RENO, NV - The University of Nevada, Reno is announcing a plan to cut 6.9 percent from its budget, including plans to close the College of Agriculture along with several departments and degree programs.

UNR announced the proposals Monday to meet a state-mandated reduction of $11-million, decided by the Legislature’s Special Session.

Here’s a breakdown of the proposed closures and cuts:

• Bachelor’s degrees in animal science and animal biotechnology, the minor in animal science and the master’s in animal science


• Bachelor’s degrees in agricultural and applied economics, the minor in agribusiness, the bachelor’s degree in environmental and resource economics, the minor in natural resource and environmental economics, and the master’s and doctorate in resource economics


• Master’s degrees in all education counseling fields, education specialist, and teaching English to students of other languages in the College of Education, as well as all doctorate-level degrees in the College of Education.


• Minor, major and master’s degree programs in German studies, French and Italian through the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures


• Bachelor’s degree in interior design


• Doctorate degrees in anthropology, history and political science, master’s degree in philosophy and master’s degree in speech communication


• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management


• Bachelor’s degree in statistics and a master’s degree offering with a statistics concentration

The University says some students in degree programs slated to be cut will be allowed to complete their degrees before their departments close, while other students will be referred to other departments to receive degrees in related areas. Students will be contacted individually for academic advisement.

Decisions will be made by June 30th of this year, and changes will become effective on June 30th of 2011.

If the proposals are approved, more than 75 faculty and staff members will be without jobs beginning July 1st of 2011.