BS CROP SCIENCE  2005-07 Catalog
Horticulture and Crop Science Department
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 244
(805) 756-2279/1237

            o  60 units upper division

            o  GWR

            o  2.0 GPA

            o  USCP

            * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

HCS 110 Orientation to Horticulture/Crop Science

2

HCS 120 Principles of Hortic. & Crop Science

4

CRSC 132 California Field Crops

4

VGSC 190 California Vegetable Production

4

CRSC 202/VGSC 202 Enterprise Project

3

FRSC 230 California Fruit Growing

4

CRSC 231 Commercial Seed Production

4

CRSC 244 Precision Farming

4

HCS 304 Plant Breeding

4

PPSC 311 Agricultural Entomology

4

PPSC 321 Weed Ecology

4

HCS 410 Applied Plant Ecophysiology or BIO 435 Plant Physiology

4

CRSC 411 Experimental Techniques and Analysis

4

HCS 461, 462 Senior Project I, II

2,2

HCS 463 Undergraduate Seminar

1

CRSC/FRSC/HCS/PPSC/VGSC 300-400 level electives

8

 

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SUPPORT COURSES

 

BIO 303 Survey of Genetics

4

BOT 121 General Botany (B2 & B4)*

4

BOT 323 Plant Pathology

4

BRAE 340 Irrigation Water Mgmt (Area F)*

4

CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry (B3&B4)*

5

CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry

5

MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra (B1)* (MATH 116 &117 will substitute)

4

STAT 218 Applied Statistics/Life Sciences (B1)*

4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

Advisor-approved electives
10-16 units must be 300-400 level. Suggested areas include applied biotechnology, crop ecology, production mgt., post-harvest tech/marketing, crop/veg. science. May not include
Enterprise Project/Mgt.

25/26

 

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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 20 units are in Support.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (no additional units are required)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics * 8 units in Support

0

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support

0

B3 Physical Science * 4 units in Support

0

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 


Area C  Arts and Humanities (20 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area C elective (Choose one course from C1-C4)

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (20 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

D5 Upper-division elective

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division) * 4 units in Support

0

 

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ELECTIVES

2-3

 

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