New NICOPA Curricula

The following curricula are developed and implemented at the partner country institutions to modernize precision agriculture using new technologies. The teaching material of the presented curricula is available on the page Teaching Material.

9 Core Curricula

Remote Sensing and Application of Earth and Environment related PA

8 ECTS; 64 contact hours; 74 hours praxis; 64 hours student workload

Using of SENTINEL 1-2-3 imagery for agricultural field monitoring

4 ECTS; 30 contact hours; 50 hours praxis; 45 hours student workload

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (NAVSTAR, GLONASS, GALILEO, etc.)

3,5 ECTS; 32 contact hours; 40 hours praxis; 38 hours student workload

Optimizing computer vision algorithms and real-time implementations

4 ECTS; 40 contact hours; 35 praxis; 45 student workload

Web technologies (Agro SDI, Geo-portals, Geo-services, Geo-analytical systems)

3 ECTS; 24 contact hours; 50 hours praxis; 20 hours student workload

Basics of the Precision agriculture – characteristics, technologies, economic efficiency, optimal use of resources

5 ECTS; 72 contact hours; 40 hours praxis; 42 hours student workload

Yield sensors for Precision Agriculture

3 ECTS; 30 contact hours; 34 hours praxis; 32 hours student workload

Soil physical properties and its measurement

4 ECTS; 48 contact hours; 36 hours praxis; 40 hours student workload

Application of Precision Agriculture for crops growing

4 ECTS; 38 contact hours; 46 hours praxis; 42 hours student workload

3 Transferrable Curricula

Start up initiatives for future engineers

2,5 ECTS; 30 contact hours; 20 praxis; 20 student workload

Management and Decision Making in Precision Agriculture

3 ECTS; 28 contact hours; 30 hours praxis; 22 hours student workload

Intensive course to leverage acceptance of the new technologies "in-field"

2,5 ECTS; 30 contact hours; 20 praxis; 20 student workload