Students in Ike Lea
Associate in Applied Science

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Kaaike Building Lobby with Students

Program Overview

2 Years 60-62 Credits
The Agriculture & Natural Resources program provides instruction for those in need of training, retraining, or skills upgrading in the field of agriculture, and those wishing to transfer to a four-year college or university. Diverse learning activities are provided at facilities on Maui and Molokai. Graduates can start their own farming business, work as landscaping technicians, field or lab technicians, manage nurseries or act as restoration specialists. Certificate of Competence (CO) (GIS) and Certificate of Achievement (CA) also available.

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Take The Next Step

Request more information about this program or contact the Program Coordinator to learn more:
Ann Emmsley
808-984-3243
aemmsley@hawaii.edu

Course Schedules

View a month-by-month schedule of courses, as well as descriptions for each.

Scholarships

View our current scholarship opportunities. Financial aid is available for those who qualify.

Academic Counseling

Linda Fujitani
808-984-3226
lkfujita@hawaii.edu

Program Information

The Agriculture & Natural Resources program provides instruction for those in need of training, retraining, or skills upgrading in the field of agriculture, and those wishing to transfer to a four-year college or university. Diverse learning activities are provided at facilities on Maui and Molokai. The Maui facility includes a 10,700 sq. ft. greenhouse and 1.5 acres of vegetable fields and landscapes. The Molokai Farm includes a 5,000 sq. ft. greenhouse, orchards, and vegetable fields on 28 acres of land.
Projections point to a continued need for well-trained people in all aspects of the green industry. Hotels and condominiums face increasing demand for personnel to design and maintain aesthetically pleasing landscapes in an environmentally sound manner. Farms and agriculturally related businesses need informed individuals to implement new technologies and sustainable agriculture techniques. Numerous opportunities exist for entrepreneurs in vegetable, flower, and nursery crop production as well as landscape maintenance. The New Farmer Institute at UHMC is devoted to assisting outstanding students and graduates with becoming agriprenuers. Students interested in an interdisciplinary degree in cultural and natural resource management are encouraged to speak with the program coordinator.

Students may transfer to other institutions after beginning their academic and technical training on Maui or Molokai. Some agriculture courses are articulated or can be used as electives at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo or University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The eCampus of Oregon State University offers a degree in general agriculture that allows UHMC agriculture students the opportunity to pursue a bachelor degree while living here in Maui County.

Contact the program coordinator, Ann Emmsley, at 984-3243, or by email at aemmsley@hawaii.edu for latest program schedule cycle.

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE AG PROGRAM, THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

    1. Use basic business principles to manage projects or design a horticultural business enterprise.
    2. Recommend cultural practices, solve problems, plan projects, and cultivate horticultural crops in a sustainable manner based on sound biological and technological principles.
    3. Explain the relationships between agro‐ecosystems, economics, human culture, and natural environments.
    4. Design gardens that demonstrate aesthetic principles. (Landscape & Horticulture only)