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Department of Plant Science in Agriculture (710)
Track Plant Science in Agriculture and Environmental Quality Minor (1011)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
Parent track:
מדעי הצמח בחקלאות (1010)
1st Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
71022
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCE MAJORS A
3
1
0
710
71023
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCE MAJORS B
3
2
0
710
71025
INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
2
2
0
710
71033
PLANT-BASED AGRICULTURE IN ISRAEL
2
2
0
710
71048
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE-PLANT ANATOMY
5
2
0
710
71049
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE-PLANT EVOLUTION
5
1
0
710
71061
PHYSICS FOR AGRONOMY MAJORS A
3
1
0
710
71062
PHYSICS FOR AGRONOMY MAJORS B
3
2
0
710
71066
PRINCIPLES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
2
9
0
710
71067
PRINCIPLES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY B
4
2
0
710
71073
CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES - LAB
2
1
0
710
71074
CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES
7
1
0
710
71077
BIOCHEMISTRY LAB
2
2
0
710
71078
CELL BIOLOGY
3.5
1
0
710
71079
BIOCHEMISTRY
5
2
0
710
Total Compulsory Points: 51.5
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
71012
FUNDAMENTAL GENETICS
5
1
0
710
71015
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
7
1
0
710
71018
FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL SCIENCE
5
1
0
710
71019
ECONOMICS
2
3
0
710
71026
STATISTICAL INFERENCE AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
4
2
0
710
71056
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
4
2
0
710
71065
INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
4
1
0
710
71086
Laboratory in Microbiology
0
2
0
710
71251
INTRO. TO HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
2
2
0
710
71402
PROSEMINAR IN PLANT SCIENCES IN AGRICULTURE
0
2
0
710
71449
physiology and molecular biology of flowering
3
2
0
710
71501
INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY
2
2
0
710
71502
INTRODUCTION TO PLANT PATHOLOGY
4
2
0
710
71506
LABORATORY IN ENTOMOLOGY (NON MAJORS)
1
2
0
710
71530
ECOLOGY
2
2
0
710
71808
INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL BIOLOGY
2
2
0
710
Total Compulsory Points: 47
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose at least 18 credits from this list during of your degree studies.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
49601
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
2
1
7101
71016
IRRIGATION PRINCIPLES
3
2
7101
71070
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
2
2
7101
71083
RANGELAND SCIENCE
3
2
7101
71084
TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND AGRICULTURE
1
2
7101
71116
FOREST ECOLOGY
3
1
710
71145
FOREST MANAGEMENT IN ISRAEL
2
2
7101
71175
Agri-environmental development in developing countries
8
2
710
71303
WEED CONTROL-PRINCIPLES
4
2
7101
71342
INTRODUCTION TO GIS
3.5
1
7101
71344
ECOLOGY OF NATURE CONSERVATION
3.5
2
7101
71345
WORKSHOP: NATURE AND LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
1
1
7101
71503
SOIL BIOLOGY
3
1
7101
71512
PESTICIDE APPLICATION AND PEST MANAGEMENT
3
1
7101
71515
INTRODUCTION TO PEST CONTROL IN AGRICULTURE
2
2
7101
71521
INSECT ECOLOGY
3
1
7101
71527
FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
2
1
7101
71602
SOIL FERTILITY AND FERTILIZER USE
4
1
7101
71603
SOIL AND WATER SALINITY
3
2
7101
71605
SOIL CONSERVATION
3
1
7101
71608
AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY
3
1
7101
71618
INTRODUCTION TO SOIL CHEMISTRY
2
1
7101
71619
FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
3
2
7101
71632
Lectures on Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use
2
1
710
71838
THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF VERTEBRATES IN ISRAEL
3
2
7101
71921
PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY OF VEGETATION IN ISRAEL
3
2
710
71947
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN SPATIAL CONSERVATION PL
2
2
710
71473
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
7101
71815
ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUA
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
7101
71852
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN AQUACULTURE SYSEMS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
7101
and
You must choose at least 10 credits from this list during of your degree studies. .
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
71034
MOLECULAR GENETICS
3
2
710
71045
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING
3
1
710
71305
PHYSIOLOGY OF CROP PRODUCTION
4
2
710
71312
ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS
2
1
710
71332
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR PLANT SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
4
1
710
71346
BIOLOGY OF THE PLANT CELL
2
1
710
71403
TREE BIOLOGY
4
2
710
71441
MORPHOGENESIS AND BIOLOGY OF PLANT PROPAGATION
3
2
710
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
71016
IRRIGATION PRINCIPLES
3
2
710
71083
RANGELAND SCIENCE
3
2
710
71104
The microstructure and function of plant cell walls
2
2
710
71111
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF GRAPEVINES
3
2
710
71116
FOREST ECOLOGY
3
1
710
71121
TOPICS IN EPIGENETICS
2
2
710
71176
THE URBAN FOREST- PLANNING & CONSERVATION
2
2
710
71184
GENETIC ENGINEERING
3
2
710
71260
RESEARCH EXERCISE
8
9
710
71303
WEED CONTROL-PRINCIPLES
4
2
710
71304
INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION
3
1
710
71313
VEGETABLE QUALITY
4.5
2
710
71314
BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF VEGETABLE CROPS
4.5
2
710
71322
PRODUCTION OF IRRIGATED FIELD CROPS
3.5
2
710
71324
URBAN TREE – GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT
2
1
710
71335
Biology of Grain Seed @ Dry Food Preservation
3.5
2
710
71338
PRINCIPLES OF SEED PRODUCTION
3.5
2
710
71340
CULTIVATING TURF GRASS AND LAWNS FOR RECREATION AND SPORT
2
1
710
71342
INTRODUCTION TO GIS
3.5
1
710
71344
ECOLOGY OF NATURE CONSERVATION
3.5
2
710
71345
WORKSHOP: NATURE AND LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
1
1
710
71406
PRINCIPLES OF GARDEN PLANNING
3
2
710
71410
BIOLOGY & PRODUCTION OF CITRUS & SUBTROPICAL FRU
4
1
710
71415
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF THE OLIVE TREE
3
1
710
71418
GARDEN MAINTENANCE
3.5
2
710
71421
DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREE GROWING
3
2
710
71424
ORNAMENTAL PLANT MATERIALS A
3.5
2
710
71426
PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS UNDER STRESS
2
2
710
71432
GREENHOUSE CROP PRODUCTION
3
1
710
71446
POST-HARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
3.5
1
710
71456
SILVICULTURE & DENDROLOGY OF FOREST TREES
2.5
1
710
71512
PESTICIDE APPLICATION AND PEST MANAGEMENT
3
1
710
71515
INTRODUCTION TO PEST CONTROL IN AGRICULTURE
2
2
710
71601
FUNDAMENTALS OF IRRIGATION SCIENCE
3
1
710
71602
SOIL FERTILITY AND FERTILIZER USE
4
1
710
71604
CLIMATE CONTROL IN GREEN HOUSES
2
2
710
71619
FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
3
2
710
71620
GROWTH MEDIA AND THE ROOT ENVIRONMENT
2
2
710
71632
Lectures on Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use
2
1
710
71911
Advanced approaches and methods in plant ecology
3
2
710
71924
ALIEN INVASiVE SPECIES IN ISRAEL THREATENING AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIROMENT
2
2
710
71933
FRUIT SET AND DEVELOPMENT
3
2
710
71986
WORKSHOP- DISEASES OF DECIDUOUS TREES AND GRAPEVINES
2
2
710
73527
DNA SEQUENCES: VARIATION & APPLICATIONS
3
1
710
71011
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WORKSHOP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
710
71021
PLANT BREEDING: CLASSICAL/MOLECULAR APPROACHES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4.5
2
710
71321
CEREAL CROP GROWING
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
710
71323
FORAGE AND GRASSLAND PRODUCTION
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3.5
2
710
71339
GROWING OF AROMATIC & SPICE PLANTS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3.5
2
710
71460
ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF FOREST TREES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
710
71951
WORKSHOP-SELECTED TOPICS IN THE FIELD OF TREES PROPAGATION
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
710
71964
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
710
71968
Introduction to population genetics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
710
3rd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
71082
Integrated landscape management
3
1
0
7101
71092
INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTION
2.5
2
0
710
71341
OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION: LEGISLATION & PLANNING
2
1
0
7101
71401
MINI-SEMINAR IN PLANT SCIENCES IN AGRICULTURE
2
1
0
710
71609
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
2
2
0
7101
71611
TREATMENT & RECYCLING OF AGRI. & MUNICIPAL WAST
2
1
0
7101
71625
ISRAEL WATER RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGMENT
3
1
0
7101
Total Compulsory Points: 16.5
Compulsory elective studies
You must choose at least 18 credits from this list during of your degree studies.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
49601
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
2
1
710
71016
IRRIGATION PRINCIPLES
3
2
7101
71070
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
2
2
7101
71083
RANGELAND SCIENCE
3
2
710
71084
TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND AGRICULTURE
1
2
710
71116
FOREST ECOLOGY
3
1
710
71145
FOREST MANAGEMENT IN ISRAEL
2
2
710
71175
Agri-environmental development in developing countries
8
2
710
71303
WEED CONTROL-PRINCIPLES
4
2
7101
71342
INTRODUCTION TO GIS
3.5
1
710
71344
ECOLOGY OF NATURE CONSERVATION
3.5
2
7101
71345
WORKSHOP: NATURE AND LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
1
1
710
71503
SOIL BIOLOGY
3
1
7101
71512
PESTICIDE APPLICATION AND PEST MANAGEMENT
3
1
7101
71515
INTRODUCTION TO PEST CONTROL IN AGRICULTURE
2
2
7101
71521
INSECT ECOLOGY
3
1
710
71527
FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
2
1
710
71602
SOIL FERTILITY AND FERTILIZER USE
4
1
7101
71603
SOIL AND WATER SALINITY
3
2
710
71605
SOIL CONSERVATION
3
1
7101
71608
AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY
3
1
7101
71618
INTRODUCTION TO SOIL CHEMISTRY
2
1
7101
71619
FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
3
2
7101
71632
Lectures on Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use
2
1
710
71838
THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF VERTEBRATES IN ISRAEL
3
2
7101
71921
PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY OF VEGETATION IN ISRAEL
3
2
710
71947
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES IN SPATIAL CONSERVATION PL
2
2
710
71473
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
710
71815
ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUA
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
7101
71852
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN AQUACULTURE SYSEMS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
7101
and
You must choose at least 10 credits from this list during of your degree studies.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
71034
MOLECULAR GENETICS
3
2
710
71045
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING
3
1
710
71305
PHYSIOLOGY OF CROP PRODUCTION
4
2
710
71312
ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS
2
1
710
71332
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR PLANT SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE
4
1
710
71346
BIOLOGY OF THE PLANT CELL
2
1
710
71403
TREE BIOLOGY
4
2
710
71441
MORPHOGENESIS AND BIOLOGY OF PLANT PROPAGATION
3
2
710
and
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
71016
IRRIGATION PRINCIPLES
3
2
710
71083
RANGELAND SCIENCE
3
2
710
71104
The microstructure and function of plant cell walls
2
2
710
71111
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF GRAPEVINES
3
2
710
71116
FOREST ECOLOGY
3
1
710
71121
TOPICS IN EPIGENETICS
2
2
710
71176
THE URBAN FOREST- PLANNING & CONSERVATION
2
2
710
71184
GENETIC ENGINEERING
3
2
710
71260
RESEARCH EXERCISE
8
9
710
71303
WEED CONTROL-PRINCIPLES
4
2
710
71304
INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION
3
1
710
71313
VEGETABLE QUALITY
4.5
2
710
71314
BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF VEGETABLE CROPS
4.5
2
710
71322
PRODUCTION OF IRRIGATED FIELD CROPS
3.5
2
710
71324
URBAN TREE – GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT
2
1
710
71335
Biology of Grain Seed @ Dry Food Preservation
3.5
2
710
71338
PRINCIPLES OF SEED PRODUCTION
3.5
2
710
71340
CULTIVATING TURF GRASS AND LAWNS FOR RECREATION AND SPORT
2
1
710
71342
INTRODUCTION TO GIS
3.5
1
710
71344
ECOLOGY OF NATURE CONSERVATION
3.5
2
710
71345
WORKSHOP: NATURE AND LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
1
1
710
71406
PRINCIPLES OF GARDEN PLANNING
3
2
710
71410
BIOLOGY & PRODUCTION OF CITRUS & SUBTROPICAL FRU
4
1
710
71415
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF THE OLIVE TREE
3
1
710
71418
GARDEN MAINTENANCE
3.5
2
710
71421
DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREE GROWING
3
2
710
71424
ORNAMENTAL PLANT MATERIALS A
3.5
2
710
71426
PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS UNDER STRESS
2
2
710
71432
GREENHOUSE CROP PRODUCTION
3
1
710
71446
POST-HARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
3.5
1
710
71456
SILVICULTURE & DENDROLOGY OF FOREST TREES
2.5
1
710
71512
PESTICIDE APPLICATION AND PEST MANAGEMENT
3
1
710
71515
INTRODUCTION TO PEST CONTROL IN AGRICULTURE
2
2
710
71601
FUNDAMENTALS OF IRRIGATION SCIENCE
3
1
710
71602
SOIL FERTILITY AND FERTILIZER USE
4
1
710
71604
CLIMATE CONTROL IN GREEN HOUSES
2
2
710
71619
FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
3
2
710
71620
GROWTH MEDIA AND THE ROOT ENVIRONMENT
2
2
710
71632
Lectures on Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use
2
1
710
71911
Advanced approaches and methods in plant ecology
3
2
710
71924
ALIEN INVASiVE SPECIES IN ISRAEL THREATENING AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIROMENT
2
2
710
71933
FRUIT SET AND DEVELOPMENT
3
2
710
71986
WORKSHOP- DISEASES OF DECIDUOUS TREES AND GRAPEVINES
2
2
710
73527
DNA SEQUENCES: VARIATION & APPLICATIONS
3
1
710
71011
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WORKSHOP
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
710
71021
PLANT BREEDING: CLASSICAL/MOLECULAR APPROACHES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4.5
2
710
71321
CEREAL CROP GROWING
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
710
71323
FORAGE AND GRASSLAND PRODUCTION
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3.5
2
710
71339
GROWING OF AROMATIC & SPICE PLANTS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3.5
2
710
71460
ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF FOREST TREES
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
710
71951
WORKSHOP-SELECTED TOPICS IN THE FIELD OF TREES PROPAGATION
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
710
71964
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
710
71968
Introduction to population genetics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
710
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Plant Science in Agriculture
( 710)
Total Point in program Agricultural and Environmental Quality Sciences
( 7101)
Compulsory
115
18
10-14.5
2.5-7
years for the degree
3
3
Total percentage of tuition for the degree
300
300
Total for the degree (maximum)
150
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