AGSC
Agricultural Science
AGSC 101 INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AGSC 242 CROP IDENTIFICATION AGSC 291 SPECIAL TOPICS AGSC 292 INDEPENDENT STUDY AGSC 341 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION AGSC 342 FORAGES AGSC 401 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AGSC 428 SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEMS AGSC 441 CROP BREEDING AGSC 450 PLANT DISEASE CONTROL AGSC 454 AGROSTOLOGY AGSC 465R HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, POVERTY AGSC 492 INDEPENDENT STUDY
AGSC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
Department of Agriculture
• 1 credit lecture
• Fall semesters
• Prerequisite: Freshman or New Transfer Students
-- This course is optional but all freshmen in the College of Agriculture are
strongly encouraged to enroll. Students taking this course will be introduced
to all areas of the very broad field of agriculture, including all department
programs and areas of specialty, career opportunities, professionalism, history,
and ethics.
AGSC 242 - CROP IDENTIFICATION
Department of Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology
• 1 credit lab
• Fall semesters
-- Meets first third of semester. Recognition and identification of
seed, vegetative parts, and floral structure of the major species of
cereals, forage legumes, and grasses.
AGSC 291 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Department of Agriculture
• Maximum 12 cr.
• On Demand
• Prerequisite: None required but some may be determined necessary by each offering department.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
AGSC 292 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Department of Agriculture
• 1-3 credit Independent Study
• On demand
• Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and approval of department head.
AGSC 341 - FIELD CROP PRODUCTION
Department of Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology
• 3 credit lecture
• Spring semesters, even years only
• Prerequisite: BIOB 110.
-- Production of field crops using practical and applied crop management
principles. Emphasis includes understanding of crop management principles
and application of problem solving capabilities to field crop management
situations.
AGSC 342 - FORAGES
Department of Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology
• 3 credit lecture
• Fall semesters
• Prerequisite: BIOB 110.
-- Principles of applied forage crop management including establishment,
irrigation, fertilization, pests, harvesting, and forage integration
of many legume and grass species.
AGSC 401 - INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
Department of Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
• 3 credit lecture
• Fall semesters
• Prerequisite: BIOO 262; and one of the following: BIOB 100 or BIOB 170.
-- Management of insects and other pests via an integration of control
strategies. Emphasis on chemical, cultural, and biological control;
host plant resistance; sampling; use of economic principles; and new
biotechnological developments in pest management. ID and biology of
key insect pests.
AGSC 428 - SUSTAINABLE CROPPING
SYSTEMS
Department of Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
• 3 credit lecture
• Spring semesters, odd years only
• Prerequisite: ENSC 245 and either AGSC 341 or AGSC 342.
-- Senior capstone course. Conventional cropping systems in the Northern
Plains are analyzed, integrating land management and crop production
knowledge. Sustainable agriculture issues are raised and alternative
management strategies are explored, emphasizing no-till and organic
systems. Students will gain a solid understanding of crop diversity,
including effects on nutrient and water cycling, and crop pest management.
The agronomic challenges of implementing alternative cropping systems
will be featured in instructional methods. Students will gain "hand-on"
research experience by completing an agronomy experiment during the
semester.
AGSC 441 - PLANT BREEDING AND GENETICS
Department of Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology
• 3 credit lecture
• Spring semesters, odd years only
• Prerequisite: BIOB 375 or BIOB 377.
-- The genetic principles and practices involved in plant breeding.
Selection of plant breeding methods based on an understanding of a plant
species genetics and reproductive mechanisms. The class includes hands
on experience in plant breeding through a series of lab and greenhouse
exercises.
AGSC 450 - PLANT DISEASE CONTROL
Department of Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology
• 3 credit lecture
• Spring semesters, odd years only
• Prerequisite: BIOM 421 or consent of instructor.
-- This course will provide comprehensive coverage of the concepts of
integrated management of plant diseases. Concepts covered include regulatory,
cultural, chemical, host plant resistance, and biological controls.
Students will be introduced to epidemiology and weather-based predictive
computer models for use in disease management programs.
AGSC 454 - AGROSTOLOGY
Department of Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology
• 3 credit lecture & lab
• Fall semesters, odd years only
• Prerequisite: BIOO 230.
-- Determination, classification, evolution, and nomenclature of grasses
and grass-like plants; morphological and ecological features; preparation
of reference specimens.
AGSC 465R - HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, POVERTY
Department of Plant Sciences/Plant Pathology
• 3 credit lecture, independent study & recitation
• Spring semesters
• Prerequisite: Junior standing in student's major.
-- Students will explore causes and solutions to rural, economic poverty
holistically by discovering the interconnections of health, agriculture,
and governance. Students will gain skills appropriate to their own academic
major to provide leadership in alleviating poverty worldwide.
AGSC 492 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Department of Agriculture
• 1-3 credit independent study; max 6 credits
• On demand
• Prerequisite: Junior standing, consent of instructor and approval of department
head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
