Biotechnology Concentration, BS in Plant Sciences (Plant Sciences Major)

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Plant Sciences • Plant Sciences Major • Biotechnology Concentration

  * Meets University General Education Requirement . 1 Required of freshmen only; requirement is waived for transfer students. 2 Choose from the University General Education list . Selection should be made in conference with academic advisor. 3 Economics Elective: AREC 201  (4) Economics of the Global Food and Fiber System or ECON 201  (4) Principles of Economics satisfies the University General Education-Social Science requirement and the major requirement for economics. If the student transfers ECON LD for 3 credits, it will satisfy the major requirement for economics but will not satisfy the General Education-Social Science requirement. In these cases, the student should take two courses from the approved General Education-Social Sciences list . 4 Select any Plant Sciences courses beyond those that are required. 5 Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biosystems Engineering, Biosystems Engineering Technology, Chemistry, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Management, Marketing, Microbiology, Physics, Spanish, Statistics; 200-level and above from Biology, Business Administration; 300-level and above from Agricultural Economics, Environmental and Soil Science, Forestry, Plant Sciences; ACCT 200 ; BULW 301 ; ENGL 295 , ENGL 360 ; FINC 300 ; GEOL 201 , GEOL 202 ; JREM 450 , JREM 451 , JREM 456 . NOTE: Students must meet the University General Education Requirement for Communicating through Writing  by selecting a course with a (WC) designation. This course may be in the major or from another discipline. PLSC 410  satisfies the Communicating through Writing requirement.