Minors and Certificate Programs

The following minors and interdisciplinary certificate programs in a number of the mission areas of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences are open to all undergraduate students at Rutgers.

Options in several of the minors indicate either a subject-matter emphasis or a degree of expertise in cognate fields represented by the courses of the option.

Certificates are awarded only with or subsequent to the awarding of a baccalaureate degree in an approved major.

Minor Programs

  1. Agroecology
  2. Animal Science
  3. Biochemistry
  4. Companion Animal Science
  5. Ecology and Evolution
  6. Education
  7. Endocrine Physiology and Health Sciences
  8. Entomology
  9. Environmental and Business Economics
  10. Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior
  11. Environmental Sciences
  12. Equine Science
  13. Food Science
  14. Leadership Skills
  15. Marine Sciences
  16. Meteorology
  17. Microbiology
  18. Natural Resource Management
  19. Nutrition
  20. Plant Science

Certificate Programs

  1. Environmental Geomatics
  2. Environmental Planning
  3. Food Systems Education and Administration
  4. Horticultural Therapy
  5. International Agriculture/Environment
  6. Medicinal and Economic Botany
  7. Plant Biosecurity
  8. Professional Youth Work
  9. Urban/Community Forestry

  1. Rutgers
  2. Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  3. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station