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Degree Program: Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics (until WS 2018/19) (Master)

Note: Last updated September 2019. Current module catalog in HohCampus.

Eight modules are compulsory. Seven elective modules can be chosen from the list of all master modules of the Faculty of Agriculure. Particularly recommended modules are listed below.

  Code Module Name Semester Bindingness
4905-420 Crop Production Systems 1 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4905-421 Crop Production Systems lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4906-410 Ecology and Agroecosystems 1 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4906-411 Ecology and Agroecosystems lecture with seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4908-440 Livestock Production Systems and Development 1 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-411 Genetic Resources and Animal Husbandry Systems in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with seminar and excursion Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4908-441 Livestock Production Systems and Development lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4908-471 Global Animal Genetic Biodiversity lecture with seminar and excursion Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4903-460 Methods in Interdisciplinary Collaboration 1 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-461 Methods in Interdisciplinary Collaboration lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4907-410 Natural Resource Use and Conservation in the Tropics and Subtropics 1 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4907-411 Natural Resource Use and Conservation in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3000-420 UNIcert III English for Scientific Purposes 1 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1000-041 UNIcert III English for Scientific Purposes Course compulsory
4908-480 Animal Breeding for Sustainable Development 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-481 Animal Breeding for Sustainable Development lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4906-420 Biodiversity, Plant and Animal Genetic Resources 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4906-421 Biodiversity, Plant and Animal Genetic Resources lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
3501-480 Breeding of Tropical, Ornamental, and Vegetable Plants 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3501-481 Breeding of Tropical, Ornamental, and Vegetable Plants lecture compulsory
4907-430 Crop Production Affecting the Hydrological Cycle 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4907-431 Crop Production Affecting the Hydrological Cycle lecture with exercise compulsory
4907-420 Ecophysiology of Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4907-421 Ecophysiology of Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4907-490 Excursion to the Tropics and Subtropics 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4907-491 Excursion to the Tropics and Subtropics seminar with excursion elective
3301-480 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (e-learning module) 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3301-481 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ILIAS online module) e-learning compulsory
4903-450 Innovations in Agriculture 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-451 Innovations in Agriculture lecture with excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4905-430 Integrated Agricultural Production Systems 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4905-431 Integrated Agricultural Production Systems lecture with seminar and exercise compulsory
4907-440 Interdisciplinary Practical Science Training 2 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4907-441 Interdisciplinary Practical Science Training practical with exercise compulsory
4403-410 Irrigation and Drainage Technology 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4403-411 Irrigation and Drainage Technology lecture with practicals and excursion compulsory
3000-410 Portfolio Module (Master) 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
4403-550 Post-Harvest Technology of Food and Bio-Based Products 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4403-551 Post-Harvest Technology of Food and Bio-Based Products lecture with practicals and excursion compulsory
4908-420 Promotion of Livestock in Tropical Environments 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-421 Promotion of Livestock in Tropical Environments lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4909-420 Quantitative Methods in Animal Nutrition and Vegetation Sciences 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4909-421 Quantitative Methods in Animal Nutrition and Vegetation Sciences lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory
4403-470 Renewable Energy for Rural Areas 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4403-471 Renewable Energy for Rural Areas lecture with practicals and excursion compulsory
4901-430 Rural Development Policies and Institutions (6 credits) 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4901-431 Rural Development Policies and Institutions lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4901-432 Seminar to Rural Development Policies and Institutions seminar compulsory
3101-460 Soils of the World: Formation, Classification, and Land Evaluation 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3101-461 Soils of the World: Formation, Classification and Land Evaluation lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3000-420 UNIcert III English for Scientific Purposes 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1000-041 UNIcert III English for Scientific Purposes Course compulsory
4302-420 Ethical Reflection on Food and Agriculture 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4302-421 Ethical Reflection on Food and Agriculture seminar with excercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4909-430 Experimental Aquaculture 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4909-431 Experimental Aquaculture lecture with practicals and excursion compulsory
4904-450 Farm and Project Evaluation 3 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4904-451 Farm Level Methods lecture compulsory
  4904-452 Project Level Methods lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4904-453 Exercise for Project Monitoring and Evaluation (optional) exercise optional
3301-480 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (e-learning module) 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3301-481 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ILIAS online module) e-learning compulsory
4902-430 Food and Nutrition Security 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4902-431 Food and Nutrition Security lecture compulsory
4908-470 Global Animal Genetic Biodiversity 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-471 Global Animal Genetic Biodiversity lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4908-460 Hot topics and advanced methods in animal genetics and breeding 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-461 Hot topics and advanced methods in animal genetics and breeding lecture with seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4605-430 Microbiological Safety within the Feed and Food Production Chain 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4605-431 Microbiological Safety within the Feed and Food Production Chain lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3405-410 Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3405-411 Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
4908-450 Organic Livestock Farming and Products 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-451 Organic Livestock Farming and Products lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4909-410 Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Livestock Nutrition in the Tropics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4909-411 Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Livestock Nutrition in the Tropics lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4903-500 Policy Processes in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-501 Policy Processes in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3000-410 Portfolio Module (Master) 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
4901-420 Poverty and Development Strategies 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4901-421 Poverty and Development Strategies lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4901-422 Tutorial Poverty and Development Strategies (optional) Tutorial optional Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3402-420 Quantitative Methods in Biosciences 3 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3402-421 Quantitative Methods in Biosciences lecture with laboratory compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4901-470 Quantitative Methods in Economics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4901-471 Quantitative Methods in Economics lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4901-472 Exercises to Quantitative Methods in Economics exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4301-430 Rural Communication and Extension 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4301-431 Rural Communication and Extension lecture with exercise compulsory
3000-460 Master’s Thesis Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics & Subtropics 4 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3000-461 Master’s Thesis Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics & Subtropics Abschlussarbeit compulsory

