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

Agronomy - Range Management (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      
ASI 102  - Principles of Animal Science   3      
CHM 210  - Chemistry I   4      
English Requirement  3 KSC 010  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
AGRON 205  - Soils   3      
AGRON 206  - Soils Laboratory   1      
CIS 102  -  Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications   1      
Communications Requirement 3 KSC 020  
BIOL 198  - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040  
MATH 100  - College Algebra   3   KSC 030  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
AGRON 251  - Range Management   3      
CHM 230  - Chemistry II   4      
English Requirements 3 KSC 010  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Choose One Course Below: 3    
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: 16      
       
Semester 2      
MATH 150  - Plane Trigonometry   3      
ENTOM 250  - Economic Entomology  OR 3      
ENTOM 305  - Animal Health Entomology  AND 2      
ENTOM 306  - Animal Health Entomology Laboratory   1      
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirements 3    
Arts & Humanities Requirements 3 KSC 060  
Arts & Humanities Requirements 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
AGRON 660  - Grassland Monitoring and Assessment   2      
AGRON 661  - Grassland Monitoring and Assessment Lab   1      
AGRON 462   - Range Grasses   2      
GEOL 100  - Earth in Action   3      
BIOL 551  - Taxonomy of Flowering Plants   4      
Agronomy Electives 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
AGRON 665  - Soil Genesis and Classification   3      
AGRON 790  - Range Management Planning   3      
Business & Communications Elective 3    
Math or Statistics Elective 3    
BIOCH 265  - Introductory Organic and Biochemistry  OR 5      
CHM 350  - General Organic Chemistry  OR 3      
CHM 351  - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
AGRON 260  - Field Identification of Range and Pasture Plants   1      
ASI 515  - Beef Science   3      
BIOL 500  - Plant Physiology   3      
AGRON 670  - Range Management Problems   1-18      
Must complete one Range Management Problem for 3 cr      
BIOL 504  - Plant Ecology  OR 3      
BIOL 529  - Ecology   3      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
AGRON 681  - Range Ecology   3      
Agronomy Integration Elective 3    
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Free Electives 4    
Total Credits: 13      
       
Total Program Hours: 120