Haley School of Agriculture & Natural Sciences has three academic departments: Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences; Human Ecology; and Natural Sciences. Undergraduate programs in pre-veterinary medicine, plant and soil science, animal
and poultry science, agribusiness, agricultural studies, nutrition, dietetics, fashion
merchandising, early child development, family and consumer sciences, biology,
chemistry and environmental science are representative of the School's varied
curricula. Graduate programs, at both the Masters and Doctoral levels, are offered
in Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences, and the Masters degree is offered
Food and Agricultural Sciences. The Dean of the School is also the 1890 Agriculture
Research Director of the UMES Agricultural Experiment Station (AES). SANS is unique among the academic schools at UMES in that its food and agricultural
research programs receive annual federal formula funding through provisions of
Public Law 89-106. The fund is identified as the Evans-Allen Program under Section
1445 of the Farm Bill (PL95-113) and is appropriated to UMES by the U.S. Because of the annual appropriations, the
research agenda and goals of the departments of Agriculture, Food and Resource
Sciences and Human Ecology are aligned with those of the USDA and the
Experiment Station Section (ESS) of the Association of the Public and Land-Grant
Colleges (APLU). The USDA also provides 1890 Land-Grants with the opportunity
to compete for research, extension and teaching capacity building grants, which
strengthen research, extension, and teaching in the food and agricultural sciences
at these institutions. The aim of the UMES Agricultural Experiment Station is to provide enhanced
knowledge and technology to improve the viability and sustainability of agriculture
and food systems; enhance the quality of natural resources and the enviornment;
and serve communities, families, and consumers.
