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. 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 100 | Botany for Gardeners | 4 | |
| STOCKSCH 101 | Insects and Related Forms | 2 | |
| STOCKSCH 104 | Plant Nutrients | 2 | |
| STOCKSCH 110 | Sustainable Horticulture | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 111 | Intro to Plant Pathology | 2 | |
| STOCKSCH 117 | Agricultural Chemistry | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 119 | Backyard Homesteading | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 120 | Organic Gardening & Farming | 4 | |
| STOCKSCH 165 | Intro Sustainable Ag and Food Systems | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 166 | Beekeeping | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 171 | Plagues, Food and People | 4 | |
| STOCKSCH 172 | Plants in Our World | 4 | |
| STOCKSCH 184 | Raising Dairy Goats Sustainably | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 186 | Introduction to Permaculture | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 200 | Plant Propagation | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 210 | Retail Floral Design | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 211 | Pasture Management | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 261 | Topics in Herbalism | 2 | |
| STOCKSCH 265 | Sustainable Agriculture | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 268 | Small Farm Husbandry: Cows, Sheep & Goats For Meat Production | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 270 | Sustainable Soil & Crop Management | ||
| 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 209 | Holistic Fruit Production | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 290R | Industrial Hemp Production | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 290Q | Sustainably Raising Poultry | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 315 | Greenhouse Management | 4 | |
| STOCKSCH 320 | Organic Vegetable Production | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 365 | Hydroponics & Aquaponics | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 390G | Sustainable Grape Production | 2 | |
| STOCKSCH 581 | Integrated Pest Management | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 510 | Management and Ecology of Plant Diseases | 1 | |
| STOCKSCH 580 | Soil Fertility | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 587 | Phyto/Bioremediation | 3 |
CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO (2) ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS COURSES
| ACCOUNTG 221 | Intro to Accounting | 3 | |
| MANAGMNT 301 | Intro to Management | 3 | |
| MARKETNG 301 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 258 | Urban Agriculture | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 263 | Ag Leadership & Comm-based Ed | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 266 | Farm Management, Planning & Mkt. | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 288 | Land Use Policies and Sust. Farming | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 287 | Farm Planning, Marketing & Mgt. | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 290 N | Native Food Systems | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 263 | Agricultural Leadership and Community Education | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 297 FL | Intro to Food & Agricultural Law | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 354 | Nonprofit Mgt. Community Programs | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 355 | Community Food Systems | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 358 | Social Permaculture: Building Resilient Comm. | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 357 | Food Justice & Policy | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 378 | Agroecology | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 379 | Agricultural Systems Thinking | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 382 | Prof. Development in Sustainable Food & Farming | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 386 | Sustainable Site Planning and Design | 3 | |
| STOCKSCH 387 | Global Food Systems | 3 |