Auburn Bulletin 2023-2024

Crop and Soil Sciences — Soil, Water and Land Use Option (CSSW)

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology
   & BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory
4BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology
   & BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory
4
CSES 2000 Basic Crop Science4ENGL 1100 English Composition I3
CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I
   & CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory
4MATH 1610 Calculus I4
MATH 1130 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry3CHEM 1040 Fundamental Chemistry II
   & CHEM 1041 Fundamental Chemistry II Laboratory
4
 15 15
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
GEOL 1100 Dynamic Earth4Core History II3
CSES 2040 Basic Soil Science4ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
Core History I3STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences3
CHEM 3050 Analytical Chemistry
   & CHEM 3051 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
4CHEM 2030 Survey of Organic Chemistry3
 Core Social Science33
 15 15
Junior
FallHoursSpringHours
Core Humanities (Other)43CSES 5020 Nutrient Management3
ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics3GEOL 2100 Environmental Geology4
CSES 5300 Soil Chemistry4CSES 5150 Soil Morphology4
Free Electives3PHYS 1500 General Physics I4
Core Humanities (Literature)3 
 16 15
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
Core Humanities (Fine Arts)3CSES 4950 Senior Seminar2
GEOL 5100 Hydrogeology ( or)3CSES 5060 Soil Microbiology Lecture3
FISH 5220 Water Science
 CSES 5061 Soil Microbiology Lab1
CSES 5590 Environmental Soil Physics4GEOG 5830 Geographic Information Systems4
Option Course54Core Humanities (Other)43
 Option course53
 UNIV 4AA0 – University Graduation0
 14 16
Total Hours: 121
1

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

2

Six credits of advanced ROTC can be substituted for free electives and 3 credits of required courses not in the required Core or Major (boldface courses).

3

 Select one course from the Other Social Sciences section of the Core Curriculum (Examples include: ANTH 1000, GEOG 1010, PSYC 2010, SOCY 1000, UNIV 2720 or honors equivalent).

4

Select COMM 1000 and one additional course from the Other Humanities Choices section of the Core Curriculum. PHIL 1020 is suggested.

5

Option course to be taken from courses approved by advisor (list below).

CSES 4200 Soil Judging

CSES 4210 Advanced Soil Judging

CSES 5000 Environmental Quality

CSES 5080 Soil Resources and Conservation

CSES 5400 Bioenergy and the Environment

CSES 5960 Special Problems

FISH 5220 Water Science

GEOL 5100 Hydrogeology

BIOL 3060 Ecology

BIOL 5120 Systematic Botany