2024-2025 Course Catalog
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Code | Title | Credits |
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Degree Core Requirements | ||
ALS 1234 | CALS First Year Seminar | 1 |
ALCE 3634 | Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Speaking | 3 |
or ALCE 3624 | Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Writing | |
BIOL 1105 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
BIOL 1106 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
ENSC 1015 | Foundations of Environmental Science | 3 |
HORT/BIOL 2304 | Plant Biology 1 | 3 |
PPWS 2104 | Plants, Genes, and People 1 | 3 |
PPWS 4104 | Plant Pathology | 4 |
Subtotal | 23 | |
Crop and Soil Sciences Major Requirements | ||
AAEC 2434 | Foundations of Agribusiness 1 | 3 |
CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 1 |
CHEM 1046 | General Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 1 |
CSES 2444 | Agronomic Crops | 3 |
CSES 3114/GEOS 3614 | Soils 1 | 3 |
CSES 3124/GEOS 3624 | Soils Laboratory 1 | 1 |
CSES 4144 | Plant Breeding and Genetics | 3 |
CSES 4214 | Soil Fertility and Management 1 | 3 |
ENT 4254 | Insect Pest Management 1 | 3 |
Subtotal | 21 | |
Restricted Electives | ||
Select an Approved Minor or a minimum of 18 credits of the following: | 18 | |
Personal Financial Planning | ||
Agricultural Production and Consumption Economics 1 | ||
Environmental Law | ||
Marketing Agricultural Products 1 | ||
Agricultural Law | ||
Ecological Agriculture: Theory and Practice | ||
Principles of Biology | ||
Ecology 1 | ||
Organic Chemistry 1 | ||
Organic Chemistry 1 | ||
Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 | ||
Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 | ||
Foundations of Precision Agriculture | ||
Agriculture, Global Food Security and Health | ||
Crop Evaluation | ||
Turfgrass Management 1 | ||
Soil Description and Interpretation 1 | ||
Soil Physical and Hydrological Properties 1 | ||
Plant Materials for Environmental Restoration | ||
Soil Microbiology | ||
Soil Genesis and Classification 1 | ||
Principles and Practice of Agroforestry | ||
Crop Physiology and Ecology | ||
Forage Crop Ecology | ||
Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands | ||
Wetland Soils and Mitigation 1 | ||
Ecological Restoration | ||
Environmental Soil Chemistry | ||
Insects and Human Society | ||
Pesticide Usage 1 | ||
Environmental Factors in Horticulture | ||
Plants, Places, and Cultures in a Global Context | ||
Environmental Factors in Horticulture | ||
Weeds That Shape Our World | ||
Plant Problem Diagnosis 1 | ||
Biological Invasions 1 | ||
Cannabis - Science, Industry, and Culture | ||
World Crops: Food and Culture | ||
Subtotal | 18 | |
Free Electives | ||
Select 13 credit hours of free electives | 13 | |
Subtotal | 13 | |
Pathways to General Education | ||
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | ||
ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing (1F) | 3 |
ENGL 1106 | First-Year Writing (1F) | 3 |
Select three credits in Pathway 1a | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | ||
Select six credits in Pathway 2 | 6 | |
Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | ||
AAEC 1005 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System | 3 |
or ECON 2005 | Principles of Economics | |
Select three credits in Pathway 3 | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM 1036 | General Chemistry 1 | 3 |
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | ||
MATH 1014 | Precalculus with Transcendental Functions (5F) | 3 |
Select three credits in Pathway 5f | 3 | |
Select three credits in Pathway 5a | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | ||
Select three credits in Pathway 6d | 3 | |
Select three credits of Pathway 6a | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
Select three credits of Pathway 7 (may be double-counted with another Pathways concept) | 3 | |
Subtotal | 45 | |
Total Credits | 120 |
Prerequisites: Some courses listed on this checksheet may have pre-/co-requisites; please consult the University Course Catalog or check with your advisor.
Note:
Total Hours Required: 120
Upon having attempted 60 credits (including transfer, advanced placement, advanced standing and credit by examination), "satisfactory progress" toward a BS PLSC degree will include passing the following:
SPES 1004 First Year Seminar : Any University approved First Year Experience (FYE) Course
A sequence of two foreign language courses (Classical or ASL) is required unless two years of the same high school foreign language or 6 transfer credits of the same foreign language are completed. These credits do not count toward graduation requirements.
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