B.S. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Agriculture Bldg. (10), Room 244
(805) 756-2803

For course prerequisites, please refer to the "Course Descriptions" section of this catalog. In scheduling your courses each quarter, consult with your academic adviser.

A minimum of 60 units of upper division (300-400 level) coursework is required.

Units

MAJOR COURSES

AGED 202 Introduction to Agricultural Education

2

AGED 404 Agricultural Leadership

2

AGED 426 Presentation Methods or
AGED 438 Instructional Processes in Agricultural Education

 
3

AGED 461 Senior Project

3

AGED 462 Senior Project

2

AE 121 Agricultural Mechanics

2

ASM 141 Agricultural Machinery Safety

3

AE 340 Irrigation Water Management

4

AGB 201 Agribusiness Sales and Service

3

AGB 301 Agricultural Marketing

3

AGB 401 Managing Cultural Diversity in Agricultural Labor Relations (USCP)

 
4

ASCI 231 General Animal Science

3

CRSC 230 Agronomic Crop Production

4

DSCI 230 General Dairy Husbandry

4

FNR 101 Natural Resources Management and Society or CONS 120 Fisheries and Wildlife Management


3

FRSC 230 California Fruit Growing or
VGSC 230 Introduction to Vegetable Science


4

OH 230 Ornamental Gardening

3

PM 145 Introduction to Poultry Management

4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

Concentration courses (see below)

22
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SUPPORT COURSES

* = Courses satisfy General Education and Breadth requirements

CHEM 121 General Chemistry (B1a)*

4

Adviser approved restricted electives
12-20 units must be 300-400 level depending on concentration. Career area programs may be selected from teaching agriculture, agricultural communication, or international agriculture.

31

 

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35

GENERAL EDUCATION AND BREADTH

 

For selection of GEB electives, see current Catalog or Class Schedule.
At least 9 units must be 300-400 level.

Area A:

14

ENGL 114 (A1)

 

ENGL 125/PHIL 125/SPC 125 (A2)

 

SPC 201/SPC 202 (A3)

 

ENGL 215/ENGL 218 (A4)

 

Area B:

14

A minimum of 18 units is required; 4 of the units are in Support

Life or Physical science (B1a)* see Support

Life science (B1b) (BOT 121 General Botany recommended)

Life science (B1b) (ZOO 131 General Zoology recommended)

Mathematics elective (B2)

Mathematics or statistics elective (B2)

Area C:

18

PHIL 230 or PHIL 231 (C1)

Critical reading electives (C1) (C1)

Fine and performing arts elective (C2)

Literature, philosophy, arts elective (300–400) (C3)

Arts and humanities elective (Area C)

Area D:

18

HIST 202 (USCP) or HIST 204 (D1)

POLS 210 (D1)

HIST 315 (D2)

ECON 201/ECON 211/ECON 222 (D3)

 

Social institutions elective (100-200) (D4a)

 

Social institutions elective (300-400) (D4b)

 

Area E:

5

PSY 201/PSY 202 (E1)

 

Self development elective (E2)

Area F

3

Computer literacy elective (F1)

 

Total GEB

A minimum of 76 units is required; 4 of the units are in Support

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72

 

ELECTIVES

 

9
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CONCENTRATIONS (select one)

 

Agricultural Mechanics Concentration

 

AE 133 Agricultural Drafting

3

AE 237 Engineering Surveying

2

AE 321 Agricultural Safety

3

ASM 203 Agricultural Systems Analysis

3

IME 155 Industrial Welding Technology

1

AE electives (7 units at 300–400 level)

10

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22

 

Agricultural Products and Processing Concentration

 

DSCI 231 General Dairy Manufacturing

4

FSN 211 Muscle Food Science

3

FSN 212 Meat Grading and Evaluation

2

VGSC 421 Postharvest Tech. Horticultural Crops

4

DSCI/FSN electives (6 units at 300–400 level)

9

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22

 

Agricultural Resources Management Concentration

 

CONS 120 Fisheries and Wildlife Management or
FNR 101 Natural Resources Management and Society (select course not taken in major column)

 

3

CONS 207 Resource Survey

3

FNR 304 Ecology of Resource Areas

4

FNR electives (6 units at 300–400 level)

12

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22

 

Agricultural Supplies and Services Concentration

 

AGB 212 Agricultural Economics

3

AGB 302 Agricultural Associations and Cooperatives

3

AGB 310 Agribusiness Credit and Finance

3

AGB 312 Agricultural Policy

3

AGB electives (1 unit at 300-400 level)

10

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22

 

Animal Production Concentration

 

Select two: ASCI 141/142/143

4,4

ASCI 220 Introduction to Animal Nutrition and Feeding

4

DSCI 330 Artificial Insemination

3

ASCI/DSCI/PM electives (4 units at 300–400 level)

7

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22

 

Ornamental Horticulture Concentration

 

OH 122 Fundamentals of Environmental Horticulture

4

OH 123 Landscape Installation and Maintenance

4

OH 324 Foliage Plant Culture

4

OH electives (6 units at 300–400 level)

10

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22

 

Plant Production Concentration

 

FRSC 230/VGSC 230 (Select course not taken in major column)

4

CRSC 221 Weed Science

4

CRSC 311 Insect Pest Management

4

SS 221 Fertilizers

4

CRSC/FRSC/VGSC electives (300–400 level)

6

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08/18/97