Knust college of agricult courses and departments
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is an amalgamation of three Faculties and twelve Departments.
- Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Crop and Soil Science
Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources
- Department of Forest Resources Technology
- Department of Agroforestry
- Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management
- Department of Silviculture and Forest Management
- Department of Wood Science and Technology Management
- Department of Wildlife and Range Management
Research Centres
- Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD)
- KNUST Dairy/Beef Cattle Research Station, Boadi
- KNUST Agriculture Research Station, Anwomaso
The Faculties, through their departments, run the following undergraduate programs:
Faculty of Agriculture
- BSc Agriculture with Options in:
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
Agricultural Mechanisation and Animal Science
Crop and Soil Sciences and Horticulture
- BSc Agribusiness Management
- BSc in Agricultural Biotechnology
- BSc Landscape Design and Management
- BSc Post Harvest Technology
Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources
- BSc. Natural Resources Management
- BSc. Aquaculture & Water Resources
- BSc. Packaging Technology
- BSc Forest Resources Technology with Options in:
Eco-Tourism & Forest Recreation
Land Reclamation and Rehabilitation
Wood Processing and Marketing
Social Forestry
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
The Faculty, through its departments, run the following Graduate degree programs:
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Department of Animal Science
- MSc/MPhil Programmes: Animal Breeding and Genetics; Reproductive Physiology; Animal Nutrition and Meat Science.
- PhD Programmes: Animal Nutrition; Reproductive Physiology; Meat Science; Animal Breeding and Genetics
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
- MPhil Programmes: Agronomy; Agronomy (Plant Breeding); Agronomy (Crop Physiology); Agronomy (Forage Production Management); Agronomy (Weed Science)
- MPhil Programmes: Crop Protection (Entomology); Crop Protection (Plant Pathology) Crop Protection (Nematology); Crop Protection (Plant Virology); Soil Science.
- PhD Programmes: Agronomy: Plant Breeding; Nematology; Plant Entomology; Plant; Plant Pathology; Crop Physiology; Soil Science; Forage Production Management
Department of Horticulture
- The Department offers M.Phil, program in the following fields: Postharvest Physiology; Floriculture; Fruit Crop Production; Postharvest Technology; Seed Science and Technology; Vegetable Crops Production, and Landscape Studies
- PhD Programmes: Postharvest Technology; Vegetable Crops Production; Seed Science and Technology and Landscape Studies
Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, and Extension
- MSc Agribusiness Management
- MSc Agricultural Extension and Development Communication
- MPhil Agribusiness Management
- MPhil Agricultural Extension and Development Communication
- MPhil Agricultural Economics
- MPhil in Sustainable and Integrated Rural Development
- Ph.D. – Agribusiness Management
- Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
- Ph.D. Agricultural Extension and Development Communication
FACULTY OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES
Department of Wildlife and Range Management
- M.Phil/Ph.D – Wildlife and Range Management
- M.Sc – GISNATUREM (Natural Resources Management)
Department of Silviculture and Forest Management
- M.Phil – Silviculture and Forest Management.
- M.Phil – Natural Resource & Environmental Governance
- Ph.D – Silviculture and Forest Management.
- M.Phil – Natural Resource & Environmental Governance
Department of Agroforestry
- M.Sc/M.Phil/Ph.D – Agroforestry
Department of Wood Science and Technology Management
- M.Sc – Wood Technology and Management
- M.Phil – Wood Science, or Wood Technology
- Ph.D. – Wood Technology, Timber Engineering, or Furniture Design
Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management
- M.Phil/Ph.D. – Aquaculture
- M.Phil/Ph.D. – Watershed and Fisheries Management
- M.Phil/Ph.D. – Aquatic Resources Management
- Ph.D. – Fisheries Management
- Ph.D. – Aquaculture Management
- Ph.D. – Aquaculture & Environment
- In addition, the Faculty runs a separate postgraduate program, GIS (Naturism), under the auspices of ITC Netherlands.