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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agronomy (BS) - Soil and Environmental Science Option

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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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: 3
AGRON 306 - Soils Laboratory Credits: 1
AGRON 335 - Environmental Quality Credits: 3
AGRON 375 - Soil Fertility Credits: 3
AGRON 405 - Internship in Agronomy Credits: 0-3 (3 credit hours)
AGRON 665 - Soil Genesis and Classification Credits: 3
AGRON 605 - Soil and Environmental Chemistry Credits: 3
AGRON 645 - Soil Microbiology Credits: 3
AGRON 746 - Environmental Soil Physics Credits: 3

Select one course from:

AGRON 502 - International Experience in Agronomy Credits: 0-6 (3 credits)
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 (3 credit hours)

Social Sciences & Humanities (20 credit hours)

COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: 2
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3

Communications Elective (3 credit hours)

Social Sciences & Humanities Electives (6 credit hours)

One of the following courses:

ANTH 260 - Introduction to Archeology Credits: 3
GEOG 340 - Natural Resources Credits: 3
HIST 511 - Environmental History Credits: 3
SOCIO 536 - Society and Natural Resources Credits: 3

General Electives (8-10 credit hours)

Natural & Applied Sciences (45-47 credit hours)

BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
CHM 210 - Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHM 230 - Chemistry II Credits: 4
CIS 102 - Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications Credits: 1
GEOL 100 - Earth in Action Credits: 3
GEOL 103 - Geology Laboratory Credits: 1
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
MATH 150 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: 3
PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: 4
STAT 340 - Biometrics I Credits: 3

One of the following courses:

CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry Credits: 3
CHM 531 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 3
BIOCH 265 - Introductory Organic and Biochemistry Credits: 5

Natural & Applied Sciences Electives (12 credit hours)

Agriculture (9 credit hours)

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
OR
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
AGEC 525 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Credits: 3

Agriculture Elective (3 credit hours)

Total credit hours required for graduation: (120)

Must satisfy K-State 8 general education requirements.

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