*If students take one of these lower level classes, then one of the AFE core lower level electives needs to be used for an upper level elective to ensure enough 3/4XX level classes for graduation.

This minor requires the completion of a minimum of 21 semester credit hours in Agriculture, Food, and Environment or FCS classes. All students must take AFE 117 – Global Perspectives in Agriculture, Food, and the Environment. The student will select one of the certification programs with AFE (12-15 hour). The remaining 3 to 6 hours will be elective selected from the courses offered within the degree and recommended by a faculty mentor, approved by the chair of the School of AFE.

This minor requires the completion of a minimum of 19 credit hours in Aquaculture. A student pursuing a minor in AQU will choose courses from the list of AQU courses under the supervision of an AQU advisor.

This minor requires the completion of a minimum of 18 semester credit hours including the following courses: AQU 480 Introduction to Geographic Information, COS 364 Data Storage & Data Mining, and AFE 489 Remote Sensing of Environment. Students must choose 3 out of the following courses as electives for a total of 9 hours to complete the minor: AFE 366 Climate Change Studies, COS 107 Problem Solving & Logic, COS 303 Human Perspective Computing, or AFE 485/COS 495 Special Topics/Senior Research Project in Advanced Geospatial Technology.

The purpose of the Health Science minor is to prepare undergraduate students enrolled in any BA or BS degree program an opportunity to meet the qualification to take the MCAT, VCAT, PCAT, DAT, and successfully apply to Professional schools such as Medical School, Veterinarian School, Dental and Physician Assistant School. The minor is composed of 20 hours of course work that will prepare undergraduate students to take the MCAT during their sixth semester, allowing them to apply to professional school during their seventh semester. Students must take the following courses: BIO 302 Microbiology, CHE 301 Organic Chemistry I, CHE 310 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory, CHE 302 Organic Chemistry II, CHE 320 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory, PHY 207 Physics in Biological Sciences I, and PHY 208 Physics for Biological Sciences II.

The certificate in Animal Agriculture requires 15 total credits, 12 of those are fixed and are the animal agriculture related classes which include AFE 211, AFE 307, AFE 309, and AFE 415. The other three credits are an economics and or marketing class, there are three to choose from either AFE 215, AFE 426, or ECO 201. The certificate is designed to give students a strong understanding of the basic principles of animal production and management covering nutrition, reproduction, selection, and overall production practices. This certificate is available to any individual as a stand-alone certificate. Students within the AFE degree can complete this certificate as part of their overall degree program to indicate a strong animal related focus in their studies.