Agricultural Sciences Minor
This program is available at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- LaGrande
The Agricultural Sciences minor is designed for students who have an interest in agricultural sciences. The minor is ideal for students who want to add more exposure and content (broadly) within agriculture to their primary major.
Minor Code: 106
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate professional skills/competencies and ability to adapt to diverse audiences and diverse work environments.
- Demonstrate an ability to apply scientific, and computer literacy knowledge.
- Analyze and communicate effectively how agricultural sciences integrate with contemporary, social, economic, political, and environmental issues.
The minor requirements listed below are subject to the following:
- 27 credit minimum (15 required, 12 upper-division electives).
- Courses required for a major and taken in the major department may not count towards this minor.
- Students may not use variable credit courses toward the minor.
- Courses used to fulfill the requirements must be taken for a letter grade.
- Agricultural elective courses for this minor must be upper-division credits.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required | ||
AG 111 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE | 3 |
AG 301 | *ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE OF PACIFIC NW INDIANS | 3 |
AG 351 | *COMMUNICATING GLOBAL AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES | 3 |
AG 412 | AG SAFETY AND HEALTH | 3 |
LEAD 242 | PERSONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | 3 |
or LEAD 342 | *TEAM AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP | |
Electives | ||
Select 12 credits of upper-division courses, with a minimum of one course from three differrent areas of study in the College of Agricultural Sciences: | 12 | |
Animal Sciences | ||
Applied Economics | ||
Bioresource Research | ||
Botany and Plant Pathology | ||
Crop Science | ||
Entomology | ||
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology | ||
Fisheries and Wildlife | ||
Food Science and Technology | ||
Horticulture | ||
Leadership | ||
Rangeland Ecology and Management | ||
Soil Science | ||
Sustainability | ||
Total Credits | 27 |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
Minor Code: 106