Crops and Soils Major

Supporting Courses

CHEM 230 Survey of Organic Chemistry 3 cr.
AGBI 251 Agricultural Biochemistry 3 cr.
AGBI 252 Agricultural Biochemsitry Lab Techniques 1 cr
BIOL 314 Plant Pathology 3 cr.
BIOL 333 Entomology 3 cr

Crop Science Technical Courses

CROP 257 Genetics 3 cr.
CROP 260 Plant and Seed Identification 4 cr.
CROP 263 Forage Crop Production 3 cr.
CROP 266 Corn and Soybean Production 2 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.

Soil Science Courses

SOIL 311 Soil Fertility 4 cr.
SOIL 440 Soil and Water Conservation 4 cr.

Agriculture Business Courses

Select one of the following:
AGEC 205 Agricultural Business Accounting, AGEC 220 Agribusiness Computations, AGEC 335 Agricultural Markets and Prices, AGEC 368 Professional Selling

Directed Electives

Select 9 credits from the following designatiors:
CROP, SOIL, AET, AGEC, AGEN, ANSC, BIOL, HORT, FDSC
 

Soil Science Technical Courses

Select 22 credits from the following:
SOIL 250 Soil Profile Descriptions 2 cr.
SOIL 311 Soil Fertility 4 cr.
SOIL 325 Hydric Soils and Wetland Environments 3 cr.
SOIL 350 Soil Development 2 cr.
SOIL 380 Soil Judging 1 cr.
SOIL 440 Soil & Water Conservation 4 cr.
SOIL 460 Soil Physical Properties & Environmental Quality 3 cr.
GEOL 327 Geomorphology & Glacial Geology 4 cr.
Any SOIL course >100 level

Crop Production & Terrestrial Ecosystems

Select 2 from the following:
CROP 263 Forage Crop Production 3 cr.
CROP 266 Corn and Soybean Production 3 cr.
CROP 267 Small Grains and Miscellaneous Crop Production 3 cr.
CROP 368 Sustainable Agriculture 3 cr.
ESM 245 Foundations of Ecological Restoration 2 cr. or BIOL 360 Ecology 3 cr.

Environmental Quality & Management

Select 2 of the following:
ESM 305 Environmental Impact Assessment 2 cr.
ESM 343 Forest Restoration and Management 3 cr.
ESM 345 Prairie Restoration and Fire Ecology 3 cr.
ESM 347 Restoration of Aquatic Systems 3 cr.
ESM 412 Fate and Transport of Chemicals in the Environment 3 cr.
ESM 413 Environmental Analysis 4 cr.
GEOL 445 Hydrogeology 3 cr.
ENVN 330 Applied Engineering Hydrology 3 cr.
AGEN 365 Agricultrual Waste Management Systems 3 cr.
ENVN 430 Water Quality Moniotring 4 cr.
ENVN 435 Hydrologic Analysis and Design 3 cr.
AET 335 Agricultural Water Management 3 cr.

Spatial Reasoning

Select 2 of the following:
GIS 250 Geographic Information Science
GIS 351 Map Design
GIS 360 GIS Theory and Methods
GIS 366 Field Methods & GPS
ESM 333 Remote Sensing of Natural Resources
ESM 363 GIS Applications in Resource Management
GENG 235 Surveying
AET 363 Precision Agriculture Technology
 

Directed Electives

Select 12 creidts from the following designators:
CROP, ESM, GEOG, GIS, GEOL, HORT, AGEN, AET, BIOL, ANSC

Supporting Courses

Select the following:
CROP 368 Sustainable Agriculture 3 cr.
CROP 451 Integrated Pest Managment 3 cr.
CROP 468 Organic Agronomic Production Systems 3 cr.
ESM 220 Environmental Sustainability 3 cr.

Crop Production & Terrestrail Ecosystems

Select 2 from the following:
CROP 263 Forage Crop Production 3 cr.
CROP 266 Corn and Soybean Production 3 cr.
CROP 267 Small Grains and Miscellaneious Crop Production 3 cr.
CROP 368 Sustainable Agriculture 3 cr.
ESM 245 Foundations of Ecological Restoration 2 cr. or BIOL 360 Ecology 3 cr.

Soil Science Courses

SOIL 311 Soil Fertility 4 cr.
SOIL 440 Soil and Water Conservation 4 cr.

Social Sustainability

Select 2 from the following:
AGED 202 Leadership and Group Dynamics
ENGL 228 Literature of Environmental Justice
ESM 251 Community Decision Making
ESM 351 Planning for Sustainable Communities
GEOG 214 World Patterns of Plants and Animals 
GEOG 220 Economic Geography
PHIL 240 Social Ethics
PHIL 303 Environmental Ethics
PHIL 304 Business Ethics
SOCI 332 Environmental Sociology

Economic Sustainability

Select 2 from the following:
AGEC 240 Cooperatives
AGEC 335 Agriclutural Marketing
AGEC 360 Farm Management
AGEC 361 Horticultural Business Management
AGEC 368 Professional Selling
AGEC 450 Intro to Natural Resource Economics
AGEC 495 Direct Marketing

Directed Electives

Select 12 credits from the following designators:
CROP, SOIL, AET, AGEC, AGEN, ANSC, BIOL, DASC, ESM, FDSC, GEOL, HORT