Master of Science (M.S.) Major in Integrated Agricultural Sciences (Professional Option)

AG 5100. Professional Development.

This course introduces key concepts and practices for teaching college courses. It provides regular in-service training and planned periodic evaluations of instructional responsibilities. It is required for first-year teaching and instructional assistants in the Master's of Science in Integrated Agricultural Sciences. Graded on a credit (CR), no-credit (F) basis.

AG 5101. Research Experience.

This course provides students with an opportunity to explore a focused research topic. Ideally the topic would be an emergent topic within their research area that was unplanned and resulted from their initial investigation. May be repeated twice for credit.

AG 5120. Aquaponic Internship.

This course provides students with hands-on production experience in aquaculture. Students will complete 64 hours of internship with an aquaponic facility.

AG 5199B. Thesis.

This course represents a student's continuing thesis enrollment. The student continues to enroll in this course until the thesis is submitted for binding. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.

AG 5299B. Thesis.

This course represents a student's continuing thesis enrollment. The student continues to enroll in this course until the thesis is submitted for binding. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.

AG 5300. Applied Statistics and Econometrics for Agriculture.

This course focuses on data analysis, modeling techniques and their applications with statistical inference for agriculture. This course will cover statistical tools applied in agriculture, including probability, sampling, principles of estimation, hypothesis testing, general linear models, multiple regression analysis, qualitative response modeling, and other related tools widely used in agriculture.

AG 5301. Agricultural Development and Policy.

This course focuses on current issues that integrate agricultural policy, resource development, application of welfare criteria and economic analysis, and food and rural development problems of the U.S. and the world. Course topics include integrated agricultural and rural development, food and nutrition security, commodity issues, and trade policy.

AG 5302. Economics of Agricultural Production.

This course focuses on analysis of agricultural production economic concepts and models. Topics will include traditional neo-classical theory of the firm, duality theory, resource allocation, production selection, scale of operation of agricultural firms, and risk and uncertainty associated with agricultural production.

AG 5303. Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis.

This course emphasizes marketing theory and structure, characteristics of demand and supply of farm products, agricultural price research techniques for evaluating marketing behavior, market legislation, and market development. The course will provide an opportunity for students to develop marketable skills in quantitative price and market analysis.

AG 5304. Economics of Sustainable Natural Resource Management.

This course provides economic tools to analyze sustainable natural resources and environmental issues. It enables students to develop integrative expertise in economic analysis utilizing natural and behavioral sciences. The integrative expertise provides students with the ability to more effectively, efficiently, and sustainably manage natural resources for multiple objectives.

AG 5310. Research Methods in Integrated Agricultural Sciences.

This course covers research techniques, literature analysis, the development and implementation of experimental designs, conceptual models and survey instruments.

AG 5320. Integrated Agricultural Production in Aquaponic Systems.

This course focuses on crop and fish production, pest management, water quality, nutrient management, and economics and marketing in aquaponic systems. Topics covered include contrasts and comparisons to soil based, hydroponic cropping and aquaculture (confined fish production without crop interactions).

AG 5323. Composting and Integrated Resource Management.

The course provides experience and theoretical foundation for the basic design, production, management, utilization and marketing of composts, vermicomposts and related products, and non-renewable natural resource issues related to agriculture.

AG 5324. Agroecology and Integrated Agriculture.

This course will focus on integrative and ecological principles of agricultural production. Emphasis will be on sustainable agriculture, complex systems, production diversity, integrated animal-crop systems, resilience and small producers.

AG 5350. Foundations of Ethics and Leadership in Agriculture.

This course prepares students for professional leadership and service in agriculture, with emphasis on applications of ethics and leadership principles. The course will focus on industry ethics and leadership theory in various professional settings in agriculture.

AG 5351. Grant Development and Management.

This course explores competencies of locating external agency funding for agricultural research, teaching and extension. The principles of producing a competitive proposal that includes multi-, cross and inter-disciplinary collaborations are also discussed. The development of the grant proposal, implementation, budget, and evaluation plan will be emphasized.

