Dec 28, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences


Plant Science BS Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
First General Chemistry Requirement* Second General Chemisty Requirement*
PLSC 101 - Botany I   ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing  
PLSC 104 - Botany 1 Laboratory   PLSC 201 - Botany II  
First Year Seminar  PLSC 151 - Introduction to Crop Science  
Breadth Requirement (1/3) Foundation Elective (1/2)
Mathematics Requirement*  
Credits: 15 Credits: 17
Second Year
CHEM 213 - Elementary Organic Chemistry   Science Requirement (CHEM 214 , GEOL 107 GEOL 105  & 115 PHYS 201 /PHYS 221 , or PHYS 207 /PHYS 227 )
PLSC 204 - Introduction to Soil Science   PLSC 270 - Biotechnology: Science and Socioeconomic Issues  
PLSC 205 - Introduction to Soil Science Laboratory    ENWC 205 - Insects and Society  
Breadth Requirement (2/3) PLSC 212 - Spring Landscape Plants  or PLSC 214 - Indigenous Woody Plants of the Eastern United States  
Foundation Elective (2/2) Breadth Requirement (3/3)
Free Elective (1/11)   
Credits: 16-17 Credits: 16
Third Year
Advanced Elective (1/3)  PLSC 300 - Principles of Animal and Plant Genetics  
Advanced Elective (2/3)  PLSC 303 - Introductory Plant Pathology    
Free Elective (2/11) or PLSC 211 - Fall Ornamental Landscape Plants  (if PLSC 212  or PLSC 214  was not taken the previous spring) PLSC 305 - Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition  
Free Elective (3/11) Free Elective (4/11)
Multicultural Requirement Free Elective (5/11)
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Fourth Year
PLSC 364 - Plant Science and Sustainable Food Systems Internship  (DLE)  AGRI 400 - Senior Capstone in Agriculture and Natural Resources  
PLSC 410 - Introduction to Plant Physiology   PLSC 354 - Plant Ecology  
Free Elective (6/11) Advanced Elective (3/3)
Free Elective (7/11)  Free Elective (9/11)
Free Elective (8/11)  Free Elective (10/11)
  Free Elective (11/11) two-credit course recommended
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
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.