This certificate expands the current credentials offered by the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture to enhance access, lifelong learning, professional advancement, and flexibility.
Description
The Agronomy Graduate Certificate creates the opportunity for students to gain graduate level knowledge across agronomic topics. Individuals interested in gaining agronomic credentials for their full-time career and those who may be interested in pursuing an MS degree in the future. Individuals will develop advanced knowledge related to agronomic sciences and practices and agronomic decision-making ability in their profession.
Program Website
https://agronomy.unl.edu/
Applying for Admission
Standard requirements for all graduate programs
- Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Transcripts (unofficial): Uploaded as part of application form.
If International: Uploads must include all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certificates, diplomas, and degrees plus certified English translations.
After admission: Official documents are required from all students who are admitted and enroll. Photocopies of certified records are not acceptable. International students enrolled in other U.S. institutions may have certified copies of all foreign records sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies by their current school’s registrar office.
- If applicant’s native language is not English, verification of English proficiency is required.
When sending TOEFL scores, our institution code is 6877 and a department code is not needed.
- If applicant is not a US citizen and expects an F or J visa: financial information.
- Applicants must also fulfill any additional requirements the department specifies at the time of application.
Additional requirements specific to this program
- Personal Statement
- Academic Eligibility:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a STEM related discipline, with a GPA of 3.0+
- One semester of each of the following 5 areas: plant production or plant systems management, biological sciences, chemistry, algebra, soil science.
Certificate programs are not considered degree programs, so international students should be aware that admission to this program is ineligible for immigration forms for an F-1 student visa.
Admission Application Deadlines
- Spring admission: 1 week before the semester begins
- Summer admission: 1 week before the 3 week/8 week session begins
- Fall admission: 1 week before the fall semester begins
Requirements
Complete 12 credit hours from the course listing below:
Course List
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|
| AGRO 809A | Case studies in plant breeding: Breeding for Disease Resistance | 1 |
| AGRO 809B | Case Studies in plant breeding: Transgenic strategies for disease resistance | 1 |
| AGRO 811 | Crop Genetic Engineering | 2 |
| AGRO 812 | Crop and Weed Genetics | 2 |
| AGRO 821 | Learning Biotechnology | 3 |
| AGRO 822 | Integrated Weed Management | 2 |
| AGRO 825 | Cover Crops in Agroecosystems | 3 |
| AGRO 826 | Invasive Plants | 3 |
| AGRO 829 | Plant Biotechnology Applications | 3 |
| AGRO 831 | Spatial Variability in Soils | 2 |
| AGRO 832 | Learning Plant Science | 3 |
| AGRO 835 | Agroecology | 3 |
| AGRO 845 | Livestock Management on Range and Pasture | 3 |
| AGRO 846 | Forage Quality | 3 |
| AGRO 855 | Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy | 3 |
| AGRO 860 | Soil Microbial Ecology | 3 |
| AGRO 862 | Cannabis Growth, Production and Breeding Basics | 2 |
| AGRO 872 | Applied Soil Physics | 3 |
| AGRO 878 | Plant Anatomy | 4 |
| AGRO 888 | Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development | 3 |
| AGRO 906 | Crop Growth and Yield Modeling | 3 |
| AGRO 931 | Population Genetics | 3 |