The Courses

(Most required courses not listed below are listed in the departmental sections elsewhere in this Guide.)

(All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.)

Animal Science

103 Introductory Animal Management (2nd sem) 4 cr

260 Farm Animal Care & Welfare (1st sem) 4 cr

297D Dairy Calf Management (both sem) 2 cr

297E Dorset Sheep Management II (2nd sem) 2 cr

297L Livestock Classic (2nd sem) 1 cr

297M Belted Galloway Management II (2nd sem) 2 cr

297S Boer Goat Management II (2nd sem) 2 cr

332 Basic Animal Nutrition & Feeding (2nd sem) 4 cr

445A Equine Reproduction (2nd sem) 1 cr

Building and Construction Technology

353 Business of Building (2nd sem)

 

Landscape Architecture

294A Construction Materials (2nd sem)

294B Construction Materials Practicum (2nd sem) 1 cr

297M Business Concepts of Landscape Contracting (2nd sem)

Landscape Contracting

104 Planting Design (2nd sem) 

105 Landscape Drafting (2nd sem) 2 cr

107 Land Form (1st sem) 4 cr

112 Introduction to Landscape Design (1st sem) 4 cr

196S Independent Study (both sem) 1-3 cr

198Y Internship (April-August) 4 cr

213 Small Property Design (2nd sem) 4 cr

Natural Resources Conservation

100 Environment and Society (1st sem) 4 cr

102 Arboricultural Field Techniques I (fall sem) 2 cr

191A Seminar in Arboriculture & Community Forestry (2nd sem) 2 cr

198Y Internship (April-August) 4 cr

210 Arboricultural Field Techniques II (2nd sem) 2 cr

213 Arboricultural Field Techniques III (2nd sem) 2 cr

225 Forests and People (2nd sem)

232 Principles of Arboriculture (1st sem)

261 Wildlife Conservation (2nd sem)

305 Commercial Arboriculture (1st sem)

310 Community Forestry (2nd sem)

333 Principles of Arboriculture II (2nd sem) 2 cr

390G Plant Health Care Diagnostics (2nd sem) 

396 Independent Study (both sem) 1-3 cr

590A Advanced Arboriculture (2nd sem)

Stockbridge School

100 Botany for Gardeners (1st sem) 4 cr

101 Insects and Related Forms (2nd sem; 1st 7 wks) 2 cr

104 Plant Nutrients (2nd sem; 1st 7 wks) 2 cr

105 Soils (1st sem) 4 cr

107 Turfgrass Insects (2nd sem) 2 cr

108 Introductory Botany (1st sem) 4 cr

109 Insects of Ornamentals (1st sem)

111 Horticultural Plant Pathology (2nd sem) 2 cr

112 Turfgrass Pathology Lab (2nd sem) 2 cr

113 Horticulture Pathology Lab (1st sem) 2 cr

117 Agricultural Chemistry (2nd sem)

118 Introduction to Sustainable Food and Farming (both sem) 1 cr

120 Organic Farming and Gardening (2nd sem) 4 cr

121 Equine Anatomy and Physiology (1st sem) 4 cr

131 Fundamental Stable Management I (1st sem) 4 cr

150 Beginning Equitation I (both sem) 1 cr

151 Beginning Equitation II (both sem) 1 cr

152 Intermediate Equitation I (both sem) 1 cr

153 Intermediate Equitation II (both sem) 1 cr

154 Advanced Equitation (both sem) 1 cr

155 Special Problems in Riding (both sem) 1 cr

161 Equine Care Techniques (1st sem)

170 Special Problems: Pesticide Certification (both sem) 1 cr

182 Principles of Pesticide Management (2nd sem) 2 cr

192F First Year Seminar (1st sem) 1cr

196 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

196E Independeny Study-EQMGT (both sem) 1-6 cr

197A Backyard Homesteading (summer)

197D Draft Horse Husbandry I (both sem)

197G Introduction to Permaculture (both sem)

197MC Introduction to Mushroom Culture (both sem) 1 cr

197PW Personal Wellness for Farmers and Gardeners (2nd sem)

198F Sustainable Food and Farming Internship (2nd sem)

198G Sustainable Horticulture Internship (2nd sem)

198T Turfgrass Internship (2nd sem) 

