Crop and Soil Sciences — Turfgrass Option (CSTU)
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||
| CSES 2000 Basic Crop Science1 | 4 | Core Social Science2,3 | 6 | ||
| BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology & BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory | 4 | Core History | 3 | ||
| MATH 1130 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry or 1120 Pre-Calculus Algebra | 3 | ENGL 1120 English Composition II | 3 | ||
| ENGL 1100 English Composition I | 3 | CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I or 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I | 3 | ||
| CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Laboratory or 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| CSES 2040 Basic Soil Science | 4 | CSES 3150 Turfgrass Management | 4 | CSES 3920 Internship | 3 |
| STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences | 3 | CHEM 1120 General Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers II or 1040 Fundamental Chemistry II | 3 | ||
| BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology | 3 | CHEM 1121 General Chemistry II Laboratory or 1041 Fundamental Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 | ||
| BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory | 1 | BIOL 3100 Plant Biology or HORT 3000 Growth and Development of Horticultural Plants | 4 | ||
| COMM 1000 Public Speaking | 3 | Core Literature | 3 | ||
| 14 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Junior | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| CSES 5160 Advanced Turfgrass Management | 3 | CSES 5060 Soil Microbiology Lecture | 3 | CSES 3920 Internship | 3 |
| BIOL 3200 General Microbiology | 3 | CSES 5061 Soil Microbiology Lab | 1 | ||
| BIOL 3201 General Microbiology Laboratory | 1 | CSES 5020 Nutrient Management | 3 | ||
| Core Literature II or Humanities 4 | 3 | Plant Protection 6 | 4 | ||
| Directed Elective5 | 4 | Core History II or Social Science3 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 14 | 3 | |||
| Senior | |||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||
| CSES 5000 Environmental Quality | 3 | CSES 4950 Senior Seminar | 2 | ||
| Precision Ag7 | 4 | UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed | 0 | ||
| Directed Elective5 | 4 | Soil and Water8 | 3-4 | ||
| Core Fine Arts | 3 | Plant Protection6 | 8 | ||
| 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 in Food, Agriculture, Development, and Environment
COUN 2000 Living and Communicating in a Diverse Society
SUST 2000 Introduction to Sustainability
ECON 2020 Principles 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 Ethical and Conceptual Foundations of Science
PHIL 1120 Introduction to 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 Landscape Plant Identification II
HORT 3220 ArboricultureHORT 5210 Landscape Bidding, Installation and Maintenance
HORT 3280 Landscape ConstructionCSES 5030 Advanced Crop Science
CSES 3300 Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement
CSES 5500 Forage Production and Utilization
CSES 5150 Soil Morphology
CSES 5080 Soil Resources and Conservation
CTCT 2100 Power Equipment Technology
CTCT 4140 Agricultural Structure and Metal Fabrication Technology
- 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)
GEOG 5700 Quantitative Methods and Spatial Analysis
GEOG 5830 Geographic Information Systems
BSEN 5220 Geospatial Technologies in Biosystems
- 8
Soil and/or Water: (3-4hr)
CSES 5080 Soil Resources and Conservation
CSES 5250 Aquatic Sediments
CSES 5800 Climate, Water, and Life
FISH 5220 Water Science
FISH 5320 Limnology