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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Plant Science B.S. (Program focus: Program of Study)
Sample Plan: Agroecology
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 6.0 cr
AGRO 1661W - Engaging Plant Science : 2.0 cr : WI
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS : Preferred Course
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS : Preferred Course
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 19.0 cr
HORT 1001 - Plant Propagation : 4.0 cr : BIOL
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL : Preferred Course
MATH 1031 - College Algebra and Probability : 3.0 cr : MATH
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
HORT 1015 - Plant Families for Plant People : 4.0 cr
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PLSC 3005W - Introduction to Plant Physiology : 4.0 cr : WI
AGRO 4888 - Issues in Sustainable Agriculture : 2.0 cr
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
FDSY 2101 - Plant Production Systems : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
CFAN 2333 - Insects, Microbes, and Plants: Ecology of Pest Management : 3.0 cr : TS
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
ENT 3925 - Insects, Aquatic Habitats, and Pollution : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems : 3.0 cr : ENV
AGRO 3203W - Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
HORT 4401 - Plant Genetics and Breeding : 4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
PLPA 2001 - Introductory Plant Pathology : 3.0 cr
HORT 4096W - Professional Experience Internship : 1.0 cr : WI
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 23.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
ESPM 5071 - Ecological Restoration : 4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
AGRO 4505 - Biology, Ecology, and Management of Invasive Plants : 3.0 cr