2006-07 Undergraduate Catalog
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The Horticultural Sciences Department offers a minor in organic and sustainable agriculture. This interdisciplenary program encompasses organic and sustainable practices in horticulture and plant science, and requires a minimum of 15 credit hours. This minor is open to any student. For more information, please contact Melissa Webb at mwebb@ufl.edu or call 352-392-4711 ext. 216.
Required Courses
| HOS 3218C Organic and Sustainable Crop Production | 3 |
| AGR 4214 Alternative Cropping Systems | 3 |
Select a minimum of three courses (at least one course from each category):
| Crop Production | |
| AGR 4268C Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis | 3 |
| GEO 3427 Plant, Health and Spirtuality | 3 |
| HOS 4218C Advanced Organic and Sustainable Crop Production | 3 |
| PLS 3221 and 3221L Plant Propagation and Laboratory | 3 |
| VEC 2100 World Herbs and Vegetable | 3 |
| VEC 3200 Organic Vegetable Gardening | 1 |
| Pest Management | |
| ENC 3030C Insect Field Biology | 3 |
| PLP 3103 Control of Plant Diseases | 3 |
| PLS 4601 Principles of Weed Management | 3 |
| PMA 3010 Fundamental Pest Management | 3 |
| PMA 4570C Field Techniques in IPM | 3 |
| Resource Managment | |
| ALS 3133 Agriculture and Environmental Quality | 3 |
| ALS 3153 Agricultural Ecology | 3 |
| AOM 3732 Agriculture Water Management | 3 |
| SOS 4231C Soil, Water and Land Use | 3 |
| SOS 4233 Soil and Water Conservation | 3 |