Environmental Agriculture Option
This option is available within the Environmental Sciences major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
The Environmental Agriculture option has a core of agricultural sciences courses and includes a variety of course possibilities in the areas of agricultural ecology and production, as well as societal issues related to agriculture and environmental science.
Option Code: 849
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate a rigorous cross-disciplinary base across the biological, physical, and social sciences.
- Articulate connections between multiple components of human and natural systems, including implications for land, air, water, climate, energy, food, biodiversity, and human health.
- Investigate and diagnose interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder environmental issues to propose solutions.
- Apply the analysis of data to an environmental problem.
- Reflect on how identity, including one’s own, affects the perception of issues and the practice of environmental science.
- Communicate effectively with diverse audiences in writing, speech, and in graphic forms.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| Select a minimum of 6-8 credits from the following: | 6-8 | |
| *INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SYSTEMS: LOCAL TO GLOBAL | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL SCIENCES | ||
| GENETICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPLEXITY OF OREGON CROPPING SYSTEMS | ||
| CROP PRODUCTION IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGROECOSYSTEMS | ||
or CROP 200 | CROP ECOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY | |
| *SOIL SCIENCE | ||
| SOIL SCIENCE and *SOIL SCIENCE LABORATORY FOR SOIL 205 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT | ||
| ORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING | ||
| GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS | ||
| ^WORLD SOIL RESOURCES | ||
| Ecology and Production | ||
| Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| EXPLORING WORLD AGRICULTURE | ||
| BEEF/DAIRY INDUSTRIES | ||
| SMALL RUMINANT/SWINE INDUSTRIES | ||
| POULTRY INDUSTRIES | ||
| IRRIGATION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES | ||
| PLANT STRUCTURE | ||
| PLANT PATHOLOGY | ||
| FORAGE PRODUCTION | ||
| WEED MANAGEMENT | ||
| HONEY BEE BIOLOGY AND BEEKEEPING | ||
| URBAN FORESTRY | ||
| *AGROFORESTRY | ||
| LANDSCAPE PLANT MATERIALS I: DECIDUOUS HARDWOODS AND CONIFERS | ||
| LANDSCAPE PLANT MATERIALS II: SPRING FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS | ||
| PERMACULTURE DESIGN AND THEORY: CERTIFICATE COURSE | ||
| PLANT PROPAGATION | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF TURFGRASS MAINTENANCE | ||
| SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES: MAINTENANCE, CONSERVATION, RESTORE | ||
| PLANT NUTRITION | ||
| FLORICULTURE AND GREENHOUSE SYSTEMS | ||
| PLANT NURSERY SYSTEMS | ||
| SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGN | ||
| PLANT GENETICS RECITATION | ||
| RANGELAND-ANIMAL RELATIONS | ||
| *PASTORAL SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD | ||
| Societal Issues | ||
| Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following: | 6 | |
| AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT | ||
| *CONTENTIOUS SOCIAL ISSUES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE | ||
| *FOOD JUSTICE | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD | ||
| *WORLD FOOD CROPS | ||
| *POLLINATORS IN PERIL | ||
| *GENES AND CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE: VALUE AND RISK | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE | ||
| RESTORATION HORTICULTURE | ||
| *PESTS, PLAGUES AND POLITICS | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
400-level CROP, ENT, HORT courses may be added in consultation with an advisor | ||
| Total Credits | 21-23 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Option Code: 849