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Horticulture Technology - A.A.S. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

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
  ENG 20002 Introduction to Technical Writing 3
  GEOL 21062 Environmental Geology    3
  Kent Core Composition 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 2012-2013 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 2012-2013 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 2012-2013 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.