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2015-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2015-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural Sciences, Plant and Soil Science Concentration, B.S.

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Major Core:

A minimum of 17 semester hours including

General Education:

41 semester hours including:

Communications (9 hours)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts (9 hours)

Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)

History (6 hours)

Natural Sciences (8 hours)

Mathematics (3 hours)

Suggested Four Year-Plan

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Total: 13 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 16 Hours

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Total: 13 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 17 Hours

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Total: 16 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 15 Hours

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Total: 15 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 16 Hours

Guided Electives*:

Plant and Soil Science

Guided Electives* (15 Credit Hours)

*Guided Electives will be chosen from listed courses based upon the student’s career interests.

**Students interested in soil science as a career will choose a minimum of 15 credit hours from the soils category of listed courses.

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