Earn a UMD Certificate in International Ag & Natural Resources

Prepare for the challenges of working in an increasingly interdependent world and learn more about how to combine a major in a relevant discipline with the required coursework to earn a Certificate in International Agriculture & Natural Resources here: https://agnr.umd.edu/academics/programs-study/international-agriculture-and-natural-resources
Degree Earned: Certificate

Students are required to:

• Relate their disciplinary knowledge and technical skills to global agriculture and natural resources issues
• Become familiar with a foreign language
• Study abroad
• Learn the international aspects of the environment, agricultural production, nutrition, development, and business.

Program Requirements:
International Courses
At least 9 credits from the following list of courses:

• AREC 365 World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies
• AREC 433* Food and Agricultural Policy
• AREC 445* Agricultural Development, Population Growth, and the Environment
• BGMT 392* Introduction to International Business Management
• ECON 315* Economic Development of Undeveloped Areas
• GEOG 330* Cultural Geography
• GVPT 306* Global Ecopolitics
• NFSC 425* International Nutrition
• ENST 440 Crops, Soils, and Civilization
• ENST 100 International Crop Production - Issues & Challenges of the 21st Century

*These courses have at least one prerequisite. Please plan your schedule accordingly.

At least 3 of these courses must be in the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources for students majoring in programs outside of the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources.

Foreign Language
6-8 credits in a foreign language

Travel Study or Study Abroad

• You will earn 3-4 credits of travel study or study abroad. (Prerequisite: foreign language coursework. Prerequisite or co-requisite: Six credits from the International Courses list.)
• In order to quality for the certificate, travel study and study abroad experiences require prior approval of Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• For approval, travel experience must demonstrate significant learning opportunities in areas related to agriculture and natural resources and cultural immersion.

Travel Study Seminar
1 credit Travel Study Seminar (Prerequisite: completion of the travel study requirement.)
Students are required to make a presentation of their travel experience including a paper, a poster presentation and an oral presentation with discussion.