Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences


The Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences is one of the ten colleges of Washington State University that offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Established as Washington Agricultural College and School of Science, the college started instructions on January 13, 1892. The college is in Pullman, Washington, and became a land-grant college after the passage of Morrill Act. The college provides education, research and services through fifteen academic departments, four research and extension centers, and thirty-nine county extension offices across the state of Washington. The college is known for apple production, grape growers and small grain genetics and breeding.

Departments

The college is divided into fifteen departments and schools, which offer approximately twenty majors. They include:
In the fiscal year 2008-09, the Agricultural Research Center of the college was awarded more than $33.5 million of grants and contracts for funded agricultural research. The Agricultural Research Centers includes 15 departments of the CAHNRS and the following institutes, laboratories, and Research centers: