Agriculture - Agriculture Science - Plant and Soil Science - Environmental Soil Science, B.S.

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Freshman Year
Semester 1Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1306
BIOL 1106
General Biology I
and General Biology Laboratory I
4
ENGL 1301 Rhetoric and Composition 3
MATH 1314 College Algebra 3
PLSS 1407 General Plant Sciences 4
UNIV 1201 Learning in Global Context 2
 Semester Credit Hours16
Semester 2
CHEM 1311
CHEM 1111
Gen Inorganic Chemistry I
and Gen Inorganic Chem Lab I
4
ENGL 1302 Rhetoric and Composition 3
GEOL 1303 Physical Geology 3
HIST 1301 American History to 1877 3
 Semester Credit Hours13
Sophomore Year
Semester 1
CHEM 1312
CHEM 1112
Gen Inorganic Chemistry II
and Gen Inorganic Chem Lab II
4
HIST 1302 American History since 1877 3
PLSS 2316 Describing Soils in the Field 3
POLS 2301 Government and Politics of US 3
Social/Behavioral 3
 Semester Credit Hours16
Semester 2
POLS 2302 Government and Politics of TX 3
PLSS 3410 Principles of Soil Science 4
Creative arts 3
Communications 3
Lang/Phil/Culture 3
 Semester Credit Hours16
Junior Year
Semester 1
AGBU 2317 Introd to Agric Economics 3
AGRI 3372 Contemporary Issues (WI) 3
CHEM 3451 Environmental Chemistry 4
PLSS 3381 Crop Physiology 3
Ag. Sci., elective 3
 Semester Credit Hours16
Semester 2
ANSC 4308 Statistics in Agriculture 3
PLSS 3320 Soil Formation and Class 3
PLSS 3321 Sustainable Soil Water Manag 3
PLSS 3995 Internship (WI) 3
RWSC, adv. 3
 Semester Credit Hours15
Senior Year
Semester 1
GEOG 2472 Intro to Geographic Info Sys 4
PLSS 3344
Vegetable Crop Production
or Hort Fruit Crop Production
3
PLSS 4327
Soil Water Movement
or Soil Health and Productivity
3
Ag. or Sci., adv. 3
Kinesiology 1
 Semester Credit Hours14
Semester 2
AGRI 4171 Seminar 1
PLSS 3325
Field Crop Production
or Weed Management in Crops
3
Ag. or Sci., adv. 3
Ag. Sci., adv. 1 3
Sci., adv. elective 2 4
 Semester Credit Hours14
 Total Credit Hours Required: 120
1

Students must choose an elective or advance elective (adv.) course from AGSC, AGBU, AGRI, PLSS or other Dept. of AGSC.

2

Students may choose one course with laboratory in Physics, or advanced Geography, Geology, Environmental Engineering, or Advanced GIS course [GEOG 3460, GEOG 4429, etc].