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2017-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

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2017-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Biotechnology Concentration, B.S.

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)

ENGL 2010-2024 (3)
ART 1010 - Art Appreciation (3)
MUSC 1020 - Honors Music Appreciation (3)
PHIL 2010

Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)

History (6 hours)

Natural Sciences (8 hours)

Mathematics (3 hours)

MATH 1110 - College Algebra I (3)

Suggested Four Year-Plan

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Total: 17 Hours

Spring Semester

ENGL 1020 - Freshman English II (3)
CHEM 1120, 1121 - General Chemistry II and Laboratory (4)
Social/Behavioral Science Elective (3)
Humanities Elective (3)
AGSC 1200 - Introduction to Plant Science (3)

Total: 16 Hours

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Total: 16 Hours

Spring Semester

ENGL 2110 -ENGL 2230 (3)
Social/Behavioral Science Elective (3)
HIST 2020 - American History II (3)
Humanities Elective (3)
BIOL 2110, 2111 - Cell Biology and Laboratory (4)

Total: 16 Hours

Junior Year

Fall Semester

AGSC 3710 (3)
AGSC 3270 (3)
BIOL 2120, 2121 - Principles of Genetics and Laboratory (4)
AGSC 2600 (4)

Total: 14 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 14 Hours

Senior Year

Fall Semester

AGSC 4710 (1)
BIOL 4110, 4111 - Molecular Genetics and Laboratory (4)
AGSC 4280 - Food Safety and Quality Assurance (3)
AGSC 4270 (3)
CHEM 2010, 2011 - Organic Chemistry I and Laboratory (4) (3)

Total: 14 Hours

Spring Semester

CHEM 4700, 4701 - Biochemical Analysis and Laboratory (4) (3)
or
CHEM 2100 (3)
AGSC 4500 - Senior Project (3)
BIOL 4112 (4)
AGSC 3110 - Principles and Methods of Biotechnology II (4) (3)

Total: 13 Hours

Electives:

AGSC 2200 - Fundamentals of Soil Science (4) (3)
AGSC 3210 - Principles of Crop Science (3)
AGSC 3260 - Plant Physiology (3)
AGSC 3300 - Plant Pathology (3)
AGSC 3320 - Propagation of Horticultural Plants (3)
AGSC 3400 - Animal Breeding and Genetics (3)
AGSC 3410 - Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals (3)
AGSC 3430 - Animal Health and Disease Prevention (3)
AGSC 3530 - Food Microbiology (3)
AGSC 4070 - Agricultural Special Problems (3)
AGSC 4310 - Plant Breeding (3)
AGSC 4410 - Dairy Production and Management (3)
AGSC 4420 - Poultry Disease Prevention and Sanitation (3)
AGSC 4430 - Animal Nutrition (3)
AGSC 4440 - Physiology of Reproduction (3)
CHEM 4600 - Spectroscopic Methods in Chemistry (3) (3/4)
CHEM 4700 - Biochemical Analysis and Laboratory (3/4)
CHEM 2100 - Introduction to Analytical Chemistry and Laboratory (3/4)