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20260412890The program seeks to prepare specialized scientific cadres in the field of agricultural sciences to serve the community in arid lands.
The specialization aims to prepare specialized scientific cadres in the field of sustainable renewable natural resources. The program focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the needs of the labor market in this field, and to participate effectively in the sustainable development of renewable natural resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Preparation of specialized scientific personal in the field of sustainable renewable natural resources for the benefit of the society.
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| Course Code | Course | Credits | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRI403 | Plant Diseases | 3 | – |
| Description | Providing the essential knowledge on plant diseases and diagnoses of the diseases caused by fungi, bacterial and virus’s microorganisms as well as nematode and environmental factor. Learning the methods of isolation of the causal pathogen and methods of control such diseases. The identification of physiological changes in infected plants compared with healthy plants | ||
| AGRI452 | Forest Mensuration & inventory | 2 | AGRI351 |
| Description | This course deals with different techniques of tree measurements, volume of logs, trees and stands. As well as methods of forest inventory. | ||
| ENS 100 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 2 | – |
| HWR 100 | Introduction to Hydrology | 2 | – |
| Description | To introduce to the student the basic knowledge in the field of hydrology; Surface water, groundwater, Irrigation and drainage, water resources management, Urban water, and statistical hydrology. | ||
| AGRI251 | Principles of renewable natural resources | 2 | – |
| Description | This course covers the principles and overview of integrated renewable natural resources with special emphasis to renewable natural resources of KSA | ||
| AGRI304 | Ornamental Plants and Landscape Gardening | 2 | AGRI205 |
| Description | The main purposes of this course are to give a brief history of the coordination models and where and how it emerged, outline the coordination of parks and gardens and what should be avoided during the establishment, identify plants used for ornament gardens and introduce methods of service and maintenance of plants. | ||
| AGRI353 | Forest Nurseries & plant Propagation | 3 | – |
| Description | This course covers different types of forest nurseries, seedlings production and tending operations in the nurseries. Also, covers basic types of forest plants propagation | ||
| AGRI201 | Agricultural Botany | 2 | AGRI100 |
| Description | This course covers basic principles of the morphology of plants and their identification as well as plant anatomy in both monocotyledons and dicotyledon plants. It also includes the study and description of the root system, stem, leaves, flowers, and morphological modifications of agricultural plants. | ||
| AGRI454 | Afforestation in Arid lands | 3 | AGRI351 |
| Description | This course deals with study of the importance of arid zones afforestation, methods of site and species selection, seed sources, seed quality tests, appropriate nursery practices, suitable planting and cultural techniques in arid lands. | ||
| AGRI472 | Protected Areas Planning & Management | 2 | AGRI251 |
| Description | This course covers main principles and practices for protected areas (PAs) planning and management with emphasis to arid lands for sustainable use. It deals with ecological, social, legislative and governance principles for planning & management of PAs. | ||
| AGRI453 | Range Management and Improvement | 2 | AGRI201 |
| Description | This course deals with study of the principles and concepts of range management, identify range species, distribution, palatability, determine poisonous plants and analyze carrying capacity | ||
| AGRI372 | Arid Lands Wildlife Ecology | 3 | – |
| Description | This course aims to provide students with knowledge and skills for arid land ecosystems and wildlife habitats in these ecosystems, in addition to, behavioral ecology and population dynamics. Also, cover techniques and procedures of wildlife ecological measurements, management of endangered and invaded species | ||
| AGRI426 | Principle of Statistics and Experimental Design | 3 | STAT110 |
| Description | This course deals with the study of the concepts of statistics and experimental design. Handling, processing and description of the data. Identify the correct experimental design according to the scientific procedures | ||
| AGRI430 | Construction and management of the Apiaries | 3 | – |
| Description | Knowing condition of making good apiaries and how benefit form bees. Also, how to managing apiaries | ||
