Regenerative Organic Agriculture, MS

Program Description

In the MS ROA program, students build a complete skill set to create food, feed, and fiber systems that regenerate soil health, nourish communities, and mitigate climate change.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successfully completing the Master of Science in Regenerative Organic Agriculture, a student will be able to:

1. Utilize the science and technology of consciousness for the development of self-knowledge and personal growth.
2. Analyze societal, environmental, and economic factors that influence practices and industry unique to the applied values of regenerative organic agriculture.
3. Justify the value of regenerative organic agricultural practices from a local to a global scale.
4. Develop effective strategies for regenerative organic enterprises related to both inputs and outputs in agriculture.
5. Produce a final project in the form of an empirical study, literature review paper, grant, or business plan based on personal regenerative organic agriculture goals.

Transfer Credit Policy

With prior written approval of the program director, up to 8 credits from graduate-level courses relevant to the MS-ROA degree may be accepted as transfer credit to count toward course requirements.

Graduation Requirements

To graduate with an MS in Regenerative Organic Agriculture, students must successfully complete 33 total credits of study, including the Science of Creative Intelligence course required for all graduate students or the Consciousness in Agriculture course sequence, one Forest Academy course in each semester in which the student is enrolled for 12 weeks or more, 17 credits of core MS ROA courses, and 12 credits of graduate-level AG-designated electives.