Online Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements (For Students Already Holding a Bachelor's Degree)

Post-Baccalaureate Sustainable Food and Farming ONLINE Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements

(Only For Students Already Holding a Bachelor's Degree)

The Post-Baccalaureate (Second) Bachelor of Sciences degree in Sustainable Food and Farming requires students to take at least 30 STOCKSCH credits and a total of 45 credits in two categories. The credits required will be determined by your adviser.

  1. Core Required Classes (28 cr)
  2. Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Electives (17 cr)

 

Core Required Classes (28 cr)

Stockbridge Core

STOCKSCH 108 – Intro Botany (4)

STOCKSCH 106 – Soil Science (3)

STOCKSCH 117 – Agricultural Chemistry (3)

STOCKSCH 165 – Intro to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (3) 

STOCKSCH 379 – Agricultural Systems Thinking (3)

STOCKSCH 382 – Professional Development in Sustainable Food & Farming (3)

 

Ecological Systems (3 cr)

STOCKSCH 186 - Intro to Permaculture (3)

or STOCKSCH 378 – Introductory Agroecology (3)

 or STOCKSCH 510 - Management and Ecology of Plant Diseases (3)

 

Social and Community Systems (3 cr) 

STOCKSCH 258 - Urban Agriculture (3)

or STOCKSCH 263 – Agricultural Leadership and Community-Based Education (3)

or STOCKSCH 288 – Global Food Systems (3)

or STOCKSCH 355 – Community Food Systems (3)

or STOCKSCH 358 – Social Permaculture (3)

 
Economic and Business issues (3 cr) 

STOCKSCH 266 – Farm Management, Planning and Marketing (3)

or STOCKSCH 354 – Non-profit Mgmnt. of Community-based Farming Progs. (3)

or ACCNT 221 – Principles of Financial Accounting (3)

or MKTG 301 – Fundamentals of Marketing (3)

 

Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Electives (17 cr) 

The electives section allows you to shape your degree to your interests, while ensuring that you take an appropriate number of lower-level, mid-level, and upper-level electives from our catalog.  Courses used to fulfill a non-elective requirement cannot be used again to satisfy the elective requirements.  Select courses from each level below.

Lower-level Electives (Up to 9 cr can be applied towards requirements) 
  • STOCKSCH 200 – Plant Propagation (3)
  • STOCKSCH 209 – Holistic Fruit Production (3)
  • STOCKSCH 210 - Retail Floral Design (3)
  • STOCKSCH 211 – Pasture Management (3)
  • STOCKSCH 255 – Native Food Systems (3)
  • STOCKSCH 258 – Urban Agriculture (3)
  • STOCKSCH 263 – Agricultural Leadership and Community-Based Education (3)
  • STOCKSCH 265 – Sustainable Agriculture (3)
  • STOCKSCH 266 – Farm Management, Planning and Marketing (3)
  • STOCKSCH 268 – Small Farm Husbandry I – Meat Animals (3)
  • STOCKSCH 270 – Sustainable Crop and Soil Management (3)
  • STOCKSCH 280 – Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants (4)
  • STOCKSCH 281 – Topics in Herbalism I (3)
  • STOCKSCH 282 – Topics in Herbalism II (3)
  • STOCKSCH 284 – Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms (3)
  • STOCKSCH 290A – Introduction to Agroforestry (3)
  • STOCKSCH 290Q – Raising Poultry Sustainably (3)
  • STOCKSCH 290R – Industrial Hemp Production (3)
  • STOCKSCH 297L – Introduction to Agricultural Law (3) 

 

Mid-level Electives (Must take minimum of 6 cr) 
  • STOCKSCH 301 – General Plant Pathology (3)
  • STOCKSCH 315 – Greenhouse Management (4)
  • STOCKSCH 320 – Organic Vegetable Production (3)
  • STOCKSCH 350 – Sustainable Soil and Crop Management (3)
  • STOCKSCH 354 – Non-Profit Management for Community Food Programs (3)
  • STOCKSCH 355 – Community Food Systems (3)
  • \STOCKSCH 358 – Social Permaculture (3)
  • STOCKSCH 365 – Hydroponics (4)
  • STOCKSCH 378 – Introduction to Agroecology (3)
  • STOCKSCH 386 – Sustainable Site Design and Planning (3)
  • STOCKSCH 387 – Global Food Systems (3)
  • STOCKSCH 398B – Agricultural Practicum (graded) (1-9)

 

Upper-level Electives (Must take minimum of 6 cr) 
  • STOCKSCH 510 – Management and Ecology of Plant Diseases (3)
  • STOCKSCH 580 – Soil Fertility (3)
  • STOCKSCH 581 – Integrated Pest Management (3)
  • STOCKSCH 585 – Mycology (3)
  • STOCKSCH 587 – Phyto/Bioremediation (3) 

 

if you have questions about graduation requirements, please contact one of the two advisors. 

Renee Ciulla -@email

John Gerber -@email