Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building, 2nd Floor
301 University Avenue

(970) 491-7019

cas_hla@mail.colostate.edu

hortla.agsci.colostate.edu

Professor Mengmeng Gu, Department Head

Majors

Minors

A minor will serve to broaden the academic background of students seeking employment in interdisciplinary job markets associated with plant sciences or the art and science of environmental horticulture. A minor will allow students a maximum breadth and depth in the field while utilizing a limited number of requirements.

Graduate Programs in Horticulture

The department offers graduate programs leading to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Students interested in graduate work should refer to the Graduate and Professional Bulletin and the Department of Horticulture.

Certificates

Master's Programs

Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. in Horticulture*

* Please see department for program of study.

Subjects in this department include: Horticulture (HORT) and Landscape Architecture (LAND).

Horticulture (HORT)

HORT 100  Horticultural Science  Credits: 4 (3-2-0)

Course Description: Principles of plant science and related disciplines as the base and context for the introduction of horticultural practices.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Required field trips. Sections may be offered: Online.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.
Additional Information: Biological & Physical Sciences 3A.

HORT 171  Environmental Issues in Agriculture (GT-SS3)  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Also Offered As: SOCR 171.
Course Description: Historical development of agriculture; environmental consequences of modern food production and other cultural approaches to agriculture.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and recitation. Credit not allowed for both HORT 171 and SOCR 171.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion 1C, Human Behavior, Culture, or Social Frameworks (GT-SS3).

HORT 192  Orientation to Horticulture/Landscape Arch  Credit: 1 (0-0-1)

Also Offered As: LAND 192.
Course Description: First year course in horticulture and landscape architecture. Information and skills necessary to succeed in majors in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Undergraduate.
Registration Information: This is a partial semester course. Credit not allowed for both HORT 192 and LAND 192.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 221  Landscape Plants  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Identification, landscape features, cultural requirements, and landscape use of coniferous and deciduous trees and shrubs, vines, and evergreens.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Required field trips.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 231  Landscape Graphics Studio  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Mechanical and freehand graphic techniques for landscape design. Use of pencil, ink, and colored markers. Plan, sectional, and perspective views.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 232  Principles of Landscape Design  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Basic concepts in the art and process of landscape design.
Prerequisite: HORT 231.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 260  Plant Propagation  Credits: 4 (3-2-0)

Course Description: Theories, principles, and techniques of sexual and asexual propagation.
Prerequisite: BZ 120, may be taken concurrently or HORT 100, may be taken concurrently or LIFE 103, may be taken concurrently.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Sections may be offered: Online.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 270  Fundamentals of Horticultural Therapy  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Theory and practice of horticultural therapy in health care and human services; applications, settings, and professional career topics.
Prerequisite: None.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 310  Greenhouse Management  Credits: 4 (3-2-0)

Course Description: Cover the principles of greenhouse management for the production of floral and vegetable crops. Includes the design and use of enclosed structures to manipulate the environment, use of environmental control systems to optimize crop productivity, and proper management and marketing of crops. Intended for professionals in the greenhouse industry only.
Prerequisite: HORT 100.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Sections may be offered: Online.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 321  Nursery Production and Management  Credits: 4 (3-2-0)

Course Description: Nursery industry organization, management, equipment, field and container production, storage, shipping, marketing, and business management practices.
Prerequisite: BZ 120 or HORT 100 or LIFE 103.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Required field trips.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 322  Herbaceous Plants  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Identification, landscape features, cultural requirements, and uses of ornamental annual, perennial, and bulb plants.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Sections may be offered: Online. Required field trips.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 325  Native Plants in the Landscape  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Evaluate the diversity of native annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses, and woody plants suitable for use in landscapes in North America. Selection and maintenance characteristics are discussed.
Prerequisite: HORT 100 or LAND 110.
Registration Information: Offered as an online course only. Credit not allowed for both HORT 325 and HORT 380A3.
Term Offered: Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 330  Computers for Landscape Design  Credits: 2 (1-2-0)

