Educational program "Breeding and seed production" - baccalaureate

Education Area Code and Classification: 6B08 – “Agriculture and Bioresources”

Code and classification of training direction: 6B081 – “Crop production”

Awarded degree: Bachelor of Agriculture in the educational program "Breeding and Seed"

Duration of study: 4 years

Purpose of the educational program: to formulate general cultural and professional competencies in accordance with the requirements of specialist training and satisfying the requirements of employers.

Objectives of the educational program:

1. Formation of human and social-personal values of the graduate;
2. Formation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary professional competence in the field of breeding and seed production of agricultural crops;
3. To form the graduate's readiness for professional activity, mobility, continuous professional and moral improvement and growth throughout life.

General characteristics of the educational program

The educational program "Breeding and Seed Production" was developed in accordance with the classifier of areas of training with higher and postgraduate education and is coordinated with the Dublin descriptors and the European Qualifications Framework.

The educational program is focused on providing comprehensive and high-quality training of competitive, highly qualified specialists in the field of plant breeding and seed production of crops that are capable of solving theoretical and practical tasks of professional activity in modern conditions.

The uniqueness of the educational program is that at present there is an acute shortage of personnel in the field of plant breeding and seed production of agricultural crops. This educational program is aimed at providing qualified personnel of scientific and industrial institutions. The fundamentals in developing the educational program took into account the world experience of leading universities.

The educational program is developed on the basis of a modular system for studying disciplines and consists of 15 modules. The educational program contains theoretical training, including the study of cycles of general education, basic and major disciplines, as well as final certification.

Professional activities

Graduates who have mastered the undergraduate program of the educational program "Selection and Seed Production" can work in enterprises, agro-industrial complex, in departments of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and scientific institutions.

Professional competences

to know and understand: the main directions and methods of selection of crops and the assessment of the source material; the importance of the culture of isolated cells and plant tissues for breeding, seed production and plant growing; methods of creating and evaluating the source material; laws of agriculture and crop production; crop rotation system, tillage systems for crop rotation, taking into account fertility; main types of crops, their economic values, morphological and biological features; modern technology of cultivation of crops; crop varieties and their selection for the specific conditions of the region according to the level of intensification of farming, preparation of seeds for sowing, methods for determining the quality of sowing material; requirements of state standards for sowing material and quality of crop products; Basics of storage, primary processing, processing of crop products.

to be able to: be able to develop, implement, monitor, evaluate and adjust the components of the technological process in the production of crop products; use methods of growing seed and planting material of agricultural crops; to make technological maps of cultivation and organize field work in accordance with them; calculate the needs of the economy in seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, fuel and lubricants, agricultural machines, tools and equipment, labor resources; to document and keep records in the framework of professional activities.

to have skills: in solving organizational and economic issues; application of modern technology of cultivation of agricultural crops; methods of cultivating plant cells and tissues, obtaining regenerants and their cytogenetic analysis; to perform basic laboratory experiments; on making adjustments to agrotechnical methods and developing recommendations for the effective and rational use of land and the bioclimatic resources of the zone; to distribute labor resources, to give clear and effective instructions, observing the progress of work in the production of crop products; on the organization of work on the cultivation of high-quality varietal seeds and planting material, as well as on the creation of the necessary amount of seed fund; ensuring the laying of seed plots, carrying out agronomic measures to care for them in order to obtain high-quality seeds; in the application of advanced progressive technology of growing crops, taking into account world achievements.