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Program checklist · B.S.

Agricultural Science

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · University Park, PA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Credits (computed from items)
82-90
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214777
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214777_240acd37
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    2 items
    1. AEE 360
      3
    2. AEE 460
      3

    Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    2 items
    1. CAS 100
      Effective Speech
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. ENGL 15
      Rhetoric and Composition
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Additional Courses

    17 items
    1. AEE 311
      Developing Youth Leadership through Organization and Program Structure
      or: AEE 465 Leadership Practices: Power, Influences, and Impact
      3
    2. AEE 330W
      Communication in Agricultural and Natural Resource Careers
      or: AEE 440 Communication Methods and Media
      3
    3. Select 3 credits from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. CHEM 101
      Introductory Chemistry
      Not resolved to a course
    5. CHEM 110
      Chemical Principles I
      Not resolved to a course
    6. CHEM 130
      Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry
      Not resolved to a course
    7. Select 3-4 credits from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3-4
    8. BIOL 11& BIOL 12
      Introductory Biology I and Introductory Biology II
      Not resolved to a course
    9. BIOL 110
      Biology: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity
      Not resolved to a course
    10. BISC 3
      Environmental Science
      Not resolved to a course
    11. Select 3-4 credits in Crop Managment 1
      Not resolved to a course
      3-4
    12. Select 3 credits in any HORT except X95, X96
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. Select 3 credits in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 2
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    14. Select 3 credits in International Agriculture from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. AEE 400
      3
    16. CED 450
      International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment
      Not resolved to a course
    17. INTAG 100N
      Everyone Eats: Hunger, Food Security & Global Agriculture
      Not resolved to a course

    Any College of Agricultural Sciences international course

    28 items
    1. Select 1-3 credits in Careers in Agriculture from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      1-3
    2. AEE 100
      3
    3. AG 100
      Not resolved to a course
    4. AG 113
      1
    5. ANSC 290
      Careers in Animal Agriculture
      Not resolved to a course
    6. ERM 151
      1
    7. Select 3-4 credits in any ANSC except 291, X95, X96
      Not resolved to a course
      3-4
    8. Select 3 credits in Technology in Agriculture from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    9. AGECO 144
      Principles and Practices of Organic Agriculture
      Not resolved to a course
    10. AGECO 457
      Principles of Integrated Pest Management
      Not resolved to a course
    11. ANSC 207& ANSC 208
      Animal Products Technologyand Animal Products Technology Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
    12. ERM 210
      3
    13. FDSC 200
      Introductory Food Science
      Not resolved to a course
    14. PLANT 217
      3
    15. Select 6 credits in Natural Resources/Ecology from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    16. AGECO 122
      Atmospheric Environment: Growing in the Wind
      Not resolved to a course
    17. AGECO 201
      Introductory Agroecology
      Not resolved to a course
    18. EGEE 101
      Energy and the Environment
      Not resolved to a course
    19. FOR 470
      Watershed Management
      Not resolved to a course
    20. SOILS 71
      Environmental Sustainability
      Not resolved to a course
    21. SOILS 101
      Introductory Soil Science
      Not resolved to a course
    22. SOILS 412W
      Soil Ecology
      Not resolved to a course
    23. WFS 209N
      3
    24. Select 3 credits in Agricultural and Environmental Policy from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    25. AG 160
      3
    26. AGECO 134N
      Sustainable Agriculture Science and Policy
      Not resolved to a course
    27. CED 201
      Introductory Environmental and Resource Economics
      Not resolved to a course
    28. FDSC 105
      Food Facts and Fads
      Not resolved to a course

    Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    1 item
    1. ENGL 202C
      Effective Writing: Technical Writing
      or: ENGL 202D Effective Writing: Business Writing
      3

    Supporting Courses and Related Areas

    1 item
    1. Select 9 credits in Agriculture
      Not resolved to a course
      9

    Supporting Courses and Related Areas Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    1 item
    1. Select 18-21 credits for College of Agricultural Sciences Minor
      Not resolved to a course
      18-21
    Source. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/agricultural-sciences/agricultural-science-bs/. Captured page pages/0077.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.