Crop Protection Specialty

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123 semester hours

The Crop Protection program trains students to manage a wide variety of problems that affect crop plant production. Since these problems come from many sources, the Crop Protection curriculum includes courses from the areas of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Weed Science, and Horticulture. In addition, the student is required to take production agriculture as well as biology courses, making the Crop Protection curriculum truly interdisciplinary in scope. The B.S. degree in Agriculture with emphasis in Crop Protection signifies a student prepared for jobs with private enterprise or government agencies concerned with plant pest control, crop production, or environmental protection, such as plant quarantine and integrated pest control. In addition, the Crop Protection curriculum is flexible enough to allow the student to meet the entry requirements of most graduate schools and thus further his or her education by pursuing a graduate degree.

Agriculture: Crop Protection Specialty Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree

GROUP 1. General Education Requirements (and Assigned Credits)

• English Composition (3)
• Quantitative Reasoning [MATH 104 or its equivalent in Group 2 fulfills the 3 semester hours of this requirement]
• World Cultures (6)
• Humanities (3 or more) [ENG 225 and one COM course in Group 2 fulfill 6 out of the 9 semester hours of this requirement]
• Social Sciences (9)
• Natural Sciences [Science Courses in Group 2 fulfill all 10 semester hours of this requirement]

GROUP 1 Total: 21 Semester Credits

GROUP 2. Major Requirements 9 (and Assigned Credits)

1. Agriscience Requirements
   • AG 291 Directed Work Experience (3)
   • AG 304 Applied Microbiology (3)
   • AG 375 Introduction to Genetic Analysis (3)
   • AG 497 Senior Seminar (1) [see Note 1 below]
   • ENTO 304 General Entomology (3)
   • ENTO 374 Insect Pest Control (3)
   • HORT 262 Principles of Horticulture (3)
   • HORT 481 Weed Science (3)
   • PPTH 301 Tropical Plant Pathology (3)
   • PPTH 405 Plant Disease Diagnosis (3)
   • PPHY 310 Plant Growth and Development (3)
   • SOIL 304 Tropical Soils (3)
   • Choose TWO courses from the following HORT courses: (6-8)
     • HORT 263 (3) Hydroponics
     • HORT 266 (4) Nursery Management
     • HORT 303 (3) Introduction to Plant Tissue Culture
     • HORT 351(3) Vegetable Crop Production
     • HORT 352 (3) Tropical Fruit Production
     • HORT 354 (4) Floriculture and Ornamental Production
2. Required Courses from Related Fields
   • BIOL 175/175L Introductory Biology I plus Lab (4)
   • BIOL 176/176L Introductory Biology II plus Lab (4)
   • BIOL 281/281L General Ecology (3)
   • CHEMISTRY (Choose ONE sequence from the following three sequences):
     • CHEM 124/124D/124L General Chemistry I plus CHEM 125/125D/125L General Chemistry II (10)
     • CHEM 124/124D/124L General Chemistry I plus CHEM 141/141L Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (9)
     • CHEM 114/114L Introductory Chemistry plus CHEM 141/141L Survey of Organic Chemistry (8)
   • ENG 225 Writing for Science and Technology (3)
   • MATH 104 Pre-calculus Math OR higher, but not 107, 108, or 111 (3-4)
   • MATH 121 Introduction to Statistics and Probability (3)
   • PHYS 106 College Physics (3)
   • Choose ONE course of the following COM courses: (3)
     • COM 100 Human Communication in a Diverse Society
     • COM 200 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
     • COM 250 Public Speaking

GROUP 2 Total: 76 – 78 Semester Credits

GROUP 3. Electives. At least 9 semester hours must be Agricultural courses. [See Note 2 below]
GROUP 3 Total: 24 – 26 Semester Credits

Total Semester Hours Required For The B.S. in Agriculture: Crop Protection Specialty: 123

Notes:

1. AG 497 may be taken before senior year.
2. Students who decide later to pursue a graduate degree would find the following courses useful: BIOL 270, 410; CHEM 241-242; and MATH 205.
3. Students must earn at least a 2.0 GPA in courses required for the major.
4. To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture, students must fulfill the requirements for the major AND meet all of the University’s other baccalaureate degree requirements. (Please see the chapter on Baccalaureate Degree Requirements in the Catalog.)
5. Students should always check course prerequisites and the frequency with which courses are offered. This information is found in Course Listings in the back of the Catalog.
6. To ensure progress toward degree completion, students are strongly encouraged to meet with an advisor each semester before registering.