Crop and Soil Science Departmental Core
CSS 100. Orientation/Career Planning (1)
CSS 200. Crop Ecology and Morphology (3)
CSS 305. Principles of Soil Science (4)
CSS 306. Problem Solving: Soil Science Applications (1)
CSS 315. ^Nutrient Management and Cycling (4) [Taught at EOU La Grande campus only.]
or CSS 325. ^Agricultural and Environmental Predicaments: A Case Study Approach (3)
CSS 407. Senior Seminar (1)
Crops Core
CSS 300. Introduction to Crop Production (4)
CSS 415. Soil Fertility Management (3) [Taught at EOU La Grande campus only.]
CSS 430. Plant Genetics (3)
CSS 480. Case Studies in Cropping Systems Management (4)
Plant Protection
BOT 350. Introductory Plant Pathology (4)
CSS 311. Introduction to Insect Pest Management (5)
CSS 440. Weed Management (4)
Independent Studies
Choose a minimum 3 credits from any combination of courses below:
CSS 401. Research
CSS 403. Thesis
CSS 410. Internship
Crop Management Electives
Choose at least 12 credits from the following courses:
BEE 439. Irrigation Principles and Practices (4)
CSS 199. Special Studies: Issues in Sustainable Agriculture (can be repeated for credit) (1)
CSS 310. Forage Production (4)
CSS 320. Principles of Oil and Fiber Crop Production (1)
CSS 321. Principles of Cereal Crop Production (1)
CSS 322. Principles of Potato Production (1)
CSS 330. *World Food Crops (3)
CSS 363. Seed Biology (3)
CSS 375. Soil Resource Potentials (3)
CSS 433/CSS 533. Systematics and Adaptation of Vegetable Crops (4)
CSS 450. Plant Breeding (4)
CSS 460. Seed Production (3)
HORT 316. M/Plant Nutrition (4)
Technology
Choose at least 1 credit from the following:
GEO 365. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4)
HORT 414. M/Information Systems in Agriculture (Four 1-credit modules) (1–4)
Business and Economics
AREC 211. Management in Agriculture (4)
AREC 221. Marketing in Agriculture (3)
ECON 201. *Introduction to Microeconomics (4)
or AREC 250. *Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (3)
Electives in Business
Choose a minimum of 8 credits from below:
AREC 300. Applied Economic Analysis (3)
AREC 372. Agricultural Cooperatives (2)
AREC 388. Agricultural Law (4)
AREC 468. M/Crop Enterprise Budgeting (Module) (1)
AREC 470. M/Farm Budgeting and Planning (Module) (1)
AREC 476. M/Agricultural Personnel Management (Module) (2)
BA 463. Family Business Management (4)
Electives in Ecology
Choose at least one of the following for 3 credits:
BI 370. Ecology (3)
RNG 341. Rangeland Ecology and Management (3)
Basic Science and Mathematics
BI 211, BI 212, BI 213. *Principles of Biology (4,4,4)
CH 121. General Chemistry (5)
CH 122, CH 123. *General Chemistry (5,5)
MTH 241. *Calculus for Management and Social Science (4)
ST 351. Introduction to Statistical Methods (4)
Footnotes:
* Baccalaureate Core Course
^ Writing Intensive Course
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