Courses
A total of 15 credit hours, comprised of four required courses and 6 credit hours of electives, are necessary to successfully complete the program. The following courses are required:
AESC 3125 Organic Agricultural Systems
(4 hours)
This course introduces students to the theories, practice,
and policy of organic agriculture. Topics covered include
the history and the need for organic agriculture, fundamental
organic farming practices, organic animal production, the
National Organic Program, and economic and marketing considerations
for organic products.
Note: Alternative to AESC 3125
ECOL 3700 Organic Agriculture: Ecological Agriculture and the Ethics of Sustainability
( 4 hours)
(5 hours lecture and 25 hours lab per week)
This interdisciplinary maymester field course will explore the fundamental principles of sustainable agriculture through hands-on experience at an operating organic farm and agroforestry research center. Also includes a critical discussion of the social, political, and cultural issues involved in creating a more sustainable food system.
Non-traditional format: Hands-on experience at an operating organic farm and agroforestry research center.
Offered Maymester every year.
AESC 3126 Fertility and Pest Management in Organic Agriculture
(3 hours)
This course is composed of modules on management and fertility
of soils, cover crops and weed management, arthropod pest
management, disease management, and integrating these techniques
into an organic management plan as required for organic certification.
AESC 4095 Undergraduate Research in Organic Agriculture
(1-3
hours)
This course is the capstone experience to the program, where
students design and execute projects with the help of a faculty
member with expertise in the student’s area of interest.
Note: Alternative to AESC 4095
AESC 4950 Organic Agriculture Internship
(1-3 hours)
This course is the capstone experience to the program, where students work on an organic farm, and learn organic procedures, production, certification, maintenance, and business management. The course will be administered through the student’s major department.
Download the Internship Form (pdf)
AESC
4096 Organic Agriculture Seminar
(1 hour)
This is the final course in the program, where students hear
industry speakers, discuss case studies, and present their
research projects.
Select at least 6 hours of Electives from:
AAEC 2060 Econ.
Perspectives Environ. Nat. Res. 3
AAEC 3010 Farm Organization and Management 3
AAEC 3040 Agribusiness Marketing 3
AAEC 3060 Prin. Resource Econ. 3
AAEC 3100, Food and Fiber Marketing 3
AAEC 3980 Intro Agribusiness Management 3
ADSC 2010 Intro. Anim. Dairy Sci. 3
ADSC 3320 Animal Nutrition & Feeding 3
ADSC 4010 Issues in Animal Agriculture 3
AESC(EETH) 4190 Agric. Ethics 1
ANTH 3090 Evolution of Human Ecosystems 3
ANTH 4060 Agricultural Anthropology 3
ANTH 4262 Transitions from Foraging to Farming 3
ANTH(PBIO) 4300 Ethnobotany 3
CRSS(FORS) 1020. Intro. Water Resources 3
CRSS 2010 Crop Science 3
CRSS(HORT) 4140 Plant Breeding 3
CRSS(HORT) 4590 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition 3
CRSS 4670 Environ. Soil Chem. 3
CRSS(HORT)(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG) 4930 Agroecology Tropical Amer.
3
CRSS(HORT)(ANTH)(ECOL)(GEOG) 4931 Agroecology Tropical Amer.
Study abroad 3
ECOL 1000 Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues 4
ECOL(BIOL) 3500 Ecology 4
ECOL 3520 Ecological Applications 3
EETH 4230 Environ. Values & Policy 3
ENTO 3740 Insect Pest Management 3
ENTO(CRSS)(PATH) 4740 Integrated Pest Mgmt 3
FANR(MARS) 1100 Natural Resources Conservation 3
FANR 3200 Ecology of Natural Resources 3
FORS(ECOL)(CRSS)(GEOL) 4170 Hydrology, Geology, and Soils
of Georgia 3
HORT 3010 Intro. Veg. Crops 3
HORT 3020 Intro. Fruit Crops 3
HORT 3300 Organic Gardening 2
HORT(ANTH)(PBIO) 3440 Herbs, Spices, Medicinal Plants 3
HORT 4050 Greenhouse Management 3
HORT 4990 Environ. Issues in Hort. 1
PATH 3530 Introductory Plant Pathology 3
PATH 4280 Diag. Mgmt Plant Disease 3
PATH(ENTO) 4360 Ornamental Pest Mgmt 3
POUL 2020 Intro. Poultry Sci. 3
POUL 3600 Poultry Production 3
WASR(CRSS)(ECOL)(ENGR)(GEOG)(GEOL) 4700L/6700L. Hydrology, Geology, and Soils of Georgia 3
