Oct 25, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Horticulture - Science (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
English Requirement 3 KSC 010  
Communication Requirement 3 KSC 020  
HORT 201 - Principles of Horticultural Science 4    
HNR 101 - Intro to Horticulture & Natural Resources 1    
Natural and Physical Sciences Requirement (recommended Biol 198) 4 KSC 040  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
English Requirement 3 KSC 010  
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra 3    
HORT 350 - Plant Propagation 3    
AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness OR 3    
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics OR  3    
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics  3    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CHM 210 - Chemistry I 4    
HORT 374 - Landscape Plants I 3    
Social and Behavioral Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Unrestricted Elective 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
CHM 230 - Chemistry II 4    
Unrestricted Elective 3    
Social and Behavioral Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology OR 4    
Unrestricted Elective (if Biol 198 taken in semester 1) 4    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry 3    
HORT 550 - Horticultural Irrigation Systems 3    
PHYS 113 - General Physics I 4    
Writing Elective (See Departmental List) 3    
AGRON 205 - Soils 3    
AGRON 206 - Soils Laboratory 1    
Total Credits: 17      
       
Semester 2      
PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology 3    
ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations 3    
ASI 500 - Genetics OR 3    
BIOL 450 - Modern Genetics 4    
ENTOM 312 - General Entomology 3    
HORT Science Option Elective #1 (See Departmental List) 3    
Total Credits: 15-16      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
HORT 570 - Greenhouse Operations Management 3    
HORT 490 - Horticulture Internship 3-6    
BIOL 500 - Plant Physiology 3    
BIOL 501 - Plant Physiology Lab 1    
HORT Science Option Elective #2 (See Departmental List) 3    
Plant Science Elective #1 (See Departmental List) 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
HORT 710 - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 3    
HORT 282 - Foundations of Horticultural Pest Management 1    
PLPTH 590 - Landscape Diseases 2    
HORT Science Option Elective #3 (See Departmental List) 3    
Plant Science Elective #2 (See Departmental List) 3    
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 120