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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences


Sustainable Food Systems BS Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
CHEM 101 - General Chemistry CHEM 103 - General Chemistry , or CHEM 107 - General Chemistry For Life Sciences I   APEC 150 - Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources  
PLSC 101 - Botany I   ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition  
PLSC 104 - Botany 1 Laboratory   GEOG 152 - Climate and Life  
PLSC 145 - Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems   PLSC 170 - Soils and Environmental Quality  
MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics  or MATH 115 - Pre-Calculus   Introductory Agriculture (1/2)*                                                                          
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I    
Credits: 15 Credits: 16
Second Year
GEOL 107 GEOL 105  & 115 , or SCEN 101   ANFS 270 - Biotechnology: Science and Socioeconomic Issues 
Introductory Agriculture (2/2)* COMM 212 - Oral Communication in Business  
ENWC 205 - Insects and Society   Breath Requirement (2/3) 
STAT 200 - Basic Statistical Practice   PLSC 201 - Botany II  
Breadth Requirement (1/3) Upper Division Ag (1/4)*
Credits: 16 Credits: 16
Third Year
PLSC 307 - Environmental Sustainability of Food Systems   PLSC 303 - Introductory Plant Pathology  
Breadth Requirement (3/3)  GEOG 430 - Food Geographies & Food Justice  
Free Elective (2/12) Upper Division Ag (4/4)* 
Upper Division Ag (2/4)* Free Elective (3/12)
Upper Division Ag (3/4)* Free Elective (4/12) 
Credits: 15-17 Credits: 15-16
Fourth Year
PLSC 455 - Issues in Plant and Soil Sciences  (Capstone) Free Elective (8/12) 
Free Elective (5/12)  Free Elective (9/12) 
Free Elective (6/12) Free Elective (10/12)
Free Elective (7/12) Free Elective (11/12)
Discovery Learning Experience  Free Elective (12/12) (4-credit lab course recommended) 
Credits: 15 Credits: 16
Total Credits: 124

      *See program page for approved courses

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.