Agric. Systems), PhD (Ruhuna) (Cropping Systems)
Humanities & Social Sciences
Prof S Wawwage, BA (Peradeniya), MPhil (Ruhuna)
Medicine
Prof. Sarath Lekamwasam - MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCP, FCCP
Science
Prof WGD Dharmaratne, BSc (Peradeniya), MSc, PhD (Tuffs, USA)
Engineering
Dr PD Chandana Perera, BSc, PhD, CEng, MIEEE
Management & Finance
Prof (Mrs) HSC Perera, PGDip (Canada), MPhil (Ruh, SL), BSc (SJP, SL)
Fisheries & Marine Science Technology
Dr. R A Maithreepala, BSc (Ruhuna), M.Phil. (Ruhuna), Ph.D. (National
Tsinghua University, Taiwan)
Graduate Studies
Prof LP Jayatissa, BSc (Ruhuna), PhD (UK)
1.2.2 Administrative Officers
Registrar
Mrs P S Kalugama, BA (Sri J’pura), MA (London, UK), PDBA (Ruhuna)
Bursar (Acting)
Mr AMA Siriwardhane, BSc (Sri J’Pura), ICASL
University Medical Officers
Dr LGS Yapa Main Campus
Dr MG Ravisinghe Faculty of Agriculture (Visiting)
Works Engineers
Mr S Diyunuge, BSc Eng. (Moratuwa)
Ms JM Weerasuriya, Chartered Engineer MIESL, IESL Part I & II
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Chief Security Officer
Mr HN Dias
1.2.3 Librarian
Mr K Ananda, Bdev (Colombo), Dip. in Library & Information Science
(Kelaniya), MSc (Kelaniya)
1.2.4 Senior Assistant Registrars and Assistant Registrars
Deputy registrar (General administration)
Mrs C Senenviratna BSc (Ruhuna), PDBA (Ruhuna)
Deputy Registrar (Examinations)
Mrs PMSP Yapa, BSc (Ruhuna), MBA (Ruhuna)
Deputy Registrar (Legal & Documentation)
Mr GL Erathne, LLB (Sri Lanka), Attorney-at-Law, PG Dip. in Conflict
Resolution (Colombo)
Senior Asst. Registrar (Academic Establishment)
Mrs HGN Devika, BA (Kelaniya)
Senior Asst. Registrar (Non-academic Establishments)
Mrs KGCA Bandarathilake, BSc Management (Sri J’pura), ICASL
(Intermediate), Executive Dip. in Accounting & Finance
Senior Asst. Registrar (Faculty of Agriculture)
Mrs SKK Mudalige, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya), Proficiency
Certificate in HRM (Massey, New Zealand), MBA ( Ruhuna)
Asst. Registrar (Faculty of Engineering)
Mr L Isuru Kalpage, BSc Finance
Senior Asst. Registrar (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Mr Kamal Gunawardene, BSc (Ruhuna), MA (Ruhuna)
Asst. Registrar (Faculty of Medicine)
Mrs V Hiroshini Piyadasa, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna)
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Senior Asst. Registrar (Faculty of Science)
Mr PA Piyal Renuka, BA Statistics (Sri J’pura), Postgraduate Dip. in
Community Devt. (Colombo), PDBA (Ruhuna)
Asst. Registrar (Faculty of Management & Finance)
Mr KG Nalintha Kumara
Asst. Registrar (Faculty of Fisheries & Marine Science Technology)
Mrs Thanuja DG Pathirana, BSc (Ruhuna)
1.2.5 Deputy Bursar, Senior Assistant Bursars and Assistant
Bursas
Assistant Bursar (Supplies)
Mrs VGM Priyangika ICASL (Intermediate)
Senior Assistant Bursar (Payment)
Mrs KVR Vidhyaratne, BBA (Ruhuna)
Assistant Bursar (Faculty of Agriculture)
Miss HR Pushpika Hewarathna, BBMgt (Kelaniya), Diploma in Accountancy
(SLIATTE)
Actg. Assistant Bursar (Faculty of Medicine)
Miss ASI Fernando
Assistant Bursar (Faculty of Engineering)
Ms. Surani Iresha. B.com(kelaniya).
1.3 Staf of the Faculty of Agriculture
1.3.1 Administrative Staff
Dean
Senior Prof S Subasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (AIT, Thailand)
(Agric. Systems), PhD (Ruhuna) (Cropping Systems)
Senior Assistant Registrar (Faculty of Agriculture)
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Mrs SKK Mudalige, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya), Proficiency
Certificate in HRM (Massey, New Zealand), PDBA (Ruhuna)
Assistant Bursar
Miss HR Pushpika Hewarathna, BBMgt (Kelaniya), Diploma in Accountancy
(SLIATTE)
Farm Manager
Mr BDG Udesh, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Ruhuna)
Senior Assistant Librarian
Mrs S Gammanpilla, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Colombo)
1.3.2 Department of Agricultural Biology
Head of the Department
Prof KL Wasantha Kumara
Senior Professor of Agric. Biology
Senior Prof RHS Rajapakse, BSc Agric. (Sri Lanka), MSc Agric. (Sri Lanka),
PhD (Florida, USA) (Entomology and Integrated Pest Management)
Senior Prof SGJN Senanayake, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), PhD (Copenhagen)
(Genetics and Plant Breeding)
Professors
Prof KL Wasantha Kumara, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya), PhD
(Bangalore, India) (Plant Pathology)
Senior Lecturers
Dr (Mrs) WADPR Ratnasekera, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya),
PhD (Beijing, China) (Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry)
Dr (Mrs) AL Ranawake, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc, PhD (Kobe, Japan)
(Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
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Dr (Mrs) N Dahanayake, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya), PhD
(China) (Plant Systematics and Crop Botany, Development of Physiology of
Plant and Molecular Biology)
Dr (Mrs) Sudarshanee Geekiyange, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), MSc
(Peradeniya), PhD (Japan) (Applied Plant Molecular Biology)
Dr (Mrs) NP Ranatunge, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), MSc (Peradeniya), PhD
(Melbourne, Australia) (Molecular Plant Pathology)
Dr (Mrs) A Mannakkara, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya), PhD
(China) (Entomology and Integrated Pest Management)
Lecturers
Mrs. A. Liyanage, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Melbourne, Australia),
(Environmental Biology and Biodiversity)
Ms. Dananjali Mekhala Gamage, BSc. Agric.(Ruhuna), (Bioinformatics)
1.3.3 Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
Head of the Department
Dr (Mrs) WN De Silva
Senior Professor of Agric. Economics
Senior Prof WMMP Wijeratne, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), MSc Agric. Econ.
(Ghent), PhD (Wageningen) (Agric.Econ. & Extension Science), LLB
(OUSL)
Professors
Prof Mangala De Zoysa, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), MSc (Wageningen), PhD
(Tokyo) (Agriculture and Forest Policy)
Prof O Amarasinghe, BSc Agric. (Sri Lanka), MSc Agric. Dev. (Ghent), PhD
(Namur) (Agricultural and Fisheries Economics)
Prof LM Abeywickrama, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya) (Resource
Management), MA, PhD (PAU, India) (Agric. Economics)
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Senior Lecturers
Dr (Mrs) WN De Silva, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya)
(Agric. Economics & Environmental Economics), PhD (India)
(Environmental Policy)
Mr AL Sandika, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Dharwad, India) (Agric.
Extension)
Dr (Mrs) GC Samaraweera, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Agric. Economics)
(India), PhD (China)
Lecturers
Mrs MADP Wickremaratne, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MBA (Colombo),
Reading for PhD (Japan)
Ms DN Koralegama, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Vietnam)
Mrs KNN De Silva, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MABM (Ruhuna), Reading for
PhD (Germany)
1.3.4 Department of Agricultural Engineering
Head of the Department
Mr S Wijetunga
Professors
Prof PLAG Alwis, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc, PhD (Montpelier, France)
(Farm Machinery)
Prof (Mrs) CM Navaratne, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc Computing (UK), PhD
(Ruhuna) (Agricultural Engineering)
Prof GY Jayasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Kelaniya), MSc (Ryukyus,
Japan), PhD (Ryukyus, Japan)
Senior Lecturers
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Mrs CP Rupasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (AIT, Thailand) (Agric.
Engineering)
Mr S Wijetunga, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MPhil (Southern Yangtze, China)
(Environmental Engineering)
Dr BM Jinendra Siriwijaya, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Kobe, Japan), PhD
(Kobe, Japan)
Lecturers
Mrs MGG Awanthi, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna)
Mr KMTS Bandara, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna)
1.3.5 Department of Animal Science
Head of the Department
Dr (Mrs) NY Hirimuthugoda
Emeritus Professors
Prof KK Pathirana, BVSc (Peradiniya), MSc, PhD (McGill, Canada) (Animal
Nutrition)
Professor of Animal Science
Senior Prof (Mrs) RT Seresinhe, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), Dip. Ing. Agro.
(ETH, Zurich), PhD (Zurich) (Pasture Science & Animal Nutrition)
Senior Professors
Senior Prof WWDA Gunawardena, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), Dip. Ing. Agro.
(ETH, Zurich), PhD Nat. (ETH-Zurich) (Animal Production, Animal
Genetics & Breeding)
Professors
Prof NSBM Atapattu, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Massey, New Zealand)
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(Poultry Science and Nutrition)
Senior Lecturers
Dr (Mrs) NY Hirimuthugoda, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MPhil (Peradeniya),
PhD (Ocean, China) (Aquaculture)
Dr PW Anton Perera, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Colombo), PhD (Zhejiang,
China) (Waste Management)
Dr (Mrs) NMNK Narayana, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), MPhil (Peradeniya),
PhD (NDRI, India) (Dairy Science & Technology)
Mrs D Senaratne, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), Dip. Environ. Mgt. (Israel), MSc (Sri
J’pura) Reading for PhD (Peradeniya) (Animal Welfare and Behaviour)
Dr DPIN Pathirana, BVSc (Peradeniya), PhD (Osaka, Japan) (Reproductive
Physiology)
Dr A Manawadu, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), MPhil (Ruhuna), PhD (Ruhuna)
(Ruminant Nutrition)
Lecturers
Mr CJ Gajaweera, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna)
Mrs NA Pethiyagoda, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Norway) (Fisheries
Economics)
1.3.6 Department of Crop Science
Head of the Department
Mrs MKTK Amarasinghe
Senior Professor of Crop Science
Prof Ranjith Senaratne, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), MPhil (Peradeniya), PhD
(Vienna, Austria) (Plant Nutrition and Biological N fixation)
Prof S Subasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (AIT, Thailand) (Agric.
Systems), PhD (Ruhuna) (Cropping Systems)
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Professors
Prof KKIU Arunakumara, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Moratuwa)
(Environmental Management), PhD (Ocean, China) (Marine Biology)
Senior Lecturers
Mrs DABN Gunarathna, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (KU Leuven, Belgium)
(Plant Nutrition and Biometry), PG Dip. in Applied Statistics (Peradeniya)
Mrs MKTK Amarasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya) (Crop
Science), MPhil (Ruhuna) (Agro Forestry)
Dr (Mrs) DLC Kumari Fonseka, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya)
(Floriculture and Landscaping Architecture), MSc (Colombo) (Tissue
culture), PhD (Durham, UK)
Dr (Mrs) WGD Lakmini, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MPhil (Peradeniya), PhD
(Durham, UK)
Mr IR Palihakkara, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Sri J’pura) (Forestry and
Environment) Reading for PhD (Tokyo, Japan)
Lecturers
Mr PHM Dharmasena, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (AIT, Thailand) (Agric.
Systems)
Mrs Menaka Fernando, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (UMB, Norway) (Agro
Ecology), Reading for PhD (Nottingham, UK)
Ms NDN Priyadarshani, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MPhil (Ruhuna)
Mr HKMS Kumarasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), Reading for MPhil
(Ruhuna)
Scientific Assistant
Mr PA Sunil, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MPhil (Peradeniya)
1.3.7 Department of Food Science and Technology
Head of the Department
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Dr PLN Lakshman
Professors
Prof (Mrs) V Wijeratne, BSc Agric. (Peradeniya), Dip. in Rural Soc. Dev.
(Philippines), MSc (Ghent), PhD (KVL, Denmark) (Food Science &
Technology)
Prof Vijith S Jayamanne, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MPhil (SL), PhD (Surrey,
England), MIBiol (SL) (Food Microbiology & Safety)
Senior Lecturers
Dr PLN Lakshman, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya), MSc (Ryukyus,
Japan), PhD (Ryukyus, Japan) (Food Enzymology)
Dr (Mrs) PABN Perumpuli, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Ryukyus, Japan),
Reading for PhD (Ryukyus, Japan) (Food Science and Technology)
Lecturers
Mrs AAM Subodinee, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Sri J’pura) (Food Scinece
& Technology)
Mrs GSN Fernando, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), Reading for MSc (Ruhuna) (Food
Science & Technology)
1.3.8 Department of Soil Science
Head of the Department
Dr (Mrs) BC Walpola
Professors
Prof Sudas D Wanniarachchi, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc, PhD (Guelph,
Canada) (Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Soil Biogeochemistry)
Prof (Mrs) DAL Leelamanie, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya), PhD
(Tokyo, Japan) (Soil Physics, Soil Water repellency, Soil & Water
Conservation)
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Senior Lecturers
Dr (Mrs) BC Walpola, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Kelaniya), PhD (South
Korea) (Soil Fertility, Soil & Environmental Chemistry)
Dr. (Mrs.) S.R. Amarasinghe, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MPhil (Open
University), PhD (Saitama, Japan) (Solute transport in soil, Solid waste
management)
Lecturers
Mr WMCJ Wijekoon, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Peradeniya)
(Environmental Soil Science, Soil Biology & Ecology), Reading for PhD
(Ryukyus, Japan)
Mrs SHR Piyadharshani, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (UPLB, Philippines)
(Plant Nutrition, Water Balance & Chemistry of Rice Soils), Reading for PhD
(Germany)
1.3.9 Computer Unit
Senior Lecturers
Dr MKDK Piyarathne, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna), MSc (Computer Science)
(Kelaniya), Reading for PhD (China)
Lecturers
Mr. KKLB Adikaram, BSc (Ruhuna), MSc (Computer Science) (Colombo),
Reading for PhD (Germany)
Scientific Assisstant
Mr UI Samarawickrama, BSc Agric. (Ruhuna)
System Analyst cum Programmer
Mr DT Andrahannadi, BSc (Ruhuna)
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System Engineer
Mr SACP Priyankara, BSc Computer Science (Colombo)
1.3.10 Academic Supporting Staff (Dean’s Office)
Scientific Assistant
Vacant
Industrial Placement Officer
Vacant
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Paravi Island adds beauty to the Matara city
Ancient Dutch clock tower and fortress in Matara city
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1.3.11 Organizing Structure of the Faculty of Agriculture
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1.3.12 Visiting Academic Staff
1.3.12.1 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGY
Dr Abhaya Balasooriya, Senior Lecturer (Plant Pathology), University of
Rajarata
Dr Keerthi Mohotti, Deputy Director Research (Nematology), Tea Research
Institute, Talawakelle
Prof Saman Abeysinghe, Professor (Plant Pathology), Faculty of Science,
University of Ruhuna
Porf Dammini Pemachandra, Professor (Nematology), Faculty of Science,
University of Ruhuna
Dr Thushara Wickramaarachchi, Research Officer (Plant Pathology),
Department of Agriculture
Mr Indika Gunawardanc, Divisional Director – Crop Solutions, (Plant
Protection) CIC PLC, Colombo
Mr Saman Warushawithana (Plant Protection) John Piper International Pvt
Ltd., Colombo
Dr K G Premathilake, Senior Lecturer (Weed Science), Uwa Wellassa
University, Badulla
Dr. TG Dayananda (Crop Botany and Molecular Biology), Faculty of
Science, University of Ruhuna
Prof. P.D. Abeysinghe (Molecular Biology), Faculty of Science, University
of Ruhuna
1.3.12.2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS &
EXTENSION
Prof C Sivayoganathan Agricultural Extension
Prof C Bogahawatta Macro-economics
Dr Sarath Kodituwakku Enterpreneurship
Dr P Wanigasundara Use of audio visual media in
Agric. Communication.
Dr Vijaya Jayathilake Rural Sociology
Dr Anoma Ariyawardene Agric. Marketing
Dr LHP Gunarathne Production Economics
Dr S Thiruchelvam Agric. Economics
Dr Nimal Sanderatne Agric. Economics
Dr A P Keerthipala Economics
Dr Nihal Atapattu Project Management
Dr Nihal Samarappuli BOI Projects for Agric. Dvp. of
Sri Lanka
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Dr Gamini Batuwitage Rural Development
Dr Fredrick Abeyratne Agric. Management
Dr Terance Abeysekera Community driven development
Mr D Kariyawasam Forest Economics
Mr Satish De Mel Community Development
Dr Achini De Silva Marketing Management
Mr RM Ratnayake Management Process
Ms Nalika Jayawardene Agricultural trade
Mr Sanjeewa De Silva Financial Management
Mr HK Kumara Kithsiri Macro Economics
1.3.12.3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Prof AR Ariyarathna Agric. Engineering
Dr Ranjana Piyadasa Geohydrology
Dr PA Jayantha Computing
Dr SB Nawaratna Food Processing Engineering
Dr BMKS Thilakarathna Processing Technology
Mr Chandana P Gunasena GIS and RS
Mr KT Ariyawansa Agricultural Machinery
Dr GGT Chaminda Green Building Designing
Mr Vidya Rupage Sena Peiris Cleaner Production
Dr RA Maithreepala Green Chemistry
Mr RNR Jayaratne Atmospheric Pollution
1.3.12.4 DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Dr Dematawewa Animal Genetics
Dr (Mrs) Pradeepa Silva Animal Genetics
1.3.12.5 DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE
Dr MA Wijeratne Tea Agronomy
Dr Keerthi Mohotti Organic Agriculture
Dr Cyril Wijesundara Landscape Gardening and
Floriculture
Mrs Nalika Kodikara Export Standards
Dr Lionel Weerakoon Sustainable Agriculture
Ms Indika Priyadarshani Medicinal Plants
Dr Janakie Mohotti Tree Crop Physiology
Mr Gamini Wijesinghe Cinnamon
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1.3.12.6 DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Prof KKDS Ranaweera Food Biotechnology
Prof C Liyanage Human Nutrition and
Community Nutrition
Dr Bilesha Perera Human Nutrition and Nutritional
Epidemiology
Dr Manjula Hettiarachchi Human Nutrition
Dr RAUJ Marapana Meat Science & Technology
Dr SB Navaratne Bakery Science and Fat & Oil Technology
Prof DAN Dharmasena Food Process Engineering
Dr Terrence Madhujith Sanitation and Food Quality
Control
Dr MAJ Wansapala Food Analysis
Mr EG Somapala Food Chemistry
Mrs Roshni Hafeel Sensory Evaluation of Food
1.3.12.7 DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE
Prof RB Mapa Soil Physics
Prof AN Jayakody Soil Chemistry
Prof KA Nandasena Soil Fertlity
Dr A Tennakoon Soil Microbiology
Dr JDH Wijewardena Soil Fertility
Dr RS Dharmakeerthi Soil Science
Dr DB Wickramasinghe Soil Science
Dr Priyantha Weerasinghe Soil Science
Dr DN Samaraweera Soil Science
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1.4 Departments of Study
1.4.1. Department of Agricultural Biology
The undergraduate compulsory courses offered by the Department of
Agricultural Biology include Agricultural Botany, Weed Science, Plant
Physiology, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Entomology,
Applied Plant Protection, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,
Environmental Biotechnology, Bio-diversity conservation, along with the
specialization modules consist of applied and advanced areas of the above
subjects. In addition to these compulsory courses, Department also offers
various optional courses based on the interest of the students and the demand.
The basic compulsory courses are offered during the first four semesters of
the degree programmes. The subjects offered by the Department are of a
fundamental importance for an agriculture graduate since they give an
understanding of basic processes that decide the final yield of a crop and the
health of the agro-ecosystem. A large proportion of time is allocated for
practical classes, assignments, and seminars thus strengthening the other
skills of the future graduates. The academic programme and administrative
activities of the Department are handled by twelve permanent staff members,
with the support of four temporary cadres and three non-academic staff
members. Adjunct professors and visiting staff from different Universities
and Institutes take part conducting some courses whenever needed in addition
to the regular courses offered by the permanent academic staff in the
Department. Students are trained for research methodologies, statistical
analysis, communication skills, critical thinking, report writing, presenting in
scientific forums and manuscript writing during six-month-research period in
the Department. The Department offers W.G. Don Kirigoris Appuhamy
Memorial Gold Medal at the annual general convocation every year to the
graduate who followed the Agricultural Biology specialization course for the
Degree of Bachelor of the Science of Agriculture Resource Management &
Technology and obtained the highest Grade Point Average with First Class
Honours.
The Department offers M. Phil and PhD degree courses in almost all the
allied fields within the Agriculture Biology stream. Laboratory facilities
equipped with modern instruments are available for the fields of Entomology,
Plant Pathology, Crop Botany, Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology,
Biotechnology and Tissue culture for both undergraduate and postgraduate
studies. Other than these, mushroom cropping rooms and well controlled
green houses are available in the Department for researches. Currently, a
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large number of postgraduate students leading to MPhil and PhD degrees are
undertaking their research studies in the Department with the help of funds
generated through various research projects run by the well qualified
academic staff.
The development plan of the Department, with future introduction of plant
biotechnology and molecular biology as subjects envisages the setting up of a
separate facility for plant biotechnology. It has been proposed to set up a
Plant Biotechnology Center, which can cater to the needs of different fields
of studies. The Department is also having plans to set up a service laboratory
to serve farmers, especially in the southern region of the country. Setting up
of an arboretum for conservation of indigenous, rare species of economically
useful plants is another desire of the Department. For this purpose, part of the
land that has been earmarked for acquisition from the adjacent rubber estate
expected to be used and the tissue culture facilities will aid in the collection
and establishment of different species in the arboretum.
1.4.2 Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
To understand different systems of agriculture, one has to be knowledgeable
about the different components of these systems; crops and animals,
technology used, and the human factor. While the student gathers knowledge
on the former two aspects in other Departments, the Department of
Agricultural Economics is mainly concerned with the last, the human factor,
especially management. Though the Department is named as Agricultural
Economics, it offers courses in two other important disciplines in the field of
agriculture, which are Agricultural Extension and Agricultural Management.
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension is one of the
pioneering Departments, which were started at the beginning of the Faculty
of Agriculture in 1978. The important fact about the package of knowledge
offered by the Department of Agricultural Economics is the emphasis laid on
the understanding of the farmer and his Environment. Towards achieving this
objective, first, the student will be equipped with theoretical knowledge on
economics and resource management, sampling techniques, survey
methodology, analytical techniques, econometrics, Farm accountancy, Rural
Development and Basic Management Principles. Next, the student is trained
to conduct field studies using the acquired knowledge. This explores the
student to understand the agricultural sector, its inter-related components and
constraints. Further, the practical aspect of the programme provides an
opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge into realistic practice. The
third year (Semester II), farm practice program aims at achieving above
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objectives. Management of agriculture as a business is another aspect of
commercial agriculture, which is gaining importance with development. The
student, in the third year (Semester II), will have the opportunity to learn
about the various problems the farm manager is confronted with, and the
economic principles that guide his decisions which form the basis of
production Economics. Farm planning techniques, such as budgeting, gross
margin analysis and linear programming, and methods of project appraisal
are also taught during the third year.
During the final year, depending on the performance of a student and his
choice, a subject in which he will specialize for a period of two terms will be
selected. The Department offers an array of sub-disciplines for specialization;
farm management, agricultural and fisheries economics, marketing, agri-
business management, agricultural extension, etc. This programme is often
conducted in collaboration with other research institutes in the country and
private sector organizations. A series of special lectures will provide a sound
understanding on the above mentioned sub-disciplines. Finally, based on the
empirical study, student has to submit a report.
However, the efforts of the agricultural scientists will fail unless they
understand the farmer and his environment quite well and the process by
which knowledge generated by research is transferred to the producer. That is
why agricultural extension is included in the curriculum as a separate
discipline. This subject deals with extension methodology, diffusion theory,
technology adoption, linkages, extension approaches, technology transfer,
rural sociology, communication, participatory approach, concept of farming
systems research and extension, etc.
In addition to academic work, staff members carry out research programmes
on agricultural, fisheries, environmental and forest economics, marketing,
technology transfer, adult education, agricultural policies, rural participation,
adoption studies, impact evaluations, etc. Further, the Department conducts
ad-hoc training programmes for extension workers, development workers and
farmers through its out-reach programme.
As the Department has identified increasing demand of expertise manpower
in the fields of agricultural economics and resource management, the
Department has commenced a MSc Program in Agricultural Economics and
Resource Management (MSc AgERM) from the year 2006 in addition to
conventional MPhil and PhD degree programs. In the year 2008, the
Department started the second postgraduate programme of Master of
Agribusiness Management (MABM) to cater the emerging demand of the
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manpower requirement of the agribusiness sector with the support of leading
government and non-government organizations in the southern region. At
present, about 75 postgraduate students have attached to the Postgraduate
programmes. The Department in Planining to offer a Master Degree in
Agriculture economics And Development incollaboration of Hector
Kobbakaduwa Agrarian Reseach and Training Institute.( HARTI )
The Department has signed a MOU with UNDP Art Gold program to
enhance the research component of undergraduate students and to be
corporative with the current demand of the agriculture and allied sector of the
country. The Department is planning to launch a BSc degree programme in
Agribusiness Management (BSc ABM) in near future to cater the emerging
demand of the country. In addition to academic programs, the staff members
of the Department is working in research and development programs in
collaboration of different government and non-government institutions
towards national development.
1.4.3 Department of Agricultural Engineering
Department of Agricultural Engineering was created in 1993. The objective
of the Department is to train students to apply knowledge derived from
various branches of pure and applied sciences for the development of
engineering skills and technology know-how for agricultural sector. It deals
with the entire chain of agricultural Engineering operations commencing
from land clearing to farm up to fork.
The VISION of the Department of Agricultural Engineering is committed to
the Vision of University of Ruhuna.
The MISSION of the Department of Agricultural Engineering is to promote
teaching, research and extension aspects of Agricultural Engineering and
Technology development for the wellbeing of the mankind.
Department of Agricultural Engineering offers undergraduate and
postgraduate coureses and conduct research to cover the major areas on
Agricultural Engineering and Green Technology. During first five semesters
Farm Power and Mechanization, Agricultural Meteorology and Applied
Hydrology, Post Harvest Technology, Agricultual Mechinery System
Engineering and Irrigation and Water resource Engineering are offered as
core courses for B.Sc in Agricultural Resource Managemnet and Technology
degree program. In the second semester of the third year, Department offers
program of field practises for Agricultural Engineering including two wheels
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and four wheels tractor training, surveying and leveling.
Students who opt to specialize in Agricultural Engineering can fallow the
Advanced Agricultural Engineering course during the first semester of the
fourth year. After fourth year first semester, students are being given
industrial training. Thereafter, students carry out research projects under the
supervision of an academic staff member of the department. Students are
encouraged and facilitated to engage with external organizations and
institutions to conduct final year research project.
The courses related to major thematic areas of sustainable resource
management, sustainable environmental design, sustainable environmental
technology and sustainable energy are offered in B.Sc. in Green Technology
degree program during first six semesters. The fourth year first semester is
allocated for insdutrial training and other advanced courses such as disasters
and green technology, innovation and technology transfer, etc. Last six
months of the degree program are allocates for research study where students
will be able to get the on-hand experience in interested research areas in the
Faculty of Agriculture oroutside institutions.
The Department of Agricultural Engineering offers the postgraduate degrees
namely MSc, MPhil, and PhD. The structure of the M.Sc in Green
Technology program is composed of one-year course work component and
one-year research component. It covers the major areas of Environmental
Impacts Assessment, Renewable energy, Energy management and Agro
Entrepreneurship Development.
The department has a well-equipped lecture room with facilities to
accommodate 100 students. The laboratory and field laboratory facilities are
available to conduct practical classes relevant to soil and water engineering,
agricultural machinery and agro processing. Model home garden with biogas
and rainwater harvesting units, Cinnamon processing and distillation units,
water purification unit, protected house for hydroponics are other research
and demonstration units attached to the Department. Department has a well-
equipped meteorological station with automated equipments for teaching and
research activities. The science and technology park has been developed by
the Department and it has facilities to conduct and demonstrate several
practical applications relevant to irrigation and water management, hydro
power, solar energy, wind energy and bio mass energy utilization, low cost
devices for post harvest technology and some selected indigenous agricultural
technologies.
Department has a separate IT unit which are being used for preparation of
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teaching materials and for conducting lectures for specialization students.
Facilities are available for conducting practical classes relevant to GIS and
Remote sensing and landscape engineering in the IT unit. Engineering
workshop in the Department has facilities for teaching and research. It also
caters to the needs of the Faculty. Basic metalwork, welding, lathe operation
and, repair and maintenance of farm machinery are conducted using the
facilities available in the workshop. Research programs pertaining to
designing and fabrication of machines, testing of agricultural machinery and
equipment for the specialization students are also conducted in the workshop.
The Department won the best Department of the University in the VC’s
award ceremony held in 2004. This is the one and only Department who won
such an award so far in the University of Ruhuna. Apart from that, academic
staff of the Department won several awards for their new inventions and
innovations, international relations, international fund raising for research,
most outstanding resracher in VC awards ceremonies, CVCD award
ceremonies and other ceremonies.
The Department has established links with other Universities and Institutes
Strong research links are established with Practical Action to conduct joint
research and development programs. Department has conducted international
workshop on Biogas technology in 1998 and since then this program took a
prominent position in national biogas research. The program is strengthened
with the German cooperation and other links, which helped to conduct other
two national workshops.
Further, the Department jointly works with the Survey Department of Sri
Lanka and University of Queensland Technology, Australia. Recently the
Department has developed a link program with University of Reukyus,
Okinawa, Japan. The Department conducts community awareness programms
and awareness programs for schoolchildren with the support of SLWP,
NetWwater and CapNetLanka on Climate Change, Water resource
Management and Impact on River sand mining since 2006. Further,
Department conducts a series of seminars on water and water realted
activities/problems for schoolchildren annually at World Water Day since
2007 with painting and essay competitions. Further, the Department
developed joint research and development activities related to water
management with Karlsruhe University, Germany since 2005.
Department plans to initiate the Certificate/ Diploma Course in GIS, Remote
Sensing and PrecisionAgricultural technology, biogas Technology and
Maintanance of Farm Mechineriries.
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1.4.4 Department of Animal Science
Department of Animal Science is one of the oldest Departments in the
Faculty, completed its Silver Jubilee in 2003. The academic staff consists of
an emeritus professor, three professors, six senior lecturers and two
probationary lecturers.
The VISION of the Department is to advance technologies to help the animal
industry to provide healthy, nutritious food economically, power, and
recreation for mankind through sustainable crop stock integration without
compromising either the environment or the welfare of animals.
The MISSION of the Department is to provide leadership through high
quality academic programmes to enhance human resources, in research to
improve efficiency of animal production and product quality and through out-
reach programmes to disseminate knowledge.
Animal Science is one of the subjects of the BSc Agriculture syllabus that
taught throughout all four years of the undergraduate programme offered by
the Faculty. The course structure of the subject of Animal Science
encompasses not only livestock but also a wide range of other economically
important species including poultry, fish, companion animals and wildlife.
The first five semesters focus mainly on theoretical aspects such as animal
breeds and breeding, anatomy and physiology, nutrition and feeding, housing,
management, prevention of diseases, products technology, by-products and
waste management, welfare and behaviour and environmental interactions.
During the third year second semester, students are engaged in an on-farm-
training in practical livestock production.
Students who interested in specializing in Animal Science are enrolled to
follow one-year specialization programme in Animal Science. The fourth
year first semester specialization programme consists of advanced courses in
Animal Nutrition, Agrostology, Animal Genetics and Breeding, Meat
Science, Dairy Science, Aquaculture, Waste Management, Animal
Reproductive Technologies, Animal Behavioure and Welfare etc. Field visits
and short in-plant trainings are also included in this semester. During the
final year second semester, students undertake a research project that will be
conducted in the Department or in an outside institute. The objectives of this
research component are to train the students in research methodology and, to
provide an opportunity to apply their theoretical and practical knowledge in
real life situations.
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In 2009, the Department of Animal Science launched a two-year cause work
plus research MSc in Animal Science. Research based MPhil and PhD
opportunities are available under following disciplines
Animal Nutrition
Animal Product Technology
Animal Genetics & Breading
Aquaculture
Bio Diversity and Conservation
Forage Crops
Livestock Waste Management
Livestock and Fisheries Biotechnology
Livestock Production and Welfare
Reproductive Physiology of Farm Animals
The number of postgraduate students attached to the Department is 26. The
Department of Animal Science is one of the top animal science research
centers in the country. A number of research programes funded by local and
international funding agencies are currently underway.
Apart from Undergraduate and Postgraduate level teaching and research
activities the Department of Animal Science provides training opportunities
for a wider community including school children and teachers, farmers,
livestock officers, potential entrepreneurs and general public through various
outreach programmes.
1.4.5 Department of Crop Science
Vision of the Department of Crop Science is to advance technologies in the
spheres of plant sciences to meet present and future challenges in augmenting
plant productivity.
Mission of the Department of Crop Science is to encompass agronomy and
physiology of plant species, which are of nutritive, industrial, medicinal,
energy and environmental importance. Accordingly, our mission is the
development of human resources and technologies on present needs and
future challenges in those spheres for the purpose of assuring enhanced plant
productivity.
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Students during the Farm Practice course at the Dept. of Crop Science
Students during the Farm Practice course at the Dept.of Crop Science
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Crop science is one of the basic disciplines in Agriculture and thus represents
the core of the Faculty of Agriculture. In principle, the Department of Crop
Science deals with agronomic, eco-physiological and post-harvest aspects of
all plant species, which are of nutritional, industrial, medicinal, energy and
environmental importance. At the same time, major emphasis is placed in
maintaining an appropriate balance between farming and environment with
the aim of conserving the environment while sustaining the plant/crop
productivity under constantly changing socio-economic needs.
In serving this purpose, Department has completely revamped the contents
and the structure of curriculum. While maintaining the core of Agronomy and
Crop physiology, arrays of new courses are being introduced encompassing
the current interests in above spheres. In general, all the courses offered under
Crop Science are strongly practical based and thus accompanied with a
detailed practical program of laboratory and field components, which will be
conducted parallel to theory classes. The 3rd Examination in Agriculture part
II program is designed to cover all the production aspects of vegetables and
field crops, starting from nursery up to harvesting to gain hands-on
experience and skills of modern agriculture.
The Department of Crop Science maintains an effective functional
relationship with all the leading research and educational institutes and
policy-making bodies of the government sector as well as private sector. TRI,
RRI, CRI, SRI, ITI, EDB, NARA, Dept. of Agric., Department of Export
Agric., Mahaweli Development Authority, Ministry of Forestry &
Environmental Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Indigenous
Medicine, IUCN, Southern Development Authority, Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Peradeniya in particular and also with other Faculties of
Agriculture in the University system are the major collaborating institutes.
The knowledge and experience generated are shared by way of joint research
programmes and exchange of resource personnel among these institutions for
the purpose of serving the challenges of present and future needs of the
country in the sphere of crop production.
The Department consists of a teaching laboratory, research laboratory and
plant tissue culture laboratory, which are modestly equipped to cater to the
ongoing teaching and research programs of the Department. Further, several
plant houses and protected agriculture units facilitated with hydroponics
system are also available to serve the same. In recognition of the scientific
merits of the research programmes conducted in the Department, numbers of
research grants are offered to some senior members of the Department from
national and international funding agencies.
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1.4.6 Department of Food Science and Technology
The Department of Food Science and Technology was formed in June 2006
fulfilling a contemporary and future need of the faculty. Prior to this, the
Department was named Department of Agricultural Chemistry consisting of
the two former divisions; Food Science and Soil Science.
The VISION of the Department is to become a national leader in food
science education and research by training undergraduate and postgraduate
students for careers in the food industry, promoting and facilitating research
programmes that will enhance the wholesomeness and availability of food
and transferring research knowledge to the consumer and the food industry.
The MISSION of the Department is to achieve and sustain excellence in
teaching and research in the field of food science and technology; to develop
and maintain its position as a leading service provider to the food industry
and to enrich regional, national and international communities through the
significance of its innovative research and quality programmes of education.
People are dependent upon products of plant and animal origin for their food.
The need for preserving food for long periods of time has increased with the
modern lifestyles. Therefore, the importance of food preservation and product
development is imperative to sustain the growing human population of the
world. Considerable attention has been given to Food Science and
Technology as a discipline during the past few decades by universities
worldwide due to its industrial and contemporary importance. Having
realized the importance of the field of Food Science, the University Grant
Commission (UGC) of Sri Lanka also has taken prompt actions to introduce a
separate degree of BSc in Food Science & Technology in the recent past.
The Department of Food Science & Technology of the University of Ruhuna
is the fifth such Department to have been established in the Sri Lankan
University system. Compared to all other disciplines in Agriculture, Food
Science is probably the most important single subject with regard to both its
industrial applications and employment opportunities for graduates.
The academic staff of the Department at present consists of three Senior
Lecturers and three lecturers in the various fields of Food Science and
Technology. Research of the academic staff of the Department is in the
following main areas.
Processing and preservation of food
Food product developments (RTS and convenient foods, value- added
foods)
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Post harvest technology of fruits and vegetables
Food microbiology and safety
Fermentation technologies
The Department laboratories are equipped for experimental work in Food
Chemistry, Food Microbiology and Food Technology. Research in the
Department reflects the wide range of disciplines encompassed by Food
Science and Food Technology. The research is conveniently grouped into
two sections. Minimal processing aims to minimize process severity (and
hence maximize product quality) while improving or maintaining product
quality. This involves developing new process, applications of alternative
(less severe) processes, applications or combing minimal processes.
Food microbial interactions are studies in relation to fundamental and applied
aspects of the beneficial uses of micro-organisms in foods, both in food
fermentation and in novel applications. The major objective is to understand
and control the mechanisms by which food grade micro-organisms restrict the
growth of pathogenic and spoilage organisms and modify the taste, texture
and nutritional value of foods.
Research facilities include a range of analytical instruments such as Atomic
Absorption Spectrophotometer, UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, Flame
Photometer, Dehydrators, Kjeldhal Unit, Soxhlet Unit, Incubator, Laminar
Flow Bench, Autoclave etc. There are special experimental facilities
developed in connection with sponsored research for dehydration of food
utilizing solar energy.
The Department at present offers MPhil and PhD degrees by research in the
areas of Food Chemistry, Food Microbiology and Safety and Food
Processing and Preservation Technology. Interested students could follow
post-graduate degrees in above areas, at the Department of Food Science and
Technology depending on the availability of funding for research.
Considering the relative importance of Food Science & Technology as a
single academic discipline, the Department is proposing to start a new BSc
degree in Food Science and Technology with a view to catering to the
emerging demand for food science education by students in the region in
particular and the country in general. The Department started its first master’s
programme of Master of Food Science & Technology (MFST) and the
Postgraduate Diploma in Food Science & Technology (PGDipFST) in 2009.
Currently, there are around 50 students following these two postgraduate
programmes at the Department.
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1.4.7 Department of Soil Science
The importance of soil as a natural resource has long been recognized by
people and, along with water and atmosphere, soil act as the life support
system of our planet earth. Although the scientific study of soil started with
the rapid development of agriculture, it is now considered as a fundamental
subject with applications in agriculture, forestry, engineering and
environmental sciences. However, despite the significant transition from
agriculture related subject to a fundamental one, the mandate for Soil Science
education and research is still vested with agricultural colleges/faculties of
universities around the world.
Teaching and research in Soil Science at the Faculty commenced initially in
the former Department of Agronomy in 1978. When four new Departments
were created by the dissolution of the Agronomy Department in 1993, the
mandate for Soil Science was vested with the former Department of
Agricultural Chemistry, which functioned till May 2006. The new
Department of Soil Science was established in June 2006 and it is the second
such Department in the country.
The VISION of the Department is to become a national leader in teaching
and research in soil science, land resource management and related
environmental sciences.The Department is expected to provide nationally
recognized extension and outreach services in sustainable and productive use
of land resources and environmental management.
The MISSION of the Department is to develop knowledge of basic soil
science and the interrelationships with plant nutrition and environmental
quality; to apply this knowledge to advance resource efficient and
environmentally sound soil, plant, and environmental management
technologies; to improve the quality of life by providing research-based
information and educational opportunities on the appropriate use and
management of land resources; to prepare undergraduate students with an
understanding of and ability to apply fundamental principles of soil science,
agronomy, environment, and natural resource management; and to prepare
graduate students to conduct basic and applied research that will be used to
solve problems for the advancement of soil science
Under the new curriculum adopted at the Faculty, Soil Science is taught from
an environmental and natural resource management perspective, deviating
from the traditional agricultural bias. This is extremely important,
considering the role of agriculture graduates in future Sri Lankan society. The
Department presently offers 8 credits of compulsory courses in the first
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(Introductory Soil Science), second (Soil Plant Relations & Nutrient
Management) and third (Land Resource Management) years of the BSc
degree program. In addition, the Department offers optional/elective courses
from Third year onwards depending on the student demand and availability
of senior academic staff during the semester concerned. As compulsory
courses are formulated to offer only the essentials of Soil Science needed for
agriculture and life sciences undergraduates, students planning to pursue a
career in Soil Sciences/Natural Resource Management are strongly
encouraged to select appropriate optional courses in consultation with
academic staff of the Department.
Interested students can select Soil Science for specialization/majoring in the
final year. Students follow an advanced module in Soil Science (comprising
of courses/sub modules in Soil Physics, Soil & Environmental Chemistry,
Soil Biology & Biochemistry, etc.) during the first semester of the final year,
a research project of six-month duration in Soil Science is conducted during
the second semester of the final year. Depending on the interest and
availability of opportunities, students are allowed to conduct their research
projects at the Department or at various research institutes and government
departments in the country.
The academic staff of the Department conducts research in Soil Science and
the research laboratory is equipped with Atomic Absorption & Flame
Emission Spectrophotometers, UV/VIS Spectrophotometer, TOC analyzer,
Flame Photometer, etc. Opportunities available for interested graduates to
follow post-graduate degrees (MPhil. and PhD by research) in Soil Science at
the Department, depending on the availability of funding for research.
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Students during a Soil Science practical session
Students during a Soil Science practical session
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1.5 The Library Every student who has been registered at the University of Ruhuna is able to
use the Library free of charge. All students are advised that they are bound
by the rules and regulations of the Library. Working hours of the Library is as
follows
On weekdays 8.00 am - 7.00 pm
Saturdays 8.00 am - 6.00 pm
The working hours of the library are extended during the study leave (two
weeks before the examinations) and examination periods of the Faculty. It
will be as follows, unless announced otherwise;
Weekdays 8.00 am - 8.00 pm
On Saturdays and Sundays 8.00 am - 6.00 pm
The Library hours may be altered (shortened) during vacation of the Faculty.
The library will be closed on public holidays and on special holidays of the
University.
1.5.1 Library Membership
Full membership of the Library is available to all registered students, both
undergraduate and postgraduate, and to the members of the staff of
University of Ruhuna. Postgraduate students should pay a non-refundable
deposit of Rs.2000/ for registration. The Librarian at her discretion may
permit other students and scholars to use the Library during vacations for
postgraduate research or genuine scholarly needs.
1.5.2 Registration
All students are required to register their names in the Library by applying on
the prescribed form obtainable from the Library. They are required to
produce their duly endorsed Student Identity Card and Record Book, at the
time of the registration. At the beginning of each academic session,
undergraduate and postgraduate students spending more than one academic
year are required to register in the Library, by re validation of the Library
Tickets.
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1.5.3 Borrowing Facilities
The Library has Lending, Reference, Periodicals and Special Collection
sections. The Lending Section issues books for a period of two weeks to
undergraduates and nonacademic staff and a period of one month to academic
staff. The Reference Section comprises of permanent reference materials and
scheduled reference materials.
Permanent reference materials are to be consulted solely in the Library.
Scheduled reference books are the books in demand, and therefore are
available for use in the
Library, and if necessary, can be borrowed for use overnight or on weekends.
Reference materials are issued on weekdays within two hours of closing the
Library and must be returned by 10.00 a.m. on the following day. Readers are
requested not to remove books or other documents in the Special Collections.
With the exception of certain categories, (i.e., permanent Reference books,
Dictionaries, Atlases, Books in Special Collections, Glossaries, Periodicals)
all other books may be borrowed. Cards (tickets) for borrowing books are
issued at the time of registration. Student Cards are issued as follows:
Each card enables a student to borrow one book for a period of two weeks.
The University Record Book or the Identity Card must be produced when
borrowing books. Loss of tickets should be immediately reported to the
Librarian. Declaration forms for lost tickets are available at the circulation
counter. Library tickets are not transferable. After declaration, a duplicate
may be issued in the next registration after verification of the loss and on
payment of Rs.25/ per ticket. Lending books may be borrowed from the time
of opening to 5.00 p.m and the Reference books issued only from 3.00 p.m on
each day.
1.5.4 Return of Issued Books
A borrowed book remains the responsibility of the borrower as long as the
borrower’s ticket remains valid. Borrowed reference materials should be
returned by 10.00 a.m on the following day.
All Library materials borrowed should be handed over to the Library to
collect the verification letter at the time of completion of the degree course.
Without this verification letter, the University will not issue the degree
certificate.
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1.5.5 Fines and Payments
A fine of Rs. 1.00 per day will be imposed in respect of each lending book
not returned by the due date. A fine of Rs. 2.50 for the first day and Rs.3.50
on every other day will be imposed in respect of reference books.
1.5.6 The Organizational Structure of the Library Books
Books are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
The main Catalogue has been arranged under:
1. Subject of the Books
2. Author, Editor, Title and Series
3. The Subject titles and subject concepts of the books.
Any of the above sources can be used when searching for a book.
1.5.7 Other Services
Photocopy Service
Students can obtain photo-copies of allowed library materials. A charge will
be levied for this service.
Inter-Library Loan
Arrangements can be made to obtain books, photocopies of the papers in the
journals, not available in the Library, but available elsewhere on Inter-
Library-Loans. Readers who wish to avail themselves of this facility should
apply on the prescribed forms available at the Library Office. Materials
obtained in this way must be used in the Library.
1.5.8 Use of the Library
Except for a few half sheets, the students are not allowed to bring personal
books, files, notebooks, bags, umbrellas, etc. into the Library. Those items
should be kept in the file rack before entering the Library. Smoking is
completely prohibited and complete silence should be observed within the
Library. The cellular phones are also not allowed to be used within the
library. All these rules, regulations and conventions are aimed at providing a
better library service. More information on other facilities available can be
obtained from the Library. The library is managed by the Senior Assistant
Librarian with postgraduate qualifications, assisted by several library
assistants.
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1.6 Computer Unit The Computer Unit of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna was
established in 1991 as a separate unit in the Faculty. The vision for the
computer unit is to educate, support and expose latest developments in ICT to
all parties in the Faculty and engage with Undergraduate, Postgraduate and
community development program in pair with the University and Faculty
mission and vision.
Under the new curriculum adopted at the Faculty, the Unit has introduced a
Computer Awareness Programme for 1st year 1st semester, Information and
Communication Technology course for 1st year 2nd semester as compulsory
courses and Database Systems for 2nd year 1st semester and Rapid
Application Developments for 2nd year 2nd semester as optional courses. In
addition to those, the Unit facilitates all other 7 Departments to conducted
soft skill development applications, such as Statistical Application Packages,
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (GIS and Remote
Sensing).
The objectives to those courses are to provide students with basic knowledge
to use microcomputers, sound knowledge of working with application
software and operating systems, Proper usage of internet services, Database
handling, simple application development and data analysis skills for their
research, in their future carrier as a tool and media in work.
Further, Computer Unit allows Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of
the faculty to conduct their Information and Communication activities such as
reference, preparation of presentations, data analysis and thesis writing.
The Computer Unit is responsible for maintaining and upgrading fiber optic
backbone Departmental local area networks and wireless network of the
faculty, providing email, web and other internet services, maintaining and
updating Faculty Web, maintaining web server, mail server, file servers and
other servers. In addition, Computer Unit provides technical support for
maintaining and repairing computer systems in the faculty.
The Computer Unit introduces the Learning Management System (LMS) in
the faculty since 2007. Some examinations such as assignments and quizzes
are offered online to the students and lecture notes are uploaded with this
system. All other IT facilities viz: Internet, e-mail facilities of the faculty are
maintained by the Computer Unit. Each and every student is provided with an
official e-mail address to make easy communication among students and
staff.
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Bakmaha Ulela 2012 at the Faculty of Agriculture
Bakmaha Ulela 2012 at the Faculty of Agriculture
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1.7 The English Unit The English Unit of the Faculty of Agriculture (EUFA) forms an integral part
of the academic activities of the faculty. Objectives of the English Unit are to
equip the graduates with necessary language skills required for effective
learning and communication. Two kinds of teaching programmes are
undertaken by the English Unit (EUFA).
Upon the entry of the new students into the faculty, the EUFA
conducts an intensive English course.
On-going English program designed for senior undergraduates.
Upon the successful completion of the English course, students sit for an
exam and a Proficiency Certificate is awarded for the successful students. A
full-time English instructor is attached to the EUFA and qualified trained
English instructors are also hired for the intensive English course. The
English unit possesses basic audio-visual materials, equipments and reading
materials. The coordinator of the English Unit is appointed by the faculty
board and Dr (Mrs) WGD Lakmini is working as as the coordinator at
present.
1.8 The Research Farm The University Research Farm at Mapalana encompasses about 65 Ac of both
upland and lowland land. It consists of about 5 Ac of Lowland Paddy, 9 Ac
of Cinnamon, 10 Ac of Coconut, 5 Ac of grassland, 1 Ac of Banana, and
small extents of Pepper, Coffee, Cloves, Pineapple, Mango, Papaya, Durian,
Vegetables and a jungle reserve. Quite a substantial area is still under-
utilized. Jack, Bamboo and a large array of timber species dominate this area.
