Programme Structure:
The AC-PTC covers the following areas which are compacted into a 10-week in duration and be offered in blended form (i.e. both online and laboratory-based).
| Code | Course Unit | Theory (contact hours) |
Practical (contact hours) |
| AC-PTC1 | Introduction to Plant Tissue Culture | 03 | 02 |
| AC-PTC2 | Plant Growth and Mineral Nutrition | 03 | 02 |
| AC-PTC3 | Plant Growth Regulators and Sensory System | 04 | 02 |
| AC-PTC4 | Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory Organization | 06 | 06 |
| AC-PTC5 | Plant Tissue Culture Environment | 06 | 06 |
| AC-PTC6 | Micropropagation | 06 | 40 |
| AC-PTC7 | Venture Creation in Tissue Culture Business | 04 | 02 |
| Total at the End of the Course | 30 | 60 | |
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):
The learner, upon completion of this 90-hour theory and practical-based program of learning, would be able to:
- Design (paper-based) a plant tissue culture laboratory emphasizing low-cost options to minimize the cost
- Formulate media with different plant growth regulator combinations and demonstrate the procedure of media preparation
- Establish in vitro cultures of selected herbaceous plants, multiply them aseptically, and acclimatize for mass production of planting materials, and production programming
- Develop a plant tissue culture-based business proposal
Program Assessment:
Advanced Certificate in Plant Tissue Culture will be awarded to those who have successfully completed the in-class practical assessment (20%), online theory assessment (20%), group presentation (30%), and attendance to online/ onsite lectures and practical (30%).
