Agriculture, Honours (AGRS)

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Program pathways and conditions

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Pathway 1

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 1
AGR*1110	Introduction to the Agri-Food Systems	1.00
BIOL*1050	Biology of Plants & Animals in Managed Ecosystems	0.50
CHEM*1040	General Chemistry I	0.50
MATH*1080	Elements of Calculus I	0.50
Semester 2
AGR*1350	Animal Production Systems and Industry: Dairy, Poultry and Egg	0.50
BIOL*1090	Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology	0.50
CHEM*1050	General Chemistry II	0.50
FARE*1400	Economics of the Agri-Food System	1.00
Semester 3
AGR*2320	Soils in Agroecosystems	0.50
AGR*2470	Introduction to Plant Agriculture	0.50
FARE*2700	Survey of Natural Resource Economics	0.50
MBG*2400	Fundamentals of Plant and Animal Genetics	0.50
0.50 electives or restricted electives	0.50
Semester 4
AGR*2050	Agroecology	0.50
ANSC*2340	Structure of Farm Animals	0.50
BIOC*2580	Introduction to Biochemistry	0.50
ENVS*2040	Plant Health and the Environment	0.50
STAT*2040	Statistics I	0.50
Semester 5 to 8
Select one of the following options:	10.00
Option A - Production and Management
Option B - Research

Pathway 2

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 5
FOOD*3090	Food Science and Human Nutrition	0.50
2.00 electives or restricted electives	2.00
Semester 6
2.50 electives or restricted electives	2.50
Semester 7
2.50 electives or restricted electives	2.50
Semester 8
AGR*4600	Agriculture and Food Issues Problem Solving	1.00
1.50 electives or restricted electives	1.50

Pathway 3

Code	Title	Credits
AGR*2350	Animal Production Systems and Industry: Beef, Swine and Others	0.50
AGR*2500	Field Course in International Agriculture	0.50
AGR*3010	Special Studies in Agricultural Science I	0.50
AGR*3450	Research Methods in Agricultural Science	0.50
ANSC*4010	Animal Welfare Judging and Evaluation	0.50
ANSC*4230	Challenges and Opportunities in Dairy Cattle Production	0.50
ANSC*4610	Critical Analysis in Animal Science	0.50
CROP*4260	Crop Science Field Trip	0.50
EDRD*3140	Organizational Communication	0.50
FARE*3310	Operations Management	0.50
FARE*4220	Advanced Agribusiness Management	0.50
FARE*4310	Resource Economics	0.50
FARE*4360	Marketing Research	0.50
FARE*4550	Independent Studies I	0.50
IAEF*3500	Experiential Education	0.50
IAEF*3510	Interdisciplinary Flexible Internship	0.50

Pathway 4

Code	Title	Credits
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*3300	Grain Crops	0.50
CROP*3310	Protein and Oilseed Crops	0.50
CROP*3340	Managed Grasslands	0.50
ENVS*4090	Soil Management	0.50
ENVS*4160	Soil and Nutrient Management	0.50
HORT*2450	Introduction to Turfgrass Science	0.50
HORT*3150	Principles and Applications of Plant Propagation	0.50
HORT*4380	Tropical and Sub-Tropical Crops	0.50
PBIO*3110	Crop Physiology	0.50
PBIO*3750	Plant Tissue Culture	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*4240	Weed Science	0.50
ENVS*3020	Pesticides and the Environment	0.50
ENVS*3210	Plant Pathology	0.50
ENVS*3230	Agroforestry Systems	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
ACCT*1220	Introductory Financial Accounting	0.50
ECON*1050	Introductory Microeconomics	0.50
ECON*1100	Introductory Macroeconomics	0.50
ECON*2310	Intermediate Microeconomics	0.50
FARE*2410	Agri-food Markets and Policy	0.50
FARE*3170	Cost-Benefit Analysis	0.50
Students may also take any of the following courses as restricted electives:
BOT*2100	Life Strategies of Plants	0.50
MBG*2040	Foundations in Molecular Biology and Genetics	0.50
MBG*3060	Quantitative Genetics	0.50
OAGR*2070	Introduction to Organic Agriculture	0.50

Pathway 5

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 5
AGR*3450	Research Methods in Agricultural Science	0.50
FOOD*3090	Food Science and Human Nutrition	0.50
1.50 electives or restricted electives	1.50
Semester 6
2.50 electives or restricted electives	2.50
Semester 7
AGR*4450	Research Project I	0.50
2.00 electives or restricted electives	2.00
Semester 8
AGR*4460	Research Project II	1.00
1.50 electives or restricted electives	1.50

