College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Curricula in Horticultural Sciences
Curriculum in Horticulture or Floriculture
Bachelor of Science
These degrees are designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed for production, management and marketing of horticultural crops. Each degree also offers students with strong interests in science and/or technology opportunities in research related fields including graduate studies. Career prospects range from producing specialty herb crops for upscale restaurants, to managing landscape businesses for growing communities, to marketing fruits and vegetables for healthier lifestyles. Many former students are self-employed, owning their own greenhouse, nursery or landscape operation. Others work in upper management of large corporations or travel the world developing future horticultural crops.
University Core Curriculum
| Required course | (Th-Pr) | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 111 Introductory Biology I or BOTN 101 Botany |
4 | |
| CHEM 101 Fundamentals of Chemistry I | (3-3) | 4 |
| ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric | (3-0) | 3 |
| POLS 206 American National Government | (3-0) | 3 |
| POLS 207 State and Local Government | (3-0) | 3 |
| Communication elective1 | 3 | |
| History electives1 | 6 | |
| Humanities elective1 | 3 | |
| Mathematics electives1 | 6 | |
| Social and behavioral sciences elective1 | 3 | |
| Visual and performing arts elective1 | 3 | |
| * KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity | (0-2) | 1 |
| * KINE 199 Required Physical Activity | (0-2) | 1 |
| 43 |
Horticultural Sciences Core Courses
| Required course | (Th-Pr) | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| HORT 101 Concepts of Horticultural Science | (1-0) | 1 |
| HORT 201 General Horticulture | (3-0) | 3 |
| HORT 202 General Horticulture Laboratory | (0-3) | 1 |
| HORT 326 Plant Propagation | (2-3) | 3 |
| HORT 481 Seminar | (1-0) | 1 |
| 9 |
Support Courses
| Required course | (Th-Pr) | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| AGRO 301 Soil Science | (3-2) | 4 |
| CHEM 222 Elements of Organic and Biological Chemistry or CHEM 227 Organic Chemistry I and CHEM 237 Lab. |
3-4 | |
| ENTO 201 General Entomology | (2-2) | 3 |
| GENE 310 Principles of Heredity or GENE 315 Genetics of Plants or GENE 320 Biomedical Genetics |
3 | |
| MEPS 313 Introduction to Plant Physiology | (3-0) | 3 |
| PLPA 301 Plant Pathology | (3-0) | 3 |
| PLPA 303 Plant Pathology Laboratory | (0-2) | 1 |
| Directed horticulture electives2 | 18 | |
| Directed electives3 | 31-32 | |
| Free electives | 6 | |
total hours |
128 | |
NOTES:
- To be selected from the University Core Curriculum.
- At least two subdiscipline areas must be represented by 3-hour courses.
- Hours to be selected with approval by the student's faculty advisor and the associate department head from 200-, 300- and 400-level courses in: ACCT, AGEC, AGED, AGRO, AGSM, BESC, BICH, BIOL, BOTN, CHEM, COSC, ECON, ENTO, FINC, FRSC, GENE, HLTH, HORT, INST, JOUR, LAND, MEPS, MGMT, MKTG, NUTR, PHYS, PLPA, RENR, RLEM, RPTS, SPAN, STAT, WFSC. No more than 15 hours can be used from HORT.
* See University Core Curriculum, item 7.