Department of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. David Lust, department head

Happy State Bank Academic and Research Building, AGS 231
WTAMU Box 60998
806-651-2551 • Fax 806-651-2938
dlust@wtamu.edu • Department Website

Dr. Mallory Vestal, assistant department head

Happy State Bank Academic & Research Building, AGS 241
806-651-2718
mvestal@wtamu.edu

For a listing of Graduate Faculty Membership, go to: Graduate Faculty Membership.

The Department of Agricultural Sciences houses state of the art classrooms and innovative research laboratories in the Happy State Bank Academic & Research Building, part of the newly constructed Agricultural Sciences Complex along with the Piehl-Schaeffer Pavilion and a multi-purpose arena. The Caviness Meat Science and Innovation Center includes the Beef Carcass Research Center, plus a federally inspected meat processing facility and retail store. The 2,500-acre Nance Ranch, Research Feedyard and Feedmill, Horse Center, Greenhouse, and the Stanley Schaeffer Agriculture Education Learning Lab are also all available and utilized to provide research opportunities and “hands on” experience for students. Further, the relationships with other agricultural research entities in the area provide collaborative opportunities to be involved in cutting-edge research on the challenges and opportunities facing the dynamic agricultural industry.

Discipline - Course Prefix
Agriculture Business and Economics - AGBE
Agriculture - AGRI
Animal Science - ANSC
Plant, Soil and Environmental Science - PSES

NOTE: See the “Course Descriptions ” section of this catalog for a complete list of courses offered by the University.

Programs

Doctoral

Agriculture Ph.D.

Master