Additional Major Requirements: (22 credit hours)

PLS 100 An Introduction to Horticulture Professions (1)
PLS 465 Greenhouses & Controlled Environments (2)
PLS 440 Plant Propagation (3)
PLS 404 Integrated Weed Management (4)
PPA 400G Principles of Plant Pathology (3)
PLS 597 Special Topics: Vegetable Crop Production (2)
PLS 597 Special Topics: Fruit Production Basics (2)

Select one course from:
PLS 352 Nursery Production (3)
PLS 525 Greenhouse Floral Crop Management (3)
PLS 451 Landscape Maintenance (3)

Select additional credit hours to total 22 from PLS or PPA courses with advisor's approval

Internship

Students are required to work a minimum of 10 weeks full- time or 400 hours part-time in a horticultural profession. Students are encouraged to complete more than one internship.

Specialty Support Requirements: (24 credit hours)

Required courses:
STA 291 Statistical Method (3)
AGR 360 Genetics (3)
CHE 236 Organic Chemistry (3)
or CHE 230 Organic Chemistry I (3) and CHE 232 Organic Chemistry II (3)

Highly recommended courses:
ENT 320 Horticultural Entomology (3)
PHY 201 General Physics (3)

Select additional courses from Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Biology or related science for a total of 24 credit hours based on the student's interests with advisor's approval.

Free Elective Requirement: 12 credit hours

No restrictions are placed on these selections

TOTAL: 128 credit hours

Additional Major Requirements: (31 credit hours)

PLS 100 An Introduction to Horticulture Professions (1)
PLS 465 Greenhouses & Controlled Environments (2)
PLS 440 Plant Propagation (3)
PLS 404 Integrated Weed Management (4)
PPA 400G Principles of Plant Pathology (3)
PLS 597 Special Topics: Vegetable Crop Production (2)
PLS 597 Special Topics: Fruit Production Basics (2)

Select one course from:

PLS 352 Nursery Production (3)
PLS 525 Greenhouse Floral Crop Management (3)
PLS 451 Landscape Maintenance (3)

Select 9-11 credit hours from the following:

Any of the above management courses not previously taken
PLS 320 Woody Plants (3)
PLS 330 Herbaceous Plants I (2)
PLS 332 Herbaceous Plants II (2)
PLS 515 Turf Management (3)
PLS 582 Special Problems (0-6)

Internship

Students are required to work a minimum of 10 weeks full- time or 400 hours part-time in a horticultural profession. Students are encouraged to complete more than one internship.

Specialty Support Requirements: (24 credit hours)

Earn a Minor in Agricultural Economics

ECO 201 Principles of Economics I (3)
AEC 201 Farm & Natural Resource Finance (3)
Two of the following courses:
AEC 302 Agriculture Management Principles (3)
AEC 303 Microeconomic Concepts in Agricultural Economics (3)
AEC 305 Food and Agricultural Marketing Principles (4)
AEC 324 Agriculture Law (3)

In addition to the courses previously listed, students would complete the following:
AEN 455 Residentital & Commercial Irrigation (3)
ENT 320 Horticulture Entomology (3)

Select an additional 5 credit hours from courses from Agricultural Economics based on student's interests with advisor's approval.

Earn a Minor in Business

ECO 201 Principles of Economics I (3)
ECO 202 Principles of Economics II (3)
ACC 201 Principles of Accounting (3)
ACC 202 Principles of Accounting (3)
DIS 320 Management Information Systems (3)
FIN 300 Corporate Finance (3)
MGT 301 Business Management (3)
MKT 300 Marketing Management (3)
STA 291 Statistical Method (3)

Landscape Management

Non-landscape architecture major students interested in landscape management may take these courses. LA 205, LA 850, and PLS 320 are prerequisites for LA 851.
LA 205 History of Landscape Architecture (3)
LA 871 Design Implementation I (3)
LA 850 Landscape Architecture Graphics (3)
LA 851 Studies in Landscpae Architecture: Planting Design (3)

Free Elective Requirement: 12 credit hours

No restrictions are placed on these selections

TOTAL: 128 credit hours