Education is not a "one-size-fits-all" proposition. Maybe you'd like to return to college and pursue a graduate degree in agronomy, but your time, schedule, location, work or family commitments don't allow you to take traditional "resident" classes on campus. Perhaps you don't need a full degree, just certain courses or workshops to enhance your career or further your personal or professional development goals.  These and other reasons bring adult learners to our online courses and other life-long learning opportunities.

At UNL's Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, we offer a complete online non-thesis M.S. in Agronomy degree program, as well as a variety of courses and workshops to meet the needs of nondegree-seeking students and life-long learners. The majority of our classes and workshops, listed below by topic area, are offered for academic credit, as well as for noncredit professional development.  Unless otherwise indicated, all courses are offered for one academic credit. 

To earn academic credit for courses, students must be enrolled in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; graduate students are also required to be admitted to UNL's Graduate School. Academic students are expected to complete assignments which go beyond what is expected of students taking classes for noncredit professional development. Earned academic credits can be applied towards related degree programs at UNL, undergraduate or graduate, or transferred to other institutions.

For detailed information on courses listed in the table, below, simply click on the course name. If you have additional questions, please contact Cathy Dickinson, 402.472.1730, e-mail: cdickinson2@unl.edu. You are also welcome to contact individual instructors, whose contact information can be accessed by clicking on their names adjacent to or within course listings.

Spring 2010 Academic Registration 
Spring 2010 Noncredit Registration

General Registration Information
UNL Schedule of Classes
Tuition & Fees
Financial Aid
Graduate Admissions

Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDC)
Crop Management Programs & Clinics
Crop Protection Clinics
Online Entomology Courses & Programs 
Extended Education & Outreach
Master of Applied Science Degree
Pesticide Education
Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary

Genetics and Plant Breeding

6/07/10 - 7/09/10  

Donald Lee

8/23/10 - 12/10/10

Deana Namuth-Covert

Spring 2012 

Deana Namuth-Covert 

Spring 2011

Deana Namuth-Covert

8/24/10 - 9/23/10 

P. Stephen Baenziger

9/28/10 - 11/02/10

P. Stephen Baenziger

11/04/10 - 12/09/10 

Thomas Hoegemeyer

3/03/10 - 4/08/10

Thomas Hoegemeyer 

Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance
(Field-Oriented Short Course at Colorado State University)

6/14/10 - 6/25/10

Faculty From 4 Universities, Including P. Stephen Baenziger

6/07/10 - 7/09/10 

Donald Lee

7/12/10 - 8/12/10

Donald Lee

Horticulture & Turf Science

7/12/10 - 8/12/10 

Donald Lee

3/01/10 - 4/30/10 

Roch Gaussoin

Spring 2012 

Gary Yuen

Spring 2011 

Stevan Knezevic

Spring 2012 

Ellen Paparozzi

8/23/10 - 12/10/10 

Roch Gaussoin and Kim Todd

 8/23/10 - 12/10/10 

Dave Lambe 

Fall 2010 

Kim Todd

Master of Applied Science

Dates Arranged

John Markwell

Plant Pathology

Spring 2012 

Gary Yuen

Spring 2012 

Mark Bernards 

Plant Physiology and Production

7/12/10 - 8/12/10 

Donald Lee

Spring 2012

Ellen Paparozzi

Spring 2011 

Stephen Mason

3/01/10 - 4/16/10 

Stephen Mason

8/23/10 - 12/10/10 

John Markwell

Soil and Water Science

Spring 2011 

Steven Comfort

1/29/10 - 4/30/10 

Richard Ferguson

Free Resource

Keith Glewen

Free Resource 

Deana Namuth Covert

Free Resource 

Martha Mamo

Range & Forage Science

6/21/10 - 6/25/10

Instructors TBA
(Coordinator is Walter Schacht)

5/17/10 - 7/09/10 

Walt Schacht

Weed Science

3/01/10 - 4/30/10 

Roch Gaussoin

Spring 2011 

Stevan Knezevic

Spring 2012 

Mark Bernards