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2009-2010*

Major Courses Course Title Summer Fall Winter Spring Prerequisites
WVIT 101 Orientation to Wine and Viticulture   ●      
WVIT 102 Global Wine and Viticulture   ●      
WVIT 202 Fundamentals of Enology   ● ●   WVIT 102, CHEM 111
WVIT 339 Internship in Wine and Viticulture ● ● ● ● WVIT 202, FRSC 231, junior standing, and consent of internship instructor.  Degree credit limited to 6 units
WVIT 342/FSN 342 Sensory Evaluation of Wine   ●   ● WVIT 202, STAT 218 or STAT 221, age 21 or older
WVIT 463 Issues, Trends and Careers in the Wine Industry         Senior standing
AGB 401 Managing Cultural Diversity in Agricultural Labor Relations ● ● ● ● Senior Standing
AGB 443 Branded Wine Marketing ● ● ● ● ABG 301 or BUS 346 or consent of instructor
AGB 460/461/HCS/FSN 461/462 Senior Project ● ● ● ● Senior standing
BRAE 340 Irrigation Water Management ● ● ● ● Junior standing, completion of GE Area A1, A3, and Area B, including Math 118 or better
BUS 212 Financial Accounting Nonbusiness Majors ● ● ● ●  
CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry ● ● ● ● High school chemistry or CHEM 106 or equivalent, and passing score on the ELM examination for MATH 116 eligibility, or an ELM exemption, or MATH 104
FRSC 231 Viticulture       ●  
FRSC 331 Advanced Viticulture   ●     FRSC 231
SS 121 Introductory Soil Science ● ● ● ● College chemistry and passing score on ELM examination, or an ELM exemption, or credit in MATH 104
Enology Concentration
WVIT 103 The Anatomy of Wine     ●    
WVIT 301 Wine Microbiology         MCRO 221 or MCRO 224; WVIT 202 or consent of instructor.  Crosslisted as MCRO 301
WVIT 404 Winemaking I   ●     WVIT 202 and FSN 365.  Students must be at least 21 years in age
WVIT 405 Winemaking II     ●   WVIT 404.  Students must be at least 21 years in age
WVIT 406 Winemaking III       ● WVIT 405.  Students must be at least 21 years in age
CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry ● ● ● ● CHEM 111 or equivalent
ECON 201 Survey of Economics ● ● ● ●  
FSN 365 Wine Analysis and Amelioration       ● WVIT 202
MATH 118/MATH 161 Pre-Calculus Algebra or Calculus for Life Science I ● ● ● ●

Completion of ELM requirement and passing score on appropriate Mathematics Placement Examination

MCRO 221 Microbiology   ● ● ● One quarter of chemistry
STAT 218 Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences ● ● ● ●

Passing score on the ELM examination, or an ELM exemption, or credit in MATH 104

Viticulture Concentration
BIO 303 Survey of Genetics ● ● ● ●

One quarter of college biology.  Recommended: STAT 218 or equivalent
BOT 121 General Botany   ● ● ●  
BOT 323 Plant Pathology   ● ● ● BIO 162 or BOT 121
BRAE 438/BRAE 439 Drip/Micro Irrigation/Vineyard Water Management (only BRAE 438 will be taught Winter, 2010)     ●   BRAE 236 or BRAE 340 for either course
CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry ● ● ● ● CHEM 111 or equivalent
ECON 201 Survey of Economics ● ● ● ●  
FRSC 202 Enterprise Project ● ● ● ● HCS 110, or consent of instructor
FRSC 210 Viticultural Practices ● ● ● ●  
FRSC 402 Enterprise Project Management ● ● ● ● FRSC 202, and consent of instructor
FRSC 415 Vine Physiology       ● FRSC 231, FRSC 331 or consent of instructor
MATH 118/MATH 161 Pre-Calculus Algebra or Calculus for Life Science I ● ● ● ● Completion of ELM requirement and passing score on appropriate Mathematics Placement Examination
PPSC 311 Agricultural Entomology   ●   ● CHEM 111
PPSC 321 Weed Ecology   ●   ● BOT 121, Intro BOT , BIO
PPSC 414 Grape Pest Management       ● PPSC 311, BOT 323, FRSC 231
SS 221 Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition   ● ● ● College CHEM
STAT 218 Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences ● ● ● ● ELM score
Wine Business Concentration
AGB 202 Sales, Communication and Leadership in Agribusiness   ● ● ●  
AGB 212 Agricultural Economics ● ● ● ●  
AGB 301 Food and Fiber Marketing ● ● ● ● AGB 212 or ECON 201
AGB 310 Agribusiness Credit and Finance ● ● ● ● One quarter of accounting or AGB 321
AGB 323 Agribusiness Managerial Accounting ● ● ● ● AGB 214 and junior standing
AGB 422 Logistics in Global Agribusiness     ● ● AGB 318 and STAT 221
AGB 444 Wine Compliance and Market Analysis   ● ● ● STAT 221 or STAT 252 or equivalent
AGB 450 Agribusiness Strategy Formulation   ● ● ● Senior standing and AGB 323
BIO 111 General Biology   ● ● ●  
ECON 222 Macroeconomics ● ● ● ●  
MATH 118/MATH 221 Pre-Calculus Algebra or Calculus for Business and Economics ● ● ● ● Completion of ELM requirement and passing score on appropriate Mathematics Placement Examination
STAT 221 Introduction to Probability and Statistics   ● ● ● ELM score

*Though every attempt is made to accurately project what will be offered in the coming year, course offerings may change due to instructor availability and/or budgetary constraints

 
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