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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ANIMAL SCIENCE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS CROP AND SOIL SCIENCE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS RANGELAND RESOURCES COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Larry Larson, Program Coordinator Program Faculty
Program Staff JoLyn Scott jolyn.scott@eou.edu The Agriculture Program at Eastern is a cooperative effort between Oregon State University and Eastern Oregon University. Bachelor of Science Degrees are offered in Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Crop and Soil Science, and Rangeland Resources. All degrees are conferred by Oregon State University. In order to graduate, students enrolled in the program must fulfill all graduation requirements of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University, the department administering the degree program, and the minor if required or elected. Courses applied to any minor cannot count towards the major degree or the requirements for an additional minor. Transfer students may apply most credits earned at an accredited institution toward a major or as electives. Community college students can transfer up to 108 lower division credits toward graduation. Lettered courses (WR 121, MATH 200, etc.) transfer directly and a limited number of vocational-technical courses transfer with restrictions. Specific information regarding curriculum requirements and transfer of credits should be obtained from the program advisors. All freshmen and transfer students are admitted to Eastern and declare one of the Agricultural majors. At the end of the sophomore year with completion of 90 credits of course work with a satisfactory grade point average students are admitted to Oregon State University. Transfer students will be admitted to the program when their previous college work, plus additional course work at Eastern, fulfill the 90-credit and GPA requirements. All students must complete a minimum of 45 credits after admission to the program. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY BACCALAUREATE CORE (48)* AS OF 2002 Skills (15) + WIC
Perspectives (27)
Difference, Power and Discrimination (3) Synthesis (6)
*A list of courses and specific departmental requirements of the Baccalaureate Core is available in the Agriculture Program Office. GENERAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics offers two baccalaureate (Bachelor of Science) degrees. They open doors to exciting careers in traditional areas of commercial agriculture, agricultural business management, agricultural policy, and in new career opportunities in natural resource and environmental management, international trade and development, rural growth and change, and environmental and resource law. AREC and ABM Core All courses marked with an asterisk (*)
must be passed with a "C-" or better. Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC) The AREC degree emphasizes development and application of analytical skills to address economic issues in agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. Flexibility is provided to match program focus with student interest. The degree prepares students for careers with interdisciplinary groups involved in resource management, planning and policy analysis. Job opportunities include positions with federal, state, and local agencies, international groups, and private businesses plus graduate study. AREC and ABM Core (61-62) Agricultural Business Management (ABM) The ABM degree blends course work in agricultural economics, agricultural science, business fundamentals, and liberal arts so that students can respond to a variety of unique challenges and careers in the agriculture industry. Students can focus on an area of the agriculture industry that interest them by selecting an emphasis in Agricultural Marketing and Trade, Agribusiness Management, or Agricultural Economics. Students also round out their degree with a minor in a technical area and a related internship project. AREC and ABM Core (61-62) Sub Total (97-98) Technical Minor (27) Agricultural Economics Minor (27 credits) Requirements: Select additional upper division AREC courses to make 27 total credits. Natural Resource and Environmental Law and Policy Minor (27 credits) Requirements: Select additional upper division AREC courses to make 27 total credits. Agricultural Business Management Minor (27 credits) Requirements: Select additional credits from approved list to make 27 credits. Agricultural Sciences Minor (27 Credits) Lower Division Requirements:
2. One of the following Resource Management courses:
CSS 305 Principles of Soil Science (5) One of the following Production courses: Upper Division Requirements:
2. The remaining credits may be completed with other College of Agricultural Science courses (lower division or upper division). CROP AND SOIL SCIENCE Crop and Soil Science majors study the use and protection of plants and soils to provide the world's food, livestock feed, industrial raw materials, and seed for lawns, turf, watershed protection, and wildlife habitat. Courses integrate the scientific principles of soils, physics, chemistry, botany, and genetics as they deal with crop and natural resource management. Undergraduate curricula are flexible enough to provide for the student's individual professional needs and interests and for a broad-based general education by allowing electives in other subject areas throughout the college. Positions are available in agricultural experiment stations and extension services, state departments of agriculture, food-processing companies, insurance agencies, and commercial firms dealing in the processing and sale of farm products, chemicals, and seed. Advisors and faculty provide curricular guidance and aid in professional extracurricular activities, career decision, and job placement. Crop or Soil Science degree options are available at Eastern. Additional degree options are available at Oregon State University's Corvallis campus. Crop Science Option In addition to core requirements, students will select electives in crop science and other College of Agriculture Departments to integrate all these disciplines into a well-rounded agriculture degree to total 132 credits. This option can be designed to emphasize agricultural business, pest management, and seed technology depending on the educational and career goals of the individual student. Crop and Soil Science Core: Required Courses Other College of Agriculture Additional Ag (9) Ag min (23) Biological Sciences Soil Science Option In addition to core requirements, students will select electives in crop and soil science and other areas to develop a degree program to total a minimum of 132 credit hours. These electives will be chosen to emphasize an area such as soil conservation or a student's individual career goal. Soil Science Core: Required Courses GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Totals (180) Crop Science Minor (27 credits) Requirements: RANGELAND RESOURCES Rangeland Resources is one of the family of natural resource professions important to the social, economic, and political development of Oregon and the nation. It is concerned with the improvement, conservation, ecology, and use of the nation's rangelands. Since range management is practiced on lands producing domestic and wild animals, timber, water, and recreation, concepts of integrated land use are central to the curriculum. Range science, management, and business options are available at Eastern Oregon University. The curriculum below includes Oregon State University and Departmental requirements for the B.S. degree and provides emphasis either in science, management, ecological, or allied disciplines. Facilities available for study and research include greenhouse, field plot, pasture, and range, and two experiment stations in eastern Oregon. Field trips are taken in conjunction with specific courses. Summer employment with private industry, federal and state agencies, and on range research projects makes possible earning while learning. Employment opportunities include resource management, research, extension, ranch management, college and university teaching, business, and industrial activities related to rangeland resources, and foreign agricultural and resource development assistance. The Rangeland Resources Program is an extension of the Department of Rangeland Resources at Oregon State University. The Department of Rangeland Resources, Oregon State University, is accredited by the Society for Range Management. Rangeland Resources Core CHEM 101 General Chemistry (4) Each student will take core coursework plus additional courses in one of the seven options (3 available at EOU). Option course work must include a minimum of 15 upper division credits. Students must choose one option. Range Science Option (27 credits) CSS 430 Plant Genetics (3) Range Management Option (27 credits) GEOG 201 Cartography (3) General Rangeland Resources (Business) Option (28 credits) CSS 315 (WIC) Nutrient Management & Cycling (4) GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Total (180) Rangeland Resources Minor (27 credits) NOTE: Completion of the Rangeland Resources Minor alone does not qualify students for Rangeland Conservationist positions with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Requirements: RNG 341 Rangeland Resources (3) Select 9 credits from: Any other RNG classes |
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