Course Description: Applications and techniques of computer software utilized in small-scale landscape design-build.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 331  Landscape Design  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Fundamentals of landscape design theory and plant composition as presented in simple problems.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: For non-design majors only.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 335  Landscape Structures  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Design and construction methods for structures commonly used in residential landscaping. Preparation of construction documents.
Prerequisite: CON 131 and HORT 232.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Required field trips.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 336  Landscape Grading and Drainage Studio  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Basic design principles for grading, drainage, and earth forms for small-scale projects.
Prerequisite: (HORT 221 and HORT 322 and HORT 335) and (MATH 118 or MATH 120 or MATH 127).
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 341  Turfgrass Management  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Principles and practices of turfgrass propagation and maintenance.
Prerequisite: HORT 100, may be taken concurrently.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Required field trips.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 344  Organic Greenhouse Production  Credit: 1 (1-0-0)

Course Description: Fundamentals of greenhouse production using organic production methods.
Prerequisite: HORT 310.
Term Offered: Spring (even years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 345  Diagnosis and Treatment in Organic Fields  Credits: 2 (0-4-0)

Also Offered As: SOCR 345.
Course Description: Field experience in diagnosis of pest and nutrient problems on organic farms and development of treatment recommendations.
Prerequisite: (BSPM 302 or BSPM 308 or BSPM 361) and (HORT 100 or SOCR 100) and (SOCR 240).
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both HORT 345 and SOCR 345. Required field trips.
Term Offered: Summer (even years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 347  Hydroponics  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Hydroponics, hydroponic systems, and hydroponic process from concept to application.
Prerequisite: HORT 100.
Registration Information: Offered as an online course only.
Term Offered: Spring (even years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 367  Landscape Irrigation  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Practical design of sprinkler and trickle irrigation systems for commercial and residential landscapes.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Credit allowed for only one of the following: HORT 367, HORT 368, LAND 368.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 368  Landscape Irrigation and Water Conservation  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Also Offered As: LAND 368.
Course Description: Practical approaches and methods of irrigation, water conservation, and water management in the designed landscape.
Prerequisite: HORT 100 or LAND 110.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Credit allowed for only one of the following: HORT 367, HORT 368, LAND 368.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 370  Landscape Irrigation  Credit: 1 (1-0-0)

Course Description: Necessary skills to design and manage irrigation systems used in the landscape industry.
Prerequisite: HORT 100, may be taken concurrently.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 384  Supervised College Teaching  Credits: Var[1-5] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: A maximum of 10 combined credits for all 384 and 484 courses are counted towards graduation requirements.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 401  Medicinal and Value-Added Uses of Plants  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Chemical, biochemical and ethnobotanical perspective on the medicinal and value-added uses of plants.
Prerequisite: BZ 120 or HORT 100 or LIFE 103.
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 410  Postharvest Biology and Technology  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Storage and quality maintenance of harvested fruits and vegetables.
Prerequisite: (BZ 120 or HORT 100 or LIFE 103) and (BZ 440).
Registration Information: Offered as an online course only. Credit not allowed for both HORT 410 and HORT 481A1.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 412  Floriculture Crops  Credits: 4 (3-0-1)

Course Description: Commercial production and marketing of bedding plants, potted container crops, and cut flowers.
Prerequisite: HORT 100.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and recitation. Required field trips. Sections may be offered: Online.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 417  Indoor Crop Production and Physiology  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Advanced principles and practices specific to the production of horticultural crops in controlled environments. Explore strategies for the management of environmental factors (e.g., light intensity, spectrum, temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide) and the resulting impact on plant growth and development. Review recent advancements in research and technology specific to production in controlled environments.
Prerequisite: HORT 310.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 421  Horticultural Therapy Techniques  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Clinical skills in horticultural therapy; communication, safety, leadership, therapeutic relationships, adaptation of tools and activities.
Prerequisite: HORT 270.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 423  Horticultural Therapy Programming  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Methods for individual treatment planning, intervention, documentation, and reporting within therapy, social, and vocational HT programs.
Prerequisite: HORT 421.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 424  Topics in Organic Agriculture  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Also Offered As: SOCR 424.
Course Description: Examination of issues specific to organic food production systems and marketing.
Prerequisite: (AREC 202 or ECON 202) and (SOCR 240 and AREC 328) and (HORT 100 or SOCR 100) and (HORT 171 or SOCR 171).
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both HORT 424 and SOCR 424.
Term Offered: Spring (even years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 425  Horticultural Therapy Management  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Course Description: Horticultural therapy program and site design, proposals, funding, marketing, management, and evaluation.
Prerequisite: HORT 423.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 431  Planting Design Studio  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Functional and aesthetic values of plant materials; their creative use in landscape design.
Prerequisite: HORT 221 and HORT 336 and HORT 322.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 432  Intensive Landscape Design Studio  Credits: 5 (2-6-0)

