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2020 Siena Heights University Catalog

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Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, B.S.

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Course Requirements for Major

Program Requirements: 65 Credit Hours

BIO 150 Introduction to Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture 3 credit hours
BIO 151 Careers in Sustainable Agriculture 1 credit hours
BIO 152 Safe Farm Operations Certifications 1 credit hours
BIO 242 Plant Biology 4 credit hours
BIO 342 Genetics 4 credit hours
BIO 441 Terrestrial Ecology & Field Biology 4 credit hours
BIO 480 Sustainability Internship 3 credit hours
CHE 110 Introduction To General, Organic, And Biological Chemistry 4 credit hours
ENV 110 Introduction To Environmental Science 4 credit hours
ENV 250 GIS: Introduction to Geospatial Technologies 3 credit hours
ENV 251 GIS: Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
ENV 252 GIS: Remote Sensing 3 credit hours
ENV 253 GIS: Cartography 3 credit hours
ENV 254 Drone and Agricultural Mapping 3 credit hours
ENV 310 Soil Science and Sustainability 3 credit hours
ENV 320 Permaculture Principles and Applications I 4 credit hours
ENV 321 Permaculture Principles and Applications II 4 credit hours
ENV 342 Industrial Ecology And Sustainability 3 credit hours
Approved Electives - 8 Credit Hours from the list in Notes

Cognate Requirements: 12 Credit Hours

BAM 101 Introduction To Business 3 credit hours
or
MGT 302 Management Principles And Cases 3 credit hours
BAM 201 Business Communications 3 credit hours
CIS 101 Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3 credit hours
FIN 209 Personal Finance 3 credit hours

Total For Major: 77 Credit Hours

Liberal Arts: 28 Credit Hours

General Electives: 15 Credit Hours

Total for Degree: 120 credit hours

Notes

Students with an FFA chapter degree may receive 3 general elective credits.
Students with an FFA state degree may receive 6 general elective credits.
Approved Electives: BIO 141 Basic Concepts Of The Cell , BIO 241 Animal Biology ,BIO 341 Entomology , BIO 343 Animal Behavior ,BIO 349 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy , BIO 351 Vertebrate Physiology , BIO 360 Microbiology , BIO 440 Cell And Molecular Biology , BIO 442 Evolution , BIO 443 Fresh Water Ecology And Field Biology ; CHE 107 Culinary Chemistry , CHE 141 General Chemistry I , CHE 142 General Chemistry II ; ENV 122 Geology , ENV 141 Climatology , ENV 152 Oceanography , ENV 380 Environmental Certifications , ENV 441 Environmental Regulations , ENV 452 Hydrogeology ; NSC 110 Earth Science ; PHY 141 General Physics I (Non-Calculus Based) , PHY 142 General Physics II (Non-Calculus Based) , PHY 161 Physics I (Calculus Based) , PHY 162 Physics II (Calculus Based)

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