The Urban Agriculture and Community Food Production Systems Certificate (UACFPS) is not a minor, but is a valuable add-on credential for students with a professional interest in urban agriculture and community food production systems. This certificate will provide students with an introductory understanding of agronomic factors related to food and ornamental plant production in urban environments. Upon completion of this certificate, students will have critical analytical skills that will help them understand the plant and soil requirements necessary for small-scale urban food production. The UACFPS certificate requires 12 credit hours drawn from two core courses in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science (HCS) and the School of Environmental and Natural Resources (SENR), combined with elective courses based on student preferences that will allow tailoring of the certificate to specific fields.
5 credit hours
- ENR 5279: Urban Soils and Ecosystem Services: Assessment and Restoration (3 credits)
- HCS 2307: Sustainable Agriculture Practical Experience (2 credits)
Select a minimum of 7 credits from the courses listed below
- ENR 3000: Soil Science (3 credits)
- ENR 3001*: Soil Science Lab (1 credit)
- ENR 5290*: Soil Health (3 credits)
- Any 1 of these 3 courses
- ENR 3100: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture (3 credits)
- ENR 3500*: Community, Environment and Development (3 credits)
- AEDEcon/PUBAFRS/CRPlan 5900: Food System Planning and the Economy (3 credits)
- ENTMLGY 2200: Beekeeping (3 credits)
- HCS 2306: Sustainable Vegetable Production Practicum: Planning, Growing and Marketing (3 credits)
- HCS 3200: Introduction to Horticulture (3 credits)
- HCS 3320*: Plant Propagation: The Manipulation of Plant Reproduction (3 credits)
Restrictions and general info
- A minimum 2.00 cumulative point-hour ratio is required in the Certificate course work; and a minimum grade of a C- is required for each course used to complete this Certificate.
- A student is permitted to overlap up to 50% of credit hours between other degree programs (major, minor, other certificates, or GE).
- Course work graded Pass/Non-Pass cannot count in the Certificate program and no more than 3 credit hours of course work graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory may count toward the Certificate.
- No more than 3 credit hours of 3488 (Professional Development), 4193 (Individual Studies), 4189 (Field Experience), 4999 (Research with Distinction), or 4999H (Honors Research with Distinction) may count toward the Certificate.
- A student is permitted to count up to 6 total hours of transfer credit and/or credit by examination toward the Certificate program.
- At least 12 total credit hours counting in the Certificate must be earned in regular OSU coursework.
- Consult with Advisor for filing deadlines.
Please note
- * This course has prerequisites
Program requirements can grow and change - always be sure to check with the certificate advisor to ensure you are on the right track.