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Courses & Degree Programs
School of Agricultural Extension and Cooperatives
Course Descriptions
90201 Farm Management
Types and sizes of farm; economic principles and theories applied to farm management; acquisition of capital and land; farm planning and budgeting; farm layout; design of farm buildings and housing for various kinds of farming; the use of appropriate technology for farming; management of animal husbandry, cultivation and fishery; factors affecting farm costs and income; importance of the prices of agricultural products and their effects on the farm management.
90202 Administration in Agricultural Extension and Cooperatives
Meaning and significance of administration; administrative process and planning; roles of leaders at various levels; some theories concerning leadership; different types of administration in agricultural extension and cooperatives from the farming population level to the government level.
90303 Economic Crops
History of agriculture and economic crop production in Thailand; government policies and development of crop production; natural resources nad meteorology related with crop production; cropping systems; land, water and fertilizers utilization in crop production; cultural practices; pest management; agricultural chemical utilization; plant propagation; harvesting and storage; utilization, processing, and marketing of important economic crops, including cereals, oil crops, fiber crops, vegetables, fruits, ornamental crops and others.
90305 Economic Animals
General knowledge of the conditions, potential and systems of livestock farming in Thailand; methods and factors concerning the production of broilers, layer, meat ducks, layer ducks, swine, dairy, cattle, and other economic animals in terms of breeds and breeding improvements, feed and feeding, hygiene and animal diseases, processing, and marketing; future trends in the development of animal production in Thailand.
90406 Soils, Water and Fertilizers
Soil genesis; soil classification; soil surveys; the relationships between and untilization of solis, water and fertilizer, and related problems and soulutions; soil and water conservation; soil, water, and fertilizer information and agricultural application of these information.
90407 Rural Development
Concepts, philosophy, principles, policies, directions, strategies, and target group in rural development; environmental situations of rural areas; factors concerning rural development; current situation and rural development trends in Thailand.
91108 fundamentals of Agricultural Extension
Basic problems and general policies in agriculture; conditions of agricultural societies; provision of agricultural education; philosophy, methods and principles in agricultural extension; young club; home economics; agricultural institutions and agribusinesses.
91209 Public Relations in Agricultural Information Extension
Meaning, significance and history of public relations; public relations in agricultural extension including policies, master plan, operational planning; writing, speaking, and media; public hearing; regulations and laws related to public relations; public relations development in agricultural extension.
91210 Human Relations and Appropriate Psychology for Farmers
Meaning, significance and principles of human relations; process of group dynamics and human relations; working for success; creating an appropriate working atmosphere; controlling the quality of work; general meaning, significance, principles, and theories of psychology; farmer's behavior, living conditions, way of life, culture and customs; application of psychology in agricultural extension and cooperatives.
91211 Agricultural Education and Promotion of Agricultural Occupations
Historical background, philosophy, definitions, advantages, principles and methods systems' and current provision of agricultural education; agricultural curricula and their relationship to agricultural extension; on-farm and off-farm agricultural occupations, role of agricultural extensionists and agricultural extension occupations; trends of developing agricultural occupations; related problems and soultions.
91312 Distance Communication Media for Agricultural Extension
Radio and television production and programming in agricultural extension; training in distance communication media for agricultural extension; use of printed media and telecommunications in agricultural extension.
91313 Supervision in Agricultural Extension and Training of Farmer Leaders
Significance, benefits, definition principles, methods and techniques of supervision in agricultural extension; personnel development planning; personnel recruitment pre-service and in-service training; organizational co-ordination.
91324 Fundamentals of Forestry Extension
Philosophy, objectives, principles and methods of forestry extension; social structures and behavior of farmers; roles and personalities of extension workers; policies and administration in forestry extension of governmental and private organizations; problems and trends of forestry extension in Thailand.
91325 Ecology and Forest Resource Management
Environment components; ecological systems; relationships between forest, natural resources, and environment; forest resource conservation and management; extensive work in ecology and forest resource conservation.
