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Minor in Horticulture

The Horticulture minor is designed for students who desire a significant background in horticulture to support study and practice of their major field. Selection of additional courses beyond the core will depend on the student's major and interests. Enrollment in the Horticulture minor is not available to students enrolled in the Horticulture major. Courses in the minor cannot be taken Credit/No Credit. At least 6 hours of the minor must be advanced (300 or 400) level courses that are distinct from classes meeting requirements in the student’s major.

Hours Horticulture Minor Required Courses
3 HORT 100 - Introduction to Horticulture; OR HORT 105 – Vegetable Gardening; OR HORT 106 – Home Horticulturec
3 HORT 240 - Plant Propagation

Hours A minimum of four courses selected from the following:
12-15 HORT 215 - Grasses in Managed Settings
HORT 236 - Intro to Turfgrass Management
HORT 246 - Floral Design I
HORT 255 - Multifunctional Landscapes
HORT 261 - Biotechnology in Agriculture
HORT 301 - Woody Landscape Plants I
HORT 302 - Woody Landscape Plants II
HORT 316 - Native Plants for Landscapes
HORT 341 - Greenhouse Mgmt and Production
HORT 343 - Herbaceous Plants I
HORT 344 - Herbaceous Plants II
HORT 346 - Floristry and Floral Design II
HORT 355 - Landscape Graphics & Design
HORT 361 - Small Fruits and Viticulture
HORT 362 - Tree Fruit Production
HORT 363 - Postharvest Handling Hort Crop
HORT 421 - Horticultural Physiology
HORT 436 - Advanced Turfgrass Management
HORT 441 - Floral & Nursery Crops Prductn
HORT 442 - Plant Nutrition
HORT 447 - Horticultural Plant Breeding
HORT 450 - Landscape Contracting
HORT 456 - Sustainable Landscape Design
HORT 458 - Tree Mgmt in the Urban Forest
HORT 464 - International Hort Products
HORT 466 - Growth and Dev of Hort Crops
HORT 482 - Plant Tissue Culture
HORT 489 - Controlling Turfgrass Pests
18-21 Total Hours Required