198Y Equine Internship (2nd sem) 2-3 cr

200 Plant Propagation (1st sem)

201 Equipment Operations (2nd sem) 2 cr

203 Fundamental Stable Management II (2nd sem) 4 cr

211 Pasture Management (1st sem)

213 Equine Lecture Series (2nd sem) 2 cr

230 Introductory Turfgrass Management (1st sem) 4 cr

231 Equine Nutrition (1st sem) 

232 Turf Machinery (2nd sem; 2nd 7 wks) 1 cr

234 Irrigation and Drainage (2nd sem) 2 cr

235 Pruning Fruit Crops (2nd sem) 2 cr

237 Equine Business (1st sem) 

240 Applied Calculations in Turf Management (2nd sem) 2 cr

241 Breaking and Training the Horse (1st sem)

247 Horse Breeds, Types and Selection (2nd sem)

252 Equine Facility Management I (1st sem) 4 cr

255 Herbaceous Plants (2nd sem)

257 Management of the Equine Athlete (2nd sem)

258 Urban Agriculture (2nd sem)

260 Growing Plants Indoors (2nd sem) 2 cr

262 Introduction to Teaching Agriculture Education (1st sem)

265 Sustainable Agriculture (1st sem) 

275 Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology (2nd sem)

280 Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants (2nd sem) 4 cr

281 Topics in Herbalism I (1st sem) 2 cr

282 Topics in Herbalism II (2nd sem) 2 cr

288 Land Use Policies and Sustainable Farming (1st and summer)

290W Organic Weed Control (2nd sem) 

296 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

296E Independent Study-EQMGT (both sem) 1-6 cr

296T Stockbridge School Teaching Experience (both sem) 1-2 cr

297AL Agricultural Leadership & Community Education (1st sem)

297C Traditional Herbal Medicine Systems I (1st sem) 1 cr

297F Traditinal Herbal Medicine Systems II (2nd sem) 1 cr

297MP Small Farm Husbandry: Cows, Sheep & Goats for Meat Production (2nd sem)

297P Small Farm Husbandry II: Pigs & Poultry (1st sem)

298 Practicum (both sem) 1-6 cr

298G Gardenshare Practicum (both sem) 1 cr

300 Deciduous Orchards Science (1st sem odd yrs) 

302 Equine Facility Management II (2nd sem) 4 cr

305 Small Fruit Production (1st sem even yrs)

310 Principles of Weed Management (1st sem)

315 Greenhouse Management (1st sem) 4 cr

325 Vegetable Production (2nd sem) 4 cr

326 Insect Biology (1st sem) 

335 Environmental Physiology & Biology of Spring Greenhouse Crops (2nd sem) 4 cr

340 Advanced Turfgrass Management (2nd sem)

342 Pesticides, Public Policy & the Environment (1st sem)

344 Theories and Methods of Equitation Instruction (2nd sem)

350 Sustainable Soil and Crop Management (1st sem)

355 Community Food Systems (1st sem odd years)

356 Food Justice and Policy (1st sem even years)

362 Vocational Agricultural Education Seminar (2nd sem)

370 Tropical Agriculture (2nd sem)

375 Soil & Water Conservation (1st sem)

379 Agricultural Systems Thinking (1st sem)

382 Writing for Sustainability (2nd sem)

384 Introduction to Plant Physiology (2nd sem)

391B Turfgrass Science & Management (1st sem) 1 cr

396 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

396E Independent Study-EQMGT (both sem) 1-6 cr

397FV Postharvest Handling (summer)

397GF Global Food Systems (both sem)

397NP Non-Profit Management of Community Food Programs (winter)

397S Sustainable Site Design & Planning (2nd sem and summer)

398 Practicum (both sem) 1-12 cr

398E Farm Enterprise Practicum (2nd sem) 3-6 cr

398G Greenhouse Practicum (both sem) 1-18 cr

398T Turf Practicum (both sem) 1-12 cr

445 Equine Stud Farm Management (2nd sem) 

485 Sustainable Food and Farming Capstone (2nd sem)

496 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

497 Equine Diseases and Health Management (2nd sem)

498 Practicum (both sem) 1-12 cr

498E Farm Enterprise Practicum II (1st sem) 3-6 cr

505 General Plant Pathology (1st sem) 4 cr

510 Management & Ecology of Plant Diseases (2nd sem odd years)

515 Microbiology of the Soil (1st sem) 3-4 cr

520 Physiology of Crop Yield (1st sem)

523 Plant Stress Physiology (1st sem)

525 Mycology (1st sem odd years) 4 cr

530 Plant Nutrition (1st sem) 4 cr

535 Diagnostic Plant Physiology (2nd sem) 4 cr

545 Postharvest Biology (2nd sem) 4 cr

550 Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture (2nd sem)

560 Weed Science (2nd sem odd years)

570 Soil Physics (1st sem)

575 Environmental Soil Chemistry (1st sem) 4 cr

580 Soil Fertility (2nd sem)

585 Inorganic Contaminants in Soil, Water, and Sediment (2nd sem)

597A Phyto/Bioremediation (1st sem)

597C Plant Nutrition (1st sem) 1 cr

597M Topics in Turf Pathology (2nd sem)

597V Integrated Turf Management (2nd sem)

597W Artificial Treatment of Wetlands (1st sem)

Sustainable Community Development

335 Plants in Landscape (1st sem) 4 cr