Agronomy Track

Students must complete the required core courses in the area in agricultural science and 24 credit hours of requirements and electives, with advisor's approval.

Program Requirements

General Education

The following specific general education courses must be completed:

CHEM 101 or 111	(choose one)	4
MATH 131, 135, or higher	(choose one)	3-4
AGR 499C	Senior Seminar in Agriculture	3
Total Credit Hours:		37

Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University.

Area Requirements

For the agronomy track, the student must complete the agricultural sciences core. Where choices exist, the following core courses must be taken:

Agricultural Sciences Core

AGR 101	Orientation to Agriculture	1
AGR 102	Agricultural Experience	1
AGR 133	Introduction to Animal Science	3

AGR 180	Introduction to Field Crops	3
	or
AGR 143	Anatomy and Physiology of Livestock	3

AGR 204	Agricultural Economics	3

AGR 215	Horticultural Science	3
	or
AGR 233	Animal Diseases and Parasites	3

AGR 251	Introduction to Agricultural Mechanics	3
	or
AGR 243	Equine Health and Disease	3

AGR 261	Information Acquisition and Analysis	3

AGR 300	Pest Management	3
	or
AGR 316	Feeds and Feeding	3

AGR 301	Farm Management	3
AGR 307	Soils	4
AGR 402, 339, or 439	Advanced Agriculture Experience/Cooperative Education	2

CHEM 201	Survey of Organic Chemistry	4
	or
CHEM 112	Principles of Chemistry II	4
Total Credit Hours:		36

Students may apply no more than 11 credit hours from AGR 235, AGR 402, AGR 476 or cooperative education courses that will count as credit toward a degree.

Agronomy Track Requirements

AGR 308	Weed Science	3
AGR 311	Soil Conservation	3
AGR 316	Feeds and Feeding	3

An additional 15 semester hours must be completed from the following courses, with approval of advisor:

AGR 185	Current Food and Energy Issues	3
AGR 205	Farm Records	3
AGR 303	Land Economics	3
AGR 312	Soil Fertility and Fertilizers	3
AGR 314	Plant Propagation	3
AGR 319	Herbs	3
AGR 320	Principles of Vegetable Production	3
AGR 325	Turf Management	3
AGR 350	Farm Power and Machinery Management	3
AGR 384	Forage Crops	3
AGR 444	Animal Health and Therapeutics	3
BIOL 215	General Botany	4
BIOL 334	Entomology	3
BIOL 426	Plant Physiology	3
BIOL 449	Plant Anatomy	3
CHEM 326	Organic Chemistry I	4
Total Credit Hours:		24

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:

Total Credit Hours: 120