Sustainable Agriculture 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Agriculture requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA)
CHE 104 - Introductory General Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
MA 109 - College Algebra 3 - 5 Credit Hours
OR
PHI 120 - The Art of Thinking: An Introduction to Logic 3 Credit Hours (either course fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)
SAG 210 - Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Community Food Systems 3 Credit Hours

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
CHE 108 - Introduction to Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry Without Laboratory 3 Credit Hours
CLD 102 - The Dynamics of Rural Social Life 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Social Sciences)
STA 210 - Making Sense of Uncertainty: An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning)
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

BIO 148 - Introductory Biology I 3 Credit Hours
ECO 201 - Principles of Economics I 3 Credit Hours
PLS 366 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 4 Credit Hours
SAG 310 - Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Global Dynamics; GCCR course)
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

AEC 305 - Food and Agricultural Marketing Principles 3 Credit Hours
BIO 152 - Introductory Biology II 3 Credit Hours
DHN 212 - Introductory Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
*Specialty Support Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3

*Students must declare either a Farming Systems or Community Food Systems track and complete a minimum of 12 hours from a list of approved courses in the track.

Year 3

First Semester

AEC 302 - Agricultural Management Principles 4 Credit Hours
PLS 386 - Plant Production Systems 4 Credit Hours
SOC 360 - Environmental Sociology 3 Credit Hours
*Specialty Support Credit(s): 3

*Students must declare either a Farming Systems or Community Food Systems track and complete a minimum of 12 hours from a list of approved courses in the track.

Second Semester

ASC 382 - Animal Production Principles 3 Credit Hours
Ethics Course Credit(s): 3
*Specialty Support Credit(s): 9

*Students must declare either a Farming Systems or Community Food Systems track and complete a minimum of 12 hours from a list of approved courses in the track.

Year 4

First Semester

SAG 397 - Apprenticeship in Sustainable Agriculture 3 Credit Hours
SOC 420 - Sociology of Communities 3 Credit Hours
*Specialty Support Credit(s): 3
Electives Credit(s): 6

*Students must declare either a Farming Systems or Community Food Systems track and complete a minimum of 12 hours from a list of approved courses in the track.

Second Semester

AEC 445G - Introduction to Resource and Environmental Economics 3 Credit Hours
SAG 490 - Integration of Sustainable Agriculture Principles 3 Credit Hours
*Specialty Support Credit(s): 3
Electives Credit(s): 5

*Students must declare either a Farming Systems or Community Food Systems track and complete a minimum of 12 hours from a list of approved courses in the track.