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Plant Sciences Programmes

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BSc in Applied Botany (Minor in Crop Production)

Overview

Duration:

3 years

Admission Requirements:

At least 5 GCE ordinary level subjects including Mathematics and English and 2 advanced level subjects including Biology.

MSc in Applied Botany

Overview:

Duration:

2 years

Admission Requirements:

BSc in Applied Botany or any related discipline with at least a GPA of 2.5.

Professional MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Management

Overview:

Duration:

2 years

Admission Requirements:

BSc in Applied Botany or any related discipline

Professional MSc in Medicinal Plants

Overview:

Duration:

2 years

Admission Requirements:

BSc in Applied Botany or any related discipline

PhD in Applied Botany

Overview:

(Plant Pathology, Plant Ecophysiology, Plant Systematics, Plant Biotechnology)

Duration:

3 years

Admission Requirements:

MSc in Applied Botany with a GPA of at 2.5

Career Opportunities

A degree in Plant science prepare students for careers or further study in areas related to research or teaching about plants, plant breeding or growing plants as food or fibre (field crops, vegetables, fruits or vineyards, ornamental plant etc), growing mushrooms, growing turf grass, integrated pest management and crop protection, plant pathology and plant protection. You can work in diverse areas as per your area of interest or specialization.

Specializations

Plant Sciences is an appropriate base for working in:
  • Teacher in various aspects of Plant Sciences
  • Agronomy (increasing crop yields)
  • Botanical gardens and Parks
  • Plant biotechnology (growing field where researchers insert protective or nutritional genes into plants)
  • Plant breeding (developing disease resistant and high yield plant varieties)
  • Food science
  • Forestry and natural resource management
  • Horticulture (growing and commercializing flowers, vegetables, fruits and Landscape architecture)
  • Wine production
  • Plant pathology and integrated pest management (controlling diseases)
  • Cooperative extension
  • Garden writers and photographers or science Journalism
  • Ethnobotany and medicinal plants for herbal drug production and formulation

Department Contact Info

Plant Sciences

Bambili, Tubah Sub-Division,
Mezam Division, North West Region,
Cameroon

+237-677-736-880
plantsciences@fsuba.cm

Mon – Fri 9:00A.M. – 5:00P.M.

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