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Nov 23, 2024

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Samuel Nahashon, Ph.D.,
Interim Department Chair
Office: 108 Lawson Hall (615) 963-5829 or 5431
snahashon@tnstate.edu

Major: Agricultural Sciences
Degree: Master of Science (M.S.)
Options: Thesis, Non-Thesis

Concentrations:

Agribusiness Management and Analysis
Food Supply Chain Management
Agricultural Education
Animal Science
Plant Science

Agricultural Sciences Faculty

Programs

Masters

Agricultural Sciences, Agribusiness Management and Analysis, M.S.
Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Education, M.S.
Agricultural Sciences, Animal Science, M.S.
Agricultural Sciences, Food Supply Chain Management, M.S.
Agricultural Sciences, Plant Science, M.S.
Applied Geospatial Information Systems, P.S.M.

Doctoral

Biological Sciences, Ph.D.

Certificate

Applied Geospatial Information Systems Certificate

Courses

Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

AGSC 5010 - Foundation of Agricultural and Extension Education (3)
AGSC 5012 - Food Supply and Value Chain Management (3)
AGSC 5014 - Food Marketing and Retail Management (3)
AGSC 5020 - Curriculum Development for Formal Agricultural and Extension Education (3)
AGSC 5030 - Instructional Design in Agricultural and Extension Education (3)
AGSC 5040 - Program Planning and Evaluation in Vocational Education (3)
AGSC 5050 - Special Problems in Vocational Education (3)
AGSC 5060 - Statistics for Research Workers (3)
AGSC 5080 - Agribusiness Management and Market Analysis (3)
AGSC 5090 - Food and Fiber Industry: Economics & Policy (3)
AGSC 5100 - Environmental, Resource Economics and Management (3)
AGSC 5110 - Research Methods (3)
AGSC 5120 - Thesis Writing (4)
AGSC 5130 - Animal Nutrition (3)
AGSC 5140 - Special Problems in Animal and Poultry Science (3)
AGSC 5150 - Livestock Management (3)
AGSC 5160 - Animal Genetics and Breeding (3)
AGSC 5170 - Advanced Poultry Production and Management (3)
AGSC 5180 - Soil Classification (3)
AGSC 5190 - Plant Breeding (3)
AGSC 5220 - Plant Growth Substances (3)
AGSC 5230 - Advanced Propagation of Horticultural Plants (3)
AGSC 5240 - Advanced Pomology (3)
AGSC 5260 - Soil and Plant Analysis (3)
AGSC 5280 - Advanced Poultry Nutrition and Biotechnology (3)
AGSC 5300 - Decision-making in Agribusiness: Quantitative Applications (3)
AGSC 5310 - International Agricultural Trade and Marketing (3)
AGSC 5330 - Agribusiness Strategy (3)
AGSC 5350 - Independent Study-Contemporary Issues and Problems (3)
AGSC 5610-5620 - Graduate Seminar in Agricultural Sciences (1-1)
AGSC 6520 - Advanced Spatial Analysis (3)
AGSC 7010 - Advancement in Agricultural Biotechnology (3)
AGSC 7020 - Economic, Regulatory and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology (3)
AGSC 7030 - Gene Expression and Regulation in Higher Plants (3)
AGSC 7040 - Plant Tissue Culture Methods and Applications (3)
AGSC 7050 - Biotechnology in Animal Reproduction (3)
AGSC 7060 - Soil Technology (3)
AGSC 7070 - Molecular Genetic Ecology (3)

Professional Science Master’s - Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

PSMA 6510 - Geospatial Information Systems (3)
PSMA 6525 - Remote Sensing and Image Analysis (3)
PSMA 6530 - Advanced Geospatial Metadata (3)
PSMA 6540 - Advanced Spatial Database Design and Management (3)
PSMA 6550 - Advanced Geospatial Information Systems Application and Design (3)
PSMA 6560 - Advanced Global Positioning Systems (3)
PSMA 6585 - Internship in Applied Geospatial Sciences (3)

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