Pathway 6

Code	Title	Credits
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*3300	Grain Crops	0.50
CROP*3310	Protein and Oilseed Crops	0.50
CROP*3340	Managed Grasslands	0.50
ENVS*4090	Soil Management	0.50
ENVS*4160	Soil and Nutrient Management	0.50
HORT*2450	Introduction to Turfgrass Science	0.50
HORT*3150	Principles and Applications of Plant Propagation	0.50
HORT*4380	Tropical and Sub-Tropical Crops	0.50
PBIO*3110	Crop Physiology	0.50
PBIO*3750	Plant Tissue Culture	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*4240	Weed Science	0.50
ENVS*3020	Pesticides and the Environment	0.50
ENVS*3210	Plant Pathology	0.50
ENVS*3230	Agroforestry Systems	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
ACCT*1220	Introductory Financial Accounting	0.50
ECON*1050	Introductory Microeconomics	0.50
ECON*1100	Introductory Macroeconomics	0.50
ECON*2310	Intermediate Microeconomics	0.50
FARE*2410	Agri-food Markets and Policy	0.50
FARE*3170	Cost-Benefit Analysis	0.50
Students may also take any of the following courses as restricted electives:
BOT*2100	Life Strategies of Plants	0.50
MBG*2040	Foundations in Molecular Biology and Genetics	0.50
MBG*3060	Quantitative Genetics	0.50
OAGR*2070	Introduction to Organic Agriculture	1.00

Pathway 7

Year	Fall	Winter	Summer
1	Academic Semester 1	Academic Semester 2	Off
2	Academic Semester 3 COOP*1100	Academic Semester 4	COOP*1000 Work Term I
3	Academic Semester 5	Academic Semester 6	Off
4	Academic Semester 7	COOP*2000 Work Term II	COOP*3000 Work Term III
5	COOP*4000 Work Term IV	Academic Semester 8	N/A

Pathway 8

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 1 - Fall
AGR*1110	Introduction to the Agri-Food Systems	1.00
BIOL*1050	Biology of Plants & Animals in Managed Ecosystems	0.50
CHEM*1040	General Chemistry I	0.50
MATH*1080	Elements of Calculus I	0.50
Semester 2 - Winter
AGR*1350	Animal Production Systems and Industry: Dairy, Poultry and Egg	0.50
BIOL*1090	Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology	0.50
CHEM*1050	General Chemistry II	0.50
FARE*1400	Economics of the Agri-Food System	1.00
Summer Semester
No academic semester or work term
Semester 3 - Fall
AGR*2320	Soils in Agroecosystems	0.50
AGR*2470	Introduction to Plant Agriculture	0.50
COOP*1100	Introduction to Co-operative Education	0.00
FARE*2700	Survey of Natural Resource Economics	0.50
MBG*2400	Fundamentals of Plant and Animal Genetics	0.50
0.50 electives or restricted electives	0.50
Semester 4 - Winter
AGR*2050	Agroecology	0.50
ANSC*2340	Structure of Farm Animals	0.50
BIOC*2580	Introduction to Biochemistry	0.50
ENVS*2040	Plant Health and the Environment	0.50
STAT*2040	Statistics I	0.50
Summer Semester
COOP*1000	Co-op Work Term I	0.50

Pathway 9

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 5 - Fall
FOOD*3090	Food Science and Human Nutrition	0.50
2.00 electives or restricted electives	2.00
Semester 6 - Winter
2.50 electives or restricted electives	2.50
Summer Semester
No academic semester or work term
Semester 7 - Fall
2.50 electives or restricted electives	2.50
Winter Semester
COOP*2000	Co-op Work Term II	0.50
Summer Semester
COOP*3000	Co-op Work Term III	0.50
Fall Semester
COOP*4000	Co-op Work Term IV	0.50
Semester 8 - Winter
AGR*4600	Agriculture and Food Issues Problem Solving	1.00
1.50 electives or restricted electives	1.50

