Program Overview

University Program: AGRO-AGRONOMY (AGRO)

The AGRO-AGRONOMY program offers a range of courses that introduce students to the physical, biological, and chemical principles underlying plant growth and development in managed ecosystems.

Course Offerings

• AGRO 100G: Introductory Plant Science
  • Credits: 4 (3+2P)
  • Description: Introduction to the physical, biological, and chemical principles underlying plant growth and development in managed ecosystems.
  • Laboratory: Experiments demonstrating the principles covered in lecture, using economic plants and agriculturally relevant ecosystems.
  • Note: Appropriate for nonscience majors. Same as HORT 100G.
• AGRO 200: Special Topics
  • Credits: 1-4 (1-4)
  • Description: Specific subjects and credits to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
  • Note: Maximum of 4 credits per semester. No more than 9 credits toward a degree. May be repeated up to 9 credits. Consent of Instructor required.
• AGRO 250: Plant Propagation
  • Credits: 3 (2+2P)
  • Description: Practical methods of propagating horticultural plants by seed, cuttings, layering, grafting, division, and tissue culture.
  • Note: Examination of relevant physiological processes involved with successful plant propagation techniques. Crosslisted with HORT 250.
• AGRO 257: Introduction to Meteorology
  • Credits: 4 (3+3P)
  • Description: Introduction to Earth's atmosphere and the dynamic world of weather.
  • Note: Working with current meteorological data and coordinated with learning investigations keyed to the current weather; and via study of select archives. Consent of instructor required. Crosslisted with GEOG 257 and SOIL 257.