Goals and Objectives

• Provide students with the opportunity to take a general course of study in agriculture without specializing in a given area.
• Allow for considerable flexibility and individual design of an academic major to meet specialized needs.
• Serve as a pre-major for students who are undecided about what area of agriculture to choose as a major.

Program

The requirements for the Agricultural Studies major can be roughly divided into four categories of courses (1) General Education classes, (2) required core classes in Agriculture, (3) a CAFES minor, (4) elective classes. In order to graduate in four years, it is necessary to be a full-time student taking 15-16 credits per semester.

Faculty

The faculty in the Agricultural Studies program includes all faculty in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Because of the flexibility offered by this major, faculty in every department can be part of each individualized student program. Many CAFES faculty have received public recognition for outstanding teaching and all of the faculty are strongly committed to teaching and learning.

Facilities

The College facilities include excellent classrooms, general and specialized laboratories for different disciplines, computer labs, a greenhouse and lab farms. The two lab farms include animal and associated crop production enterprises providing a vital resource for teaching and student employment.

Career Opportunities

Students graduating with an Agricultural Studies major have a wide variety of job titles including:

• AI Technician
• Communications Director
• Crop Production Specialist
• Energy Consultant
• Farm Consultant
• Farmer
• Farm Reporter
• Field Agronomist
• Genetics Sales/Service Technician
• Grain Merchandiser
• Herdsman
• Livestock Production/ Cattle Specialist
• Loan Officer
• Member Services Specialist
• Research Assistant