This major is not accepting applications for Fall 2022.

 

The science component is comprised of coursework in the major.

Course selection in the Agricultural Production PSM program is flexible to allow each student to build a graduate curriculum that best fits his/her chosen career path.

COURSEWORK

Courses will be taken in consultation with the student's advisor to meet the 32-hour science requirement. At least eight hours are required in 500-level courses. A sample of course options for each specialty area are listed below:

SAMPLE PROGRAM OF STUDY

Food Animal Production specialty; specific courses depend on the student's professional objectives. For crop or sustainable production system sample of program of study, please download the brochure.

Semester 1: Fall
Science ANSC 401 Beef Production
ANC 452 Animal Growth and Development
ANSC 524 Nonruminant Nutrition Concepts
  Two 2-hour courses; varies by cohort
PSM 501 - PSM Industry Seminar I (all semester)
Semester 2: Spring
Science ANC 403 Pork Production
ANSC 404 Poultry Science
ANSC 444 Applied Animal Genetics
ANSC 520 Protein and Energy Nutrition
Business Two 2-hour courses; varies by cohort
PSM 502 - PSM Industry Seminar II (all semester)
Summer Internship
PSM 555 - PSM Internship
Semester 3: Fall
Science ACE 432 Farm Management
ANSC 420 Ruminant Nutrition 
ANSC 523 Techniques in Animal Nutrition
ANSC 592 Environmental Stress Physiology
Business One 2-hour course; varies by cohort
PSM 503 - PSM Industry Seminar III (all semester)
December Graduation

 

 

PRE-APPROVED COURSE OPTIONS BY SPECIALTY AREA*

Crop Production

Course # Course Title Hours
ACE 432 Farm Management 3 or 4
ACE 435 Global Agribusiness Management 3
CPSC 407 Diseases of Field Crops 3
CPSC 412 Principles of Crop Advising 3
CPSC 414 Forage Crops and Pasture Eco 3
CPSC 415 Bioenergy Crops 3
CPSC 418 Crop Growth and Management 3
CPSC 419 Midwest Agricultural Practices 1
CPSC 426 Weed Management in Agronomic Crops 3
CPSC 428 Weed Science Practicum 2
CPSC 431 Plants and Global Change 3
CPSC 440 Applied Statistical Methods I 4
CPSC 452 Advanced Plant Genetics 3
CPSC 453 Principles of Plant Breeding 4
CPSC 462 Plant Molecular Biology 1
CPSC 466 Genomics for Plant Improvement 2
CPSC 479 Insect Pest Management 3
CPSC 484 Plant Physiology 3
CPSC 488 Soil Fertility and Fertilizers 3
CPSC 489 Photosynthesis 3
CPSC 518 Crop Growth and Development 4
CPSC 526 Herbicide Action in Plants 4
CPSC 538 Environmental Plant Physiology 4
CPSC 555 Crop Germplasm Resources 2
CPSC 556 Plant Breeding Literature 1
CPSC 558 Quantitative Plant Breeding 4
SPCS 564 Molecular Marker Data Analysis 3
CPSC 588 Plant Biochemistry 4
CPSC 598 Seminar 1
HORT 421 Horticultural Physiology 4
HORT 442 Plant Nutrition 4
IB 401 Introduction to Entomology 3 or 4
IB 424 Plant Development  
NRES 474 Soil and Water Conservation 3
PLPA 405 Plant Disease Diagnosis 3

 

Food Animal Production

Course # Course Title Hours
ACE 435 Global Agribusiness Management 3
ANSC 400 Dairy Herd Management 3
ANSC 401 Beef Production 3
ANSC 402 Sheep Production 3
ANSC 403 Pork Production 3
ANSC 404 Poultry Science 3
ANSC 405 Advanced Dairy Management 2
ANSC 407 Animal Shelter Management 3
ANSC 409 Meat Science 3
ANSC 420 Ruminant Nutrition 3
ANSC 423 Advanced Dairy Nutrition 2
ANSC 431 Advanced Reproductive Biology 3
ANSC 435 Milk Quality and Udder Health 2
ANSC 437 Advanced Reproductive Management 2
ANSC 438 Lactation Biology 4
ANSC 440 Applied Statistical Methods I 4
ANSC 444 Applied Animal Genetics 3
ANSC 446 Population Genetics 3 or 4
ANSC 448 Math Modeling in Life Sciences 3 or 4
ANSC 452 Animal Growth and Development 3 or 4
ANSC 467 Applied Animal Ecology 3
ANSC 509 Muscle Biology 2
ANSC 520 Protein and Energy Nutrition 3
ANSC 521 Regulation of Metabolism 4
ANSC 523 Techniques in Animal Nutrition 3
ANSC 524 Nonruminant Nutrition Concepts 2
ANSC 525 Topics in Nutrition Research 1 to 3
ANSC 533 Reproductive Physiology Lab Methods 1 to 3
ANSC 561 Animal Stress Physiology 2
ANSC 590 Animal Sciences Seminar 0 to 2
ANSC 592 Environmental Stress Physiology 1 to 4
CB 514 Neurotoxicology 3
CB 516 Reproduction and Developmental Toxicology 3
CPSC 414 Forage Crops and Pasture Ecology 3

 

Sustainable Production Systems

Course # Course Title Hours
CPSC 431 Plants and Global Change 3
CPSC 436 Conservation Biology 4
CPSC 440 Applied Statistical Methods I 4
IB 471 General Mycology 4
IB 532 Sustainability and Global Change 4
NRES 401 Watershed Hydrology 3
NRES 403 Watershed and Water Quality 3
NRES 406 Fluvial Geomorphology 4
NRES 419 Environment and Plant Ecosystems 3
NRES 420 Restoration Ecology 4
NRES 421 Quantitative Methods in NRES 3
NRES 429 Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation 3
NRES 430 Communication in Environmental Social Movements 3
NRES 439 Environment and Sustainable Development 3
NRES 446 Sustainable Planning Seminar 4
NRES 454 GIS in Natural Resource Management 4
NRES 455 Advanced GIS for Natural Resource Management 2
NRES 456 Integrative Ecosystem Management 3
NRES 462 Ecosystem Ecology 3
NRES 474 Soil and Water Conservation 3
NRES 475 Environmental Microbiology 3
NRES 477 Introduction to Remote Sensing 3
NRES 488 Soil Fertility and Fertilizers 3
NRES 510 Advanced Natural Resource Economics 4
NRES 511 Principles of Applied Ecology 4
NRES 512 Discussion in NRES 1 to 2
NRES 516 Ecosystem Biogeiochemistry 4
NRES 572 Chemistry of Soil Fertility 4
NRES 592 Sustainable Urban Systems 4
UP 456 Sustainable Planning Workshop 4

 

*Course numbers and titles are subject to change.  Please note that some courses are only offered in select terms. For more information, please reference the Illinois Course Catalog.

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