Example Undergraduate Course Schedule
This example course schedule is given to show the completion of a degree program in four years. This example has selected courses that will fulfill the degree requirements however, the degree requirements are more flexible than what is shown below. Your undergraduate advisor will assist in tailoring the course schedule to your academic goals.
|
Course Number |
Course Title | Credit hours |
| Year 1 (Fall Semester) | ||
|
AGRI 103 |
Food, Agriculture & Natural Resource Systems | 3 cr |
| AGRO 131 (1) | Plant Science and Recitation | 4 cr |
| AGRO 153 | Soil Resources and Lab | 4 cr |
| ENGL 150 | Writing Rhetoric, Written Communication Req. | 3 cr |
| MATH 102 | Trigonometry | 2 cr |
|
Total credit hours |
16 cr | |
| Year 1 (Spring Semester) | ||
|
BIOS 101 |
General Biology and Lab | 4 cr |
| ENTO 115 | Insect Biology | 3 cr |
| ENTO 116 | Insect Identification | 1 cr |
| PLPT 160 | Current Topics in Plant Protection I | 1 cr |
| PHYS 141 | Elementary General Physics and Lab | 5 cr |
| SOCI 101 |
Introduction to Sociology, Human Behavior, Culture & Social Organization Req. |
3 cr |
| Total credit hours | 17 cr | |
| Year 2 (Fall Semester) | ||
| AGRI 200 | Introduction to Pesticides | 2 cr |
| BIOS 109 | General Botany | 4 cr |
|
AGRO 240
(2)
|
Forgage Crop and Range Management and Lab |
4 cr |
| CHEM 109 | General Chemistry I and Lab | 4 cr |
| STAT 218 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 cr |
| Total credit hours | 17 cr | |
| Year 2 (Spring Semester) | ||
|
AECN 141 |
Introduction to Economics of Agriculture | 3 cr |
| ALEC 102 | Interpersonal Skills, Communication/Interpersonal Skills Elective | 3 cr |
| AGRO 220 | Principles of Weed Science and Lab | 3 cr |
| CHEM 110 | General Chemistry II and Lab | 4 cr |
| ENGL 244 |
Introduction to African American Literature, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Req. |
3 cr |
| PLPT 260 | Current Topics in Plant Protection II | 1 cr |
|
Total credit hours |
17 cr | |
|
Year 3 (Fall Semester) |
||
|
CHEM 251 |
Organic Chemistry I | 3 cr |
| CHEM 253 | Organic Chemistry I Lab | 1 cr |
| ENTO 303 | Horticultural Insects | 3 cr |
| HIST 202 | America After 1877, Historical Studies Req. | 3 cr |
| PLPT 270 | Biological Invaders | 3 cr |
| PLPT 369 | Introduction to Plant Pathology | 3 cr |
|
Total credit hours |
16 cr | |
| Year 3 (Spring Semester) | ||
| AGRO 315 | Genetics and Lab | 4 cr |
| ENGL 180 | Introduction to Literature, Humanities Req. | 3 cr |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
| MUNM 287 | History of Rock Music, Art Req. | 3 cr |
| PLPT 390 | Current Topics in Plant Protection III | 1 cr |
|
Total credit hours |
17 cr | |
| Year 4 (Fall Semester) | ||
| AGRO 412 | Crop and Weed Genetics | 1 cr |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
| Internship | 3 cr | |
| PLPT 370 | Biology of Fungi | 3 cr |
| PLPT 480 | Capstone Course | 3 cr |
|
Total credit hours |
16 cr | |
| Year 4 (Spring Semester) | ||
| AGRO 325 | Introductory Plant Physiology | 4 cr |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
| Free Elective | 3 cr | |
|
Total credit hours |
16 cr | |
|
Overall total number of credit hours |
132 cr |
|
(1) Optional course: HORT 130 (Introduction to Horticulture Science and Lab)
(2) Optional courses: AGRO 204 (Resource Efficient Crop Management), HORT 325 (Greenhouse Practices and Management and Lab), or HORT 327 (Introduction to the Science of Turf Management and Lab)
