BSc Honours in Horticulture and Sustainable Landscaping
Offered by the Department of Plant Sciences
Horticulture and Sustainable Landscaping theme will focus on horticulture and landscaping with a strong emphasis on maintaining the sustainability of human-modified landscapes. Students following this theme will be provided with opportunities to understand basic landscape designs and landscape management practices for urban and suburban areas. In addition, students will be trained to develop entrepreneurial skills and computer literacy in the discipline. The program will be taught by academic and professional experts and will include a component of industrial training. The current intake is limited to 20 students
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Entry Requirements
GPA of 2.5 for BT core course units taken within the first two years are required to be eligible for this programme.
Course Modules
(L – No. of Lecture hours, P – No. of Practical hours)
Level 3
| Course Code | Title | No. of Credits | No. of Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| BT 3006 | Plant Tissue Culture Technology | 3 | 30L 30P |
| FS 3003 | Intellectual Property Rights | 1 | 15L |
| BT 3009 | Environment & Biodiversity Related Legislation I in Sri Lanka | 1 | 15L |
| BT 3901 | Fundamentals of Landscaping | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 3903 | Pest and Plant Disease Management | 2 | 15L 30P |
| BT 3906 | Computer Applications in Landscape Design | 3 | 90P |
| BT 3908 | Interactive Grower and Outreach | 1 | 30P |
| BT 3909 | Internet of Things (IoT) in Urban Gardening | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 3910 | Plant Propagation Techniques | 2 | 60P |
| EN 3013 | Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Management | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 3073 | Methods in Plant Breeding | 2 | 25L 20P |
| BT 3904 | Commercial Horticulture and Floriculture | 4 | 45L 30P |
| BT 3902 | Amenity and Therapeutic Horticulture Landscaping Assignment | 2 | 60P |
| BT 3908 | Interactive Grower and Outreach | 1 | 30P |
| BT 3909 | Internet of Things (IOT) in Urban Gardening | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 3910 | Plant Propagation Techniques | 2 | 60P |
Level 4
| Course Code | Title | No. of Credits | No. of Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| BT 4125 | Post -harvest Technology | 2 | 20L 20P |
| BT 4908 | Soil Management | 2 | 15L 30P |
| BT 4901 | Landscape Maintenance and Management | 2 | 15L 30P |
| FS 4005 | Entrepreneurship | 3 | 30L 30P |
| ZL 4901 | Project Development | 2 | 20L 20P |
| FS 4001 | Business Accounting | 3 | 45L |
| FS 4007 | Human Resource Management | 3 | 45L |
| BT 4020 | Agro-biotechnology | 3 | 30L 30P |
| BT 4909 | Industrial Training | 6 | 180P |
| BT4910 | Industry Research Project | 6 | 180P |
| BT 4903 | Seminar and Report | 1 | 30P |