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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Plant Science B.S.
Sub-plan: Program of Study
Sample Plan: Agroecology
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
AGRO 1661W - Engaging Plant Science : 2.0 cr : WI
HORT 1001 - Plant Propagation : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL : Preferred Course
MATH 1031 - College Algebra and Probability : 3.0 cr : MATH
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
HORT 1015 - Plant Families for Plant People : 4.0 cr
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
LE (Social Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
FDSY 2101 - Plant Production Systems : 3.0 cr
PLSC 3005W - Introduction to Plant Physiology : 4.0 cr : WI
BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
CFAN 2333 - Insects, Microbes, and Plants: Ecology of Pest Management : 3.0 cr : TS
ENT 3925 - Insects, Aquatic Habitats, and Pollution : 3.0 cr
ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems : 3.0 cr : ENV
LE (Historical Perspectives) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
AGRO 3203W - Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
HORT 4110 - Spring Flowering Bulbs : 1.0 cr
PLPA 2001 - Introductory Plant Pathology : 3.0 cr
PLSC 3401 - Plant Genetics and Breeding : 4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
GCC 3017 - World Food Problems: Agronomics, Economics and Hunger : 3.0 cr : GP
HORT 4096W - Professional Experience Internship : 1.0 cr : WI
HORT 5071 - Ecological Restoration : 4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
AGRO 4505 - Biology, Ecology, and Management of Invasive Plants : 3.0 cr
SOIL 3416 - Plant Nutrients in the Environment : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr