Aquaculture Specialization

Students receive skills needed by the growing aqualcuture industry in Hawai'i and throughout the world. The program takesadvantage of warm freshwater, warm seawater, and cold seawater aquaculture found on the Big Island. Graduates often start their ownvoperations or take positions as aquaculture biologists, technicians, or constultants.
A.  AgriScience Core (35 semester hours):
    1.  Aquaculture Foundation (19 semester hours):
        AgEng 400; Aqua 262, Aqua 350, Aqua 351;Aqua 425; 
        Aqua 475
    2.  AgriScience Foundation (16 semester hours):
        Ag 299; Ag 497; AgBus 320; AnSc 244; AnSc 321, 
        AnSc 445

B.  General Education Core (88 semester hours):
    1.  Social Science & Humanities (18 semester hours)
        Econ 201/Agec 201; Eng 100; Eng 309; 2 Hist/Anth courses;
        SpCom 151           
    2.  Natural Science Foundation (39 semester hours):
        Biol 150; Biol 153; Biol 275; Biol 281; Biol 484; Chem 124;
        Chem 125; Chem 141; Math 121; Phys 106
        3.  Other Electives including College of Agriculture
        courses (31 semester hours)

Description of courses: Agriculture

Other Specializations:   Agribuiness | Aquaculture | Crop Protection|
Agro-Ecology | General Agriculture | Tropical Horticulture




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