UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

Academic Program Approval

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs. Proposing department should complete this form. For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.

Submitted by: ____Dr. David Frey____________________phone number__831-2531___

Action: ______________Delete Major and Minor________________________________________________________

(Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration, revise major/minor/concentration, academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)

Effective term_______Fall 2006____________________________________________________________________

(use format 04F, 05W)

Current degree_____B.S.____________________________________________________

(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

Proposed change leads to the degree of: ____________________________________

(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

Proposed name:__________________________________________________________

Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

(if applicable)

Revising or Deleting:

Undergraduate major / Concentration:___Plant Biology- B,S,__

(Example: Applied Music – Instrumental degree BMAS)

Undergraduate minor:_________________Plant Biology____________

(Example: African Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)

Graduate Program Policy statement change:____________________________

(Attach your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

Graduate Program of Study:__________________________________________

(Example: Animal Science: MS Animal Science: PHD Economics: MA Economics: PHD)

Graduate minor / concentration:______________________________________

List program changes for curriculum revisions:

none

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum:

(Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)

none

Other affected units:

(List other departments affected by this new or revised curriculum. Attach permission from the affected units. If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

none

Rationale:

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)

Enrollment in major and minor is very low, despite aggressive recruitment efforts at the department and college levels. Students can still major in Plant Science and take plant biology courses using elective credits.

Program Requirements:

(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog. If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the present curriculum.)

See attachment.

ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION: (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

Department Chairperson Dr. Donald Sparks Date

Dean of College Dr. Robin Morgan Date

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee__ Dr. David Frey_____________________Date_____________________

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies Date

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com. Date

Secretary, Faculty Senate Date

Date of Senate Resolution Date to be Effective

Registrar Program Code Date

Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Planning Date

Provost Date

Board of Trustee Notification Date

Revised 11/03/04 /khs

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNDERGRADUATE 83

Delete All:

DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

MAJOR: PLANT BIOLOGY

CURRICULUM CREDITS

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

ENGL 110 Critical Reading and Writing

(minimum grade of C-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Three credits in an approved course or courses stressing multi-cultural, ethnic,

and/or gender-related course content (see p. 62-65) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Mathematics and Computer Science

Mathematics course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Computer Science course (FREC135 or equivalent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Agricultural and Biological Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

One course in any of the following areas: Food Science, Engineering Technology,

Animal Science, or Entomology and Wildlife Ecology.

Literature and Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Three credits selected from English, Art, Art History, Communication, Music,

Theatre, Foreign Language, or courses cross-listed in these departments.

Social Sciences and Humanities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Minimum of one course in three of the following areas: Anthropology, Black

American Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Geography, History,

Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women’s Studies or courses

cross-listed in these departments.

Professional Studies

BISC 207 Introductory Biology I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

BISC 300 Introduction to Microbiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

CHEM 101/102 General Chemistry I and II

or

CHEM 103/104 General Chemistry I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

CHEM 213 Elementary Organic Chemistry

or

CHEM 321/322 Organic Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

One of the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

CHEM 214/216 Elementary Biochemistry and Lab

CHEM 527 Biochemistry

CHEM 641/642 Biochemistry

One of the following Communication courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

AGRI 212 Oral Communication in Agriculture and Natural Resources

COMM 312 Oral Communication in Business

COMM 350 Public Speaking

ENGL 312 Written Communications in Business

ENGL 410 Technical Writing

PLSC 101 Botany I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 201 Botany II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 204 Introduction to Soil Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 205 Introduction to Soil Science Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PLSC 300 Principles of Plant and Animal Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 303 Introductory Plant Pathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 306 Introduction to Plant Molecular Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 410 Introduction to Plant Physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 435 Plant Development Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FREC 408 Research Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENWC 465 Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Other Life Science Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Minimum of four courses, with at least six credits at the 400-level or above. See

advisor for list of approved courses in various interest areas.

ELECTIVES

After required courses are completed, sufficient credits must be taken to meet the

minimum credits required for the degree. Only two credits of HESC 120 activity or

performing Music credit may be counted toward the degree.

Suggested courses include:

PHYS 201 or higher Introductory Physics

(Recommended for students interested in graduate school)

CHEM220/221 Quantitative Analysis

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

MINOR IN PLANT BIOLOGY

The minor in Plant Biology is open to students in any major and requires a

minimum of 15 credits from the following:

PLSC 101 Botany I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 201 Botany II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 204 Introduction to Soil Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 300 Principles of Animal and Plant Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 303 Introductory Plant Pathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 306 Introduction to Plant Molecular Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 402 Plant Taxonomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 410 Plant Physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 411 Diagnostic Plant Pathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 414 Plant Cell and Tissue Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 416 Plant Virology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PLSC 435 Plant Developmental Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 440 Integrated Pest and Disease Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 444 The Physiology of Plant Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 602 Physiological Plant Productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 605 Plant Breeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 607 Plant and Soil Water Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PLSC 615 Vascular Plant Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3