Courses & Program Specializations
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The College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Management offers the Bachelor of Science degree. In order to earn this degree the student will pick one of the following areas of specialization, and complete its requirements.
Agribusiness
Students in the Agribusiness curriculum receive a strong background in agriculture and agribusiness, a combination that is in demand for today's agriculture. The Agribusiness curriculum draws its courses from the areas of business, economics, mathematics, and agricultural production, thus making this curriculum multi-disciplinary in scope. For more information, visit the Agribusiness website.
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Agroecology and Environmental Quality
This curriculum is designed for students interested in sustaining agrarian and surrounding ecosystems through more efficient management of land, biota, and water. Low-input alternative farming methods that emphasize nutrient recycling and "environmental friendly" production practices will be given special consideration.
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Animal Science
AnSci - Sustainable Livestock Production CurriculumAll Animal Science classes have lectures and hands-on lab periods. UH Hilo has a 110-acre farm with various enterprises including a livestock operation with beef cattle, hair sheep, horses, meat goats, poultry and swine. Students have the chance to work with these animals in labs.
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AnSci - Pre-veterinary Medicine
Curriculum
The Animal Science Pre-Veterinary Medicine curriculum was developed for students
interested in pursuing post-graduate studies in Veterinary Medicine or Animal
Science. To help translate classroom instruction into real life situations,
hands-on exercises are practiced during most lab periods at the 110-acre
farm with cattle, sheep, horses, goats, poultry and swine.
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Aquaculture
Hawaii's diversity of water supplies allows the culture of almost all aquaculture species including tropical fish, trout, salmon, carp, shrimp, various seaweeds, and shellfish throughout the year. Aquaculture students currently have access to a freshwater aquaculture facility at the UH-Hilo Agricultural Farm Laboratory. A coastal research and teaching facility is being developed only four miles from campus and is scheduled to be fully operational in early 2003.
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Crop Protection
The Crop Protection student learns to manage a wide variety of plant problems which are detrimental to agriculture production. Since plant problems come from many sources, this curriculum draws its courses from the areas of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Weed Science, and Horticulture.
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General Agriculture
The General Agriculture specialization is designed to provide an opportunity for students interested in agriculture or an agriculture related field to have access to selected courses or topics in their area of interest. The curriculum is structured to offer a well-rounded undergraduate education in the basic and applied sciences of agriculture and related fields through quality "hands on" training.
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Tropical Horticulture
The Tropical Horticulture specialty is designed to provide students with a well rounded background in horticultural science with special emphasis on the production of tropical and subtropical crops. This specialization offers a wide selection of courses, each providing the student with both the theoretical and hands on approach to learning.
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Certificate Program
Certificate in Plant Tissue Culture
The certificate program in plant tissue culture is designed to prepare baccalaureate degree seeking students and non-degree seeking students for employment in the plant tissue culture industry. It focuses on course work that relates directly to this industry and facilitates immediate employment as laboratory proprietors, laboratory supervisors and laboratory technicians. The curriculum includes a range of plant science and tissue culture courses that provide a strong theoretical base. Additionally, the student must complete 6 credit hours of Advanced Plant Tissue Culture, primarily a hands-on laboratory oriented course.
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