Environmental and Soil Sciences Major, BS in Environmental and Soil Sciences - Conservation Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability Concentration

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

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.

Term 1

• Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• CHEM 102 - Principles of Chemistry 3 Credit Hours *
• CHEM 103 - Principles of Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• Select one course:

• BIOL 101 - Introduction to Biology: Cells, Genetics, and Physiology 4 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 113 - Introductory Plant Biology I 3 Credit Hours *

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Term 2

• CHEM 112 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours *
• CHEM 113 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• ESS 120 - Soils and Civilizations 3 Credit Hours *
• MATH 115 - Statistical Reasoning 3 Credit Hours *

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• Choose separate lecture and lab or lecture/lab combined:

• BIOL 114 - Introductory Plant Biology II 3 Credit Hours * and
• BIOL 115 - Introductory Plant Biology Laboratory 2 Credit Hours

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• BIOL 102 - Introduction to Biology: Biodiversity and Ecology 4 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ¹ Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• AGNR 180 - Global Dynamics: Food, Biodiversity, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours *
• AREC 212 - Introduction to Agribusiness Management 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 220 - Waters and Civilizations 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• AREC 201 - Economics of the Global Food and Fiber System 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 207 - Honors: Introductory Economics 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 211 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ³ Unrestricted Elective 2 Credit Hours

• ANSC 150 - Global Animal Agriculture Systems and Society 3 Credit Hours *
• ESS 231 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 232 - Fundamentals of Soil Science Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• PLSC 275 - Organic and Sustainable Crop Production 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• EEB 304 - Socio-Economic Impact of Plants 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 330 - Field Botany 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 250 - World Food and Fiber Plant Production 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• ² Technical Electives 6 Credit Hours

• AREC 313 - Agricultural Law 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 334 - Soil Nutrient Management and Fertilizers 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• EPP 313 - Introductory Plant Pathology 3 Credit Hours
• EPP 321 - Introductory Entomology 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ACCT 200 - Foundations of Accounting 3 Credit Hours
• ACCT 207 - Honors: Foundations of Accounting 3 Credit Hours
• BUAD 202 - Personal Finance 3 Credit Hours *

Term 6

• ¹ Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Written Communication  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• AREC 314 - Environmental Law 3 Credit Hours *
• ESS 301 - Professional Development 1 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• ALEC 340 - Public Strategies for Communicating to Global Sectors 3 Credit Hours *
• AREC 350 - The Food and Agricultural Marketing System 3 Credit Hours *

Term 7

• ² Technical Elective 3 Credit Hours

• ESS 424 - Environmental Stormwater Management 3 Credit Hours *
• ESS 462 - Environmental Climatology 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• ESS 326 - GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 442 - Soil Genesis and Classification 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 474 - Environmental Instrumentation and Monitoring 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• PLSC 415 - Agroecology 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 434 - Vegetable Crops 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 435 - Field and Forage Crops 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ESS 454 - Environmental Soil Biology 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• AREC 332 - Food Policy 3 Credit Hours
• AREC 350 - The Food and Agricultural Marketing System 3 Credit Hours *
• AREC 470 - Policy Analysis for Environmental and Natural Resource Management 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ESS 326 - GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 442 - Soil Genesis and Classification 3 Credit Hours
• ESS 474 - Environmental Instrumentation and Monitoring 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• EPP 410 - Diseases and Insects of Ornamental Plants 3 Credit Hours
• EPP 411 - Forest Insects and Diseases 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ESS 492 - Internship 1-6 Credit Hours * (2 hours)
• ESS 499 - Undergraduate Research in Environmental and Soil Sciences 1-6 Credit Hours * (2 hours)

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• Select one course:

• PLSC 415 - Agroecology 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 434 - Vegetable Crops 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 435 - Field and Forage Crops 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 123

Footnotes

1. Chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
2. Note that some electives have required prerequisites. See individual course descriptions in the catalog for specific information. ACCT 200 ; AGNR 491 , AGNR 497 , AGNR 498 ; ALEC 440 *; Animal Science (any course 200 or above); ANTH 415 *; Agriculture and Resource Economics (any course 200 or above); Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (any course 200 or above); Biology (any course 200 or above); Biosystems Engineering (any course above 201); Business Analytics and Statistics (any course 200 or above); Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (any course 200 or above); Civil Engineering (any course 200 or above); Chemistry (any course 200 or above); Computer Science (any course 200 or above); Construction Science and Management (any course 200 or above not required for the major); Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (any course 200 or above); ECON 362 ; Electrical and Computer Engineering (any course 200 or above); Engineering Fundamentals (any course); Entomology and Plant Pathology (any course); Entrepreneurship (any course); Environmental and Soil Sciences (any course not required for the major, with a limit of 3 hours of ESS 242 ); Food Science (any course above 201); Forestry (any course 200 or above); Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries (any course 200 or above); Geography (any course 131 or above); Geology (any course); Industrial Engineering (any course); Information Management (any course); Information Sciences (any course 200 or above); JMED 451 *; Mathematics (any course 200 or above); Mechanical Engineering (any course 200 or above); Microbiology (any course 200 or above); Materials Science and Engineering (any course 200 or above); Nuclear Engineering (any course 200 or above); Physics (any course 200 or above); Plant Sciences (any course 200 or above); PUBH 420 ; SOCI 360 *, SOCI 363 *, SOCI 465 *; Wildlife and Fisheries Science (any course 200 or above).

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .