Crop Sciences: Plant Protection, BS

for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Crop Sciences, Plant Protection 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 plant protection concentration provides a broad selection of courses in crops, soils, plant diseases, insects and weeds, and the physical sciences. Students learn how to protect plants from the effects of diseases, insects, and weeds. This concentration is designed to prepare students for careers in crop consulting, integrated pest management, and agribusiness management and merchandising, or for entrance into a graduate program.

for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Crop Sciences, Plant Protection Concentration

Prescribed Courses including Campus General Education

Composition I and Speech
RHET 105Writing and Research4
or equivalent - see College Composition I requirement (3 or 4)
CMN 101Public Speaking3
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
MATH 220
Calculus
MATH 221
Calculus I
MATH 234
Calculus for Business I
Quantitative Reasoning II
CPSC 241Intro to Applied Statistics3
Natural Sciences and Technology
See Specific Concentration Requirements
Humanities and the Arts
Select from campus approved list6
Social and Behavioral Sciences
ACE 100Introduction to Applied Microeconomics 13-4
or ECON 102 Microeconomic Principles
Select from campus approved list.3-4
ACES required
ACES 101Contemporary Issues in ACES2
Required Concentration58-79
Concentration prescribed courses. See specific concentration requirements.
Total Hours126
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 232Elementary Organic Chemistry I3-4
or CPSC 382 Organic Chem of Biol Processes
IB 103Introduction to Plant Biology4
Select one of the following:4-5
MCB 100
& MCB 101
Introductory Microbiology
and Intro Microbiology Laboratory
IB 104
Animal Biology
Plant Protection Concentration Required
CPSC 112Introduction to Crop Sciences4
CPSC 2263
CPSC 270Applied Entomology3
CPSC 352Plant Genetics3-4
or CPSC 484 Plant Physiology
CPSC 498Crop Sci Professional Develpmt1
NRES 201Introductory Soils4
NRES 488Soil Fertility and Fertilizers3
PLPA 2043
Select one of the following:3-4
ANSC 100
Intro to Animal Sciences
HORT 100
Introduction to Horticulture
FSHN 101
The Science of Food and How it Relates to You
NRES 102
Introduction to NRES
TSM 100
Technical Systems in Agr
Select one of the following:2-3
CPSC 418
Crop Growth and Management
HORT 361
Small Fruit Production
HORT 362
Tree Fruit Production
Select 12 hours from the following:12
CPSC 426
Weed Mgt in Agronomic Crops
CPSC 431
Plants and Global Change
CPSC 473
Mgmt of Field Crop Insects
CPSC 475
Insect Pathology
IB 444
Insect Ecology
IB 468
Insect Classification and Evol
IB 482
Insect Pest Management
PLPA 403
Advanced Plant Pathology
PLPA 407
TSM 465
Chemical Applications Systems
Total ACES prescribed and elective courses must total 35 hours, of which 20 must be completed in residence.35