Crops and Soils Major

Crop Science Option 48 cr. hrs.

CROP 257 Genetics 3 cr.
CROP 260 Plant and Seed Identification 3 cr.
CROP 345 Weed Control 3 cr.
CROP 410 Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement 3 cr.
CROP 435 Crop Physiology 4 cr.
CROP 451 Integrated Pest Management 3 cr.
ANSC 341 Biometrics 3 cr.
AGBI 251 Agricultural Biochemistry 3 cr.
AGBI 252 Agricultural Biochemistry Lab Techniques 1 cr.
BIOL 314 Plant Pathology 3 cr.
BIOL 333 Entomology 3 cr.
CHEM 215 Chemistry Lab Concepts and Techniques 1 cr.
CHEM 230 General Organic Chemistry 3 cr.

Select one course from the following:
AGEC 355 Agricultural Marketing and Production 3 cr.
AGEC 360 Farm Management 3 cr.
AGEC 365 Agricultural Finance 3 cr.
AGEC 410 Professional Selling 3 cr.

Directed Electives 10 cr. hrs.
Any additional CROP course, AGEC 355, AGEC 360, AGEC 410, AGEN 150, AGEN 363, ANSC 111, ANSC 222, BIOL 210, FDSC 110, HORT 327, HORT 347, SOIL 250, SOIL 350, SOIL 460
These courses cannot be used as directed electives and foundation courses in agriculture simultaneously.

Soil Science Option 39-43 cr. hrs.

SOIL 250 Soil Profile Descriptions 2 cr.
SOIL 325 Hydric Soils and Wetland Environments 3 cr.
SOIL 350 Soil Development 2 cr.
SOIL 460 Soil Physics 3 cr.
CHEM 215 Chemistry Lab Concepts and Techniques 1 cr.
CHEM 230 General Organic Chemistry 3 cr.
GEOL 101 Introductory Geology 3 cr.
GEOL 102 Introductory Geology Lab 1 cr.
GEOL 327 Geomorphology and Glacial Geology 4 cr.
ESM 360 Applied Hydrology and Water Quality 4 cr.

Select two courses from the following:
CROP 267 Small Grain and Miscellaneous Crop Production 3 cr.
CROP 345 Weed Control 3 cr.
CROP 363 Pasture Management 2 cr.
CROP 368 Sustainable Agriculture 3 cr.
CROP 435 Crop Physiology 4 cr.
CROP 451 Integrated Pest Management 3 cr.
ESM 305 Environmental Impact Assessment 2 cr.
ESM 412 Fate and Transport of Chemicals in the Environment 3 cr.
ESM 413 Environmental Analysis 4 cr.
GEOL 417 Hazardous Waste Operation & Emergency Response 2 cr.
GEOL 445 Hydrogeology 4 cr.

Select two courses from the following:
AGEN 363 Precision Agriculture Technology 3 cr.
ANSC 341 Biometrics 3 cr.
ESM 333 Remote Sensing of Natural Resources 3 cr.
ESM 363 GIS Applications in Resource Management 3 cr.
GENG 235 Surveying 3 cr.
GENG 236 Advanced Surveying 3 cr.
GEOG 250 Intro Cartography and GIS 3 cr.
GEOG 360 GIS: Theory and Methods 3 cr.
GEOG 366 Field Methods & GPS 3 cr.

Select one course from the following:
ENGL 266 Business Writing 3 cr.
ENGL 367 Technical Writing 3 cr.

Sustainable Agriculture Option 43 cr. hrs.

ESM 105 Introduction to Environmental Studies 3 cr. (counts in EC)
AGEC 250 World Food and Population 3 cr. (counts in GP)
CHEM 215 Chemistry Lab Concepts and Techniques 1 cr.
CROP 368 Sustainable Agriculture 3 cr.
CROP 451 Integrated Pest Management 3 cr.
CROP 468 Organic Agronomic Production Sys 3 cr.
ESM 220 Environmental Sustainability 3 cr.

Select two courses of the following:
AGEC 240 Cooperatives 3 cr.
AGEC 355 Agricultural Marketing 3 cr.
AGEC 360 Farm Management 3 cr.
AGEC 361 Horticulture Business Management 3 cr.
AGEC 450 Intro to Natural Resource Economics 3 cr.
AGEC 495 Direct Marketing 3 cr.
AGEC 410 Professional Selling 3 cr.

Select two courses of the following:
AGED 202 Leadership and Group Dynamics 3 cr.
ENGL 228 Literature of Environmental Justice 3 cr. (counts in ACD)
ESM 251 Community Decision-Making 3 cr.
ESM 351 Planning for Sustainable Communities 3 cr.
GEOG 214 World Patterns of Plants and Animals 3 cr.
GEOG 220 Economic Geography 3 cr.
PHIL 240 Social Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 303 Environmental Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 304 Business Ethics 3 cr.
SOCI 332 Environmental Sociology 3 cr.

Directed Electives 12 cr.
Select 12 credits in one of the following areas AET, AGEC, AGEN, ANSC, BIOL, CROP, DASC, ESM, FDSC, GEOL, HORT or SOIL. These cannot be used in other areas of the major or as a foundation course in agriculture.