Undergraduate Courses

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Summer/Fall. Principles of business management are provided using a variety of examples from industries in agribusiness, which offer real world experiences. Exploring the institutions and issues, such as food safety and biotechnology, that are unique to managers in the agribusiness sector is emphasized.

1 credit course. Learn about the wide variety of careers available to graduates of the College of Agricultural Sciences. Students will explore the academic paths that might best prepare them for the career of their choice. Opportunities will be provided to learn about the college’s Experiential Learning and Career Initiative, develop a resume, and prepare for professional interaction.

3 credit course. This course will introduce students to the breadth and scope of animal agriculture in North America with emphasis on food producing animal

3 Credit Course. Offered Summer/Fall. Provides information that will be used to make informed decisions about pet ownership, pet care, controversial legal issues, and societal responsibilities. Satisfies General Education - Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS).

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Concepts, strategies, and techniques of local economic analysis, planning and development; and decision making exercises.

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Social organization, processes and change in communities; use of sociological principles in analysis of community problems and development.

3 credit course. An introduction to the diversity of insects and the ways in which they interact with humans and impact our world. You will become familiar with insects, you will develop an appreciation for the important good and bad things insects do for us and also come away with a better understanding of how the process of science works.

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Alternating Summers-odd years. Introduces students to a thorough understanding of insects and their relatives, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and control strategies.

3 Credit Course. General overview and principles; food constituents and properties; quality and safety; preservation methods; processing animal and plant products.

3 Credit Course. Offered Fall. Provides an introduction to plant pathology. Diseases of horticultural crops are examined stressing their cause, diagnosis, control and the roles they play in national and international trade and bio-security. The biology of plant diseases involving a broad range of biotic and abiotic plant pathogens will be discussed.

3 Credit Course. Offered Fall. Provides an introduction to concepts of disease processes in plants and biology of plant pathogens, environmental and cultural management factors influencing disease development, and integrated turfgrass disease management practices for root and foliar disease.

3 Credit Course. Offered Summer/Fall (World Campus) and Spring (eLearning Cooperative) . Introduces students to the variety and complexity of soils on a local, national, and international scale. The students learn to identify the physical, chemical, and biological properties and processes of soils and relate these to the way that societies use and abuse soils.

1 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Covers chemical toxicity, formulations, environmental fate, labels, MSDS, calibration, IPM, safety, handling, storage, and Pennsylvania certification and regulations.

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Fall. Characterization of the primary plant species used for sports, lawn and utility turf; includes turfgrass morphology, environmental adaptation, and cultural requirements.

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Alternating Summers-even years. Introduces the development of integrated weed management strategies utilizing a variety of cultural and chemical methods.

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Summer/Fall. Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.

3 Credit Course. Offered Fall. A study of turfgrass maintenance practices and how their interrelationships can be utilized to develop meanagement systems. Students will integrate different turfgrass maintenance practices into sound management strategies that lead to the production of high quality turfgrass areas.

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Summer. Students will learn to interpret soil physical results using the United States Golf Associated specifications for greens construction, evaluate and manipulate the physical properties of a soil in order to provide a quality turfgrass stand under varying conditions, and more.

4 Credit Course. Offered Spring. A study in the nutrition and growth of turfgrass plants, emphasizing constructed and mineral soil fertility, nutrient uptake and function, and fertilizer use efficiency.

3 Credit Course. Offered Fall. Case study and discussion considering integrated management of selected turfgrass sites; emphasis on problem analysis, principle application, and decision making.

1 Credit Course. Offered Fall. Oral presentations developed by students in consultation with the course instructor.

3 Credit Course. Offered Spring/Summer/Fall. Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.

1 credit. New - offered fall 2012. Exploring career pathways in veterinary medicine and the allied health industry.