Curriculum
| Major Requirements | |
|---|---|
| College Integrative Courses | 6 |
| BIOS/AGRO/HORT/NRES110 | |
| Exploring Plant Biology | 1 |
| “Exploring Plant Biology” should be taken during the first semester in the program" | |
| BIOS 395/AGRO/RNGE 295/HORT 395 /NRES 497 | |
| Career Experience | 1 |
| BIOS 498/AGRO/RNGE 496/HORT 396 or 399/NRES/PLPT 496 | |
| Independent Study/Current Project | 1 |
| AGRI/NRES 103 Food, Agricultural & Natural Resource Systems | 3 |
| Mathematical and Analytical Skills | 8 |
| MATH 106 or 106B Analytical Geom & Calculus I | 5 |
| STAT 218 Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| Communication | 6 |
| Written Communication | 3 |
| Select from: ENGL 150, 151, 254, 255; CURR 120; JGEN 200, 300 | |
| Oral Communication | 3 |
| Select from: COMM 102, 209, 212, or 311 | |
| Natural Sciences | 21 |
| CHEM 109 General Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 110 General Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHEM 251 & 253L Organic Chemistry and Lab | 4 |
| BIOC 321 & 321L or higher | 4 |
| PHYS 141 or higher | 5 |
| Biological Sciences | 28 |
| BIOS 102 Cell Structure and Function | 4 |
| BIOS 103 Organismic Biology | 4 |
| BIOS 109 Botany | 4 |
| BIOS 207 Ecology and Evolution | 4 |
| AGRO 315 or BIOS 206 Genetics | 4 |
| AGRO 325 Introductory Plant Physiology | 4 |
| BIOS 471 Plant Taxonomy | 4 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 6 |
| ALEC 388 Ethics in Ag and Natural Resources | 3 |
| ECON 210, 211 or 212 | 3 |
| Essential Studies | 12 |
| Select courses from Essential Studies categories (for the listing of ES/IS courses, see Essential Studies Program List on page XX of 200X-200X Undergraduate Bulletin) | |
| Total core requirements | 87 |
| Option requirements | 41 |
| Ecology and Management Option | |
|---|---|
| AGRO 444 Vegetation Analysis | 3 |
| Earth Sciences | 6-7 |
| Water/Climate Select one of the following: METR 200 Weather and Climate NRES 208 Introduction to Bio-Atmospheric Resources WATS 281 Introduction to Water Science NRES 408 Microclimate: The Biological Environment |
3 |
| Geospatial Information Sciences Select one of the following: NRES 312 Introduction to Geospatial Information Sciences GEOG 412 Introduction to Geographic Information GEOG 418 Introduction to Remote Sensing |
3-4 |
| Biology | 6-7 |
| Plant Identification Select one of the following: AGRO 442 Range Plants BIOS 455 Great Plains Flora |
3-4 |
| Plant-Animal-Organismal Interactions Select one of the following: ENTO 115 Insect Biology and ENTO 116 Insect ID NRES 211 Wildlife Biology and Conservation NRES 311 Wildlife Ecology and Management AGRO 340 Range Management and Improvement NRES 348 Wildlife Damage Management AGRO 460 Soil Microbiology BIOS 474 Ornithology BIOS 476 Mammalogy |
3 |
| Ecology and Management I Select one of the following: HORT 130 Introduction to Horticulture AGRO 204 Resource-Efficient Crop Management AGRO 240 Forage Crop and Range Management NRES 310 Introduction to Forest Management |
3-4 |
| Ecology and Management II Select two of the following: NRES 424 Forest Ecology AGRO 440 Great Plains Ecosystem BIOS 454 Ecological Interactions BIOS 457 Ecosystem Ecology NRES 417 Agroforesty systems in sustainable agriculture NRES 459 Limnology NRES 468 Wetlands BIOS 470 Prairie Ecology BIOS 473 Freshwater Algae |
7-8 |
| Electives | 8-12 |
| Biotechnology Option | |
|---|---|
| AGRI 115 Biotechnology: Food Health & Environment or PLPT 250 Biotechnology: From Science to Society | 3 |
| AGRO 216 Plant Breeding Principles and Practice | 2 |
| BIOS 312 Fundamentals of Microbiology | 3 |
| BIOS 427 Practical Bioinformatics Laboratory | 3 |
| BIOS 478 Plant Anatomy | 4 |
| Select at least 2 credits from each of the four categories below for a total of 15 hours or more | 15 |
| Biological Sciences AGRO 460 Soil Microbiology BIOS 205 Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biol lab BIOS 401 Advanced Cell Structure and Function BIOS 407 Biology of Cells and Organelles BIOS 418 Advanced Genetics BIOS 420 Molecular Genetics BIOS 477 Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution |
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| Plant Biology AGRO 408 Microclimatology BIOS 425 Plant Biotechnology HORT 221 Plant Propagation PLPT 369 Introduction of Plant Pathology NRES//HORT/AGRO 406 Plant Ecophysiology: Theory and Practice |
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| Applied Plant Biology AGRO 131 & 132 Introduction to Plant Science or HORT 130 Introduction to Horticultural Science AGRO 411 Crop Genetic Engineering AGRO 412 Crop and Weed Genetics |
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| Plant and Food System Management AGRO 204 Resource Efficient Crop Management AGRO 220 Principles of Weed Science AGRO 240 Range and Pasture or HORT 327 Turf Management AGRO 437 & 438 End Uses of Grain and Production of Grain for Specialty Uses AGRO 405 Crop Management Strategies or AGRO 435 Agroecology ENTO 115 Insect Biology and ENTO 116 Insect ID FDST 205 Food Composition and Analysis FDST 405 & 406 Food Microbiology and Laboratory FDST 425 Food Toxicology HORT 260 Cut Flower, Perennial, Pot and Bedding Plant Production HORT 362 Nursery Management and Crop Production HORT 325 Greenhouse Management HORT 425 Turfgrass Sciences and Culture HORT 470 Landscape Management |
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