Plant and Soil Science, B.S.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

• CHEM 1010/1011 OR CHEM 1110/1111 (Nat Sci)
• BIOL 1110/1111 (Nat Sci)
• MATH 1710 (Math) recommended

Major Requirements (43 hours)

Supporting Courses (8 hours)

• CHEM 1020 - Introductory General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1021 - Intro to General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours

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• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours

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• BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 1111 - General Biology I Lab 0 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

• Chosen from another department

Electives (10-13 hours)

Freshman

• ABAS 1000 - Orientation in Agriculture 1 credit hour
• ANSC 1410 - Introduction to Animal Science 3 credit hours
• PLSO 1610 - Elements of Plant Science 3 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• Mathematics 3 to 4 credit hours (MATH 1710  recommended)
• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)

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• BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• BIOL 1111 - General Biology I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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• BIOL 1120 - General Biology II 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 1121 - General Biology II Lab 0 credit hours

Sophomore

• ABAS 2210 - Introduction to Agricultural Engineering 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Minor course 3 credit hours
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)

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• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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• CHEM 1020 - Introductory General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1021 - Intro to General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours

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• Choose 6 hours from:

• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Junior

• PLSO 3340 - Soil 3 credit hours
• Agribusiness elective 3 credit hours
• Plant and Soil Science electives 12 credit hours
• Minor requirements 9 credit hours
• Upper-division elective 3 credit hours

Senior

• AGBS 3130 - Principles of Agricultural Economics 3 credit hours
• Plant and Soil Science electives 12 credit hours
• Minor requirements 6 credit hours
• Upper-division electives 7 credit hours