Agronomic and Rangeland Sciences
Host Department
Statement of Program Aim
The
Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of
California, Davis,
in collaboration with UC
Davis Extension, offers a one-year certificate
program. The program is designed to provide advanced training in
agronomic
and rangeland systems, including the management of biological,
soil and
water resources, and their impact on the environment. The
department draws
on many disciplines, including genetics, plant ecology and
physiology,
plant breeding, soil science, statistics and pest management --
all of
which are integrated through basic and applied laboratory and
field research
projects. The goals of our academic and research programs are to
understand
how processes and management are integrated within an
agroecosystem to
control food production, resource-use efficiency and
environmental impact.
Maximum Enrollment
Fifteen students.
Student Prerequisites
A TOEFL score of 550 or better is required of all nonnative English speakers. Students are expected to have a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent with courses in chemistry, botany, mathematics, physics and ecology.
Contact Person for Agronomic Sciences
Richard Plant, Professor
Department of Agronomy and Range Science
University of
California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8515 USA
replant@ucdavis.edu
Contact Person for Rangeland Sciences
Emilio Laca, Professor
Department of Agronomy
and Range Science
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis,
CA 95616-8515 USA
ealaca@ucdavis.edu
Departmental fee: $4000 per year
Suggested Courses
Agronomic Crop Management
| Course Number | Course Name | Units | Quarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMR 101 | Agriculture and the Environment | 3 | Winter |
| AMR 105 | Concepts in Pest Management | 3 | Spring |
| AMR 110A0 | Principles of Agronomic Crop Production in Temperate and Tropical Systems | 3 | Winter |
| AMR 110B | Management of Agronomic Crops in Temperate and Tropical Systems | 3 | Spring |
| AMR 110C | Crop Management Systems for Vegetable Production | 4 | Fall |
| AMR 112 | Forage Crop Ecology | 3 | Spring |
| AMR 150 | Cropping Systems of the World | 4 | Winter |
| AGR 205 | Experimental Design and Analysis | 4 | Winter |
| ECL 207 | Plant Population Biology | 3 | Winter |
| AGR 290 | Seminar in Agronomy and Range Science | 1-2 | Fall, Winter, Spring |
| IAD 202N | Analysis and Determinants of Farming Systems | 4 | Spring |
| PLB 142 | Ecology of Crop Systems | 4 | Winter |
| PLB 143 | Evolution of Crop Plants | 3 | Spring |
| PLB 146 | Rhizosphere Ecology | 3 | Spring |
| PLB 152 | Plant Genetics | 4 | Fall |
| PLB 154 | Introduction to Plant Breeding | 4 | Winter |
| PLB 157 | Physiology of Environmental Stresses in Plants | 4 | Winter |
| PLB 158 | Mineral Nutrition of Plants | 4 | Spring |
| PLB 160 | Principles of Plant Biotechnology | 3 | Winter |
| PLB 175 | Applied Plant Biology | 4 | Winter |
| PBI 202 | Advanced Physiology of Cultivated Plants | 2 | Fall |
| PBI 216 | Advanced Topics in Mineral Nutrition | 4 | Spring |
| HYD 110 | Irrigation Principles and Practices | 3 | Spring |
| HYD 115 | Irrigation and Drainage Systems | 4 | Winter |
| HYD 117 | Irrigation Water Management | 3 | Spring |
| HYD 124 | Plant-Water-Soil Relationships | 4 | Spring |
| SSC 109 | Nutrient Cycling and Management | 5 | Spring |
| SSC 111 | Soil Microbiology | 4 | Winter |
| SSC 208 | Soil-Plant Interrelationships | 3 | Winter |
| SSC 211 | Advanced Soil Microbiology | 3 | Spring |
Agronomic Crop Genetics and Improvement
| Course Number | Course Name | Units | Quarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGR 205 | Experimental Design and Analysis | 4 | Winter |
| AGR 206 | Multivariate Systems and Modeling | 4 | Spring |
| ECL 207 | Plant Population Biology | 3 | Winter |
| AGR 221 | Advanced Plant Breeding | 4 | Spring |
| GGG 201A | Transmission Genetics | 3 | Fall |
| GGG 201B | Cytogenetics | 3 | Winter |
| GGG 201C | Molecular Biology | 4 | Spring |
| GGG 201D | Quantitative and Population Genetics | 5 | Winter |
| PLB 143 | Evolution of Crop Plants | 3 | Spring |
| PLB 152 | Plant Genetics | 4 | Fall |
| PLB 154 | Introduction to Plant Breeding | 4 | Winter |
| PLB 160 | Principles of Plant Biotechnology | 3 | Winter |
| PBI 227 | Plant Molecular Biology | 4 | Winter |
Quantitative Agronomy
| Course Number | Course Name | Units | Quarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMR 120 | Applied Statistics in Agricultural Sciences | 4 | Fall |
| AMR 121 | Systems Analysis in Agriculture and Resource Management | 4 | Fall |
| AMR 132 | Geographic Information Systems in Applied Ecology | 3 | Winter |
| AGR 205 | Experimental Design and Analysis | 4 | Winter |
| AGR 206 | Multivariate Systems and Modeling | 4 | Spring |
| ABT 180 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 5 | Fall |
| ABT 181 | Geographic Information Systems Modeling | 5 | Winter |
| ABT 182 | Environmental Analysis with Geographical Information Systems | 5 | Spring |
| ERS 186 | Environmental Remote Sensing | 3 | Winter |
| HRT 251 | Modeling Horticultural Systems | 3 | Winter |
| HYD 273 | Introduction to Geostatistics | 3 | Fall |
Rangeland Sciences
| Course Number | Course Name | Units | Quarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMR 112 | Forage Crop Ecology | 3 | Spring |
| AMR 120 | Applied Statistics in Agricultural Science | 4 | Fall |
| AMR 130 | Rangelands: Ecology, Conservation and Restoration | 3 | Winter |
| AMR 131 | Identification and Ecology of Grasses | 2 | Spring |
| AMR 132 | Geographic Information Systems in Applied Ecology | 3 | Winter |
| AMR 134 | Comparative Ecology of Major Rangeland Systems | 3 | Alternate years |
| AMR 135 | Ecology and Community Structure of Grassland and Savannah Herbivores | 3 | Fall |
| AMR 137 | Field Course in Rangeland Monitoring and Management | 2 | Alternate years |
| ECL 207 | Plant Population Biology | 3 | Winter |
| ECL 206 | Concepts and Methods in Plant Community Ecology | 4 | Fall |
| ANS 144 | Beef Cattle and Sheep Production | 4 | Fall |
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