The Master of Agriculture degree program at a distance is designed to prepare students and professionals as leaders, managers, and executives in the agricultural sciences and natural resources areas. The program is designed specifcally to meet the needs of today’s working professional. This non-thesis degree program requires a minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate coursework.

Because the program is multidisciplinary, students are able to design a program that will meet their unique career objectives. Students select an area of emphasis (a minimum of 18 semester credit hours) in either agronomy, horticulture, or resource management. The remaining 18 hours of coursework must be in at least two other subject areas.

Consider the benefits of Texas Tech University’s Master of Agriculture @ a Distance!

• Students choose an area of emphasis appropriate for their career path.
• All coursework can be completed online.
• Educational goals can be pursued without sacrificing personal or professional commitments.
• Student support services are designed to meet the needs of distance learning students.

 

Application Process

• Complete and submit the Texas Tech University Graduate Admissions Application
  (The application form is available online at www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/).
• Interview with the Associate Dean and/or faculty in the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.
• FAQ

 

Upon acceptance, students will work with a Graduate Advisory Committee composed of three members (the committee chair must be from the department from the student’s declared area of emphasis).

Degree Plans By Area of Emphasis

Agronomy - 36 total hours

15 semester credit hours from the following:

• PSS 5231 Applied Geostatistics
• PSS 5307 Pesticides
• PSS 5324 Mode and Mechanism of Herbicide Action
• PSS 5326 Advanced Seed Science
• PSS 5331 Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
• PSS 5334 Soils and Crops in Arid Lands
• PSS 5335 Soil Physics
• PSS 6301 Ag Remote Sensing
• PSS 6323 Plant-Water Relations

 

3 semester credit hours from the following:

• PSS 5315 Advanced Floriculture
• PSS 5316 Advanced Arboriculture
• PSS 5317 Advanced Nursery Management
• PSS 5318 Advanced Turfgrass Science
• PSS 5319 Advanced Interiorscaping

 

18 semester credit hours must be taken from two other disciplines or departments*

Contact: Dr. Richard Zartman

Horticulture - 36 total hours

15 semester credit hours from the following:

• PSS 5315 Advanced Floriculture
• PSS 5316 Advanced Arboriculture
• PSS 5317 Advanced Nursery Management
• PSS 5318 Advanced Turfgrass Science
• PSS 5319 Advanced Interiorscaping

 

3 semester credit hours from the following:

• PSS 5307 Pesticides
• PSS 5324 Mode and Mechanism of Herbicide Action
• PSS 5326 Advanced Seed Science
• PSS 5331 Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
• PSS 6323 Plant-Water Relations

 

18 semester credit hours must be taken from two other disciplines or departments*

Contact: Dr. Richard Zartman

Resource Management - 36 total hours

18 semester credit hours from the following:

• AAEC 5308 Resource Economics
• AAEC 5310 Advanced Market Analysis
• LARC 5301 Introduction to Natural Resources and Design
• LARC 5303 Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
• RWFM 5311 Wildlife Conservation and Management
• RWFM 5312 Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources

 

18 semester credit hours must be taken from two other disciplines or departments*

Contact: Dr. Mark Wallace

*Courses are available in the following subject areas: Animal and Food Sciences; Range Wildlife and Fisheries Management; Landscape Architecture; Agricultural and Applied Economics; Plant and Soil Science; and Agricultural Education and Communications.