Pathway 10

Code	Title	Credits
AGR*2350	Animal Production Systems and Industry: Beef, Swine and Others	0.50
AGR*2500	Field Course in International Agriculture	0.50
AGR*3010	Special Studies in Agricultural Science I	0.50
AGR*3450	Research Methods in Agricultural Science	0.50
ANSC*4010	Animal Welfare Judging and Evaluation	0.50
ANSC*4230	Challenges and Opportunities in Dairy Cattle Production	0.50
ANSC*4610	Critical Analysis in Animal Science	0.50
CROP*4260	Crop Science Field Trip	0.50
EDRD*3140	Organizational Communication	0.50
FARE*3310	Operations Management	0.50
FARE*4220	Advanced Agribusiness Management	0.50
FARE*4310	Resource Economics	0.50
FARE*4360	Marketing Research	0.50
FARE*4550	Independent Studies I	0.50

Pathway 11

Code	Title	Credits
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*3300	Grain Crops	0.50
CROP*3310	Protein and Oilseed Crops	0.50
CROP*3340	Managed Grasslands	0.50
ENVS*4090	Soil Management	0.50
ENVS*4160	Soil and Nutrient Management	0.50
HORT*2450	Introduction to Turfgrass Science	0.50
HORT*3150	Principles and Applications of Plant Propagation	0.50
HORT*4380	Tropical and Sub-Tropical Crops	0.50
PBIO*3110	Crop Physiology	0.50
PBIO*3750	Plant Tissue Culture	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*4240	Weed Science	0.50
ENVS*3020	Pesticides and the Environment	0.50
ENVS*3210	Plant Pathology	0.50
ENVS*3230	Agroforestry Systems	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
ACCT*1220	Introductory Financial Accounting	0.50
ECON*1050	Introductory Microeconomics	0.50
ECON*1100	Introductory Macroeconomics	0.50
ECON*2310	Intermediate Microeconomics	0.50
FARE*2410	Agri-food Markets and Policy	0.50
FARE*3170	Cost-Benefit Analysis	0.50
Students may also take any of the following courses as restricted electives:
BOT*2100	Life Strategies of Plants	0.50
MBG*2040	Foundations in Molecular Biology and Genetics	0.50
MBG*3060	Quantitative Genetics	0.50
OAGR*2070	Introduction to Organic Agriculture	0.50

Pathway 12

Code	Title	Credits
Semester 5 - Fall
AGR*3450	Research Methods in Agricultural Science	0.50
FOOD*3090	Food Science and Human Nutrition	0.50
1.50 electives or restricted electives	1.50
Semester 6 - Winter
AGR*4450	Research Project I	0.50
2.00 electives or restricted electives	2.00
Summer Semester
No academic semester or work term
Semester 7 - Fall
AGR*4460	Research Project II	1.00
1.50 electives or restricted electives	1.50
Winter Semester
COOP*2000	Co-op Work Term II	0.50
Summer Semester
COOP*3000	Co-op Work Term III	0.50
Fall Semester
COOP*4000	Co-op Work Term IV	0.50
Semester 8 - Winter
2.50 electives or restricted electives	2.50

Pathway 13

Code	Title	Credits
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*3300	Grain Crops	0.50
CROP*3310	Protein and Oilseed Crops	0.50
CROP*3340	Managed Grasslands	0.50
ENVS*4090	Soil Management	0.50
ENVS*4160	Soil and Nutrient Management	0.50
HORT*2450	Introduction to Turfgrass Science	0.50
HORT*3150	Principles and Applications of Plant Propagation	0.50
HORT*4380	Tropical and Sub-Tropical Crops	0.50
PBIO*3110	Crop Physiology	0.50
PBIO*3750	Plant Tissue Culture	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
CROP*4240	Weed Science	0.50
ENVS*3020	Pesticides and the Environment	0.50
ENVS*3210	Plant Pathology	0.50
ENVS*3230	Agroforestry Systems	0.50
Select a minimum of 0.50 credits from the following:
ACCT*1220	Introductory Financial Accounting	0.50
ECON*1050	Introductory Microeconomics	0.50
ECON*1100	Introductory Macroeconomics	0.50
ECON*2310	Intermediate Microeconomics	0.50
FARE*2410	Agri-food Markets and Policy	0.50
FARE*3170	Cost-Benefit Analysis	0.50
Students may also take any of the following courses as restricted electives:
BOT*2100	Life Strategies of Plants	0.50
MBG*2040	Foundations in Molecular Biology and Genetics	0.50
MBG*3060	Quantitative Genetics	0.50
OAGR*2070	Introduction to Organic Agriculture	1.00

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