Crop and Soil Sciences — Turfgrass Option (CSTU)

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
CSES 2000 Basic Crop Science14Core Social Science2,36
BIOL 1020 Principles Of Biology
   & BIOL 1021 Principles Of Biology Lab
4Core History3
MATH 1130 Precalculus Trigonometry or 1120 Precalculus Algebra3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3CHEM 1110 Gen Chem For Scientists I or 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I3
 CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Lab or 1031 Fund Of Chemistry I Lab1
 14 16
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHoursSummerHours
CSES 2040 Basic Soil Science4CSES 3150 Turfgrass Management4CSES 3920 Internship3
STAT 2510 Stats For Bio And Health Sci3CHEM 1120 Gen Chem for Scientists II or 1040 Fundamental Chemistry II3 
BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology3CHEM 1121 General Chemistry II Lab or 1041 Fund Of Chemistry II Lab1 
BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory1BIOL 3100 Plant Biology or HORT 3000 Growth And Dev Of Hort Plants4 
COMM 1000 Public Speaking3Core Literature3 
 14 15 3
Junior
FallHoursSpringHoursSummerHours
CSES 5160 Advanced Turfgrass Management3CSES 5060 Soil Micro3CSES 3920 Internship3
BIOL 3200 General Microbiology3CSES 5061 Soil Microbiology Lab1 
BIOL 3201 General Micro Lab1CSES 5020 Soil Fertility3 
Core Literature II or Humanities 43Plant Protection 64 
Directed Elective54Core History II or Social Science33 
 14 14 3
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
CSES 5000 Environmental Quality3CSES 4950 Senior Seminar2
Precision Ag74UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed0
Directed Elective54Soil and Water83-4
Core Fine Arts3Plant Protection68
 14 13-14
Total Hours: 120-121
1

Courses in boldface type are major courses and require a 2.0 minimum GPA for graduation.

2

Suggested Core Social Studies: 

AGEC 1000 Global Issues

COUN 2000 Living & Comm in Div Society

SUST 2000 Introduction to Sustainability

ECON 2020 Prin Of Microeconomics

3

Please see advisor. Student choice on Literature or History sequence. University requires 12 hours of Social Science and Humanities core. 

4

Suggested Core Humanities:

PHIL 1010 Introduction To Logic

PHIL 1020 Introduction To Ethics

PHIL 1110 Ethics and Science

PHIL 1120 Intro. Environmental Ethics

5

Directed Electives (8hrs)

(Substitutions to this list must be approved by the program coordinator and be at or above 3000-level.):

CHEM 2070 Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 2071 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

CHEM 2030 Survey Of Organic Chemistry

BATM 3560 Turf Systems Irrigation Design
HORT 3210 Woody ID II
HORT 3220 Arboriculture

HORT 5210 Landscape Bid Install Maint
HORT 3280 Landscape Construction

CSES 5030 Advanced Crop Science

CSES 3300 Plant Genetic & Crop Improveme

CSES 5500 Forage Production & Utilizatio

CSES 5150 Soil Morph

CSES 5080 Soil Erosion & Conservation

CTCT 2100 Power Equipment Technology

CTCT 4140 Ag Struc And Metal Fab Tech

6

Plant Protection: (12hrs)

CSES 3120 Principles of Weed Science

PLPA 3000 General Plant Pathology

ENTM 3040 General Entomology

ENTM 5360 Landscape Entomology

ENTM 5330 Integrated Pest Management

PLPA 5050 Plant Disease Diagnosis

7

Precision Agriculture (3-4 hr)

GEOS 5810 Quant Meth & Spatial Analysis

GEOS 5830 Geographic Information Systems

BSEN 5220 Geospatial Tech in Biosystems

8

Soil and/or Water: (3-4hr) 

CSES 5080 Soil Erosion & Conservation

CSES 5250 Aquatic Sediments

CSES 5800 Climate, Water, and Life

FISH 5220 Water Science

FISH 5320 Limnology