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Course Title

Units (Quarter)

Physical & Bio. Sciences    
18
BIO-Any Any Variable
  BOT-Any Any Variable
  CHEM-Any Any Variable
  FRSC 415 Grapevine Physiology 4
  HCS 304 Plant Breeding 4
  HCS 329 Plants, Food and Biotechnology 4
  HCS 410 Crop Physiology 4
  MCRO 221 Microbiology 4
  MCRO 224 General Microbiology I 5
  MCRO 225 General Microbiology II 5
  MCRO 402 General Virology 4
  PM 340 Poultry Anatomy, Physiology and Diseases 4
  PPSC 110 People, Pests and Plagues 4
  ZOO-Any Any Variable
       
Crop Health     13.5
  BOT 323 Plant Pathology 4
  BOT 324 Ornamental and Forest Pathology 4
  BOT 325 Plant Nematology 4
  BOT 425 Plant Virology 4
  BOT 426 Mycology 4
  BOT 431 Advanced Plant Pathology 4
  BRAE 236 Principles of Irrigation 4
  BRAE 331 Irrigation Theory 3
  BRAE 337 Landscape Irrigation 4
  BRAE 340 Irrigation Water Management 4
  BRAE 405 Chemigation 1
  BRAE 438 Drip/Micro Irrigation 4
  BRAE 440 Agricultural Irrigation Systems 4
  NR 402 Forest Health 4
  HCS 327 Abiotic Plant Problems 3
  PPSC 311 Agricultural Entomology 4
  PPSC 321 Weed Biology and Management 4
  PPSC 327 Vertebrate Pest Management 3
  PPSC 405  Advanced Weed Management 4
  SS 121 Introductory Soil Science 4
  SS 221 Fertilizers and Plant Nutrition 4
  SS 322 Soil Plant Relationships 4
  SS 422 Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry 4
  SS 423 Soil and Water Chemistry 5
  SS 432 Soil Physics 5
  SS 440 Forest and Range Soils 4
       
Pest Management Systems and Methods    

9
(with at least one course emphasizing integrated pest management principles)



AG 315




Organic Agriculture




4
  CRSC 445 Cropping Systems 4
  PPSC 321 Weed Biology and Management 4
  PPSC 327 Vertebrate Pest Management 4
  PPSC 405 Advanced Weed Management 4
  PPSC 414 Grape Pest Management 4
  PPSC 421/521 Plant-Pest Interactions 4
  PPSC 427 Disease and Pest Control Systems for Ornamental Plants 4
  PPSC 431 Insect Pest Management 4
  PPSC 441 Biological Control for Pest Management 4
       
Production Systems    
9
  AG 360 Holistic Management 4
  AG 450 Applied Holistic Management 4
  ASCI 101 Introduction to the Animal Sciences 2
  ASCI 231 General Animal Science 3
  ASCI 311 Advanced Beef Cattle System Management 4
  ASCI 329 Principles of Range Management 3
  CRSC 123 Forage Crops 4
  CRSC 132 California Field Crops 4
  CRSC 202 Enterprise Project 2-4
  CRSC 203 Organic Farming Enterprise Project 2-4
  CRSC 244 Precision Farming 4
  CRSC 333 Greenhouse Vegetable Production 2
  CRSC 402 Enterprise Project Management 2-4
  CRSC 421 Oil and Fiber Crops 4
  CRSC 422 (cross-listed as FRSC 422) Tropical and Subtropical Crop and Fruit Production 4
  CRSC 445 Cropping Systems 4
  DSCI 121 Elements of Dairying 4
  DSCI 230 General Dairy Husbandry 4
  DSCI 333 Dairy Cattle Management, Safety and Animal Well-Being 4
  DSCI 432 Advanced Dairy Herd Management 4
  EHS 123 Landscape Installation and Maintenance 4
  EHS 201 Field Studies in Ornamental Horticulture 1
  EHS 210 Enterprise Project I 1-4
  EHS 230 Environmental Horticulture 4
  EHS 231 Plant Materials I 4
  EHS 232 Plant Materials II 4
  EHS 245 Horticultural Production Techniques 3
  EHS 310 Enterprise Project II 2-4
  EHS 324 Interior Plant Management 4
  EHS 341 Cut Flower Production 4
  EHS 342 Potted Plant Production 4
  EHS 343 Turfgrass Management 4
  EHS 381 Native Plants for California Landscapes 4
  EHS 382 Restoration Horticulture 4
  EHS 421 Arboriculture 4
  EHS 422 Advanced Arboriculture 2
  EHS 424 Nursery Crop Production 4
  EHS 433 Advanced Turfgrass Operations 4
  EHS 434 Landscape Management 4
  FRSC 123 Beekeeping 3
  FRSC 132 Pomology I 4
  FRSC 133 Pomology II 4
  FRSC 202 Enterprise Project 2-4
  FRSC 210 Viticultural Practices 2
  FRSC 230 California Fruit Growing 4
  FRSC 231 Viticulture I 4
  FRSC 331 Viticulture II 4
  FRSC 342 Citrus and Avocado Fruit Production 4
  FRSC 402 Enterprise Project Management 2-4
  FRSC 422 (cross-listed as CRSC 422 Tropical and Subtropical Crop and Fruit Production 4
  HCS 110 Orientation to Horticulture and Crop Science 2
  HCS 120 Principles of Horticulture and Crop Science 4
  HCS 124 Plant Propagation 4
  HCS 231 Commercial Seed Production 4
  HCS 340 Principles of Greenhouse Environment 4
  NR 141 Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Management 3
  NR 260 Forest Practices and Environmental Protection 4
  NR 350 Urban Forestry 3
  NR 365 Silviculture and Vegetation Management 4
  NR 414 Sustainable Forest Management 4
  NR 503 Tropical Forest Ecosystem Management 3
  NR 504 Agroforestry Systems 2
  PM 225 Introduction to Poultry Management 4
  PM 305 Game Bird Propagation and Management 3
  PM 330 Poultry Meat Production and Processing 4
  VGSC 190 California Vegetable Production 4
  VGSC 202 Enterprise Project 2
  VGSC 230 Introduction to Vegetable Science 4
  VGSC 260 Vegetable Gardening, Nutrition and History 4
  VGSC 402 Enterprise Project 2
  VGSC 423 Advanced Vegetable Science 4
  VGSC 424 Vegetable Crop Management 4
       


Electives
  May be a course listed in the Crop Health, Pest Management Systems and Methods, and Production Systems core areas

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