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2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Plant Sciences Major, BS in Plant Sciences – Turfgrass Science and Management Concentration


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The turfgrass science and management concentration is designed for the student desiring to pursue professions that include growing and managing turfgrasses used for golf courses, parks, athletic fields, sports complexes, and residential and commercial lawns. This concentration also prepares students for graduate studies in turfgrass science. Students are encouraged to earn a minor degree in a supportive field such as agricultural economics or environmental and soil sciences. Careful selection of departmental courses and other electives in consultation with the assigned academic advisor will prepare graduates for the career of their choice. A minimum grade point average of 2.25 is required for all plant sciences courses taken in the major.

uTrack Requirements (for first-year students)

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester known as milestones. Milestones may include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect first-time, first-year, full-time, degree-seeking students entering Fall 2013.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Plant Sciences • Plant Sciences Major • Turfgrass Science and Management Concentration


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
1AGNR 100  or FYS 101  1 2.0 cumulative GPA
2AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * or ECON 207 * 4  
BIOL 111 * 4  
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 * 3  
3Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 2
BIOL 112 * 4 2.0 cumulative GPA
3Communicating Orally Elective * 3 One Natural Sciences Elective*
ENGL 102 * 3  
PLSC 462  1  
3Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
4Unrestricted Elective 2  
Term 3
AGNR 291  1 ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 *
CHEM 100 * or CHEM 120 * or CHEM 127* 4  
PLSC 210 , PLSC 240 , PLSC 241  7  
2,3Social Sciences Elective * 3  
Term 4
CHEM 110 * or CHEM 130 * or CHEM 138 * 4 ENGL 102 *
ESS 210  4 PLSC 210 
PLSC 462  1  
5Technical Electives 6  
Term 5
3Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 Any CASNR course with grade of C or better
3Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3 Any two Arts and Humanities*, Cultures and Civilizations*, Quantitative Reasoning*, or Social Sciences* Electives
EPP 313  3  
PLSC 220  or PLSC 221  3  
5Technical Elective 3  
Term 6
PLSC 233 , PLSC 331 , PLSC 341 , PLSC 343 , PLSC 438 , PLSC 442 , PLSC 462 , PLSC 466  12 No milestones
4Unrestricted Elective 2  
Term 6 ½ (Summer)
PLSC 492  3 No milestones
Term 7
PLSC 250  3 Apply to graduate
5Technical Electives 9  
Term 8
3Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 No milestones
3Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3  
PLSC 441 , PLSC 462  3  
6Plant Sciences Elective 3  
4Unrestricted Elective 3  
     
TOTAL 120  

* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Required of freshmen only; requirement is waived for transfer students.
2 AREC 201 (4) Economics of the Global Food and Fiber System * or ECON 201 (4) Introductory Economics: A Survey Course * satisfies the University General Education-Social Science requirement and the major requirement for economics. If the student transfers ECON LD for 3 credit hours, it will satisfy the major requirement for economics but will not satisfy the University General Education-Social Sciences requirement. In these cases, the student should take two courses from the Social Sciences list.
3 Chosen from the University General Education list after consultation with an advisor. Students must meet the Communicating through Writing requirement by selecting a course with a WC designation. This course may be an Arts and Humanities, Communicating Orally, Cultures and Civilizations, or Social Sciences Elective; a course in the major; or a course from another discipline.
4Any courses not already required for the major.
5 Chosen from any 300-level and above from Agricultural and Resource Economics; Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biosystems Engineering; Biosystems Engineering Technology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Entomology and Plant Pathology; Environmental and Soil Sciences; Forestry; Plant Sciences; and ACCT 200  OR ACCT 207 ; AGNR 292 ; ENGL 295 *, ENGL 360 *; FINC 300 ; MARK 300 ; MGT 201 , MGT 300 .
6Chosen from any Plant Sciences course not already required for the major.

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