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Agronomy


An agronomist is a professional who is able to work with plant and animal source food production, and also with its transformation, marketing, technical assistance and management of all sectors linked to the production and agribusiness chain while using renewable natural resources in a sustainable way. These professionals can also work with consulting, property management, research, higher education teaching and professional education, fertilizer industries, agrochemicals, herbicides, foods, storage, agricultural machinery, irrigation and drainage, agricultural cooperatives, banks and credit cooperatives, and with technical services at federal, state and municipal levels, including environmental services and land reform. The job market for these professionals is heated not only due to the world’s growing demand for food, but also due to the characteristics of Brazil, which is a country with strong agricultural potential (around 5.3 million rural properties) and great diversity regarding agriculture and cattle raising business. The variety of its rural properties makes it necessary to develop competitive products to be inserted in the national and, mainly, the international markets.

COURSE INFORMATION

Type of Degree: Bachelor’s degree 
Duration: 5 years 
Time: All day course 
Seats available: 50 seats
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  1. CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK OF THE COURSE
 
The Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy has a curricular framework of 4.734 class hours which are distributed as follows: Common Core of the University; Common Core of the Field; Basic Core Disciplines; Essential Professional Core Disciplines (composed by the Mandatory and the Specific Disciplines of the course); Elective Disciplines; Final Paper; Complementary Activities and Supervised Internship.
The Curricular Framework of the Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy of UFGD is presented as follows: Disciplines by Semester; General Curricular Framework; Summary of the Curricular Framework; Requirements; and Equivalences.
 
DISCIPLINES BY SEMESTER
DISCIPLINES* CH LOCATION
SEMESTER 1
Cytology and Vegetable Anatomy 72 FCA
Ecology 36 FCBA
Common Core of the University 72 UFGD
Introduction to Agronomy 36 FCA
Fundamental Mathematics 72 FACET
General and Organic Chemistry 72 FACET
Farm Representation and Facilities 72 FCA
Zoology 36 FCBA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 468
SEMESTER 2
Biochemistry I 72 FCBA
Common Core of the University 72 UFGD
Applied Physics 72 FACET
Introduction to the Scientific Method 72 FCA
Morphology and Systematics Vegetal 72 FCA
Probability and Statistics 72 FACET
Applied Analytical Chemistry 72 FACET
Total (credit hours of the semester) 504
SEMESTER 3
Agrometeorology 72 FCA
Genetics in Cattle Raising 72 FCA
Implementing, Carrying and Analyzing Cattle Raising Experiments 72 FCA
Agricultural Microbiology 72 FCA
Soil Morphology and Genesis 72 FCA
Applied Topography and Geodesy I 90 FCA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 450
SEMESTER 4    
Soil Classification and Physics 54 FCA
Agricultural Entomology 72 FCA
Hydraulics 72 FCA
Agricultural Machines and Machinery Equipment 90 FCA
Plant Metabolism and Development 72 FCA
Applied Topography and Geodesy II 72 FCA
General Zootechnics 36 FCA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 468
SEMESTER 5    
Biotechnology in Agriculture 36 FCA
Rural Economy and Agribusiness 54 FACE
Applied Entomology 108 FCA
Soil Fertility 108 FCA
Animal Nutrition and Food 54 FCA
Plant Propagation 54 FCA
Soil-Organism-Plant Relationships 72 FCA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 486
SEMESTER 6    
Rural Management and Agricultural Projects 54 FCA
Aviculture and Pig Farming 54 FCA
General Phytopathology 72 FCA
Landscaping 72 FCA
Law, Evaluation and Expert Analysis 36 FCA
Soil Management and Conservation 72 FCA
Silviculture 72 FCA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 432
SEMESTER 7    
Cattle Raising 72 FCA
Rural Constructions 54 FCA
Cultivation of Cotton, Rice, Beans and Cassava 72 FCA
Applied Phytopathology 72 FCA
Cultivation of Forage 72 FCA
Hydrology and Drainage 54 FCA
Plant Improvement 72 FCA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 468
SEMESTER 8    
Cultivation of Sugar Cane, Sunflower and Wheat 72 FCA
General Fruit Growing 72 FCA
Irrigation 72 FCA
Olericulture 72 FCA
Weeds and Weed Control 72 FCA
Final Paper I 36 FCA
Seed Technology 72 FCA
Total (credit hours of the course) 468
SEMESTER 9    
Grain Storage 72 FCA
Cultivation of Coffee, Corn and Soy 72 FCA
Rural Extension, Sociology and Communication 72 FCA
Geoprocessing and Precision Agriculture 72 FCA
Management of Natural Renewable Resources 72 FCA
Technology of Agricultural Products 72 FCA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 432
SEMESTER 10    
Complementary Activities 36 ----
Supervised Internship 162 ----
Final Paper II 36 FCA
Total (credit hours of the semester) 234
 
