Crop Protection Specialization

UHH Home > Academics > College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management > Specializations

This curriculum has been discontinued effective Fall 2011.

By default, all students will be admitted under the catalog in-force at the time they enter UH Hilo; however,

Students transferring in to UH Hilo from another UH System Campus, are eligible to continue their educational career under the catalog year in which they entered the UH System, provided there has not been a break in enrollment (more than 1 semester, excluding summer). Students may choose to use one catalog for the major requirements and a different catalog for the General Education and Integrative requirements. Eligibility for selected catalog(s) must be verified by the Office of the Registrar.
All students may choose to graduate under the catalog in effect (exiting catalog) at the time of filing for graduation.

If you and your academic advisor should choose to use another curriculum per the circumstances above, you must file a completed "Catalog Declaration Form" with the Office of the Registrar.

General Information

The undergraduate Crop Protection specialization was established in 1988. The Crop Protection student learns to manage a wide variety of plant problems which are detrimental to agriculture production. Since plant problems come from many sources, this curriculum draws its courses from the areas of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Weed Science, and Horticulture. In addition, the student is required to take "production" agriculture courses, as well as biology courses, making the Crop Protection curriculum truly interdisciplinary in scope.

Why Study Crop Protection?

Graduates in Crop Protection can obtain employment with private enterprises or government agencies concerned with plant pest control, crop protection, or environmental protection. In addition, the Crop Protection curriculum has enough flexibility to allow a student to meet the requirements of most graduate schools and thus be able to pursue a graduate degree.

Requirements for Graduation

To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture with a specialization in Crop Protection, a student must complete a minimum of 123 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.0. The course work must be in the following areas:

General Education Requirements (40 hrs)
(see UH Hilo General Education Requirements)

Title/Courses	Credits
English Composition: Eng 100 or Eng 100T or ESL 100 or ESL 100T	3 hrs
Quantitative Reasoning (100 or 200 level Math, except 197, 199V, 299V) Math 104 or Math 121 taken under the Supplemental Requirements also applicable here.	3 hrs
World Cultures: TWO courses Ag 230 or Anth 100 or Eng 253 or Eng 254 or Eng 275 or Eng/WS 201 or Eng/WS 202 or Geog 102 or Hist 151 or Hist 152 or KInd 240 or Pols 251	6 hrs
Humanities: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines. Com 100, 200, or 251 and Eng 225 taken under the Supplemental Requirements also applicable here.	9 hrs
Social Sciences: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines.	9 hrs
Natural Sciences: THREE 100 or 200 level courses in different disciplines. Including 1 credit hour of laboratory. Courses taken under the Agricscience and Supplemental Requirements also applicable here.	10 hrs

Requirements for Major (including GE courses, 123 hrs)

Course	Title	Credits
Agriscience Requirements		(40-42 hrs)
Ag 291	Directed Work Experience Program	3 hrs
Ag 304	Applied Microbiology	3 hrs
Ag 375	Introduction to Genetic Analysis	3 hrs
Ag 496	Senior Seminar	1 hr
Ento 304	General Entomology	3 hrs
Ento 374	Insect Pest Control	3 hrs
Hort 262*	Principles of Horticulture	3 hrs
Hort 481	Weed Science	3 hrs
Ppth 301	Tropical Plant Pathology	3 hrs
Ppth 405	Plant Disease Diagnosis	3 hrs
Pphy 310	Plant Growth and Development	3 hrs
Soil 304	Tropical Soils	3 hrs
Hort 263* or Hort 266* or Hort 303 or Hort 351 or Hort 352 or Hort 354	TWO courses	6/8 hrs
Supplemental Requirements		(35-37 hrs)
Biol 175-175L*	Introductory Biology I and Lab	4 hrs
Biol 176-176L*	Introductory Biology II and Lab	4 hrs
Biol 281-281L*	General Ecology and Lab	5 hrs
Chem 114-114L Chem 141 or Chem 124-124L Chem 125-125L or Chem 124-124L Chem 141	Introductory Chemistry & Lab Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry or General Chemistry I & Lab General Chemistry II & Lab or General Chemistry I & Lab Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry	7/8 hrs
Com 100* or Com 200* or Com 251*	Human Communication in a Diverse Society or Interpersonal Communication or Public Speaking	3 hrs
Eng 225*	WI/Writing for Science and Technology	3 hrs
Math 104* or higher (except 107, 108, 111)	Precalculus Mathematics	4/3 hrs
Math 121*	Introduction to Statistics and Probability	3 hrs
Phys 106*	College Physics I	3 hrs
Electives		23-27 hrs
At least 9 hours must be Agricultural courses. For students interested in eventually pursuing a graduate degree, the following courses are suggested as electives: Biol 270, Biol 410, Chem 241-242, Math 205. Total of elective hours depends on the number of Agriscience and Supplemental Requirements used also as General Education Requirements.

* Can be used for General Education Requirements, if courses are from lower division.

EFFECTIVE FALL 2010