The Courses
100 Botany for Gardeners 4 cr
101 Insects and Related Forms 2 cr
104 Plant Nutrients 2 cr
105 Soils 4 cr
107 Turfgrass Insects 2 cr
108 Introductory Botany 4 cr
109 Insects of Ornamentals 3 cr
111 Introductory Plant Pathology 2 cr
112 Turfgrass Pathology Lab 2 cr
113 Introductory Pathology Lab 2 cr
117 Agricultural Chemistry 3 cr
118 Introduction to Sustainable Food and Farming 1 cr
119 Designing a Backyard Homestead 3 cr
120 Organic Farming and Gardening 4 cr
165 Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems 3 cr
166 Practical Beekeeping 3 cr
170 Pesticide Certification 1 cr
171 Plagues, Food and People: Ecology of Food and Disease 4 cr
172 Plants in our World 4 cr
186 Introduction to Permaculture 3 cr
190P Personal Wellness for Farmers & Gardeners 3 cr
196 Independent Study 1-6 cr
198F Sustainable Food and Farming Internship 3 cr
198G Sustainable Horticulture Internship 3 cr
198P Permaculture Gardening at UMass 1 cr
198T Turfgrass Internship 3 cr
200 Plant Propagation 3 cr
209 Holistic Fruit Production 3 cr
210 Retail Floral Design 3 cr
211 Pasture Management 3 cr
230 Introductory Turfgrass Management 4 cr
234 Irrigation and Drainage 2 cr
255 Herbaceous Plants 3 cr
258 Urban Agriculture 3 cr
268 Small Farm Husbandry: Cows, Sheep & Goats for Meat Production 3 cr
269 Small Farm Husbandry: Pigs & Poultry 3 cr
275 Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology 3 cr
280 Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 4 cr
284 Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms 3 cr
286 Permaculture Design and Practice 3 cr
289 Forest Gardens: Perennial Agriculture for Ecological Regeneration 3 cr
296 Independent Study 1-6 cr
296T Stockbridge School Teaching Experience 1-2 cr
298 Practicum 1-6 cr
298A Agricultural Practicum 1-6 cr
298FS USDA Farm Services Agency Practicum 1-5 cr
298G Gardenshare Practicum 1 cr
298P Permaculture Practicum 1-6 cr
310 Principles of Weed Management 3 cr
315 Greenhouse Management 4 cr
320 Organic Vegetable Production 3 crf
326 Insect Biology 3 cr
335 Principles and Practices of Greenhouse Cultivation 4 cr
340 Advanced Turfgrass Management 3 cr
354 Nonprofit Management of Community-based Farming Programs 3 cr
355 Community Food Systems 3 cr
356 Food Justice and Policy 3 cr
358 Social Permaculture 3 cr
360 Landscape Plant Production 4 cr
365 Hydroponics 3 cr
370 Tropical Agriculture 3 cr
376 Student Farm Management I: Planning and Production 3 cr
378 Introductory Agroecology 3 cr
379 Agricultural Systems Thinking 3 cr
382 Professional Development in Sustainable Food and Farming 3 cr
384 Introduction to Plant Physiology 3 cr
386 Sustainable Site Design & Planning 3 cr
387 Global Food Systems 3 cr
390A Plant Biotechnology and Tissue Culture 4 cr
390G Sustainable Grape Production 3 cr
391B Turfgrass Science & Management 1 cr
396 Independent Study 1-6 cr
398 Practicum 1-12 cr
398E Farm Enterprise Practicum 3-6 cr
398G Greenhouse Practicum 1-18 cr
398T Turf Practicum 1-12 cr
476 Student Farm Management II 3 cr
485 Sustainable Food and Farming Capstone 3 cr
490S Soil Ecology
494I Global Issues in Applied Biology 3 cr
496 Independent Study 1-6 cr
496A Independent Study-Plant Science 1-6 cr
496B Independent Study-Soil Science 1-6 cr
496C Independent Study-Teaching Assistant 1-6 cr
496D Independent Study-Insect Science 1-6 cr
498 Practicum 1-12 cr
498E Farm Enterprise Practicum II 1-6 cr
505 General Plant Pathology 3 cr
506 General Plant Pathology Lab 1 cr
510 Management & Ecology of Plant Diseases 3 cr
515 Microbiology of the Soil 3 cr
523 Plant Stress Physiology 3 cr
525 Mycology 4 cr
530 Plant Nutrition 4 cr
535 Diagnostic Plant Physiology 4 cr
545 Postharvest Biology 4 cr
565 Soil Form & Classification 4 cr
572 Nematology 4 cr
575 Environmental Soil Chemistry 4 cr
580 Soil Fertility 3 cr
581 Integrated Pest Management 4 - 5 cr
585 Inorganic Contaminants in Soil, Water, and Sediment 3 cr
586 Soil Biogeochemistry 3 cr
587 Phyto/Bioremediation 3 cr
591A Plant Biotech Journal Club 1 cr
597M Topics in Turf Pathology