COLLEGE of AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Dean and Chief Administrative Officer • Lowell Catlett
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs • James D. Libbin
Associate Dean and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service • Jon C. Boren
Associate Dean and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station • LeRoy A. Daugherty
Scholarship Coordinator • Will Waller
Assistant Director of Student Services • Kristy Mason
Assistant Program Coordinator • Bill Weathers
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture—Majors in Agricultural Biology, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business, Agricultural and Extension Education, Agronomy, Soil Science, Animal Science, Rangeland Resources, Wildlife 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
Bachelor of Science in Genetics
Bachelor of Science in Conservation Ecology
Requirements for Bachelors of Science in Agriculture; Family and Consumer Sciences; and Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management; Genetics; and Conservation Ecology
- Constants or courses required of all qualifying for this degree.
- General education requirements.
- Courses to be taken in the particular field of your major interest.
- Free electives sufficient to bring the total number of credits to a minimum of 128 semester credits. Of this total at least 48 semester credits must be in upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above).
- A grade-point average of not less than 2.0.
- All students will have an official degree check on file in the Academic Dean's Office prior to start of senior year.
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 your guidance. With the consent of the head of the department in which you are majoring, you may select electives and changes in a curriculum except in the case of constants.
DEGREE: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
MAJOR: General Agriculture
The curriculum in General Agriculture is administered by the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science for the Technical Agricultural Science option, and the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education for the Behavioral Agricultural Science option.
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, 112G, 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 |
| E ST 311G, Statistical Applications | 3 |
| EPWS 303, Economic Entomology | 4 |
| 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 |
Veterinary Medicine(Preprofessional Training Only, Nondegree)
The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree is a professional degree that is not offered by any college or university in New Mexico; however, you 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 and Texas A&M. You should check with an advisor for specific course requirements. As a student from New Mexico, you 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.