Applied Science - Curriculum and Careers

A minimum of 30 hours must be completed at the 200 level or above and a minimum of 15 hours must be completed at the 300 level or above. To meet degree requirements, students must have a course in at least four CASNR departments or program areas.

 

Courses marked with an * may be taken online.

 

Core courses - 50-52 credit hours

 

Free Electives - 18-20 credit hours

 

Degree Requirements - 22 credit hours:

 

AGRO/HORT/SOIL 153 Soil Resources
ENTO/BIOS 115* Insect Science
AGRI 115* Biotechnology: Food, Health, and Environment
FDST/CHEM/NUTR 131* The Science of Food
NRES 108* Earth's Natural Resource Systems Laboratory
NRES 422* Laboratory Earth: Earth's Changing Systems
AECN 265* Resource and Environmental Economics I

 

Category Electives - 30 credit hours:

 

Food, Animal, and Plant Science Electives

 

Select 9 hours from:
AGRO 204 Resource-Efficient Crop Management
AGRO 240 Forage Crop and Range Management
AGRO 269 Principles of Soil Management
AGRO 325 Introductory Plant Pathology
AGRO 340 Range Management and Improvement
AGRO 405 Crop Management Strategies
AGRO/HORT/NRES 406 Plant Ecophysiology: Theory and Practice
AGRO 424* Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management
AGRO 437* Uses of Grain
AGRO 438* Producing Grain
AGRO/ANSI 445 Livestock Management on Range and Pasture
ANSI 100 Fundamentals of Animal Biology and Industry
ANSI 310* Fresh Meats
ANSI 320 Animal Nutrition and Feeding
ANSI 410* Processed Meats
ENTO 308 Management of Field Crop Insects
ENTO 401* Insect Physiology
ENTO 403 Management of Horticultural Crop Insects
HORT 325 Greenhouse Practices and Management
HORT 462 Nursery Management and Crop Production
MSYM/SOILS/WATS 354 Soil Conservation and Watershed Management
MSYM/HORT 452 Irrigation Systems Management
NUTR 253* Cultural Aspects of Food and Nutrition
PLPT 369 Introductory Plant Pathology
VBMS 303 Principles and Prevention of Livestock Disease

 

Food Genetics, Biotechnology, and Processing Electives

 

Select 6 hours from:
AGRO/BIOS/HORT 216 Plant Breeding Principles and Practice
AGRO 411* Crop Genetic Engineering
AGRO 412* Crop and Weed Genetics
ANSI 210 Animal Products
ASCI 330 Animal Breeding
ENTO 409* Insect Control by Host-Plant Resistance
FDST 101 Introductory Food Science
FDST 405* Food Microbiology
FDST 455* Microbiology of Fermented Foods
BIOS 312 Fundamentals of Microbiology
BIOS 425 Plant Biotechnology
MSYM 364 Agricultural Products Processing and Handling

 

Ecology Electives

 

Select 9 hours from:
AGRO/WATS/GEOL/NRES 361* Soils, Environment and Water Quality
AGRO 426 Invasive Plants
AGRO/HORT/NRES 435 Agroecology
AGRO/HORT 436 Agroecosystems Analysis
AGRO 440 Great Plains Ecosystem
BIOS 454 Ecological Interactions
BIOS 457 Ecosystem Ecology
ENTO 300 Toxins in the Environment
ENTO 402* Aquatic Insects
ENTO 406* Insect Ecology
GEOL 106 Environmental Geology
METR 200 Weather and Climate
NRES 208 Applied Climate Sciences
NRES 211 Introduction to Conservation Biology
NRES 220&221 Principles of Ecology and Lab
NRES 281 Introduction to Water Science
NRES/AGRO/GEOG/METR 452 Climate and Society
PLPT/AGRO/HORT/NRES 270 Biological Invaders

 

Entrepreneurship, Economics, and Policy Electives

 

Select 6 hours from:
AECN 256* Legal Aspects of Agriculture
AECN 325 Marketing of Agricultural Commodities
AECN 345 Policy Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resources
AECN 346 World Food Economics
AECN 357* Environmental and Natural Resources Law
AECN 420 International Food and Agricultural Trade
AGRI 282 Introduction to Global Agriculture and Natural Resource Issues
ALEC 202* Leadership Development in Small Groups and Teams
ALEC 302 Dynamics of Effective Leadership in Organizations
ALEC/NRES 410* Environmental Leadership
ALEC 414* Classic Figures in Leadership
ALEC 477* Leadership and Motivation
ENSC 220* Introduction to Energy Systems
ENSC 230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policy
ENTR 121 Introduction to Entrepreneurial Management
ENTR 321 Business Plan Development
ENTR 421* Entrepreneurship and Venture Management
HORT 291* Agricultural Entrepreneurship
NRES 323 Natural Resources Policy