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Horticulture - B.A.H. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (62-64 credits)  Courses count in major GPA  
Type Course Title Credits
  BSCI 16001 Horticultural Botany    
 3
 
26002 Ecological Principles of Pest Management
 3

  26003 Plant Identification and Selection I   
 3


26004 Plant Identification and Selection II 3

GEOG 16001 Soil and Horticulture Management 3
  HORT 16001 Opportunities in Horticulture 1

  26001 Occupational Regulations and Safety 2
    26016 Irrigation Design and Maintenance 3
    26018 Landscape Construction   
 3


36014 Plant Propagation 3

  36018 Landscape Construction II 3
    36025 Professional Practice in Horticulture
 3

  36046 Landscape Design II 3
    36092 Internship in Horticulture 4
    46014 Garden Center and Nursery Production Management
 3
 
46092 Practicum in Horticulture
 3
  Choose from the following: 4-6

GEOG 31062 Fundamentals of Meteorology (3)


31080 Geography of Wine (3)

HORT 36024 Sports Turf Management (3)
    41096 Individual Investigation (1-3)
  Choose from the following: 6
  HORT 26011 Cooperative Work Experience in Tree Care (3)
    26021 Cooperative Work Experience in Landscape Management (3)
    26031 Cooperative Work Experience in Turfgrass Management (3)
  Choose from the following groups: 6
  HORT 26010 Arboriculture (3)
  
    26012 Urban Forestry (3)
  
      or  
    26020 Professional Landscape Management (3)  
    26022 Landscape Design I (3)  
      or  
    26030  Turfgrass Management (3)  
    26032  Golf Course Management (3)  
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (63 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
KFA
 ARTH 22007 Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Period 3
  BMRT 11000 Introduction to Business 3
KBS
CHEM 10030 Chemistry in Our World
 3
KBS
  10031 Chemistry in Our World Laboratory
 1
KAD
 COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication 3

COMT 11000 Introduction to Computer Systems
 3
KSS
DD		 GEOG 17064 Geography of the United States and Canada 3


31070 Population and the Environment 3


37010 Geography of Ohio 3
KBS GEOL 21062 Environmental Geology 3


41073 Geology of Ohio   
 3
KMC MATH
 11009

11010
 Modeling Algebra (4)
or
Algebra for Calculus (3)
 3-4
KHU PHIL 21001 Introduction to Ethics 3

Foreign Language* 4-8

Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)
 3

Kent Core Composition
 6-8

Kent Core Humanities or Fine Arts
 3

Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)
 3

General Electives (upper division)
 3
MINIMUM TOTAL 
126


*Courses in one foreign language or American Sign Language or equivalent in proficiency required. This requirement may be fulfilled by one of the following two conditions: (1) passing the first two semesters of any foreign language or American Sign Language, or (2) passing a course at the Elementary II level or above.