1. History of science and technology
The history of science and technology is an interdisciplinary subject which studies the development and law of human science and technology. Focusing on agricultural history, based on Lingnan and facing the world, this discipline is a first-class academic degree. Its research fields are divided into four directions: history of Agronomy, history of technology, science and technology and society, science and Technology Archaeology and heritage protection.
This program began to enroll graduate students in agricultural history in 1980. It is the first one in China to enroll graduate students in agricultural history. So far, it has cultivated nearly 200 graduate students in science and technology history. In addition to training the first graduate student of agricultural history in China, the degree also created many firsts, such as the first international academic conference of agricultural history in China, the first agricultural history journal after the Cultural Revolution agricultural history research and the first agricultural history unit that published papers in China Social science . It has successively undertaken major projects and general projects of the National Social Science Foundation More than 30 national, provincial and ministerial level topics and more than 700 academic papers have been published; more than 40 works and anthologies have been published, such as the historical manuscript of China's agricultural science and technology, the school notes of saving wasteland, the agricultural changes and mountain environment in Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi since the Ming and Qing Dynasties; it has won the third prize of national science and technology progress, the first prize of science and technology progress of the Ministry of agriculture, the second prize of Humanities and social sciences of national universities, and the second prize of national books More than 20 scientific research awards at all levels, including the award, the highest honor award of Guangdong Social Sciences, the first prize of Guangdong University Humanities and social sciences. The degree also has a special collection of agricultural historical documents, with a collection of more than 80000 volumes. Among them, the collection of ancient agricultural books is the most at home and abroad, which is the key ancient book protection unit in Guangdong Province. The degree also attaches great importance to academic exchanges, holding 16 international and domestic academic conferences such as the Southern vegetation like international academic conference and the 2016 annual meeting of China Agricultural History Society; inviting nearly 100 scholars from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as domestic scholars such as GE Jianxiong, Li Genpan, Chen Chunsheng, etc.; teachers and students visiting the United States, Britain Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Israel and other countries conduct academic exchanges and visits.
2. Chinese history
The research on Chinese history in our university can be traced back to the research on the origin of rice production in South China started by academician Ding Ying in 1926. Since the 1930s, a group of scholars, represented by Mr. Liang Jiamian, began to engage in the study of Chinese agricultural history and made remarkable achievements. It has the first level discipline authorized by the master's degree in Chinese history, which consists of three disciplines: Ancient Chinese history, modern Chinese history and special history. In the direction of ancient Chinese history, there are several research fields, such as the history of pre Qin, the history of Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties, the history of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the history of ancient rural society; in the direction of modern Chinese history, there are four research fields, including the history of modern Chinese politics, the history of modern Chinese thought, the history of modern Chinese society, and the history of agricultural ecology in Lingnan; in the direction of special history, there are religious history, Chinese and foreign culture The history of exchange, the history of Lingnan local culture, the history of crop and cultivation technology exchange between China and foreign countries.
The degree of Chinese history and the degree of science and technology history with 38 years of postgraduate training experience rely on each other and share resources. Researchers support each other and the teaching system platform can be used as a whole. The teaching and research of the degree has formed its own characteristics. First, give full play to the advantages and specialties of agricultural colleges and universities, and exchange agricultural ecology history, rural social history, and Chinese and foreign agricultural culture In terms of history, it has its own research tradition and characteristics, forming a systematic research achievement and postgraduate training system; secondly, it has made remarkable research achievements in Maritime Silk Road and cultural exchange, Lingnan Buddhism Communication History, Lingnan Taoism thought history, Lingnan local culture history, Lingnan folk houses and folk custom history by taking advantage of Lingnan's unique regional advantages, and formed Third, in the rural social history, water conservancy history, disaster history, the formation of a more distinctive research results. One belt, one road, one that is of great significance and function to the current social and economic and cultural development, especially the cultural construction along the way. It can give full play to the functions and functions of history, and cultivate the needed talents for the future cultural construction and think tank construction.
3. Master of law
Our school has a master's degree authorization point and enrolls full-time and part-time master's degree candidates. The cultivation of master of law in our college is oriented to application and practice. It aims to cultivate high-level, compound and applied legal talents with strong logical thinking and reasoning ability and legal expertise in agriculture for Guangdong and even the whole country.
There are 16 mentors in this field, all of whom have senior professional titles or doctoral degrees, including 5 professors. In addition, 32 experienced part-time industry mentors are selected from the legal practice department. The college has established several practice bases in law practice departments such as courts, procuratorates, law firms, patent agencies, prison administration departments, etc., and has set up a law research base of Guangdong Law Society - new urbanization Law Research Center, law research evaluation and consultation service base of Guangdong People's Congress (Jieyang City), intellectual property research center of South China Agricultural University, etc Research platform. In the past five years, it has undertaken 97 scientific research projects with a total scientific research fund of 10.41 million yuan, including 3 national level scientific research projects and 65 provincial and ministerial level scientific research projects; it has published 23 monographs and 145 papers, which has great advantages in teaching and research.
4. Master of Agriculture
The agricultural master's degree in the field of rural development is a professional degree related to the position in this field. It is mainly a practical and high-level degree for government departments, institutions, scientific research institutions and social organizations to cultivate rural development theories and knowledge that can master sociology, management, development planning and other disciplines, and can use the tools and working methods to analyze and respond to rural development problems Level of rural development professionals.
There are 25 mentors in this field, including 13 professors; 6 research platforms; 47 projects have been approved in the past five years, including 8 national social science funds, 6.813 million scientific research funds; 16 monographs have been published, 137 papers have been published, which has great advantages.
