Ideal for students ready to lead in crop production, marketing and field management. You will go beyond the basics to uncover the genetic, environmental and cultural secrets behind high-yield harvests. By mastering how plants respond to different soils and changing weather, you will gain the expert intuition needed to make bold, data-driven decisions that define the future of agriculture. An Agronomy minor consists of 13 hours selected as follows (at least 6 credits must be taken at the 3000 level or higher).
- BIOLOGY 1101, 1101E, 1113, 1113E, or 1113H (4 credit hours)
10 credit hours
- Any 1 of these courses
- HCS 2204 & 2205 (or 2201): Ecology of Managed Plant Systems & Laboratory (4 credit hours)
- HCS 2202: Form and Function of Cultivated Plants (4 credit hours)
- HCS 3100: Introduction to Agronomy (3 credit hours)
- HCS 5411: Domestication & Utilization of Agronomic Crops (3 credit hours)
3 credit hours
- HCS 3420: Seed Science (3 credit hours)
- HCS 3488.01: Professional Development in Horticulture and Crop Science (1 credit hour)
- HCS 4193 or 4998: Individual Studies or Undergraduate Research (1-2 credit hours)
- HCS 5100: Advanced Cropping Systems (3 credit hours)
- HCS 5412: Agroecology of Grasslands and Prairies (3 credit hours)
- HCS 5422: Biology and Management of Weeds and Invasive Plants (3 credit hours)
Restrictions and general info
- This minor is not available to students majoring in Horticulture and Crop Science.
- A minor should be declared by the time a student accumulates 60 hours.
- A minimum 2.00 cumulative point-hour ratio is required in the minor course work; and a minimum grade of a C- is required for each course used to complete the minor.
- A student is permitted to overlap up to 6 credit hours between the GE and the minor.
- The minor must contain a minimum of 12 credit hours distinct from the major and/or additional minors(i.e. if a minor requires more than 12 credit hours, a student is permitted to overlap those hours beyond12 with the major or with another minor).
- The minor must include at least 6 hours of upper-level or upper-division course work (3000 or above).
- Course work graded Pass/Non-Pass cannot count in the minor, and no more than 3 credit hours of course work graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory may count toward the minor.
- No more than 3 credit hours of xx93 may count toward the minor.
- A student is permitted to count up to 6 total hours of transfer credit and/or credit by examination.
Program requirements can grow and change - always be sure to check with the minor advisor to ensure you are on the right track.
Agronomy minor advisor
Please contact, Alex Lindsey, with any questions about this minor.
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