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The mission of the MSU-CANR is to enhance the quality of life for the people of Michigan and the world by advancing knowledge for the management of communities and agricultural, natural resource and food systems to meet diverse human needs in a sustainable manner.

Our staff consists of 40 faculty members (including joint appointments), 7 academic specialists, 27 post-docs, and 60 administrative and support personnel. We offer two undergraduate majors, two Agricultural Technology Certificate programs, two Masters programs, and three Doctoral programs, enrolling approximately 300 students.

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The College of Agriculture is dedicated to the land-grant mission of teaching, research and extension of agricultural, food and natural resource issues.

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The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition is jointly administered by the College of Agriculture (CAG) and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS). There are 40 faculty members, 31 staff members, 70 graduate students, and 270 undergraduate students.

We offer 44 undergraduate and 47 graduate courses, the BA/BS in sociology or in an interdisciplinary program in public service and administration in agriculture, and the MS and PhD in sociology and rural sociology.

The Department of Microbiology of the University of Massachusetts Amherst offers programs of graduate study leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in microbiology. Also offers a special "5th Year Masters Program" designed exclusively for its undergraduate Microbiology majors.

Animal management and industry; avian business; laboratory animal management; animal sciences/veterinary medicine; equine studies.