Upon completion of the curriculum requirements and a minimum of 126 hours of credit, the student is awarded the degree of bachelor of science in agriculture.
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
|---|---|
| 2 | AGR 100--Contemporary Issues in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Systems |
| 1 | AGCOM 110--Introduction to Agricultural Communications |
| 3-4 | Agriculture core course (see Core Curricula in Agriculture) |
| 3 | CHEM 100--Introductory Chemistry, or exemption |
| 3 | Mathematicssee footnote 1 |
| 3-4 | RHET 105 or RHET 108--Composition (see English course placement section) |
| 15-17 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 3-4 | Agriculture core course |
| 3 | SPCOM 101--Principles of Effective Speaking |
| 4-5 | Biological sciences course see footnote 2 |
| 3 | Social sciences coursesee footnote 3 |
| 2-3 | Elective |
| 15-18 | Total |
| HOURS | FIRST SEMESTER |
|---|---|
| 3-4 | Agriculture core course |
| 3 | AGCOM 114--Agricultural Communications Media and Methodssee footnote 4 |
| 3-4 | Physical sciences coursesee footnote 5 |
| 6 | Social sciences coursesee footnote 3 |
| 16-18 | Total |
| HOURS | SECOND SEMESTER |
| 3 | Agriculture elective |
| 3 | AGCOM 214--Agricultural Communications Strategy |
| 4-5 | Biological sciences course |
| 3 | Humanities course (see Agriculture General Education Requirements) |
| 3 | Social sciences course |
| 16-17 | Total |
2. Two of the following are required in this curriculum: PLBIO 100--Plant Biology; BlOL 104--Animal Biology; MCBIO 100--Introductory Microbiology, and MCBIO 101--Introductory Experimental Microbiology.
3. A minimum of 15 hours is required, including ECON 103--Macroeconomic Principles, PSYCH 100--Introduction to Psychology, and POL S 150--American Government.
4. A minimum of 35 hours of agriculture courses is required, including AGCOM 310--Information for Agriculture; and AGCOM 290--Professional Seminar. At least 10 of the 35 hours must be in agriculture electives other than agricultural communications, with at least 8 hours at the 200-300 level.
5. A minimum of 10 hours is required from astronomy, atmospheric sciences, chemistry, geology, or physics. CHEM 100 cannot be included in the 10 hours.
| HOURS | REQUIRED COURSES |
|---|---|
| 3 | ADV 281--Introduction to Advertising |
| 3 | ADV 381--Advertising Research Methods |
| 3 | ADV 382--Advertising Creative Strategy and Tactics |
| 3 | ADV 383--Advertising Media Planning |
| 3 | ADV 391--Advertising Management: Planning |
| 3 | ADV 392--Advertising Management: Strategy and Tactics |
| Electives in communications to complete the 20-hour requirement. | |
| HOURS | REQUIRED COURSES |
|---|---|
| 4 | JOURN 350--Reporting, I |
| 4 | JOURN 360--Graphic Arts |
| 4 | JOURN 370--News Editing |
| 3 | One course from the following: |
| JOURN 217--History of Communications | |
| JOURN 218--Communications and Public Opinion | |
| JOURN 220--Communications and Popular Culture | |
| JOURN 231--Mass Communication in a Democratic Society | |
| JOURN 241--Law and Communications | |
| JOURN 251--Social Aspects of Mass Communications | |
| 3-4 | One course from the following: |
| JOURN 326--Magazine Article Writing | |
| JOURN 330--Magazine Editing | |
| JOURN 372--Broadcast News Writing and Gathering | |
| JOURN 380--Reporting, II | |
| Electives in communications to complete the 20-hour requirement | |
| HOURS | REQUIRED COURSES |
|---|---|
| 3 | JOURN 241--Law and Communications |
| 4 | JOURN 350--Reporting, I |
| 4 | JOURN 362--Broadcast News Production |
| 4 | JOURN 372--Broadcast News Writing and Gathering |
| 4 | JOURN 382--Broadcast News Editing |
| Electives in communications to complete the 20-hour requirement | |