AGRICULTURAL PHYSICS | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

PHY3109

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 3

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Education and External Studies

School:

School of Education (SoE)

Course Description & Objectives:

This is an elective course intended for those students whose interest in agriculture. It covers the study of the atmosphere, heat and mass transfer, and an introduction to soil physics, with emphasis to conditions that enhance crop production.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

Discuss the atmosphere and its constituents;
Explain how heat and mass transfers takes place in the atmosphere;
To give the various soil compositions;
Measure the soil moisture content and obtain the characteristics;
Give the physical conditions that enhance crop growth and production.

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