General Agriculture
Plan of Study
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This guide is not an official curriculum. This guide is a sample four-year degree plan of how students might plan this major with other degree requirements to complete their education in four years.Student plans will vary from this sample due to a variety of factors, such as, but not limited to, start year, education goals, transfer credit, and course availability. To ensure proper degree completion, enrolled students should utilize Degree Map and Schedule Planner in Campus Connection and consult regularly with academic advisors to ensure graduation requirements are being met.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| AGRI 189 | 1 | ENGL 120 (Category C) | 3 |
| ENGL 110 (Category C) | 4 | COMM 110 (Category C) | 3 |
| MATH 103 (or higher level Math) | 3 | Gen Ed Social & Behavioral Science and Global Perspectives (Categories B & G) | 3 |
| CHEM 117, 121, or BIOL 111 (Category S) | 3 | CSCI 114 or MIS 116 (Category S) | 3 |
| CHEM 117L, 121L, or BIOL 111L (Category S) | 1 | Gen Ed Wellness (Category W) | 2 |
| ANSC 114 (or other lower division class with CAFSNR prefix) | 3 | PLSC 110 (or other lower division class with CAFSNR prefix) | 3 |
| 15 | 17 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Gen Ed Social & Behavioral Sci (Category B) | 3 | STAT 330 (Category R) | 3 |
| Discipline 1 class | 3 | Gen Ed Hum & Fine Arts (Category A) | 3 |
| Discipline 2 class | 3 | Discipline 1 class | 3 |
| Discipline 3 class | 3 | Discipline 2 class | 3 |
| Discipline 4 class | 3 | Discipline 3 class | 3 |
| Elective | 1 | Elective | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Gen Ed Humanities and Fine Arts and Cultural Diversity (Categories A & D) | 3 | Upper division Discipline 1 class | 3 |
| Gen Ed Upper Division Writing (Category C) | 3 | Upper division CAFSNR elective | 3 |
| PLSC 315 (Category S) | 3 | Discipline 4 class | 3 |
| Discipline 1 class | 3 | CAFSNR elective | 3 |
| Discipline 4 class | 3 | CAFSNR elective | 3 |
| Elective | 1 | Elective | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Upper division Discipline 1 class | 3 | Capstone class (any CAFSNR prefix) (Course description contains the word "capstone") | 3 |
| Upper division Discipline 2 class | 3 | Upper division Discipline 2 class | 3 |
| Upper division Discipline 3 class | 3 | Electives | 10 |
| Discipline 4 class | 3 | ||
| Upper division CAFSNR elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 1 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Total Credits: 128 | |||
CAFSNR - College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources - Prefixes include AGEC (Agricultural Economics), ABEN (Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), ASM (Agricultural Systems Management), AGRI (Agriculture), ANSC (Animal Science), ECON (Economics), ENT (Entomology), SAFE (Food Safety), MICR (Microbiology), PPTH (Plant Pathology), PLSC (Plant Sciences), RNG (Range Science), SOIL (Soil Science), VETS (Veterinary Science).
"Category" refers to the General Education categories (https://bulletin.ndsu.edu/academic-policies/undergraduate-policies/general-education/#genedcoursestext )
"Discipline" refers to the four CAFSNR disciplines which must be included in a General Agriculture curriculum. A discipline may be thought of as a prefix. Some prefixes can be combined to form a discipline. If a student chooses to have Agricultural Education as a second major, one of the disciplines may include the required education courses in the College of Human Development and Education.