Undergraduate Majors and Contacts

Welcome to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). The college offers 24 majors encompassing agricultural sciences, natural resources, forest and geospatial sciences, social sciences, life sciences, and preprofessional studies.

Contact information for degree programs is given below.

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Specializations: Agrisystems Engineering, Biological Engineering, Land and Water Resources Engineering
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. James Leary
Student Services Coordinator: Mary Hall

Agricultural Education and Communication

Specializations: Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership Development
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Ricky Telg
Student Services Coordinator: Jodi DeGraw

Agricultural Operations Management

Specializations: Construction and Process Management, Environmental Systems Management, Production Systems Management, Technical Sales Management
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Wendell Porter
Student Services Coordinator: Mary Hall

Animal Sciences

Specializations: Animal Biology, Animal Industry
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Joel Brendemuhl
Student Services Coordinator: Sylvia Beauchamp

Biology

Specializations: Applied Science, Biotechnology, Natural Science, Preprofessional
Undergraduate Coordinator: R. Elaine Turner
Student Services Coordinator: H. Charlotte Emerson

Botany

Specializations: Basic Botany, Preprofessional Botany
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Bernie Hauser

Entomology and Nematology

Specializations: Basic Science, Biology Education, Ecotourism, Plant Protection, Preprofessional, Urban Pest Management
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Carl S. Barfield
Student Services Coordinator: Debbie Hall

Environmental Management in Agriculture and Natural Resources

Undergraduate Coordinator: Susan Curry

Environmental Science

Specializations: B.A. Environmental Sceince, B.S. Environmental Science
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Stephen Humphrey
Student Services Coordinator: Meisha Wade

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Jerry Culen
Student Services Coordinator: Jennifer Gove-Copper

Food and Resource Economics

Specializations: Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Management, International Food and Resource Economics and Natural Resource, Environmental Economics and Policy
Undergraduate Coordinator: Mr. David Barber

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Specializations: Dietetics, Food Science, Nutritional Sciences
Coordinator: Dr. Anne Kendall
Student Services Coordinators: Janna Underhill and Nicole Young

Forest Resources and Conservation

Specializations: Business Management, Environmental Pre-law, Forest Resource Management, Forest Informatics, Protected Areas Management, Recreation Resource Management, Urban Forestry, Watershed Science and Management
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. George Blakeslee
Student Services Coordinator: Mae Kiggins

Geomatics

Undergraduate Coordinators: Dr. George Blakeslee and Dr. Bon Dewitt
Student Services Coordinator: Mae Kiggins

Golf and Sports Turf Management

Interdisciplinary Studies
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Jason Dettman-Kruse
Student Services Coordinator: Lisa Hall

Horticultural Science

Majors: Horticultural Production, Horticultural Science, Organic Crop Production, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Rebecca Darnell
Student Services Coordinator: Curtis Smyder

Landscape and Nursery Horticulture

Specializations: Environmental Horticulture Operations, Landscape and Nursery Management, Public Garden Management
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Mike Kane
Student Services Coordinator: Lisa Hall

Microbiology and Cell Science

Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. William Gurley
Student Services Coordinator: Chris Holyoak

Natural Resource Conservation

Undergraduate Coordinators: Dr. George Blakeslee and Dr. Michael Moulton
Student Services Coordinator: Mae Kiggins

Packaging Science

Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Bruce Welt
Student Services Coordinator: Mary Hall

Plant Science - Agronomy

Specializations: Science and Technology, Sustainable Crop Production and Management
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Kenneth Buhr

Plant Science - Plant Pathology

Specializations: Agricultural Technology, Biotechnology
Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. James W. Kimbrough

Soil and Water Science

Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Mary Collins
Student Services Coordinator: Rhiannon Pollard

Statistics

Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Ronald Randles

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Specializations: Biology Education, Preprofessional, Wildlife Ecology, Wildlife Conservation
UndergraduateCoordinator: Dr. Michael Moulton
Student Services Coordinator: Claire Williams