Agronomy Courses

 

***Draft Curriculum: This will be revised during 2008-2009.***

I. Pre-Agronomy Requirements (27 credits) 

Communications (9 credits)

ENG 102    Rhetoric: The Essay ........................................3 cr.
ENG 103    Rhetoric: Critical Writing....................................3 cr.
SPCH 110  Fundamentals of Public Speaking.........................3 cr.

Quantitative (6 credits)

MATH 115  Finite Mathematics...........................................3 cr.
                   OR
MATH 140  Calculus:  A Short Course..................................3 cr.
AGRO 302   Agricultural Statistics.......................................3 cr.

Physical and Biological Sciences (12 credits)

ENVS 180  Environmental Science.......................................4 cr.
BIOL  200  Cell Biology......................................................4 cr.
CHEM 121  Basic Chemistry................................................4 cr.

 

 

II. Core Requirements (52 credits)

 
AGBU 210 Introduction to Cooperatives................................3 cr.
AGRO 222  Crops, Environment, and Society.........................4 cr.
AGRO 225  Basic Animal Science.........................................3 cr.
ENVS 251  Basic Soil Science.............................................4 cr.
AGBU 365  Farm and Ranch Management I............................3 cr.
AGRO 313  Entomology......................................................3 cr.
AGRO 321  Growth and Development of Field Crops.................4 cr.
AGRO 322  Harvest, Storage, and Utilization of Field Crops.......3 cr.
AGRO 341  Management and Control of Field Crop Diseases......3 cr.
ENVS 352  Plant Nutrients in the Environment........................3 cr.
AGBU 440  Agricultural Marketing.........................................3 cr.
AGBU 475  Agricultural and Food Policy.................................3 cr.
AGRO 410  Field Crop Scouting and Problem Diagnosis..............2 cr.
AGRO 422  Weed Management............................................4 cr.
AGRO 440  Plant Genetics and Breeding................................4 cr.
ECON 201  Principles of Microeconomics...............................3 cr.

 

 

III. Electives (15-19 credits)

Choose Five (5) Courses from the following:

 

AGBU 330  Commoditites Futures and Options Trade...............3 cr.
AGBU 360  Agricultural Finance...........................................3 cr.
AGRO 224  Environment and World Food Production................3 cr.
ENVS 353  Soil Conservation and Land Use Management.........3 cr.
AGRO 377  Animal Nutrition and Reproduction........................3 cr.
AGRO 390  Introduction to Precision Agriculture.....................3 cr.
ENVS 426  Soil Morphology and Genesis................................4 cr.
AGRO 465  Crop Management Techniques.............................4 cr.
ENVS 302  Geomorphology.................................................3 cr.
ENVS 310  Hydrology........................................................4 cr.
ENVS 311  Environmental Geology.......................................3 cr.
ENVS 401  Wetland Ecology...............................................4 cr.
ECON 410  Managerial Economics.........................................3 cr.
MKTG 325  Sales..............................................................3 cr.