| AGRI451 | Agroforestry Systems | 2 | AGRI251 |
| Description | This course deals with different type of intercropping systems with special emphasis on arid land intercropping systems and the role of agroforestry on land use efficiency, production of crops and mitigating the climate change | ||
| AGRI207 | Agricultural Animals Husbandry | 2 | – |
| Description | This course deals with study of the value of livestock to the mankind, the diurnal activities in livestock farms, the different types and species of livestock, the importance of animal production to the public and husbandry and management animal production projects. | ||
| AGRI203 | Soil Principles | 3 | CHEM 110 |
| Description | This course covers physical and chemical properties of soil, soil formation, classification and the essential plant nutrients and their availability in soil. Also, theoretical and practical aspects of soil fertility including soil testing and fertilizer products | ||
| AGRI205 | Principle of Horticulture | 3 | AGRI 201 |
| Description | This course covers the principles and fundamentals of horticulture and its relationship to other agricultural sciences, the definition and classification of horticultural plants, the impact of environmental factors on horticultural crops, propagation methods, and agricultural practices (pruning, irrigation, fertilization, pollination, and thinning). It also addresses harvesting and post-harvest methods for horticultural crops. | ||
| AGRI208 | Agriculture Insects | 3 | AGRI100 |
| Description | The main purposes of this course are to know the insects, their relationship to the human beings , animals, Agriculture and methods of controlling harmful insects | ||
| AGRI351 | Principles of Forestry | 2 | – |
| Description | This course covers major principles and overview of forestry science and its relation to other agricultural science and describe the role of the forestry science in sustaining the environment, combating desertification and mitigating climate change | ||
| AGRI300 | Job Training | 2 | – |
| Description | The course aims to introduce students to and familiarize them with practical training on field crops, orchard crops, animal and poultry production, and applied agricultural operations for field production in these areas, along with practical training at the Agricultural Research Station in Huda Al-Sham and the approved employment sites for these fields. | ||
| AGRI362 | Application of GIS in Natural Resources | 2 | – |
| Description | This course covers basic principles of GIS and Remote Sensing and their application in renewable natural resources | ||
| AGRI359 | Trees and Shrubs of Saudi Arabia | 3 | – |
| Description | This course deals with study of the common trees and shrubs of KSA, Describe common economic trees and shrubs and their propagation and planting | ||
| AGRI456 | Forest utilization | 3 | AGRI351 |
| Description | This course deals with study of the types of timber utilization, its industrial applications and methods of collection, processing and values addition of non-wood forest products. | ||
| AGRI355 | Range Survey and Classification | 3 | AGRI352 |
| Description | This course covers rangeland inventory, range evaluation and distribution in the Kingdom and how to design vegetation maps, use of remote sensing in inventory classification | ||
| AGRI400 | Undergraduate research | 2 | – |
| Description | The objective of this course is to introduce students to the importance of scientific research, how to define a research problem, review literature, describe the methodology, analyze the data and write and discuss the results. | ||
| AGRI405 | Economics and Agriculture Extension | 2 | – |
| Description | The course aims provide knowledge and skills in agricultural extension methods planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation. Also, deals agricultural economics principles such as mechanism of demand and supply, production economics, costs and marketing. | ||
| AGRI471 | Natural Resources Policy & Laws | 2 | – |
| Description | This course covers area of principles of natural resources policies and laws and how to formulate a policy. Also, provide knowledge about the general features and elements of natural resources laws and legislation and the policies and legislation in KSA | ||
| AGRI358 | Wood Technology | 3 | – |
| Description | This course deals with study of the wood technology and its relationship to the growth of forest trees, their utilization, determine anatomical, physical and mechanical properties of wood and apply wood drying and preservation methods | ||
| AGRI442 | Seed Technology | 3 | AGRI201 |
| Description | This course focuses on introduce the students to the important seed technology in the world and in the kingdom, study the seed quality, seed cleaning and healthy seed | ||
| AGRI455 | Silviculture & Forest Management | 3 | AGRI351 |
| Description | This course deals with study of methods and techniques of forest regeneration and tending operations and principles of sustainable forest management. In addition to, planning, formulation and implementation of forest working plans. | ||
| AGRI462 | Combating Desertification | 3 | AGRI361 |
| Description | This course deals and measurements of desertification indicators and use of bench marks in order to assess and monitor desertification. In addition, cover how to formulate combating desertification strategy and applications of different methods for combating desertification | ||
| AGRI463 | Unmanned aerial systems in natural resources | 3 | – |
| Description | This course covers use of UAS in assessment and monitoring of natural resources to produce supporting information for the preparation of plans and programs of natural resources conservation and management. | ||
| AGRI473 | Eco-Tourism | 3 | AGRI371 |
| Description | The course covers concept and theory of eco-tourism industry and its socio-economic impacts for local peoples and national economy as well as its impacts on sustainable environmental development | ||
| AGRI474 | Renewable Natural Resource Conservation | 3 | AGRI354 |
| Description | This course covers principles and concepts of biodiversity and biogeography and its relation to genetic resource conservation. In addition to, in situ and ex situ conservation methods, as well as criteria for managing and monitoring gene banks | ||
| AGRI100 | Introduction to Agriculture Science | 2 | – |
| Description | principles of horticulture, agronomy, soil science, plant protection, phytopathology, renewable natural resources, agricultural extension, agricultural economy, agricultural engineering, food technology, animal and poultry sciences, and recent advances in the agriculture science. | ||
| MET 100 | Introduction to meteorology | 2 | – |
| Description | This course provides an overview of the fundamental principles of meteorology, focusing on the composition and structure of the atmosphere, weather systems, and atmospheric processes. Topics include atmospheric pressure, temperature, moisture, clouds, precipitation, and basic weather phenomena. Students will also learn introductory observational techniques and the use of weather maps and charts | ||
| AGRI206 | Agricultural plant physiology | 2 | – |
| Description | This course covers basic principles of agricultural plant physiology, desirable traits in plants, role of photosynthesis, evaporation, transpiration, osmosis, mineral nutrition in crop growth and development, role of environmental factors in the various physiological processes, plant growth and transportation of biomass to various plant parts | ||
| AGRI352 | Principals of Natural Ranges | 2 | – |
| Description | This course provide student with fundamental knowledge and scope of rangeland management whether natural or artificial, Rangelands in Saudi Arabia, range areas and their status in the kingdom, rangeland communities, animal wealth and the secondary uses of rangelands | ||
| AGRI371 | National Parks and Wildlife | 2 | – |
| Description | This course covers the areas of the management and conservation of national parks and wildlife. As well as main national parks of Saudi Arabia and their distribution and wildlife and wild birds habitats. | ||
| AGRI361 | Desertification and Sand-dunes Fixation | 3 | – |
| Description | This course covers the desertification causes, processes and its local, regional and global effects. Also, introduce desertification indicators, monitoring and combating. In addition, it includes formation, classification and main sand dunes fixation methods | ||
| AGRI354 | Forest and Range Ecology | 2 | – |
| Description | This course covers the basic principle of forest & range ecology, ecosystem and forest and range dynamics | ||
| AGRI356 | Forest & Range Pests | 3 | AGRI351, AGRI352 |
| Description | This course deals with economic forest pests including seed, tree and wood insects and pathogens. | ||
| AGRI 357 | Tree Physiology | 3 | AGRI206 |
| Description | This course deals with study of trees growth mechanisms and develop in term of cellular, tissue and organ functions and their interactions with environmental factors | ||
| AGRI363 | Natural Resources & Rural Development | 3 | – |
| Description | This course provide knowledge on rural society and develop and consultation and integration of rural people on the management and conservation of natural resources | ||
| AGRI482 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 3 | – |
| Description | Exploration of scientific research in rangeland and wildland ecosystems. Content varies widely based on contemporary issues in rangeland science and rangeland restoration. Specific subjects to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. | ||

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