This program will train you in the business skills to be an innovator. Learn to launch new technologies, products, and even new business ventures in the agriculture, food, and beverage industries. Go from ideation to marketplace.
Horticulture Major On-Campus and Online
Apply scientific principles in the growing, marketing, processing, and utilizing of fruits, vegetables, flower and foliage plants, trees, shrubs, and turf grasses. This degree program offers both in-person and online options
Soil Resources and Conservation – Minor
Through a fundamental understanding of soil science and management, gain knowledge and tools to help reverse soil erosion and degradation while sequestering carbon.
Landscape Design and Contracting – Concentration
Learn the designing and building process typically delivered by one company providing a turnkey of design services followed by construction implementation and management of the built project.
M.S. in Horticulture
Conduct a research investigation on a horticultural topic that generates statistically analyzable data reported in a comprehensive scientific thesis.
Ph.D. in Horticulture
Develops a horticulture graduate student into a professional horticulturist on the highest plane.
Horticultural Food Crops – Concentration
Focus your studies on systems related to production of fruits and vegetables.
Horticultural Science – Concentration
Receive a solid foundation in the basic sciences and agricultural sciences leading to technical and scientific careers in laboratory, greenhouse, or field research.
Soil Restoration and Conservation – Concentration
Through a fundamental understanding of soil science and management, gain knowledge and tools to help reverse soil erosion and degradation while sequestering carbon.
Soil Science and Environmental Solutions – Concentration
Explore the interdisciplinary nature of soils through the study of soil organisms and their interactions with each other and the soil’s physical and chemical environment.
Seed Science and Technology
Prepare for positions in the seed industry with a comprehensive overview of seed analysis and a scientific understanding of seed biology.
M.S. in Soil and Crop Science
Develop an advanced understanding of soil, plants, microbiomes, genomics, or related topics while preparing for impactful careers.
Ph.D. in Soil and Crop Science
Develop deep knowledge and understanding of soils, plants, microbiomes, genomics, or related topics through the development of original research under the mentorship of world-class scientists. Gain exposure and preparation in a range of career paths where you can make an important impact.
M.S. in Soil and Crop Science, Plant Breeding and Genetics
Become a member of a comprehensive crop molecular genetics program involving molecular mapping and characterization of agronomically important traits in a variety of crops.
M.S. in Soil and Crop Science – Agroecosystems Management
Learn the skills of precision crop, nutrient, and management systems that improve the efficiency of crop water use and pest management.
Environmental Horticulture – Minor
Provide solutions necessary to achieve aesthetically pleasing, functional, and environmentally sound outdoor spaces.
Horticulture – Minor
Learn the application of scientific principles in the growing, marketing, processing, and utilizing of fruits, vegetables, flower and foliage plants, trees, shrubs, and turf grasses.
Landscape Architecture Major
Give character to the constructed landscape, bringing the same skills to the shaping of landforms, plants, structures, and materials, and service to the client, as an architect brings to a building.
Organic Agriculture Interdisciplinary – Minor
Learn the science of organic agriculture with additional courses specifically focused on organic agriculture production techniques, business management, marketing, and decision making.
Teaching in Extension Certificate – Online
Explore the ages and stages of learning, covering the full lifespan, youth through adult, to deliver effective instruction in a variety of settings across multiple age groups.
Soil and Crop Sciences
Gain hands-on training and expert instruction that will equip you to solve current global sustainability challenges in soil, plant, and environmental sciences.
Entomology Minor
Explore the science of insects and other arthropods, such as ticks and mites. Learn about the many critical roles that arthropods play in ecosystems and how you can help maintain ecosystem health by helping arthropods.
Organic Agriculture Interdisciplinary – Minor
Study holistic methods for food production that promote and enhance agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity.
Plant Health – Minor
Apply the knowledge gained in biology courses to real world problems. Learn how microbes, insects, and weeds impact food production, urban landscapes, forests, rangelands, and other ecosystems.
Soil Science – Minor
Complement your major with a strong knowledge base in the principles and applications of soil science.
Agricultural Biology Major – Entomology Concentration
Explore the science of insects and other arthropods, such as ticks and mites. Learn about the many critical roles that arthropods play in ecosystems and how you can help maintain ecosystem health by helping arthropods.
Sustainable Agricultural Management – Concentration
Help the agricultural economy prosper by combining practical business expertise with cutting-edge knowledge of data-driven sustainable agriculture.
Agricultural Biology Major – Plant Pathology Concentration
Discover how virus, bacteria, fungi, and other microbes affect plant and ecosystem health and learn about the tools that are used to diagnose and manage plant diseases caused by these microbes.
Agricultural Biology Major – Weed Science Concentration
Invasive and weed plants are one of the major threats to food security. Learn to identify and manage weeds and discover the role that biotechnology plays in weed management.
Plant Biotechnology – Concentration
Apply advanced genomics to develop varieties of crops that are more nutritious, resilient to climate change, and disease-resistant to enable sustainable agriculture.
Agricultural Biology Sequential M.S. Degree Program
Gain hands-on experience in protecting natural and agricultural ecosystems from arthropod pests, plant diseases, and weeds. This M.S. degree is also available online.
This M.S. degree is also available online.
M.S. in Bioagricultural Sciences
Conduct research focused on plant stresses, microbes, insects, and weeds that threaten the safety and sustainability of our food supply.
M.S. in Bioagricultural Sciences – Plan A, Entomology Specialization
Conduct research in the study of insects and other arthropods such as ticks and mites. Help build a healthier food system for a growing world while protecting the environment.
Agricultural Education Major
Learn and educate around the science, business, and technology of agriculture, food and environmental/natural resource systems. Develop skills as an agricultural educator in a three-part model: classroom, experiential learning, and leadership development.
M.S. in Bioagricultural Sciences – Plan A, Plant Pathology Specialization
Conduct research in the study of microbes that affect plant health, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Help build a healthier food system for a growing world while protecting the environment.
M.S. in Bioagricultural Sciences – Plan A, Weed Science Specialization
Conduct research in the study of weed management and pesticide function and resistance. Help build a healthier food system for a growing world while protecting the environment.
M.S. in Bioagricultural Sciences – Plan B, Pest Management Specialization
Gain hands-on experience in managing sustaining our food and fiber supply, providing bioagricultural security, and protecting our ecosystems from pests, plant diseases, and weeds.
Ph.D. in Bioagricultural Sciences
Conduct research in plant abiotic stress or the microbes, insects, and weeds that threaten the safety and sustainability of our food supply. Learn how ecosystems function and how to protect them.
Agricultural Business Major
Apply theoretical and analytic tools of applied economics within the context of food systems. Explores the broadest context of food systems ranging from small-scale localized markets to traditional market-mediated commodity-based products to highly specialized, vertically coordinated supply chains.
Ph.D. in Bioagricultural Sciences – Entomology Specialization
Conduct research in the study of insects and other arthropods such as ticks and mites. Help build a healthier food system for a growing world while protecting the environment.
Agricultural Literacy Minor
Offers students an integrated set of courses in agricultural education. Pursue content in animal sciences, plant sciences, food products and processing, or natural resources.
Ph.D. in Bioagricultural Sciences – Plant Pathology Specialization
Conduct research in the study of microbes that affect plant health, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Help build a healthier food system for a growing world while protecting the environment.
Master of Extension Education M.Ext.Ed. – Online
Study to develop impactful programs and deliver educational resources as a community educator.
Ph.D. in Bioagricultural Sciences – Weed Science Specialization
Conduct research in the study of weed management and pesticide function and resistance. Help build a healthier food system for a growing world while protecting the environment.