AG 5352. Program Development and Evaluation.

This course examines philosophies of program development, implementation and evaluation to meet stakeholders' expectations. Emphasis is placed on methodologies that effectively evaluate agricultural programs.

AG 5354. Instructional Design in Agricultural Education.

This course examines instructional design models appropriate from a pedagogical and andragogical viewpoint. Emphasis is placed on theories and models to support the design of print-based, web-based, or multimedia-based instruction. Students will prepare evaluation strategies to assess comprehensive instruction in a high-tech environment.

AG 5355. Methods of Technological Change.

This course explores the dynamics and culture of technological change in agriculture. Topics covered will include ways to implement change, skills for being an innovator and a change agent, how to predict the effects of change, and the integration of other sciences into agricultural sciences.

AG 5360. Advancements in Animal Science.

Survey of the current knowledge and concepts in animal production including economic considerations and current production problems in breeding and feeding livestock.

AG 5361. Food Technology and Meat Science.

This course explores the science and instrumentation of meat science; including food safety, processing and evaluation of wholesale and retail cuts of beef, pork, lamb, and poultry; including fresh, cooked/smoked, grilled, and pickled products. The evaluation of consumer preference and economic returns based on product presentation will be included.

AG 5362. Advanced Animal Science: Minerals and Vitamins in Animal Nutrition.

This course is an advanced study of the utilization and requirements of minerals and vitamins in farm and ranch animals. It emphasizes ruminant and non-ruminant mineral and vitamin metabolism and utilization. The utilization of specific minerals and vitamins by different species will be used to explain and predict subsequent performance.

AG 5364. Biology of Reproduction in Farm Animals.

This course will focus on animal agriculture reproduction and examine the molecular principles of reproduction. Topics will include molecular reproductive endocrinology, advanced physiology and current research in animal reproduction science.

AG 5365. The Role of Animal Science in Society: An Integrated Approach.

This course provides students with a broad understanding of the role animals have in society, the influences of animal production on economic development, changes in policy and social viewpoints of animal production, and the development of domesticated animals.

AG 5370. Special Problems in Technical Agriculture.

Special problems will be selected to meet the needs of the individual student. May be repeated (once) for additional credit when the problem differs.

AG 5390. Foundation Studies in Agriculture.

This course is a leveling course to provide prerequisite knowledge necessary for graduate-level coursework in Agriculture. Course content varies depending on academic preparation. This course does not earn graduate degree credit. Repeatable up to 9 hours with different emphasis. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.

AG 5398. Professional Paper.

This course is required for non-thesis students to prepare a professional paper of publishable quality. Graded on a credit (CR), no-credit (F) basis. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.

AG 5399A. Thesis.

This course represents a student's initial thesis enrollment. No thesis credit is awarded until the student has completed the thesis in Integrated Agricultural Sciences. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.

AG 5399B. Thesis.

This course represents a student's continuing thesis enrollment. The student continues to enroll in this course until the thesis is submitted for binding. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.

AG 5426. Soil Health and Development.

This course focuses on the fundamental topics of soil health and development. These fundamentals include pedogenesis, mineral composition, tillage practices, soil ecosystem and sustainability, soil biology and soil physics.

AG 5463. Animal Molecular Genetics.

This course examines the theory and practice of molecular genetics of livestock. Topics covered include genetic concepts and theory, as well as applications of these concepts in animal agriculture; e.g., Mendelian genetics, genomic revolution, cloning, epigenetics and transgenics. The course emphasizes techniques and underlying biological principles in genetics.

AG 5599B. Thesis.

This course represents a student's continuing thesis enrollment. The student continues to enroll in this course until the thesis is submitted for binding. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.

AG 5999B. Thesis.

This course represents a student's continuing thesis enrollment. The student continues to enroll in this course until the thesis is submitted for binding. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no-credit (F) basis.