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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog

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2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Landscape Management Option - Horticulture (B.S.)

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Students must complete the university general education requirements specified by the College of Agriculture.

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Communications (14-16 credit hours)

Communications elective Credits: (3)
Foreign language elective Credits: (3-5)

COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: (2)
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: (3)
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: (3)

Communications elective

Select one course from the following list:

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

Foreign language elective

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

SPAN 161 - Spanish I Credits: (5)

Humanities/Social Sciences electives (6 credit hours)

Humanities elective Credits: (3)

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

Quantitative Sciences (18 credit hours)

Math/physics elective Credits: (3)
Statistics elective Credits: (3)

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

Choose one course from the following list:

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

Choose one course from the following list:

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)

Entomology elective Credits: (3)

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

Choose 3 credit hours from the following list:

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)

Economics/Business Electives (15 credit hours)

Economics/Business electives Credits: (9)

Designated Electives

Any ACCTG course 200 or above, excluding ACCTG 231
Any AGEC course 200 or above
Any MANGT course 300 or above
Any MKTG course 300 or above
Any ECON course 300 or above

ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: (3)
AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: (3)
(Select only if ECON 120 not taken)
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
or
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)
MC 120 - Principles of Advertising Credits: (3)
MC 180 - Fundamentals of Public Relations Credits: (3)

Horticultural Requirement (12-15 credit hours)

Environmental science elective Credits: (3)

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

Choose one course from the following list:

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)
Pest Management Elective Credits: (2)
Specialization Elective Credits: (2-3)

Pest management elective (2 credit hours)

Choose 2 credit hours from the following list:

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)
PLPTH 590 - Landscape Diseases Credits: (2)

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)

Kansas State University

Course Catalog

Landscape Management Option - Horticulture (B.S.)

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Communications (14-16 credit hours)

Communications elective

Foreign language elective

Humanities/Social Sciences electives (6 credit hours)

Quantitative Sciences (18 credit hours)

Math/physics elective

Statistics elective

Agricultural/biological sciences (26 credit hours)

Entomology elective

Economics/Business Electives (15 credit hours)

Horticultural Requirement (12-15 credit hours)

Environmental science elective

Landscape Management Specialization (29-30 credit hours)

Pest management elective (2 credit hours)

Specialization electives (2-3 credit hours)

Free electives (4-10 credit hours)

Total hours required for graduation (130 credit hours)