College of Agriculture > Agronomy and Soils

Graduate Programs

Graduate training in the Agronomy and Soils Department enables outstanding students to achieve a high level of scholarly attainment in the soil, crop and environmental sciences.

Within these broad areas, research training and experience may be gained in the following specialized fields:

• soil fertility and plant nutrition
• soil chemistry
• soil genesis, morphology and classification
• soil mineralogy; soil physics
• soil microbiology
• plant breeding and genetics
• weed science
• forage, fiber and grain crop production
• crop ecology
• environmental quality and
• turf management

Three degrees are offered:

• the Master of Science, earned only under the thesis option
• the Master of Agriculture earned under the non-thesis option and
• and the Ph.D., which requires a dissertation

Last Updated: Feb. 24, 2011