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CALS Undergraduate Majors

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  • Agribusiness Economics and Management

    The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics prepares students to assume responsible positions in the management of the world's natural and human resources (land, people, food, water). Private firms and governmental agencies seek employees with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

  • Agricultural Technology Management and Education

    The primary mission of the department is education focusing on the integration, application, and dissemination of knowledge in the agricultural and applied sciences. This major includes options in agricultural systems management (taught in Yuma, AZ only), teaching and agricultural technology management.

  • Animal Sciences

    Animal Sciences studies the production, marketing, and use of animals in agriculture, entertainment, and companionship.

  • Biosystems Engineering

    This program is in conjunction with the College of Engineering. Biosystems engineers use engineering, math, and biology to design and manage resources such as food, soil, air, water and biomaterials.

  • Crop Production

    The University of Arizona Crop Production program is directed and managed by the departments of Soil, Water and Environmental Science and Plant Sciences. This undergraduate major provides a solid foundation for students who want a career in modern agriculture and crop production.

  • Environmental and Water Resource Economics

    The impact of economic activity on the quality of our environment will be a major public issue in the coming decades. This academic major prepares students for public and private jobs in natural resource and environmental management.

  • Environmental Sciences

    This major integrates biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, and agriculture with the study of the environmental quality of land and water resources. It also provides skill development in mathematics, computers, problem solving, and communications.

  • Family Studies and Human Development

    The Family Studies and Human Developmentis major allows students to explore family, interpersonal and human development issues in a program that includes research and community-based internships and practica. The curriculum is designed to establish a foundation in family/interpersonal processes and human development across the life span.

  • Microbiology

    Microbiology is the perfect multidisciplinary curriculum for students interested medical school, graduate school, or other health professions. The program provides a well rounded, cutting-edge education, and includes courses in virology, microbial physiology, genetics, and infectious diseases. The major coursework fulfills medical and graduate school pre-requisites.

  • Natural Resources

    All students earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Renewable Natural Resources with a major in Wildlife, Watershed, and Rangeland Resources (WWRR). Professionals in this field specialize in the conservation and management of natural resources.

  • Nutritional Sciences

    Nutritional science is the study of nutrition and foods in health and disease, humans, and animals. Major courses cover nutrition education, dietetics, nutritional evaluation, and nutritional biochemistry.

  • Plant Sciences

    This program is for students who are interested in plants - growing them, learning how they grow, and understanding how to improve them. The field involves the study of a wide range of organisms, from the smallest bacteria to the largest of living things.

  • Retailing and Consumer Sciences

    Retailing and Consumer Sciences majors examine retail marketing and management principles that are applied across a broad spectrum of national and global retail businesses including store, catalog, internet, and service firms that support these retailers.

  • Veterinary Science

    Veterinary Science is a major that prepares students for careers concerned with animal or human health and welfare, biological or biomedical sciences and biotechnology, or related fields that require science-based academic preparation.

  • No major/undecided

    Contact Ms. Nancy Rodriguez at  nancyr@email.arizona.edu for more information.