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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agronomy - Precision Agriculture (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours  K-State Core  
Semester 1      
AGRON 101  - Agronomy Orientation   1      
AGRON 120  - Crop Science   3      
AGRON 121  - Crop Science Laboratory   1      
CHM 210  - Chemistry I   4      
English Requirement 3 KSC 010  
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Choose One Course Below:      
AGEC 120  - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness   3      
AGEC 121  - Honors Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness   3      
ECON 110  - Principles of Macroeconomics   3      
ECON 120  - Principles of Microeconomics   3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
AGRON 205  - Soils   3      
AGRON 206  - Soils Laboratory   1      
CIS 102  - Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications   1      
Communications Requirement 3    
BIOL 198  - Principles of Biology   4    KSC 040  
MATH 100  - College Algebra   3   KSC 030  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
AGRON 202  - Introduction to Precision Ag Software   3      
CHM 230  - Chemistry II   4      
MATH 150  - Plane Trigonometry   3      
English Requirement 3 KSC 010  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 030  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
PHYS 113  - General Physics I   4      
ENTOM 250  - Economic Entomology  OR 3      
ENTOM 312  - General Entomology   3      
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Business & Communications Elective 3 KSC 060  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
AGRON 330  - Weed Science   3      
AGRON 360  - Crop Growth and Development   3      
STAT 240  - Biometrics I   3      
GEOG 508  - Geographic Information Systems I   4      
AGRON 405  - Internship in Agronomy   0-3      
Must complete one internship for 3 cr      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
AGRON 375  - Nutrient Cycling and Fertilizer Management   3      
AGRON 385  - Soil Analysis and Nutrient Recommendations   2      
AGRON 665  - Soil Genesis and Classification   3      
PLPTH 500  - Principles of Plant Pathology   3      
GEOG 302  - Cartography and Thematic Mapping   3      
GEOG 605  - Remote Sensing of the Environment  OR 3      
GEOG 608  - Geographic Information Systems II   Or 3      
UAS 270  - Introduction to UAS   3      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
ATM 550  - Precision Agriculture Technologies   3      
Agronomy Electives 3    
Agricultural Electives  3    
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 6 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2       
AGRON 655  - Site Specific Agriculture   3      
Agronomy Electives  3    
Agricultural Electives 3    
Free Electives 4    
Total Credits: 13      
       
Total Program Hours: 120