Curriculum in
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Bioenvironmental Sciences
Major breakthroughs are taking
place locally, regionally and globally concerning environmental
awareness. Environmental hazards take many forms, including
microbial threats, toxic wastes and the indirect impact
of man's activities on a fragile ecosystem. As a result,
there is a growing recognition that the solutions to environmental
problems require innovative multi-disciplinary perspectives
and technologically-intensive approaches. The Bioenvironmental
Sciences curriculum (BESC) was designed in consultation
with numerous industry representatives in order to comply
with the most current thinking on the talents needed for
tomorrow's environmental fields. Students will be prepared
for a breadth of career choices in the environmental sciences.
These choices include such areas as research and development,
environmental consulting, remediation of wastes, site assessment
and environmental sampling, and environmental law. Graduates
from BESC find employment in federal, state and municipal
environmental agencies; in industries concerned with the
generation and clean-up of hazardous wastes; with environmental
advocacy and educational groups. In addition, the strong
science base in BESC prepares students for professional
and graduate schools in a variety of disciplines.
The curriculum described combines
a foundation of required courses with 34 hours of technical
and free electives to allow the student the maximum flexibility
to design a personalized course of study. Students are
advised to focus on an area of emphasis with those electives
that come from such categories as conservation/ecology,
policy/ethics/regulations, the physical environment, engineering,
plant studies, genetics/biotechnology and general environmental.
The Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology also
supports the extracurricular activities needed to support
a successful environmental professional.
| Required Course |
(Th-Pr)
|
Credit
|
| AGEC 105 Introduction
to Agricultural Economics |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| AGLS 101 Modern Agricultural
Systems |
(1-0)
|
1
|
| AGRO 301 Soil Science |
(3-2)
|
4
|
| AGRO 405 Soil Microbiology |
(3-2)
|
4
|
| BESC 201 Introduction
to Bioenvironmental Science |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| BESC 401 Bioenvironmental
Microbiology |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| BESC 402 Microbial Processes
in Bioremediation |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| BESC 484 Field Experience |
|
3
|
| BOTN 101 Botany and ZOOL
107 Zoology or BIOL 113, 123 and BIOL
114, 124 Introductory Biology |
|
8
|
| CHEM 101 Fundamentals
of Chemistry I |
(3-3)
|
4
|
| CHEM 102 Fundamentals
of Chemistry II |
(3-3)
|
4
|
| CHEM 227 and 237 Organic
Chemistry and Lab. |
|
4
|
| ENGL 104 Composition and
Rhetoric |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| GENE 301 Genetics |
(3-3)
|
4
|
| HIST 105 and 106 or American
history elective |
(3-0)
|
6
|
| MATH 131 Mathematical
Concepts--Calculus |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| PHIL 240 Introduction
to Logic or MATH 166 Topics in
Contemporary Mathematics II or MATH 141 Business
Mathematics I |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| PHYS 201 Physics |
(3-3)
|
4
|
| PLPA 301 and 303 Introductory
Plant Pathology and Lab. |
|
4
|
| POLS 206 and 207 American
National and State and Local Government |
(3-0)
|
6
|
| RENR 205 and 215 Fundamentals
of Ecology and Lab . |
|
4
|
| STAT 302 Statistical Methods |
(3-0)
|
3
|
| * KINE 198 Health and
Fitness Activity |
(0-2)
|
1
|
| * KINE 199 Required Physical
Activity |
(0-2)
|
1
|
| Humanities elective |
|
3
|
| Speech and technical writing
electives |
|
6
|
| Technical electives |
|
23
|
| Visual and performing
arts elective |
|
3
|
| Free electives |
|
11
|
| |
|
132
|
