Agriculture, BS, Ag Systems Concentration

Location(s): Alpine

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The Agriculture curriculum is designed to be a broad-based student-centered program that prepares students with marketable technical skills within the agricultural field for careers in business, industry, education, and government.

The Ag Systems concentration emphasizes specialized coursework in several broad areas that enable students to be successful in a wide range of ag fields.

Program Requirements

Core Curriculum: 42

First-Year Seminar: 1

Agriculture Core: 28 Credits

ANSC 2312 - Current Issues in Ag Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2305 - Soils Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 3416 - Lvstk Wildlife Nutr Mgmt Credit Hours: 4
STAT 3308 - Agricultural Statistics Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 2301 - Introduction to Agriculture Credit Hours: 3
OR
ANSC 1419 - Introductory Animal Science Credit Hours: 4
AGB 2302 - Agri Economics Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 4305 - Agri Genetics Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2301 - Range Resources Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2303 - Prin Conservation Biology Credit Hours: 3
OR
NRM 2330 - Wildlife Conservation & Mgmt Credit Hours: 3

Notes:

ANSC 2312 and NRM 2305 should be taken to satisfy core requirements.

Ag Systems Concentration: 33 Credits

NRM 1301 - Horticulture Credit Hours: 3
AGED 2304 - Intro to Ag Education Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3318 - Tch Methods in Ag Ed Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3319 - Special Pop in Ag Educ Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3320 - Public Policies in Agriculture Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3321 - Curriculum & Prog Planning Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 4317 - Senior Capstone Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1311 - General Botany Credit Hours: 3
EDUA 4306 - Survey of Exceptional Children Credit Hours: 3
IT 2307 - Welding Technology Credit Hours: 3
IT 2309 - Tech/Sm Eng Maint & Repair Credit Hours: 3

Ag Systems Electives: 25 Credits

ANSC
AGB
AGED
IT
GEOL 3401 - Interdiscp Geographic Info Sys Credit Hours: 4
NRM
RCH

Notes:

Students select 25 hours from the above course elective areas with a minimum of 12 hours advanced

Total Hours: 120

Core Curriculum: 42

First-Year Seminar: 1

Required Core Courses: 28

Restrictive Electives in: 33

Restrictive Electives in: 25

[3 classes (9 sch) that are listed in major sections can be taken as core.]