Crop Sciences: Crops, BS
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Crop Sciences, Crops Concentration
department website: https://cropsciences.illinois.edu/
department faculty: https://cropsciences.illinois.edu/people/faculty/
overview of college admissions & requirements: Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
college website: https://aces.illinois.edu/
No longer accepting applications Fall 2022 - See Agronomy, BS
The crops concentration is designed for students with an interest in agronomic crop plants. Students study the diversity of crop plants-how they grow and how they are grown This concentration prepares students for careers in crop production and marketing, cropping systems management, plant breeding, and seed merchandising, or for entrance into graduate school.
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Crop Sciences, Crops Concentration
Prescribed Courses including Campus General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Composition I and Speech | ||
| RHET 105 | Writing and Research | 4 |
or equivalent - see College Composition I requirement (3 or 4) | ||
| CMN 101 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Select from campus approved list. | 3-4 | |
| Cultural Studies | ||
| Select one course from Western culture, one from non-Western culture, and one from U.S. minority culture from campus approved lists. | 9 | |
| Foreign Language | ||
| Coursework at or above the third level is required for graduation. | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning I | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Calculus | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Calculus for Business I | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning II | ||
| CPSC 241 | Intro to Applied Statistics | 3 |
| Natural Sciences and Technology | ||
| See Specific Concentration Requirements | ||
| Humanities and the Arts | ||
| Select from campus approved list | 6 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | ||
| ACE 100 | Introduction to Applied Microeconomics 1 | 3-4 |
| or ECON 102 | Microeconomic Principles | |
| Select from campus approved list. | 3-4 | |
| ACES required | ||
| ACES 101 | Contemporary Issues in ACES | 2 |
| Required Concentration | 58-79 | |
| Concentration prescribed courses. See specific concentration requirements. | ||
| Total Hours | 126 | |
| 1 | ACE 100 or ECON 102 are not required for the Biological Sciences Concentration. |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Sciences and Technology | ||
| CHEM 102 & CHEM 103 | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry Lab I | 4 |
| CHEM 104 & CHEM 105 | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Lab II | 4 |
| CHEM 232 | Elementary Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| or CPSC 382 | Organic Chem of Biol Processes | |
| IB 103 | Introduction to Plant Biology | 4 |
| Crops Concentration Required | ||
| CPSC 112 | Introduction to Crop Sciences | 4 |
| CPSC 226 | 3 | |
| CPSC 270 | Applied Entomology | 3 |
| CPSC 498 | Crop Sci Professional Develpmt | 1 |
| NRES 201 | Introductory Soils | 4 |
| PLPA 204 | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Introductory Microbiology and Intro Microbiology Laboratory | ||
| Animal Biology | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Intro to Animal Sciences | ||
| The Science of Food and How it Relates to You | ||
| Introduction to Horticulture | ||
| Introduction to NRES | ||
| Technical Systems in Agr | ||
| Select 12 hours from the following: | 12 | |
| Biotechnology in Agriculture | ||
| Genetic Engineering Lab | ||
| Plant Genetics | ||
| Principles of Crop Production | ||
| Forage Crops & Pasture Ecology | ||
| Bioenergy Crops | ||
| Crop Growth and Management | ||
| Weed Mgt in Agronomic Crops | ||
| Plants and Global Change | ||
| Principles of Agroecology | ||
| Advanced Plant Genetics | ||
| Principles of Plant Breeding | ||
| Plant Breeding Methods | ||
| Plant Physiology | ||
or HORT 421 | Horticultural Physiology | |
| Env and Plant Ecosystems | ||
| Advanced Plant Pathology | ||
| Plant Disease Diagnosis & Mgmt | ||
PLPA 407 | ||
| Select six hours from the following: | 6 | |
| Pedology | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | ||
| Total ACES prescribed and elective courses must total 35 hours, of which 20 hours must be completed in residence. | 35 | |
| Total Hours | 126 | |