Modules that are not offered anymore

  Code Module Name
3801-420 Crop Production Systems
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3801-421 Crop Production Systems lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory
3802-410 Ecology and Agroecosystems
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3802-411 Ecology and Agroecosystems lecture with seminar compulsory
4801-450 Livestock Production Systems and Development
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4801-451 Livestock Production Systems and Development lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
3803-410 Natural Resource Use and Conservation in the Tropics and Subtropics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3803-411 Natural Resource Use and Conservation in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture compulsory
3502-420 Analysis and Utilization of Genomic Diversity for Plant Breeding
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3502-421 Analysis and utilization of genomic diversity for plant breeding seminar with excercise compulsory
3802-420 Biodiversity, Plant and Animal Genetic Resources
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3802-421 Biodiversity, Plant and Animal Genetic Resources lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
3803-450 Crop Production Affecting the Hydrological Cycle
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3803-451 Crop Production Affecting the Hydrological Cycle lecture with exercise compulsory
3803-430 Ecophysiology of Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3803-431 Ecophysiology of Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with exercise compulsory
3803-490 Excursion to the Tropics and Subtropics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3803-491 Excursion to the Tropics and Subtropics seminar with excursion elective
4602-450 Food Safety and Drinking Water Quality Related to Zoonoses in the Tropics and Subtropics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4602-451 Food Safety and Drinking Water Quality Related to Zoonoses in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with seminar compulsory
4605-450 Food Safety and Drinking Water Quality Related to Zoonoses in the Tropics and Subtropics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4605-451 Food Safety and Drinking Water Quality Related to Zoonoses in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with seminar compulsory
1403-400 Global Nutrition and Food Security
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1403-401 Global Nutrition and Food Security lecture with exercise compulsory
3801-430 Integrated Agricultural Production Systems
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3801-431 Integrated Agricultural Production Systems lecture with seminar and exercise compulsory
3803-470 Interdisciplinary Practical Science Training
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3803-471 Interdisciplinary Practical Science Training practical with exercise compulsory
4609-410 Introduction to Bioinformatics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4609-411 Introduction to Bioinformatics lecture with seminar and exercise compulsory
4801-430 Livestock Breeding Programs - Planning Procedures and International Case Studies
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4801-431 Livestock Breeding Programs - Planning Procedures and International Case Studies lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
4908-430 Livestock Breeding Programs - Planning Procedures and International Case Studies (replaced by 4908-480 Animal Breeding for Sustainable Development)
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-431 Livestock Breeding Programs - Planning Procedures and International Case Studies lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
4802-450 Quantitative Methods in Animal Nutrition and Vegetation Sciences
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4802-451 Quantitative Methods in Animal Nutrition and Vegetation Sciences lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory
4901-410 Rural Development Policies and Institutions (7.5 credits)
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4901-412 Seminar to Rural Development Policies and Institutions seminar compulsory
  4901-411 Rural Development Policies and Institutions lecture compulsory
3101-560 Soils of the World (substituted by: 3101-460)
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3101-561 Soils of the World lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
4303-490 Ethics of Food and Nutrition Security
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4303-491 Ethics of Food and Nutrition Security lecture with exercise compulsory
4802-470 Experimental Aquaculture
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4802-471 Experimental Aquaculture lecture with practicals and excursion compulsory
4301-440 Farm Animal Welfare in Different Societies
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4301-441 Farm Animal Welfare in Different Societies lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4303-470 Gender, Nutrition, and Right to Food (replaced by: 4302-450)
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4303-471 Gender, Nutrition, and Right to Food lecture with exercise semi-elective
4908-410 Genetic Resources and Animal Husbandry System in the Tropics and Subtropics (replaced by 4908-470 Global Animal Genetic Biodiversity)
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-411 Genetic Resources and Animal Husbandry Systems in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4404-450 Innovations in Agriculture (new Code: 4903-450)
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4404-451 Innovations in Agriculture lecture with excursion compulsory
4903-440 Mixed Methods in Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-441 Mixed Methods in Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences seminar compulsory
4801-480 Organic Livestock Farming and Products
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4801-481 Organic Livestock Farming and Products lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
4802-440 Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Livestock Nutrition in the Tropics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4802-441 Physiological and Ecological Aspects of Livestock Nutrition in the Tropics lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory
3502-810 Quantitative Methods in Plant and Livestock Genomics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3502-811 Quantitative Methods in Plant and Livestock Genomics lecture with exercise compulsory
4903-490 Social Dimensions of Agricultural Development
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-491 Social Dimensions of Agricultural Development lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS

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