Curriculum of the Department of Desertification Combat Technologies
Study Level (First) | ||||||||||
Compulsory Courses | ||||||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code | ||||
In English | ||||||||||
University Requirements | Human Rights and Democracy | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU100 | |||||
English language (1) | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU101 | ||||||
Computer Principles(1) | 1 | 1 | 2 | NTU102 | ||||||
Arabic Language | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU103 | ||||||
Elective | 2 | NTU | ||||||||
College Requirements | Mathematics | 1 | 0 | 1 | TAMO101 | |||||
Engineering Drawing | 0 | 3 | 1 | TAMO102 | ||||||
Plane surveying | 1 | 3 | 2 | TAMO103 | ||||||
General Chemistry | 1 | 3 | 2 | TAMO104 | ||||||
Elective | 2 | 0 | 2 | FINE | ||||||
Department Requirements | Fundamental of soil science | 2 | 3 | 3 | 101 DES | |||||
Soil Physics | 2 | 3 | 3 | 102 DES | ||||||
Forestry | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES103 | ||||||
Climate of dry lands | 2 | – | 2 | 104 DES | ||||||
Soil Chemistry | 2 | 3 | 3 | 105 DES | ||||||
Elective | 3 | DES | ||||||||
Elective | 3 | DES | ||||||||
Elective | 2 | DES | ||||||||
Total units of the academic level | 29 | 31 | 40 | |||||||
Study Level (First) | ||||||
Elective Courses | ||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code |
In English | ||||||
University Requirements | Sport | 1 | 1 | 2 | NTU104 | |
French Language | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU105 | ||
College Requirements | Economies Natural Resources | 2 | 0 | 2 | TAMO151 | |
Agricultural Extension | 2 | 0 | 2 | TAMO152 | ||
Department Requirements | General plant | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES151 | |
Principles of Animal Production | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES152 | ||
Plant Physiology | 1 | 3 | 2 | DES151 | DES153 | |
Field crops | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES151 | DES154 | |
Geology | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES101 | DES155 | |
Soil management | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES101 | DES156 | |
Total units of the academic level | 19 | 18 | 25 | |||
Required Units(2 universities + 2 colleges + 8 departments) | 12 |
Study Level (Second)) | ||||||
Compulsory Courses | ||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code |
In English | ||||||
University Requirements | English language (2) | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU200 | |
Computer Principles(2) | 1 | 1 | 2 | NTU201 | ||
Arabic Language | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU202 | ||
2 | 0 | 2 | NTU203 | |||
Professional ethies | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU204 | ||
College Requirements | Organic Chemistry | 2 | 3 | 3 | TAMO104 | TAMO201 |
Agriculture Statistics | 1 | 2 | 2 | TAMO202 | ||
Elective | 2 | FINE | ||||
Department Requirements | Dry lands Farming | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES201 | |
Remote sensing | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES202 | ||
Hydrology | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES203 | ||
Fertilizers & Fertility | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES204 | ||
Geomorphology | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES205 | ||
Fruit Production at Deserts | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES206 | ||
Elective | 2 | DES | ||||
Elective | 3 | DES | ||||
Elective | 3 | DES | ||||
Total units of the academic level | 24 | 25 | 43 |
Study Level (Second) | |||||||||
Elective Courses | |||||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code | |||
In English | |||||||||
College Requirements | Agro nanotechnology | 1 | 2 | 2 | TAMMOTO51 | ||||
Food Industry | 1 | 3 | 2 | FINE252 | |||||
Department Requirements | Tractors & Farming Equipment | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES251 | ||||
Agricultural pastes | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES252 | |||||
