Departments & Units

The College of Agricultural Sciences includes the following 12 academic units, which provide research, teaching, and extension support in the animal, plant, food, engineering, environmental, social, and business management sciences.

Academic Units

• Agricultural & Biological Engineering
• Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
• Agricultural & Extension Education
• Crop & Soil Sciences
• Dairy and Animal Science
• Entomology
• Food Science
• School of Forest Resources
• Horticulture
• Plant Pathology
• Poultry Science
• Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Service Units

• Administrative Services
• Ag Analytical Services Laboratory
• Snider Ag Arena
• Animal Diagnostic Lab
• Busing Services
• Conferences and Short Courses
• Communications and Marketing
• Extension Staff Development
• Farm Operations and Services
• Grants and Contracts
• Information Technologies (IT)
• Office of Human Resources

Centers & Institutes

• Agricultural Law and Education Center
• Biomass Energy Center
• Center for Bioremediation and Detoxification
• Center for Economic and Community Development
• Center for Chemical Ecology
• Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
• Center for Molecular Immunology & Infectious Disease
• Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenisis
• Center for Plasticulture
• Center for Watershed Stewardship
• Environmental and Natural Resources Institute
• Forestland Management Office
• Grazing Research and Education Center
• Integrated Pest Management Program
• Laurel Haven Conservation Education Center
• Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
• Office for Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Resources
• Pesticide Education Program
• Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment
• USDA Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit

Research & Extension Centers

• Fruit Research and Extension Center
• Lake Erie Regional Grape Research and Extension Center
• Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center
• Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center