The Faculty Farm has a nursery, consisting of a wide variety of nursery plants
for sale. Recently much effort has been made to upgrade the nursery to cater
to the increasing demand for planting materials. The two Orchid houses,
which started as an attraction, are also becoming commercial with more and
more Dendrobiums, Vandas, etc. on sale. the Poultry units accommodate
about 900 layers and 500 broilers. Plans are under way to increase the
capacity of the poultry unit. The cattle herd is about 10 Cows and 12 Heifers,
with a milk yield of about 35 L/day. Fifteen buffaloes consisting mainly of
Murrah breed are also reared on the farm and are primarily used for curd
production. A herd of about 100 goats is on the farm and a programme is
underway to improve them by cross breeding of Jamurapari breed.
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The major aims of the farm are to provide assistance in teaching, research and
demonstration, income generation and to address the problems of farmers in
the area. The farm is managed by a farm manager with post-graduate
qualifications assisted by two supervisors. The farm development committee
appointed by the Faculty Board advices the farm manager for the
development of the farm.
1.9 Academic Committee The Academic Committee, consisting of all professors and the Heads of the
Departments, is responsible for the continuous revision and development of
the curriculum of the undergraduate programe, making decisions on academic
activities, development of examination by-laws, dealing with postgraduate
research degree programs, preparation of academic calendars and other
several activities of academic programs of the Faculty. Recently, the
Academic Committee has recorded remarkable achievements in the academic
programs of the Faculty.
Transition of the academic program from annual evaluation method to
semester based evaluation system with the introduction of new courses in the
year 2000, introduction of Grade Point Average (GPA) and optional courses
in 2006, introducing master programs of MSc AgERM (2006), MABM and
MFST (2009), MSc Animal Science (2009), MSc Green Technology (2011)
and MSc Crop Production Technology (2012) are landmarks of the
curriculum development process. Four parallel undergraduate programs,
namely, Bachelor of Food Science and Technology, BSc Agribusiness
Management, BSc Green Technology and restructuring of BSc Agriculture to
the degree of BSc Agricultural Resource Management and Technology are
important milestones. As the curriculum development is a continuous
process, all stakeholders including undergraduate students can make
suggestions in order to develop the academic programs to cater to the
emerging demands of the society. Academic Committee summons regular
monthly meetings on every first Wednesdays of the month before Faculty
Board meeting and frequent meetings for special issues.
The Faculty Board appoints chairperson and secretary to the academic
committee. All heads of the departments and professors of the faculty of
agriculture become members of the committee. At present, Dr PLN
Lakshman and Mr S Wijetunga are the chairperson and the secretary
respectively.
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2. Undergraduate Programmes
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2.1 Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Resource
Management & Technology (BSc Agric Res Mgt &
Tech)
2.1.1 Name of the degree
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Resource Management and Technology
(BSc Agric Res Mgt & Tech)
2.1.2 Graduate profile
A graduate in BSc Agricultural Resource Management and Technology
should be professionals of art and science of crop and livestock production,
technology and management with the developed attitudes and ethics to
integrate biological and physical resources in environmentally friendly,
socially acceptable and economically feasible manner for the production of
food, feed, fiber, renewable energy and other agricultural products for the
betterment of mankind emphasizing the local, regional, national and
international needs.
A graduate in BSc Agricultural Resource Management and Technology
should be able to deal with all the aspects of the Agricultural production
systems commencing from land exploitation up to the formulation of finite
products (farm to fork), research, manage and communicate, with a good
understanding and skill development to mix indigenous knowledge with new
technologies. Further, an Agriculture graduate should be armed with the
sound theoretical and practical knowledge in Agriculture as well as other
essential skills to achieve the followings.
Identifying and analyzing issues related to Agriculture.
Finding acceptable solutions
Engaging in the areas of research, management, academia and
entrepreneurship
Making agriculture as a commercial venture
An effective team leader/player with required skills in Information
Technology and communication
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2.1.3 Admission requirements and registration
2.1.3.1 Admission under general admission policy implemented by the
University Grant Commission
All applicants for admission to the BSc Agricultural Resource Management
& Technology degree programme in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of
Ruhuna must satisfy the general University admission requirements for
Faculties of Agriculture as laid down by the University Grants Commission
of Sri Lanka. However, a separate widow needs to be created by the UGC for
the proposed new degree of BSc Agricultural Resource Management &
Technology. Students admitted to the Faculty shall register as full-time
students and pay any fees as prescribed by the University.
2. 1.3.2 Admission of foreign students
Foreign students are accepted for the degree programme under the guidelines
decided by the University Grant Commission.
2.1.4. Structure of the academic programme
2.1.4.1. Semester system
The academic programme leading to the degree of BSc Agricultural Resource
Management & Technology shall be a full time course organized on a two-
semester system, over a period of four academic years. Thus, the degree
programme shall consist of 8 semesters. Each course will be taught and
evaluated within the semester and end semester examinations, which will be
held at the end of each semester. The semester (except fourth year first and
second semesters) consists of 15 weeks of academic work. Courses will be
evaluated under a credit scheme. The fourth year second semester will be
comprised with the courses and a research programme extending a maximum
of six month duration. One credit unit is equivalent to 15 hours of lectures, or
30 hours of practical classes or 45 hours of field works or 90 hours of
industrial training or 90 hours of research work including the literature survey
or an equivalent combination of theory, practical, fieldwork, seminars and
assignments approved by the Faculty Board.
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2.1.4.2. Course Notations
Course notation consists of two letters at the beginning representing the
relevant department as follows,
AS – Department of Animal Science
BL – Department of Agricultural Biology
CS – Department of Crop Science
EC – Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
EN – Department of Agricultural Engineering
FS – Department of Food Science and Technology
SS – Department of Soil Science
CC – Common Courses
ID – Inter-Departmental Courses
The four-digit number represents the year, semester and the course number
for the semester of the department.
First Numeral = Year
Second Numeral = Semester (1 or 2)
Third and fourth = Course number of the semester of the department
Eg: CS 2103 (Crop Science, Second Year, First Semester, Third Course
offered by the department in the third semester (Second year first semester)
2.1.4.3. Basic course structure and credit allocations
The minimum number of total credits required for the degree is 128. Table
2.1 shows the credit allocations for each Department of Study.
The credit allocation for different semesters of the degree of BSc Agricultural
Resource Management & Technology is shown in table 2.2.
2.1.5. Course structure for the new degree of BSc Agricultural
Resource Management & Technology
In keeping with the objectives of the curriculum revision, many new courses
were introduced to the new degree of BSc Agricultural Resource
Management and Technology. Table 2.3 shows the courses offered by each
Department in the degree of BSc Agricultural Resource Management &
Technology.
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Table 2.1: The credit allocations for each Department of Study
Deparments and components Compulsory course credits
Crop Science 18
Animal Science 17
Agric Biology 16
Agric Engineering 15
Agric Economics 15
Soil Science 8
Food Science & Technology 8
Common courses 11
Elective credits (minimum) 6
Specialization credits 6
Industrial Training 2
Research project 6
Total minimum credits
required for the degree
128
Table 2.2: Credit allocation for semesters
Year Semester Required Numbers of Credits
Total Compulsory Optional
1 I 16 16
II 17 17
2 I 17 17
II 19 19
3 I 17 2 or more 19
II 17 17
4 I 11 2 or more 15
II 8 8
122 6 128
2.1.6. Course contents/descriptions
The contents/descriptions of the courses offered by different Departments of
Study for the degree of degree programs are given in section 3.
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2.1.7. Elective courses
Elective courses will be offered in the third year first semester and final year
first semester only. The minimum number of elective credits a student shall
follow to qualify for award of the degree is 06. Elective courses offered in
each semester will be announced at the beginning of the semester. To offer an
elective course a minimum of five students should be registered for the
course. Students can select elective courses within first two weeks of the
semester. Elective courses can be changed (deleted or added) within the first
four weeks of the semester with the permission of the respective coordinators
of the course.
2.1.8 Compulsory non-credit courses
Students should follow the compulsory non-credit courses and credits of
these courses will not be counted for the numbers of required credits.
2.1.8. Final year specialization programme
Students can apply for the field of specialization at the end of third year
second (3-2) semester based on their performance and preference. Only those
students who have OGPA of more than 2.7 by the end of third year first (3-1)
semester will be given the specialization field at the end of the third year
second semester (3-2) based on their preference. Other students will be
allocated by the Faculty Board among the departments based on the student’s
performances, their preference and resources available in the departments for
the specialization programme. In the fourth year first semester (4-1) students
should study specialization modules of the respective department, all the
compulsory common courses and optional courses as directed by the
respective heads of the department subjected to maximum credit limits per
semester.
The length of the fourth year first semester (4-1) has been reduced to 12
weeks in order to facilitate the Depts to send students for the Industrial
Training.
In the fourth year second semester (4-2) student should undertake a
research/training project as directed by the supervisor and the respective head
of the department. After completion of the project the student shall submit a
letter from the project supervisor indicating that the project report is ready to
be evaluated at the examination along with a completed draft project report to
the head of the department of study at least a week before the final
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examination. Such candidate shall have a minimum of 45% marks obtained
for the conduct of project report and preparation of the project report prior to
appearing for the examination. Failure to fulfill above requirements shall
disqualify a candidate from sitting the examination.
In the event of project supervisor being not available to evaluate the project
report, the head of the department or a person designated by supervisor
and/or head of the department shall evaluate the project report.
2.1.9. Industrial Training
All the students will be sent to selected outside public or private intuitions for
a 8-week Industrial Training immediately before commencement of the
fourth year second semester (final year research project). This component
will contribute two credits to the total credit requirement of the degree. The
Deparments may opt to combine the industrial training and the research
project and send the students to outside institutions if the case permits.
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Table 2.3:Courses offered by each Department of Study in the degree of BSc
Agricultural Resource Management & Technology
Year and
Semester
Courses Offered Credits and
Teaching
hours
1-I Compulsory Cources
AS 1101 Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals (2:15T+30P)
BL 1101 Agricultural Botany and Weed Science (3:30T+30P)
CC 1101 Basic Mathematics and Statistics (2:30T+00P)
CS 1101 Principles of Agronomy (3:30T+30P)
EC 1101 Micro Economics (2:30T+00P)
EN 1101 Farm Power and Mechanization (2:15T+45F)
FS 1101 Introductory Biochemistry and Food Chemistry (3:30T+30P)
Compulsory non-credit cources
CC 1102 Computer Awareness (0:15T+30P )
1-II Compulsory Cources
AS 1201 Forage Crop Production (2:30T+00P)
BL 1201 Fundamentals of Plant Physiology (2:15T+30P)
BL 1202 Entomology (2:15T+30P)
CC 1201 Information and Comm.Tech.in Agriculture (2:15T+30P)
CS 1201 Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture (2:15T+30P)
EC 1201 Macro Economics (2:30T+00P )
EN 1201 Agro-Meteorology and Applied Hydrology (2:15T+45F)
SS 1201 Introductory Soil Science (3:30T+30P)
2-I Compulsory Cources
AS 2101 Genetics and Animal Breeding (2:30T+00P)
BL 2101 Fundamentals of Genetics and Plant Breeding (2:30T+00P)
BL 2102 Introductory Plant Pathology (2:30T+00P)
CC2101 Applied Statistics I (2:30T+00P)
CS 2101 Forest Management (2:15T+30P)
EC 2101 Agricultural Development and Policy (2:30T+15P)
EN 2101 Postharvest Technology (2:15T+45F)
SS 2101 Soil Plant Relations and Nutrient Management (3:30T+30P)
Compulsory non-credit cources
EN 2102 Engineering Drawing (1:00T+30P)
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2-II Compulsory Cources
AS 2201 Animal Nutrition and Feeding (3:30T+30P)
AS 2202 Non-Ruminant Management (2:30T+00P)
BL 2201 Introductory Molecular Biology and Biotech. (2:30T+00P)
CS 2201 Fruit Crop Management (2:15T+30P)
EC 2201 Agribusiness Management (3:30T+30P)
EN 2201 Machinery Systems Engineering (2:15T+45F)
EN 2202 Applied Green Technologies in Agriculture (2:15T+45F)
FS 2201 Food and Nutrition (3:30T+30P)
3-I Compulsory Cources
AS 3101 Animal Diseases and Hygiene (2:15T+30P)
BL 3101 Pest and Disease Management (2:15T+30P)
CS 3101 Export Agricultural Crop Management (2:15T+30P)
CS 3102 Plantation of Crop Management (2:15T+30P
EC 3101 Principles of Comm. and Knowledge Dissemi (2:30T+00P)
EN 3101 Irrigation and Water Resource Engineering (3:30T+30P)
FS 3101 Food Preservation and Processing Technology (2:15T+30P)
SS 3101 Land Resource Management (2:30T+00P)
Compulsory non-credit cources
CS 3103 Training on Plantation Crops (2weeks) (1:00T+45F)
Elective (Optional) Courses
AS 3102 Animal Products for Consumers (2:30T+00P)
BL 3102 Plant Protection Practicum (6:00T+60P)
CC 3101 Database Management Systems (2:15T+30P)
CS 3104 Nursery Management (2:15T+30P)
EN 3102 Ergonomics (2:30T+00P)
FS 3102 Fermentation Technology (2:30T+00P)
SS 3102 Land Suitability Evaluation (2:30T+00P)
3-II Compulsory Cources
AS 3201 Ruminant Management (2:15T+ 30P)
AS 3202 Practical Livestock Production (2: 00T+90F)
BL 3201 Crop Protection and Improvement (2:00T+60P)
CS 3201 Production Techn.of Field Crops and Vegetables (3:00T+135F)
CS 3202 Floriculture (1:00T+45F)
CS 3203 Protected Agriculture (1:00T+45F)
EC 3201 Social Science Research Methods (2:30T+45F)
EC 3202 Agricultural Extension (2:15T+30P)
EN 3201 Field Practices in Agricultural Engineering
(2:00T+90F)
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Compulsory non-credit cources
EN 3202 Training in Agricultural Machinery (0:00T+45F)
EN 3203 Surveying and Leveling (0:15T+60P)
4-I Common Compulsory Credits
CC 4101 Applied Statistics II (3:30T+30P)
CC 4102 Technical Writing and Presentation Skills (2:15T+30P)
Specilization Credits
AS 4101 Advances in Animal Production (3:30T+00P)
AS 4102 Aquaculture (1:15T+00P)
AS 4103 Animal Behaviour and Welfare (1:15T+00P)
AS 4104 Wildlife Management (1:15T+00P)
BL 4101 Applications of Genetics, Molecular Biology and
Plant Physiology
(3:30T+30P)
BL 4102 Applications of Pest and Disease Management (2:15T+30P)
BL 4103 Advances in Plant Improvement* (1:15T+00P)
BL 4104 Introduction to Plant Protection Research* (1:00T+90F)
CS 4101 Aquatic Crop Management (2:15T+30P)
CS 4102 Management of Medicinal Plants (1:08T+15P)
CS 4103 Cropping Systems (1:08T+15P)
CS 4104 Crop Experimentation (2:15T+30P)
CS 4105 Floriculture and Landscape Gardening Training (0: 00T+60P)
EC 4101 Human Resource Development (2:30T+00P)
EC 4102 Natural Resource Management (2:30T+00P)
EC 4103 Agricultural Marketing (2:30T+00P)
EN 4101 Advanced Climatology and Reservoir Hydrology (2:15T+45F)
EN 4102 Advanced Machinery and Processing Engineering (4:30T+90F)
EN4103 CAD and Computer Programming (0:00T+60P)
EN4104 GIS and Remote Sensing (0:15T+30P)
SS 4101 Soil Physics (2: 30T+00P)
SS 4102 Soil Chemistry (2: 30T+00P)
SS 4103 Soil Biology and Biochemistry (1:15T+00P)
SS 4104 Techniques in Soil Research (1: 15T+00P)
FS 4101 Food Microbiology and Safety (2: 30T+00P)
FS 4102 Food Chemistry and Analysis (2: 30T+00P)
FS 4103 Food Process Engineering (1:15T+00P)
FS 4104 Human Nutrition (1:15T+00P)
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?? represents the letters of specialized Department (Ex: AS, BL, etc). T and P
represent the theory hours of teaching and practical hours, respectively. *One
course of BL4103 and BL4104 should be followed by the students who are
specialized in Agricultural Biology.
Note: Refer section 3 for course details (pp: 73)
Elective (Optional) Courses
AS 4105 Animal Waste Management (2:30T+00P)
AS 4106 Care and Management of Companion Animals (2:30T+00P)
AS 4107 Livestock Economics and Legislations (2:30T+00P)
BL 4105 Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Agriculture (2:30T+00P)
CC 4103 Rapid Application Development (2:15T+30P)
CC 4104 Bioethics (2:30T+00P)
CC 4105 Career Guidance and Development (2:15T+30P)
CC 4106 Non-parametric Statistical Methods (2:30T+00P)
CS 4106 Landscape Gardening (2:15T+30P)
CS 4107 Plant Tissue Culture (2:15T+30P)
EC 4104 Project Management (2:30T+00P)
EC 4105 Fisheries Economics & Management (2:30T+00P)
EN 4105 Precision Agricultural. Technology (2:30T+00P)
EN 4106 Electronics and Instrumentation in Agriculture (2:30T+00P)
FS 4105 Cereal Chemistry and Bakery Product Technology (2:30T+00P)
FS 4106 Sanitation and Food Quality Control (1:15T+00P)
SS 4105 Land use and Environmental Quality (2:30T+00P)
SS 4106 Soil Fertility Management (2:30T+00P)
4-II ??4100 Industrial Training 2 (8 Weeks)
??4200 Researct Project 6 (24 Weeks)
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2.2 Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management (BSc
Agribusiness Management)
2.2.1. Background
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension is one of the
pioneering departments, which were started at the beginning of the Faculty of
Agriculture in 1978. The department is offering a series of courses in the BSc
Agriculture degree programme in all four years. One of the major
responsibilities of the Department is to equip the student with a sound
background of principles of Micro economics, Macro economics,
Agricultural Economics, Agricultural policy, Agricultural development,
Agricultural Extension, Social science research methods, Agricultural
marketing, Project management, International trade, programming techniques
for resource allocation, Resource economics, Agribusiness management,
Human resource development, Fisheries economics and management, Farm
management, Participatory appraisal techniques and other relevant fields in
the context of economics and extension.
In addition to academic work, staff members carry out research programmes
on agricultural, fisheries, environmental and forest economics, marketing,
technology transfer, adult education, agricultural policies, rural participation,
adoption studies, impact evaluations, etc. Further, the Department conducts
ad-hoc training programmes for extension workers, development workers and
farmers through it is out-reach programme.
As the department has identified increasing demand of expertise manpower in
the fields of agricultural economics and resource management, the
department has commenced a MSc Program in Agricultural Economics and
Resource Management (MScAgERM) from the year 2006 in addition to
conventional MPhil and PhD degree programs. In this year, 23 students are
performing their research activities towards MScAgERM degree after
completing their course work. In the year 2008, the department started the
second postgraduate programme of Master of Agribusiness Management
(MABM) to cater the emerging demand of the manpower requirement of the
agribusiness sector with the support of leading government and non-
government organizations in the southern region. At present in the
Department, there are three PhD students and about 50 Masters Students are
conducting the course work and research studies.
As there are ten qualified staff members in different disciplines related to
agribusiness management, the department has planned to introduce new
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undergraduate degree programme in the field of agribusiness management.
The professionals at the Faculty of Management and Finance of the
University of Ruhuna and experts from Government and Private sector will
be invited as visiting staff to improve the quality of the proposed degree
programme.
During recent year about one third of the students (30-45 students per batch
in every year) of the faculty are specializing in the department, particularly in
the fields of agribusiness management and agricultural marketing. Moreover,
majority of the students who completed the BSc Agriculture degree in recent
past have found employment opportunities in the fields of marketing,
agribusiness management, banking, human resource management and
different managerial positions in the public and private sectors. Also, recent
studies have revealed that entrepreneurial and managerial skills are more
important and useful to find jobs in private sector and also for self
employment. Moreover, several recent studies have emphasized the
requirement of value addition and marketing of agricultural sector.
Therefore, there is a timely requirement to offer a new degree, which will be
competitive in job market blending the agricultural and managerial skills.
As there is no space for a large number of courses designed in the disciplines
of agribusiness management such as agricultural marketing, project
management, human resource management, entrepreneurship and
international trade in the present BSc degree, new degree programme will
provide an opportunity to utilize the resources in the department effectively.
The aim of the degree programme is to provide an opportunity to the students
to acquire knowledge and skills of basic agricultural concepts, production of
agricultural commodities, entrepreneurial abilities and business management
tools. This will be the first undergraduate programme in Sri Lankan
universities, which blends agricultural knowledge with business management,
entrepreneurial and marketing tools. Proposed new degree programmes is a
four-year degree programme consists of research components in the final
year. Many of the courses are synchronized with main BSc degree
programme and other parallel degree programs to minimize the workload of
staff members and to increase the efficiency of resource use. The department
believe that with the new BSc programme, the physical and human resources
of the faculty can be effectively utilized.
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2.2.2. Structure of the BSc Agribusiness Management Degree
Programme
Table 2.4 gives the brief structure of the degree programme. In the first year
the students follow the courses which are offered in the main degree
programme (*) except two new courses. In the second year first semester and
the second semesters, two and three new courses are offered respectively in
each semester with the courses offered in the main degree programme.
Table 2.4: Credit allocation for semesters
Year Semester Required Numbers of Credits
Total Compulsory Optional
1 I 16 16
II 15 15
2 I 16 16
II 16 16
3 I 10 6 16
II 11 6 17
4 I 11 6 17
II 8 (2+6) 08
103 18 121
From the Third year first semester student can select elective courses from
the main degree programme in addition to compulsory courses to fulfil the
minimum credit requirement. From the third year first semester, number of
compulsory courses will be reduced to give freedom to select elective courses
from other disciplines. However, students will be directed by the Academic
Counsellors in selecting elective courses. Names of the courses with the
respective credit numbers and time allocations are given in table 2.5
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Table 2.5 Courses offered by each Department of Study in the degree of BSc
Agribusiness Management
Year and
Semester
Courses Offered Credits and
Teaching hours
1-I
Compulsory Courses
BL 1101 Introductory Crop Botany and Weed Science (2:15T+30P)*
CC 1101 Basic Mathematics and Staticstics (2:30T+00P)*
CS 1101 Principles of Agronomy (3:30T+30P)*
EC 1101 Micro Economics (2:30T+00P)*
EC 1102 Agriculture and Sri Lankan Economy (2:30T+00P)
EN 1101 Farm Power & Mechanization (2:15T+45F)*
FS 1101 Introductory Biochemistry and Food
Chemestry
(3:30T+30P)*
Compulsory Non Credit Courses
CC 1102 Computer Awareness (0:15T+30P)*
CC 1103 English (0:30T+00P)
1-II
Compulsory Courses 16
AS 1201 Forage Crop Production (2:30T+00P)*
BL 1201 Fundamentals of Plant Physiology (2:15T+30P)*
CC 1201 Information and Communication
Technology in Agriculture
(2:15T+30P)*
CC 1202 Applied Statistics –I (2:30T+00P)
EC 1201 Macro Economics (2:30T+00P)*
EC 1202 Principles of Business Management (2:30T+00P)
SS 1201 Introductory Soil Science (3:30T+30P)*
Compulsory Non Credit Courses
CC 1203 English (0:30T+00P)
2-I
Compulsory Courses
BL 2101 Fundamentals of Genatics and Plant
Bereeeding
(2:30T+00P)*
EC 2101 Agricultural Development and Policy (2:30T+00P)*
EC 2102 Principles of Resource Management (2:30T+00P)
EC 2103 Agricultural Finance (2:30T+00P)
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EC 2104 Consumer Behaviour (2:30T+00P)
EN 2101 Post Harvest Technology (2:15T+45F)*
SS 2101 Soil Plant Relations and Nutrient
management
(3:30T+30P)*
Compulsory Non Credit Courses
CC 2101 English (0:30T+00P)
2-II
Compulsory Courses
AS 2201 Animal Nutrition and Feeding (3:30T+30P)*
BL 2201 Introductory Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology
(2:30T+00P)*
CS 2201 Fruit Crop Management (2:15T+30P)*
EC 2201 Agribusiness Management (3:30T+30P)*
EC 2202 Economic statistics (2:30T+00P)
EC 2203 Book Keeping and Accountancy (3:30T+30P)
FS 2201 Food and Nutrition (3:30T+30P)*
Compulsory Non Credit Courses
CC 2201 English (0:30T+00P)
3-I
Compulsory Courses
EC 3101 Principles of Communication and
Knowledge Dissemination
(2:30T+00P)**
EC 3102 Project Management (2:30T+00P)
EC 3103 Marketing Management (2:30T+00P)
EC 3104 International Trade (2:30T+00P)
EC 3105 Entrepreneurship (2:30T+00P)
Elective (Optional) Courses
AS 3101 Animal Diseases and Hygiene (2:15T+30P)*
BL 3101 Pest and Disease management (2:15T+30P)*
CS 3101 Export Agricultural Crop Management (2:15T+30P)*
CS 3102 Plantation Crop Management (2:15T+30P)*
FS 3101 Food Preservation and Processing
Technology
(2:15T+30P)*
SS 3101 Land resource Management (2:30T+00P)*
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3-II
Compulsory Courses
EC 3201 Social Science Research Methods (2:15T+45F)*
EC 3202 Agricultural Extension (2:15T+30P)*
EC 3204 Environmental Impact Assessment and
Valuation Techniques
(2:15T+30P)
EC 3205 Food Policy and Legislations (2:30T+00P)
EC 3206 Organizational Management (2:30T+00P)
Elective (Optional) Courses
AS 3201 Ruminant Management (2:15T+30P)*
AS 3202 Practical Livestock Production (2:00T+90F)*
CS 3202 Floriculture (1:00T+45F)*
CS 3203 Protected Agriculture (1:00T+45F)*
EN 3202 Training in Agricultural Machinery (0:00T+45F)*
4-I Compulsory Courses
CC 4101 Applied Statistics - II (3:30T+30P)*
CC 4102 Technical Writing, and Presentation Skills
and Seminar
(2:15T+30P)*
EC 4101 Human Resource Development (2:30T+00P)*
EC 4103 Agricultural Marketing (2:30T+00P)*
EC 4106 Participatory Rural Appraisal (2:15T+45F)
Elective (Optional) Courses
CC 4105 Career Guidance and Development (2:15T+30P)*
CC 4106 Non-parametric Statistics (2:30T+00P)*
CS 4106 Landscape Gardening (2:15T+30P)*
CS 4107 Plant Tissue Culture (2:15T+30P)*
EC 4102 Natural Resource Management (2:30T+00P)*
FS 4105 Cereal Chemistry and Bakery Product
Technology
(2:30T+00P)*
FS 4106 Sanitation and Food Quality Control (1:15T+00P)*
EC4100 Industrial Training (2:8 Weeks)
4-II EC4200 Research / Training Project (6: 24 Weeks)
*Courses offered in other BSc programmes as compulsory courses or elective
courses
Note: Refer section 3 for course details (pp: 73)
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Although, the minimum credit requirement of the elective courses is 18,
students can follow more optional courses subjected to maximum limits of
the course credits per semester in the examination by-laws of the degree
programme.
