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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sustainable Food Systems (BS)

Program Educational Goals

Demonstrate an applied understanding of how the fundamentals of plant and soil sciences and climate and socioeconomic issues intersect to contribute to sustainable food systems.
Convey knowledge, issues, and advancements of sustainable food systems effectively to target audiences in oral and written forms.
Solve scientific and practical challenges in sustainable food systems innovatively with in-depth knowledge, critical thinking, hypothesis testing, and result validation.

Four Year Plan

Please refer to the Four-Year Plan for departmental recommended path toward graduation.

University Requirements:

ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) (three credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
University Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)
Capstone Experience

Major Requirements:

Minimum grade of C- or greater required for all PLSC credits used to satisfy major requirements:

AGRI 400 - Senior Capstone in Agriculture and Natural Resources Credit(s): 1
APEC 150 - Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources Credit(s): 3
COMM 212 - Public Speaking & Professional Presentation Credit(s): 3
ENWC 205 - Insects and Society Credit(s): 3
ENWC 411 - Insect Pest Management Credit(s): 3
GEOG 152 - Climate and Life Credit(s): 4
GEOG 236 - Humans and Environmental Sustainability Credit(s): 3
GEOG 430 - Food Geographies & Food Justice Credit(s): 3
PLSC 101 - Botany I Credit(s): 3
PLSC 104 - Botany 1 Laboratory Credit(s): 1
PLSC 145 - Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems Credit(s): 3
PLSC 151 - Introduction to Crop Science Credit(s): 3
PLSC 170 - Soils and Sustainability Credit(s): 3
PLSC 201 - Botany II Credit(s): 4
PLSC 270 - Biotechnology: Science and Socioeconomic Issues Credit(s): 3
PLSC 302 - Vegetables, Herbs, and Natural Plant Products Credit(s): 3
PLSC 303 - Introductory Plant Pathology Credit(s): 4
PLSC 321 - Hydroponic Food Production Credit(s): 4
PLSC 432 - Principles of Integrated Pest Management Credit(s): 2
STAT 200 - Basic Statistical Practice Credit(s): 3

Internship/Research:

3-6 credits required.

PLSC 364 - Plant Science and Sustainable Food Systems Internship Credit(s): 1-6
and/or
UNIV 468 - Undergraduate Research Credit(s): 0-6

Mathematics:

Choose one of the following:

MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics Credit(s): 3
MATH 115 - Pre-Calculus Credit(s): 3
MATH 117 - Pre-Calculus for Scientists and Engineers Credit(s): 4
MATH 221 - Calculus I Credit(s): 3
MATH 231 - Integrated Calculus IA Credit(s): 4
MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A Credit(s): 4

Introductory Agriculture:

Nine (9) credits from the following:

AGRI 100 - Organic and Sustainable Farming Credit(s): 3
AGRI 130 - Understanding Today’s Agriculture Credit(s): 3
AGRI 224 - One Health Credit(s): 3
AGRI 240 - Topics in Sustainable Farm Management Credit(s): 3
ANFS 101 - Animals, Science and Society Credit(s): 3
ENEP 250 - Introduction to Energy and Environmental Policy Credit(s): 3
ENWC 214 - Apiculture Credit(s): 3
GEOG 229 - Climate Change and Food Security Credit(s): 3
PLSC 140 - People and Plants: Feast or Famine Credit(s): 3
PLSC 206 - Farm to Table Credit(s): 3
PLSC 218 - Fermentation Sciences Credit(s): 3
PLSC 309 - Wetlands Credit(s): 3

Advanced Electives:

Nine (9) credits from the following:

ANTH 370 - Global Food Problems Credit(s): 3
APEC 430 - Establishing and Managing a Food and Agribusiness Enterprise Credit(s): 3
ENTR 420 - Social Entrepreneurship Credit(s): 3
ENWC 311 - Insects in Agricultural and Urban Environments Credit(s): 3
PLSC 305 - Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Credit(s): 3
PLSC 334 - Urban Forestry Credit(s): 3
PLSC 354 - Plant Ecology Credit(s): 3
PLSC 401 - Agronomic Crop Science Credit(s): 3
PLSC 402 - Landscape Management Credit(s): 3
PLSC 410 - Introduction to Plant Physiology Credit(s): 3
PLSC 411 - Molecular Plant Pathology Credit(s): 3
PLSC 412 - Ecosystem Ecology Credit(s): 3
PLSC 430 - Urban Ecology Credit(s): 3
PLSC 441 - Forage Resource Management Credit(s): 3
UAPP 406 - Plan Sustainable Communities & Regions Credit(s): 3

Electives:

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.

Credits to Total a Minimum of 124

Last Revised for 2022-2023 Academic Year