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Agricultural Sciences Area (Agronomy Track) – Bachelor of Science

Students must complete the required core courses in the area in agricultural science and 24 credit hours of requirements and electives, with advisor's approval.

Program Requirements

General Education

The following specific general education courses must be completed:

CHEM 101 or 111(choose one)

4
MATH 131, 135, or higher(choose one)

3-4
AGR 499CSenior Seminar in Agriculture

3
Total Credit Hours:37

Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University.

Area Requirements

Agricultural Sciences Core

AGR 101Orientation to Agriculture

1
AGR 102Agricultural Experience

1
AGR 133Introduction to Animal Science

3
 
AGR 180Introduction to Field Crops

3
or
AGR 143Anatomy and Physiology of Livestock

3
 
AGR 204Agricultural Economics

3
 
AGR 215Horticultural Science

3
or
AGR 233Animal Diseases and Parasites

3
 
AGR 251Introduction to Agricultural Mechanics

3
or
AGR 243Equine Health and Disease

3
 
AGR 261Information Acquisition and Analysis

3
 
AGR 300Pest Management

3
or
AGR 316Feeds and Feeding

3
 
AGR 301Farm Management

3
AGR 307Soils

4
AGR 402, 339, or 439Advanced Agriculture Experience/Cooperative Education

2
 
CHEM 201Survey of Organic Chemistry

4
or
CHEM 112Principles of Chemistry II

4
Total Credit Hours:36

Students may apply no more than 11 credit hours from AGR 235, AGR 402, AGR 476 or cooperative education courses that will count as credit toward a degree.

Agronomy Track Requirements

AGR 308Weed Science

3
AGR 311Soil Conservation

3
AGR 316Feeds and Feeding

3
An additional 15 semester hours must be completed from the following courses, with approval of advisor:
AGR 185Current Food and Energy Issues

3
AGR 205Farm Records

3
AGR 303Land Economics

3
AGR 312Soil Fertility and Fertilizers

3
AGR 314Plant Propagation

3
AGR 319Herbs

3
AGR 320Principles of Vegetable Production

3
AGR 325Turf Management

3
AGR 350Farm Power and Machinery Management

3
AGR 384Forage Crops

3
AGR 444Animal Health and Therapeutics

3
BIOL 215General Botany

4
BIOL 334Entomology

3
BIOL 426Plant Physiology

3
BIOL 449Plant Anatomy

3
CHEM 326Organic Chemistry I

4
Total Credit Hours:24

Free Electives

Free Electives (chosen by student)

23
Total Credit Hours:23

Total Credit Hours: 120