The programme has been designed parallel to the Other BSc Agriculture
degree programmes of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna.
During the first two years, the majority of the courses are synchronized with
the existing degree programme. Students will be specialized in the field of
Agribusiness Management during second half of the degree programme.
2.3.3. Course Descriptions
The contents/descriptions of the courses offered by different Departments of
Study for the degree of degree programs are given in section 3.
2.2.4. The Examination Regulations / By Laws
Examination regulations for the degree of the Bachelor of Science in
Agribusiness Management has been approved by the senate of the university
of Ruhuna under section 136 of the universities act no. 16 of 1978 as
amended by the universities (amendment) act no. 7 of 1985. Examination
bylaws for BSc in Agribusiness Management is almost similar to the bylaws
of other BSc degrees offered by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of
Ruhuna (Section 6) otherwise they have been given.
These regulations provide the criteria and other conditions relating to
examinations leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness
Management (B.Sc. Agribusiness Management). Any interpretations of these
regulations shall be submitted to the senate and the decision of the Senate
shall be final.
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2.3 Bachelor of Science in Green Technology (BSc in
G.Tech)
2.3.1 Introduction
The University of Ruhuna, Faculty of Agriculture comprises of seven
departments. The BSc (Agric.) degree has been offered from the inception of
the faculty in 1978. The students' intake of the faculty at the beginning was
about 20 per year and now, it was increased up to 150 per year. The most of
staff members has completed the postgraduate studies in various disciplines
related to natural sciences and their capabilities with respect to modern
knowledge and technologies are quite expanded. Apart from the bachelor
degree courses, the regular Master degree programs have already been
initiated in the recent past related to agriculture and natural resources
management, basically, due to higher demand in the southern province of Sri
Lanka. The faculty has decided to offer several parallel bachelor degree
programs for the expanding of student intake of the faculty as well as
providing the opportunity for the student to study in various disciplines
according to their wish and country demand while utilizing the human
resources in the faculty efficiently. The BSc in GT degree program was
basically formulated to produce graduates who can contribute the national
development using modern technologies while minimizing the environmental
degradation occurred due to the development activities.
With the development, the natural resources are being heavily utilized,
reduced and polluted creating numeric problems for all living beings in the
world. Therefore, for the sake of all living being, it is essential to utilize
natural resources for the betterment of the human needs and development by
minimizing the environmental burdens associated with them. Officers in
government, non-government and private organizations who work in the
development projects, especially in rural areas where more priorities have
been identified for the future development, should arm with the knowledge
and technology, which can be used for the sustainable development through
production and services by minimizing the environmental burdens. At
present, officers of the government, private and non-government organization
who work in development projects is not much consider about environment
which vital for the sustainable development. This degree program produces
graduates who are capable of working in development projects including
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service based organizations with considering the environmental aspects also.
The course will cover environment management, renewable energy
production, energy efficiency, and crop production for bio-based products,
sustainable land use, waste management and recycling, traditional/indigenous
technology, production technologies for bio-products, environmental
improvement, and efficient management of water and quality management.
A graduate in BSc Green Technology should be a professional for rural
development, small-scale renewable power generation, sustainable
production of crops for energy, raw materials for industry, and infra structure
development with the integration of sustainable concepts in a
multidisciplinary approach to the environmentally sensitive production with
resource optimization by maintaining environmental quality standards.
2.3.1.1 Objectives
The objective of this degree program is to produce BSc graduates combining
technical and scientific skills with an understanding of the environment,
renewable energy management, waste utilization, resource management and
land based industries who can contribute to the national and global
development.
2.3.1.2 General course description
The course will cover environment management, renewable energy
production, energy efficiency, and crop production for bio-based products,
sustainable land use, waste management and recycling, traditional/indigenous
technology, production technologies for bio-products, environmental
improvement, and efficient management of water and quality management.
2.3.1.3 Graduate Profile
A graduate in BSc Green Technology should be a professional for rural
development, small-scale renewable power generation, sustainable
production of crops for energy, raw materials for industry, and infra structure
development with the integration of sustainable concepts in a
multidisciplinary approach to the environmentally sensitive production with
resource optimization by maintaining environmental quality standards.
2.3.1.4 Job Profile
Based on the outcome of the seminars, discussions and workshops conducted
and participated, it was identified that there is a great opportunity for BSc
Green Technology graduates employ in government, non-government and
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private organizations as consultants, development officers, managers,
environmental officers, technical officers, extension officers, and similar
positions in wide variety of fields.
2.3.1.5 Entry Requirement
Candidates should meet the following requirements
They should be qualified for entry requirements set by University Grant
Commission in Sri Lanka to admit students to Universities in biological
stream.(Biology,Chemistry, Physics/Agriculture/Soft technologies)
Candidates should have at least grade “C” pass for English in GCE (O/L)
examination.
2.3.1.6 Number of students per Year
Maximum number of candidate admitted to this course in a year will be
limited to fifty (50).
2.3.1.7 Duration of the course
The academic program leading to the Degree of BSc in Green
Technology shall be a full time course organized on a two semester
system, over a period of four academic years. Thus the degree program
shall consist of 8 semesters. Each course will be taught and evaluated
within the semester. And end semester examinations will be held at the
end of each semester. One semester (except last two semesters) consists
of 15 weeks of academic work. Courses will be evaluated under the credit
scheme. Fourth year first semester will be allocated for an industrial
training. Fourth year second semester will be a research project extending
a maximum of six month duration.
2.3.1.8 Degree Offered
BSc in Green Technology will be offered to candidates who have
successfully completed the required courses, industrial training and the
research component.
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2.3.2 Structure and Design of curriculum
2.3.2.1 Major Thematic Areas of the Degree Course
Sustainable Resource Management (SRM)
Natural Resources of Sri Lanka
Efficient Use of Natural Resources
Conservation Principles
Environmental Pollution
Environmental Sociology
Laws and Regulations with respect to Natural Resources
and Pollution Prevention
Human Resources Management
Sustainable Environmental Design (SED)
Land Use Planning
Environmental Tools
Environmental Economics
Wildlife and Biodiversity
Project Planning
Climate Change
Carbon Crediting
Sustainable Environmental Technology (SET)
Wastewater Management
Solid Waste Management
Emission Control
Cleaner Production
Product Processing
Quality Management
Indigenous Technology
Sustainable Energy (SE)
Energy and Development
Renewable Energy Sources
Energy Analysis and Management
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2.3.3 Course Structure
Credit allocation for differen years and semesters are shown in Table 2.6.
Total numbers of credits for the BSc in Green Technology is 124. Names of
the courses with the respective credit numbers and time allocations are given
in table 2.7.
Table 2.6: Credit allocation for semesters
Year Semester Required Numbers of Credits
Total Compulsory Optional
1 I 18 18
II 16 16
2 I 16 2 18
II 16 2 18
3 I 16 2 18
II 16 2 18
4 I 06 06
06* 06
II 06** 08
116 8 124
*Industrial Training; ** Research Project
2.3.4.1Course Descriptions
The contents/descriptions of the courses offered by different Departments of
Study for the degree of degree programs are given in section 3.
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Table 2.7: Courses offered by each Department of Study in the degree of BSc
Green Technology
Year and
Semester
Courses Offered Credits and
Teaching
hours
1-I
Compulsory Courses
CC 1101 Basic Mathematics and Statistics (2:30T+00P)
CC 1104 Information and Communication Techn. (2:15T+30P)
CS 1101 Principles of Agronomy (3:30T+30P)
EC 1103 Economic principles (2:30T+00P)
EN 1102 Applied Hydrology and Climatology (3:30T+30P)
ID 1101 Environment and Pollution (2:15T+30P)
ID 1102 Atmospheric Pollution and Prevention (2:15T+30P)
ID 1103 Natural Resources of Sri Lanka (2:15T+30P)
1-II
Compulsory Courses
CC1204 Basic Statistics (2:30T+00P)
BL 1203 Environmental Biotechnology (2:15T+30P)
BL 1204 Biodiversity Conservation (2:15T+30P)
EN 1202 Virtual Water and Water Foot Print (2:15T+30P)
EN 1203 Renewable Energy I (2:15T+30P)
EN 1204 Climate Change and Carbon Balancing (3:15T+60P)
SS 1201 Introductory Soil Science (3:30T+30P)
2-I
Compulsory Courses
EC 2105 Environmental Economics (3:45T+00P)
EN 2103 Machinery Principles and power units (2:15T+30P)
EN 2104 Renewable Energy II (3:30T+30P)
EN 2105 Biomass Energy Technology (2:15T+30P)
EN 2106 Energy analysis and budgeting (2:15T+30P
ID 2101 Introductory Green Chemistry (2:15T+30P)
ID 2102 Basic concepts of Quality and Productivity (2:15T+30P)
Elective (Optional) Courses
BL 2103 Introductory Plant Protection (2:15T+30P)
CC 2102 Data Base Management (2:15T+30P)
CS 2102 Urban Agriculture (2:15T+30P)
ID 2103 Electronics and Instrumentatin (2:15T+30P)
ID 2104 Spiritual Development (2:00T+60P
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2-II
Compulsory Courses
AS 2203 Sustainable Livestock Production Systems (2:15T+30P)
CS 2202 Sustainable Crop Production Technology (3:30T+30P)
EN 2204 Biogas technology (2:15T+30P)
EN 2205 Sustainable Solid Waste Management (2:15T+30P)
EN2206 Ergonomics (2:15T+30P)
EN 2203 Water Resource Management (2:15T+30P)
ID 2201 Green Buildings Designing (3:30T+30P)
Elective (Optional) Courses
EN 2207 Phytoremediation (2:15T+30P)
EN 2208 Precission Agricultural Technology (2:15T+30P)
EN 2209 Water Quality and Purification (2:15T+30P)
ID 2202 Cleaner Production (2:15T+30P)
3-I
Compulsory Courses
CS 3105 Landscape Architecture (2:15T+30P)
CS 3106 Forest Ecology (2:15T+30P)
EC 3106 Business Management and Entrepreneurship (2:30T+00P)
EC 3107 Eco-tourism (2:15T+30P)
EN 3103 GIS and RS (2:15T+30P)
EN 3104 Post Harvest Technology (2:15T+30P)
FS 3103 Organic Food Production and Preservation (2:15T+30P)
ID 3101 Waste Water Treatment (2:15+30P)
Elective (Optional) Courses
CC 3102 Rapid Application Development (2:15T+30P)
EC 3108 Human Resources Management (2:30T+00P)
EN 3105 Integrated Water Resource
Management
(2:15T+30P)
SS 3101 Land Resource Management (2:15T+30P)
3-II
Compulsory Courses
CC 3201 Applied Statistics (2:30T+00P)
CC 3202 Research methodology and Scientific
Writing
(2:30T+00P)
CC 3203 Carrier Development (2:15T+30P)
EC 3203 Project Planning and Management (2:30T+00P)
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ID 3201 Quality management tools and problem
solving
(2:15T+30P)
ID 3202 Life Cycle Assessment (2:15T+30P)
ID 3203 Indigenous Knowledge Systems (2:30T+00P)
ID 3204 Green Productivity
(2:15T+30P)
Elective (Optional) Courses
EN 3204 Ecological Sanitation (2:15T+30P)
EN3205 Composting Technology (2:15T+30P)
ID 3205 Building Wiring and Air Condition (2:15T+30P)
ID 3206 Environmental Evaluation (2:15T+30P)
4-I
Compulsory Courses
EN 4107 Non destructive measurements (2:15T+30P)
ID 4101 Disasters and Green Solutions (2:15T+30P)
ID 4102 Innovation and Technology Transfer (2:15T+30P)
EN 4100 Industrial Training (6:12 Weeks)
4-II
EN4200 Research Project (6: 24 Weeks)
Note: Refer section 3 for course details (pp: 73)
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3. Course Descriptions
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3.1 Courses Offered by Department of Animal Science
AS 1101 Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals (2: 15T+30P) Anatomy and physiology of the digestive systems and physiology of
digestion in farm animals, Anatomy of the male reproductive systems,
Reproductive physiology, Anatomy and physiology of female reproductive
systems of farm animals, Estrous cycle, Heat detection, Artificial
insemination, Physiology of parturition, Anatomy of mammary glands,
Lactation physiology, Reproductive endocrinology, Anatomy in relation to
minor surgery.
AS 1201 Forage Crop Production (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction, Pasture production systems in Sri Lanka, Agronomy of grasses
and legumes, Pasture establishment, Soil fertility and fertilization of forages,
Role of the legume, Pasture management Defoliation, grazing and pasture
conservation techniques, Herbage quality, Measurement of pasture
production.
AS 2101 Genetics and Animal Breeding (2: 30T+00P)
Domestication and origin of farm animals, growth and development,
Principles of genetics, Nature of gene and heredity, Maternal chromosome,
Their evolution and conservation, Cytogenetics, New technology in animal
breeding, Genetic polymorphism, Population genetics, Relationship,
Repeatability, Relationship, inheritance of economic traits, Genetics and
phenotypic variance, Population genetics, Heritability and repeatability and
their estimation, Selection, Basis of selection, Selection methods, Breeding
systems: Inbreeding and cross breeding, Heterosis, Genetic improvement,
Improvement of livestock with special reference to situation in Sri Lanka.
AS 2201 Animal Nutrition and Feeding (3: 30T+30P) Nutrients and feedstuffs, Classification of nutrients, water and dry matter in
animal nutrition, Carbohydrates, proteins and amino acids, Lipids, Minerals,
Vitamins in animal nutrition and feeding; Sources, Functions, Deficiency
symptoms, Requirements, Toxicities, Interactions, Growth promotants,
Digestion metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins in ruminants and non
ruminants, Utilization of NPN and fibrous feeds, Classification of livestock
feeds, evaluation of livestock feeds, Ration formulation principles for
ruminants and non ruminants, Nutrition and feeding of dairy cattle, Swine,
Poultry, Goat, Fish and Companion animals.
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AS 2202 Non-Ruminant Management (2: 30T+00P)
Swine Management (Terminologies, Potentials & advantages and constrains
of swine industry, Selection of site for piggery, Swine breeds, Pig production
systems, Swine management operations, Selection of a Sow/Gilt,
Management of gilts, Selection of a boar, Management of boar, Management
of pregnant animals, Baby pig management, Management of fatteners,
Planning of a piggery, Sow productivity), Poultry Management (Technical
terms and definitions in poultry management, Classification, Different breeds
of poultry, Structure of an egg , Incubation, Incubators, Brooding, Grower
management, Layer Management, Housing, Moulting, Culling in poultry,
Broiler management, Management of ducks, Broiler processing).
AS 2203 Sustainable Livestock Production Systems (2: 15T+30P) History and evolution of livestock production; present situation of the
livestock industry, Animal husbandry Vs Animal Industry; Nutrient, water
and energy cycles through livestock systems; Utilization efficiencies of
nutrient, water, and energy in livestock systems; Environmental burdens of
livestock industries; Feeding strategies for sustainable livestock production,
crop and livestock breeding strategies for sustainable livestock production;
Concepts and practices of organic livestock production systems; Livestock as
components of integrated farming systems.
AS 3101 Animal Diseases and Hygiene (2: 15T+30P)
Principles of animal hygiene and diseases, Causative organisms of diseases,
Clinical examinations and disease diagnosis, Common diseases of cattle,
Swine, Poultry, Goat and other farm animals, Their symptoms, Diagnosis,
Prevention and control, Important zoonotic diseases.
AS 3102 Animal Products for Consumers (2: 30T+00P) Introduction to dairy science and technology, General characteristics of milk,
definition of milk, major and minor constituents of milk, Factors influencing
the composition, Properties of milk, Effect of heat on milk properties, Food
value of milk, Milk contamination and prevention of contamination, Milk
testing, Milk processing. Introduction, Structure and composition of muscle,
Conversion of muscle to meat, Eating quality of meat, Factors affect on meat
consumption level, Nutritive value of meat, Slaughtering of farm animals,
Meat colour, Carcass evaluation, Basic techniques in meat processing).
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Students during a practical session at the Dept of Animal Science
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AS 3201 Ruminant Management (2: 30T+00P) Introduction to ruminant management, Dairy production, Present situation,
Statistics of milk production, Breeds of dairy cattle, Principles of ruminant
management, Farm animal and environment, Housing for ruminants, Dairy
hard management, Dairy cow management, Care of the dam at parturition,
Management of heifers, Management of bull, Calf management, Different
systems of calf management, Buffalo management, Small ruminant
management, Buffalo management (Introduction, Population, distribution and
production statistics, Buffalo breeds, Advantages and problems associated
with buffalo management, Buffalo production systems, Crop-buffalo
interactions in crop-livestock systems, Contribution of buffaloes to rural
development, Uses of buffalo management, Routine management practices,
Management of new born calves up to weaning, weaning to 6 months of age,
six months to conception, management of pregnant animals, Management at
parturition, Lactating herd, Breeding bull and management of draught herd).
AS 3202 Practical Livestock Production (2: 90F) On farm training in practical livestock production: Clean milk production,
Ration formulation, mixing and feeding, Housing of farm animals,
Management of broilers, , Slaughtering and processing of broilers, Pasture
Production and Conservation, General clinical examination of farm animals,
Pregnancy diagnosis, Artificial insemination, Livestock economics and farm
planning, Farm records, Vaccination techniques for farm animals, Body
condition scoring and dairy cow score cards, Routing practices of farm
animals, Zoometrical measurements of farm animals, Milk processing,
Restraining and casting of farm animals, Day old chick management,
Management of broilers, Methods of urea feeding, calibration of common
containers for livestock feeds and water, Filed visits and seminar.
AS 4100 Industrial Training (2: 8 Weeks)
AS 4101 Advances in Animal Production (3: 30T+30P)
Advances in Animal Product Technology (dairy, meat and egg), Advances in
Animal Genetics and Breeding, Advances in animal reproductive
technologies, Recent developments in Ruminant Nutrition, Recent
developments in forage utilization, Animal feed processing technology,
Nutrition and feeding of breeding stocks, feeding strategies for product
quality, feeding strategies for sustainability, selected topics in recent
advances in animal nutrition and feeding, Ration formulation for ruminants,
The role of fiber in ruminant ration, Supplementary feeding for ruminants,
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Determination of Dry Matter Digestibility, Ethical evaluation of animal
experiments
AS 4102 Aquaculture (1: 15T+00P)
Inland fisheries sector of Sri Lanka (Past, Present and Future development),
economically important aquatic resources of Sri Lanka, Principles of food
fish culture, Ornamental fish farming, Shrimp bivalves and other culturing
aquatic animal species, Fish breeding, Value added fish products, Aquatic
weeds and aquatic plant production, integrated animal-fish mixed cropping
systems. Aquatic pollution, conservation and management of aquatic
resources.
AS 4103 Animal Behaviour and Welfare (1: 15T+00P)
Introduction to Animal Behavior and Welfare (animal behavior, impotency of
animal behavior, animal Welfare, Behavior as an indicator of welfare,
Welfare terminologies and concepts, understanding of abnormal behaviors)
History and Evolution of the topic Animal Welfare (Religious development
and legal development, Some welfare movements in the past, Brambell
committee recommendations, Animal Ethics), The 5 Freedoms in Animal
Welfare (Definitions and measurements of 5 Freedoms)The Animal Welfare
Act 1999, Domestication and associated welfare issues, Welfare issues
associated with different animal species; Cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep/goat and
zoo animals.
AS 4104 Wildlife Management (1: 15T+00P)
Economically important aquatic resources of Sri Lanka, Principles food fish
culture, Aquatic weeds and aquatic plant production, Integrated animal-fish
mixed cropping systems, Conservation and management of Aquatic
resources, biodiversity (Definition, Present Situation in Sri Lanka,
Importance, Threats, Conservation, Current issues), Eco-systems
(Definitions, Importance, Different eco systems with special emphasis in Sri
Lanka), Wildlife on Sri Lanka (Present situation, Issues, Potentials, Principles
of conservation and management), Conservation of wildlife with special
emphasis on elephant as a flagship species, human elephant conflicts, etc.,
Range management: requirements of different species; carrying capacities,
stocking rate, etc., population dynamics of selected species, Research
methodologies, field techniques, appropriate analysis methods, etc., Eco-
tourism: Concepts, Potentials, Strategies & constraints, Government policies
& legal aspects, International conventions
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AS 4105 Animal Waste Management (2: 30T+00P)
Livestock waste as a resource, The harmful effect of animal wastes on the
environment, Effect of animal waste on human health, Characteristics of
animal wastes, The techniques to minimize the detrimental effects of
livestock waste on the environment, Livestock waste composting, The biogas
generation from animal manure, Livestock waste water treatment principles,
Aerobic, anaerobic and wetland treatments.
AS 4106 Care and Management of Companion Animals (2: 30T+00P) Breeds of cats and dogs, Common diseases of companion animals, Zoonotic
diseases and vaccination programs, breeding management of companion
animals.
AS 4107 Livestock Economics and Legislation (2: 30T+00P) Present situation of the global and Sri Lankan livestock industry, Factors
affecting the profitability of the livestock operations, Special features of
livestock commodities, Acts related to livestock industry in Sri Lanka,
Ethical issues related to animal industry, Ethical evaluation of animal
experiments.
AS4200 Research Project (6: 24 Weeks)
3.2 Corses Offered by the Department of Agricultural.
Biology
BL 1101 Agricultural Botany and Weed Science (2: 15T+30P)
Plant Systematics/ Taxonomy (Plant classification, How to draw floral
diagram and how to write floral formula, How to write a key, Use of Plants
by humans, Plant description, Modifications of plant parts, Categories of
inflorescence), Economic Botany (Economic plant communities, The
economical and sustainable management for the environment for the
production of plants to enhance human life), Botany/Morphology and special
characters of Agricultural Plants, Common Weeds, Ornamental value of
tropical plants, Crops with Miscellaneous Uses.
BL 1201 Fundamentals of Plant Physiology (2: 15T+30P)
Fundamentals of plant physiology (photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration,
nutrition, translocation and development) will be emphasized.
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Students engaged in research at the Dept. of Agricultural Biology
Students engaged in research at the Dept. of Agricultural Biology
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BL 1202 Entomology (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to insects (Place of insects in the living world, characteristic
features of arthropods and insects, Different orders of insects and their
ecological significance (27 orders), Biology of insects, Anatomy, Physiology
and development of insects and behavior (Basic features of the common
insect orders, Behavior and ecology of major insect orders), Practical
entomology (Classification, nomenclature, identification, collection,
preservation etc.).
