College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Overview
Established: 1870
Academic Advising: Each major has an undergraduate coordinator and faculty advisers. Students see advisers in their majors for academic advising.
Scholarships: The college provides more than $300,000 annually in undergraduate scholarships. Applications are available December 1 on the college website. College scholarship applications and letters of recommendation are due on or before March 5 of each year. For more information, contact the college office.
Internships and Career Guidance: The college's director of Alumni and Career Services assists students with interview preparation and job placement. The college also sponsors CALS Career EXPO in February.
| Majors – 120 hours | Specializations |
|---|---|
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Agricultural and Biological Engineering — Engineering and Agricultural and Life Sciences |
Agrisystems Engineering Biological Engineering Land and Water Resources Engineering |
| Agricultural Education and Communication |
Agricultural Education Communication and Leadership Development |
| Agricultural Operations Management | |
| Animal Sciences |
Animal Biology Animal Industry (Beef, Dairy, Equine, and Safety and Processing of Meat and Poultry) |
| Biology |
Applied Biology Biotechnology Natural Science Preprofessional |
| Botany |
Basic Botany Preprofessional Botany |
| Entomology and Nematology |
Basic Science Biosecurity Ecotourism Plant Protection Preprofessional Urban Pest Management |
| Environmental Management in Agriculture and Natural Resources — interdisciplinary studies | |
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Environmental Science (BS) — School of Natural Resources and Environment |
Environmental Science Natural Resource Management |
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Environmental Science (BA) — School of Natural Resources and Environment |
Environmental Education Environmental Policy Environmental Policy and Business |
| Family, Youth and Community Sciences | |
| Food and Resource Economics |
Environmental Economics and Policy Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Management International Food and Resource Economics |
| Food Science and Human Nutrition |
Dietetics Food Science Nutritional Sciences |
| Forest Resources and Conservation |
Environmental Pre-Law Forest Business Management Forest Infomatics Forest Resource Management Protected Areas Management Recreation Resources Management Urban Forestry Watershed Science and Management |
| Geomatics | |
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Golf and Sports Turf Management — interdisciplinary studies |
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| Horticultural Science |
Horticultural Production Horticultural Science Organic Crop Production Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Landscape and Nursery Horticulture |
Environmental Horticulture Operations Landscape and Nursery Management Public Garden Management Restoration Horticulture |
| Microbiology and Cell Science | |
| Natural Resource Conservation | |
| Packaging Science | |
| Plant Science |
Agronomy – Science and Technology Sustainable Crop Production and Management Plant Pathology – Agricultural Technology Biotechnology |
| Soil and Water Science | Soil Science Water Science |
| Statistics | |
| Wildlife Ecology and Conservation |
Preprofessional Wildlife Conservation Wildlife Ecology |