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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Plant Sciences Major, BS in Plant Sciences – Sustainable Landscape Design Concentration
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The landscape is a life-sustaining ecosystem shared by all that inhabit the earth. It is the cities and towns where we live and work, the parks and gardens where we play, the fields that nourish our bodies and supply our economies, and the wilderness that restores us. Pressures from a growing population and a changing climate mandate that we look beyond the aesthetic potential of the designed landscape so as to engage it as a territory of experience, activity and interpretation, and a strategy through which contemporary challenges facing regions, cities and the people that inhabit them - access to healthy food and clean water, environmental degradation, public health - are addressed. The Sustainable Landscape Design Concentration positions students for careers through which they impact the way in which we live, work and play and shape the health of our environment through the applied arts and sciences of the designed landscape. Studies include plant materials, design development and communication, construction methods, environmental science, and ecological systems. Through strategic advising, students will be positioned for careers as design/build entrepreneurs, specialized consultants to professional design teams, or for advanced placement in UT’s School of Landscape Architecture.
uTrack Requirements
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 include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.
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Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Plant Sciences – Plant Sciences Major – Sustainable Landscape Design Concentration
| Term 1 |
Hours |
Milestone Notes |
| 1AGNR 100 , AGNR 103 , or FYS 101 |
1 |
2.0 cumulative GPA |
| 2,7Expanded Perspectives Elective* |
3 |
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| 6BIOL 113 * or BIOL 114 * |
3 |
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| BIOL 115 |
2 |
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| CHEM 102 * and CHEM 103 *, or CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 *, or CHEM 128 * |
4 |
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| ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 * |
3 |
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| Term 2 |
| Oral Communication Elective* |
3 |
2.0 cumulative GPA |
| ENGL 102 * |
3 |
One Natural Sciences Elective* |
| PLSC 250 * or 2Natural Sciences Electives* |
3-4 |
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| PLSC 180 * |
3 |
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| 2Engaged Inquiries Elective* |
3 |
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| Term 3 |
| 3AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * or ECON 207 * |
4 |
2.0 cumulative GPA |
| ESS 210 |
4 |
ENGL 101 * |
| PLSC 210 * |
3 |
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| PLSC 320 |
3 |
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| 2Quantitative Reasoning Elective* |
3 |
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| Term 4 |
| PLSC 321 |
3 |
ENGL 102 * |
| PLSC 280 |
3 |
PLSC 210 * |
| PLSC 333 |
3 |
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| 4Directed Elective |
3 |
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| 2Quantitative Reasoning Elective* |
3 |
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| Term 5 |
| 2PLSC 115 * or Global Citizenship – International Elective* |
3 |
Any Herbert College of Agriculture course with grade of C or better |
| PLSC 311 |
3 |
Any two Arts and Humanities *, Global Citizenship *, Quantitative Reasoning *, or Social Sciences * Electives |
| PLSC 350 |
3 |
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| Select from Menu A: PLSC 410 *, PLSC 415 , PLSC 430 , PLSC 434 , PLSC 435 |
3 |
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| 5Unrestricted Elective or WC, if needed |
3 |
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| Term 6 |
| PLSC 380 |
3 |
No milestones |
| 4Directed Electives |
5 |
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| PLSC 330 |
3 |
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| 5Plant Sciences Electives or Unrestricted Electives |
2 |
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| Term 6 ½ (Summer) |
| PLSC 492 or PLSC 499 |
3 |
No milestones |
| Term 7 |
| 2,7Expanding Perspectives Elective* |
3 |
Apply to graduate |
| 2Global Citizenship – US Elective* |
3 |
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| PLSC 421 |
3 |
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| PLSC 470 |
1 |
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| 4Directed Elective |
3 |
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| Term 8 |
| PLSC 480 |
4 |
No milestones |
| PLSC 485 |
3 |
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| Select from Menu B: PLSC 438 , PLSC 443 , PLSC 456 , PLSC 457 ; EPP 313 , EPP 321 , EPP 410 , EPP 411 |
3 |
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| 4Directed Elective |
3 |
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| TOTAL |
120 |
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Required of freshmen only; requirement is waived for transfer students. |
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Chosen from the Volunteer Core * list after consultation with an advisor. Students must meet the Written Communications * requirement by selecting a course with a WC designation. |
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AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * or ECON 207 * satisfies the Volunteer Core Social Sciences * 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 Volunteer Core Social Sciences * requirement. In these cases, the student should take two courses from the approved Volunteer Core Social Sciences * list. |
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Directed electives are courses that generally support and enhance a student’s academic goals. These multidisciplinary courses were chosen to provide students the opportunity to develop basic and advanced skills beyond Plant Science’s core requirements. The Plant Sciences Undergraduate Program Committee periodically reviews this list to identify appropriate courses for each concentration. If students believe that a course not on the list would meet this objective, they may propose this to their academic advisor to review before the start of the semester in which the student wishes to take the course. Additionally, any component of an Entrepreneurship, Business Administration or Entomology and Plant Pathology Minor(s) are acceptable. Chosen from any Advertising; Business Administration; Business Analytics and Statistics; Entomology and Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Statistics; ACCT 200 , ACCT 207 ; ALEC 240 *, ALEC 340 *; ARCH 111 *, ARCH 211 *, ARCH 271 ; AREC 212 , AREC 342 *, AREC 442 *; ART 101 *, ART 103 *; ARTA 211 *, ARTA 212 *, ARTA 213 *, ARTA 214 , ARTA 215 , ARTA 216 , ARTA 231 *, ARTA 331 ; ARTD 451 , ARTD 452 ; BIOL 260 -BIOL 269 ; BUAD 103 ; BULW 301 ; CMST 414 ; DSGN 130 *, DSGN 430 *; ECON 331 ; EEB 304 , EEB 330 , EEB 433 *; EF 130 , EF 400 ; ENGL 295 *, ENGL 360 *; ENT 350 , ENT 410S , ENT 415 , ENT 425 , ENT 451 , ENT 460 , ENT 485 ; ESS 334 ; FINC 300 ; FORS 321 *; FWF 212 , FWF 250 *, FWF 312 , FWF 315 ; GEOG 131 *; GEOL 201 , GEOL 202 *, GEOL 203 *; LAR 541, LAR 542; MARK 300 , MARK 462 ; ME 457 ; MGT 201 , MGT 300 ; MUSC 305 ; PHIL 244 *, PHIL 346 *; RMM 411 , RMM 412 ; SOCI 360 *, SOCI 363 *; SPAN 111 , SPAN 112 , SPAN 211 , SPAN 212 *; UNST 413 . AGRI 1030 taken at a Tennessee Board of Regents community college, or as a part of Statewide dual-credit (SDC) which transfers to UTK as PLSC LD, is acceptable for (3) credit hours in this category. The directed electives category can also be fulfilled by the completion of any university approved minor taken at The University of Tennessee. |
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Any courses not already required for the major. |
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BIOL 113 * or BIOL 114 *; and BIOL 115 satisfies the Volunteer Core Natural Sciences * requirements and the major requirement for Botany. This requirement will be met if a transfer student transfers in any Biology class(es) with lab totaling at least 4 credit hours. |
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Selected from any of the following designations: Arts and Humanities *, Applied Arts and Humanities *, Global Citizenship – International *, Global Citizenship – US *, or Social Sciences * (Applied Arts and Humanities * (AAH) courses allow students to learn by doing through performances or creative activities). |
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .
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