Mar 25, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Horticulture - Golf Course and Sports Turf Operations Management (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


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First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
English Requirement  3 KSC 010  
Communications Requirement 3 KSC 020  
BIOL 198  - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040  
HORT 201  - Principles of Horticultural Science   3      
HNR 101  - Introduction to Horticulture and Natural Resources    1      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
English Requirement  3 KSC 010  
CHM 110  - General Chemistry   3      
CHM 111  - General Chemistry Laboratory   1      
HORT 350  - Plant Propagation   3      
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement (SOCIO 211 recommended) 3 KSC 050  
Arts and Humanities Requirement (AGCOM 222 recommended) 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
MATH 160  - Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics   3    KSC 030  
AGRON 205  - Soils   3      
AGRON 206  - Soils Laboratory   1      
HORT 274  - Landscape Plants I    3       
ACCTG 231  - Introduction to Managerial Accounting   3      
Arts and Humanities Requirement (ENTOM 202 or history course recommended) 4    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
HORT 515  - Basic Turfgrass Culture   3      
AGEC 120  - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness  OR 3      
ECON 110  - Principles of Macroeconomics  OR 3      
ECON 120  - Principles of Microeconomics   3      
HORT 508  - Business of Sustainable Landscape Management   2      
ENTOM 312  - General Entomology   3   KSC 050  
MANGT 220  - Principles of Management   3      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
HORT 490  - Horticulture Internship   1-18      
HORT 550  - Horticultural Irrigation Systems   3      
HORT 587  - Turfgrass Diseases and Their Management   1      
HORT 588  - Turfgrass Weeds and Their Management   1      
HORT 589  - Turfgrass Insects and Their Management   1      
Hospitality Management Elective (See Departmental List; HM 331 recommended) 3    
HORT Golf Course and Sports Turf Option Elective (See Departmental List; HORT 517 recommended, offered fall odd years after Fall 2026) 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
ACCTG 241  - Introduction to Financial Accounting   3      
PLPTH 500  - Principles of Plant Pathology   3      
HORT 565  - Advanced Culture of Golf and Sports Turf    3       
Hospitality Management Elective (See Departmental List; HM 341 or HM 440 recommended) 3    
Communications Elective (See Departmental List; COMM 331 recommended) 3    
Free Electives (Institutionally Designated Area; HORT elective recommended) 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15-18      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
HORT 570  - Greenhouse Operations Management   3      
HORT 585  - Arboriculture   3      
HORT 490  - Horticulture Internship   3-6      
MKTG 250  - Introduction to Marketing   3      
Free Electives (Institutionally Designated Area; HORT elective recommended) 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
Business Elective (See Departmental List; FINAN 450 recommended) 3    
Free Electives (COMM elective recommended) 3    
Free Electives (HORT elective recommended) 1    
HORT 565  - Advanced Culture of Golf and Sports Turf   3      
HORT 282  - Foundations of Horticultural Pest Management   1      
HORT 499  - The Horticultural Professional   0      
Free Electives (HM 440 or other HM recommended) 3    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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