BL 1203 Environmental Biotechnology (2: 15T+30P) Fundamentals of biological interventions Components of environment,
Environmental components as resources, Cycling materials in the
environment :Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Carbon, Sulphur, water, Changes in
natural environment: Environmental pollutants and pollution, Global
warming, Climate change, Extreme environmental conditions, Principles of
biotechnology (Gene regulation, DNA and RNA: structure, Genetic code,
Gene expression : replication, transcription, translation, Gene manipulation:
Recombinant DNA technology (Restriction sites, restriction enzymes,
vectors, hosts, Use of plasmids in biotechnology), Microbes in
Biotechnology, Types of micro organisms, Extreme environmental
conditions for microbes, Utilization of micro organisms for environmental
biotechnology, Micro organism metabolism, utilization of knowledge on
microbe metabolism for environmental biotechnology, Over view of
anabolism (Photosynthesis) and Catabolism (Respiration), Biotechnology for
environmental monitoring, remediation, reduction or removal of wastes, and
pollution prevention, Environmental biotechnology, Detection of pollution:
Bio markers and Biosensors , Control methods for environmental pollution,
Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Biotreatment technologies, Waste water
biotreatment, membrane bioreactor technology, Use of molecular techniques,
metal removal by micro organisms, Soil biotreatment, Solid waste
biotreatment, Gaseous stream biotreatmet, Prevention of environmental
pollution through cleaner production and integrated environmental protection
approach
BL1204 Biodiversity Conservation (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to the fundamental principles of conservation biology (clearly
define terms and principles relevant to conservation biology), Introduction to
Bio diversity conservation with definitions and terminologies mostly used in
this subject area. Introduce three main factors of biodiversity (species
diversity, genetic diversity and eco system diversity). Identification of the
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distribution of global biodiversity (biodiversity hot spots, species richness).
Provide general idea about value of biodiversity to the persistence of the life.
Loss of bio diversity-identify major threats facing by communities and eco
systems (Climate change, habitat loss and degradation, habitat fragmentation,
Invasive species, human population and resource consumption). Reasons for
species extinction/rate of extinction, Addressing conservation threats -ex situ
conservation, corridors, International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) red list categories and criteria. Introduce Bio diversity conservation
act in Sri Lanka, National and international institutions for Bio diversity
conservation. (IUCN/WWU/CBD), Biodiversity assessment techniques
(Habitat restoration, community based conservation), National and
international Biodiversity conservation areas. (Yala, Kannneliya), Case
studies in Bio diversity conservation in other countries, Economic and social
value of Bio diversity conservation.
BL 2101 Fundamentals of Genetics and Plant Breeding (2: 30T+00P)
Development and scope of Plant Genetics, Fundamentals of Plant Genetics
(Mendel’s laws of inheritance, Gene interactions, Chromosome theory of
inheritance, Chromosomal aberrations, Linkage), Principles of Plant Breeding
(Historical perspective and importance of plant breeding, Evolution of
cultivated crops, Objectives of plant breeding, Plant Introduction and
domestication, Reproductive systems in crops, Plant breeding methods based
on crop reproductive systems).
BL 2102 Introductory Plant Pathology (2: 30T+00P)
Overview of science of plant pathology, Plant Disease, Major groups of plant
pathogens, Principles of disease development, Plant disease epidemics,
Principles of management of plant diseases.
BL 2103 Introductory Plant Protection (2: 15T+30P)
The biological basis of agricultural biology, crop production and protection,
and ecosystem management, Abundance, diversity and distribution of
invertebrates, non-insect arthropods, insects in agro-ecosystems; functional
relationships among different groups. Biology, importance and management
of, Termites, Wasps, Ants and Bees, Indicators of sustainability; diversity of
natural systems, conservation areas, Industrial plant pathology and
entomology, Forensic Plant Pathology and forensic entomology. Use of bio
control agents and other techniques in modern agriculture, Modern
techniques in identification and diagnosis of plant pathogens and pests,
diseases and weeds diagnosis. Practical aspects of pest, disease and weed
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management - Preventive methods, monitoring systems, intervention methods
for pest and disease management Identification of common pests and diseases
and weed flora, Molecular biological applications and genetic engineering in
plant protection, Computer modeling and pests and disease forecasting, Use
of modern telecommunications in pests,
BL 2201 Introductory Molecular Biology and Biotechnology(2:30T+00P)
DNA and RNA: structure, DNA methylation and histone modification,
Genetic code, Gene expression : replication, transcription, translation, RNA
splicing and processing, Modifications of gene expression; Operon model,
Gene manipulation: Recombinant DNA technology (Restriction sites,
restriction enzymes, vectors, hosts, Use of plasmids in biotechnology), Plant
gene transformation, Methods of plant gene transformation, transposons,
Classifications Mutations, Molecular basis of mutations, DNA repair
systems, Pedigree analysis, Southern hybridization, DNA Finger printing,
Polymerase chain reaction.
BL 3101 Pest and Disease Management (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to crop protetion (concepts of crop protection, IPM, IPVM,
Ecosystem based crop protections, tools and methods of crop protections),
Plant diseases of agricultural importance, Pests of agricultural importance,
Weeds of agricultural importance, Chemicals in plant protection.
BL 3102 Plant Protection Practicum (1: 00T+30P)
Practical concepts of plant pathology and agricultural microbiology:
introduction to microbiology laboratory and equipment usage, ascetic
techniques, culture media preparation and pure culture techniques,
identification techniques for different plant pathogens, Koch’s postulates,
plant disease assessment, setting up simple laboratory and green house based
bioassays; Practical aspects of entomology and pest management: permanent
preservation of insects and other small arthropods, use of plant protection
equipment, pesticide application techniques, collection, preservation and
identification of agriculturally important insect pests, diseases, weeds and
natural enemies. Vertebrate pest management, post harvest pest management
and biological control, field visits.
BL 3201 Crop Protection and Improvements (2: 00T+60P) Practical aspects of pest, Disease and weed management; Preventive
methods, monitoring systems, Intervention methods for pest and disease
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management Identification of common pests and diseases and weed flora,
Physiological disorders of crops, Crop breeding programme.
BL4100 Industrial Training (2: 8 Weeks)
Experience and understanding situations in an industrial or research
organization, over view of how knowledge could be applied in real situation,
parallel and hierarchal communication ability for favorable human relations,
exposure to working society for hands – on experience, motivation of
students for working in the field, widening the skills and providing
opportunity to understand own weaknesses prior to graduation, development
of sense of responsibility in the society. At the end of the training, students
are supposed to submit a comprehensive report and or present their
observations on the followings; Type and structure of the organization and its
activities, Issues, problems, and practices relevant to the
Institute/agency/company, sort of information gathered during the training,
evidences for keep a log of activities and observations by the interns.
BL 4101 Applications of Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant
Physiology (3: 30T+30P)
Mendelian Genetics, Population genetics, Genetic basis of selection,
Quantitative genetics, Genomic and DNA libraries, Molecular tools in
analysis of crop genetic variation, Transgenic plant production and their
applications, Developmental Physiological processes and their applications
(Flowering and its applications, principles related to production by crop
canopies, solutions to problems of crop yield and quality, Dormancy and seed
physiology, physiology of plant movements), Stress physiology (emphasis on
salinity and drought), Stomatal physiology under adverse environment.
BL 4102 Applications of Pest and Disease Management (2: 15T+30P)
The biological basis of agricultural biology, Crop production and protection,
and ecosystem management, Abundance, Diversity and distribution of
invertebrates, Non-insect arthropods, Insects in agro-ecosystems; Functional
relationships among different groups (Including mollusca, oligochaeta),
Functional relationships of spiders (araneae), Mites (acari), Isopoda,
Earthworms, and Other important phyla in agricultural ecosystems, Biology,
Importance and Management of, Termites, Wasps, Ants and Bees, Indicators
of sustainability; Diversity of natural systems, Conservation areas, Molecular
biological applications and Genetic engineering in plant protection, Industrial
plant pathology and entomology, Forensic Plant Pathology and forensic
entomology. Use of bio control agents and other techniques in modern
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agriculture, Modern techniques in identification and diagnosis of plant
pathogens and pests, Computer modeling and pests and disease forecasting,
Use of modern telecommunications in pests, Diseases and weeds diagnosis.
BL 4103 Advances in Plant Improvement (1:15T+00P)
Issues in Agricultural Bio diversity, Techniques in biotechnology for plant
improvement, Use of plant transformation, hybrid vigor, mutation breeding
and molecular markers as tools in plant improvement, Economical Botany,
Weed science, Bioinformatics, Understanding on biological interactions and
their problems in agriculture, Ethical and environmental dimensions of those
problems and issues, Designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting
individually designed short experiments (mini projects) on various aspects in
relation to plant sciences in the area of Agricultural Biology.
BL 4104 Advances in Plant Protection (1: 15T+00P)
Understanding on complex plant health problems, Ethical and environmental
dimensions of problems and issues, Designing, conducting, analyzing and
interpreting individually designed short experiments on various aspects of
Plant Protection.
BL 4105 Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Agriculture (2: 30T+00P)
Indigenous knowledge in irrigation, Pest and disease control, Farming
systems, Farm machinery, Post harvest technology.
BL4200 Research Project (6: 24 Weeks)
Application of theoretical knowledge to solve a selected specific problem in
the field of agricultural Biology, designing a scientific research project,
experimental designs, identification of exact parameters and control
experiments, proposal presentation, collecting, tabulating, analyzing and
presenting data in logical manner, writing the theses, presenting in scientific
forum, manuscript preparation, development of personal skills: time
management, communication skills, working in a group, critical thinking,
research ethics, writing skills, gathering information. The course is examined
by a dissertations submitted and an oral presentation at the end of the
semester.
3.3 Common Courses Offered by the Faculty
CC 1101 Basic Mathematics and Statistics (2: 30T+00P)
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Equations of straight lines, Circle and parabola, Counting techniques,
Common mathematical series, Set theory, Derivatives of functions and
differentiation, Integration, Application of differentiation and integration in
agriculture.
CC 1102 Computer Awareness (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to Computer Systems, Concepts and Applications of Operating
Systems, Introduction to Word Processing Applications, Introduction to
Spreadsheet Applications, Introduction to Presentation Applications.
CC 1103 English
CC 1104 Information and Communication Technology (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to operating systems, Word processing, Spread sheet application,
Data base management, Presentation applications, Introduction to computer
programming (Visual Basic).
CC 1201 Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture (2:
15T+30P) Computer Maintenance, Introduction to Computer Hardware, Introduction to
Network, Applications, Word Processing Applications in Advance,
Spreadsheet Applications in Advance, Presentation Applications in Advance,
Introduction to Database Management Applications, Internet & Emails.
CC1202 Applied Statistics I (2:30T+00P)
CC1203 English
CC1204 Basic Statistics (2:30T+00P)
Introduction to data analysis, Probability, Probability distribution, Sampling
distribution, Hypothesis testing, one sample tests of hypothesis, Test of
hypothesis involving two samples
CC2101 Applied Statistics I (2:30T+00P)
CC 2102 Data Base Management (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to Database Systems, Databases and Database Users, Database
System Concepts and Architecture, Data Modeling Using the Entity-
Relationship (ER) Model, The Relational Data Model and Relational
Database Constraints, Relational Database Design by ER to Relational
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Mapping, Introduction to Structured Query Language (Oracle/My SQL);
SQL: Schema Definition, Constraints, and Queries; Restricting and Sorting
Data, Displaying Data from Multiple Tables, Aggregating Data Using Group
Functions, Manipulating Data.
CC2103 English (0:30T+00P)
CC2201 English (0:30T+00P)
CC 3101 Database Management Systems (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to Database Systems, Databases and Database Users, Database
System Concepts and Architecture, Data Modeling Using the Entity-
Relationship (ER) Model, The Relational Data Model and Relational
Database Constraints, Relational Database Design by ER to Relational
Mapping, Introduction to Structured Query Language (Oracle/My SQL).
CC 3102 Rapid Application Development (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to programming languages, Concepts of RAD, Visual Basic –
Foundation Level, Develop reusable modules, Database handling using
Visual Basic.
CC 3201 Applied Statistics (2: 15T+30P) Analysis of variance, two factor analysis, linear regression and correlation,
Goodness of fit tests for categorical data.
CC 3202 Research methodology and Scientific Writing (2: 15T+30P) Research and World Economy, What is research, Concepts, basic
requirements, literature survey (Definitions, Information literacy, Sources of
information, Search techniques, Search strategy, Evaluate information and
judge its quality, Evaluation criteria, Web databases, How to select a proper
database, Manual search tools, Interpretation of researched results (Scientific
writing).
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Opening of the new Computer Laboratory at the Faculty
Students of Lund University, Sweden doing a presentation
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CC 3203 Carrier Development (2: 15T+30P) Development of communication, assertiveness, presentation skills, leadership
development.
CC 4101 Applied Statistics II (3: 30T+30P)
Experimental designs (Complete randomized designs, Randomized complete
block designs, Latin squire designs, Split plot designs, Incomplete block
designs, Confounding designs, Fractional factorial design) Mean separation
methods, Data transformation methods, Covariance techniques, Multiple
regression analysis and introduction to non- linear regression, Introduction to
time series analysis.
CC 4102 Technical Writing and Presentation Skills (2: 15T+30P)
Components of scientific research article or theses (title, abstract, keywords,
introduction, objectives, materials and methods or methodology, results and
discussion, conclusion, references), Descriptive title, writing an abstract,
tenses use in an abstract, Selecting keywords, Construction of an
introduction, paragraph development, writing to point, theme news
relationship of sentences, tenses use in introduction, Writing materials and
methods, tenses use in materials and methods, SI unit system, Results; self
descriptive tables and figure, figure caption, table heading and foot note,
Development of an argument in a discussion, putting evidences for
arguments, discussing limitations, Conclusion: a summary of the arguments,
restating main point of view, the implications, recommendations, forecasting
future trends, Acknowledgements, Citing references in text, Reference list,
Reference styles; Harvard system, electronic reference system, paraphrasing
and plagiarism, proof reading and editing, Writing a manuscript (authors,
author affiliation, corresponding author, formatting, author guidelines),
responding for reviewers, Presenting in scientific forum, preparation of
technical poster.
CC 4103 Rapid Application Development (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to programming languages, Concepts of RAD, Visual Basic –
Foundation Level, Develop reusable modules, Database handling using
Visual Basic.
CC 4104 Bioethics (2: 30T+00P)
History and philosophy of science; Bioethics and the ethics of science and
technology, Making choices, Autonomy, justice, beneficence and non-
maleficence, Diversity and bioethics, Ethics in history love of life, Moral
agents, Environmental ethics, Ecology and life, Biodiversity and extension,
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Ecological ethics, Sustainable development, Energy crisis and resources and
management, The earth centre initiative, Ethics of genetic engineering,
Genetically modified food, Genetic privacy and information, The human
genome project, Human gene therapy, Universal Declaration on Human
Genome and Human Rights, International Declaration on Human Genetic
Data, Ethical aspects of research involving human subjects, Ethics in animal
subjects, History and evolution of animal experiments, Uses of animals in
research, Arguments for and against animal experiments, three R concept,
Animal pain, Welfare of animals in experiments, Research ethic issues,
Authorship, Plagiarism, Peer review, Conflicts of interest, Data management,
Research misconduct, IPR.
CC 4105 Career Guidance and Development (2: 15T+30P)
Career literature (concept, techniques, tools and processes), Linking
theoretical and empirical research with practical lifelong skill development,
Self assessment, Working styles, Interest, Personality, Career pathways and
communication, Identification and assessment of factors related to career
decision making, Including needs values, Interests, Aptitudes, Strengths, and
Goals, Changing workplace and skill needed to be successful, Participation
in workshops and presentations, Use of appropriate recourses for career
information research and decision- making.
CC 4106 Non-parametric Statistical Methods (2: 30T+00P)
Importance of non- parametric statistical tools, Different types of
measurements, Ranking scores, Rank and permutation tests of one, Two and
k samples, Application of non parametric tests in different scenarios.
3.4 Courses Offered by the Department of Crop Science CS 1101 Principles of Agronomy (3: 15T+30P)
Introduction to Agriculture, Agro-climate of Sri Lanka, Impact of climate on
crop production, Crop growth, Growth indices and their value in crop
production and yield determination, Principles of land management; Land
Use Classification, Fertilizer management in Crops; Principles of farming
systems, Plant propagation, Nursery management, Quality parameters of
seeds; Seed germination, Micro propagation; Physical and Chemical plant
growth regulation and manipulation, Traning and pruning of Horticulture
Crops, Principles of Orchard Management, Principles of Landscape
Gardening.
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CS 1201 Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to Agroecology, Management of ecosystem & agroecosystem,
System thinking approach, Sustainability of farming system, Introduction to
Sustainable Agriculture, Management of sustainable ecological farming,
Indigenous knowledge used in ecological farming systems, Effective
management of soil fertility in ecological farming.
CS 2101 Forest Management (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to forest (natural and man made), Importance and role of forest
on Agriculture and Environment, Establishment of man made forest (species
selection, different nursery establishment methods, field planting, aftercare
operations, timber volume measurements), Forest conservation practices.
Agroforestry – Introduction to Agroforestry, Agroforestry systems, Potential
roles and ancillary benefits of Agroforestry systems. Tree-crop interface,
Management of tree- crop components, Choice of tree species, Opportunities
and problems.
CS 2102 Urban Agriculture (2: 15T+30P)
Hydroponic, Aeroponics, Roof Gardening, Protected houses, Poly-tunnel
Techniques
CS 2201 Fruit Crop Management (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction, Ecological requirements, Taxonomy, Morphology, Physiology,
Propagation methods, Cultivation techniques and post harvest techniques of
Banana, Mango, Pineapple, Avocardo, Citrus, Rambutan, Grapes, Cashew,
Dragon fruit, Papaya, Minor fruit crops (Guava, Jambu, Mangoose, Anoda)
etc.
CS 2202 Sustainable Crop Production Technology (3: 30T+30P) Crop and environment, Basic crop requirements, Inputs in crop production,
Land preparation, Land management and harvesting technologies.
CS 3101 Export Agricultural Crop Management (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction, Ecological requirement, Taxonomy, Morphology, Physiology,
Propagation method, Cultivation Techniques and post harvest technique of
Export agricultural Crops (i.e. Cinnamon, Pepper, Coffee, Cocoa, Citronella,
Cloves, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Betel, Betel nut, Vanilla, Garcenia and Tamarin
etc.).
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CS 3102 Plantation Crop Management (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction, Ecological requirement, Taxonomy, Morphology, Physiology,
Nursery management, Cultivation techniques and post harvest technique of
Tea, Rubber, Coconut, Oil palm and Sugarcane.
CS3103Training in Plantation Crops (0:00T+45F)
CS 3104 Nursery Management (2: 15T+30P)
Definition of nursery, Factors affecting for area and site selection for a
nursery, Nursery structures, Propagators, Shade Houses, Nursery types,
Mother plant selection and management, Bud wood nursery, Root stock
nursery, Sand beds, Different propagules used for the propagation (Cuttings,
Soft wood cuttings, Semi hard wood cuttings, Hard wood cuttings, Layering,
Budding and Grafting, Pruning), Nursery feeding, Organic fertilizer,
Chemical fertilizer, Potting of nursery plants, potting media, Labelling of
potted plants, Containers used for potting, Characteristics of potting mixtures,
Pest and disease control of a nursery.
CS 3105 Landscape Architecture (2: 15T+30P) Landscape drafting, Plant design, Landscape technology, Open space design,
Urban design, History of architecture, Landscape construction, Lawn
Sprinkler System and Drainage, Water Gardening, Annual and Perennial
Culture, Home Landscape Construction, Habitat Gardening, Home
Landscape Design, Horticulture Internship.
CS 3106 Forest Ecology (2: 15T+30P) Ecosystem concepts, The physical and biotic environment, Ecological
energetic, Transfer and storage of energy in ecosystem, Ecosystem structure
and species interactions, Ecological succession, Species strategies, Pioneer
and climax, Productivity of forest ecosystems, Nutrient cycling, Major forest
types, their climatic control and characteristics, Role of forest, Disturbance in
ecosystems and regeneration of soil and vegetation, Gap theory.
CS 3201 Production Technologies of Field Crops and Vegetables (3:
135F)
Traditional and modern crop technologies; Crop growth and development;
Site and crop selection; Propagation techniques; Nursery management
techniques; Crop establishment techniques; Field management; Crop
protection; Pests and Disease management; Weeds and weed management
strategies; Harvesting techniques and Post harvesting handling.
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CS 3202 Floriculture (1: 45F)
Introduction, Principles and methods of species classification, Ecology,
morphology and physiological requirement of flowers and foliage crops, Production and post harvest management of cut flowers (Orchids, Anthurium,
Roses, Carnation, Gerbera, and Petunia), Cut foliages (Draceana,
Diefanbarchea) and other ornamental species. Packing, lebelling and
marketing of floricultural products.
CS 3203 Protected Agriculture (1: 45F)
Introduction, History and world status of protected agriculture, Present status,
potential for expanding and limitation of protected agriculture in Sri Lanka, Different methods of protected Agriculture, Different types of protected
houses, Soil less culture/Hydrponics, Quality control and marketing of the
production.
CS4100 Industrial Training (2: 8 Weeks)
CS 4101 Aquatic Crop Management (2: 15+30) Introduction to Seaweed farming, Economically important seaweeds,
Geographical distribution, Taxonomy, Biology, Domestication, Farming
Techniques, Industrial uses and processing, Economically important micro
algae, Geographical distribution, Taxonomy, Biology, Farming Techniques,
Industrial uses and Processing, Economically important aquatic plants,
Taxonomy, Biology, Farming Techniques, Industrial uses and Processing.
CS 4102 Management of Medicinal Plants (1:08T+15P)
Medicinal plants as an important Bio-resource – status and scope, domestic
and global market, Relation between biodiversity and cultural diversity,
Contemporary relevance of traditional knowledge related to medicinal plants,
Traditional Sri Lankan Healthcare systems and their contemporary relevance,
Botanical overview of medicinal plants resources of Sri Lanka, Current
conservation scenario of medicinal plants in Asia, Existing threats to
medicinal plants populations, Need for conservation, Methods for
conservation (insitu gene banks, Ethno medicinal gardens, Sustainable
harvest and conservation education facilities, Development of multi-
disciplinary databases for medicinal plants conservation), Propagation as a
tool for conservation, Cultivation and management systems of important
medicinal plants.
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CS 4103 Cropping Systems (1: 08T+15P)
Introduction, Classification, Monocropping and Multiple cropping,
Advantages and disadvantages of monocropping and multiple cropping,
Factors affecting selection of components of multiple cropping, Different
cropping pattern used in different agro-climatic zones. Productivity
improvement of lands by using different multiple cropping models.
CS 4104 Crop Experimentation (2: 15T+30P)
How to increase the precision of an experiment, Soil heterogeneity,
Systematic designs, Nested designs, Missing data analysis, Competition
effects, Multi locational and multiseasonal trials.
CS 4105 Floriculture and Landscape Gardening Training (2:00T+60P)
CS 4106 Landscape Gardening (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction (historical concepts and landscape tradition of Sri Lanka,
Evaluation of modern landscape gardening, technical aspects of Landscape
designing, Ecological and Environmental concern on designing of landscape
gardening. Introduction of soft landscaping, selection of plants and
classification of plant material, Brief introduction to hard landscape material.
CS 4107 Plant Tissue Culture (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction, History of plant tissue culture, Laboratory organization and
maintenance, Culture condition, Preparation of stock solutions, Plant growth
regulators in tissue culture, Micro-propagation, Cell and Callus culture,
Germplasm preservation, Artificial seed production.
CS4200 Research Project (6: 24 Weeks)
3.5 Courses Offered by the Department of Agric.
Economics and Extension
EC 1101 Micro Economics (2: 30T+00P)
Nature, Definitions, Scope and importance of economics, Economics as a
science, Basic micro-economic concepts, Theories of consumption,
Production and markets, Pricing of products and factors of production, Profit
maximization and cost minimization, Introduction to welfare economics,
Mathematical approach of economic analysis.
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EC 1102 Agriculture and Sri Lankan Economy (02)
Study of the composition of Sri Lankan Economy using available secondary
sources of information, Comparative analysis of Sri Lankan Economy in the
Region and in the World context, Agricultural sector and the contribution to
the Sri Lankan Economy, SWOT analysis for different sectors, Development
models of Agriculture Sector, Evolution of the agricultural sector, Problems
and prospects, Indicators and models of Agricultural Development.
EC 1103 Economic Principles (2: 15T+30P) Nature, definitions, scope and importance of economics, Economics as a
science, Basic micro-economic concepts, theories of consumption, production
and markets, Pricing of products and factors of production, Profit
maximization and cost minimization, Introduction to welfare economics,
Mathematical approach of economic analysis
EC 1201 Macro Economics (2: 30T+00P)
Definitions, National income accounting, IS-LM analysis of macro-economic
models, Equilibrium in dynamic system, Classical, Keynesian and post-
Keynesian theories of output and employment, Theories of money and prices,
International trade, Money and Banking, Role of international and regional
economic agencies.
EC 1202 Principles of Business Management (02)
Management and Manager, Evolution of Management, Management and
Manager, Evolution of Management, Ethics and social responsibility,
management in diverse and multi cultural environment, decision making,
planning and strategies, motivation and performance, Leadership, Effective
group and tem communication and Information Systems.
