This program is available at the following location:

• Ecampus

This certificate is available as a standalone program.

The Urban Agriculture Certificate Program will prepare the next generation of urban agriculture leaders in Oregon, and beyond. The program will emphasize critical aspects of urban agriculture, including site selection and design, soil management, variety selection, pest management, and accessing and developing markets for urban agricultural products and/or urban agri-tourism. Students will investigate and analyze a diversity of urban agricultural systems that vary in location, scale, cropping and non-crop systems, production methods, and market opportunities, including edible and ornamental crops, non-crop urban landscapes and public/private gardens, residential and community scale agriculture, non-profit and commercial urban farms.

Certificate Code: C610

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of soils, plants, pests, and crops, and skills in urban farming and gardening.
• Show in-depth understanding of the environmental, social, economic, and regulatory factors that influence and are influenced by urban agricultural systems. 
• Generate a functional management plan for an urban agriculture project utilizing skills and knowledge gained.
• Evaluate the broader global and social justice implications of agricultural endeavors in urban and peri-urban areas.

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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A minimum of 12 upper-division credits taken as core or elective courses are required in the total of 27

Certificate Code: C610