The University of Connecticut's College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources (CAHNR) is the oldest of UConn's fourteen colleges, and teaches a wide range of subjects. It is the oldest agricultural school in Connecticut, originally established with two purposes, conducting agriculture research and teaching practical skills to modernize farming.[1][2] The college describes its mission as working "toward a global sustainable future."[3] To that end, besides conducting research and teaching, the college's faculty also work together with Connecticut communities on projects related to food systems, agriculture, human health, nutrition and physical activity, and environmental science.
Today the college has academic departments in areas such as the sciences of animals, plants, and nutrition; pathobiology and veterinary science; landscape architecture; resource economics, and others fields.[4]
As of 2020,[update] there were 22,522 graduates of the CAHNR.[5] Undergraduates earn Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees, with the exception of Environmental Studies (EVST), which leads to a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). Students at the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture (RHSA) grants Associate of Applied Sciences (A.A.S.) degrees in Plant Science, Animal Science, and Urban Forestry and Arboriculture.[4][5] Students from both RHSA and CAHNR take their courses together although the programs are different schools of the university.[4][5]