EC 2101 Agricultural Development and Policy (2: 30T+00P)
Institutional setting, Inter-sectoral forward and backward linkages, Political
and economic factors and agriculture, Models of agriculture development
(Karl Mark, Rostow, Schultz, Jorgenson, FEI, Mellor, Todaro and Boserup),
Development problems in Sri Lankan agriculture and South Asia,
Agricultural finance, World agricultural trade and WTO, Importance of
agricultural policies with special reference to Sri Lanka, Policies of price,
Research, Land, Credit, Irrigation and Insurance, Improving food and
nutrition security, Increasing Competitiveness, Increasing Investments,
Export and Marketing development, and Institutional and Management
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Reforms, Analytical tools for agricultural policies, New economic order, IPR
and International trade policies, Sustainability of Development.
EC 2102 Principles of Resource Management (02)
Classification of resources, Theories of welfare economics, Economic
theories of management of different types of natural resources, Conservation
of resources vs. protection, Environmental degradation and resource use,
Technical and allocative efficiency of resource use, Strategies to concerve the
resources and to minimize the environmental degradation. Principles of
intertemporal allocation of resources, Carbon, water and energy foot print.
EC 2103 Agricultural Finance (02)
Theory of Financial Management, Time Value of Money, Inflation, interest
rates, real growth, and real prices, Compounding, annuities, amortization,
capital recovery charge, capitalization, future value of an annuity, sinking
funds, and growth in capital flow , Investments, Net Present Value (NPV)
budgets, Capital Recovery Charge (CRC) and annual budgets, Discount rates,
Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and land net present value, Leverage,
Liquidity, Risk management and insurance, Farm Records System, Financing
institutions in Sri Lanka, Problems and prospects of financing agribusiness
EC 2104 Consumer Behaviour (02)
Introduction to Consumer Behavior (Policy, consumerism and ethics),
Internal Influences on Consumer Behavior (Motivation and Involvement,
Personality, Self-Image, and Life Style, Consumer Perception, Consumer
Learning, Consumer Attitude Formation and Change, Communication and
Consumer Behavior), External Influences on Consumer Behavior (Influences
of Culture on Consumer Behavior, Subcultures and Consumer Behavior,
Social Class and Consumer Behavior, Reference Groups and Family,
Consumer Influence and the Diffusion of Innovations), Consumer Decision
Making (Consumer Decision Making-Process, Consumer Decision Making-
Outcomes )
EC 2105 Environmental Economics (3: 45+00PT) Natural resource economics, the fundamental balance, terminologies, Cost-
benefit analysis. Biological valuation, Environmental economic analysis-
impact, cost-effectiveness, benefit-cost, risk. Case studies. Environmental
policy, modeling Pollution,
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EC 2201 Agribusiness Management (3: 30T+30P)
Introduction to farm business management, Theories of farm management,
Managerial decision making, Gross margin analysis, Financial statement
analysis, Financial intermediation in agriculture, Management control system,
Budgeting Techniques and General procedures, Measuring Risk and Returns,
Cost Accounting, Linear and non linear programming techniques in farm and
business planning.
EC 2202 Economic statistics (02)
Nature of economic data series, Time series data sets, Decomposition of time
series data sets in to components, Forecasting methods, Business forecasting,
Periodogram analysis, Development and uses of index numbers, Engle’s low,
Box Jenkin approach, Practical work based on different time series economic
data sets.
EC 2203 Book Keeping and Accountancy (03)
Introduction to Bookkeeping (Bookkeeping Goals and Values, The
Bookkeeping Mindset, The History of Bookkeeping, Computers and
Bookkeeping Personnel, A Day in the Life of a Bookkeeping, A Glossary of
Accounting and Bookkeeping Documents) Fundamental Bookkeeping
Practices (The Purpose of Bookkeeping, The Balance Sheet, The Income
Statement, Analyzing Transactions, Steps in The Bookkeeping Process, The
Journal and the Ledger, Preparation of Financial Statements) The Accounting
Cycle (Adjusting Entries, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Preparation of
Closing Entries, Revisiting the Accounting Cycle, Post Closing Entries and
Trial Balance,Practicing the Steps in the Accounting Cycle, Buying
Merchandise Inventory, Selling Merchandise Inventory,Preparing Financial
Statements for a Merchandise Company, Subsidiary Ledgers and Special
Journals, Using the Special Journals, Payroll and Taxes, Dealing with Cash,
The Statement of Cash Flows, Accounting for Partnerships, Closing the
Books, Farm inventory and control of inventories
EC 3101 Principles of Communication and Knowledge Dissemination (2:
30T+00P)
Introduction, Definitions, Needs of communication, Nature of
communication, Communication models, The two way communication
process, Communication Barriers, Communication in agriculture,
Communication skills, Level of Communication, Communication and
Diffusion, Elements of Diffusion, The innovation decision process, Perceived
Attributes of an Innovation, Rate of Adoption, Innovation Decisions,
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Consequences of Innovation, Adopter Categories, Opinion leaderships, The
Change agent, Communication channels, Adoption index, Change
management and attitudes change, Barriers to change.
EC 3102 Project Management (02)
Introduction to the project planning and management cycle, Project
management process and strategic context of projects, Project planning and
management cycle, Feasibility analysis and Appraisal of projects,
Organizational design for project management, Project planning and
management information system, Project monitoring, Evaluation and control,
Interpersonal dynamics in the management of projects and the cultural
elements, New prospects of projects planning and management.
EC 3103 Marketing Management (02)
Introduction, Evolution of marketing, Production approach, Product
approach, Sales approach, Market approach, Societal marketing approach,
Understanding the market place and customer needs, Marketing mix – 7 Ps,
Understanding customers, Cultural factors, Social factors, Psychological
influences on consumer behaviour, Consumer decision making, Stimulus
response model, Theory of Planned behaviour model, Buyer decision process,
Customer driven marketing, Strategic marketing, International marketing,
Globalization, Online marketing (B to B, B to C, E-commerce).
EC 3104 International Trade (02)
Evolution of international trade, International and inter regional trade,
Classical theories of international trade, Neo-classical theories of
international trade, Institutional framework of international trade, Models and
measurements of performance of international trade, Process and practice of
international trade, Global and regional agreements of international trade,
Problems and prospects of Sri Lankan Agricultural trade in the present
context.
EC 3105 Entrepreneurship (02)
The Nature and Importance of Entrepreneurs, Definition of Entrepreneur, The
Entrepreneurial Decision Process, Intrapreneurship, Ethics and Social
Responsibility of Entrepreneurs, The Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial
Mind, The Individual Entrepreneur, International Entrepreneurship
Opportunities, Legal Issues for the Intrepreneurs, The Business Plan:
Creating and Starting the Venture, The Marketing Plan, The Financial Plan,
The Organizational Plan, Sources of Capital, Informal Risk Capital and
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Venture Capital, Preparing for the New Venture Launch: Early Management
Decisions
EC 3106 Business Management and Entrepreneurship (2: 30T+00P) Introduction to Management, Manager as Leader, Management Functions and
Decision Making, Planning and Organizing, Implementing and Controlling,
Human Resource Planning, Employee and Organizational Development,
Organizational Communication, Definition of entrepreneurship, business plan
outline, business model, attracting stakeholders.
EC 3107 Eco-tourism (2: 15T+30P) What is eco tourism, Current issues in eco tourism, Global environmental
travel, ecotourism travel plan development, agro tourism.
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Extension
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Students during a PRA training sesson at the Dept.of Agric.Economics and
Extension
EC 3108 Human Resources Management (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction to HRM (HRM function in Organization, Leadership,
Management style and team work, Decision making) Strategic HRM (Role of
HRM function for strategic formulation, Competence of HR Manger,
Acquiring Human Resources (HR planning recruitment and placing),
Developing Human Resources (Motivation, Training, Employee development
and career management), Performance Management (Job Evaluation,
Assessing work, performances appraisal, managing employee Benefit),
Managing Internal and External Environment (Legal Environment and
employee Relation, working condition, Health and safety), Counseling.
EC 3201 Social Science Research Methods (2: 15T+45F)
Definitions, Social science research process, Social science research ethics,
Variable and measurements, Research designs, Preparation of research
proposals, Hypothesis development and testing, Types of data, Different
methods of data collection, Questionnaires and schedules, Sampling
techniques, Parametric and non-parametric statistical tools for social science
research, Preparation of research reports, Presentation skills, Field surveys.
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EC 3202 Agricultural Extension (2: 15T+30P) Introduction (Origin of extension, Definitions, Extension process, Need of
extension, Agricultural Supporting Services, Extension Organization, Level
of extension) Historical development of extension system in Sri Lanka,
Principles of Agricultural Extension (Philosophy, Function, Scope, Principle,
Extension process, Objectives of Agricultural Extension, Extension
fundamentals, Basics of Effective Extension) Agricultural Growth Potential
Areas, Task of Agricultural Extension, Extension agent in rural community
and role of extension agent, Extension education (Extension teaching learning
process, Formal and Non-formal education, Extension teaching methods,
Teaching aids), Extension approaches (The scheme approach, The
commodity approach, The technical change approach, Target category
approach, The functional group approach, The farm group approach, The cost
sharing approach, The institutional approach, The project approach, The
farmer field approach) Programme planning and evaluation, Extension
administration and operation system in Sri Lanka.
EC 3203 Project Planning and Management (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction to the project planning and management cycle, Project
management process and strategic context of projects, Project planning and
management cycle, Feasibility analysis and Appraisal of projects,
Organizational design for project management, Project planning and
management information system, Project monitoring, Evaluation and control,
Interpersonal dynamics in the management of projects and the cultural
elements, New prospects of projects planning and management.
EC 3204 Environmental Impact Assessment and Valuation Techniques
(2:30T+00P)
Identifying and screening of environmental impacts of development projects,
Methods of quantification and valuation of environmental and social impacts
of development projects, Application of valuation techniques, Case studies of
EIAs and IEA and SEIAs, Guidelines of environmental and social impact
assessments.
EC 3205 Food Policy and Legislations (02)
Ethics and social responsibility of food processing and marketing, Marketing
strategies, Food Act and amendments, International trade policies of food and
agricultural commodities, International standards of food processing, trade
and marketing, International trade agreements and food trade, Case studies.
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EC 3206 Organizational Management (02)
Fundamentals and evolution of the subject, Models of organizational
behaviour, Perceptions, attitudes, Personality, motivation, leadership,
Organizational communication, Stress management, Conflict management,
Group formation and development, Organizational culture, Case studies.
EC4100 Industrial Training (2: 8 Weeks)
EC 4101 Human Resource Development (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction to HRM (HRM function in Organization, Leadership,
Management style and team work, Decision making) Strategic HRM (Role of
HRM function for strategic formulation, Competence of HR Manger,
Acquiring Human Resources (HR planning recruitment and placing),
Developing Human Resources (Motivation, Training, Employee development
and career management), Performance Management (Job Evaluation,
Assessing work, performances appraisal, managing employee Benefit),
Managing Internal and External Environment (Legal Environment and
employee Relation, working condition, Health and safety), Counseling.
EC 4102 Natural Resource Management (2: 30T+00P)
Nature and scope of production relations, Concepts of production functions,
Optimal product and input combinations, Market economic systems, Market
failure, Concepts of welfare economic, Property right, Public goods and
Common property resources, Economics of renewable resources, Fisheries,
Forest, Water resources, Non-renewable resources, Land and Labour
management, Strategies to control resource overuse and pollution.
EC 4103 Agricultural Marketing (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction, Evolution of marketing, Production approach, Product
approach, Sales approach, Market approach, Societal marketing approach,
Understanding the market place and customer needs, Marketing mix – 7 Ps,
Understanding customers, Cultural factors, Social factors, Psychological
influences on consumer behaviour, Consumer decision making, Stimulus
response model, Theory of Planned behaviour model, Buyer decision process,
Customer driven marketing, Strategic marketing, International marketing,
Globalization, Online marketing (B to B, B to C, E-commerce).
EC 4104 Project Management (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction to the project planning and management cycle, Project
management process and strategic context of projects, Project planning and
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management cycle, Feasibility analysis and Appraisal of projects,
Organizational design for project management, Project planning and
management information system, Project monitoring, Evaluation and control,
Interpersonal dynamics in the management of projects and the cultural
elements, New prospects of projects planning and management.
EC 4105 Fisheries Economics and Management (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction to fisheries and aquaculture sector (Aquaculture and capture
fishery, Fresh water, brackish water, and marine fishery, Reservoir fishery,
Possible aquatic species, Fishing crafts and gears, Introduction to Fisheries
Economics (Basic bio – economic model, Open access fishery, (MSY, MEY,
OAE), Fishing vessel economics, Yield and stock effect of fishing, Fisheries
management (Growth of fish stock, Catch and effort management, Catch
control-taxation. License, TAC), Post harvest technology (Post harvest
techniques, Marketing), Socio – economic issues in fisheries (Risk,
Vulnerability, Access to capital, Fisheries governance), Future of the fishery
(Fish based farming systems, Issues, prospects, and challenges).
EC4106 Participatory Rural Appraisal (2:15T+30P)
EC4200 Research Project (24 Weeks)
3.6 Courses Offered by the Deparmrnt. of Agricultural
Engineering
EN 1101 Farm Power and Mechanization (2: 15T+45F)
Indigenous Farm Technology, Tractors, Prime movers and Transmission of
power, Appropriate Mechanization, Basic Engineering Mechanics-Statics.
EN 1102 Applied Hydrology and Climatology (3: 30T+30P) Hydrological cycle, components in hydrological cycle, Soil water
relationships, Plant water relationships, Water movement in the soil, Water
requirements of crops.
EN 1201 Agro-Meteorology and Applied Hydrology (2: 15T+45F)
Precipitation, Occurrence and Causes, Measurement of rainfall, Interpretation
of Rain-gauge data, Graphical Representation of Rainfall, Infiltration, Factors
affecting for runoff, Estimation of runoff, Hydrograph, Unit hydrograph ,
Practical usage of hydrograph , Hydrological cycle, Clouds formation, Clouds
classification.
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EN 1202 Virtual Water and Water Foot Print (2: 15T+30P) Issues on virtual water; virtual water footprints, virtual water cycle and
calculator, virtual water in food production and trade, virtual food
consumption; food storage as reservoirs of virtual water, passage from real to
virtual water, Virtual water value, Concept of marginal virtual production
site, principles in assessing virtual water, applications and features of virtual
water, computing virtual water trade at global level, applying the principle of
marginal gain in estimating virtual water, virtual water imports generates real
water savings, virtual water trade generates global real water savings, food
storage generates real water savings, high value of virtual water of sea
products, impacts of diet changes on water requirements, historical decline of
water needs for food.
EN 1203 Renewable Energy I (2: 15T+30P) Concept of Energy, Units and Measurement, Types of energy, Energy and
Power, Energy demand, History of fossil fuels, Sources of Energy, Solar,
wind, biomass, animal, human.
EN 1204 Climate Change and Carbon Balancing (3: 15T+60P) Weather, climate, factors affecting for climate change, greenhouse gases,
greenhouse effect, Impact of climate change on natural resources. Ecological
footprint, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), carbon footprint of products,
persons, feature of carbon offsets, carbon credits, carbon trading.
EN 2101 Post Harvest Technology (2: 15T+45F) Post harvest systems, Loss and damage, Physical characteristics of food
materials, Mechanism of heat transfer, Temperature measuring devices, Food
dehydration & drying, Refrigeration, Controlled atmosphere storage,
Modified atmosphere storage, Packaging.
EN 2102 Engineering Drawing (00: 00T+30P) Introduction to engineering
drawing, Geometrical constructions, Orthographic drawing, Isometric
drawing, Sectioning
EN 2103 Machinery Principles and Power Units (2: 15T+30P)
Different types of engines and their working principles, Systems in engines;
Power transmission by gears, belts, fluids, etc.
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EN 2104 Renewable Energy II (3: 30T+30P) Energy in water, Power contained in Static and flowing water, Components
in a hydropower system, Energy assessment, Site assessment; configuration,
sizing, installation and maintenance issues of a micro hydropower system,
economic evaluation. Tidal waves Energy, Nuclear energy, Fuel cells and
Hybrid technologies.
EN 2105 Biomass Energy Technology (2: 15T+30P) Biomass classification, Biomass characteristics, Biomass production
techniques, Harvesting of biomass, Biomass processing for rural use, Energy
efficiency biomass burner, Gasifier and its process, Producer gas, Bio-ethanol
production, bio-diesel production, Electricity generation from biomass.
EN 2106 Energy Analysis and Budgeting (2: 15T+30P) Energy flows and suppliers, Energy basics (Units, measurements, etc), Global
and Domestic energy demand, Energy inputs and Outputs in Agricultural
Products, Energy sources, Energy flow in production process, Energy
auditing, Energy conservation.
EN 2201 Machinery Systems Engineering (2: 15T+45F)
Soil dynamics for tillage, Farm Production Engineering, Machinery for land
preparation, Primary tillage implements, Secondary tillage implements,
Sowing and planting machines, Plant protection machines, Fertilizer
distributors, Harvesters and threshers, Water lifting Devices, Agricultural
Soil Mechanics, Traction mechanics, Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural
Machinery.
EN 2202 Applied Green Technologies in Agriculture (2: 15T+45F)
Concepts of green technology, Application of green technology to agriculture
towards sustainability, Concepts of sustainability, Green technology and
rural environmental concerns, Inputs in agriculture, selection of technology,
Energy basis, solar energy, Wind energy, Bio mass energy, Hydro power
energy, Geo-thermal energy, Tidal/wave energy, etc; Environmental pollution
and agriculture, Impacts of wastes, Classification of wastes, Properties of
agricultural wastes, Effect of agricultural wastes on natural resources, Effect
of agricultural wastes on environmental pollution, Objectives of agricultural
waste management(AWMS), Planning of AWMS, Different methods of
organic waste management, Composting technology, Biogas technology, etc.
Impacts of green technologies.
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EN 2203 Water Resource Management (2: 15T+30P) Surface and ground water resources, Wetland conservation, Runoff routing,
Design and construction of a minor irrigation tank, Dam construction,
Spillways and spillway design, Hydrology of a farm reservoir, Ground water
estimation, Different wells and construction.
EN 2204 Biogas technology (2: 15T+30P) Importance of biogas production, Biological process involved in Anaerobic
digestion, Suitable raw materials, factors affecting for biogas production,
Uses of biogas, uses of digested material, Designing of small biogas
digesters, Construction of a digester, Industrial level biogas plants for
electricity generation.
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EN 2205 Sustainable Solid Waste Management (2: 15T+30P) Wastes, Classification, Waste generation and composition, Properties of
wastes, Basic requirements of waste management, 3R concept, Waste
management techniques, Waste collection, Sorting, Concepts of sustainable
waste management, Development of Integrated Sustainable Waste
Management System.
EN 2206 Ergonomics (2: 15T+30P) Definition, The application of ergonomic principles, Development in
Ergonomics, Ergonomic Model, The Nature of Basic Human Factors involve
in performing the task, Anthropometry, Application of Anthropometric Data
Design Consideration, Main body types, Body measurement categories, Use
of Anthropometric Data, Body motions, Terms used in Body movement,
Body Movement Classification, Energy Expenditure in Physical Activities,
Working posture, Work-Space Layout, Operator Exposure to Environmental
Factors, Thermal Comfort in Operator Enclosures.
EN 2207 Phytoremediation (2: 15T+30P) Introduction, Overview of Phytoremediation, Technical Considerations,
Economic Considerations, Regulatory Considerations, Ecosystem
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Restoration, Evaluation of Phytoremediation Technologies
(Phytoextraction,Rhizofiltration, Phytostabilization, Rhizodegradation,
Phytodegradation, Phytovolatilization, Hydraulic Control, Vegetative
Cover Systems, Riparian Corridors/Buffer Strips), Phytoremediation System
Selection and Design Considerations; Remedial Objectives, Treatability, and
Evaluation; Introduction to onsite wastewater treatment systems.
EN 2208 Precision Agricultural Technology (2: 15T+30P) Guidelines for adopting precision Agricultural practices, Management of
information relevant to Precision Agriculture: Basic, strategies and tools,
Potential application of remote sensing, Collection of crop, field data and
mapping, Procedure for accurate yield mapping, Yield map interpretation,
Data layer smoothing and interpolation in yield mapping and interpretation,
Mapping of land and crop information using GIS techniques, Variable Rate
Technology (VRT) in precision Agriculture, Site specific management
strategies used in precision agriculture, Adoption and economics of precision
agriculture technologies, Site specific management of crop and land
parameters, Techniques for conducting field scale research with precision
agriculture tools.
EN 2209 Water Quality and Purification (2: 15T+30P) What is water quality?, Water quality for agriculture, Water quality for
industry, Water quality for drinking, Water purification technologies for
drinking and other purposes
EN 3101 Irrigation and Water Resource Engineering (3: 30T+45F)
Water movements in conduits, Bernullie Theory, Venturi meter, Orifice
meter, Open channel flow, Hydraulics and fluid mechanics, Measurements of
water flows, Current meter, Weirs, Flumes, Tracer method adopted in flow
measurements, surface and ground water resources, Soil waster movements
under saturated and unsaturated conditions, Darcy’s law, Hydraulic
conductivity, Permeability, Ground Water Availability, Ground Water
Movements, aquifers, Quality of Ground Water, Ground Water Pollution.
Soil water relationships in relation to the irrigation, Soil moisture constants,
Determination of soil moisture,Water requirements of crops, Estimation of
ET, Irrigation scheduling, Irrigation systems, Problems related with
irrigation, Surface irrigation methods, Uncontrolled flooding, Border, Check
basin and Furrow irrigation, Sub surface irrigation, Sprinkler irrigation, Drip
irrigation, Water quality for agriculture, Drainage, factors affecting water
logging, Drain design, Determination of drain spacing, Drainage methods.
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EN 3102 Ergonomics (2: 30T+00P)
Definition, The application of ergonomic principles, Development in
Ergonomics, Ergonomic Model, The Nature of Basic Human Factors involve
in performing the task, Ergonomic Research, Parts of Ergonomic Research,
Anthropometry, Application of Anthropometric Data Design Consideration,
Main body types, Body measurement categories, Use of Anthropometric
Data, Body motions, Terms used in Body movement, Body Movement
Classification, Energy Expenditure in Physical Activities, Working posture,
Seat designing for tractor, Seat Design parameters, Controls of the machine,
Typical tractor seat position, Controls relative to the seat, Work-Space
Layout, Operator Exposure to Environmental Factors, Thermal Comfort in
Operator Enclosures, Noise and Vibration in Off-Road Vehicles, Roll-Over
Protection, Accidents and safety in agriculture, Types of Accidents, Factors
causing accidents.
EN 3103 GIS and RS (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to GIS, Maps and Spatial Data Management, Spatial data,
characteristics and models, spatial data analyses in GIS, Concepts of Remote
sensing, Sensors and Platforms, Interpretation of Satellite Images and Air
Photos, Applications of Remote Sensing.
EN 3104 Post Harvest Technology (2: 15T+30P)
Post harvest systems, Methodology of loss assessment and estimation,
Village level practices, Preservation and processing of selected crops (drying
and dehydration, refrigeration and freezing), Psychometry, Storage,
Packaging, Post harvest systems for grains, Post harvest systems for fruit and
vegetables, Post harvest engineering and Processing of Spices: Cinnamon,
Citronella, Distillation technologies for Essential oils. Mathematical
principles and application in food processing, Material and Energy balances,
Heat transfer, Thermal process calculation, Emerging technologies in food
processing, Process control in food processing, Separation, Mixing
emulsification and size reduction in food processing.
EN 3105 Integrated Water Resource Management (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to IWRM, Important of IWRM, Water management principles,
Water users, Process of implementing IWRM, Policy and legal frame work,
Institutions frame work, Practical management instruments, Water supply and
sanitation.
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EN 3201 Field Practices in Agricultural Engineering (2: 90F) Farm machinery performance, Machine capacity, Field efficiency, Tractor
performance test, Calibration of plant protection equipment,Usage of work
shop tools and welding process demonstration, Identification of farm
implement, Evaluation of power operated water pumps, Measurement of soil
parameters that related with irrigation and land preparation, Aggregate
analysis, True density, Bulk density and Porosity, Field capacity, Water
infiltration method, Atterberg limit, Permeability co-efficient, Standard
Proctor compaction test, Measurement of soil moisture and development of
soil moisture calibration curves.
EN 3202 Training in Agricultural Machinery (0:00T+45F)
Maintenance and repair of farm implements, Training in two wheel tractor
and two wheel tractor attached farm implements.
EN 3203 Surveying and Leveling (0: 15T+60P)
Introduction to surveying and leveling, Surveying methods; Chain Surveying,
Plane table surveying (Radiation & Intersection), Leveling; Contouring &
Profile leveling
EN 3204 Ecological Sanitation (2: 15T+30P) What is ecological sanitation? Sanitizing human excreta, Design and
management features, recycling the nutrients, Grey water and management;
Planning, promotion and support; Future development.
