The Agriculture Minor

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15–16 semester hours

The valuable learning experiences gained through agriculture studies are not limited to Agriculture majors. Non-agriculture majors at UH Hilo can obtain a minor in Agriculture by completing a minimum of 15 hours of coursework (GPA 2.5 or better) in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management:

1. Three of the following (9 semester hours):
   • HORT 262 Principles of Horticulture (3)
   • ANSC 141 Introduction to Animal Science (3)
   • AQUA 262 Introduction to Aquaculture (3)
   • AGEN 231 Introduction to Agricultural Mechanization (3)
   • SOIL 304 Tropical Soils (3)
2. One of the following (3–4 semester hours):
   • ANSC 342 Beef Cattle Production (3)
   • ANSC 351 Swine Production (3)
   • ANSC 353 Horse Production (3)
   • ANSC 355 Goat and Sheep Production (3)
   • HORT 266 Nursery Management (4)
   • HORT 350 Tropical Landscape Horticulture (3)
   • HORT 351 Vegetable Crop Production (3)
   • HORT 352 Tropical Fruit Production (3)
   • HORT 354 Floriculture and Ornamental Production (4)
   • AGRN 310 Agronomic Crop Production in the Tropics (3)
   • AGBU 320 Agribusiness Management (3)
3. Agriculture elective (3 semester hours)
   • Any 200, 300, or 400-level course.