FIRST YEAR | ||
First Semester | Hours | |
ENG-119 | Composition I Pathway * ORENG-119Students will study the writing process by reading essays illustrating a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays. Course is for students who have assessed into developmental English, receiving supplemental instruction for course completion.
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ENG-120 | Composition I *ENG-120Students will study the writing process by reading essays that illustrate a variety of rhetorical strategies, analyzing writing tasks and texts, and writing, revising, and editing short essays.
| 3.0 |
BIO-100 | Bio Science I BIO-100This course provides an introduction to the fundamental processes and structures common to all living things along with their applications to society.
| 4.0 |
MAT-130 | College Algebra *MAT-130Review of the real number system, radicals, equations, and exponents, relations and functions, logarithms, complex numbers, polynomials, and theory of equations. A graphing calculator is required. A graphing calculator is required. Ask instructor for calculator recommendation.
| 3.0 |
AGR-206 | Intro/Animal Science AGR-206Focuses on a study of beef, swine, sheep, poultry, and horses; and the scientific factors affecting nutrition, selection and genetics, products, environment, and physiology.
| 4.0 |
PSY-271 | Intr/Psychology ORPSY-271Focuses on psychology as a science, introducing Concepts, research methods and research in a variety of subfields, including neuroscience, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, cognition, motivation and emotion, development, personality, disorders and therapy, and social psychology.
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| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
17.0 | |
Second Semester | ||
ENG-121 | Composition II *ENG-121Students will learn how to find, use, assess and document research sources, producing an extended writing project based primarily on library research.
| 3.0 |
MAT-210 | Finite Mathematics * ORMAT-210An introduction to Finite Mathematics, matrices, linear systems of equations and inequalities, linear programming, counting theory and probability.
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MAT-211 | Math Analysis *MAT-211This course covers mathematical analysis of polynomial calculus with applications to business and social sciences. It includes the mathematics of finance, techniques and applications of differentiation & integration, optimization theory and area. Graphing calculator required.
| 3.0 |
AGR-205 | Intro/Soil Science AGR-205Application of the basics in the physical, chemical, and biological aspects in soils. Soils of Illinois and Indiana are emphasized along with concepts of fertility, conservation, and field descriptions.
| 4.0 |
ECO-231 | Principles of Econ I (Macro) ECO-231Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking, and monetary policy.
| 3.0 |
HIS-252 | West Civil/1660-Present ORHIS-252Survey of Western Civilization with topics including absolutism, the rise of modern science, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Age of Ideology, Imperialism, the Russian Revolutions, World War I, the Rise of Totalitarianism, World War II and the Contemporary Age.
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| 3.0 |
Semester Totals |
16.0 |
SECOND YEAR | ||
First Semester | Hours | |
SPE-111 | Intro to Speech Communication SPE-111Focuses on the fundamental principles and methods of selection, analyzing, organizing, developing and communicating information, evidence, and points of view to audiences.
| 3.0 |
CHM-120 | Gen, Organic & Biochemistry I ORCHM-120Fundamentals of inorganic chemistry including history, atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, gases, solids, solutions, chemical equilibria, acids, bases, salts, pH, and electrochemistry.
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CHM-150 | General Chemistry I *CHM-150General principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include atomic theory, bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws and thermochemistry.
| 4.0 |
AGR-207 | Intro/Ag Economics AGR-207Principles of economics applied to problems in agriculture, marketing of agricultural products, agricultural policy, and the role of agriculture in the U.S. and world economies.
| 4.0 |
HIS-153 | History/Culture of Third World ORHIS-153The course will introduce the student to history and culture in the third world from ancient civilizations to the modern era. This course will focus upon broad themes in history and culture and will examine those themes in each major historical era.
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| 3.0 |
AGR-208 | Intro/Ag Mechanization ORAGR-208Study of problems and laboratory exercises pointing to present and potential engineering applications in agriculture are presented. Emphasis is placed on farm power and machinery, soil and water control, electricity, and structures.
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HRT-201 | Introduction to Horticulture HRT-201A study and introduction to the principles and practices involved in the development, production, and use of horticultural crops (fruits, vegetables, greenhouse, turf, nursery, floral, and landscape). Course will include a broad overview of the green industry including propagation, production and design.
| 3.0 |
Semester Totals | 17.0 | |
Second Semester | ||
CHM-121 | Gen, Organic & Biochemistry II * ORCHM-121Study of organic and biological chemistry for students in allied health programs, agriculture, forestry, and other majors with comparable requirements.
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CHM-151 | General Chemistry II *CHM-151Continuation of the General principles of chemistry for students majoring in chemistry, engineering or science professions. Topics include solids/liquids, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
| 4.0 |
ART-250 | Understanding Art ORART-250A survey of the visual arts from Ancient to contemporary times, an understanding the major cultural and historical relationships to the art forms.
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| 3.0 |
POS-160 | American National Government * ORPOS-160The fundamental principles of the American Government are summarized. Such topics as federalism, civil liberties, citizenship, parties and elections, the Presidency, Congress, Judiciary, and national policies and politics are discussed within the framework of the American Constitutional system.
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| 3.0 |
AGR-204 | Prin/Field Crop Science AGR-204Designed to develop a working and scientific knowledge of modern crop production as a germination, growth, reproduction, tillage, and weed control of agricultural field crops. Emphasis is also placed on fertility, diseases and insects.
| 4.0 |
Semester Totals |
14.0 |
Total Program Hours | 64.0 |