Master of Agriculture (MOA) Degree Program
Admissions Process Application Degree Requirements Delivery Methods
Specified Curricula Courses Contact Extended Education and Outreach
Turf Program
CURRICULUM
All courses are distance-delivered, utilizing a combination of teaching methods and technologies, including real-time and archived lectures, real-time class interaction/participation, and online lessons, assignments and discussion boards. Students are required to have Internet access (high-speed connection is preferred) and e-mail.
Continuing education provides opportunities for individuals to become leaders in their career areas, as well as increasing the likelihood of business success. Often an individual desiring a graduate education or advanced study is limited by time and location constraints. Educational and industry seminars are often available but are often limited in scope and do not lead to an advanced degree. Distance programming at UNL could potentially bridge the gap between turfgrass managers and cutting edge research/leadership/business management strategies. Depending on an individual student’s personal goals and professional objectives, emphasis in Leadership, Entomology of Agronomy could lead to advancement within their existing facility, expand employment opportunities in other arenas or result in improved knowledge and job performance and subsequently improved evaluations and monetary incentives.
The following Turf related graduate level courses are currently offered on a regular basis at UNL:
Agronomy & Horticulture Graduate Courses
Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours | Offered |
AGRO 811 | Crop Genetic Engineering | >2 | Spring 2008 |
AGRO 812 | Crop and Weed Genetics | 1 | Fall 2007 |
AGRO/BIOC 818 | Agricultural Biochemistry | 2 | Fall 2008 |
AGRO/ENTO 815A | Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding | 1 | Fall 2007 |
AGRO/ENTO 815B | Germplasm and Genes | 1 | Fall 2007 |
AGRO/ENTO 815D | Cross-Pollinated Crop Breeding | 1 | Fall 2007 |
AGRO 822 | Integrated Weed Management | 1 | Spring 2007 |
AGRO 823 | Herbicide Action in Plants | 1 | Fall 2008 |
AGRO 824 | Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management | 3 | Spring 2008 |
AGRO 830 | Phytopathological Principles | 1 | Spring 2008 |
AGRO 830E | Diseases of Turf | 1 | Spring 2008 |
AGRO/ENTO 896 | Pest Resistance Management | 1 | Fall 2007 |
AGRO 896 | Turf and Landscape Weed Management | 1 | Spring 2007 |
AGRO 896 | Understanding Spatial Variability in Soil | 2 | Spring 2008 |
HORT 896 | Independent Study | 1-3 | Arranged |
AGRO 896 | Independent Study | 1-3 | Arranged |
AGRO897 | Degree Project | 1-6 | Arranged |
Entomology Graduate Courses
Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours | Offered |
ENTO 803 | Management of Horticultural Insects | 3 | Spring 2008 |
ENTO 806 | Insect Ecology | 3 | Spring 2008 |
ENTO 807 | Urban and Industrial Entomology | 3 | Fall 2007 |
ENTO 812 | Entomology and Pest Management | 3 | Summer 2007 |
ENTO 813 | Biological Control of Pests | 3 | Spring 2008 |
ENTO/AGRO 815A | Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding | 1 | Fall 2007 |
ENTO/AGRO 815B | Germplasm and Genes | 1 | Fall 2007 |
ENTO/AGRO 815C | Cross-Pollinated Crop Breeding | 1 | Fall 2007 |
ENTO 818 | Insect ID & Natural History | 4 | Summer 2007 |
ENTO 819 | Insect Behavior | 3 | Summer 2007 |
ENTO 820 | Insect Toxicology | 2 | Fall 2007 |
ENTO 896 | Biological Risk Assessment | 3 | Fall 2009 (Tent.) |
ENTO 896 | Insect Evolution | 3 | Summer 2008 |
ENTO 896 | International Plant Protection | 3 | Summer 2008 |
ENTO 896 | Management of Agronomic Insects | 3 | Fall 2008 |
ENTO/AGRO 896 | Pest Resistance Management | 1 | Fall 2007 |
ENTO 896D | Insect Control by Host Plant Resistance | 3 | Spring 2009 |
ENTO 896J | Insect Physiology | 3 | Spring 2009 |
ENTO 888 | Degree Project | 4 | Arranged |
