Agricultural Systems Technology, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH 2123 | Calculus for Technology Programs I (A) | 3 |
| or MATH 2103 | Business Calculus (A) | |
| STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (A) | 3 |
| or STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) | |
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| PHYS 1114 | College Physics I (LN) | 4 |
| Course designated (N) | 2 | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | 3 |
| or AGCM 3203 | Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) | |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Courses designated (A), (H), (N), or (S) | 7 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
| SOIL 2124 | Fundamentals of Soil Science (N) | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems (N) | ||
| Elements of Environmental Science (N) | ||
| Fundamentals of Food Science | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) | 3 |
| or ECON 2103 | Introduction to Microeconomics (S) | |
| Written and Oral Communications | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| Written Communication | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | 4 |
| Hours Subtotal | 18 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| AST 1413 | Introduction to Engineering in Agriculture | 3 |
| AST 2313 | Surveying | 3 |
| AST 3102 | Principles of Agricultural Electrification | 2 |
| AST 4101 | Ag Electrification | 1 |
| AST 4213 | Safety and Health in Agriculture | 3 |
| AST 4203 | Agricultural Water Management | 3 |
| AST 4303 | Automation, Sensors and Controls for Agricultural Systems | 3 |
| AST 4013 | Capstone for Agricultural Systems Technology | 3 |
| AGEC 3213 | Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics | 3 |
| AGEC 3423 | Farm and Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| or MGMT 3013 | Fundamentals of Management (S) | |
| Select from one of the following pairs of courses: | 6 | |
| Financial Accounting | ||
| Managerial Accounting | ||
| OR | ||
| Survey of Accounting | ||
| Foundational Accounting and Data Skills | ||
| Technical Agriculture Electives | ||
| Select 21 hours from the following: | 21 | |
| Introduction to the Animal Sciences | ||
| Live Animal Evaluation | ||
| Livestock Feeding | ||
| Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation | ||
| Meat Science | ||
| Animal Genetics | ||
| Insects and Society (N) | ||
ENTO 2143 | Global Agricultural Biosecurity and Forensics | |
| Insects in Global Public Health (N) | ||
| Introduction to Entomology (LN) | ||
| Livestock Entomology | ||
ENTO 3021 | Postharvest, Structural, and Urban Arthropod Pests | |
ENTO 3331 | Insect Pests of Agronomic Crops | |
| Horticultural Insects | ||
| Insects in Forest Ecosystems | ||
| Quality Control | ||
| HACCP in the Food Industry | ||
| Food Microbiology | ||
| Plant Sanitation for Food Processing Operations | ||
| Food Chemistry I | ||
| Principles of Food Engineering | ||
| Food Safety Modernization Act | ||
| Food Safety Audit Schemes | ||
| Principles of Horticultural Science (LN) | ||
| Herbaceous Plant Materials | ||
| Woody Plant Materials | ||
| Plant Propagation | ||
| Greenhouse Management | ||
| Turf Management | ||
| Fruit and Nut Production | ||
| Commercial Vegetable Production | ||
| Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources | ||
| Principles of Rangeland Management | ||
| Natural Resource Biometrics | ||
| Applied Plant Science | ||
| Plant Genetics and Biotechnology | ||
| Principles of Weed Science | ||
| Soil Nutrient Management | ||
| Precision Agriculture | ||
| Environmental Soil Science | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | ||
| Soil Microbiology | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 54 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 8 hours or hours to complete required total for degree | 8 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 8 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Other Requirements
- A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
- A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2030.