Cert
Cert
Agronomy,
This certificate expands the current credentials offered by the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture to enhance access, lifelong learning, professional advancement, and flexibility.
Description
The Agronomy Graduate Certificate creates the opportunity for students to gain graduate level knowledge across agronomic topics. Individuals interested in gaining agronomic credentials for their full-time career and those who may be interested in pursuing an MS degree in the future. Individuals will develop advanced knowledge related to agronomic sciences and practices and agronomic decision-making ability in their profession.
For more information, visit: Agronomy
Applying for Admission
Standard requirements for all graduate programs
- Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Transcripts (unofficial): Uploaded as part of application form.
If International: Uploads must include all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certificates, diplomas, and degrees plus certified English translations.
After admission: Official documents are required from all students who are admitted and enroll. Photocopies of certified records are not acceptable. International students enrolled in other U.S. institutions may have certified copies of all foreign records sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies by their current school’s registrar office.
- If applicant’s native language is not English, verification of English proficiency
is required.
When sending TOEFL scores, our institution code is 6877 and a department code is not needed.
- If applicant is not a US citizen and expects an F or J visa: financial information.
- Applicants must also fulfill any additional requirements the department specifies at the time of application.
Additional requirements specific to this program
- Personal Statement
- Academic Eligibility:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a STEM related discipline, with a GPA of 3.0+
- One semester of each of the following 5 areas: plant production or plant systems management, biological sciences, chemistry, algebra, soil science.
Certificate programs are not considered degree programs, so international students should be aware that admission to this program is ineligible for immigration forms for an F-1 student visa.
Admission Application Deadlines
- Spring admission: 1 week before the semester begins
- Summer admission: 1 week before the 3 week/8 week session begins
- Fall admission: 1 week before the fall semester begins
Department
Graduate Chair
Certificate Advisor
Support Staff
Program Faculty
Blaine Johnson (bio)
Plant Breeding, Design and Analysis of Field Crop Experiments, Plant Breeding of Hybrid Crops, Teaching Applied Plant Breeding
Alexander Pavlista (bio)
Potato Production and Pest Management, Potato Physiology, Plant Growth Regulators
Chris Proctor (bio)
Weed Management
Daren Redfearn (bio)
Integrated Forage, Crop, and Beef Systems
Terrance Riordan (bio)
Breeding and Development of Turfgrasses, Fertilizer, Pesticides and Energy
Leah Sandall (bio)
Agronomy and Plant Science
Dipak Santra (bio)
Develop and Enhance Germplasm and Cultivars of New and Existing Alternative Crops for Sustainable Production under Dry Land Farming Conditions in Northern High Plains of the USA
Walter Schacht (bio)
Plant-Grazing Interactions, Drought and Defoliation
Daniel Schachtman (bio)
Molecular Physiology
James Schnable (bio)
Computational Biology
Charles Shapiro (bio)
Cropping Systems, Soil and Crop Nutrient Management
Brandi Sigmon (bio)
Plant Evolution and Development, Comparative Genomics
Meghan Sindelar (bio)
Soil Science and Agronomy
Edward Souza (bio)
Global Wheat Breeding
Mitchell Stephenson (bio)
Range and Forage
Anne Streich (bio)
Turfgrass & Landscape Management
Dirac Twidwell (bio)
Rangeland Ecology and Management Fire Ecology
Carlos Urrea Florez (bio)
Breeding of Dry Bean Varieties That are Resistant to Rust, White Mold, Common Bacteria Blight, and Root Rots
Jerry Volesky (bio)
Grazing, Sandhills Rangeland
Richard Waldren (bio)
Plant Science Teaching
Harkamal Walia (bio)
Crop Responses to Drought, Heat, and Salt Stress
Steven Waller (bio)
Range Management and Improvement
Sam Wortman (bio)
Agronomy/Horticulture, Interactions between plants and the environment, Local, Urban, and Organic Fruit and Vegetable Production, Novel Management Tactics for Improved Sustainability of Specialty Crop Farms
Charles Wortmann (bio)
No-Till Systems, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management, Biosolids Management
Haishun Yang (bio)
Crop Modeler
Melinda Yerka (bio)
Plant Genetics
UNL Graduate Chairs and staff please complete the program update form to provide edits. Updates to graduate program pages are made on an annual basis in conjunction with the Graduate Application for Admission.