Nutrien Agricultural Sciences
This is home to the College of Agricultural Sciences. The College of Agricultural Sciences is thrilled about our future home for agriculture and the strategic initiatives we’ll be able to advance through the teaching, research, and engagement spaces in this building. This building is opening for classes in Fall of 20211 and will be the home of the Student Success Center. The building is the 2nd in the nation to have a "Classroom in the Round", and will have labs, research spaces, landscape architecture student design studios, and a green roof.
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Inside the Major: Agricultural Education
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Agricultural Biology
Agricultural Business
Agricultural Education
⭐ Agricultural Biology
If you love biology and want to make a difference, then Agricultural Biology can help you solve some of the most-critical problems in food and ecosystem sustainability facing the world today. You’ll gain hands-on experience in the lab and the field with plants, microbes, and insects that affect ecosystem health. You’ll learn how to put your love of science into action and will share this experience with a cohort of students who will become your teammates in strengthening the ecosystems that we all depend on for food, fiber, and ecosystem services.
Entomology Concentration
Learn in greater detail how insects affect and can be used to measure ecosystem health. Learn how to manage insects in the environment and about insect biotechnology.
Plant Pathology Concentration
Learn how microbes affect plant and ecosystem health, how they spread through the environment, and how to manage microbes on plants and in the soil with traditional methods and with biotechnology.
Weed Science Concentration
Learn how weeds spread and are managed to help reduce losses, reduce fire danger in rangelands, and to conserve water resources. Learn how biotechnological discoveries are now used to manage weeds.
⭐ Agricultural Business
You might be interested in the “boots on the ground” side of agriculture, but you also might be interested in policies that affect it. Maybe you want to work in the government to help support the businesses that grow/develop food. Maybe you’re adept at numbers and economics, ready to help ranchers and farmers stay on top of their operations. Whatever your passion, this major offers a wide variety of career paths along with the hands-on experiences you need to discover and achieve your dreams. This major is also available online for transfer students.
Farm and Ranch Management Concentration
The Farm and Ranch Management concentration builds skills in applied decision making that is required in production agriculture.
Agricultural Economics
The Agricultural Economics concentration focuses on the theoretical and analytic tools of applied economics.
Food Systems
The Food Systems concentration focuses on the application of theoretical and analytic tools of applied economics within the context of food systems. The program of study 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. Students graduating from this program will be prepared to contribute meaningfully to improving the value provided by our food systems.
⭐ Agricultural Education
The Agricultural Education major is designed for students who want to learn and teach the science, business, and technology of agriculture, food, and environmental/natural resource systems. Students will develop and refine their communication skills, along with other attributes necessary to serve as educational leaders and managers. Agricultural Education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices within the field.
Teacher Development Concentration
Teacher development in school-based agricultural education is delivered in a three-part model: classroom, experiential learning, and leadership development.
Agricultural Literacy Concentration
Agricultural literacy is the synthesis, instruction, and communication of basic information about agriculture to the public.