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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Plant Science B.S.
Sub-plan: Program of Study
Sample Plan: Agronomy
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
AGRO 1661W - Engaging Plant Science : 2.0 cr : WI
HORT 1001 - Plant Propagation : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL : Preferred Course
MATH 1031 - College Algebra and Probability : 3.0 cr : MATH
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
HORT 1015 - Plant Families for Plant People : 4.0 cr
AGRO 1103 - Crops, Environment, and Society : 4.0 cr : ENV
ENT 1005 - Insect Biology with Lab : 4.0 cr : BIOL
LE (Social Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
FDSY 2101 - Plant Production Systems : 3.0 cr
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
HORT 4110 - Spring Flowering Bulbs : 1.0 cr
CFAN 3001 - Pests and Crop Protection : 3.0 cr
PLPA 2001 - Introductory Plant Pathology : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CFAN 2333 - Insects, Microbes, and Plants: Ecology of Pest Management : 3.0 cr : TS
HORT 2121 - Agricultural Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
HORT 4096W - Professional Experience Internship : 1.0 cr : WI
AGRO 4015 - Topics in Agronomy : 1.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
PLSC 3005W - Introduction to Plant Physiology : 4.0 cr : WI
AGRO 3203W - Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen : 3.0 cr : GP, WI
SOIL 4111 - Introduction to Precision Agriculture : 3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
AGRO 4605 - Strategies for Agricultural Production and Management : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PLSC 3401 - Plant Genetics and Breeding : 4.0 cr
SOIL 3416 - Plant Nutrients in the Environment : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr