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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

diseases including biological control using SIE3014 INTEGRATED PEST
viruses, bacteria and fungi. MANAGEMENT

Assessment Methods: Introduction to pest species. The needs of
Continuous Assessment : 50% pest management. Definition of the
Summative Assessment: 50% integrated pest management. The history
and basic of the integrated pest
management. Pest control methods –
SIE3010 HORTICULTURE AND Biological, chemical, physical, mechanical,
LANDSCAPING interference and host resistance.
Pesticides crisis. Implementation method
Introduction to Horticulture and of integrated pest management. Examples
landscapes. Importantly, horticultural of the integrated pest management usage
crops are food and non-food crops. in various fields, particularly in agriculture.
Propagation, cultivation, growth medium,
environmental parameters, plant diseases Assessment Methods:
and their control, and others will be Continuous assessment: 50%
discussed. Various aspects of the Summative Assessment: 50%
landscape will be discussed..

Assessment Methods: SIE3015 ECOTOXICOLOGY
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Summative Assessment: 50% This course will provide a solid foundation
in ecotoxicology, including principle study
methods in ecotoxicology, distribution of
SIE3012 PARASITOLOGY chemicals in the environment,
transformation of chemicals in the
This course will introduce macroparasites environment, exposure and uptake by
with focus on the identification and organisms, and effects on population,
classification of endo- and ectoparasites, community and ecosystem. Case studies
the biology, life-cycle, and preservation of and the procedures for Ecological Impact
specimens. Assessments will be studied in detail with
an emphasis on the limitations of studies in
Assessment Methods: a constantly changing natural system.
Continuous assessment: 50%
Summative Assessment: 50% Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 60%
Summative Assessment: 40%
SIE3013 ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

This course will provide a solid foundation SIE3016 SOIL ECOLOGY AND
in economic entomology, emphasizing life- MANAGEMENT
history, ecological and evolutionary factors
which make certain species pests or Introduction to the major soil type in
beneficial insects. The course will cover Malaysia and its vegetation. Soil biotic and
insect diversity, taxonomy and abiotic factors that sustain different
classification, beneficial insects, medically vegetations on various soil types.
important insects, urban pest, agricultural Functions and inter-relationships between
pests, insects as models in science and organisms in soil, including bacteria, fungi,
conservation. protista, arthropod and other organisms.
Effects of human and/or nature on soil
Assessment Methods: habitat.
Continuous Assessment : 60%
Summative Assessment: 40% Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 60%
Summative Assessment: 40%

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