Instruction in the basic biological and physical sciences, social sciences, landscape design, and engineering principles is conducted in well-designed classrooms and laboratories. The application of basic principles to practical situations is demonstrated for the student in numerous ways. In addition to on-campus facilities, several operating education and research facilities are located throughout Maryland. Horticultural and agronomic crops, turf, beef, dairy cattle, and poultry are maintained under practical and research conditions are also used for environmental studies. Four units of mathematics should be elected by students who plan to major in biological resources engineering.
Advisors normally work with a limited number of students and are able to give individual guidance.
Students entering the freshman year with a definite choice of curriculum are assigned to departmental advisors for counsel and planning of all academic programs. Students who have not selected a definite curriculum are assigned to a general advisor who assists with the choice of electives and acquaints students with opportunities in the curricula in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and in other units of the University. A number of scholarships are available for students enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Siegfried Weisberger Jr. Scholarship Fund, Theodore B. and Georgianna Miles Weiss Memorial Fund, Marian M. Weiss Scholarship, and the Winslow Foundation. Honors students work with a faculty mentor and must take at least 12 credits of honors courses including a senior thesis.