Nursery & Propagation | 1 | 3 | 2 | DES253 | |||||
Forage crops & pastures | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES254 | |||||
Tissue Culture | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES255 | |||||
Optimum Use of Soil and Water | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES256 | |||||
Total units of the academic level | 13 | 23 | 21 | ||||||
Required Units(2 faculties + 8 departments) | |||||||||
Study Level (third) | ||||||
Compulsory Courses | ||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code |
In English | ||||||
College Requirements | Computer Applications (3) | 1 | 2 | 2 | TAMO301 | |
Biochemistry | 2 | 3 | 3 | TAMO104 | TAMO302 | |
Elective | 2 | FINE | ||||
Department Requirements | Wind erosion and its preventive methods | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES102 | DES301 |
Cultivation of desert lands | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES302 | ||
Harvesting of water | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES102 | DES303 | |
Soil conservation | 2 | 2 | 3 | DES102 | DES304 | |
principals of Irrigation & Drainage | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES305 | ||
Groundwater management | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES306 | ||
Sustainable development in desert areas | 2 | 0 | 2 | DES307 | ||
Summer Training | DES308 | |||||
Elective | 3 | DES | ||||
Elective | 2 | DES | ||||
Elective | 2 | DES | ||||
Total units of the academic level | 17 | 19 | 34 |
Study Level (third) | ||||||
Elective Courses | ||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code |
In English | ||||||
College Requirements | Recycling of Agricultural Wastes | 1 | 2 | 2 | TAMO51 | |
Organic Agriculture | 1 | 2 | 2 | TAMOA52 | ||
Department Requirements | Horticulture | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES351 | |
Conditioned cultivation | 2 | 2 | 3 | DES352 | ||
Wild animals | 2 | 0 | 2 | DES353 | ||
Socio- issues in dry lands | 2 | 0 | 2 | DES354 | ||
Natural reserves | 2 | 0 | 2 | DES355 | ||
Water , soil and plant relationship | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES356 | ||
Water Reuse | 2 | – | 2 | DES357 | ||
Desert Management | 2 | 0 | 2 | DES358 | ||
Total units of the academic level | 18 | 12 | 23 | |||
Required Units(2 faculties + 7 departments) | 9 |
Study Level (Fourth) | ||||||
Compulsory Courses | ||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code |
In English | ||||||
University Requirements | Scientific research methodology | 2 | 0 | 2 | NTU400 | |
College Requirements | Experimental Design | 1 | 3 | 2 | TAMO202 | TAMO401 |
Computer Applications (4) | 1 | 3 | 2 | TAMO402 | ||
Elective | 2 | 0 | 2 | FINE | ||
Department Requirements | Crop growth Modeling | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES102 | DES401 |
Field Irrigation Method | 2 | 2 | 3 | DES101 | DES402 | |
Soil reclamation | 2 | 2 | 3 | DES303 | DES403 | |
Wind erosion prediction models | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES404 | ||
Fluid modeling | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES405 | ||
Dry lands plants | 2 | 0 | 2 | DES406 | ||
Project | 0 | 3 | 1 | DES407 | ||
Seminar | 1 | 0 | 1 | DES408 | ||
Elective | 2 | DES | ||||
Elective | 3 | DES | ||||
Elective | 3 | DES | ||||
Total units of the academic level | 17 | 22 | 35 |
Academic Level (Fourth)Elective Courses | ||||||||
Type of Requirement | Course Name | Number of theoretical hours | Number of practical hours | Number of Units | Smoother, if any | Code | ||
In English | ||||||||
College Requirements | Safety | 2 | 0 | 2 | TAMO451 | |||
Agricultural marketing | 2 | 0 | 2 | TAMO452 | ||||
Department Requirements | Building of dry lands | 2 | 2 | 3 | DES451 | |||
Conservation Agriculture | 1 | 2 | 2 | DES452 | ||||
Dry lands pastures | 2 | 2 | 3 | DES453 | ||||
Database Management | 2 | 2 | 3 | DES454 | ||||
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | 2 | 3 | 3 | DES455 | ||||
Total units of the academic level | 15 | 11 | 18 | |||||
Required Units(2 faculties + 8 departments) | 9 |