Crop improvement, whether through traditional breeding or genetic engineering, is one of the most important drivers of agricultural improvements. New technologies enable us to develop crop varieties that are more nutritious, resilient to climate change, and disease resistant. Career opportunities are available in both the public and private sectors, including basic research, plant breeding, product development, sales, and many other areas.
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) | 3E | ||
| World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) | 3E | ||
| 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 | Professional and Technical 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 | |||
| Integrated Pest Management | |||
| 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 | Seminar | 4A | 1 |
| Select one from the following: | 3 | ||
| Plant Breeding | 4A,4B,4C | ||
| Applications of Plant Biotechnology | 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 | |||
| Irrigation Principles | |||
| Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture | |||
| Seed Processes: Storage and Deterioration | |||
| Seed Processes: Separation and Conditioning | |||
| Crop and Soil Management Systems II | |||
| Soil Microbiology | |||
| 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 | ||
| 1 | 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) | 3E | ||||
| World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) | 3E | ||||
| 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 | Professional and Technical 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 | ||||
| Applications of Plant Biotechnology | 4A,4B,4C | ||||
| Plant Breeding | 4A,4B,4C | ||||
| SOCR 492 | Seminar | X | 4A | 1 | |
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Soil and Crop Electives (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 5 | ||||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Elective | X | 3 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 10 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||