Program Description
The NCSU Agroecology Minor provides students with a flexible and diversified curriculum and the opportunity for practical experience. Two new courses, Introduction to Agroecology (CS 230) and Advanced Agroecology (CS 430) Course and Laboratory, were developed for this new Agroecology Minor Program. A minimum of 11 required credits and 6 elective credits are required for the Agroecology Minor. Click here for more Agroecology Minor information from NCSU Advising Central.
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AGROECOLOGY MINOR
AT NC STATE UNIVERSITY
A MULTI-DISCIPLNARY APPROACH |
Required Courses (11 credit hours)
- BO 360 Introduction to Ecology (3) AND
- BO 365 Ecology Laboratory (1)
OR ZO 260 Evolution,
Behavior, & Ecology (4)
- CS 230 Introduction to Agroecology (3)
- CS 430 Advanced Agroecology (4)
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Elective Courses (6 credit hours)
Choose 1 course from at least TWO different groups |
Ecology and Agricultural Production
- ANS 150 Introduction to Animal Science (4)
- BAE 323 Water Management (3)
- BAE 442 Systems Approach to Agricultural and Environmental Issues (3)
- BO 200 Plant Life (4)
- BO 213 Plants and Civilization (3)
- BO 250 Plant Biology (4)
- CS 213 Crops: Adaptation & Production
(4)
- CS 411 Crop Ecology (3)
- CS 415 Integrated Pest Management (3)
- ENT 201 Insects and People (3)
- ENT 425 General Entomology (3)
- FOR/FW/ZO 221 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
- FOR 260 Forest Ecology (3)
- HS 432 Introduction to Permaculture (3)
- NR 406 Conservation of Biological Diversity (3)
- NR 300 Natural Resource Measurements (4)
- SSC 200 Soil Science (4)
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Social Science
- HI 340 Perspectives in Agricultural History (3)
- IDS 201 Environmental Ethics (3)
- MDS 303 Humans and the Environment (3)
- SOC 241 Sociology of Agriculture and Rural Societies (3)
- SOC 450 Environmental Sociology (3)
Economics
- ARE 309 Environmental Law & Economic Policy
(3)
- ARE 336 Environmental Economics (3)
- ARE 433 US Agricultural Policy (3)
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