Course Description: Site planning and design for landscape projects of a limited scale. Problems of increasing complexity. Emphasis on real sites and clients.
Prerequisite: HORT 487 and HORT 431.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Required field trips.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 441  Turfgrass Science  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Examination of turfgrass management practices from a scientific perspective; discussion of advanced turfgrass management technologies.
Prerequisite: BZ 120 or HORT 100 or SOCR 240.
Registration Information: Required field trips. Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 451  Vegetable Crop Management  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Course Description: Physiological, environmental, and cultural aspects of vegetable crop production, including conventional and certified organic approaches.
Prerequisite: BZ 120 or BZ 440 or HORT 100 or LIFE 103 or SOCR 100.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and recitation. Sections may be offered: Online. Credit allowed for only one of the following: HORT 450A, HORT 451, or HORT 480A2. Credit allowed for only one of the following: HORT 450B, HORT 451, or HORT 480A2.
Term Offered: Fall (even years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 453  Principles of Fruit Crop Management  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Course Description: Understanding the fundamentals of fruit tree biology is essential to making sound orchard management and business decisions in the tree fruit industry. Explore the basics of tree and small fruit production, including site, cultivar and rootstock selection, cropping trends and cultural practices such as planting, pruning, training, irrigation, nutrition, harvesting, and postharvest handling and technology of specific temperate fruit crops.
Prerequisite: BZ 120 or BZ 440 or HORT 100 or LIFE 103 or SOCR 100.
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online. Credit not allowed for both HORT 450C and HORT 453. Credit not allowed for both HORT 450D and HORT 453.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 454  Horticulture Crop Production and Management  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Business plan development for production and management of horticultural crops as well as professional development opportunities including job search, meeting select professionals, and resume development.
Prerequisite: HORT 310 or HORT 451 or HORT 453.
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 460  Plant Breeding and Biotechnology  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Also Offered As: SOCR 460.
Course Description: Theory and practice of plant breeding and biotechnology using principles of genetics and related sciences.
Prerequisite: BZ 350 or LIFE 201A or SOCR 330.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and recitation. Required field trips. Credit not allowed for both HORT 460 and SOCR 460.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 462  Viticulture Practices in Grape Production  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Biology of grapevines and vineyard management including planting, training, pest control, pruning, and harvesting; special emphasis on Colorado.
Prerequisite: BZ 120 or HORT 100 or LIFE 103 or SOCR 100.
Restriction: Must be a: Undergraduate.
Registration Information: Offered as an online course only.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 464A  Arboriculture  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Principles and practices used by professionals to cultivate and manage individual trees and shrubs in developed landscapes, primarily for the health and wellbeing of nearby communities.
Prerequisite: HORT 100.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory. Credit not allowed for both HORT 464A and HORT 464B.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

HORT 465  Landscape Estimating  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Landscape construction estimating and bidding, contract documentation and other business practices relevant to landscape design-build and contracting.
Prerequisite: (HORT 221) and (MATH 117 and MATH 118 and MATH 124 or MATH 120 or MATH 125 or MATH 127 or MATH 141 or MATH 155).
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 466  Urban and Community Forestry  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Also Offered As: F 466.
Course Description: Policies and management of publicly and privately owned community forests in urbanized areas.
Prerequisite: F 310 or RS 310 or HORT 221.
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both HORT 466 and F 466.
Term Offered: Fall (odd years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 476  Environmental Plant Stress Physiology  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Plant growth, development and physiology, major sources of stress in plants, global issues in environment and plant stress.
Prerequisite: BZ 440.
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both HORT 476 and HORT 576. Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Spring (odd years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 479  Professional Landscape Practices  Credits: 2 (2-0-0)

Course Description: Business skills involved in a successful career in the green industry.
Prerequisite: HORT 100 and HORT 465.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 486A  Practicum: Floriculture  Credits: 2 (0-4-0)

