Agroecology Option
Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
| Freshman Year | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Spring | Summer | |
| ENSC 110 - Land Resourses and Environmental Sciences | 3 | ||
| BIOB 170IN - Principles of Biological Diversity | 4 | ||
| M 121Q - College Algebra (or higher) | 3 | ||
| WRIT 101W - College Writing I | 3 | ||
| BIOB 110CS - Introduction to Plant Biology | 3 | ||
| CHMY 141 - College Chemistry I & CHMY 142 - College Chemistry I Lab | 4 | ||
| SFBS 146 - Introduction to Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems | 3 | ||
| ECNS 101IS - Economic Way of Thinking | 3 | ||
| Univ. Seminar (US Core) | 3 | ||
| Year Total: | 13 | 16 | |
| Sophomore Year | Credits | ||
| Fall | Spring | Summer | |
| BIOB 160 - Principles of Living Systems | 4 | ||
| CHMY 143 - College Chemistry II & CHMY 144 - College Chemistry II Lab | 4 | ||
| ENSC 245IN - Soils | 3 | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | ||
STAT 216Q - Introduction to Statistics | |||
BIOB 318 - Biometry | |||
| Take one of the following: | 4-5 | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | ||
ENSC 210 - Role of Plants in the Environment | |||
ECHM 205CS - Energy and Sustainability | |||
| GPHY 284 - Intro to GIS Science & Cartog (Univ. Core) | 3 | ||
| Univ. Core | 3 | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | ||
SFBS 298 - Internship | |||
SFBS 296 - Practicum: Towne's Harvest | |||
| Year Total: | 14 | 13-14 | 3 |
| Junior Year | Credits | ||
| Fall | Spring | Summer | |
| ENSC 353 - Environmental Biogeochemistry | 3 | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | ||
NRSM 240 - Natural Resource Ecology | |||
BIOE 370 - General Ecology | |||
| NUTR 221CS - Basic Human Nutrition | 3 | ||
| Univ. Core | 6 | ||
| NUTR 226 - Food Fundamentals | 3 | ||
| AGSC 341 - Field Crop Production | 3 | ||
| Univ. Core | 3 | ||
| Directed Elective | 3 | ||
| Year Total: | 15 | 12 | |
| Senior Year | Credits | ||
| Fall | Spring | Summer | |
| SFBS 327 - Ethnobotany | 3 | ||
| NUTR 351 - Nutrition and Society | 3 | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | ||
SFBS 429 - Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Food and Health | |||
BIOO 433 - Plant Physiology (offered Spring) | |||
SFBS 466 - Food System Resilience, Vulnerability and Transformation (offerred Spring) | |||
| Take two of the following: | 6 | ||
AGSC 401 - Integrated Pest Management | |||
ENSC 443 - Weed Ecology and Management | |||
AGSC 428 - Cropping Systems and Sustainable Agriculture (offered Spring) | |||
BIOM 421 - Concepts of Plant Pathology (offered Spring) | |||
| SFBS 499 - Senior Thesis/Capstone | 3 | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | ||
BIOE 455 - Plant Ecology | |||
BIOM 452 - Soil & Envirnmntl Microbiology | |||
ENSC 468 - Ecosystem Biogeochem and Global Change | |||
| SFBS 498 - Internship | 3 | ||
| Directed Electives | 9 | ||
| Year Total: | 18 | 15 | |
| Total Program Credits: | 120 | ||
Directed Electives
Each student shall work closely with their faculty advisor to plan an integrated set of directed elective courses appropriate to their academic, professional and personal goals. Courses not on this list may be used IF considered appropriate to the student's goals AND approved by the faculty advisor as a curricular exception.
| Take 12 credits of the following: | ||
| AGSC 342 | Forages | 3 |
| ANSC 222 | Livestock in Sustain Systems | 3 |
| BIOB 375 | General Genetics | 3 |
| BIOE 422 | Insect Ecology | 3 |
| BIOE 375 | Ecological Responses to Climate Change | 3 |
| BIOM 360 | General Microbiology | 5 |
| ECNS 132 | Econ & the Environment | 3 |
| ENSC 407 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 3 |
| ENSC 410R | Biodiversity Survey and Monitoring Methods | 3 |
| ENSC 490R | Undergraduate Research | 1-6 |
| ENSC 492 | Independent Study | 1-3 |
| GPHY 384 | Adv GIS and Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| GPHY 484R | Applied GIS & Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| HORT 337 | Vegetable Production | 3 |
| HORT 345 | Market Gardening | 3 |
| NASX 415 | Native Food Systems | 3 |
| NUTR 301 | Food and Culture | 3 |
| NUTR 435 | Experimental Foods | 3 |
| NUTR 496 | Practicum Food Product Development | 3 |
| PSCI 436 | Politics of Food & Hunger | 3 |
| SFBS 346 | Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems Summer Field Course | 1 |
| SFBS 429 | Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Food and Health (if not taken above) | 3 |
| SFBS 445R | Culinary Marketing: Farm/Table | 3 |
| SFBS 451R | Sustainable Food Systems | 3 |
| SFBS 466 | Food System Resilience, Vulnerability and Transformation (if not taken above) | 3 |
Because some of our courses are offered during alternate years, the proposed scheduling of courses in junior and senior years may need to be modified. Work with an advisor to determine an individual schedule.