BS in Plant and Soil Science
Murfreesboro, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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Introduction
Good stewardship of crops and land has never been more important. Increasing the quantity and the quality of crop yields, and doing so in a way that's sustainable year after year, can be the difference between plenty and privation. For students interested in learning about the complex interactions that must take place before the first shoot breaks through—and wanting to make this field a career—a degree in Plant and Soil Science is an investment in growth.
Admissions
Curriculum
Curriculum: Plant and Soil Science
Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.
Freshman
- AGRI 1000 - Orientation in Agriculture 1 credit hour
- ANSC 1410 - Introduction to Animal Science 3 credit hours
- PLSO 1610 - Elements of Plant Science 3 credit hours
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
- Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
- Mathematics 3 to 4 credit hours (MATH 1710 recommended)
- ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
- ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
- BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) and
- BIOL 1111 - General Biology I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
- BIOL 1120 - General Biology II 4 credit hours and
- BIOL 1121 - General Biology II Lab 0 credit hours
Subtotal: 30-31 Hours
Sophomore
- COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours
- Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
- Electives 6 credit hours
- ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) or
- HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
- CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) and
- CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
- CHEM 1020 - Introductory General Chemistry II 4 credit hours and
- CHEM 1021 - Intro to General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
or
- CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours and
- CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
- HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
- HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
- HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
- HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
- HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 32 Hours
Junior
- PLSO 3340 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 3 credit hours
- PLSO 4690 - Crop Ecophysiology 3 credit hours
- Agribusiness or Animal Science elective 3 credit hours
- Plant and Soil Science upper-division electives 12 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
- BIOL 3250 - Genetics 4 credit hours and
- BIOL 3251 - Genetics Lab 0 credit hours
- MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours or
- MATH 1710 - College Algebra 3 credit hours or
- MATH 1720 - Plane Trigonometry 3 credit hours or
- MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours or
- MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours or
- AGRI 4710 - Agricultural Statistics and Data Analysis 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 31-32 Hours
Senior
- AGBS 3130 - Principles of Agricultural Economics 3 credit hours
- Plant and Soil Science upper-division electives 9 credit hours
- Upper-division electives 6 credit hours
- Electives 5-6 credit hours
- PLSO 4300 - Plant Protection 3 credit hours or
- PLSO 4670 - Plant Propagation 3 credit hours
Subtotal: 26-27 Hours
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
A focus on hands-on, experiential learning yields a rich harvest of graduates ready to enter the industry's professional ranks. Examples include:
- Agronomist
- College professor
- Conservation planner
- Cotton specialist
- Crop consultant
- Crop production specialist
- Custom applicator
- Environmental technician
- Golf course superintendent
- Greenhouse/nursery management
- Plant propagator
- Precision ag specialist
- Research technician
- Sales representative
- Seed production specialist
- Soil conservationist
- Weed specialist