Course Description: Directed experience in applications of floriculture technique. Fall: pest, energy, and production. Spring: production and experimentation.
Prerequisite: HORT 310.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 486B  Practicum: General  Credits: Var[1-6] (0-0-0)

Course Description: Directed experiences in applications of horticulture techniques and procedures.
Prerequisite: None.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 487  Internship  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 495  Independent Study  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 496  Group Study  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 500  Graduate Student Professional Development  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Focus on professional development skills important for success. Topics include research presentations, time management, mentoring, networking, constructive critique, and others.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate.
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online. Credit not allowed for both HORT 500 and HORT 581A4.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 511  Green Roof Culture  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Understand the relevance of green roofs in North America, especially the process, from concept to project completion and maintenance.
Prerequisite: HORT 100 to 199 - at least 3 credits.
Registration Information: Offered as an online course only.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 515  Urban Horticulture  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Also Offered As: AGRI 515.
Course Description: Investigate and evaluate the techniques of incorporating food production systems in the urban and peri-urban environment.
Prerequisite: HORT 451 or HORT 453.
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both AGRI 515 and HORT 515. Offered as an online course only.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 521  Horticulture and Human Health and Well-Being  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Impact of principles and practices of horticulture on human health and well-being.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate.
Registration Information: Graduate standing. Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 522  Horticulture and Human Health Issues  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Horticulture is an essential instrument of public health, but often professionals in these fields view themselves as opponents. Examine issues arising in the production of foods for human consumption that human health professionals often encounter. Overcome the barriers that divide horticulture and human health professionals.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate.
Registration Information: Graduate standing. Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 523  Screening Crops for Human Health Traits  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Principle and methods of screening food crops for traits related to human health.
Prerequisite: HORT 521.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate.
Registration Information: Graduate standing. Written consent of instructor. Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 524  Food Pharmacology, Horticulture, and Health  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Application of the principles of pharmacology to the production of food combinations that promote human health. Horticultural food crops are emphasized.
Prerequisite: HORT 522.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate.
Registration Information: Graduate standing. Written consent of instructor. Sections may be offered: Online.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 571  Soil-Plant-Water Relations/Water Stress  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Movement of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Instrumentation for measuring plant-water relations. Plant responses to drought and salinity.
Prerequisite: BZ 440.
Term Offered: Spring (even years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 576  Advanced Environmental Plant Stress Physiology  Credits: 4 (3-0-1)

Course Description: Advanced aspects of plant growth, development and physiology, major sources of stress in plants, global issues in environment and plant stress.
Prerequisite: BZ 440.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and recitation. Credit not allowed for both HORT 576 and HORT 476.
Term Offered: Spring (odd years).
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 578  Phytochemicals and Probiotics for Health  Credits: 3 (2-0-1)

Also Offered As: FTEC 578.
Course Description: Examination of phytochemicals and probiotic organisms important in human health.
Prerequisite: BC 351.
Registration Information: Senior standing. Must register for lecture and recitation. Credit not allowed for both FTEC 578 and HORT 578.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 579  Mass Spectrometry Omics-Methods and Analysis  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: A survey of experimental designs and workflows to generate, computationally process and analyze metabolite and protein data using mass spectrometry. Course format includes lecture, computer homework assignments with real data, literature review, and student presentations.
Prerequisite: BC 351.
Registration Information: Senior standing. Credit not allowed for both HORT 579 and HORT 581A3.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 588  Supervised Extension Practices  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description: Field experiences in extension practices in horticulture.
Prerequisite: None.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 600  Topics in Horticulture  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Explore major themes in horticulture and provide a broader understanding beyond research focus. Weekly discussions and readings are centered around the core topics of research in horticulture and landscape architecture.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online. Credit not allowed for both HORT 600 and HORT 680A1.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 698  Research  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 699  Thesis  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 784  Supervised College Teaching  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 792  Seminar  Credit: 1 (0-0-1)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 795  Independent Study  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

HORT 799  Dissertation  Credits: Var[1-18] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

Landscape Architecture (LAND)

LAND 110  Introduction to Landscape Architecture  Credits: 3 (1-2-1)

Course Description: Introductory theories, methods, and applications of landscape studies.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture, laboratory, and recitation.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Arts & Humanities 3B.

