2009-10 Undergraduate Catalog
Minors
Organic and Sustainable Crop Production
Hours: 15 credits
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The Horticultural Sciences Department offers a minor in organic and sustainable agriculture. This interdisciplinary program is open to any student and encompasses organic and sustainable practices in horticulture and plant science. For more information, please contact Dr. Rebecca Darnett at rld@ufl.edu or call 352-392-4711 ext. 224.
Required Courses
| AGR 4212 Alternative Cropping Systems | 3 |
| HOS 3281C Organic and Sustainable Crop Production | 3 |
Select one course from each category
| Crop Production | |
|---|---|
| AGR 4268C Sustainable Agriculture Systems Analysis | 3 |
| GEO 3427 Plants, Health and Spirituality | 3 |
| HOS 4281C Advanced Organic and Sustainable Crop Production | 3 |
| PLS 3221 and 3221L Plant Propagation and Laboratory | 3 |
| VEC 2100 World Herbs and Vegetable | 3 |
| Pest Management | |
| ENC 3030C Insect Field Biology | 3 |
| PLP 3103C Control of Plant Diseases | 3 |
| PLS 4601C Principles of Weed Science | 3 |
| PMA 3010 Fundamentals of Pest Management | 3 |
| PMA 4570C Field Techniques in IPM | 2 |
| Resource Management | |
| ALS 3133 Agricultural and Environmental Quality | 3 |
| ALS 3153 Agricultural Ecology | 3 |
| AOM 3732 Agricultural Water Management | 3 |
| SWS 4231C Soil, Water and Land Use | 3 |
| SWS 4233 Soil and Water Conservation | 3 |