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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED 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  - Introduction to Horticulture and 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   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 274  - 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  - Introduction to Managerial Accounting   3      
ASI 500  - Genetics  OR 3      
BIOL 398  - Principles of 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