Department of Floriculture and Landscaping
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Courses

In this department, 21 Ph.D. and 53 M. Sc.  students have completed their degrees till date.  Each year, the department, on an average, offers 7 undergraduate courses of 19 credit hours. Besides, each M.Sc. and Ph.D. student registers for 20 and 50 research credit hours, respectively, in every year.  

 Future thrust in the field of teaching will be laid on

  • To bring out practical manuals for different undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

  • Establishment of linkages with NMCP, Holland; IARI, New Delhi; PAU, Ludhiana; CSKKV, Palampur; CSIR, Palampur and private commercial floriculture units. 

  • Internship course of one month for postgraduate students in floriculture units.

Student Thesis List and Abstracts

  The list of undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered in the department is as follows:

 Under Graduate Course

Course No. Title Credit Hours
FLS-111 Principles of landscape gardening 0+1
FLS-211 Ornamental horticulture 3+1
FLS-221 Protected cultivation of ornamental plants 1+1
FLS-411 Fundamentals of floriculture 2+1
FLS-412 Breeding and seed production in ornamental crops 2+1
FLS-413 Outdoor and indoor plants 2+1
FLS-414 Fundamentals of landscape design 2+1

Post Graduate Courses

Course No. Title Credit Hours
FLS-501 Systematics of ornamental plants 1+1
FLS-502 Physiology of ornamental plants 2+1
FLS-503 Commercial floriculture 2+1
FLS-504 Ornamental bulbous crops 1+1
FLS-505 Landscape design 2+1
FLS-511 Breeding of ornamental crops 2+1
FLS-512 Seed production of ornamental crops 1+1
FLS-513 Green house management 1+1
FLS-514 Propagation of ornamental plants 1+1
FLS-521 House plants and flower arrangements 2+1
FLS-522 Landscape plants and their management 2+1
FLS-523 Principles of turf grass management 1+1
FLS-524 Designing public parks and recreational areas 2+1
FLS-591 M.Sc. Seminar 1+0
FLS-592 Special Problems (NC) 1-3
FLS-600 Master's Research 20 (minimum)
FLS-601 Advances in commercial floriculture 1+1
FLS-602 Advances in landscape design 1+1
FLS-611 Floriculture industry 1+1
FLS-612 Handling of bulbs and cut flower 1+1
FLS-621 Urban landscaping 1+1
FLS-622 Landscape nursery management 1+1
FLS-691 Ph.D. Seminar 1+0
FLS-700 Doctoral Research 50 (minimum)