I. Training objectives
This major cultivates senior vegetable specialists who meet the needs of socialist construction and are fully developed morally, intellectually and physically, and has the following conditions:
1. Have good political quality and excellent moral character, love the party, love the motherland and devote themselves to the construction of the socialist motherland; With the concept of collectivism, hard work style, good professional ethics and the fine traditions of the Chinese nation.
2. Master the solid basic theory, systematic professional knowledge and skilled professional skills of the discipline of garden plants and ornamental horticulture, understand the development trends of the discipline, and be familiar with the development level of the research direction at home and abroad. Can skillfully operate computers and apply advanced information tools, can skillfully use a foreign language to read professional documents, write abstracts of papers and conduct general professional exchanges. It has the ability to independently undertake scientific research, teaching, production management and technology popularization of garden plants and ornamental horticulture, is rigorous in research, practical and realistic, integrates theory with practice, and has strong ability to discover, analyze and solve problems.
3. Have a healthy body.
Second, the direction of discipline research
1. Landscape Plant Germplasm Resources and Genetic Breeding
2. The application of garden plants
3. Garden Plant Cultivation and Physiology
4. Landscape design
Third, the length of study.
The minimum study period of full-time graduate students is 3 years, and the maximum study period is 4 years. The minimum study period of in-service graduate students in our school is 4 years, and the maximum study period is 5 years. If you can't finish your studies on time due to special reasons, you should submit an application report for extension of defense in early February, 65438, one year before graduation. The time for full-time graduate students to reply in advance shall not exceed half a year, and the time for in-service graduate students shall not exceed 1 year.
Fourth, the curriculum.
The postgraduate course of this professional degree has obtained at least 30 credits, including 2 credits for teaching practice.
1. degree course (20 credits)
Political theory course
Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism 1 credit
Dialectics of nature 2 credits
First foreign language
Basic foreign language 4 credits
Professional foreign languages 1 credit
Professional basic theory courses (unless otherwise specified, choose two courses in other directions)
Advanced biochemistry 3 credits
Biochemical research technology 3 credits
3 credits of higher plant physiology
3 credits of plant physiology research technology
Plant configuration and landscaping 3 credits
Landscape Architecture Design 3 credits
Specialized courses (unless otherwise specified, choose one in other directions)
Flower variety taxonomy 3 credits
Landscape design 3 credits
Discussion on the progress of landscape architecture and ornamental gardening 3 credits (required in all directions)
2. Elective courses
Specialized elective course
Postharvest physiology and fresh-keeping technology of flowers 2 credits
2 credits of flowering physiology and regulation of garden plants
Investigation and collection of wild plant resources 2 credits
Flower application for 2 credits
Introduction to Aesthetics 2 credits
Art and theory of flower arrangement 2 credits
Art history 2 credits
Vertical design of garden land 2 credits
Urban planning 2 credits
Garden engineering budget 2 credits
Public elective course
Postgraduate quality education (compulsory) 1 credit
3 credits of molecular genetics
3 credits of molecular biology
3 credits of quantitative genetics
2 branches of plant microscopy
Computer culture and scientific computing 1 credit
Computer processing experimental data 1 credit
Document retrieval 1 credit
Other 2 credits
Verb (abbreviation of verb) paper
Dissertation is an important part of postgraduate training. It is a comprehensive training for graduate students to carry out scientific research or undertake specialized technical work. It is also the main link to cultivate graduate students' innovative ability and comprehensively apply what they have learned to find, analyze and solve problems. The work of the thesis mainly includes several links, such as topic selection, topic setting (opening argument), scientific research implementation, thesis writing and thesis defense, and thesis publication.
Under the guidance of tutors, master students should choose topics from the existing production practice or the frontier of discipline development, and make clear the research direction. On the basis of consulting literature and investigation, they should submit a paper opening report in the first academic year and determine the topic of the paper. The thesis opening work is organized by the teaching and research section, and the main teachers of this subject or more than 3 (including 3) master tutors participate. After full discussion, exchange and appraisal, they can enter the thesis research work. It takes 18 months from the opening of the thesis to the defense.
The paper requires concise sentences, neat printing, clear charts, distinct levels, rigorous style of study, accurate calculation, reliable data and correct conclusions.
Thesis will be reviewed by two experts with the title of associate senior middle school or above, with at least 1 from the peer experts outside the school or at least 1 from the tutor of another master student in a neighboring similar discipline in the school. You can't reply until you pass it. If one of the opinions is not passed, you can add another one. If two points are not passed, the application for defense is invalid. I must revise the supplementary paper under the guidance of my tutor and apply for a defense again one year later.