Elective disciplines: elective disciplines are offered every semester. Legend: CH – Credit Hours
GENERAL CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK
DISCIPLINES CHT CHP CHT LOTAÇÃO
COMMON CORE DISCIPLINES OF THE FIELD*
Agrometeorology 36 36 72 FCA
Implementing, Carrying and Analyzing Cattle Raising Experiments 36 36 72 FCA
Introduction to the Scientific Method 36 36 72 FCA
Probability and Statistics 72 - 72 FACET
Representation of Farm Facilities 36 36 72 FCA
Total 360 hours
BASIC CORE DISCIPLINES
*Remarks: the following disciplines are from the “Common Core Disciplines of the Field” and they also compose the Basic Core Disciplines: agrometeorology; probability and statistics; implementing, carrying and analyzing cattle raising experiments; introduction to the scientific method; representation of farm facilities.
Biochemistry I 36 36 72 FCBA
Cytology and Vegetable Anatomy 36 36 72 FCA
  • y
36 - 36 FCBA
Applied Physics 36 36 72 FACET
Genetics in Cattle Raising 36 36 72 FCA
Introduction to Agronomy 18 18 36 FCA
Fundamental Mathematics 72 - 72 FACET
Plant Morphology and Systematics 36 36 72 FCA
Applied Analytical Chemistry 36 36 72 FACET
General and Organic Chemistry 36 36 72 FACET
  •  
18 18 36 FCBA
Total 684 hours
ESSENTIAL PROFESSIOAL CORE DISCIPLINES*
Remarks: Agrometeorology is part of this core.
Rural Management and Agricultural Projects 54 - 54 FCA
Geoprocessing and Precision Agriculture 36 36 72 FCA
Grain Storage 36 36 72 FCA
Aviculture and Pig Farming 36 18 54 FCA
Biotechnology in Agriculture 18 18 36 FCA
Cattle Raising 36 36 72 FCA
Soil Classification and Physics 36 18 54 FCA
Rural Constructions 36 18 54 FCA
Cultivation of Sugar Cane, Sunflower and Wheat 36 36 72 FCA
Cultivation of Cotton, Rice, Beans and Cassava 36 36 72 FCA
Cultivation of Coffee, Corn and Soy 36 36 72 FCA
Rural Economy and Agribusiness 54 - 54 FACE
Agricultural Entomology 36 36 72 FCA
Applied Entomology 72 36 108 FCA
Rural Extension, Sociology and Communication 36 36 72 FCA
Soil Fertility 72 36 108 FCA
Applied Phytopathology 36 36 72 FCA
General Phytopathology 36 36 72 FCA
Cultivation of Forage 36 36 72 FCA
  • Fruit Growing
36 36 72 FCA
  1. ydraulics
36 36 72 FCA
Hydrology and Drainage 36 18 54 FCA
Irrigation 36 36 72 FCA
  •  
36 36 72 FCA
Law, Evaluation and Expert Analysis 36 - 36 FCA
Management of Natural Renewable Resources 36 36 72 FCA
Soil Management and Conservation 36 36 72 FCA
Agricultural Machines and Machinery Equipment 54 36 90 FCA
Plant Improvement 36 36 72 FCA
Plant Metabolism and Development 36 36 72 FCA
Agricultural Microbiology 36 36 72 FCA
Soil Morphology and Genesis 36 36 72 FCA
Animal Nutrition and Food 36 18 54 FCA
  •  
36 36 72 FCA
Weeds and Weed Control 36 36 72 FCA
Plant Propagation 18 36 54 FCA
  • Relationships
72 - 72 FCA
  • e
36 36 72 FCA
Technology of Agricultural Products 36 36 72 FCA
Seed Technology 36 36 72 FCA
Applied Topography and Geodesy I 54 36 90 FCA
Applied Topography and Geodesy II 36 36 72 FCA
General Zootechnics 18 18 36 FCA
ELECTIVE DISCIPLINES
Analysis of Seeds 36 36 72 FCA
Evaluation of Soil Fertility 36 36 72 FCA
Chemical Control of Plant Diseases 36 36 72 FCA
Chemical Control of Agricultural Pests 36 36 72 FCA
Alternative Cultivation of Oleaginous Plants 36 36 72 FCA
Diagnosis of Plant Diseases 36 36 72 FCA
Complementary Curricular Internship I - 252 252 FCA
Complementary Curricular Internship II - 324 324 FCA
Computer-based Experimental Statistics   54 54 FCA
Postharvest Physiology 36 36 72 FCA
Fruit Growing in the Cerrado 36 18 54 FCA
Special Fruit Growing 36 36 72 FCA
Applied Geoprocessing 36 36 72 FCA
Agriculture-Cattle Raising Integration 18 18 36 FCA
Management of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds 36 36 72 FCA
Special Olericulture 36 36 72 FCA
Sheep and Goat Farming 36 18 54 FCA
Parks and Gardens 36 36 72 FCA
Medicinal, Aromatic and Seasoning Plants 36 36 72 FCA
Soil-Water Transfer Processes 36 36 72 FCA
Georeferenced Projects 36 36 72 FCA
Topics in Agronomy I 36 18 54 FCA
Topics in Agronomy II 36     FCA
Topics in Agricultural Machinery 18 18 36 FCA
LIBRAS - Brazilian Sign Language 54   18 72 FACED
UNDERGRADUATE ACTIVITIES
Complementary Activities 36 - 36 FCA
Supervised Internship - 162 162 FCA
Final Paper (I and II) - - 72 FCA
Legend: TCH – Theoretical Credit Hours. PCH – Practical Credit Hours. TCH – Total Credit Hours.
GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK
CURRICULAR PARTS CH*
COMMON CORE OF THE UNIVERSITY 144
COMMON CORE DISCIPLINES OF THE FIELD 360
SPECIFIC CORE DISCIPLINES 3.636
ELECTIVE DISCIPLINES 324
SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP 162
FINAL PAPER 72
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES 36
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 4.734
 
*Credit Hours: one credit hour is equivalent to a 50-minute class hour for every discipline, including Final Paper, Complementary Activities and Supervised Internship.
 


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