Study program
Name of the studies: Agriculture for non-agricultural university graduates
Lead unit: Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Duration of postgraduate studies: two semesters in the extramural mode, with 14 two-day sessions (Saturday, Sunday). Classes start in the winter semester (October) or the summer semester February / March.
Total number of hours 230 hours of teaching, including 178 hours of lectures, 12 hours of exercises and 40 hours of field exercises.
Total number of ECTS credits: 60
List of subjects with the assigned number of ECTS points
List of subjects with the assigned number of ECTS points
No.
the name of an object
Lectures [h]
Exercises [h]
Form of credit
ECTS credits
Plant production
1.
Fundamentals of agricultural soil science
8
3
Attachment.
2,2
2.
Plant protection
10
–
Attachment.
2,0
3.
Fertilizer management
8
–
Attachment.
1,6
4.
Cultivation of soil and plants
12
–
Attachment.
2,4
5.
Basics of horticultural production
6
–
Attachment.
1,2
6.
Technologies for the production of agricultural plants. Organic and precision farming
24
–
Attachment.
4,8
7.
Grassland
6
Attachment.
1,2
8.
Renewable energy sources on a farm and the cultivation of energy crops.
10
–
Attachment.
2,0
9.
Basics of production and sale of seed material
5
–
Attachment.
1,0
10.
Basics of phytosanitary control
5
–
Attachment.
1,0
Animal production
11.
Fundamentals of the physiology and nutrition of farm animals
8
3
Attachment.
2,2
12.
Principles of breeding livestock
9
–
Attachment.
1,8
13.
Basics of veterinary control
5
–
Attachment.
1,0
Fundamentals of economics and organization of farms
14.
Polish agriculture of the 20th and 21st centuries
2
–
Attachment.
0,4
15.
Organization of farms
5
–
Attachment.
1,0
16.
Fundamentals of agricultural law and law
10
–
Attachment.
2,0
17.
Accounting for farms
8
–
Attachment.
1,6
18.
Agricultural markets
4
–
Attachment.
0,8
19.
Directions of development of agricultural technology
10
3
Attachment.
2,4
Agritourism and rural development
20.
Agritourism
3
–
Attachment.
0,6
21.
Rural development
20
3
Attachment.
4,8
Outdoor activities
22.
Agricultural Experimental Station (RZD) in Żelazna
–
10
Attachment.
2,0
23.
RZD Wilanów-Obory, Obory farm
–
10
Attachment.
2,0
24.
Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice
–
10
Attachment.
2,0
25.
Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology in Skierniewice
–
10
Attachment.
2,0
Thesis
14,0
Together
178
52
60
List of items with description
List of items with description
No.
the name of an object
Item description
1.
Fundamentals of agricultural soil science
Formation of soils, characteristics of the main types, principles of soil classification.
2.
Plant protection
The most important plant diseases and pests and an overview of the most common weeds. Methods of plant protection against pathogens, pests and weeds. The concept and types of pesticide toxicity.
3.
Fertilizer management
Principles of plant nutrition, types of fertilizers and their application. Storage of natural fertilizers: manure plate, slurry tanks. Threats to the environment of rural areas resulting from agrotechnical errors and fertilizer storage methods.
4.
Cultivation of soil and plants
Climatic conditions of plant production. Principles of plant rotation. Objectives of tillage, advantages and disadvantages of plowing and simplified tillage. . Principles of sowing and mechanical plant care. Basics of harvesting the most important field crops.
5.
Basics of horticultural production
Economic importance and the most important species / varieties of fruit and vegetable plants. Principles of agrotechnics in nursery, orchard and field cultivation of vegetables. Harvesting and storage of garden products.
6.
Technologies for the production of agricultural plants. Basics of organic and precision farming
Cultivation range, the most important varieties and directions of use of the main crops of field cultivation, habitat requirements, plant growth and development, principles of agrotechnics. The market for cereals, sugar, oilseeds and protein crops. Basics of organic and precision farming. Outdoor activities
7.
Grassland
Economic and non-productive importance of permanent grasslands, care and use of meadows and pastures. Fodder from grasslands and rules of their storage. Outdoor activities
8.
Renewable energy sources on a farm and the cultivation of energy crops.
Characteristics of biomass as the basic source of renewable energy. Types of biomass and methods of their conversion into useful forms of energy. Habitat requirements of energy plants. Production technologies of plant species cultivated for energy purposes: basket willow, giant miscanthus, Virginia mallow, Jerusalem artichoke and others. Morphological structure and features of the field of the discussed species of energy plants. Physical properties, chemical composition and yield structure of the biomass of energy plant species. Technologies for harvesting plants and managing the obtained biomass. Analysis of the economic and energy efficiency of cultivation of the discussed species
9.
Basics of production and sale of seed material
Production of seed material, labeling rules, qualification grades, seed refinement
10.
Basics of phytosanitary control
Applicable standards, basics of phytosanitary control, adjustment of farms to phytosanitary standards
11.
Fundamentals of the physiology and nutrition of farm animals
The creation and use of nutrients in various animal species. Kinds of feed, nutritional value assessment, general rules for normalizing and arranging food doses for groups of farm animals. Laboratory classes
12.
Principles of breeding livestock
Review of species and breeds of farm animals, directions of use. Animal disease prevention. Raising young animals. Livestock buildings, manure removal and storage, manure feeding. Outdoor activities
13.
Basics of veterinary control
Applicable veterinary standards, basics of veterinary control, adjustment of farms to veterinary standards.
14.
Polish agriculture of the 20th and 21st centuries
Definition and goals of modern agriculture, economic, historical and economic factors determining changes in modern agriculture, the specificity of agricultural production with emphasis on field crop cultivation
15.
Organization of farms
What is a farm? (definitions and components). Factors influencing the organization of farms. Agricultural calculations as a tool supporting decisions on the ways of organizing a farm (partial calculations, comprehensive calculations)
16.
Fundamentals of agricultural law and law
Procedures for creating law, legal regulations regarding environmental protection, raw materials trading, land trading, tax rules.
17.
Accounting for farms
Accounting principles, the FADN system, the financial system in agriculture, practical classes on the FADN system
18.
Agricultural markets
The concept and elements of the agricultural market. Mechanism of the agricultural market. The market and state intervention. Agricultural market institutions. Integration and diversification in the agricultural market. Direct sales in
agriculture
19.
Directions of development of agricultural technology
New directions in the construction and use of machines, precision agriculture, satellite measurement techniques for the needs of the farm, the essence of obtaining information from GSP
20.
Agritourism
Defining concepts related to rural tourism and agritourism
21.
Rural development
Multifunctional development in rural areas, principles of operation of agritourism and ecological farms – legal regulations. Rural Development Program 2014-2020, agri-environment-climate programs, direct payments, filling in RDP applications. Practical classes
22.
Field exercises at the Agricultural Experimental Station (RZD) in Żelazna
Field plant production (e.g. potatoes, carrots), root crops storage, irrigation, grassland, sheep farm.
23.
Field exercises at RZD Wilanów-Obory, Farm Obory
Field crop production, production of fodder on arable land, machinery and tools, silos, cattle farm, poultry farm.
24.
Field exercises at the Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice
Greenhouse and field vegetable production, orchard production, orchard management systems, fruit storage
25.
Field exercises at the Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology in Skierniewice
Meteorological measurements, rules for storing plant protection products and fertilizers, fertilization experiments, symptoms of deficiency of basic nutrients on various plants, rules for running plantations and processing energy plants