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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Horticulture (B.S.) - Horticulture Production Option

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Bachelor’s degree requirements

Communications (11-13 credit hours)

COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: 2
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3
Communication Elective Credits: 3-5
Language Elective Credits: 3-5

Humanities/Social Sciences Electives (6 credit hours)

Quantitative Sciences (15 credit hours)

* BIOCH 265 - Introductory Organic and Biochemistry Credits: 5
* CHM 110 - General Chemistry Credits: 3
and
* CHM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credits: 1
* MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
Math/Physics/Statistic Elective Credits: 3

Biological/ Environmental Sciences (24-25 credit hours)

* AGRON 305 - Soils Credits: 3
* BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
* BIOL 500 - Plant Physiology Credits: 3
* HORT 201 - Principles of Horticultural Science Credits: 4
* PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology Credits: 3
Environmental Science/Biology Elective Credits: 3
Entomology Elective Credits: 3

AgEcon/Econ/Business/Entrepreneurship (12 credit hours)

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
Or
* ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
Or
* AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
* ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: 3
Ag.Econ./Econ/Business/Entrepreneurship Elective Credits: 6

Horticulture Core Requirements (23 credit hours)

* HORT 190 - Preparing for Your Horticulture Career Credits: 1
HORT 350 - Plant Propagation Credits: 3
HORT 374 - Landscape Plants I Credits: 3
* HORT 520 - Fruit Production Credits: 3
Or
* HORT 560 - Vegetable Crop Production Credits: 3
HORT 550 - Horticultural Irrigation Systems Credits: 3
* HORT 570 - Greenhouse Operations Management Credits: 3
Or
HORT 575 - Nursery Management Credits: 3
HORT 582 - Foundations of Horticultural Pest Management Credits: 1
* HORT 590 - Horticulture Internship Credits: 2-6 (enroll 3 credits)
HORT 599 - The Horticultural Professional Credits: 0
HORT 600 - Herbaceous Plant Production Credits: 3

Horticulture Production Specialization (26 credit hours)

HORT 375 - Landscape Plants II Credits: 3
PLPTH 590 - Landscape Diseases Credits: 2
Or
* HORT 587 - Turfgrass Diseases and Their Management Credits: 1
And
HORT 588 - Turfgrass Weeds and Their Management Credits: 1

Plus, select 21 credit hours from the list below. (21 credit hours)

* AGRON 330 - Weed Science Credits: 3
AGRON 375 - Soil Fertility Credits: 3
HORT 210 - Concepts of Floral Design Credits: 3
* HORT 275 - Horticultural Design I Credits: 3
HORT 301 - Horticulture Practicum Credits: 1-3
HORT 377 - Interior Plantscaping Credits: 3
HORT 390 - Horticulture Topics Credits: 1-18
HORT 495 - Undergraduate Research in Horticulture Credits: 0-3
HORT 508 - Sustainable Landscape Maintenance Practices Credits: 2
* HORT 515 - Basic Turfgrass Culture Credits: 3
* HORT 520 - Fruit Production Credits: 3
HORT 550 - Horticultural Irrigation Systems Credits: 3
HORT 551 - The Business of Landscape Contracting Credits: 1
* HORT 560 - Vegetable Crop Production Credits: 3
* HORT 575 - Nursery Management Credits: 3
* HORT 585 - Arboriculture Credits: 3
PLPTH 590 - Landscape Diseases Credits: 2
* HORT 595 - Horticulture Study Abroad Credits: 3
* HORT 625 - Floral Crops Production and Handling Credits: 2
HORT 640 - Horticultural Problems Credits: 0-3
HORT 710 - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture Credits: 3
HORT 780 - Health-Promoting Phytochemicals: Fruits and Vegetables Credits: 2
* HORT 790 - Sustainable Agriculture Credits: 2
* HORT 791 - Urban Agriculture Credits: 2
Any Biology or Agronomy course 300 or above Credits: 3

Free electives (3 credit hours)

Total credit hours required for graduation: (120)