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
- 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
- REN R 445 - Soil Fertility
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 - Swine 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
- 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
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
(Minimum of 1 Courses/*3 Credits)- BIOIN 301 - Bioinformatics I
- GENET 270 - Foundations of Molecular Genetics
- GENET 304 - Gene Expression and its Regulation
- GENET 364 - Plant Genetics
- PL SC 345 - Plants for Bioproducts
Crop Protection
(Minimum of 2 Courses/*6 Credits)- ENT 378 - Insect Pathology
- PL SC 310 - Insect Pests in Crop Systems
- PL SC 352 - Invasive Alien Plants: Biology and Control
- PL SC 380 - Principles of Plant Pathology
- PL SC 470 - Physiology of Herbicidal Action
- PL SC 481 - Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops
- PL SC 495 - Integrated Crop Protection
Biochemistry
Economics and Policy
- AREC 250 - Social and Economic Issues of Food Biotechnology
- AREC 313 - Statistical Analysis
- AREC 333 - Economics of Production and Resource Management
- AREC 384 - Food Market Analysis
- AREC 460 - Land Use Economics
- AREC 433 - Financial Management in Resource Industries
- AREC 471 - Society and Well-Being
- AREC 473 - Food and Agricultural Policies
- AREC 482 - Cooperatives and Alternative Business Institutions
- AREC 484 - Strategic Management in Food and Resource Businesses
- AREC 485 - Trade and Globalization in Food and Resources
- AREC 487 - Managing Market Risk in Resource Industries