Students
matriculating prior to the fall semester 2015 in the School of
Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) must complete the SEBS general education requirements. In addition, students majoring in agriculture and food systems must complete the major requirements described below.
Students
matriculating fall 2015 or after and transfer students matriculating in
2016 and after must complete a goal-based Core Curriculum in place of
general education requirements. The goal-based core is described here: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core. Courses are certified for the Core Curriculum by a faculty committee. A current list of certified courses can be found here: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core. Agriculture and food systems major requirements are as described below.
For
an up-to-date description of agriculture and food systems major
requirements, courses, and course sequences please refer to the program
webpage at http://agricultureandfoodsystems.rutgers.edu.
Major Requirements for All Students Regardless of Matriculation Date
Proficiency in Agriculture and Food Systems (61-67 credits)
REQUIRED COURSES (24-25)
Quantitative Skills (3-4)
01:640:111/112 or 115 Precalculus (4) or 01:960:211 Statistics I (3)
Professional Ethics (3)
Ethical issues in agriculture and food systems are addressed in a number of courses in the major.
Required courses:
01:640:111/112 or 115 Precalculus (4) 01:960:211 Statistics I (3)
11:015:102 New Jersey Agriculture and Food Systems (1)
11:020:210 Introduction to Agriculture and Food Systems (3)
11:020:315 Direct Farm Marketing and Agritourism (3)
11:020:436 Sustainable Agriculture (3)
11:020:460 Applied Analysis of Successful Agricultural Enterprises (3)
11:117:290 Biosystem Engineering Measurements (3)
11:375:360 Soils and Water (3) or equivalent
11:607:200 Principles of Leadership (3)
11:015:430 Colloquium: Agroecology (3) or equivalent
Additional courses selected in consultation with an adviser (39-41)
At least seven from (21-22):
01:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (4)
11:115:301 Introductory Biochemistry (3)
11:067:142 Animal Science (3)
11:370:308 Apiculture (3)
11:370:350 Agricultural Entomology and Pest Management (3)
11:370:352 Toxicology of Pesticides (3)
11:375:453 Soil Ecology (3)
11:776:242 Plant Science (3)
At least three from (7-10):
11:370:420 Pollination Ecology (3)
11:550:371 Agriculture and Landscape (3)
11:704:351 Principles of Ecology (3)
11:776:405 Plant Biosecurity Issues and Technologies (3)
11:776:407 Fundamentals of Risk Analysis (3)
At least three from (9-10):
11:374:101 Introduction to Human Ecology (3)
11:776:302 General Plant Pathology (3)
11:776:402 Principles of Weed Science (3)
11:776:408 Turfgrass Pest Science (4)