91326 Agroforestry
History of agroforestry; use for forest and agriculture; combination cropping and animal farming with forest conversation; ecological and biological relationships of crop and forest plantation; ecological affects of agroforestry; planning of agroforestry systems for the best use of land; organizing agroforestry projects for ecological, econimic, and community development.
91415 Research Methodology in Agricultural Extension
Definition, significance, and basic principles of research; research planning and designs; selection of research topics; constructing data collection instruments; collection of data; data analysis and research report writing; applications of research to agricultural extension.
91416 Professional Experience in Agricultural Extension and Cooperatives
Practical application of the principles and methods of agricultural extension and cooperatives with emphasis on administration and team work; development of local leaders; strategies for technology tranfer; applications of distance communication media and related laws, regulations and information; basic research; use of case studies and simulation ofr solving problems in agricultural extension and cooperatives; agricultural extension and cooperatives professional ethics; group dynamic activities to nurture ethics, morals and leadership in students.
91427 Social Forestry
Roles and importances of forest for economic, social and environmental development of local community; land use design and planning of forest for economic, private, community and recreational purposes as well as forest villages; enhancing the public's knowledge in the selection, plantations, and carrying of economic plants appropriate to the community environment.
91428 Law Pertainning to Forestry Development
Definitions, characteristics, enforcement, and roles of laws in forestry development; forestry laws, forestry and natural resources protection laws, environmental laws, land use and urban planning laws, forest and natural resource operation laws; forestry contract laws; and the use of laws for forest extension and development.
92116 Fundamentals of Cooperatives
General economic and social conditions; formation of cooperatives; meaning, general principles, structure, objectives functions, establishment, and management of cooperatives; government and cooperatives; cooperatives laws; the National Economics and Social Development Plan with respect to cooperatives; finance and financial problems; general policies in developing cooperatives; factors affecting cooperatives; problems in the operation of cooperatives and their solutions.
92217 Finance and Accounting for Cooperatives Management
Basic financial concepts for cooperatives; definition, principles, and managemnet of cooperatives finance; the development and function of cooperatives finance in Thailand and other countries; related problems and their solutions; cooperatives accouning; planning and budget analysis for cooperatives; analysis of the relationship between budgets and financial data; data processing in accounting systems for planning, controlling and decision-making in cooperatives management.
92219 Sales, Purchasing and Service Cooperatives
Definition, significance, and evolution of sales, purchasing and service cooperatives; principles and procedures in distributing cooperatives capital; consumer purchasing; capital of service cooperatives; roles and development of sale, purchasing and service cooperatives in Thailand and other countries; the application of successful methods in Thailand; analysis of problems and their solutions.
92320 Organization and Management of Cooperatives
Definition and significance of cooperatives management; managerial process; managerial responsibilities in organizing, implementing, planning, co-ordinating, controlling, monitoring and evaluating, membership groupings, public relations, financial management and accounting cooperatives; cooperation with other cooperatives and related agencies; analysis of problems and factors affecting cooperatives organization and management and their solutions.
92321 Production and Processing Cooperatives
Definition, evolution, principles, operational methods, capital and relevant factors of production and processing cooperatives; problems and development of production and processing cooperatives in Thailand and other countries; analysis of successful cases for application to Thailand.
92422 Comparative Cooperatives
Various types of cooperatives, their functions and composition; internal and external factors affecting the operation of cooperatives in Thailand; problems of co-operatives in Thailand compared with well-developed cooperatives in other countries.
92423 Research Methodology in Cooperatives
Definition, significance, principles and methods of cooperatives research; selection of research topics; research planning and research design; formulating objectives; data collection methods, interpretation, presentation, and analysis; drawing conclusions from data, comparative review of cooperatives research.
93335 Science in Crop Production
Application of science related to crop production to maximize crop production effciency: botany, crop physiology, plant and environmental relationship, crop production analysis, and applicable modern technology.
