2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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Code | Title | Credits |
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Degree Core Requirements | ||
ALS 1234 | CALS First Year Seminar | 1 |
or SPES 1004 | First Year Seminar | |
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 |
or ENSC 1016 | Foundations of Environmental Science | |
HORT/BIOL 2304 | Plant Biology | 3 |
PPWS 2104 | Plants, Genes, and People | 3 |
PPWS 4104 | Plant Pathology | 4 |
Subtotal | 23 | |
Major Requirements | ||
CSES 2444 | Agronomic Crops | 3 |
or HORT 2234 | Environmental Factors in Horticulture | |
or CSES 2564 | Turfgrass Management | |
CSES 3114 | Soils | 3 |
CSES 3124 | Soils Laboratory | 1 |
CSES 2224 | Foundations of Precision Agriculture | 3 |
CSES 4224 | Applied Concepts in Precision Agriculture | 3 |
CSES 4234 | Agro Data Integration | 3 |
CSES 4524 | Drone Applications in Ag Systems | 3 |
CSES 4534 | Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Farming | 3 |
GEOG 2084 | Principles of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
Subtotal | 25 | |
Restricted Electives | ||
Select an Approved Minor or a minimum of 18 credits of the following: 1 | 18 | |
Personal Financial Planning | ||
Foundations of Agribusiness | ||
Agricultural Production and Consumption Economics | ||
Environmental Law | ||
Marketing Agricultural Products | ||
Agricultural Law | ||
Ecological Agriculture: Theory and Practice | ||
Ecology | ||
Introduction to Programming in C | ||
Introduction to Programming in Java | ||
Introduction to Programming in Python | ||
Introduction to Software Design | ||
Agriculture, Global Food Security and Health | ||
Crop Evaluation | ||
Soil Description and Interpretation | ||
Soil Physical and Hydrological Properties | ||
Soil Genesis and Classification | ||
Plant Breeding and Genetics | ||
Soil Fertility and Management | ||
Crop Physiology and Ecology | ||
Forage Crop Ecology | ||
Wetland Soils and Mitigation | ||
Plant Materials for Environmental Restoration | ||
Environmental Soil Chemistry | ||
Bioremediation | ||
Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands | ||
Insect Pest Management | ||
Pesticide Usage | ||
Introduction to Remote Sensing | ||
Plants, Places, and Cultures in a Global Context | ||
Environmental Factors in Horticulture | ||
Greenhouse and Controlled Environment Agriculture Management | ||
General Physics | ||
or PHYS 2305 | Foundations of Physics | |
General Physics | ||
Weeds That Shape Our World | ||
Microbial Forensics and Biosecurity | ||
Plant Problem Diagnosis | ||
Biological Invasions | ||
Cannabis - Science, Industry, and Culture | ||
Topics: StudyAway: Production, Culture and Social Aspects US Agriculture | ||
Up to 3 credit hours can be selected from the following courses: | ||
Study Abroad (1-3) | ||
Field Study (1-3) | ||
Independent Study (1-3) | ||
Undergraduate Research (1-3) | ||
Subtotal | 18 | |
Free Electives | ||
Select remaining credit hours of free electives to fulfill 120 credit hour minimum. | 7 | |
Subtotal | 7 | |
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 | |
AAEC 1005 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System | 3 |
or ECON 2005 | Principles of Economics | |
Select 3 credits in Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences | ||
CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM 1036 | General Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
CHEM 1046 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | ||
CS 1014 | Introduction to Computational Thinking | 3 |
MATH 1025 | Elementary Calculus | 3 |
or MATH 1225 | Calculus of a Single Variable | |
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 | 47 | |
Total Credits | 120 |
Approved Minors
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.
First Year | ||
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Fall Semester | Credits | |
BIOL 1105 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
CHEM 1035 | General Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM 1045 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
ENGL 1105 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
MATH 1025 | Elementary Calculus | 3 |
SPES 1004 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
Credits | 14 | |
Spring Semester | ||
BIOL 1106 | Principles of Biology | 3 |
CHEM 1046 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
CHEM 1036 | General Chemistry | 3 |
CS 1014 | Introduction to Computational Thinking | 3 |
ENGL 1106 | First-Year Writing | 3 |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Second Year | ||
Fall Semester | ||
CSES 2224 | Foundations of Precision Agriculture | 3 |
ENSC 1015 | Foundations of Environmental Science | 3 |
HORT 2224 | Horticulture Science and Industry or Agronomic Crops or Turfgrass Management | 2 |
PPWS 2104 | Plants, Genes, and People | 3 |
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | 3 | |
Credits | 14 | |
Spring Semester | ||
ALCE 3624 or ALCE 3634 | Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Writing or Communicating Ag and Life Sciences in Speaking | 3 |
GEOG 2084 | Principles of Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
HORT 2304 | Plant Biology | 3 |
Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Third Year | ||
Fall Semester | ||
AAEC 1005 or ECON 2005 | Economics of the Food and Fiber System or Principles of Economics | 3 |
CSES 3114 | Soils | 3 |
CSES 3124 | Soils Laboratory | 1 |
CSES 4234 | Agro Data Integration | 3 |
CSES 4224 | Applied Concepts in Precision Agriculture | 3 |
Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Spring Semester | ||
PPWS 4104 | Plant Pathology | 4 |
SPES 2244 | World Crops: Food and Culture | 3 |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | 3 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Fall Semester | ||
CSES 4524 | Drone Applications in Ag Systems | 3 |
CSES 4534 | Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Farming | 3 |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities | 3 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring Semester | ||
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Restricted Elective or Approved Minor Course | 3 | |
Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States | ||
Free Electives | 2 | |
Credits | 14 | |
Total Credits | 120 |
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