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Distance Education in Agronomy and Soils

The Department of Agronomy and Soils offers distance education courses that may be taken individually or as part of a distance education graduate degree program. All courses are Web-based and course work may be done at any time during the semester.

Graduate degree programs

Master of Science/Master of Agriculture in Agronomy & Soils
Thesis (M.S.) and non-thesis (M.Ag.) options
Choose between Soil Science option or Crop/Weed Science option
30 credit hours including Research and Thesis (M.S.) or Advanced Special Problems (M.Ag.) and Seminar

Masters of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences (SWES) though the AG*IDEA distance education consortium (Master of Agriculture, Master of Science) (pending approval)
Thesis (M.S.) and non-thesis (M.Ag.) options
Must have at least one course in soil biology, soil chemistry, soil physics, pedology and hydrology, in addition to statistics and seminar
35 credit hours including Research and Thesis (M.S.) or Advanced Special Problems (M.Ag.) and Seminar

Master of Turfgrass Management (pending approval)
Master of Science (Non-Thesis)
32 credit hours
Requires Capstone Experience

Distance Education Graduate Student Handbook

Courses

For a complete listing of courses that are available or in development, please click here.
For the schedule of courses, click here.

For more information
Distance Education - College of Agriculture Distance Learning at Auburn Graduate School Agronomy and Soils AG*IDEA

Note: Distance education does NOT mean “easy”!  
Distance education courses have just as much work as any classroom course and require as much or more time. Working on your own and keeping up with assignments requires a lot of self-discipline. See our Student Resources web page for more information.

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