Program
Master of Science Degree in IAD
The International Agricultural Development M.S. degree program prepares students for careers in global agricultural and rural development, especially of developing and less-industrialized regions. This is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with knowledge and skills that will enable them to implement, facilitate, and manage programs that enhance agricultural development, resource management, and rural life.
Students are prepared to accomplish biological and technological improvement in agricultural and natural systems to facilitate social innovation. Training in International Agricultural Development includes both breadth and depth components. Breadth components, required of all M.S. students, aim to establish an understanding of the issues in international development as it relates to agriculture and the environment. These include the history and philosophy of development, leadership and management techniques, fundamentals of crop and livestock farming systems, and agricultural economics. Students acquire depth in their own areas of specialization within the agricultural and social sciences. The areas are agricultural and resource economics, agricultural engineering, agronomy, animal science, anthropology, aquaculture, avian science, community development, ecology, economics, entomology, environmental design, environmental toxicology, food science, gender, geography, horticulture, nutrition, plant pathology, plant biology, plant protection and pest management, political science, pomology, preventive veterinary medicine, range science, sociology, soil science, sustainable agriculture, vegetable crops, viticulture, and water science.
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Practical and on-site experience with development issues is encouraged and facilitated by guidance from the group’s approximately 80 faculty members, who possess a wide range of experience in international development.
Graduate students at UC Davis are officially students of Graduate Studies and work under the supervision of faculty members who are organized in groups and departments. The University of California, Davis, Master of Science degree in International Agricultural Development (IAD) is administered by a graduate group composed of 80 faculty members in 31 departments across the campus. Graduate students must satisfy the requirements of both Graduate Studies and the IAD Graduate Group. This Program Guide is intended to help IAD students plan and complete their graduate program.
Graduate Group
Members of the Graduate Group are faculty who are involved in teaching, research, and extension. They have a direct interest in international agricultural development, and are recognized by Graduate Studies as qualified to administer a graduate program. The group considers and acts upon any matters pertaining to the graduate program in International Agricultural Development.
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Group Chair
The Chancellor appoints the Chair for a three-year term. It is the Chair’s duty to call meetings of the group and preside over them. The Chair coordinates review of student application for admission and fellowships, and serves as Master Advisor.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of four elected members based on professional representation in the graduate group, and two students nominated by the graduate students. The group Chairperson and graduate advisors are ex-officio members. The Executive Committee considers and prepares announcements for the University General Catalog, and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences pertaining to graduate study and research in international agricultural development. The committee also makes recommendations for minimum requirements for degrees.
Admissions and Fellowship Committee
The Admissions Committee, composed of at least 6 members of the graduate group representing the diversity of disciplines within the group, recommends acceptance or rejection of students applying for admission into the IAD program and helps locate appropriate Major Professors.
Study Plan Advising Form (Excel) (pdf)
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