MS Program

MS in Agricultural Chemistry Programme Objectives:

On completion of the programme, an MS in Agricultural Chemistry  has acquired the following:

 

• Knowledge about:
• Reflect critically on international original specialist literature on environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, human toxicology and environmental epidemiology.
• Describe and demonstrate general knowledge of compounds and processes in soil, water and air at the molecular/mechanistic level.
• Demonstrate general knowledge of the effects and the toxicity of pollutants on living organisms.
• Classify chemical substances in relation to their hazard level and define principles for determining threshold values for the external environment, working environment, consumer products and food.
• Ability to acquire knowledge of the use of equipment and analysis methods for environmental chemistry, ecotoxicological, human toxicological and environmental epidemiological purposes.
• Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of the analytical methods, experimental approaches and modern biotechnological tools applied at a high scientific level within environmental chemistry, and pollutant effects on ecosystem and health-related issues.

 

• Skills to:
• Set up mass and energy flows and quantify substance transformations, in particular the transformation of pollutants, using modern models and be able to validate model predictions.
• Analyze and apply international scientific literature on environmental chemistry and health aspects.
• Use the most important databases on chemical, microbiological and toxicological substances in relation to pollutants. Participate in the design and performance of scientific experiments.
• Apply basic scientific principles in connection with the analysis of large data volumes.
• Communicate complex information to a wide range of national as well as international audiences using modern and appropriate information and communication tools.

 

• Competencies to:
• Expand the field of environmental chemistry by developing new technology, by introducing new analysis and monitoring methods as well as by assessing and solving environmental and health problems and potential threats.
• Explore complex relationships between the basic scientific aspects of environmental problems and the economic, social and political obstacles that have to be overcome in order to implement solutions on a national and international scale.
• Assess the impact of new technology on current values and ethics and take this into account when involved in research, risk and uncertainty assessments or the introduction of new technologies.
• Handle and solve complex environmental issues in specific work situations or in relation to research.
• Work independently and efficiently on your own, in teams as well as in interdisciplinary environments.
• Engage in national as well as international research.
• Apply life-long learning as a principle to independently assess and structure learning processes and assume responsibility for continuous academic development.

October – March (Winter) Semester
Compulsory Courses (9 credits)	Credits
ACHEM 501 Fertilizer Technology and Usage ACHEM 502 Analyses of Fertilizer, Plant, Soil and Water ACHEM 503 Formulation and Chemistry of Pesticides ACHEM 505 Mineral Nutrition and Plant Growth	2 2 3 2
Elective Courses (4 credits)
ACHEM 513 Waste Management and Green Chemistry ACHEM 515 Water Science ACHEM 517 Phyto-ecological Chemistry ACHEM 519 Applied Bioorganic Chemistry	2 2 2 2
ACHEM 506 Research work	3 (S/U)
Total	16
April – September (Summer) Semester
Compulsory Courses (9 credits)	Credits
ACHEM 504 Research Methodology and Data Processing ACHEM 507 Instrumental Analysis and Nuclear Chemistry ACHEM 509 Chemistry and Technology of Agroindustrial Crops ACHEM 511 Environmental Chemistry	2 3 2 2
Elective Courses (4 credits)
ACHEM 521 Chemistry of Manures and Fertilizers ACHEM 523 Chemistry of Plant Products ACHEM 525 Applied Plant Science and Rhizosphere Technology ACHEM 527 Aquatic Geochemistry	2 2 2 2
ACHEM 506 Research work	3 (S/U)
Total	16
Thesis Semester	Credits
ACHEM 506 Research work ACHEM 508 Thesis evaluation ACHEM 510 Thesis defense	2 (S/U) 5 3
Total	10
GRAND TOTAL	42