Plant Science or Bachelor of Science in Plant Science is an undergraduate Agricultural Science and Technology course. Plant science covers an enormously broad area, incorporating many biological disciplines from genetics, through molecular and cellular biology, to whole organisms.
Admission requirements
The following persons will be considered for admission: a candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; a candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and a candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
Life Orientation is excluded in the calculation of the Admission Point Score (APS).
Grade 11 results are used for the provisional admission of prospective students.
Final admission is based on the Grade 12 results.
Minimum requirements
Achievement level
Afrikaans or English Mathematics Physical Science
APS
NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level
5 3 C C 5 3 C C 5 3 C C 32
Candidates who do not comply with the minimum admission requirements for BSc (Environmental and Engineering Geology), may be considered for admission to the BSc Extended programme for the Physical Sciences.
The BSc Extended programme takes place over a period of four years instead of the normal three years.
BSc – Extended programme for the Physical Sciences:
Minimum requirements
Achievement level
Afrikaans or English Mathematics Physical Science
APS
NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level
BSc Extended programme for the Physical Sciences
4 3 D D 4 3 D D 4 3 D D 2
Duration of study 3 years
What are the job opportunities after BSc plant science?
One can be a part of any reputed organization as a plant explorer, conservationist, ecologist, environment consultant, horticulturist, plant biochemist, nursery manager, genetics, molecular biologist, taxonomist, plant pathologist, environmental consultant, and farming consultant.