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Horticulture Technology - A.A.S. Program Requirements

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 sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core

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

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

Landscape Design Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.
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

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** Course must be taken twice.

 

Turfgrass Management Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.
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

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** Course must be taken twice.


Urban Forestry Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.
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

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** Course must be taken twice.