Differential preference of professional job areas and subject matter of undergraduates in agriculture

Abstract

The differential preference values for the different subject matter areas and job area were studied for two years. The data were provided by the final year students of agriculture in 1972 and 1973. The analysis of the data revealed that Agronomy had the high preference value foiled by Horticulture, Agrl. Chemistry, Agrl. Botany, Agrl. Extension, Agrl. Economics, Plant Pathology, Entomology and Agrl. Statististics in the order of prefence. Among the different professional job areas research had the highest preference value followed by extension, teaching, cultivation and business in the order of preference.