Agricultural Sciences, Bachelor of Science
Program Overview
The Agricultural Sciences program combines ecology, biology, chemistry, and genetics to study soil management, crop and animal production, and plant and animal nutrition. Students learn about soil characteristics, climate, pests, and other factors affecting agriculture. The program includes core courses in biology, chemistry, and environmental regulations, as well as restricted and unrestricted electives in areas such as plant science, animal nutrition, and soil ecology.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Agricultural Sciences
includes the study of soil management, and crop and animal production; the science is a combination of ecology, biology, chemistry, and genetics, and seeks to understand plant and animal nutrition and crop and animal production. Students prepare for careers related to agriculture as they learn soil physical and chemical characteristics and effects of agriculture on soil fertility. They study other factors of production including climate, weeds, fungi, erosion, leaching, and pests. Students also learn about plant physiology, genetics, nutrition, effects on soil, satellite-based micro-management of inputs and the maximization of sustained yield, and how to market farm products.
Outline:
Required General Education
- BIOL 105: General Biology I (4 credits)
- CHEM 201: General Chemistry I (5 credits)
- ENG 271W: Technical Communication (4 credits)
Math Requirement - Choose 3-4 Credit(s)
- MATH 113: Trigonometry (3 credits)
- MATH 115: Precalculus Mathematics (4 credits)
- MATH 121: Calculus I (4 credits)
Major Common Core
- BIOL 106: General Biology II (4 credits)
- BIOL 211: Genetics (4 credits)
- BIOL 215: General Ecology (4 credits)
- BIOL 270: Microbiology (4 credits)
- BIOL 410: Global Change Biology (3 credits)
- CHEM 202: General Chemistry II (5 credits)
- ENVR 440: Environmental Regulations (3 credits)
- HLTH 475: Biostatistics (3 credits)
- MGMT 360: AgriBusiness in the Modern Economy (3 credits)
Major Restricted Electives
- BIOL 497: Internship I (1-12 credits)
- BIOL 499: Individual Study (1-4 credits)
Major Unrestricted Electives
- BIOL 217: Plant Science (4 credits)
- BIOL 340: Animal Nutrition (3 credits)
- BIOL 412: Soil Ecology (4 credits)
- BIOL 423: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4 credits)
- BIOL 431: Comparative Animal Physiology (3 credits)
- BIOL 437: Physiology and Management of Animal Reproduction (4 credits)
- BIOL 439: Animal Health and Disease Management (3 credits)
- BIOL 441: Plant Physiology (4 credits)
- BIOL 472: Microbial Ecology and Bioremediation (4 credits)
- GEOG 413: Soil Conservation (4 credits)
- GEOL 104: Introduction to Soil Science (4 credits)
Choose 15 - 16 Credit(s)
- BIOL 408: Vertebrate Ecology (4 credits)
- BIOL 420: Diagnostic Parasitology (4 credits)
- BIOL 421: Entomology (3 credits)
- BIOL 436: Animal Behavior (4 credits)
- BIOL 443W: Plant Ecology (4 credits)
- BIOL 446: Principles of Weed Science (4 credits)
- BIOL 451: Agroecology (4 credits)
- GEOG 373: Introduction to Geography Information Systems (4 credits)
- GEOG 411: Soils Geomorphology (4 credits)
- GEOG 413: Soil Conservation (4 credits)
- GEOG 471: Digital Field Mapping with GPS (4 credits)