No new students are being admitted to this concentration. Please see the Major in Soil and Crop Sciences, Plant Biotechnology Concentration.
Effective Fall 2019
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| AGRI 192 or 292 | Orientation to Agricultural Systems Transfer Seminar | 1 | |
| CHEM 111 | General Chemistry I (GT-SC2) | 3A | 4 |
| CHEM 112 | General Chemistry Lab I (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 |
| CHEM 113 | General Chemistry II | 3 | |
| CHEM 114 | General Chemistry Lab II | 1 | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| LIFE 102 | Attributes of Living Systems (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 |
| LIFE 103 | Biology of Organisms-Animals and Plants (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 |
| MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 125 | Numerical Trigonometry (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 126 | Analytic Trigonometry (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 155 | Calculus for Biological Scientists I (GT-MA1) | 1B | 4 |
| SOCR 100 | General Crops | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 32 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Select one from the following: | 3 | ||
| Plants and Civilizations (GT-SS3) | 1C | ||
| World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) | 1C | ||
| AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 |
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |
| CHEM 246 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |
| FSHN 125 or 150 | Food and Nutrition in Health Survey of Human Nutrition | 2-3 | |
| PH 110 | Physics of Everyday Phenomena (GT-SC2) | 3A | 3 |
| PHIL 110 | Logic and Critical Thinking (GT-AH3) | 3B | 3 |
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |
| SOCR 330 | Principles of Genetics | 3 | |
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 32-33 | ||
| Junior | |||
| BC 351 | Principles of Biochemistry | 4 | |
| BZ 310 | Cell Biology | 4 | |
| JTC 300 | Strategic Writing and Communication (GT-CO3) | 2 | 3 |
| STAT 301 or 307 | Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods Introduction to Biostatistics | 3 | |
| Select eight credits from the following: | 8 | ||
| Molecular Genetics | |||
| Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction | |||
BSPM 451 | |||
| Population and Evolutionary Genetics | |||
| Genetics of Model Organisms | |||
| Medicinal and Value-Added Uses of Plants | |||
| Topics in Organic Agriculture | |||
| Vegetable Crop Management | |||
| Principles of Fruit Crop Management | |||
| General Microbiology | |||
| Microbial Genetics | |||
| Select two groups from the following: | 6 | ||
Group A: | |||
| Applied and General Entomology | |||
| Entomology Laboratory: Agricultural | |||
Group B: | |||
| Ecology and Management of Weeds | |||
Group C: | |||
| Elements of Plant Pathology | |||
| Electives1 | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 31 | ||
| Senior | |||
| BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | 3 | |
| SOCR 486 | Practicum | 4C | 1 |
| SOCR 492 | Preparing for Impact--Your Career Journey | 4A | 1 |
| Select one from the following: | 3 | ||
| Plant Breeding and Biotechnology | 4A,4B,4C | ||
SOCR 430 | 4A,4B,4C | ||
| Soil and Crop Electives | 8 | ||
Select a minimum of 8 credits from the following suggested courses: | |||
| Crop Development Techniques | |||
| Soil Fertility Management | |||
| Climate-Smart Irrigation Principles | |||
| Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture | |||
| Seed Processes: Storage and Deterioration | |||
| Seed Processes: Separation and Conditioning | |||
| Agroecosystem Management | |||
| Microbiomes of Soil Systems | |||
| Global Challenges in Plant and Soil Science | |||
| Independent Study | |||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
| Electives1 | 5-6 | ||
| Total Credits | 24-25 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
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Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to 120, with a minimum of 42 upper division credits.
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 1 | ||||
| Orientation to Agricultural Systems | |||||
| Transfer Seminar | |||||
| CHEM 111 | General Chemistry I (GT-SC2) | X | 3A | 4 | |
| CHEM 112 | General Chemistry Lab I (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 | ||
| LIFE 102 | Attributes of Living Systems (GT-SC1) | X | 3A | 4 | |
| MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 125 | Numerical Trigonometry (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| SOCR 100 | General Crops | 4 | |||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CHEM 113 | General Chemistry II | X | 3 | ||
| CHEM 114 | General Chemistry Lab II | 1 | |||
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | X | 1A | 3 | |
| LIFE 103 | Biology of Organisms-Animals and Plants (GT-SC1) | X | 3A | 4 | |
| MATH 126 | Analytic Trigonometry (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 | ||
| MATH 155 | Calculus for Biological Scientists I (GT-MA1) | 1B | 4 | ||
| AUCC 1B (Quantitative Reasoning) must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 | ||
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |||
| CHEM 246 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | |||
| PH 110 | Physics of Everyday Phenomena (GT-SC2) | 3A | 3 | ||
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |||
| LIFE 102 must be completed by the end of Semester 3. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Plants and Civilizations (GT-SS3) | 1C | ||||
| World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) | 1C | ||||
| Select one course from the following: | 2-3 | ||||
| Food and Nutrition in Health | |||||
| Survey of Human Nutrition | |||||
| PHIL 110 | Logic and Critical Thinking (GT-AH3) | 3B | 3 | ||
| SOCR 330 | Principles of Genetics | 3 | |||
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
| CHEM 245 must be completed by the end of Semester 4. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BC 351 | Principles of Biochemistry | 4 | |||
| Select two groups from the following: | 6 | ||||
| Group A: | |||||
| Applied and General Entomology | |||||
| Entomology Laboratory: Agricultural | |||||
| Group B: | |||||
| Ecology and Management of Weeds | |||||
| Group C: | |||||
| Elements of Plant Pathology | |||||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| Genetics or Horticulture Electives (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 4 | ||||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BZ 310 | Cell Biology | 4 | |||
| JTC 300 | Strategic Writing and Communication (GT-CO3) | 2 | 3 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods | |||||
| Introduction to Biostatistics | |||||
| Genetics or Horticulture Electives (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 4 | ||||
| SOCR 330 must be completed by the end of Semester 6. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
SOCR 430 | 4A,4B,4C | ||||
| Plant Breeding and Biotechnology | 4A,4B,4C | ||||
| SOCR 492 | Preparing for Impact--Your Career Journey | X | 4A | 1 | |
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Soil and Crop Electives (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 5 | ||||
| Total Credits | 12 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | X | 3 | ||
| SOCR 486 | Practicum | X | 4C | 1 | |
| Soil and Crop Elective (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | X | 3 | |||
| Electives | X | 6 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 13 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||