Basic semesters at BOKU
BSP 1 and 2 at BOKU:
Compulsory modules:
Semester | Course/Module name | ECTS |
1+2 | Joint start-up module | 6 |
Organic Agricultural Systems and Agroecology | ||
Soil Fertility and Soil Ecology in Organic Agriculture | 3 | |
Crop Production Systems in Organic Agriculture | 3 | |
Animal Production in Organic Agriculture | 4 | |
Systems Analyses and Scenario Technique - methods and practices | 5 | |
Ecology and Population Biology of Plants in Agro-ecosystems | 5 | |
Soil Ecology | 3 | |
Plant and Environment | 3 | |
Farmland Ecology | 1 | |
Technology in Organic Agriculture | 3 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS | |
Organic Agriculture - Elective courses (in total amound of 24 ECTS out of:)
| Semester | Course/Module name | ECTS |
|---|---|---|
| 1+2 | Ethics in organic agriculture | 3 |
| Vegetation dynamics and fire ecology | 3 | |
| Interdisciplinary excursion on organic agriculture | 2 | |
| Soil physics and chemistry | 3 | |
| Rhizosphere processes and application to agriculture and soil protection | 3 | |
| Umstellung auf biologische Landwirtschaft - Interdisziplinäres Projekt | 4 | |
| Case studies in organic grassland management | 2 | |
| Ecological plant protection | 3 | |
| Protection of natural resources by organic farming | 3 | |
| Agricultural engineering in plant production - seminar | 4 | |
| Production systems and atmospheric pollution | 3 | |
| Local knowledge and ethnobiology in organic farming - introduction | 3 | |
| The global organic control and certification system | 3 | |
| Organic farming and regional development | 6 | |
| Local knowledge and ethnobiology in organic farming - methods seminar | 3 | |
| Agroecology, cultural ecology and ethnoecology - the interdisciplinary discourse in natural resource management | 3 | |
| Organic fruit production and organic viticulture | 3 | |
| Organic horticulture (vegetables and ornamentals) | 3 | |
| European regulatory framework for organic production | 3 | |
| Procedures of plant production in organic agriculture I | 1 | |
| Procedures of plant production in organic agriculture II | 1 | |
| Organic farming in the public debate | 3 | |
| Applied theory of sciences | 2 | |
| Development processes of organic agriculture in tropical and subtropical regions | 3 | |
| Ethnopedology, ethnometeorology and ethnoclimatology: Local knowledge about soil, weather and climate change | 3 | |
| Total | 73 |
Look at the Curriculum or BOKUonline for detailed information.