93336 Pest Management
Significance of pests to crop production; source of pests, pest outbreaks and damage; pest control and management through cause determination and damage evaluation; use of appropriate methods and equipment for pest control.
93337 Crop Improvement and Plant Propagation
Importance and types of plant varieties; characteristic of good varieties; methods of crop improvement; choosing appropriate varieties; maintaining good varieties; methods of plant propagation; seed technology; tissue culture and biotechnology; applying crop improvement and plant propagation knowledge in business occupations.
93434 Information System and Reserach in Agriculture
Roles and importance of information system to agriculture; collection of agricultural information data; roles and importance of research to agriculture; research planning, data analysis, and presentation; faming system concepts and research; application of computer information, agricultural and farming system researches to agricultural production management.
93438 Cereal and Forage Crop Production Management
Types, production factors, production processes and techniques, pest management, post-harvest management, utilization, and business management of cereal and forage crops with an awareness on environmental impact; practical in cereal and forage crop production management.
93439 Industrial Crop Production Management
Types, production factors, production processes and techniques, pest management, post-harvest management, utilization, and business management of industrial crop with an awareness on environment impact; practical in industrial crop production management.
93440 Ornamental Horticulture Production and Management
Types, production factors, production process nad techniques, production management, nursery management, landscape management, business management of ornamental horticulture production and managemnet with an awareness on environment impact; practical in ornamental horticulture production and management.
93441 Fruits and Vegetable Production Management
Types, production factors, classification, production process and technique, pest management, post-harvest management, utilization, and business management of fruit and vegetable with an awareness on environmental impact; practical in fruit nad vegetable production management.
93442 Professional Experience in Crop Production Management
Practical application of knowledge in crop production management; operation of crop production business; and cropping system management; developing crop production to suit resources nad environment; professional ethics; group dynamic activities to nurture ethics, morals and leadership in students.
94329 Fundamentals of Agribusiness
Definition and importance of agribusiness; processes of agribusiness including procurement, agricultural production, processing, storage, transporting, distribution to consumer and exports; agribusiness and the environment; agribusiness forms; types of Thai agribusiness such as field crops, livestock, animal feed, fertilizer and types of agribusiness in other countries.
94330 Agricultural Products and Processing Management
Importance of agricultural processing and product management to agricultural business in Thailand; post-harvest management; establishment of processing plants; processing planning; procurement of raw metgerials for processing; financial management; processing process of important agricultural products; inventory management ; distribution of processed products.
94431 Agricultural Marketing Management
General concepts of marketing; importance of marketing in the business system; study and application of mixed marketing components; productions, prices, places, and promotion; general marketing managemnet including planning, organizing, co-ordination and marketing controls.
Applying marketing concepts to agriculture; structure of agricultural marketing operation and marketing channels of important agricultural products; organization and institutions agricultural marketing; agricultural marketing management of raw materials, processed goods and various levels of agricultural markets; management of central agricultural market in the country and abroad.
Agricultural marketing policies of Thailand and other countries; laws and regulations of agricultural exports and imports; impact, problems, and development of domestic and international agricultural marketing management.
94432 Information Systems and Research in Agribusiness
Roles and importance of agricultural information; sources of information; management of agricultural information systems; introduction to computer systems; applying computer information systems to agribusinesses operations.
Definition and importance of research; methods of research in agribusiness based on statistical principles data collection and the analysis of primary and secondary data; research proposal and report presentation; applying research to agribusinesses.
94433 Professional Experience in Agribusiness
Practical applications of the principles and methods of agribusiness with emphasis on agribusiness management, finance, taxation, agribusiness laws, agricultural marketing planning, management of information systems, and research; applying case studies and contrived simulations to solve agribusiness problems; agribusiness professional ethics; group dynamic activities to nurture ethics, morals and leaderships in students.
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