AGRICULTURAL MAJORS AND MINORS

In addition to the core courses, each student will complete the required major courses, a minimum of 42 hours of junior/senior level courses, and electives required by each major. Electives may be used for a minor or option. Credit will not be given for duplicate course work.

Programs are available with the following majors:

Agricultural Business (AGBS)

Option A: Farm Management

Option B: Agricultural Marketing

Option C: Agricultural Business Management

Option D: Science

Option E: Pre-Agricultural Law

Agricultural Education (AGED)

Agronomy (AGRN)

Animal Science (ANSC)

Option A: Dairy Science

Option B: Business

Environmental Soil and Water Science (ESWS)

Extension Education (EXED)

Food Science (FDSC)

Horticulture (HORT)

Landscape Design and Urban Horticulture (LDUH)

Plant Protection/Pest Management (PPPM)

Option A: Entomology

Option B: Plant Pathology

Option C: Agronomy

Poultry Science (POSC)

Many majors may be combined with an option or minor. The journalism minor can be expanded to permit a double major in agriculture and journalism if desired. Fourteen minors are offered. They are:

Agricultural Business

Agricultural Education

Agricultural Mechanization

Agronomy

Animal Science

Entomology

Environmental Soil and Water Science

Food Science

Horticultural Production

Landscape Design and Urban Horticulture

Plant Pathology

Plant Protection/Pest Management

Poultry Science

Turf Science

Minor in Journalism

This minor allows for a combination of training in journalism with a specialization in agriculture. Its purpose is to prepare the student for employment with firms and institutions which produce agricultural publications or employ public relations personnel.

The journalism minor is designed to prepare students for work with agriculturally oriented publications. Students who enjoy writing but wish to pursue a career in agriculture may combine their interests in this program. The student may elect to major in one of several areas in agriculture while completing the option in journalism.

Requirements for a Minor in Journalism: Students interested in a journalism minor may choose from three areas:

A student interested in a journalism minor must notify his or her major adviser for detailed information.

Interdepartmental Majors

Two interdepartmental majors, one interdepartmental minor, and one interdepartmental options are available in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. The two majors are plant protection/pest management and food science. Environmental science is an interdepartmental minor. The option is journalism. These majors and option are interdepartmental in the sense that the requirements for each were agreed upon by several departments, and students can be advised in one of several departments in these areas.

The Plant Protection/Pest Management (PPPM) major is a curriculum designed for those who may wish to work in agribusiness industries, especially those concerned with the protection of animals and plants from weeds, insects, diseases, and nutritional deficiencies through the management of such pests. The curriculum provides sound basic training in the physical and biological sciences, in communications, in the humanities and social sciences as well as basic instruction in several areas of agriculture. In addition, options are available leading to additional strength in entomology or plant pathology. A student may be advised in the Departments of Agronomy, Entomology, or Plant Pathology. Students who complete work in this curriculum are prepared to pursue graduate work (M.S., Ph.D.) in any of these three departments and are prepared to enter the increasingly complex agrichemical industry. Students are also unusually well equipped for private crop consulting or for farm advisory roles in such agencies as the Cooperative Extension Service. Students educated in the plant protection/pest management curriculum have an excellent basis for becoming farm managers. These students are well prepared to work in agencies concerned with the proper use of agricultural pesticides. This curriculum enables the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences to better serve an increasingly technical and rapidly growing segment of agriculture.

The Food Science (FDSC) curriculum has been developed to meet an increasingly pressing need for highly educated specialists in the area of food processing. The undergraduate core curriculum offers education in physical and biological science, as well as highly specialized education in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences related to the processing and utilization of food. Educational experiences in communications as well as in the humanities and social sciences are also included in this curriculum.

The undergraduate food science curriculum meets the standards of the Institute of Food Technologists and is developed through the cooperation of the Departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Animal Science, Poultry Science, and Food Science. Four of these departments have developed options which can be taken in conjunction with the core curriculum. These options will permit specialization within the degree program in a particular area. In the Department of Animal Science there is an option in meats. The option in the Department of Food Science will be valuable to students who anticipate working in the food processing industries.

The education obtained in the core curriculum for this particular major would serve as an excellent base for advanced work in this area if a student should choose to do graduate work. Graduate programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in food science are also available.