UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document for the approval of new
and revised academic programs. Proposing department should
complete this form. For more
information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by: ____Dr. David Frey____________________phone
number__831-2531___
Action: ______________Revise_________________________________________________________________________
(Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete
major/minor/concentration, revise
major/minor/concentration, academic unit
name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)
Effective term_______Fall 2006____________________________________________________________________
(use format
04F, 05W)
Current degree_____B.S.____________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed change leads to the
degree of: _____B.S._______________________________
(Example: BA,
BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed name:__________________________________________________________
Proposed new name for revised
or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if
applicable)
Revising or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration:___Environmental
Soil Science - BS_____
(Example: Applied Music – Instrumental degree BMAS)
Undergraduate
minor:_______________________________________________
(Example: African
Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy statement
change:____________________________
(Attach your
Graduate Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of
Study:__________________________________________
(Example: Animal
Science: MS Animal Science: PHD
Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor /
concentration:______________________________________
List program changes for
curriculum revisions:
Drop FREC 135 and computer science requirement from major.
List new courses required for the new or revised
curriculum:
(Be aware that approval
of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through
the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
none
Other affected units:
(List other departments affected by this new or revised
curriculum. Attach permission from the
affected units. If no other unit is
affected, enter “None”)
none
Rationale:
(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the
curriculum or program.)
FREC 135 and computer science dropped
because PLSC faculty members believe that our students are entering our
department with adequate computer skills.
Program Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the
Course Catalog. If this is a revision,
be sure to indicate the changes being made to the present curriculum.)
See
attachment.
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION: (Please do not remove supporting
documentation.)
Department
Dean of College Dr. Robin Morgan Date
Chairperson,
Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR
Studies Date
Chairperson, Senate Coordinating
Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date
Date of Senate Resolution Date
to be Effective
Registrar Program
Code Date
Vice Provost for Academic Programs
& Planning Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
Revised
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNDERGRADUATE
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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE
CURRICULUM CREDITS
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 110 Critical
(minimum grade of C-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Three credits in an approved course or courses stressing
multi-cultural, ethnic,
and/or gender-related course content (see p. 62-65) . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Computer Science
Computer Science course (FREC135 or
equivalent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Agricultural and Biological Sciences . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Two courses in any of the following areas: Animal
Science, Food Science, Food
and Resource Economics (except FREC 135), Entomology and
Wildlife Ecology, or
Biology.
Literature and Arts . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Three credits selected from English, Art, Art History,
Communication, Music,
Theatre, Foreign Language, or courses cross-listed in
these departments.
Social Sciences and Humanities. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Minimum of one course in two of the following areas:
Anthropology, Black
American Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics,
Education, History, Philosophy,
Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women’s
Studies or courses cross-listed in
these departments.
Professional Studies
CHEM 101/102 General Chemistry I and II
or
CHEM 103/104 General Chemistry I and II . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CHEM 213 Organic Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CHEM 220/221 Quantitative Analysis with Lab . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ENGL 410 Technical Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
GEOG 220 Meteorology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
GEOL 107 General Geology I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
MATH 221 Calculus I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PHYS 201 Introductory Physics I . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PLSC 101 Botany I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PLSC 151 Introduction to Crop Science. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PLSC 204 Introduction to Soil Science. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PLSC 205 Introduction to Soil Science Lab. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PLSC 305 Environmental Soil Management . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PLSC 319 Environmental Soil Microbiology . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PLSC 401 Agronomic Crop Science . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PLSC 438 Fate and Transport of Contaminants in Soil. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
PLSC 608 Soil Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
UNDERGRADUATE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
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One of the following two courses: . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
FREC 480 Geographic Information Systems in Natural
Resource Management
or
GEOG 372 Geographic Information Systems
Three of the following courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EGTE 103 Land and Water Management
EGTE 104 Introduction to Land Surveying
EGTE 328 Agricultural Waste Management
FREC 150 Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources
ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient credits
must be taken to meet the
minimum credits required for the degree. May include the
following suggested
courses or other electives.
BISC 321 Environmental Biology
FREC 444 Economics of Environmental Management
GEOG 235 Conservation of Natural Resources
GEOL 415 General Geomorphology
GEOL 421 Environmental and Applied Geology
GEOL 428 Hydrogeology
PLSC 303 Introductory Plant Pathology
PLSC 603 Soil Physics
PLSC 607 Plant and Soil Water Relations
PLSC 619 Soil Microbiology
POSC 350 Politics and the Environment
Only two credits of HESC 120 activity or performing
Music credit may be counted
toward the degree.
CREDITS TO TOTAL
A MINIMUM OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124