2005-06 Undergraduate Catalog
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Established: 1870
Location: McCarty Hall, Room 2014D
Phone: 352-392-2251.
Department phone numbers (PDF).
Academic Advising: Each major has an undergraduate coordinator and faculty advisers. Adviser information is available on the college web site.
Scholarships: The college provides more than $200,000 annually in undergraduate scholarships. Applications are available December 1 in McCarty Hall, Room 2002. College scholarships and letters of recommendation are due on or before February 15. For more information, contact the college’s associate dean.
Internships and Career Guidance: A college career resource center placement liaison helps students prepare for interviews and find employment. The college also sponsors the Agriculture and Natural Resources Career Day in February.
| Majors – 120 hours | Specializations |
|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Engineering | Refer to College of Engineering |
| Agricultural Education and Communication |
Agricultural Education Agricultural Leadership Agricultural Communication Extension Education |
| Agricultural Operations Management |
Production Systems Management Construction and Process Management Technical Sales Management Environmental Systems Management |
| Animal Sciences |
Animal Biology Animal Industry (Beef Cattle, Dairy, Equine and Safety and Processing of Meat and Poultry)
|
| Botany |
Basic Botany Preprofessional Botany |
| Entomology and Nematology |
Preprofessional and Basic Science Biology Education Ecotourism Plant Protection Urban Pest Management |
|
Environmental Science (BS) — School of Natural Resources and Environment |
Environmental Science Natural Resource Management |
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Environmental Science (BA) — School of Natural Resources and Environment |
Environmental Education Environmental Policy Environmental Policy and Business |
| Family, Youth and Community Sciences | |
| Food and Resource Economics |
Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Management Natural Resource, Environmental Economics and Policy International Food and Resource Economics |
| Food Science and Human Nutrition |
Food Science Dietetics Nutritional Sciences |
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Forest Resources and Conservation — School of Forest Resources and Conservation |
Forest Resource Management Urban Forestry International and Agroforestry Forest Science |
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Geomatics — School of Forest Resources and Conservation |
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| Horticultural Science |
General Horticultural Science Fruit and Vegetable Crops |
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Interdisciplinary Studies — Environmental Management in Agriculture (three specializations)
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Economics and Policy Land and Water Management Waste Management and Utilization
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| Interdisciplinary Studies — Landscape and Nursery Horticulture (three specializations) |
Environmental Horticulture Operations Landscape and Nursery Management Public Garden Management |
| Interdisciplinary Studies — Turfgrass Science |
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| Microbiology and Cell Science | |
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Natural Resource Conservation — School of Forest Resources and Conservation |
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| Packaging Science | |
| Plant Science |
Agronomy – Science and Technology Sustainable Crop Production and Management Plant Pathology – Biotechnology Agricultural Technology |
| Soil and Water Science | |
| Statistics | |
| Wildlife Ecology and Conservation |
Biology Education Preprofessional Studies Wildlife Conservation Wildlife Ecology |