Horticulture Technology - A.A.S. Program Requirements

• Landscape Design Concentration
• Turfgrass Management Concentration
• Urban Forestry Concentration

Type Legend: 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

Please read the section in the University Catalog on Kent Core 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 (27 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 Horticultural Management	3
	HORT	16001	Introduction to Horticulture	1
		26001	Occupational Regulations and Safety	2
		26016	Irrigation Design and Maintenance	3
		26018	Landscape Construction I	3
	Technical elective			3
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (28 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	BMRT	11000	Introduction to Business	3
		21052	Professional Selling Techniques	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
KCM	ENG	11011	College Writing I	3
		20002	Introduction to Technical Writing	3
	GEOL	21062	Environmental Geology	3
	General elective (Choose from Kent Core courses)			3
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)
	Landscape Design (12)
	Turfgrass Management (12)
	Urban Forestry (12)
MINIMUM TOTAL				68

Landscape Design Concentration

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

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	HORT	26020	Professional Landscape Management	3
		26021	Cooperative Work Experience in Landscape Management*	6
		26046	Landscape Design	3
MINIMUM TOTAL				12

 * Course must be taken twice.

 

Turfgrass Management Concentration

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

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	HORT	26030	Turfgrass Management	3
		26031	Cooperative Work Experience in Turfgrass Management*	6
		26032	Golf Course Management	3
MINIMUM TOTAL				12

 * Course must be taken twice.

Urban Forestry Concentration

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

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
	HORT	26010	Arboriculture	3
		26011	Cooperative Work Experience in Tree Care*	6
		26012	Urban Forestry	3
MINIMUM TOTAL				12

 * Course must be taken twice.