BSc Agriculture - Crop Science Major Approved Program Electives (APE)
Guidelines
Approved Program Electives (APE) must be selected according to the following directions:
- The following courses are accepted as APEs and do not require approval
- Any courses on this list already taken as required program courses cannot be used as APEs
- Students must have any prerequisites listed in the calendar before taking a course; credit may be denied for courses without the appropriate prerequisites
- Courses not listed may be accepted as APEs subject to written approval (Course Substitution Form) from the student advisor prior to registration
- Students should not use old versions of the APE lists when selecting APEs
- The total 100 and 200 level APEs cannot be greater than 2 courses (*6)
- An extra course (any category) must be taken in addition to the requirements below
- Always refer to Bear Tracks for the most up-to-date course information
Agronomy and Crop Production
(Minimum of 1 Course/*3 Credits)- BOT 332 - Plant Ecology
- ENCS 471 - Practical Case Studies in Rangeland Management and Conservation
- NU FS 406 - Science and Technology of Cereal and Oilseed Processing
- PL SC 354 - Forage Crops (if ENCS 356 taken as compulsory)
- REN R 360 - Soil and Water Conservation
- REN R 450 - Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
- REN R 341 - Soil Formation and Landscape Processes
- REN R 442 - Soil Biogeochemistry
- REN R 443 - Soil Physics
- WKEXP 988 - Work Experience in Agriculture
Animal Science and Forage Crops
(Minimum of 1 Course/*3 Credits)- AN SC 310 - Physiology of Domestic Animal
- AN SC 311 - Metabolic Physiology of Domestic Animals
- AN SC 461 - Ruminant Digestion, Metabolism, and Nutrition
- AN SC 462 - Monogastric Nutrition
- AN SC 471 - Applied Poultry Science
- AN SC 472 - Applied Dairy Production Science
- AN SC 474 - Applied Beef Cattle Science
- AN SC 476 - Applied Swine Science
- ENCS 356 - Principles of Rangeland Conservation and Habitat Management (if PLSC 354 is core requirement)
- ENCS 406 - Rangeland Plant Communities of Western Canada
- ENCS 407 - Rangeland Plant Communities of North America
- ENCS 471 - Practical Case Studies in Rangeland Management and Conservation
- PL SC 354 - Forage Crops (if ENCS 356 is core requirement)
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
(Minimum of 1 Courses/*3 Credits)- BIOIN 301 - Bioinformatics I
- BIOL 322 - Diversity and Evolution of Microbial Life
- BIOL 380 - Genetic Analysis of Populations
- BOT 303 - Plant Development
- CMPUT 261 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- GENET 270 - Foundations of Molecular Genetics
- GENET 304 - Gene Expression and its Regulation
- GENET 364 - Plant Genetics
- GENET 390 - Gene Manipulation
- PL SC 345 - Plants for Bioproducts
Crop Protection
(Minimum of 2 Courses/*6 Credits)- ENT 378 - Insect Pathology
- PL SC 470 - Physiology of Herbicidal Action
- PL SC 481 - Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops
- REN R 443 - Soil Physics
- REN R 446 - Climates and Ecosystems
- REN R 450 - Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
- WKEXP 988 - Work Experience in Agriculture
- BIOL 471 - Landscape Ecology
- ENT 222 - Insects in Managed Ecosystems