An interdisciplinary minor to prepare students to pursue professional STEM careers in the agricultural industry.

• Develop skills in agricultural sciences

• Incorporate science & technology with societal challenges

• Gain an understanding of policy & management concerns 

For More Information: 

• Dr Ron Serino (rserino@memphis.edu)

• Dr Jennifer Mandel ( jmandel@memphis.edu)

• Dr Shawn Brown (spbrown2@memphis.edu) 

Prerequisites:

• 15 Credit hours, 9 upper division 

• Required class – Intro to Agriculture Studies, BIOL 1009 

• At least 6 credits with the agricultural science concentration, at least 3 credits within the humanity/societal concentration and at least 3 credits within the policy/management concentration. 

Agricultural Science Concentration: 

BIOL 3050 Ecology; BIOL 3200 Botany; BIOL 4053 Plant Ecology; BIOL 4065 Biodiversity; BIOL 4230 Plant Physio.; BIOL 4450 Microbial Ecology; BIOL 4900 Entomology; CHEM 4001 Environ. Chemistry; CIVL 3181 Hydrology; CIVL 4151 Soil Mechanics; CIVL 4190 Water Resource Planning and Manag.; EECE 4251 Control System Engr.; ESCI 3221 Principles of Conservation; ESCI 4122 Soils and Soil Processes; ESCI 4214 Climatology; NUTR 2202 Nutrition; PHYS 4222 Environ. Physics 

Humanity/Social Concentration: 

ANTH 4220 Culture, Environ. and Justice; ANTH 4417 Food, Culture, Power; ANTH 4800 Conservation, Culture, Environ. Change; PHIL 3515 Climate Change, Ethics, the Environ.; SOCI 4425 Environ. Sociology; SOCI 4641 Sociology/Global Environ. 

Policy/Management Concentration: 

BIOL 4055 Ecology/Environ. Issues; HPRM 3800 Sustainability in Hospitality and Sports Manag.; MKTG 4550 Business Solutions for Sustainability; PLAN 4212 Nature-based Strategies in Planning; POLS 4200 Environ. Law/Policy/Regulation; POLS 4512 Global Environ. Politics