Horticulture
The Horticulture program prepares graduates to work in a wide variety of horticultural occupations, such as tree, shrub and perennial plant nurseries, arboreta, greenhouses, garden centers, landscape contracting and design, municipal parks, arboriculture, turf production, golf course management, lawn and grounds maintenance, florist shops, interior landscaping, estate gardening, cut flower production, herb and specialty plant production, market gardening, organic food production, horticultural equipment supplies and sales, a nd horticulture education.
Courses
- BIOL 115 — Botany with Lab
- ENGL 115 — Introduction to Literature
- ENGL 117 — Introduction to Professional Writing
- ENGL100 — with one additional credit hour of built-in lab
- FIGS 100 — Student Success
- HORT 100 — Introduction to Horticulture with Lab
- HORT 110 — Woody Plant Materials
- HORT 120 — Pruning
- HORT 130 — Soils and Soil Fertility
- HORT 140 — Integrated Pest Management
- HORT 150 — Arboriculture and Lab
- HORT 175 — Placement Training
- HORT 180 — Freshman Seminar
- HORT 200 — Herbaceous Plant Materials
- HORT 210 — Surveying and Mapping
- HORT 220 — Landscape Management
- HORT 230 — Nursery and Garden Center Operations
- HORT 240 — Turfgrass Management
- HORT 250 — Greenhouse Management
- HORT 280 — Senior Seminar
- MATH 130 — Technical Math