EN 3205 Composting technology (2: 15T+30P) What is composting? Advantages and limitations, Raw materials, Essential
requirements, Different technologies, Selection criteria, Quality of compost,
How to use compost.
EN4100 Industrial Training (6: Weeks)
EN 4101 Advanced Climatology and Reservoir Hydrology (2: 15T+45F)
History of the climate classification, Agro-Climate classification, Sources of
water and Availability of water, Wetland conservation and River Basin
Management, Climate change and their impacts of Agriculture, Hydrology of
a farm reservoir.
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EN 4102 Advanced Machinery and Processing Engineering (4: 30T+90F)
Mathematical principles and application in food processing, Material and
Energy balances, Heat transfer, Thermal process calculation, Emerging
technologies in food processing, Process control in food processing,
Separation, Mixing emulsification and size reduction in food processing,
Engine performance maps, Two wheel tractor for wetland farming,
Machinery for, lowland rice cultivation, Harvesters and Threshers (Grain,
Forage crops, Root crops, Fruit and vegetable crops, Tropical crops (Sugar
cane, Cotton, Ground nut, Coffee), Farm water systems, Grain conveyance
systems, Production of coir yarn (Dry milling and wet milling), Testing and
evaluation of farm machinery, Precision farming.
EN 4103 Computer Aided Drawing and Computer Programming
(2:00T+60P)
Geometrical constructions, Orthographic projection, Sectioning, Isometric
drawing, Screw threads, Helices and Fasteners, Computer Aided Drawing
(CAD) (Auto CAD and Solid Works), Three dimensional modeling,
Introduction to programming languages, Introduction to variable types,
Introduce programming environment in Visual Basic, Defining, Declaring,
Initializing variables in Visual Basic, Sub programmes in Visual Basic,
Control constructors in Visual Basic, Debugging a programme, Error
handling in Visual Basic.
EN 4104 GIS and Remote Sensing (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to GIS, Maps and Spatial Data Management, Spatial data,
characteristics and models, Spatial data analyses in GIS, Concepts of Remote
sensing, Sensors and Platforms, Interpretation of Satellite Images and Air
Photos, Applications of Remote Sensing.
EN 4105 Precision Agricultural Technology (2: 30T+00P) Guidelines for adopting precision Agricultural practices, Management of
information relevant to Precision Agriculture: Basic, strategies and tools,
Potential application of remote sensing, Collection of crop, field data and
mapping, Procedure for accurate yield mapping, Yield map interpretation,
Data layer smoothing and interpolation in yield mapping and interpretation,
Mapping of land and crop information using GIS techniques, Variable Rate
Technology (VRT) in precision Agriculture, Site specific management
strategies used in precision agriculture, Adoption and economics of precision
agriculture technologies, Site specific management of crop and land
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parameters, Techniques for conducting field scale research with precision
agriculture tools.
EN 4106 Electronics and Instrumentation in Agriculture (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction to General Electronic Instruments and Devices, Static and
Dynamic Performance of Instruments, Diodes Applications and Power
Supply, Potentiometer Circuit and the Whetstone Bridge, Transistors and
Amplifiers, Applications of OP AMP Digital Techniques in Instrumentation,
Measurement Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration, Measurement
Temperature, Moisture, Humidity and Radiation, Measurement of Force and
Torque, Measurement of Flow and Pressure, Measurement of Vibration and
Noise, Recording Instruments, Data Acquisition and Processing.
EN 4107 Non Destructive Measurements (2:15T+30P)
Fundamentals of non destructive detection, Non invasive detectors and
transducers, Basic Principles of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, NIRS and its
early history, The Advantages and Disadvantages of NIRS, NIR instruments,
Instrument durability, Spectral quality, Useful Statistics for Evaluating NIRS
Calibrations, Discriminate Analysis, Distribution of differences between
NIRS and reference data, Data handling, Mathematical pretreatment, Scatter
correction, Calibration model development and evaluation, Outlier detection,
Special graphics, Basic Steps in Calibration, Reference methods and their
error, Assembly of samples, Preparation of samples for scanning, Scanning of
samples, Reference analysis, Calibration development, Verifying accuracy
and reproducibility, Calibration transferability, How to Improve a
Calibration. NIRS in Feed Industry, Flour Milling, Forage Analysis, Grain
Handling, Manure Analysis, Plant Breeding, Precision Agriculture fruit and
vegetable quality grading
EN4200 Research Project (24 Weeks)
3.7 Coures Offered by the Deparment. of Food Science
and Technology
FS 1101 Introductory Food Chemistry and Biochemistry (3: 30T+30P)
The water molecule, Physical properties of Water and Ice, Water activity and
relative vapor pressure, Moisture sorption isotherms, Structures and chemical
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reactions of Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides and
Polysaccharides, Introduction to lipids, Nomenclature of fatty acids,
Classification of food lipids, Physical and chemical properties of lipids,
Introduction to proteins, Structure and physicochemical properties of amino
acids, Protein structure, Protein denaturation, Functional and nutritional
properties of proteins, Introduction to vitamins, Bio-availability of vitamins,
Water-soluble vitamins, Fat-soluble vitamins, Optimization of vitamin
retention, Principles of mineral chemistry, Nutritional aspects of minerals,
Mineral composition of foods, Chemical and functional properties of
minerals in foods, Introduction to enzymes, Enzyme nomenclature, Rates of
enzyme catalyzed reactions.
FS 2201 Food and Nutrition (3: 30T+30P)
Functions of Food, Fate of ingested aliments, Introduction to metabolism
Carbohydrate metabolism, Lipid metabolism, and Protein metabolism,
Integration of metabolic cycle, Endocrine regulation, Diseases and disorders
with a nutritional component.
FS 3101 Food Preservation and Processing Technology (2: 15T+30P) Introduction of food spoilage, Methods of food preservation, Preservation of
fruits, Vegetables, Dairy products meat, Fish etc., Food storage and losses,
Food processing at ambient temperature, Processing by application and
removal of heat, Post processing operations, (coating, packaging, filling and
sealing).
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Students during a Food Science practical session
Students during a Food Science practical session
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FS 3102 Fermentation Biotechnology (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to food biotechnology, Brewing and fermentation of foods and
beverages, Enzymatic and microbial production of sweeteners, Flavors and
colors, Food proteins and proteases, Lipases, Emulsifiers, Stabilizer and
flavors, Enzyme infusion technology, Application of molecular biological
methods, To improve quality of foods, Biotechnological methods in food
analysis and quality control, Consumer knowledge and concern on
biotechnology products, molecular farming.
FS 3103 Organic Food Production and Preservation (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to Food Science and Preservation, Food losses, Organic Food
Production Techniques, Consumer demands for organic foods, Food
Preservation by removal of Heat, Food Preservation by application of heat,
Postharvest Technology, Organic Food Preservatives, Green Food Packaging,
Green techniques used in Food Preservation and Processing.
FS4100 Industrial Training (2: 8
FS 4101 Food Microbiology and Safety (2: 30T+00P) History of microorganisms in foods, Role and significance of microorganisms
in foods, Intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of food that affect microbial
growth, Determination of microorganisms and/or their products in foods,
Properties of psychrotrophs, thermophiles and radiation-resistant bacteria,
Molecular Biotechnology of microorganisms in foods, Fermentation and
fermented foods, Indicator organisms of food safety and quality.
FS 4102 Food Chemistry and Analysis (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction to Food Chemistry, Societal role of food chemists, Properties of
water and ice, Water activity, Moisture sorption isotherms, Monosaccharides
and monosaccharide reactions, Non-enzymatic browning, Polysaccharides
and polysaccharide reactions, Gelatinization of starch, Nomenclature,
Physical aspects and chemical aspects of lipids, Lipolysis, autooxidation and
thermal decomposition of lipids, Effect of processing, cooking and storage
environment on proteins, Pigments, Food flavours, Food Enzymes, Food
additives, Introduction to Food Analysis, Sampling techniques used in food
analysis, Chemical analytical methods for carbohydrates, Lipids and Proteins
in food, Instrumental analytical methods; Colourimetry, Chromatography,
Spectroscopy, Spectrophotometry, Flame photometry, Refractometry and
Polarimetry, Enzymatic methods used in food analysis, Interpretation and
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presentation of analytical results, Analysis of additives and contaminants in
foods.
FS 4103 Food Process Engineering (1: 15T+00P)
Physical characteristics of food materials, Units and dimensions, Material and
energy balance, Fluid flow, Heat transfer, Water activity, Size reduction,
Mechanical separations, Heat Processing Techniques, Psychrometry,
Evaporation and concentration, Extrusion cooking, Microwave technology,
Refrigeration and freezing systems, Food dehydration and drying equipments,
Modified Atmosphere (MA) and Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Storage
Techniques.
FS 4104 Human Nutrition (1: 15T+00P)
Functions of food, Dietary requirements, Absorption, digestion, transport and
excretion of nutrients, Protein homeostasis, Energy balance and weight
control, Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation, Nutrition from infancy to
adolescence, Nutrition and ageing, Nutritional deficiency disorders, Eating
disorders, Other disorders with a nutritional component, Nutrition health and
national development.
FS 4105 Cereal Chemistry and Bakery Product Technology (2: 30T+00P)
Introduction, Role of raw materials in bakery industry, Quality control of raw
materials for bakery products, Bread, Buns, Cakes and Pastry manufacturing
processes, Maintenance of GMP in a bakery, Problems associated with
bakery products.
FS 4106 Sanitation and Food Quality Control (1: 15T+00P)
Introduction to sanitation and quality control, Good manufacturing practices
(GMP), Hygienic design principles of food plants, Cleaning compounds and
sanitizers used in food plants, CIP and COP cleaning techniques, Application
of HACCP systems in the food industry, ISO quality management systems in
food industry
FS4200: Research Study (6: 24 Weeks)
3.8 Inter Departmental Courses
ID 1101 Environment and Pollution (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to GT, Definition, principles background and scope of
environmental science, Understanding of environment and measurements,
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Environmental Science and technology, Media and people, decision making
and applications of Environmental Science. Environmental ethics, Global and
national environmental issues, Human impact on environment and its
consequences
ID 1102 Atmospheric Pollution and Prevention (2: 15T+30P) Air Quality standards, Emission standards, Criteria pollutants, Air pollution
and meteorology, Atmospheric stability, Atmospheric dispersion, A line-
source dispersion model, Area-source models, Indoor air quality, Indoor air
quality model, Emission control, Emission controls for vehicles.
ID 1103 Natural Resources of Sri Lanka (2: 15T+30P) Population, Economic development and trends, land resources, Water
resources, Energy resources, Mineral resources, Forest resources, Coastal and
marine resources, Inland aquatic resources, Biological diversity, towards
sustainable development.
ID 2101 Introductory Green Chemistry (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to chemistry, Organic chemistry, Biological molecules
(Isomerism, proteins, polysaccharides, nucleic acid, etc.), Microbial
metabolism, Water quality chemistry (Oxygen demand, BOD, COD, Acidity,
Alkalinity, Hardness, Chemical characteristics of freshwater, Chemistry and
Environmental remediation.
ID 2102 Basic concepts of Quality and Productivity (2: 15T+30P) Total quality management productivity indicators, cooperate culture for
quality and productivity improvement, KAIZAN and continuous
improvement.
ID 2103 Electronics and Instrumentation (2: 15T+30P) Introduction to General Electronic Instruments and Devices, Static and
Dynamic Performance of Instruments, Diodes Applications and Power
Supply, Potentiometer Circuit and the Whetstone Bridge, Transistors and
Amplifiers, Applications of OP AMP, Digital Techniques in Instrumentation,
Measurement Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration, Measurement
Temperature, Moisture, Humidity and Radiation, Measurement of Force and
Torque, Measurement of Flow and Pressure, Measurement of Vibration and
Noise, Recording Instruments, Data Acquisition and Processing.
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ID2104 Spiritual Development (2:0T+60P)
An introduction to spiritual development, yoga and physical excersises,
mental excersises, relaxation excersises, human aura and kundlini energy,
practical youga
ID 2201 Green Buildings Designing (3: 15T+30P) What is green building?, architecture of green building, planning and
management of green building,
ID 2202 Cleaner Production (2: 15T+30P) What is cleaner production, Importance of cleaner production, Steps of
cleaner production, Flow chart, Material balances, Energy balances, Cost
assignments, Review process, Generating cleaner production opportunities,
Selection of Workable opportunities, Implementing cleaner production,
Monitoring and evaluation, Sustain cleaner production, Limitations and
opportunities, A case study.
ID 3101 Wastewater treatment (2: 15T+30P) Problem of wastewater, Sources, Properties of wastewater (physical,
chemical, biological, etc), different treatment technologies (Physical,
Chemical, Biological including Phytoremediation), Wastewater sampling and
analysis.
ID 3201 Quality management tools and problem solving (2: 15T+30P) Process Decision program charts, Matrix data analysis and problem solving
processes.
ID 3202 Life Cycle Assessment (2: 15T+30P) What is life cycle assessment? Benefit of Life cycle approach, Limitations,
Structure of Life cycle assessment, Life cycle inventory, Life cycle inventory
models, A case study.
ID 3203 Indigenous Knowledge Systems (2: 30T+00P) Indigenous technology and knowledge on environment and natural resource
management and conservation.
ID 3204 Green Productivity (2: 15T+30P) Sustainable development, tools and techniques of GP methodology, Green
Productivity Strategic plan, Green supply chain and productivity.
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ID 3205 Building Wiring and Air Condition (2: 15T+30P)
Basics of electricity, conductors, safety devices, insulators, two phase and
three phase wiring, Principles of air condition, criteria for air condition,
layout.
ID 3206 Environmental Evaluation (2: 15T+30P) Environmental tools, Initial environmental evaluation, Concept of
Environmental impact assessment.
ID 4101 Disasters and Green Solutions (2: 15T+30P)
Introduction to disasters (natural, manmade, water related), impact of
disasters on community/culture, Economics of disasters, Pre disaster
preparedness and vulnerability reductions, Post disaster response relief and
rehabilitation, disaster mitigation and long term developments, Information
technology in disaster planning.
ID 4102 Innovation and Technology Transfer (2: 15T+30P)
Importance of innovations, sources of innovations and networks, commercial
exploitation of science and technology, new trends in technology
management, importance of bridging network for technology transfer,
importance of intellectual properties and patenting.
3.9 Courses Offered by the Department of Soil Science SS 1201 Introductory Soil Science (3: 30T+30P)
Soil as a renewable natural resource, Importance and functions, Minerals,
Rocks and Weathering, Physical Properties of Soils, Mineralogical and
Chemical Properties of Soils, Biological Properties of Soil, Soil Genesis, Soil
Taxonomy, Soils of Sri Lanka.
SS 2101 Soil-Plant Relations and Nutrient Management (3: 30T+30P)
Soil-plant-water relations, Soil organic matter: plant residue decomposition
and nutrient release, mineralization and immobilization of nutrients, Plant
nutrients and nutrient cycles, Managing soil fertility and plant nutrients: soil
fertility evaluation, inorganic fertilizers, composts and other organic
amendments.
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SS 3101 Land Resource Management (2: 30T+00P)
Land as a natural resource, Use of land for agriculture and forestry, Soil
survey and mapping: interpretation and land use planning, Managing soil
physical fertility: soil erosion and conservation, soil aggregation, Problem
soils and their management: salt-affected soils, acid sulphate soils,
reclamation of saline and other problem soils, Land degradation and
desertification: causes, on site and off site effects.
SS 3102 Land Suitability Evaluation (2: 30T+00P)
Aims, Nature and principles of land evaluation, Land utilization and land use
types, Land suitability and capability, Land suitability classification, Soil
parameters of agricultural significance, Standards of evaluating soil
parameters, Methods and techniques of evaluating soils: drainability tests,
infiltration, compaction, depth, Crop requirements from soils properties
perspective, Crop selection for a land based on soil properties. Limitations
and improvements of land qualities.
SS 4101 Soil Physics (2: 30T+00P)
Soil physical properties: texture and structure of soils, soil densities, particle
size distribution, Soil physical processes: Soil water and air flow, Soil water
potential, Water movement in soils, Solute transport, Wetting and non-
wetting properties of soils, Surface free energy of soils, adhesion vs.
cohesion, tillage and soil structure management, Soil compaction, Importance
of Soil water management, Erosion and sediment control, Water shortages &
conservation, Monitoring and maintaining Soil Moisture.
SS 4102 Soil Chemistry (2: 30T+00P)
Minerals in soil environments: silicates and non-silicates, clay minerals, origin
of clay minerals, Atomic structure of clay minerals, types of clay minerals,
properties and identification of clay minerals, Acidity and alkalinity, metal
toxicity, chelation and complexation, phase interactions, water quality, soil
solution, precipitation - dissolution reactions, oxidation and reduction
reactions, charge characteristics and surface chemistry, retention of organic
molecules.
SS 4103 Soil Biology and Biochemistry (1: 15T+00P)
Concept of energy flow and functions of ecosystems, Role of soil in the
ecosystem, Components of the soil ecosystem, Microbial life and the soil
ecosystem, Soil food web, chemical composition of soil organic matter,
Decomposition of plant/crop residues and stabilization of organic matter,
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Characterization of SOM, Carbon cycle, Soil management for carbon
sequestration, pools of SOM and introduction to modeling, Nutrient cycling
in forest and agricultural ecosystems: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium and
Sulfur cycles.
SS 4104 Techniques in Soil Research (1: 15T+00P)
Selection of sampling sites and field data collection, Sampling, Preparation
and storage of soil for research, Techniques in soil and plant analysis:
Elemental composition, extraction of nutrient fractions, Soil organic matter
and biological properties: Total organic matter and fractions, Soil microbial
biomass, Soil respiration, Instruments used in soil analyses: Colorimeter,
Spectrophotometer, Atomic absorption spectrometer, Techniques and
instrumentation in soil physical properties, Use of isotopes in soil research.
Application of GIS and remote sensing in soil research.
SS 4105 Land Use and Environmental Quality (2: 30T+00P)
Soil and the environment: land use and cover change, Greenhouse effect and
global warming: Soils as source of greenhouse gases, Ozone depletion,
Carbon sequestration in soils, Atmospheric pollution: Types of air pollutants
Land use and environmental pollution: Soil and water pollution due to
agricultural activities, Eutrophication, chemical pollution of soil & water,
Landfills in garbage disposal; Remediation of polluted soils, Monitoring,
Assessment and control of air, Water and soil pollution.
SS 4106 Soil Fertility Management (2: 30T+00P)
Concept of soil fertility, Mechanisms of nutrient uptake by plants: Ion
concentration in the soil solution, Mass flow and diffusion, Rhizosphere:
Carbon supply and microbial activity in the rhizosphere, Soil fertility
evaluation: Interpretation of results of soil and plant analysis, Critical nutrient
concentration, Critical nutrient range, Diagnosis and recommendation,
Introduction to tropical soils and major soil groups in Sri Lanka, Wetland rice
growing soils, Nutrient management practices of tropical soils and rice soils.
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4. Evaluation procedure and
examination by-laws
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4.1 Examination Regulations/By-Laws Examination regulations for all the degrees approved by the senate of the
University of Ruhuna under section 136 of the universities act no. 16 of 1978
as amended by the universities (amendment) act no. 7 of 1985 are as follows.
These regulations provide the criteria and other conditions relating to
examinations leading to all three degrees. Any interpretations of these
regulations shall be submitted to the Senate and the decision of the Senate
shall be final. These regulations shall be effective for the new entrants for the
academic year 2013/2014 and thereafter.
4.2 Evaluation procedure Courses of all the three undergraduate degrees shall be evaluated on the basis
of different components as tabulated below. Limits of marks to be allocated
for each component are given in Table 4.1
Table 4.1: Limits of Marks in Different Evaluation Components
Component Marks
End Semester Examinations 50% - 80%
Mid Semester Examinations 00% - 25%
Practicals / Field Work / Field Book. Etc 00% - 40%
Assignment / Seminars 00% - 25%
Oral Examinations (End Semester) 00% - 10%
Total 100%
End semester examination is compulsory for each course and should be
conducted according to a prescribed timetable. Mid semester examinations, if
any, also should be conducted within the prescribed period. In addition to the
end semester examination, evaluation of each course shall contain at least one
other component. Students should obtain a minimum of 40 % each for
theory and practical components in the end semester examination to pass
the examinations.
The final year research project shall be evaluated on the basis of proposal
presentation, supervisors’ evaluation reports, final presentation and draft final
report. Limits of the marks for each component are given in Table 4-2. The
results of the research project will be finalized after completion of all the
components.
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Table 4-2: Limits of Marks in Different Evaluation Components in Research
Project
Component Marks
Proposal Presentation 10% - 15%
Supervisors evaluation reports, laboratory / Field
Evaluation etc 25% - 40%
Final Presentation / Oral examination 30% - 40%
Evaluation of final draft report 20% - 30%
Total 100%
Industrial training component of BSc in Agricultural Resource Management
Technology and BSc in Agribusiness Management degree programs will be
evaluated on the basis of attendance, supervisors’ report and final report
submitted by the student.
The industrial training components of BSc in Green Technology degree
program will be evaluated based on final presentation, final report and
monthly progress reports submitted by the student.
4.3 Course coordinators The Coordinator of a course shall be a member of the academic staff of
seniority not less than that of a senior lecturer. Scheme of evaluation of each
course of the semester will be announced at the beginning of the semester by
the lecturer concerned. In the case of common courses (CC) and combined
courses (ID), course coordinator or coordinators shall be appointed by the
Faculty Board.
4.4 Grade and grade point average for courses Grades and Grade points shall be assigned for each course according to the
overall marks obtained for all components for the course. Marks with
respective grades and grade points are shown in Table 4-3.
4.5 Calculation of Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) is calculated using the following
formula and students will have a grade based on their performance for the
semester (Table 4-4).
i
ii
C
GCSGPA
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Where, Ci is the number of credits for ith
course
Gi is the grade point obtained for the ith
course
Table 4-3: Marks with Respective Grades and Grade Points
Marks (%) (Out of 100) Grade Grade Points Remarks
85 A+ 4.0 Distinction
80 – 84 A 4.0 Excellent
75 – 79 A- 3.7 Very Good
70 – 74 B+ 3.3 Good
65 – 69 B 3.0 Good
60 – 64 B- 2.7 Good
55 – 59 C+ 2.3 Satisfactory
50 – 54 C 2.0 Satisfactory
45 – 49 C- 1.7 Pass
40 – 44 D+ 1.3 Conditional Pass
35 – 39 D 1.0 Conditional Pass
35 > E 0.0 Fail
Table 4-4: SGPA and Respective Grades
SGPA Grade
SGPA 3.70 First Class
3.30 SGPA < 3.70 Second Class Upper Division
3.00 SGPA < 3.30 Second Class Lower Division
2.00 SGPA < 3.00 Pass
SGPA < 2.00 Scholastic Probation if the OGPA is also less
than 2.00
4.6 Calculation of Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) The Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) will be calculated at the end of
each semester using the formula;
ij
iji
C
GCOGPA
Where, Ci is the number of credits for the ith
course in the jth
semester.
Gi is the grade point obtained for the ith
course.
The student should maintain the Overall Grade Point Average (OGPA) at
the level of 2.0 or above. The student should repeat the courses with less
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than D grade at the next earliest opportunity and the student can only
obtain a maximum of C grade. If the student has obtained C- or D grades for
a course he/she has alternatives either to repeat the course or to keep the
grade as it is if he she can maintain the minimum OGPA requirement.
Students with an OGPA of less than 2.0 will come under Scholastic
Probation until the OGPA is raised to 2.00, by repeating failed courses
and/or taking more optional courses.
For non-credit compulsory courses, students should obtain a minimum of C-
grade to pass the course. Students who fail to achieve a minimum of C-
grade for a non-credit compulsory course should repeat the examinations at
the next earliest opportunity.
Students who fail to sit the end semester examination, but have fulfilled all
other requirements and also have obtained concessionary approval from the
faculty board can sit for the final examination at the next earliest opportunity
and cannot obtain more than a maximum of A- grade. Students with failed
marks for final examination and successfully completed all other
requirements cannot obtain more than a maximum of C grade at the next
attempt.
4.7 Restrictions for number of course credits for degree
programs Allocated credit numbers and limits for different componets in three degree
programs are given in table 4-5.
4.8 Restrictions for number of attempts for course
examinations Number of attempts to sit an end semester examination shall be not more
than three, unless the student has obtained concessionary approval from the
Faculty Board and the Senate.
4.9 Restrictions for the period for completion of the
degree The maximum allowable time period to complete a BSc degree in the Faculty
of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna is Seven Years unless the student has
obtained concessionary approval from the Faculty Board and the Senate.
