COURSE STRUCTURE

The course structure consists of three categories of courses: common core, specialized, and electives. All students must take all common core courses. The specialized courses shall be taken by students who will opt for a given area of specialization as follows: Agricultural Land Resources Planning, Tropical Soil Fertility Management and Soil-water Management.

Summary of Courses under the Programme and their Distribution

YEAR 1: SEMESTER  I

Common Core courses and their units/credit hours

Code	Module Title	Scheme of study (Hours/Credits)
		L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
SS 801	Agricultural Research Methods	40	20	40	10	20	13
SS 802	Scientific Writing and Presentation Skills	20	30	30	20	20	12
SS803	Soils of the Tropics and Subtropics	40	20	30	10	20	12
SS 804	Climate Change, Challenges, Mitigation and Adaptation in Agriculture	40	10	20	30	30	13
	Sub-Total	140	80	120	70	90	50

*L= Lectures; T= Seminar/Tutorial; P= Practical; AS= Assignment;    IS= Independent Study

Elective courses and their units/credit hours

Code	Module Title	Scheme of study(Hours/Credits)
		L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
EE801	Participatory and Action Research	16	16	16	16	96	16
EE809	Knowledge Management and Communication	12	12	12	12	72	12
	Sub-Total	28	28	28	28	168	28

*L= Lectures; T= Seminar/Tutorial; P= Practical; AS= Assignment;    IS= Independent Study

YEAR 1: SEMESTER 2

Specialization core courses  

Specialization name: Integrated soil fertility management

Code	Module Title	Scheme of study (Hours/Credits)
		L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
SS 806	Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture	40	20	30	10	20	12
SS 807	Plant nutrition and crop productivity	30	20	40	10	20	12
SS 808	Soil Health	40	10	40	10	20	12
CS 801	Advances in Agronomy	30	10	30	10	10	9
	Total (core courses) for semester	140	60	140	40	70	45

*L= Lectures; T= Seminar/Tutorial; P= Practical; AS= Assignment;    IS= Independent Study

 

Specialization name: Water resource management

Code	Module Title	Scheme of study (Hours/Credits)
		L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
AE802	Soil-water management in the tropics	20	20	20	10	10	8
SS 805	Advances in Soil-Plant-Water Relations	30	10	30	10	20	10
AE 803	Applied Soil-Water-Crop Modeling	20	20	20	10	10	8
AE 804	Irrigation and Water Resources Management	40	20	20	20	10	11
AE 805	Integrated Watershed Management	20	20	20	10	10	8
	Total (core courses) for semester	130	90	110	60	60	45

*L= Lectures; T= Seminar/Tutorial; P= Practical; AS= Assignment;    IS= Independent Study

 

Specialization name: Agricultural Land Resources Planning

Code	Module Title	Scheme of study (Hours/Credits)
		L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
LU801/SS809	GIS and remote sensing applications	40	10	40	10	20	12
LU 802/SS 810	Land Resources Planning for Agriculture	40	20	20	20	20	12
LU 803	Integrated Land Use Management	30	20	20	10	20	10
SS811	Advances in conservation Agriculture	30	10	40	20	20	12
	Total (core courses) for semester	140	60	120	60	80	46

*L= Lectures; T= Seminar/Tutorial; P= Practical; AS= Assignment;    IS= Independent Study

Proposal development

Code	Module Title	Scheme of study (Hours/Credits)
		L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
*SS/AE 800	PhD proposal development	0	60	0	0	90	15
	Sub-Total	0	60	0	0	90	15

* this adds up to the total credits for research and dissertation

YEAR 2 and 3 and 4

Core courses and their units/credit hours

Code	Module Title	Scheme of study (Hours/Credits)
		L*	T*	P*	AS*	IS*	Credits
*SS/AE 800	PhD proposal development	0	60	0	0	90	15
SS 815	PhD Dissertation	0	50	0	0	4000	405
	Total for proposal and dissertation	0	110	0	0	4090	420

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES AND ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

There will be two exit levels for the PhD in Soil and Water Management of SUA. A candidate who shall have completed course work but could not continue with the research component of the program will qualify for the award of a postgraduate diploma in Soil and Water Management. Upon successful completion of the program as stipulated in "Regulations and guidelines for higher degrees of Sokoine University of Agriculture", the candidate will qualify for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Soil and Water Management degree of Sokoine University of Agriculture.