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B.S. Major Requirements:
 
UNITS

Written/Oral Expression
8-12

See college English requirement

 

8

One of University Writing Program 102A, 102B, 102C, 102D, 102E, 102F, 102G, or 104A, 104C, 104D, 104E, or 104F

4
Perspectives on Agriculture and the Environment

13

Plant Sciences 1

3

Plant Sciences 2

4

Applied Biological Systems Technology 49

2

Animal Science 1 or 2

4
Preparatory Subject Matter

41-43

Biological Sciences 1A-1B

10

Chemistry 2A-2B

10

Physics 1A-1B or Physics 7A-7B

6-8

Mathematics 16A

3

Plant Sciences 21

3

Plant Sciences 120 or Statistics 13 or 102

4

Economics 1A

5
Breadth/General Education

24

See General Education requirement.

 
Depth Subject Matter

17-18

Plant Sciences 150 or Environmental Science and Policy 100 or Plant Biology 117 or 142

4

Agricultural and Resource Economics 112 or 113 or 140

4-5

Plant Sciences 101

 

3

Plant Sciences 92, 99, or 137, or Applied Biological Systems Technology 145, or International Agricultural Development 195A, 195B

3

Plant Sciences 192, 199

3
Area of Specialization (choose one):

 
Sustainable Production Systems

54-58
Includes food and agricultural production, agroecology, crop improvement, propagation, and pest management. Students may choose between a broad education in sustainable agriculture or focus on one or two areas of agriculture (e.g., agricultural management, agronomy, crop improvement, environmental horticulture, pest management, pomology, vegetable crops, viticulture).

 
Crop biology and ecology depth requirement must be met with Plant Biology 142.

 

Plant Biology 152 or Biological Science 101

4

Chemistry 8A, 8B

6

Plant Sciences 105

3

Soil Science 100

5

Select courses from Plant Sciences 107, 110A, 110B, 110C, 112, 134, 135, 150, 160, 170A, 170B; Environmental Horticulture 120, 125, 130, 133; Plant Biology 173, 174; Viticulture and Enology 101A, 101B, 101C, 111, 115

12-16

Restricted elective courses chosen from the following groups with approval of the academic adviser

(minimum 24 units)

Plant improvement and propagation
(Plant Sciences 118; Biotechnology 171; Plant Biology 143, 152, 153, 154, 160, 171)

Plant physiology or plant nutrition
(Environmental Horticulture 102; Plant Biology 111, 146, 157, 158, 172; Viticulture and Enology 110)

 

Atmospheric, soil or water science
(Atmospheric Science 133; Environmental and Resource Sciences 100; Hydrologic Science 110, 124; Soil Science 107, 109, 111)

 

Pest ecology and management
(Plant Biology 176; Entomology 110, 135; Nematology 100; Plant Pathology 120; Viticulture and Enology 118)

 

Agricultural economics
(Agricultural and Resource Economics 100A, 120, 130, 147; International Agricultural Development 110)

 

Agricultural management
(Agricultural and Resource Economics 100B, 140, 145, 150, 157; Applied Biological Systems Technology 142, 147; Plant Sciences 121)

 

Animal production
(Animal Science 41, 41L, 104)

 

Policy, social science and ethics
(Agricultural and Resource Economics 147, 176; Plant Sciences 121; Environmental Science and Policy 161, 175; International Agricultural Development 103, 104; Plant Pathology 140; Political Science 107)
 

Unrestricted Electives

12-23
Range and Natural Resources

47-53
This specialization brings together courses that provide a unified understanding of the interaction between livestock production and environmental quality in rangelands.

 

Plant Sciences 112, 121, 130, 131, 134, 135, Plant Biology 102 or 145

21-23

Soil Science 100

5

Environmental and Resource Sciences 100 or 121 or Hydrologic Science 141 or 143

4

Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology 110, 111, 120, 151

6-7

Animal Science 41, Nutrition 115

6

Plant Sciences 180, Applied Biological Systems Technology 180, 182, Environmental and Resource Sciences 186, or Hydrologic Science 182

3-5

Environmental Science and Policy 172

4

Unrestricted Electives

17-29

Total Units for the Major

180
Major Adviser. T. Foin (Plant Sciences)  
Advising Center located in 1220A Plant and Environmental Sciences (530) 752-1715.  
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