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Required

PLS 100 An Introduction to Horticulture Professions (1)
PLS 465 Greenhouses & Controlled Environments (3)
PLS 440 Plant Propagation (3)
PLS 404 Integrated Weed Management (4)
PPA 400G Principles of Plant Pathology (3)
PLS 520 Vegetable and Fruit Production (4)

Select one course from:

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

Select 10 credit hours from the following:

Any of the above courses (PLS 352, 525, 451) not previously taken
PLS 320 Woody Plants (4)
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. To receive credit for an internship, the student completes a learning contract and enrolls in PLS 399 Experiential Learning.

Specialty Support Requirements: (24 credit hours)

Select courses to total 24 hours in Specialty Support.
Highly recommended courses:

AEN 455 Residential & Commercial Irrigation (3)
ENT 320 Horticulture Entomology (3)

It is recommended that students fulfill an Agricultural Economics, Business or Pest Management minor. Students in Landscape Management may complete Landscape Architecture (LA) courses plus courses in Agricultural Economics. See LA courses and minor requirements below.

• Minor in Agricultural Economics (18 hours)

Required:


ECO 201 Principles of Economics I (3)

Plus two of the following:


AEC 302 Agriculture Management Principles (3)
AEC 303 Microeconomic Concepts in Agricultural Economics (3)
AEC 305 Food and Agricultural Marketing Principles (4)


Select additional AEC courses to total 18 credit hours.
Suggested courses:


AEC 317 Horticultural Marketing (1)
AEC 324 Agriculture Law (3)


• 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)
CS 101 Introduction to Computing I (3)


• Minor in Pest Management (23 credit hours)

PLS 386 Plant Productions Systems (4)*
ENT 300 General Entomology (3)
PLS 404 Integrated Weed Management (4)*
PPA 400G Principles of Plant Pathology (3)*

*Required in Horticulture Enterprise Management

Select at least 9 hours from:

ENT 310 Insect Pests of Field Crops (3)
ENT 320 Horticulture Entomology (3)
ENT 402 Forest Entomology (3)
ENT 530 Integrated Pest Management (3)
PLS 470G Soil Nutrient Management (3)
PPA 410 Forest Pathology (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 850 Landscape Architecture Graphics (3)
LA 851 Studies in Landscape Architecture: Planting Design (3)
LA 871 Design Implementation I (3)

Free Elective Requirement: 10 credit hours

No restrictions are placed on these selections

TOTAL: 128 credit hours

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