Program: Agronomy (BS) - Plant Science and Biotechnology Option - Kansas State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 04, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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: 3
AGRON 306 - Soils Laboratory Credits: 1
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

Select one course from:

AGRON 502 - International Experience in Agronomy Credits: 0-6
AGRON 602 - Agronomy Capstone Experience Credits: 3
AGRON 640 - Cropping Systems Credits: 3
AGRON 655 - Site Specific Agriculture Credits: 3
GENAG 582 - Natural Resources/Environmental Science Project (NRES) Credits: 3

Agronomy Electives (6 credit hours)

Social Sciences & Humanities (20 credit hours)

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

Communication Elective (3 credit hours)

Social Sciences/Humanities Electives (6 credit hours)

General Electives (4-7 credit hours)

Natural & Applied Science (45-48 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
OR
CHM 531 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 3
OR
BIOCH 265 - Introductory Organic and Biochemistry Credits: 5
CIS 102 - Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications Credits: 1
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: 4
STAT 340 - Biometrics I Credits: 3

Natural & Applied Sciences Elective (12 credit hours)

Agriculture (12 credit hours)

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
OR
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
AGEC 315 - Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems Credits: 3
ENTOM 250 - Economic Entomology Credits: 3
OR
ENTOM 312 - General Entomology Credits: 3
PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology Credits: 3

Total credit hours required for graduation: (120)

Must satisfy K-State 8 general education requirements.