Program: Landscape Management Option - Horticulture (B.S.) - Kansas State University

Apr 07, 2025

2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog

Students must complete the university general education requirements specified by the College of Agriculture. See the College of Agriculture General Requirements section.

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Communications (14-16 credit hours)

ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: (3)
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: (3)
SPCH 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: (2)
Communications elective Credits: (3)
Foreign language elective Credits: (3-5)

Communications elective (Select one)

AGCOM 400 - Agricultural Business Communications Credits: (3)
ENGL 300 - Expository Writing III Credits: (3)
ENGL 516 - Written Communication for the Sciences Credits: (3)
SPCH 311 - Business and Professional Speaking Credits: (3)
SPCH 321 - Public Speaking II Credits: (3)
SPCH 322 - Interpersonal Communication Credits: (3)
SPCH 323 - Nonverbal Communication Credits: (3)
SPCH 325 - Argumentation and Debate Credits: (3)
SPCH 326 - Small Group Discussion Methods Credits: (3)

Foreign language elective

Any introductory (or higher) course in a Modern Language. Preferred course:

SPAN 161 - Spanish I Credits: (5)

Humanities/Social Sciences electives (6 credit hours)

GEOG 100 - World Regional Geography Credits: (3)
or
PSYCH 110 - General Psychology Credits: (3)
or
SOCIO 211 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: (3)
Humanities elective Credits: (3)

Quantitative Sciences (18 credit hours)

BIOCH 265 - Introductory Organic and Biochemistry Credits: (5)
CHM 110 - General Chemistry Credits: (3)
CHM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credits: (1)
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: (3)
Math/physics elective Credits: (3)
Statistics elective Credits: (3)

Math/physics elective (select one)

MATH 150 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: (3)
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra Credits: (3)
PHYS 101 - The Physical World I Credits: (3)

Statistics elective (select one)

STAT 325 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: (3)
STAT 340 - Biometrics I Credits: (3)
STAT 350 - Business and Economic Statistics I Credits: (3)

Agricultural/biological sciences (26 credit hours)

AGRON 305 - Soils Credits: (4)
ASI 500 - Genetics Credits: (3)
BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: (4)
BIOL 500 - Plant Physiology Credits: (4)
GENAG 101 - Ag Orientation Credits: (1)
HORT 201 - Principles of Horticultural Science Credits: (4)
PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology Credits: (3)
Entomology elective Credits: 3)

Entomology elective (select one)

ENTOM 300 - Economic Entomology Credits: (2 or 3)
ENTOM 312 - General Entomology Credits: (2)
and
ENTOM 313 - General Entomology Laboratory Credits: (1)
ENTOM 320 - Horticultural Entomology Credits: (2 or 3)

Agricultural economics/business electives (15 credit hours)

ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: (3)
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
or
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)
Agricultural economics/business electives Credits: (9)

Agricultural economics/business electives (select 9 credit hours)

ACCTG 241 - Accounting for Investing and Financing Credits: (3)
AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: (3)
(Select only if ECON 120 not taken)
AGEC 202 - Small Business Operations Credits: (3)
AGEC 318 - Food and Agribusiness Management Credits: (3)
AGEC 513 - Agricultural Finance Credits: (3)
AGEC 516 - Agricultural Law and Economics Credits: (3)
AGEC 525 - Natural Resource Economics Credits: (3)
MANGT 390 - Business Law I Credits: (3)
MANGT 420 - Management Concepts Credits: (3)
MANGT 440 - Entrepreneurship Credits: (3)
MANGT 531 - Human Resources Management-Salina campus Credits: (3)
MANGT 540 - Small Business Consulting Credits: (3)
MC 120 - Principles of Advertising Credits: (3)
MC 180 - Fundamentals of Public Relations Credits: (3)
MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: (3)
MKTG 542 - Professional Selling and Sales Management Credits: (3)

Horticultural Requirement (12-15 credit hours)

HORT 190 - Pre-Internship in Horticulture Credits: (1)
HORT 350 - Plant Propagation Credits: (3)
HORT 520 - Fruit Production Credits: (3)
or
HORT 560 - Vegetable Crop Production Credits: (3)
HORT 590 - Horticulture Internship Credits: (2-5)
(2 or 5 credit hours)
HORT 599 - The Horticultural Professional Credits: (0)
Environmental science elective Credits: (3)

Environmental science elective (select one)

AGRON 335 - Environmental Quality Credits: (3)
FOR 375 - Introduction to Natural Resource Management Credits: (3)
LAR 322 - Environmental Issues and Ethics Credits: (3)

Landscape management specialization (29-30 credit hours)

AGRON 375 - Soil Fertility Credits: (3)
or
HORT 706 - Turfgrass Science Credits: (3)
HORT 374 - Woody Plant Materials I Credits: (3)
HORT 375 - Woody Plant Materials II Credits: (3)
HORT 376 - Herbaceous Ornamental Plants Credits: (3)
HORT 508 - Landscape Maintenance Credits: (2)
HORT 515 - Basic Turfgrass Culture Credits: (2)
HORT 550 - Landscape Irrigation Systems Credits: (3)
HORT 551 - The Business of Landscape Contracting Credits: (1)
HORT 552 - Horticultural Landscape Construction Credits: (1)
HORT 582 - Foundations of Horticultural Pest Management Credits: (1)
HORT 585 - Arboriculture Credits: (3)
Specialization elective Credits: (2-3)
Pest management elective Credits: (2)

Pest management elective

Choose 2 credit hours from the following list:
HORT 583 - Survey of Horticultural Ornamental and Food Crop Pests Credits: (1)
HORT 587 - Turfgrass Diseases and Their Management Credits: (1)
HORT 588 - Turfgrass Weeds and Their Managment Credits: (1)
HORT 589 - Turfgrass Insects and Their Management Credits: (1)

Specialization electives (2-3 credit hours)

AGRON 375 - Soil Fertility Credits: (3)
HORT 275 - Horticultural Design I Credits: (3)
HORT 555 - The Fundamentals of Landscape Irrigation Design Credits: (2)
HORT 600 - Herbaceous Landscape Plant Production Credits: (2)
HORT 706 - Turfgrass Science Credits: (3)
PLPTH 590 - Landscape Diseases Credits: (2)

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