Welcome to Natural and Agricultural Sciences
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences offers more than 160 internationally-accredited undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Students can enrol for the following BSc degrees:
- Undergraduate three-year degree (Mainstream Programme)
- Undergraduate four-year degree (UPP and Extended Programme)
- Chemistry
Honours, Master’s, and PhD in Polymer Science
- Computer Sciences and Informatics
Honours, Master’s and PhD in Computer Information/Computer Science Geography Honours in Geography (BA and BSc)MA/MSc: Geography/Environmental Geography PhD: Geography/Environmental Geography/Human Geography
- Physics
Honours, Master’s, and PhD in Physics (Renewable Energy and Electronics)
- Plant Sciences
Honours, Master’s, and PhD in Botany (Plant Reproductive/Pollination Biology, Proteomics, and Phytomedicine/Ethnobotany)
- Zoology and Entomology
Honours, Master’s, and PhD in Zoology (Entomology, Animal Behaviour, Parasitology, Ecotoxicology, and Immunology)
The learning programmes on the Qwaqwa Campus include Biological Sciences (Botany, Zoology, and Life Sciences), Chemical and Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry, and Chemistry and Botany), Information Technology (IT and Management, IT and Chemistry, IT and Physics), Geosciences (Environmental Geography, Geography, and Life Sciences; and Geography and Tourism), and Mathematical Sciences (Mathematics and Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry, and Mathematics and Computer Sciences).
Departments and Subject Heads
Chemistry
Dr Penny Mokolokolo
Subject Head/Lecturer
T: +27 58 718 3782
E: MokolokoloPP@ufs.ac.za
Chemistry
Rantoa Moji
Subject Head/Lecturer
T: +27 58 718 5130
E: MojiRG@ufs.ac.za
Computer Science
Dr Mokotsolane Mase
Subject Head/Lecturer
T: +27 58 718 5089
E: MaseM@ufs.ac.za
GeographyDr Melissa Hansen Subject Head/Lecturer T: Geography +27 58 718 5487
E: HansenMM@ufs.ac.za
Plant Sciences
Prof Sandy-Lynn Steenhuizen
Subject Head/Senior Lecturer
T: +27 58 718 5330
E: SteenhuizenS@ufs.ac.za