The following courses are required for all Agronomy students graduating in
the Soil and Environmental ScienceOption. This option is designed primarily
for those individuals interested in employement in environmental science
or natural resource management.
| AGRONOMIC SCIENCES (24.5-25.5 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| AGRON
105: Leadership Experience |
R |
F, S, SS |
| AGRON 110: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Orientation |
0.5(1-0) |
F |
| AGRON 114: Principles of Agronomy |
3(2-3 to 4) |
F, S |
| AGRON 154: Fundamentals of Soil Science |
3(2-2 to 4) |
F, S |
| AGRON 206: Introduction to Meteorology |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| AGRON 210: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Career Planning |
1(1-0) |
F, S |
| AGRON 230: Crop Structure-Function Relationships |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| AGRON 260: Soils and Environmental Quality |
3(2-3) |
F, S |
| AGRON
310: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Internship |
R |
F, S, SS |
| AGRON 354: Soils and Plant Growth |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| AGRON 354L: Soils and Plant Growth Laboratory |
1(0-3) |
F, S |
AGRON 356: Soil, Fertilizer, and Water Management
OR
AGRON 360: Environmental Soil Science
OR
AGRON 392: Systems Analysis in Crop and Soil Mgt |
4(3-2)
3(2-3)
3(2-3) |
F
S
F, S |
| AGRON 410: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Senior Forum |
1(1-0) |
F, S |
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| ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (12-14 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| ENSCI 345: Natural Resource Photogrammetry and
GIS |
3(2-3) |
F |
| ENSCI 446: Integrating GPS and GIS for Natural
Resource Management |
3(2-3) |
S |
Select at least 2 of the following courses: |
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|
| ENSCI 402: Watershed Hydrology and Surficial
Processes |
4(3-3) |
F, SS |
| ENSCI 404: Global Change |
3(3-0) |
S |
| ENSCI 459: Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry |
3(3-0) |
Alt. F |
| ENSCI 473: Soil Genesis and Landscape Relationships |
4(2-3) |
S, SS |
| ENSCI 485: Soil Microbial Ecology |
3(2-3) |
F |
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| ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (6 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics |
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS |
| ENV S 380: Environmental & Resource Economics |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
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| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (11 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| BIOL 211: Principles of Biology I |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| BIOL 211L: Principles of Biology Laboratory |
1(0-3) |
F, S |
| BIOL 212: Principles of Biology II |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| BIOL 212L: Principles of Biology Laboratory |
1(0-3) |
F, S |
| MICRO 201: General Microbiology |
2(2-0) |
F, S |
| MICRO 201L: Introductory Microbiology Lab |
1(0-2) |
F, S |
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| COMMUNICATIONS (12.5 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| ENGL 104: First-Year Composition I |
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS |
| ENGL 105: First-Year Composition II |
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS |
| LIB 160: Library Instruction |
0.5(1-0) |
F, S |
SP CM 212: Fundamentals of Public Speaking
OR
AG EDS 311: Presentation & Sales Strategies for Agricultural Audiences |
3(3-0)
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS
F, S |
ENGLISH 302: Business Communication
OR
ENGLISH 309: Report and Proposal Writing
OR
ENGLISH 314: Technical Communication |
3(3-0)
3(3-0)
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS
F, S
F, S, SS |
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| HUMANITIES,
ETHICS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (15 credits) |
| Three credits each in ethics, U.S. diversity, international
perspectives, humanities, and social sciences (all courses must be
from approved lists).
|
| MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (6 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| MATH 140: College Algebra |
3(3-1) |
F, S, SS |
| STAT 104: Introduction to Statistics |
3(2-2) |
F, S, SS |
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| PHYSICAL SCIENCES (17 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| CHEM 163 & 163L: General Chemistry &
Laboratory |
5(4-3) |
F, S, SS |
| CHEM 231 & 231L: Elementary Organic Chem.
& Lab. |
4(3-3) |
F, S, SS |
| GEOL 100 & 100L: The Earth & Laboratory |
4(3-2) |
F, S |
| PHYS 106: The Physics of Common Experience |
4(4-2) |
F, S |
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| ELECTIVE
CREDITS (21-24 credits) |
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128 total credits required for graduation
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