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Agronomy (B.S.) - Plant Science and Biotechnology Option

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Agronomy includes crop, soil, weed, range, and environmental sciences. Students in agronomy have diverse interests, including crop production and physiology; crop breeding; soil management, fertility, and conservation; soil and water quality; physical and chemical properties of soils; forages; and range management.

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Agronomy (36 credit hours)

AGRON 101 - Agronomy Orientation Credits: 1
AGRON 220 - Crop Science Credits: 4
AGRON 305 - Soils Credits: 4
AGRON 330 - Weed Science Credits: 3
AGRON 360 - Crop Growth and Development Credits: 3
AGRON 375 - Soil Fertility Credits: 3
AGRON 405 - Internship in Agronomy Credits: 0-3 (3 credit hours)
AGRON 610 - Biotechnology Credits: 3
AGRON 630 - Crop Improvement and Biotechnology Credits: 3
Agronomy Electives Credits: 6

Select one course from:

AGRON 502 - International Experience in Agronomy Credits: 0-6
AGRON 602 - Agronomy Capstone Experience Credits: 3
AGRON 655 - Site Specific Agriculture Credits: 3
GENAG 582 - Natural Resources/Environmental Science Project (NRES) Credits: 3

Communications/Social Sciences/Humanities/Economics (26 credit hours)

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
AGEC 315 - Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems Credits: 3
COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: 2
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3
Social Sciences/Humanities Electives Credits: 6
Communications Elective Credits: 3

Select from:

AGCOM 400 - Agricultural Business Communications Credits: 3
AGCOM 410 - Agricultural Student Magazine Credits: 1-5
COMM 311 - Business and Professional Speaking Credits: 3
COMM 321 - Public Speaking II Credits: 3
COMM 325 - Argumentation and Debate Credits: 3
COMM 526 - Persuasion Credits: 3
ENGL 300 - Expository Writing III Credits: 3
ENGL 417 - Written Communication for the Workplace Credits: 3
ENGL 516 - Written Communication for the Sciences Credits: 3
MKTG 542 - Fundamentals of Professional Selling Credits: 3
Any second level or above modern language

General Electives (11 credit hours)

Biological Science/Physical Science (54 credit hours)

BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
BIOL 450 - Modern Genetics Credits: 4
or
ASI 500 - Genetics Credits: 3
BIOL 500 - Plant Physiology Credits: 3
BIOL 501 - Plant Physiology Lab Credits: 1
CHM 210 - Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHM 230 - Chemistry II Credits: 4
CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry Credits: 3
CIS 102 - Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications Credits: 1
ENTOM 300 - Economic Entomology Credits: 3
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
MATH 150 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: 3
PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: 4
PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology Credits: 3
STAT 340 - Biometrics I Credits: 3
Plus 12 credit hours from the following courses:
AGRON 680 - Plant Genetics Credits: 3
BIOCH 521 - General Biochemistry Credits: 3
BIOL 529 - Ecology Credits: 3
BIOL 675 - Genetics of Microorganisms Credits: 3
BIOL 676 - Molecular Genetics Laboratory Credits: 3
ENTOM 732 - Introduction to Plant Resistance to Pests Credits: 2 (cross-listed courses: AGRON 732, PLPTH 732)
ENTOM 655 - Plant Resistance to Insects Credits: 2
MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 221 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II Credits: 4
PHYS 114 - General Physics II Credits: 4
PLPTH 585 - Crop Diseases Credits: 2
PLPTH 755 - Plant Resistance to Diseases Credits: 2

Total credit hours required for graduation: (127)

Must satisfy K-State 8 general education requirements.

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