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Table 4-5: Allocated Credits Numbers for Degree Programs
Component Numbers of Credits
BSc
ARMT
BSc
ABM
BSc
GT
Maximum number of course credits per semester 22 22 22
Minimum requirement of optional course credits 6 18 8
Specialization Course credits 6 0 0
Research credits 6 6 6
Industrial Training 2 2 6
Total number of compulsory course credits for the
degree programme
114 95 104
Minimum requirement of course credits for the degree 120 113 112
Minimum requirement of total credits including research 128 121 124
4.10 Final year specialization programme Students who follows BSc in Agricultural Resource Management and
Technology degree can apply for a field of specialization at the end of 3-2
semester, based on their performance and choice. Only those students who
have an OGPA of 2.7 or more by the end of 3-1 semester will be given the
specialization field based on their preference. Other students will be allocated
by the Faculty Board among the Departments based on the Student’s
performances, their preference and resources available in the Departments for
the specialization programme. In the fourth year first semester, students
should study specialization modules of the respective Department, all the
compulsory common courses and optional courses as directed by the
respective Head of the Department, subjected to maximum credit limits per
semester.
In the fourth year second semester students should undertake a
research/training project as directed by the assigned supervisor of the student
and respective head of the Department. After the completion of research
project the student shall submit a letter from the project supervisor indicating
that the project report is ready to be evaluated at the examination along with a
completed draft project report to the Head of the Department of study at least
a week before the final examination. Such candidate shall have a minimum of
45% marks obtained for the conduct of project and preparation of the project
report prior to appearing for the examination. Failure to fulfill above
requirements shall disqualify a candidate from sitting the examination. In the
event of project supervisor being not available to evaluate the project report,
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the Head of the Department or a person designated by supervisor and/or Head
of the Department shall evaluate the project report.
4.11 Eligibility requirements to sit end semester
examination of a course To be eligible to sit for end semester examination of a course, a student
should fulfill the attendance requirement of a minimum of 80% for
practical, fieldwork and other assessments. A candidate shall attend and
undertake tests and assignments related to continuous evaluation and obtain
not less than 40% of marks to be eligible to sit for the end semester
examination.
A candidate shall also submit all assignments, laboratory/practical reports,
specimen collections, etc., related to continuous evaluation to be eligible to
sit for end semester examination. Candidates who fail to undertake mid-
semester examinations/tests/ quizzes and/or submit assignments/reports, etc.,
related to continuous evaluations shall be given zero marks for the particular
test and/or component of continuous evaluations.
Failure to fulfill the attendance requirements shall disqualify a candidate from
sitting for that examination, but it shall be treated as an attempt. Such
candidate/s shall repeat the entire course and shall be required to pay the
examination fees as stipulated by regulations.
4.12 Guidelines for the Calculation of Final Marks for Courses in
Examinations
The theory component of an end-semester examination of a course may
consist of multiple choices, structured and essay type questions and the
Departments of study shall decide on the composition of the examination
paper, subjected to approval by the Faculty Board.
The practical components of courses shall be assessed continuously, by an
end-semester examination or by both methods depending on the course and
Department of study.
Oral examinations, when held shall be as a component of practical
assessment or as a separate examination.
For each course, an appropriate evaluation scheme shall be determined by the
Department of study prior to the commencement of the semester which
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would be approved by the Faculty Board and the Senate.
An introduction to the course, class/laboratory activities, assignments and
weights assigned to each component of evaluation shall be announced to the
students by the Department of study at the beginning of the course.
4.13 Absentees at Examinations
(1) A candidate who has been absent from a whole end-semester
examinations shall be treated as if he/she has used an occasion, unless a
valid reason has been furnished by the candidate and accepted by the
Faculty Board and the Senate. A candidate with an accepted valid reason
shall take the whole end-semester examination on the next immediate
occasion and shall get grading for courses and the examination according
to the schemes given in Section 4.4 and Section 4.6 respectively. If a
candidate avoids taking the whole end-semester examination on the next
immediate occasion without furnishing a valid reason, it shall be treated
as an attempt.
(2) If a candidate has sat only for a part of one or more course/s of an end-
semester examination, it will be treated as a complete attempt for all
prescribed courses in that examination, unless a valid reason has been
furnished by the candidate and accepted by the Faculty Board and the
Senate.
(3) Absence of a candidate from an end-semester examination on account of
bereavement in the family (death of a parent, brother or sister, and if
married, spouse or child) will be excused if approval is obtained from the
Faculty Board and the Senate by submission of a death certificate and
appropriate proof of relationship.
(4) A candidate who is absent only for a part of an end-semester examination,
shall take absent course/s at the next immediate occasion subject to
restrictions given in Section 4.4 If a candidate fails to sit absent course/s
on the next immediate occasion without furnishing a valid reason, it shall
be treated as an attempt.
(5) All absentees at examinations due to medical reasons shall submit a
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medical certificate obtained from a person listed under item 4.15. These
medical certificates shall be endorsed by the University Medical Officer
before being presented to the Faculty Board and the Senate for approval.
(6) An end-semester examination, which involves different components, shall
be taken at one occasion, except in the case of continuous evaluations. In
the case of repeat or absent candidate, marks obtained for continuous
evaluations shall be counted in the next end-semester examination.
(7) A candidate, who is absent at a mid-semester examination/test/quiz with a
reason accepted as valid by the teacher concerned shall be given another
opportunity to sit the said mid-semester examination/test/quiz within two
weeks of the date of the earlier examination/test/quiz.
4.14 Examination Procedure, Offences and the Punishments
Regulations made by the Senate of the University of Ruhuna under section
136 read with Sections 29, 45 and 46 of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978
as amended by the Universities (Amendment) Act No. 7 of 1985 are
applicable.
4.15 Medical certificates for failure to attend examinations
Students are requested to support the absence from course work or
examinations due to illness by a valid medical certificate conforming to the
format of a medical certificate issued by a government hospital. Such medical
certificate should be obtained from the following persons.
University Medical Officer
District Medical Officer
Consultant Specialist in the relevant field
Head of a government base hospital
Medical Superintend of a provincial Ayurvedic government hospital
Ayurvedic physician registered in the Ayurvedic Medical council
Students who fall ill during sessions of examination time should contact the
University Medical Officer at the University Health Center immediately. If a
student falls sick at home or elsewhere during the session of an examination
time he/she or his/her guardian should inform the Dean of the Faculty within
seven days by telegram followed by a letter indicating the nature of the
illness and the name of the attending doctor and other relevant information.
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Medical certificate supporting the illness of the student should also be sent to
the Dean of the Faculty.
4.16 Scheme for awarding degrees
Subject to appropriate by-laws, a candidate who has completed all the
requirements of the three degrees fulfilled the proficiency requirements
(minimum of level I of the proficiency in English conducted by the
University of Ruhuna) in English may be awarded First Class Honors,
Second Class Honors (Upper or Lower Division), or a Pass.
To award the degree the student shall complete all the components of the
degree course including compulsory courses, optional cources, industrial
training and research project and also shall complete the minimum numbers
of credit requirement with respect to the degree program (Section 2.4.6). To
obtain a degree with a class, the student should complete the credit
requirement within a period of four academic years (eight semesters) unless
special approvals have been obtained from the Senate.
4.17 Effective Date of the Degrees
The effective date of the all three degrees shall be the last date of the
stipulated examination period on which the Final Examination of the fourth
year second semester. To be eligible for this effective date, a candidate shall
submit the completed five bound copies of the project report within six
months after completion of the examination. For repeat students, effective
date shall be the date of commencement of the final examination of the final
year second semester after completion of all the requirements of the degree.
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5 Students services
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5.1 Introduction The Assistant Registrar (Students Welfare) and his office is located at the
Wellamadama Campus, near Matara, on the second floor of the
administration building. All the needs of the students outside their study
courses such as loan facilities, government scholarships, hostel facilities, and
cafeteria are operated through this Welfare Branch at Wellamadama.
5.2 Financial assistance Financial assistance to the students entering this University may be
categorized as follows:
1. Mahapola Scheme
2. Bursary Scheme
3. Endowed Scholarships and other scholarships
5.2.1 Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Scheme
Mahapola Scholarships are awarded to students on their performance at the
GCE (A/L) Examination on the result of which admissions to the University
are based and also on a District basis. Selections are made by the University
Grants Commission, which categorizes the awards. Mahapola Trust Fund is
responsible for award of these Scholarships.
The two categories of Mahapola Scholarships are as follows,
1. Merit Scholarships 2. Ordinary Scholarships
Annual value of Merit Scholarship is Rs.25500/- and that of Ordinary
Scholarship is Rs.25000/-. Both awards are paid in 10 installments per year.
Being a four years course, an undergraduate following the BSc Agric. course,
will normally receive a Total of 40 installments during the four years. The
scholarship can be suspended or cancelled when a student’s work, conduct or
attendance is unsatisfactory. An absolute majority of students in the Sri
Lankan Universities are supported by this scheme, which is a unique feature
of higher education in Sri Lanka.
5.2.2 Bursaries
Bursaries are awarded to eligible students who do not receive Mahapola
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Scholarships. The applications for bursaries are received by the Students’
Welfare Branch of the University. The selections for the bursaries are made
on the basis of parental income, the number of siblings fewer than 18 years
and the distance from home to the University.
The two categories of bursaries available are
1. Merit Bursary 2. Ordinary Bursary
The annual value of Merit Bursary is Rs. 20000/- per installment and that of
Ordinary Bursary is Rs. 19000/-.The bursaries are also paid in 10
installments. The bursary may be suspended or cancelled when the student’s
work, conduct or attendance is not satisfactory.
5.2.3 Endowed Scholarships
Endowed scholarships are awarded by the University Grants Commission.
Applications are called from students who do not receive Mahapola and
Bursaries. The details about Government financial assistance can be obtained
from Students Welfare Branch of the University. The details of other personal
scholarships can also be obtained from this Branch.
5.3 Student Union and Societies Student union is formed according to the Universities act. The legally
accepted student union of the Faculty is the Faculty of Agriculture Student
Union
5.3.1 University Student Union and Faculty Student Union
There shall be a faculty student union in the Faculty of Agriculture for every
academic year. The faculty student union is formed according to the
regulations on student union.
By-law No. 01 of 1990 made under the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978,
amended by act No. 7 of 1985.
The faculty student union consists of the following office bearers.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Editor
Junior Treasurer
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Members (the number decided on the basis of the
number of registered students in the Faculty).
University student union consists of the office bearers and the members of
each faculty student union.
5.3.2 Societies
The students can form societies for the purpose of academic and social
objectives with the approval of University authorities.
5.4 Physical Education Sports facilities are provided to the students by the Department of Physical
Education located at Wellamadama Campus. Facilities for the following
games are available in the University: Athletics, Badminton, Volleyball,
Netball, Table tennis, Weight lifting, Basketball, Wrestling and Cricket.
When facilities are not available, the University provides support for students
to practice the sport of their preference by providing facilities available
elsewhere. A playground has been partly constructed within the Faculty
premises. All the necessary assistance is given to students for their training
for representing the Faculty and University at sports. There are regular inter-
faculty and inter-university games and sports festivals with an annual colours
night to recognize the achievements of students at sports and for around of
University colours.
5.5 Accommodation and Lodging Accommodation is provided for the students in the hostels of the Faculty.
Those involved in research projects such as Research Assistants and post-
graduate students are also allowed accommodation in the hostels. Six Units
with accommodation for 33 each and several renovated buildings are
available at present Eight hostel blocks to accommodate 160 students.
Several houses in the vicinity of the campus have been also leased to
accommodate the increased demand for hostels. The students who wish to
find such accommodation may contact Assistant Registrar- Agriculture or
Sub Wardens. For unmarried members of the staff, there are two quarters
with a total of 11 rooms. A room in one of the bachelors’ quarters is reserved
for guests. A housing complex with 15 houses to provide accommodation to
deserving academic and non-academic staff was completed in 1999.
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Sub Warden for Boys Hostels Sub Warden for Girls Hostels Mr Jayantha Vitharana Mrs P Kumarasinghe
BSc Agric. (Ruhuna) BSc Agric. (Ruhuna)
5.6 Health Facilities Free OPD treatment to the students is provided by the Medical Centre of the
Faculty. More serious cases are referred to the Kamburupitiya Base Hospital
at Andapana or to the General Hospital in Matara. The students can also
consult the University Medical Officers at the main University premises.
5.7 Social events of the students The Faculty of Agriculture has several traditional social events in its annual
agenda. These are memorable occasions in the students’ life in the Faculty
and have been safeguarded even during the periods of civil unrest.
5.8 Freshers’ Welcome On the first day of registration, the new students with the accompanying
parents are given a welcome at the Faculty by the staff. The second year
students who are immediate seniors, accept the new students to the Faculty
by organizing a “Freshers’ Welcome”. All the students and the staff of the
Faculty take part in this event.
5.9 Final Year Going Down Party This event celebrated as the “Agro Harvesting Night” is organized by the
batch of students who are immediately junior to the batch, which has passed
out from the Faculty. It gives an opportunity for the present and the past
students to meet with the staff and share their experiences. A prominent
person in the field of agriculture or higher education is usually invited as the
chief guest.
5.10 Students Common Room, Canteen and Other
Facilities A common room for the students with some indoor game facilities, daily
papers, etc. and a canteen adjacent to it has been built at the time when the
student numbers were low. Further expansion of these facilities is being
planned to accommodate the increasing number of undergraduate and
graduate students of the Faculty. Many more developmental works for
making the working atmosphere a pleasant one for the students are underway.
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The long felt need of a volleyball court and a play ground are being
completed at present.
5.11 Career Guidance Activities Career development has been considered as one of the important areas in the
undergraduate education in this Faculty. Considering this, Faculty has
introduced a course in career development into the curriculum of the final
year first semester as an optional course. At present, career guidance
activities of the Faculty are organized in collaboration with the Industrial
Placement Office of the Faculty under the supervision of Faculty advisor to
the Career Guidance Unit of University of Ruhuna. Currently all career
guidance activities are planned, modified and scheduled according to the
various types of requests made by students and also suggestions made by
stake holders. These activities are conducted with a view for creating
personality rich, superior quality graduates at the end of their four years of
training in the three degree programmes.
5.11.1 Faculty Adviser to the Cultural Center and Career Guidance
Unit
Mr AL Sandika, Senior lecturer attached to the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Extension is the Faculty advicer to the Cultural Center and
Career Guidance unit, at present.
5.12 Student Counseling and Welfare Unit The aim of student counseling is to provide assistance and guidance to
students to solve problems in order to continue the academic activities in a
pleasant environment by improving the confidence and talents. The students
of the Faculty of Agriculture have the opportunity to consult student
counselors regarding problems Associated with academic activities,
difficulties in the new environment and personal problems.
All complaints and consultations are kept strictly confidential. Following
teachers have been appointed as the committee of student counselors for the
Academic year 2014/2015.
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Deputy Senior Student Counselor
Dr (Mrs) DLC Kumari Fonseka (Senior Lecturer /Dept. of Crop Science)
Student Counselors of the Faculty
Dr BMS Jinendra (Senior Lecturer/Dept of Agric Engineering)
Dr (Mrs) NP Ranatunge (Senior Lecturer/Dept. of Agric. Biology)
Dr (Mrs) AL Ranawaka (Senior Lecturer/Dept. of Agric. Biology)
Dr (Mrs) Nilathi Dahanayeke (Senior Lecturer/Dept. of Agric. Biology)
Dr DPIN Pathirana (Senior Lecturer/Dept. of Animal Science)
Dr A Manawadu (Senior Lecturer/Dept. of Animal Science)
Mr CJ Gajaweera (Lecturer/Dept. of Animal Science)
Mr HKMS Kumarasinghe (Lecturer/Dept. of Crop Science)
Mrs AAM Subodinee (Lecturer/Dept. of Food Science and Technology)
Mrs GSN Fernando (Lecturer/Dept. of Food Science and Technology)
Dr NMNK Narayana (Senior Lecturer/Department of Animal Science
Mrs. NA Pethiyagoda (Lecturer/Department of Animal Science)
Dr (Mrs) Amani Mannakkara (Senior Lecturer/Dept. of Agric. Biology)
Mrs A Liyanage (Lecturer/Dept. of Agric. Biology)
Mr SGS Samaraweera
5.13 Academic Counseling The Faculty at the moment is maintaining an effective academic counseling
service for the benefit of students. The academic counseling provides
necessary guidance for students to select courses from the very beginning of
the academic program.
Accordingly, seven academic counselors have been appointed from each
Department.
Dr S Geekiyanage Dept of Agric. Biology
Dr (Mrs) Nilantha De Silva Dept of Agric. Economics and Extension
Mr S Wijetunga Dept of Agric. Engineering
Dr (Mrs) NMNK Narayana Dept of Animal Science
Dr KKIU Arunakumara Dept of Crop Science
Prof Vijith S Jayamanne Dept of Food Science and Technology
Dr (Mrs) DAL Leelamanie Dept of Soil Science
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5.14 Academic Sub Wardens Dr. PLN Lakshman and Mrs MKT Amarasinghe, senior lecturers attached to
Department of Food Science and Technology, and Department of Crop
Science, respectively have been appointed as academic subwardens for the
academic year 2014/2015
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6. University Contacts
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6.1 Wellamadama Campus
Address
University of Ruhuna, Wellamadama, Matara, Sri Lanka
Telephone Exchange/Reception with Intercom Extensions
Administration, Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Science,
Fisheries and Marine Science Technology, Management & Finance
Wellamadama Complex 041 222 2682/681
041 222 7001/7002/7003/7004
Fax 041 222 2683
The University
Vice Chancellor 041 222 7005 Ext. 2000
Office of the Vice Chancellor 041 222 0830
Fax & Personal Secretary to VC 041 222 2683 Ext. 2101
Deputy Vice Chancellor Ext. 2001 0ff. 2137
Registrar 041 222 2998 Ext. 2110
Bursar 041 222 2209 Ext. 2150
AR (Examinations) 041 222 7001 Ext. 2130
AR (Non - Academic) 041 222 7002 Ext. 2140
SAR (Student Affairs) 041 222 7004 Ext. 2135
Director (Physical Education) 041 222 7007 Ext. 2223
Director (Career Guidance Unit) 041 223 1255 Ext. 2132
Chief Security Officer 041 222 7003
Main Library 041 222 7028
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6.2 Faculty of Medicine Address: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri
Lanka
Exchange 091 223 4801 / 091 223 4803/ 091 223 4730 /
091 223 4731
Dean
Phone 091 222 3407
Fax 091 222 2314
Senior Asst. Registrar 091 224 3240
6.3 Faculty of Engineering Address Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna,
Hapugala, Galle,
Sri Lanka
Exchange 091 224 5764 / 65
Dean 091 224 5761
Asst. Registrar 091 224 5763
6.4 Faculty of Agriculture Contacts Postal Address: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna,
Mapalana Kamburupitiya,
Telephone Exchange/Reception with Intercom extensions
041 229 2200/ 041 229 2380/ 041 229 2812/ 041 229 2815
FAX 041 229 2384
Dean 041 229 2382
Asst. Registrar 041 229 2380
Heads of Departments
Agricultural Biology 041 229 2383 E-mail: [email protected]
Agricultural Economics - 0412292385 E-mail: [email protected]
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Agricultural Engineere 041 229 2386 E-mail: [email protected]
Animal Science 041 229 2387 E-mail: [email protected]
Crop Science 041 229 2389 E-mail: [email protected]
Food Science & Technology 041 229 2813 E-mail: [email protected]
Soil Science 041 229 4378 E-mail: [email protected]
Useful E-mails
Journal Publication Unit [email protected]
Industrial Placement Office [email protected]
Web Sites
University web site http://www.ruh.ac.lk
Faculty web site http://www.agri.ruh.ac.lk
Tare Journal http://www.agri.ruh.ac.lk/tare/index.html
Industrial Placement Office http://www.agri.ruh.ac.lk/ipo/index.html
Ruhuna Agri Alumni http://www.agri.ruh.ac.lk/alumni/index.html
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7. Faculty Intercom Numbers
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TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
Dean’s Office Complex Office/ TO. -261
DEAN -201 Computer Room/ Draftman -262
Senior Asst. Registrar -202 Animal Science
Asst. Bursar -369 HEAD -254
Dean’s Office -374
Dean’s Office (Down) -382
Prof WWDA Gunawardana -257
Shroff -372 Prof (Mrs) RT Serasinghe -247
Works Superintendent -288 Mr A Manawadu -253
Examination Room -380 Prof NSBM Atapattu -258
Student Counter -366/370 Dr PWA Perera -306
Tea Room -379 Ms NMNK Narayana -250
Conference Hall -203 Mr CJ Gajaweera -248
Staff Common Room -370 Mrs NY Hirimuthugoda -251
Tea Room -379 Mrs D Senarathne -307
Journal Publication Unit -371 Mrs NA Pethiyagoda -252
Cleaning Service -300 Dr Indunil Pathirana -389
PABX ROOM -204 TO/ Mr Lal /Mr Kapila -256
Industrial Placement Office (IPO) -361 Temp. Staff -332
Scientific Asst. -381 Anatomy Laboratory -249
Agricultural Engineering Computer Room -252
HEAD -260 Crop Science
Prof KDN Weerasinghe -299 HEAD -229
Prof PLAG Alwis -263 Prof Ranjith Senarathne -243
Prof (Mrs) CM Nawarathna -265 Prof S Subasinghe -303
Mrs CP Rupasinghe -264 Ms DABN Gunarathne -315
Dr BMS Jinendra -266 Mr HKMS Kumarasinghe -301
Mr CP Gunasena/Dr GY Jayasinghe -268 Mr PHM Darmasena -304
Mr S Wijetunga -270 Mrs MKTK Amarasinghe -311
TO/ Mr C Rathnayake -261 Mr. I.R. Plihakkara -311
TO /Mrs CK Welahetti -272 Dr (Mrs) WDG Lakmini -311
Temp. Staff Room -271 Mrs Menaka Franando -302
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Work shop I -227 Mr PA Sunil -322
Work shop II -310 Dr KKIU Aruna Kumara -231
Meteorology Station -230 Ms N Priyadarshani -245
Workshop/ staff room -246
Dark Room -267 Teaching Lab -357
R.A and Visiting Staff Room -269 Mr Upali / Mr Namal -240
Temp. Staff Room -357 Research Assistant -324
Tissue Culture Lab -319 Research Lab -242/318
Culture room -321 Botany Lab -235
TO/Mrs A Widanagama -323 Preparation Room -239
Lecture Hall -238 Entomology Lab -313
Tea Room -245 Agricultural Economics
Food Science & Technology HEAD -208
HEAD -379 Prof M Wijerathne -215
Prof (Mrs) V Wijerathne -222 Prof O Amarasinghe -210
Prof Vjith S Jayamanne -223 Prof Mangala De Zoysa -212
Dr N Liyanage -224 Mrs GC Samaraweera -213
Mrs AAM Subodinee -216 Prof LM Abeywickrama -214
Students Lab -225 Dr (Mrs) WN de Silva -358
Office/ Technical Officer -205 Mr AL Sandika -359
Soil Science Ms MADP Wickramarathne -211
HEAD -378 Research Assistant -217
Prof SD Wanniarachchi -219 Mrs DN Koralegama -211
Dr (Mrs) DAL Leelamanie -220 Technical Officer -209
Mrs BC Walpola -221 Computer Unit
Mr WMCJ Wijekoon -295 Mr Dimuthu Piyarathne -286
Ms SHR Priyadarshani -295 Mr Lasantha Adikaram -286
Dr. (Mrs.) SR Amarasinghe -295 ACP Priyankar -320
Soil Sc. Research Lab -206 TO/ Mrs Kumarage -274
Students Laboratory -225
TO/Mr SH Disanayaka -218 Common Places
Agricultural Biology Drivers’ Room -327
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HEAD -241 Maintenance -328
Prof RHS Rajapakshe -233 Stores -329
Prof Gamini Senanayaka -236 Sports Room -330
Dr RWK Punchihewa -326 Common Room -331
Prof KL Wasantha Kumara -234 Canteen -297
Dr L Nugaliyadda -287 Carpentry -295
Dr (Mrs) WADPR Rathnasekara -237 Auditorium -291
Dr N Dahanayaka -325 English Unit -367
Dr (Mrs) S Geekiyanage -287 Staff Quarters
Dr (Mrs) AL Ranawake -317 A1 – Prof VS Jayamanna -334
Dr (Mrs) N Ranathunge -324 A2 – Prof KL Wasantha Kumara -339
Farm A3 – Prof LM Abeywickrema -335
Manager -273 B1 – Dr A Manawadu -342
Office -298 B2 – Dr Dimutu Priyarathna -341
Sales Room -275 B3 – Dr Amani Mannakkara -333
Security Service B4 – Dr (Mrs) WADPR Rathnasekara -338
Sub Inspector -296 B5 – Dr S Geekiyanage -337
Office -285 C3 – Mrs N Hettige -345
Main Gate -226 C4 – Mrs P Wellage -340
Library C5 – Mrs AP Lakmali -336
S. Asst. Librarian -350 C6 – Ms GU Nagoda -316
Conference Room -351 B Q 1 -276
Computer Room -346 B Q 2 -277
Office -348 Students Hostels / Students Council
Counter -349 Unit 4 (Girls) -278
Upstairs -347 Unit 1 (Boys) -279
Finance Branch Unit 5 (Girls) -282
AB -369 Unit 2 (Boys) -280
Office -373 Unit 6 (Girls) -283
Shroff -372 Unit 3 (Boys) -281
Other Places Unit 7 (Boys) -308
Exam Hall -353 Student Council -228
PABX Room -204 Student Common Room -284
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