UMA Undergraduate Guide 2018-2019 Academic Departments and Programs Stockbridge School of Agriculture The Courses
The Courses
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) 3 cr 111 Horticultural Plant Pathology (2nd sem) 2 cr 112 Turfgrass Pathology Lab (2nd sem) 2 cr 113 Horticulture Pathology Lab (1st sem) 2 cr 118 Introduction to Sustainable Food and Farming (both sem) 1 cr 120 Organic Farming and Gardening (2nd sem) 4 cr 166 Practical Beekeeping (1st sem) 3 cr 170 Special Problems: Pesticide Certification (both sem) 1 cr 171 Plagues, Food and People: Ecology of Food and Disease (2nd sem) 4 cr 182 Principles of Pesticide Management (2nd sem) 2 cr 186 Introduction to Permaculture (1st sem) 3 cr 190M Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation (both sem) 1 cr 190P Personal Wellness for Farmers & Gardeners (2nd sem) 3 cr 192F First Year Seminar (1st sem) 1cr 196 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr 197CP Crop Planning for Diversified Vegetable Farms (1st sem) 1 cr 197F Financial Management for Diversified Vegetable Farms (2nd sem) 1 cr 197K History and Use of Herbs in the Kitchen (both sem) 1 cr 197S Soils Lab (2nd sem) 1 cr 198F Sustainable Food and Farming Internship (2nd sem) 3 cr 198G Sustainable Horticulture Internship (2nd sem) 3 cr 198M Mushroom Practicum (1st sem) 1-3 cr 198P Permaculture Gardening at UMass (both sem) 1 cr 198T Turfgrass Internship (2nd sem) 3 cr 200 Plant Propagation (1st sem) 3 cr 211 Pasture Management (1st sem) 3 cr 230 Introductory Turfgrass Management (1st sem) 4 cr 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 240 Applied Calculations in Turf Management (2nd sem) 2 cr 255 Herbaceous Plants (2nd sem) 3 cr 258 Urban Agriculture (2nd sem) 3 cr 260 Growing Plants Indoors (2nd sem, last 7 wks) 2 cr 265 Sustainable Agriculture (1st sem) 3 cr 268 Small Farm Husbandry: Cows, Sheep & Goats for Meat Production (2nd sem) 3 cr 269 Small Farm Husbandry: Pigs & Poultry (1st sem) 3 cr 275 Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology (2nd sem) 3 cr 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 286 Permaculture Design and Practice (2nd sem) 3 cr290W Organic Weed Control (2nd sem) 290W Organic Wee Control (2nd sem) 3 cr 296 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr 296T Stockbridge School Teaching Experience (both sem) 1-2 cr 297AL Agricultural Leadership & Community Education (1st sem) 3 cr 297B Forest Gardens: Perennial Agriculture for Ecological Regeneration (1st sem) 3 cr 297C Traditional Herbal Medicine Systems I (1st sem) 1 cr 297F Traditional Herbal Medicine Systems II (2nd sem) 1 cr 298 Practicum (both sem) 1-6 cr 298A Agricultural Practicum (both sem) 1-6 cr 298FS USDA Farm Services Agency Practicum (both sem) 1-5 cr 298G Gardenshare Practicum (1st sem) 1 cr 298P Permaculture Practicum (both sem) 1-6 cr 300 Deciduous Orchards Science (1st sem odd yrs) 3 cr 305 Small Fruit Production (1st sem even yrs) 3 cr 310 Principles of Weed Management (1st sem) 3 cr 315 Greenhouse Management (1st sem) 4 cr 325 Vegetable Production (2nd sem) 4 cr 326 Insect Biology (1st sem) 3 cr 335 Principles and Practices of Greenhouse Cultivation (2nd sem) 4 cr 340 Advanced Turfgrass Management (2nd sem) 3 cr 350 Sustainable Soil and Crop Management (1st sem) 3 cr 355 Community Food Systems (1st sem odd years) 3 cr 356 Food Justice and Policy (1st sem even years) 3 cr 360 Landscape Plant Production (1st sem odd years) 4 cr 370 Tropical Agriculture (2nd sem) 3 cr 376 Student Farm Management I: Planning and Production (2nd sem) 3 cr 378 Agroecology (1st sem) 3 cr 379 Agricultural Systems Thinking (1st sem) 3 cr 382 Professional Development in Sustainable Food and Farming (2nd sem) 3 cr 384 Introduction to Plant Physiology (2nd sem) 3 cr 390A Plant Biotechnology and Tissue Culture (2nd sem) 4 cr 390G Sustainable Grape Production (2nd sem) 3 cr 390N Ecosystem Processes (2nd sem) 3 cr 391A Dialogue on Agricultural Issues (1st sem) 1 cr 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 397AL Agricultural Leadership & Community Education (2nd sem) 3 cr 397GB Grapevine Biology (1st sem) 3 cr 397PT Plant Trends in Landscape Horticulture (1st sem even yrs) 3 cr 397R Social Permaculture: Building Resilient Communities and Organizations (2nd sem) 3 cr 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 485 Sustainable Food and Farming Capstone (2nd sem) 3 cr 496 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr 496A Independent Study-Plant Science (both sem) 1-6 cr 496B Independent Study-Soil Science (both sem) 1-6 cr 496C Independent Study-Teaching Assistant (both sem) 1-6 cr 496D Independent Study-Insect Science (both sem) 1-6 cr 497P Pharmacognosy (1st sem) 3 cr 498 Practicum (both sem) 1-12 cr 498E Farm Enterprise Practicum II (1st sem) 1-6 cr 505 General Plant Pathology (1st sem) 4 cr 510 Management & Ecology of Plant Diseases (2nd sem odd years) 3 cr 515 Microbiology of the Soil (1st sem) 3 cr 523 Plant Stress Physiology (1st sem) 3 cr 525 Mycology (1st sem odd years) 4 cr 530 Plant Nutrition (1st sem) 4 cr 535 Diagnostic Plant Physiology (2nd sem odd yrs) 4 cr 545 Postharvest Biology (2nd sem) 4 cr 550 Plant Hormones and Applied Plant Physiology (2nd sem) 3 cr 565 Soil Form & Classification (1st sem) 4 cr 572 Nematology (1st sem even yrs) 4 cr 575 Environmental Soil Chemistry (1st sem) 4 cr 580 Soil Fertility (2nd sem) 3 cr 585 Inorganic Contaminants in Soil, Water, and Sediment (2nd sem) 3 cr 587 Phyto/Bioremediation (1st sem) 3 cr 590M Microbe-Mineral-Organic Matter Interactions in Soils (2nd sem) 3 cr 591A Plant Biotech Journal Club (both sem) 1 cr 597M Topics in Turf Pathology (2nd sem) |