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Plant Breeding & Biotechnology
The following courses are required for all Agronomy students graduating in the Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Option. This is a science-oriented option recommended for those individuals who wish to work in the area of plant breeding or plant biotechnology. This option also provides excellent preparation for graduate school in these areas.
| AGRONOMIC
SCIENCES (21.5 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| AGRON
105: Leadership Experience |
R |
F, S, SS |
| AGRON 110: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Orientation |
0.5(1-0) |
F |
| AGRON 114: Principles of Agronomy |
3(2-3 to 4) |
F, S |
| AGRON 154: Fundamentals of Soil Science |
3(2-2 to 4) |
F, S |
| AGRON 210: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Career Planning |
1(1-0) |
F, S |
| AGRON 212: Grain and Forage Crops |
4(3-2) |
F, S |
| AGRON 230: Crop Structure-Function Relationships |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| AGRON
310: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Internship |
R |
F, S, SS |
| AGRON 410: Prof. Dev. in Agronomy: Senior Forum |
1(1-0) |
F, S |
| AGRON 421: Introduction to Plant Breeding |
3(3-0) |
F |
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| Plus 3 elective credits to be chosen in Agronomy with
no more than 2 credits total from Agron 331, 370, 490, 491, and 496
allowed to meet the 3-credit requirement and Agron 320 will only be
used as a biological requirement. (A minimum of 15 credits in Agronomy
must be earned at Iowa State.)
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| BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES (26 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| BIOL 211: Principles of Biology I |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| BIOL 211L: Principles of Biology Laboratory |
1(0-3) |
F, S |
| BIOL 212: Principles of Biology II |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| BIOL 212L: Principles of Biology Laboratory |
1(0-3) |
F, S |
| BIOL 313: Principles of Genetics |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| BIOL 313L: Principles of Genetics Laboratory
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1(0-3) |
F, S |
| BIOL 314: Principles of Molecular Cell Biology
& Biochemistry |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| BIOL 314L: Molecular Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Laboratory |
1(0-3) |
F, S |
| BIOL 315: Biological Evolution |
3(3-0) |
F, S |
| BIOL 330A: Plant Physiology |
4(3-3) |
S |
| GEN 410: Transmission Genetics |
3(3-0) |
F |
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| COMMUNICATIONS
(12.5 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| ENGL 104: First-Year Composition I |
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS |
| ENGL 105: First-Year Composition II |
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS |
| LIB 160: Library Instruction |
0.5(1-0) |
F, S |
| ENGLISH 314: Technical Communication |
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS |
| SP CM 212: Fundamentals of Public Speaking |
3(3-0) |
F, S, SS |
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| HUMANITIES,
ETHICS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (15-18 credits) |
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| Three credits each in ethics, U.S. diversity, international
perspectives, humanities, social sciences, and agricultural issues (all courses must be from approved lists).
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| MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES (14 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
MATH 165 & 166: Calculus I & II
OR
MATH 181 & 182: Calculus and Differential Equations for the Life
Sciences |
4(4-0) & 4(4-0)
4(3-2) & 4(3-2) |
F, S, SS
F, S |
| STAT 104: Introduction to Statistics |
3(2-2) |
F, S, SS |
| COM S 207: Programming I |
3(3-1) |
F, S |
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| PHYSICAL SCIENCES
(17 credits) |
Credit |
Term |
| CHEM 177 & 177L: General Chemistry &
Laboratory |
5(4-3) |
F, S, SS |
| CHEM 178 & 178L: General Chemistry &
Laboratory |
4(3-3) |
F, S |
| CHEM 231 & 231L: Elementary Organic Chemistry
& Laboratory (CHEM 211 and 211L recommended) |
4(3-3) |
F, SS |
| PHYS 111: General Physics (PHYS 112 recommended)
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4(4-2) |
F, S, SS |
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| ELECTIVE
CREDITS (19-22 credits) |
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128 total credits required for graduation
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