Food Safety and Security Archives - College of Agricultural Sciences

Master of Agribusiness and Food Innovation Management

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Food Manufacturing Safety and Sanitation – Online

This course trains individuals in the food manufacturing industry to follow sound food safety practices and sanitation methods. Certify your organization and employees are up to date with Current Good Manufacturing Practices.

Environmental Horticulture Major

Provide solutions necessary to achieve aesthetically pleasing, functional, and environmentally sound outdoor spaces. Offering concentrations in Landscape Design and Contracting, Nursery and Landscape Management, and Turf Management.

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

Animal Science

Develop an industry-oriented, science-based education that focuses on food-producing animals while learning technical, practical, and business skills involved in livestock production.

M.S. in Animal Science

Develop an industry-oriented, science-based education that prepares you for careers in animal agriculture or one of many industries associated with livestock production.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.