Crop Science Major [ALES]

Program Requirements (39 units)

• 3 units in ENGL
• 6 units in Free Electives  

• ALES 204 - Communication Fundamentals for Professionals
• AN SC 101 - Principles of Animal Agriculture
• AREC 200 - Current Economic Issues for Agriculture and Food
• ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics
• ECON 102 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
• PL SC 221 - Introduction to Plant Science
• REN R 210 - Introduction to Soil Science
• STAT 151 - Introduction to Applied Statistics I

Major Requirements (78 units)

• 3 units in ENGL
• 6 units from Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, or Physics
• 18 units in Approved Program Electives  
• 6 units in Free Electives  

• AREC 214 - Applications of Quantitative Models to Food, Resources and the Environment
• BOT 340 - Plant Physiology
• PL SC 210 - Exploring Field Crop Agronomy
• PL SC 310 - Insects in Cropping Systems
• PL SC 324 - Crop Ecophysiology
• PL SC 352 - Invasive Alien Plants: Biology and Control
• PL SC 355 - Cereal, Oilseed, and Pulse Crops
• PL SC 365 - Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants
• PL SC 380 - Principles of Plant Pathology
• PL SC 495 - Integrated Crop Protection
• REN R 445 - Soil Fertility

Capstone Requirement (3 units)

• PL SC 499 - Cropping Systems