The thesis defense committee consists of five or seven people, and the members should have the title of deputy high school or above. Committee members should have at least 1 master tutor from another adjacent and similar discipline in the school; Or at least 1 off-campus peer experts. The reviewer of the paper may also be a member of the National Defense Commission. The chairman of the defense Committee must be a full-time senior master tutor or doctoral tutor. The tutor of the respondent cannot be listed as a member of the defense Committee. The composition of the defense committee is nominated by the teaching and research section, approved by the college in charge of postgraduate work, and submitted to graduate department for examination and approval.
The thesis must be voted by secret ballot by the defense Committee, and more than two-thirds of the members agree to confer a doctorate before it can be passed; If it is not passed, the defense Committee will make a resolution on whether to amend and re-defend, and the defense will be conducted within one year.
Ways and methods of cultivating intransitive verbs
The guidance method can adopt the tutor responsibility system, or a guidance group composed of professors, associate professors and experts invited by tutors and tutors. The members of the steering group can be interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary, so as to enhance the guiding power. After the master students enter the school, the tutor or guidance group should make a training plan as soon as possible and give comprehensive guidance to their master's thesis. In the process of carrying out scientific research, master students should submit periodic reports to tutors or teaching and research departments and get timely guidance. The cultivation of master students is mainly based on our school. According to the needs, you can also arrange short-term study abroad or conduct scientific research in other units. For example, when conducting scientific research in a foreign unit, the tutor can temporarily invite the experts of the unit for guidance or cooperative training.
Master students should participate in graduate class discussions under the guidance of tutors; Or participate in various academic exchange activities to broaden your horizons, activate your academic thinking, increase your knowledge, and exercise your expression and organizational management skills. Master students should participate in certain teaching practice and teaching and research activities, and can give lectures and guide experiments, teaching practice, graduation practice or graduation thesis; Or give lectures on related topics to professional teachers or students; It can also assist tutors to undertake master's courses and train master's students. The total workload of teaching practice should reach 15 class hours (mainly used for teaching).
Seven. Ideological and moral education
Party committees, tutors and teachers of the college should strengthen the ideological and moral education of graduate students, help graduate students to establish a correct world outlook and outlook on life, and actively participate in social practice, public activities and public welfare work. The main measures to cultivate good scientific research ethics, unity, cooperation and dedication of graduate students are as follows:
1. Give full play to the role of graduate student party organizations and graduate student associations, strengthen patriotism and nationalism education, and improve graduate students' abilities of self-management, self-service and self-education.
2. Establish and improve the ideological and political work system for graduate students. The Party Committee of the college should have a special person in charge of this work, keep abreast of the ideological trends of graduate students, contact tutors and class teachers in time, and solve the problems encountered.
3. Establish and improve the semi-annual summary, year-end summary and mid-term evaluation system for graduate students. Tutors should exchange ideas with graduate students for at least 1 month, keep abreast of the influence of graduate students' ideological changes and their surrounding events on graduate students, and give positive guidance.
Viii. Other evaluation requirements
1. CET-6: Master students must pass CET-6 before graduation, otherwise they cannot apply for thesis defense.
2. Mid-term assessment: conducted in the third or fourth semester after the postgraduate entrance examination. The main contents of the assessment include the performance of ideological, political and moral qualities; Degree course study, credits and grades; Scientific research ability and the openness of dissertations.
Colleges and majors set up two levels of evaluation teams. The assessment team of each college is composed of 3-5 people, including Party Secretary (or Deputy Secretary) in charge of postgraduate ideological and political work, Dean (or Vice President) in charge of postgraduate work, postgraduate secretary and postgraduate tutor, and is responsible for the overall arrangement, review and determination of postgraduate assessment results in the hospital. The assessment team consists of 3-5 people with deputy senior titles or above. The candidates for the team leader and evaluation team members shall be appointed by the dean of the college and reported to graduate department for the record. The professional evaluation team is responsible for the specific evaluation of the mid-term evaluation of graduate students.
The evaluation work is carried out in accordance with the procedures of self-evaluation, graduate report, professional evaluation group evaluation and college evaluation group evaluation. Professional and college accreditation groups all adopt secret ballot, and more than two-thirds of the members can pass their opinions as accreditation groups. Those who pass the exam agree to enter the next stage of work. Those who fail to pass the examination shall be examined and approved by the school mid-term examination diversion leading group, and the study shall be terminated and treated as dropping out of school. In any of the following circumstances, it shall be included in the scope of unqualified assessment. (1) has been given a warning at or above the school level and has no obvious repentance and progress; (2) The paper opening report failed twice; (3) those who do not participate in the mid-term evaluation without reason; (4) Poor ideological and moral character and organizational discipline, and repeated education is ineffective; (5) those who are suspended from school for six months to one year due to physical disqualification, and still fail after the expiration.
3. Publish a paper: refer to the Interim Provisions on Basic Requirements of Academic Level for Postgraduates of Northwest A&F University before applying for thesis defense.
4. Academic reports: Master students should attend at least 6 academic reports at home and abroad during their school days.