Stockbridge School of Agriculture

College of Natural Sciences

208 Paige Lab

Degrees: Bachelor of Science and Associate of Science

The Stockbridge School of Agriculture is a full academic unit which functions as both a Department and a School. Faculty maintain active research and Extension/outreach programs. Programs are offered at all levels including two-year Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's including a "fifth-year MS, and PhD. We have a well-developed online program, offering degrees, certificates, and courses online. We are also a partner in the interdepartmental Environmental Sciences major, and a dounding member of the School of Earch and Sustainability. There are two BS majors, and five AS majors. We place an emphasis on experiential learing at the undergraduate level for resident students, with the Agricultural Learning Center, The UMass Student Farm, the Research & Extension Experience for Undergraduates program, permaculture plantings, and opportunities for laboratory and field research.

Our current two-year residential AS degrees are in Arboriculture and Community Forest Management, Landscape Contracting, Sustainable Food and Farming, Sustainable Horticulture, and Turfgrass Management. Our BS degrees are in Applied Plant and Soil Sciences and Sustainable Food & Farming. We also offer both the AS and BS degrees in Sustainable Food & Farming online, as well as Certificates in Horticulture, Arborculture and Urban Forestry, and Sustainable Food & Farming.

Main Office: 208 Paige Lab

Contact: Baoshan Xing, Director
Office: 205 Paige Lab
Phone: 413-545-2222
Email: bx@umass.edu
Website: http://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu