Advanced Certificate In Applied Plant Science

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Course Structure

Botany 1
This short course is primarily an introduction to plant
physiology and taxonomy, with some general botany
including morphology and anatomy. It satisfies the learning
criteria of the Royal Horticulture Society's Module B of the
Advanced Certificate in Horticulture.
The ten lessons cover:
1. Taxonomic Classification of Plants
2. Cells and Tissues
3. Specific Vegetative Parts of a Plant
4. Flowers and Fruit
5. Seed and the Developing Embryo
6. Photosynthesis and Growing Plants
7. Respiration
8. The Role of Water
9. Movement of Water and Assimilates through a Plant
10. The Effects of Growth Movements


Module 2. Trees for Rehabilitation
This course develops an understanding of environmental
systems and the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes with
an emphasis on trees. The lessons are:
1. Approaches to Land Rehabilitation
2. Ecology of Soils and Plant Health
3. Introduction to Seed Propagation Techniques
4. Propagation and Nursery Stock
5. Dealing with Chemical Problems
6. Physical Plant Effects on Degraded Sites
7. Plant Establishment Programs
8. Hostile Environments
9. Plant Establishment Care
10. Rehabilitating Degraded Sites

Module 3. Biochemistry 1 - Plants
Biochemistry is the chemistry of living things. This
introductory course concentrates on the chemistry of plants.
Some secondary school chemistry will be helpful though it
is not essential. Lessons cover biochemical substances and
terms, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins,
metabolism, the nitrogen cycle, photosynthesis, respiration,
transpiration, acidity and alkalinity, nutrition, hormones,
chemical analysis and biochemical applications in the
industry.


Module 4. Professional Practice for Consultants
This course is a valuable guide to setting up and operating a
consulting business in any profession. It has been
developed to complement studies in the various disciplines
taught by this school, including Psychology, Horticulture,
Agriculture, Leisure Studies, Business Management and
Environmental Management. Topics covered in this course
include:
* Planning a Consultancy Practice
* Setting up your Consultancy Practice
* Insurance, Fees and Accounting
* Eective Customer Relations
* Expanding your Consultancy Practice

Module 5. Industry Meetings (100 Hrs) or Research Project I
Industry Meetings can be satisfied by showing docuumentary proof of attendance at a combination of seminars, conferences, trade shows and/or committee meetings.
Research Project I
This module develops your ability to plan and conduct
research into a current issue in your chosen discipline; and to
complete a descriptive report based on that research. There
are 7 lessons as follows:
1. Determining Research Needs
2. Research Methods
3. Using Statistics
4. Research Reports
5. Searching For Information
6. Conducting Statistical Research
7. Reporting On A Research Project

Modules 6-9 - any four of the following:

Plant Ecology

Tissue Culture

Plant Breeding

Botany II

Biochemistry II

Biochemistry III (Plants)

Apply plant science to commercial situations

Develop a foundation for applying plant science in commercial situations. Many industries offer significant employment or business opportunities for people who have a moderate understanding of plant science, provided this knowledge is accompanied with a real sense of how it can be applied for commercial benefit in the real world. Unfortunately scientific training is often either too theoretical (lacking relevance to commerce), or too strongly skills based (ie. how to perform tasks without a solid understanding of the science behind the task). This course is something between those extremes. The certificate consists of 8 individual modules and 100 hour Industry Meetings or Research Project.

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