Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Exploratory Program

The Herbert College of Agriculture’s Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Exploratory Program is designed for students who are deciding among one or more majors in the College. It allows students to explore major options as well as make progress toward graduation through the completion of general education courses. Exploratory students are required to meet with their advisor every semester. Students pursuing the Herbert’s exploratory program are advised to follow the Discovery Herbert process.

All full-time, degree-seeking students who first entered Fall 2013 or later must transition out of the exploratory track into a major no later than the end of the fourth tracking semester. Transfer students admitted as exploratory students must transition out of the exploratory track into a major no later than the end of their first tracking semester.

Campus

Knoxville

Term 1

³ Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Electives 3-4 Credit Hours*

ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
Select one course:
AGNR 100 - Student Success in the Herbert College of Agriculture 1 Credit Hours
AGNR 103 - Introduction to Teambuilding 1 Credit Hours
¹ FYS 101 - The UT Experience 1 Credit Hours
Select one course:
ALEC 211 - Knowledge, Society, and Leadership 3 Credit Hours *
PLSC 115 - Plants That Changed the World 3 Credit Hours *
AGNR 180 - Global Dynamics: Food, Biodiversity, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours *
² Select one course:
FDSC 100 - Science of Food 3 Credit Hours *
Other Natural Sciences (NS) Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *

Credit Hours 13-15

Term 1 Milestone Notes

2.0 cumulative GPA

Term 2

⁴ AREC 201 - Economics of the Global Food and Fiber System 4 Credit Hours *
ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
² Select one course:
FWF 250 - Conservation 3 Credit Hours *
Other Natural Sciences (NS) Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *
Select one course:
³ ESS 220 - Waters and Civilizations 3 Credit Hours *
FDSC 150 - History and Culture of Food 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 13-14

Term 2 Milestone Notes

One Volunteer Core elective *

Term 3

Social Sciences (SS) Elective 3 Credit Hours *

⁵ ALEC 240 - Effective Oral Communication 3 Credit Hours *
³ ESS 120 - Soils and Civilizations 3 Credit Hours *
Select one course:
PLSC 180 - Landscape Design/Performance/Function 3 Credit Hours *
Other Arts and Humanities Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *

Credit Hours 15-17

Term 3 Milestone Notes

One additional Volunteer Core elective*

Footnotes:

Students should enroll in the Herbert College section.
Biological Sciences Elective – Select sequence from BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 *, BIOL 113 *-BIOL 114 *-BIOL 115 *, BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 *, or BIOL 158 *-BIOL 168 *-BIOL 167 *. Meets a Natural Sciences (NS) Volunteer Core requirement. Students choosing BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 * should take CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 *, or CHEM 128 *; CHEM 132 * and CHEM 133 *, or CHEM 138 * for their physical science electives.
Chosen from the Volunteer Core list.
Meets a Social Sciences (SS) Volunteer Core Requirement .
Meets an Oral Communication (OC) Volunteer Core Requirement .
Physical science courses include any chemistry, physics, geology, or soils. Most Herbert College of Agriculture majors will require chemistry.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirement.

Undergraduates

Graduate Students