Requirements for the Online A.S. Degree in Sustainable Food and Farming

Stockbridge School of Agriculture

Online Associate of Science Degree in Sustainable Food and Farming

The AS in sustainable food and farming is designed for those who wish to explore careers in sustainable agriculture but are not able to take classes on campus. The major offers flexibility in designing a personal program of study, allowing students to focus on production and marketing, agricultural education, and/or public policy, advocacy, and community development. Students are not required to complete the degree in a set period of time or register for a set number of courses per semester. To know the weekly timeframe for each class, it's best to contact the course instructor, but students can expect to spend anywhere from four to nine hours per week per class during the full spring and fall semesters. For more details, see: Online A.S. degree in SFF. 

A total of 60 credits is required to fulfill the requirements of the A.S. degree including the following.

REQUIRED GENERAL COURSES 

  • MATH 100 (or) 101 & 102 (or) 104  - 3 cr.
  • ENGLWRIT 112 - 3 cr.


REQUIRED STOCKBRIDGE COURSES 

  • STOCKSCH 105 Soils 4 cr. or STOCKSCH 106 Soil Science & Management 3 cr.
  • STOCKSCH 108 Intro. Botany 4 cr.
  • STOCKSCH 198b or 398a  - Practicum or internship (3 cr minimum; 9 cr. maximum)


CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO (2) PLANT & ANIMAL SYSTEMS COURSES 

STOCKSCH 100Botany for Gardeners 4
STOCKSCH 101Insects and Related Forms 2
STOCKSCH 104Plant Nutrients 2
STOCKSCH 110Sustainable Horticulture 3
STOCKSCH 111Intro to Plant Pathology 2
STOCKSCH 117Agricultural Chemistry   3
STOCKSCH 119Backyard Homesteading   3
STOCKSCH 120Organic Gardening & Farming 4
STOCKSCH 165Intro Sustainable Ag and Food Systems 3
STOCKSCH 166Beekeeping  3
STOCKSCH 171Plagues, Food and People 4
STOCKSCH 172Plants in Our World 4
STOCKSCH 184Raising Dairy Goats Sustainably 3
STOCKSCH 186Introduction to Permaculture 3
STOCKSCH 200Plant Propagation 3
STOCKSCH 209Holistic Fruit Production 3
STOCKSCH 210Retail Floral Design 3
STOCKSCH 211Pasture Management  3
STOCKSCH 268Small Farm Husbandry: Cows, Sheep & Goats For Meat Production 3
STOCKSCH 279Sustainable Soil & Crop Management 3
STOCKSCH 280Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 4
STOCKSCH 281Topics in Herbalism I 2
STOCKSCH 282Topics in Herbalism II 2
STOCKSCH 284Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms 3
STOCKSCH 290RIndustrial Hemp Production 3
STOCKSCH 290QSustainably Raising Poultry 3
STOCKSCH 290SPSeed Production 3
STOCKSCH 378Intro Agroecology 3
STOCKSCH 315Greenhouse Management 4
STOCKSCH 320Organic Vegetable Production 3
STOCKSCH 365Hydroponics & Aquaponics 3
STOCKSCH  510Management and Ecology of Plant Diseases 3
STOCKSCH 581Integrated Pest Management 3
STOCKSCH    
STOCKSCH 580Soil Fertility  3
STOCKSCH 587 Phyto/Bioremediation 3

 

CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO (2) ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS COURSES 

    
ACCOUNTG 221Intro to Accounting 3
MANAGMNT 301Intro to Management 3
MARKETNG 301Fundamentals of Marketing 3
STOCKSCH 258Urban Agriculture 3
STOCKSCH 263Ag Leadership & Comm-based Ed 3
STOCKSCH 266Farm Management, Planning & Mkt.  3
STOCKSCH 288Land Use Policies and Sust. Farming 3
STOCKSCH 287Farm Planning, Marketing & Mgt. 3
STOCKSCH 290  NNative Food Systems 3
STOCKSCH 263Agricultural Leadership and Community Education 3
STOCKSCH 290STA Intro to Food & Agricultural Law  3
STOCKSCH 290STCNative Food Systems 3
STOCKSCH 354

Nonprofit Mgt. Community Programs

 

 3
STOCKSCH 358Social Permaculture: Building Resilient Comm.  3
STOCKSCH 357 Food Justice & Policy 3
STOCKSCH 378 Agroecology  3
STOCKSCH 379 Agricultural Systems Thinking 3
STOCKSCH 382Prof. Development in Sustainable Food & Farming 3
STOCKSCH 386Sustainable Site Planning and Design 3
STOCKSCH 387Global Food Systems 3