Graduate Degree Program in Agronomy

The Agronomy graduate program is administered in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences. Each student will be associated with an adviser who may provide financial support, research facilities, and/or office space. Applicants are encouraged to explore, study, and research opportunities by contacting faculty who may be prospective advisers.

The Agronomy graduate program emphasizes research that increases the efficiency of production of agronomic crops, improves the quality of food, feed, and fiber available for humans and animals, assists in the use and development of land resources, develops an understanding of the basic soil-plant-animal climate complex, and improves the overall quality of the human environment. Within this framework, students may specialize in agronomic crop and turfgrass breeding, genetics, ecology, management, physiology, and weed science.

For the minor in Agronomy, a minimum of 18 credits is required.