Graduate Requirements
23 hours of coursework is required to complete the International Agriculture Certificate Program.
Specific requirements include:
Foreign Language (8 hours)
- Complete or exempt language courses and/or participate in a language intensive study abroad. Language studies from a previous degree are accepted.
Internationally oriented courses (9 hours)
ALDR/AFST/LACS 6710: International Agriculture Development (3 hours)
- Study issues affecting international cooperation, agricultural development and sustainability, technology transfer and extension education.
- Must be completed before the International Agriculture Internship
AESC 6910: International Agriculture Internship (3 hours)
- Participate in a UGA-organized international internship or a semester exchange.
- In order to qualify for credit, your internships or research must be completed in a country where English is not the primary language and incorporate a minimum stay of eight weeks.
Internationally Oriented Courses
International Agriculture Certificate students are required to complete 9 credits of internationally oriented coursework in addition to the foreign language, International Agriculture Course, and International Agriculture Internship. Pre-approved courses are listed below. To request acceptance of a course not on this list, the syllabus must be submitted to the International Agriculture Certificate Program for consideration.
Agricultural and Applied Economics
- AAEC(ENVM) 6710 - Rural Economic Development and Growth
- AAEC 6960 - International Agricultural Trade
- AAEC 8710 – Advanced Agricultural Development and Growth
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- (AESC)EETH 4190/6190 - Agricultural Ethics
Agricultural Leadership
- ALDR 4600/6600 - Issues in Contemporary Agriculture
- ALDR 6540 - Advanced Leadership Theories, Ethics, and Culture
- ALDR 8030 - Diffusion of Innovations
- ALDR 8510 - Leadership in a Global Society
Crop and Soil Sciences
- CRSS 6020S - Social Sustainability in Agricultural and Food Systems
- CRSS(HORT) 6600 - Agro-Ecology
- CRSS(HORT) 6600L - Agro-Ecology Laboratory
- CRSS 7300-7300L - Wildlife Management in Agricultural Ecosytems
Food Science and Technology
- FDST 6100 – Governmental Regulation of Food Safety and Quality
Horticulture
- HORT 6990 – Environmental Issues in Horticulture
Additional Courses
- ECON 6550 – International Trade: Theory and Policy
- ECON 8510 – International Economics I
- ECON 8520 – International Economics II
- EDMS 9120 – Comparative and International Perspectives in Middle Grades Education
- EFND 7010 – Comparative and International Education
- FINA 6810 – International Finance
- FINA 7810 – International Financial Management
- FORS 6200-6200L – International Forest Business
- FORS(ECOL)(GEOG) 6250 – International Forest Management
- GEOL 4030/6030 - Agrogeology
- GEOG 6660 – Urban and Regional Development
- GEOL 4220/6220 - Hydrogeology
- HIST 8220 – Latin American History Research Seminar
- HPAM 8500 – Comparative Health Care Systems
- INTL 6000 – International Policy Formation and Implementation
- INTL 6200 – Pre-Seminar in International Relations
- INTL 8205 – Decision Making in International Relations
- INTL 8210 – International Organization
- INTL 8220 – International Law
- INTL 8230 – International Conflict
- INTL 8240 – International Political Economy
- INTL 8270 – Politics of Trade and Security Policy
- INTL 8380 – Russian and East European Politics
- INTL 8390 – East Asian Political Systems
- INTL 8420 – Game Theory in International Affairs
- JRMC 8350 – International and Cross-cultural Communication
- MGMT 7560 – International Strategic Management
- NRRT 7900 – Tourism and Sustainable Development
- PADP 8240 – Nonprofit Organization in and International Perspective: INGOs and Globalization
- PORT 4040/6060 – Race and Class in Brazil
- WILD 5200/7200 – International Issues in Wildlife Conservation
- WMST 4130/6130 – Transnational Perspectives on Women and Gender