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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES 		Department: LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNICATION
Major:AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISM (045)
Degree: BS-AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (AAS)
Concentration: SOCIAL SCIENCE

These requirements apply to students declaring this major from Summer 2000 through Spring 2001

Completion of the CALS degree requirements will satisfy all University General Education Requirements (GER)

Admission to UW
If admitted with a deficiency see your academic Dean in 116 Agricultural Hall

SECTION 1 - COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
These requirements apply to all degrees in the College. The courses required in this section also meet UW General Education Requirements. A course taken to satisfy a requirement in Section I may also be used to satisfy one, but only one, requirement in another section of the curriculum. Departments may specify somewhat different courses to satisfy the requirement in each sub-section.

Communication (I.C.)
Five credits minimum required.
SEE WRITTEN/ORAL COMMUNICATION ADDENDUM FOR REQUIREMENTS.

Mathematics (I.A. I.B.)
Required:
_____ MATH 112, OR requirement may be satisfied by Placement Exam
AND
____ 3 credits required from: MATH 210, 211, 221, 222, STAT 201, 223, 301, 371, 541, 571, COMP SCI 302

Chemistry (I.D.)
_____ One course required from: CHEM 103, 108, 109

COURSES MAY ONLY BE USED ONCE WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES (I.E.1.-I.E.4.)

Econ or Ag and Applied Econ (I.E.1., II.B.3.b.)
_____ 3 credits required from: A A E 215, ECON 101, 111

Ethnic Studies (I.E.2.)
_____ 3 credits required from any course classified as "e"

Humanities (I.E.3.)
_____ 6 credits required from any course classified as H, L, or Z

Social Science (I.E.4., II.B.3.a., II.B.3.c.)
_____ One course required: RUR SOC 140, 210, 215, 217, 222, 230, 240, 266
AND
_____ 9 credits required from any course classified as S, Y or Z

Agriculture, Technology and Society (II.B.3.d.)
_____ 3 credits required:
A A E 474, 479, 577
AGRONOMY 300, 338, 377, 630
AN SCI 370
BACT 545
ENVIR ST 368, 441, 507
HIST SCI 201, 202, 203, 327
ILS 252
LSC 340
NUTR SCI 350, 642
PL PATH 123
RUR SOC 230, 612, 650
SOIL SCI 230, 324
WL ECOL 335

Biological Science (I.F.)
_____ 3 credits required from any course classified as B

Physical Science (I.G.)
_____ 3 credits required from any course classified as P but not CHEM 103, 108 or 109

International Studies (I.H.)
A course satisfying this requirement may also meet one, but only one, other curricular requirement, including one other requirement in Section 1.
3 credits required from this list:
____ A A E 319, 350, 374, 462, 473, 474, 479, 542, 567, 577
AGRONOMY 377
AN SCI 370
ANTHRO 100, 104, 204, 220, 260, 277, 300, 318, 319, 327, 348, 390, 470
ATM OCN 121
ECON 364, 366, 464, 467, 472, 474
ENTOM 201
FINANCE 445
FOREST 430, 450
GEOG 120, 127, 139, 140, 244, 260, 348, 349, 353, 355, 358, 538
HISTORY 103, 104, 127, 139, 142, 210, 242, 260, 277, 338, 349, 359, 371, 375, 410, 419, 440, 441, 443, 444, 445, 446, 449, 458
INTER-AG 472
INTL BUS 200
JOURN 620, 621
MARKETNG 420
NUTR SCI 350, 642
POLI SCI 106, 252, 260, 271, 275, 277, 312, 323, 331, 336, 342, 346, 359, 362, 375, 630, 633, 634, 639, 640, 642, 651, 653, 658, 659
RUR SOC 222, 230, 260, 613, 630
SOC 170, 244, 252, 260, 277, 614, 627, 634
SOIL SCI 431
URB R PL 464
WL ECOL 360


SECTION 2 - DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
These requirements apply to all Agricultural Science Degrees.
Different departments may specify somewhat different courses.

Required: 12 credits from three subsets in II.A.2.-II.A.8.:

Animal Science (II.A.2.)
_____ AHABS 301, AN SCI 101, 250, 360, 430, 431, 432, DY SCI 101, 205, 305, 311, 360, 433, ENTOM 302, 351

Agricultural Engineering Science (II.A.3.)
_____ BSE 201, 202, 210, 216, 217, 218, 224, 238, 239, 240, 243, 245, 246, 333, 335, 336

Food Science (II.A.4.)
_____ FOOD SCI 120, 234, 235, 236, 305, 321, 323, 440

Nutritional Sciences (II.A.5.)
_____ NUTR SCI 132, 311, 332, 350

Plant Science (II.A.6.)
_____ AGRONOMY 100, 300, 302, 304, 320, HORT 120, 122, 227, 232, 233, 263, 264, LAND ARC 361, PL PATH 300

Soil Science (II.A.7)
_____ SOIL SCI 230, 301, 315, 324, 325, 326

Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Genetics (II.A.8.)
_____ BACT 100, 101, 102, 303, 324, 325, BIOCHEM 201, 501, GENETICS 160, 466

SECTION 3 - MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Major (II.C.)

Area 1: Information Search and Organization
Course selection should total 6 credits not used in the other two areas
_____ One course required from: LSC 111, 130
_____ One course required from: LSC 204, 212, 320, 330, 430, 435

Area 2: Information Delivery
Course selection should total 6 credits not used in the other two areas
_____ Two courses required from: LSC 204, 212, 260, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 375, 430, 431, 435, 505, 530, 531, 615

Area 3: Media Proficiency
Course selection should total 3 credits not used in the other two areas
_____ One course required from: LSC 340, 350, 360, 431, 505, 530, 531, 615

Note: Students may wish to emphasize a specific area of communication, e.g. Integrated Marketing, Science Writing or Computer Mediated. See your advisor for the specific courses to select in these areas.

Capstone Experience (I.I.)
_____ LSC 515

Electives
The student may complete this section with any courses.
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SPECIAL NOTES: For the Bachelor of Science Degree, students must complete a minimum of 124 credits with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Students must take their last 30 credits in residence while officially enrolled in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Degree credit will be granted only once for courses that are repeated. Other degree requirements are outlined in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Comments:
Date of Audit:
Degree credits to date:
Agricultural Journalism (AAS)
Effective Summer 2000 through Spring 2001

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