The Courses

100 Botany for Gardeners (1st sem) 4 cr

101 Insects and Related Forms (2nd sem; 1st 7 wks) 2 cr

104 Plant Nutrients (2nd sem; 1st 7 wks) 2 cr

105 Soils (1st sem) 4 cr

107 Turfgrass Insects (2nd sem) 2 cr

108 Introductory Botany (1st sem) 4 cr

109 Insects of Ornamentals (1st sem) 3 cr

111 Horticultural Plant Pathology (2nd sem) 2 cr

112 Turfgrass Pathology Lab (2nd sem) 2 cr

113 Horticulture Pathology Lab (1st sem) 2 cr

118 Introduction to Sustainable Food and Farming (both sem) 1 cr

120 Organic Farming and Gardening (2nd sem) 4 cr

166 Practical Beekeeping (1st sem) 3 cr

170 Special Problems: Pesticide Certification (both sem) 1 cr

171 Plagues, Food and People: Ecology of Food and Disease (2nd sem) 4 cr

182 Principles of Pesticide Management (2nd sem) 2 cr

186 Introduction to Permaculture (1st sem) 3 cr

190M Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation (both sem) 1 cr

190P Personal Wellness for Farmers & Gardeners (2nd sem) 3 cr

192F First Year Seminar (1st sem) 1cr

196 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

197CP Crop Planning for Diversified Vegetable Farms (1st sem) 1 cr

197F Financial Management for Diversified Vegetable Farms (2nd sem) 1 cr

197K History and Use of Herbs in the Kitchen (both sem) 1 cr

197S Soils Lab (2nd sem) 1 cr

198F Sustainable Food and Farming Internship (2nd sem) 3 cr

198G Sustainable Horticulture Internship (2nd sem) 3 cr

198M Mushroom Practicum (1st sem) 1-3 cr

198P Permaculture Gardening at UMass (both sem) 1 cr

198T Turfgrass Internship (2nd sem) 3 cr

200 Plant Propagation (1st sem) 3 cr

211 Pasture Management (1st sem) 3 cr

230 Introductory Turfgrass Management (1st sem) 4 cr

232 Turf Machinery (2nd sem; 2nd 7 wks) 1 cr

234 Irrigation and Drainage (2nd sem) 2 cr

235 Pruning Fruit Crops (2nd sem) 2 cr

240 Applied Calculations in Turf Management (2nd sem) 2 cr

255 Herbaceous Plants (2nd sem) 3 cr

258 Urban Agriculture (2nd sem) 3 cr

260 Growing Plants Indoors (2nd sem, last 7 wks) 2 cr

265 Sustainable Agriculture (1st sem) 3 cr

268 Small Farm Husbandry: Cows, Sheep & Goats for Meat Production (2nd sem) 3 cr

269 Small Farm Husbandry: Pigs & Poultry (1st sem) 3 cr

275 Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology (2nd sem) 3 cr

280 Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants (2nd sem) 4 cr

281 Topics in Herbalism I (1st sem) 2 cr

282 Topics in Herbalism II (2nd sem) 2 cr

286 Permaculture Design and Practice (2nd sem) 3 cr290W Organic Weed Control (2nd sem) 

290W Organic Wee Control (2nd sem) 3 cr

296 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

296T Stockbridge School Teaching Experience (both sem) 1-2 cr

297AL Agricultural Leadership & Community Education (1st sem) 3 cr

297B Forest Gardens: Perennial Agriculture for Ecological Regeneration (1st sem) 3 cr

297C Traditional Herbal Medicine Systems I (1st sem) 1 cr

297F Traditional Herbal Medicine Systems II (2nd sem) 1 cr

298 Practicum (both sem) 1-6 cr

298A Agricultural Practicum (both sem) 1-6 cr

298FS USDA Farm Services Agency Practicum (both sem) 1-5 cr

298G Gardenshare Practicum (1st sem) 1 cr

298P Permaculture Practicum (both sem) 1-6 cr

300 Deciduous Orchards Science (1st sem odd yrs) 3 cr

305 Small Fruit Production (1st sem even yrs) 3 cr

310 Principles of Weed Management (1st sem) 3 cr

315 Greenhouse Management (1st sem) 4 cr

325 Vegetable Production (2nd sem) 4 cr

326 Insect Biology (1st sem) 3 cr

335 Principles and Practices of Greenhouse Cultivation (2nd sem) 4 cr

340 Advanced Turfgrass Management (2nd sem) 3 cr

350 Sustainable Soil and Crop Management (1st sem) 3 cr

355 Community Food Systems (1st sem odd years) 3 cr

356 Food Justice and Policy (1st sem even years) 3 cr

360 Landscape Plant Production (1st sem odd years) 4 cr

370 Tropical Agriculture (2nd sem) 3 cr

376 Student Farm Management I: Planning and Production (2nd sem) 3 cr

378 Agroecology (1st sem) 3 cr

379 Agricultural Systems Thinking (1st sem) 3 cr

382 Professional Development in Sustainable Food and Farming (2nd sem) 3 cr

384 Introduction to Plant Physiology (2nd sem) 3 cr

390A Plant Biotechnology and Tissue Culture (2nd sem) 4 cr

390G Sustainable Grape Production (2nd sem) 3 cr

390N Ecosystem Processes (2nd sem) 3 cr

391A Dialogue on Agricultural Issues (1st sem) 1 cr

391B Turfgrass Science & Management (1st sem) 1 cr

396 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

396E Independent Study-EQMGT (both sem) 1-6 cr

397AL Agricultural Leadership & Community Education (2nd sem) 3 cr

397GB Grapevine Biology (1st sem) 3 cr

397PT Plant Trends in Landscape Horticulture (1st sem even yrs) 3 cr

397R Social Permaculture: Building Resilient Communities and Organizations (2nd sem) 3 cr

398 Practicum (both sem) 1-12 cr

398E Farm Enterprise Practicum (2nd sem) 3-6 cr

398G Greenhouse Practicum (both sem) 1-18 cr

398T Turf Practicum (both sem) 1-12 cr

485 Sustainable Food and Farming Capstone (2nd sem) 3 cr

496 Independent Study (both sem) 1-6 cr

496A Independent Study-Plant Science (both sem) 1-6 cr

496B Independent Study-Soil Science (both sem) 1-6 cr

496C Independent Study-Teaching Assistant (both sem) 1-6 cr

496D Independent Study-Insect Science (both sem) 1-6 cr

497P Pharmacognosy (1st sem) 3 cr

498 Practicum (both sem) 1-12 cr

498E Farm Enterprise Practicum II (1st sem) 1-6 cr

505 General Plant Pathology (1st sem) 4 cr

510 Management & Ecology of Plant Diseases (2nd sem odd years) 3 cr

515 Microbiology of the Soil (1st sem) 3 cr

523 Plant Stress Physiology (1st sem) 3 cr

525 Mycology (1st sem odd years) 4 cr

530 Plant Nutrition (1st sem) 4 cr

535 Diagnostic Plant Physiology (2nd sem odd yrs) 4 cr

545 Postharvest Biology (2nd sem) 4 cr

550 Plant Hormones and Applied Plant Physiology (2nd sem) 3 cr

565 Soil Form & Classification (1st sem) 4 cr

572 Nematology (1st sem even yrs) 4 cr

575 Environmental Soil Chemistry (1st sem) 4 cr

580 Soil Fertility (2nd sem) 3 cr

585 Inorganic Contaminants in Soil, Water, and Sediment (2nd sem) 3 cr

587 Phyto/Bioremediation (1st sem) 3 cr

590M Microbe-Mineral-Organic Matter Interactions in Soils (2nd sem) 3 cr

591A Plant Biotech Journal Club (both sem) 1 cr

597M Topics in Turf Pathology (2nd sem)