2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog

College of Agriculture and Home Economics - General Information

Dean and Chief Administrative Officer * Jerry G. Schickedanz

Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs * Interim Cynda Clary

Associate Dean and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service * Robert Coppedge

Associate Dean and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station * LeRoy A. Daugherty

Crimson Scholar Adviser * Edward Rodriquez

Scholarship Coordinator *

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture--Majors in Agricultural Biology, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business, Agricultural and Extension Education, Agronomy, Soil Science, Animal Science, Range Science, Wildlife Science, Fishery Science, General Agriculture, and Horticulture. Programs in Preveterinary Medicine and Preforestry

Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences--Majors in Clothing, Textiles, and Fashion Merchandising; Family and Consumer Science Education; Family and Child Science; and Human Nutrition and Food Science

Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science

Requirements for Bachelors of Science in Agriculture;
Family and Consumer Sciences; and Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management

The requirements for the degrees are

Constants or courses required of all qualifying for this degree.
General education requirements.
Courses to be taken in the particular field of student's major interest.
A minimum of 35 semester credits from the College of Agriculture and Home Economics and be enrolled in a major of the college while taking the last 30 credits used to meet degree requirements
Free electives sufficient to bring the total number of credits to a minimum of 128 semester credits. Of this total at least 55 semester credits must be in upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above).
A grade-point average of not less than 2.0.

Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Major Environmental Science

The requirements for the degree are the same as the above except for #4. Instead, the degree requires a minimum of 35 semester credits from courses with E S designation.

Typical Curricula in Agriculture

The following suggested curricula are presented for the guidance of students. The selection of electives and changes in a curriculum except in the case of constants may be made with the consent of the head of the department in which the student is majoring.

DEGREE: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
MAJOR: General Agriculture

The curriculum in general agriculture is administered from the Office of the Dean of Agriculture and Home Economics and is designed for students interested in obtaining a broad general knowledge of agriculture. It is also recommended for students who, on their first enrollment, are undecided as to a major area of specialization. The major has two options.

Technical Agricultural Science Option Freshman year

ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition 4

BIOL 111G, Principles of Biology, or BIOL 211G, Cellular and Organismal Biology 3

HORT 100G, Introductory Plant Science 4 Mathematics elective 3

Agriculture, lower division 12 Elective 6

Sophomore year

CHEM 111, 112, General Chemistry I, II 8

AXED 201G, Effective Leadership and Communication in Agricultural Organizations, or COMM 253G, Public Speaking, or COMM 265G, Principles of Human Communication 3

ECON 201G, Introduction to Economics, or ECON 251G, Principles of Macroeconomics, or ECON 252G, Principles of Microeconomics 3

SOIL 252, Soils 3 SOIL 252L, Soils Laboratory 1

Agriculture electives 7

Elective 4

General education requirement 3

Junior year

AGRO 305, Principles of Genetics 3

ENGL 311G, Advanced Composition, or ENGL 318G, Advanced Technical and Professional Communication 3

EPWS 303, Economic Entomology 4

E ST 311G, Statistical Applications 3

Agriculture economics elective 3

Animal science, upper-division 3

Chemistry or physics 4

Part III, General Education Requirements 3

Plant science, upper-division 3

Elective 3

Senior year

ANSC 304, Feeds and Feeding 3

EPWS 310, Plant Pathology 4

Agricultural economics electives 3

Animal science, upper-division 3

Part III, General Education requirements 3

Elective 13

Plant science, upper-division 3

Behaviorial Agricultural Science Option Freshman year

AG E 100, Introductory Agricultural Economics and Business 3

AG E 250G, Life with Microcomputers 3

AXED 100, Introduction to Agricultural Extension Education 3

AXED 105, Techniques in Agricultural Mechanization 3

BIOL 110G, Contemporary Problems in Biology 4

ENGL 111G, Rhetoric and Composition 4

General education requirement (mathematics) 3

General education requirement (fine arts) 3

Agriculture, lower division 6

Sophomore year

AG E 305, Marketing and Pricing Agricultural Products 3

AXED 201G, Effective Leadership and Communication in Agricultural Organizations 3

AXED 303, Small Engine Technology 3

CHEM 110G, Principles and Applications of Chemistry 4

ECON 337G or 384G, Natural or Water Resource Economics (VWW) 3

GEOL 111G, Survey of Geology 4

HIST 201G or 202G, Early or Recent American History 3

Agriculture, lower and upper division 6

General education requirement (English) 3

Junior year

AXED 360, Agricultural Communications 3

PHYS 110G, The Great Ideas of Physics 4

General education requirement (Human Thought and Behavior) 3

General education requirement (Social Analysis) 3

General education requirement (second VWW course) 3

Agricultural economics electives 3

Agriculture, upper division 7 Electives 6

Senior year

AXED 415, Youth Program Development and Management 3

AXED 430, Adult, Vocational and Nonformal Education 3

Agricultural economics electives 6

Agriculture, upper division 13

Electives 7

Veterinary Medicine
(Preprofessional Training Only, Nondegree)

The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree (D.V.M.) is a professional degree that is not offered by any college or university in New Mexico; however, students may complete at New Mexico State University the preparatory program required for admittance to the professional colleges of veterinary medicine.

The D.V.M. degree normally requires four years of training in a professional college subsequent to completion of a preveterinary program that requires at least three years of college-level instruction. In most instances a baccalaureate degree is a distinct advantage to the applicant.

Curriculum requirements are determined by the particular school or college of veterinary medicine. The Department of Animal and Range Sciences maintains current requirements for Colorado State University, Washington State, Oregon State, Texas A&M. Students should check with an adviser for specific course requirements. Students from New Mexico may be eligible for financial assistance under the program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). See the section on WICHE in the General Information chapter under Student Services for more information.

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