Program: Horticulture (BS) - Golf Course and Sports Turf Operations Option - Kansas State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 04, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Students may elect to earn a B.S. in the department of Horticulture and Natural Resources through a course of study based on one of the following four tracks: horticulture production, golf course & sports turf operations, horticulture science, and landscape horticulture. Students completing this program also meet requirements for entrance into graduate programs across the United States and can meet the education requirements for certification by the American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops, and Soils. A minor in horticulture is also offered.

Technical Core (14 credit hours)

* BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
* CHM 110 - General Chemistry Credits: 3
and
CHM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credits: 1
* MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
Statistics Elective Credits: 3

Communications and Interpersonal Relations (17-19 credit hours)

COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: 2
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: 3
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: 3
Communication Electives Credits: 9-11

Internship (7 credit hours)

* HORT 190 - Preparing for Your Horticulture Career Credits: 1
HORT 490 - Horticulture Internship Credits: 3-6
HORT 499 - The Horticultural Professional Credits: 0

Plus a second internship as listed below

HORT 490 - Horticulture Internship Credits: 3-6 (enroll 3 credit hours)
HORT 499 - The Horticultural Professional Credits: 0

Humanities and Social Sciences (6 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

Business Management Electives (15 credit hours)

* ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: 3
* ACCTG 241 - Accounting for Investing and Financing Credits: 3
* MANGT 220 - Principles of Management Credits: 3
* MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: 3
Business Management Elective Credits: 3

Turf Management Specialization (43-44 credit hours)

* AGRON 305 - Soils Credits: 3
AGRON 306 - Soils Laboratory Credits: 1
HORT 201 - Principles of Horticultural Science Credits: 4
HORT 350 - Plant Propagation Credits: 3
HORT 374 - Landscape Plants I Credits: 3
* HORT 515 - Basic Turfgrass Culture Credits: 3
HORT 550 - Horticultural Irrigation Systems Credits: 3
HORT 508 - Sustainable Landscape Maintenance Practices Credits: 2
Or
HORT 585 - Arboriculture Credits: 3
HORT 570 - Greenhouse Operations Management Credits: 3
Or
HORT 600 - Herbaceous Plant Production Credits: 3
HORT 282 - Foundations of Horticultural Pest Management Credits: 1
* HORT 587 - Turfgrass Diseases and Their Management Credits: 1
* HORT 588 - Turfgrass Weeds and Their Management Credits: 1
HORT 706 - Advanced Culture of Golf and Sports Turf Credits: 3
Entomology Elective Credits: 3
* PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology Credits: 3
Environmental Elective Credits: 3
Horticulture Elective Credits: 3

Hospitality Electives (9 credit hours)

Free Electives (9 credit hours)

Total credit hours required for graduation: (120)