Introduction to undergraduate majors at College of 

Coastal Agricultural Science, GDOU

1. Animal Science

This major is a national-level professional specialty construction point, national-level professional comprehensive reform pilot reform, the Ministry of Education first batch of outstanding agricultural and forestry personnel comprehensive training pilot, Guangdong Province first-class professional. This major is based on the development of the right point for rewarding master's degree in animal husbandry.

Training objective: Cultivate high-quality comprehensive professionals with basic theories, knowledge and skills in animal science and animal biotechnology, and with the ability to work in feed production, animal breed selection, animal breeding, animal production health, animal biotechnology and animal husbandry management enterprises.

Main courses: Animal Anatomy and Tissue Embryology, Animal Biochemistry, Animal Physiology, Animal Genetics, Animal Reproduction, Animal Breeding, Animal Husbandry Microbiology, Animal Nutrition, Feed Science, Animal Environmental Health and Pasture Design, Animal Production (Including Pigs, Poultry, Cattle, etc.), Animal Products Processing, Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry Economic Management, etc.

2. Veterinary Medicine

This major is a Guangdong Province applied undergraduate talent training demonstration professional, coordinated development with animal science, constructed based on master's degree in animal husbandry (animal health production).

Training objective: Cultivate basic theories, knowledge and skills in animal medicine, and be able to engage in the diagnosis and control of livestock, domestic animal, house pets, economic animal, and experimental animal diseases, and zoonic diseases, quarantine, inspection, veterinary medicine and veterinary biological products of animal and animal products, emergency treatment of veterinary public health emergencies, teaching and scientific research, and innovative application-oriented senior professionals.

Main courses: Animal Anatomy, Animal Histology and Embryology, Animal Physiology, Animal Biochemistry, Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary Pharmacology, Veterinary Microbiology, Animal Immunology, Veterinary Clinical Diagnostics, Veterinary Internal Medicine (Bilingual), Livestock Surgery, Veterinary Obstetrics, Animal Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Parasites, Animal Food Hygiene, Animal Quarantine, Veterinary Public Health, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Serology, Small Animal Infectious Diseases, Small Animal Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Small Animal Imageology, etc.

3. Forestry

This major relies on the construction of master degree of landscape architecture.

Training objective: Cultivate high-quality talents with knowledge and ability in forest biotechnology, ecological environment protection, forest cultivation, forest genetic breeding, forest resource management, forest ecological engineering and forest carbon sinks, forest resource protection and development. Be able to work in forestry, agriculture, environment, urban construction, quarantine and other management departments, universities and enterprises in forest cultivation, forest management, environmental construction and protection, inspection and quarantine.

Main courses: Biostatistics, Botany, Dendrology, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Genetics, Forest Breeding, Forest Cultivation, Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology, Forest Management, Forest Ecological Engineering, Soil and Water Conservation and Shelterbelt.  

4. Agronomy

This major relies on the construction of the master's degree point in crop science.

Training objective: Cultivate high-level professionals with solid basic theories, knowledge and skills in modern agricultural science, and can be engaged in business, management, teaching, research and development and extension services related to crop production in enterprises, government departments, teaching and scientific research units.

Main courses: Botany, Biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Genetics, Agroecology, Biostatistics, Agricultural Biotechnology, Soil Fertilizer Science, Agricultural Microbiology, Plant Conservation, Crop Breeding, Seed Science, Crop Cultivation, Tropical Cash Crop Cultivation, Facility Agriculture, Agricultural Economic Management, Agricultural Extension, etc.

5. Biotechnology

This major is a strategic emerging industry demonstration major in Guangdong Province, relying on the construction of a master's degree point in crop science.

Training objective: Cultivate senior professionals with basic theoretical and operational skills in modern life sciences and can apply biotechnology to engage in relevant scientific research, product development, technical services, production management and marketing in the industrial, pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, energy, environmental protection and other industries.

Main courses: Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, Cell Biology (Bilingual), Genetics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology (Bilingual), Principles of Genetic Engineering, Cell Engineering, Comprehensive Experiment of Molecular Biology, Microbial Engineering, Enzyme Engineering, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Plant Breeding, Biological Pharmacy, Bioenergy, Environmental Biotechnology, etc.

6. Landscape architecture

This major relies on the construction of master's degree point of landscape architecture.

Training objective:  Cultivate knowledge of garden ecology, garden plants, garden architecture, garden engineering and garden planning and design, and after graduation can be engaged in urban and rural construction, garden, forestry sector and real estate development, flower enterprises engaged in scenic areas, forest parks, urban and rural garden green space planning, design, construction, garden plant cultivation and conservation and management of senior engineering and technical personnel.

Main courses: Painting, Garden Botany, Garden Engineering Drawing, Computer-Aided Garden Design, Urban Planning Principles, Preliminary Garden Design, Garden Architecture, Garden Engineering, Urban Green Space Planning, Scenic Planning Principles, Garden Design, etc.

7. Horticulture

This major constructed based on the master’s degree point in landscape architecture and tropical horticultural crop science, has a national-level practical teaching base for college students.

Training objective: Cultivate basic skills such as basic theoretical knowledge of biology and horticulture, plant cultivation, conservation and utilization of Germplasm resources, breeding of new varieties and good seeds, disease and grass pest control, product after-treatment and preservation processing, familiar with the characteristics and trends of the development of horticultural industry, understand the cutting edge of modern horticultural plant production management technology and scientific development, and be able to engage in the administration of horticultural and related industries in administrative departments, enterprises and research institutes, Senior professionals in product and technology research and development and extension services, teaching and research.

Main courses: Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Genetics, Soil Fertilizer Science, Agricultural Meteorology, Horticultural Plant Cultivation, Horticultural Plant Breeding, Plant Tissue Culture, Facility Horticulture, Horticultural Plant Pathology, Horticultural Plant Entomology, Horticultural Plant Research, Horticultural Product Storage and Processing, Fruit Tree Science, Floriculture, Olericulture, Horticultural Commodities, etc.

8. Plant Protection

This major constructed based on the master's degree point of the use of resources and plant protection.

Training objectives: Cultivate familiar with the production, development theory and technology of pollution-free plant products, engage in large-scale plant production of diseases, insects, grasses and other pest control, plant products post-partum protection and post-partum treatment and product quality inspection theory and technology, in agriculture-related industries engaged in organizational production, management, technical research, development and promotion and administrative work, with modern plant production and product development of plant protection of senior scientific and technological personnel.

Main courses: Botany, Biochemistry, General Plant Pathology, General Entomology, Agricultural Plant Pathology, Agricultural Entomology, Phytochemical Conservation, General Genetics, Plant Physiology, etc