MSc in Agricultural Biotechnology - Sample curriculum and compulsory subjects 2018/19








Course
Code Title Instructor Contact hours / week Field trip (days) Credits Requirement
 
 
1st (fall) semester (Grade 1)
3MN24NAK37M Animal biotechnology  Zsuzsanna Bősze 2+1   3 E
3GN18NAK37M Classical, population and evolutionary genetics  Attila Hegedűs 2+2   4 E
1MB42NAK05M Microbiology and microbiotechnology  Mónika Kovács 3+2   5 E
3GN18NAK09M Molecular genetics Júlia Halász 2+3   5 E
3MN24NAK38M Plant physiology and stress biology István Papp 2+1   3 E
3MN24NAK39M Cell biology  István Papp 1+2   3 E
3DD02NAK96M Methodology of cell and tissue culture István Dániel Mosonyi 1+3   4 E
3GN18NAK38M Introduction to scientific literature  Attila Hegedűs 0+3   3 E
3MN24NAK14M Organic chemistry and biochemistry Anita Szegő 2+2   4 E
Compulsory (’A’) courses altogether: 15+19   34 9E
 
2nd (spring) semester (Grade 1)
3MN24NAK40M Methods in molecular biology, biotechnology and gene technology  István Papp 2+2   4 E
3MI09NAK34M Bioinformatics Márta Ladányi 2+4   6 E
3GN18NAK39M Preparation of thesis I.  Júlia Halász 0+10   5 TM
3MN24NAK42M Biotechnology of cereals  János Pauk 1+2   3 E
3DD02NAK97M Biology of plant reproduction and propagation  Veronika Szabó 2+1   3 E
3MN24NAK18M Genetic engineering of physiological processes in plants  István Papp  1+2   3 E
Compulsory (’A’) courses altogether: 8+21   24 5E1TM
Optional (’C’) course: 4 hours   4 K/TM
ALTOGETHER: 33   28  
 
3rd (fall) semester (Grade 2)
3MN24NAK07M Safety, legal and ethical questions concerning biotechnology  Noémi Lukács 2+0   3 E
3MN24NAK43M Biotechnology of sexual plant reproduction  Katalin Jäger 1+1   3 E
3GN18NAK40M Preparation of thesis II.  Attila Hegedűs 0+10   10 TM
1MB42NAK06M Food safety and quality assurance  Gabriella Kiskó 2+0   3 E
3GN18NAK41M Structural and functional plant genomics  Attila Hegedűs 2+2   4 E
3GN18NAK42M Transgenesis and genome editing in plants  Zsuzsanna Benyóné György 2+2   4 E
Compulsory (’A’) courses altogether: 9+15   27 5E1TM
Optional (’C’) courses: 2 hours   2 K/TM
ALTOGETHER: 26   29  
 
4th (spring) semester (Grade 2)
3MM11NAK66M Marketing of biotechnology products  Géza Székely 2+1   3 E
3MN24NAK41M Preparation of thesis III.  István Papp 0+10   5 TM
3GN18NAK43M Results and objectives in plant breeding  Attila Hegedűs 2+1   3 E
3GN18NAK44M Molecular plant breeding  Zsuzsanna Benyóné György 2+2   4 E
3GN18NAK34M Practice  Attila Hegedűs 4 weeks   10 TM
Compulsory (’A’) courses altogether: 6+14 + 4 weeks   25 3E2TM
Optional (’C’) courses: 4 hours   4 K/TM
ALTOGETHER: 24 + 4 weeks   29