LAND 120  History of the Designed Landscape  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Major monuments and spaces from ancient Middle East through classical antiquity, the Renaissance, and Western tradition.
Prerequisite: None.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 192  Orientation to Horticulture/Landscape Arch  Credit: 1 (0-0-1)

Also Offered As: HORT 192.
Course Description: First year course in horticulture and landscape architecture. Information and skills necessary to succeed in majors in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Undergraduate.
Registration Information: This is a partial semester course. Credit not allowed for both HORT 192 and LAND 192.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 200  Topics in Landscape Theory and Garden Design  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Landscape theory and design principles in garden design. Students will be engaged through online discussions and will record weekly exercises and course material with the development of a sketchbook and blog/website postings.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: This is a partial semester course. Offered as an online course only.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 220  Fundamentals of Ecology (GT-SC2)  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Also Offered As: LIFE 220.
Course Description: Interrelationships among organisms and their environments.
Prerequisite: (BIO 100 to 199 - at least 3 credits or BZ 100 to 199 - at least 3 credits or LIFE 100 to 199 - at least 3 credits or HORT 100) and (MATH 100 to 199 - at least 3 credits).
Registration Information: Sections may be offered: Online. Credit allowed for only one of the following: F 209, LAND 220, LIFE 220 or LIFE 320.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.
Additional Information: Biological & Physical Sciences 3A, Natural & Physical Sciences w/o lab (GT-SC2).

LAND 230  Drawing the Landscape  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Visual communication techniques; exploration of symbology, model building, design development drawing, and construction documentation draughting.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 240  Fundamentals of Landscape Design Process  Credits: 4 (1-4-1)

Course Description: Initiation of formal exploration of design elements, materials, and principles, and introduction of design process as a defensible methodology.
Prerequisite: LAND 230.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture, laboratory and recitation.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 241  Environmental Analysis  Credits: 3 (1-4-0)

Course Description: Exploration and understanding of natural and cultural landscapes through analytical simulation techniques.
Prerequisite: LAND 230.
Registration Information: Must have concurrent registration in LAND 240. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 357  Omnibus Field Studies  Credits: 4 (0-8-0)

Course Description: Theories and methods for the analysis, design, and planning of garden and landscape scale environments.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: 3 credits in landscape drawing and analysis.
Term Offered: Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 360  Basic Landscape Design and Construction  Credits: 3 (0-6-0)

Course Description: Site programming analysis, design, and construction, including skill development in specifying earthwork, drainage, and vegetative composition.
Prerequisite: LAND 240.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 361  Digital Methods  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Landscape research, analysis, and design with ARCVIEW, AutoCAD, Microstation, and Photoshop.
Prerequisite: LAND 360, may be taken concurrently.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 362  Form and Expression in Garden Design  Credits: 3 (0-6-0)

Course Description: Formal decision making for site scale environments, including creative processes for form-giving, and generation of experimental solutions.
Prerequisite: LAND 361.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 363  Advanced Landscape Site Engineering  Credits: 4 (2-4-0)

Course Description: Understanding and documenting the built environment with emphasis on construction and surveying as integral parts of design process.
Prerequisite: LAND 360.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 364  Design and Nature  Credits: 4 (1-6-0)

Course Description: Computer-aided processes for siting, organizing, and evaluating cultural activities within ecologically fragile, landscape-scale environments.
Prerequisite: LAND 361.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 365  Landscape Contract Drawing and Specifications  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Construction details, design development, and construction documentation emphasizing implementation of design projects.
Prerequisite: LAND 363.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 366  Landscape Design Expression  Credits: 4 (0-8-0)

Course Description: Idea, values, and process landscape form applied to interactions of natural, cultural systems at the site and community scale; design competitions.
Prerequisite: LAND 365.
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both LAND 366 and LAND 376.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 368  Landscape Irrigation and Water Conservation  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Also Offered As: HORT 368.
Course Description: Practical approaches and methods of irrigation, water conservation, and water management in the designed landscape.
Prerequisite: LAND 110 or HORT 100.
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both LAND 368 and HORT 367 or HORT 368. Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 376  Landscape Design and Visualization  Credits: 4 (0-8-0)

Course Description: Precedents, ideas, values and processes of landscape form applied to landscape systems at the site and community scale; design competitions.
Prerequisite: LAND 362.
Registration Information: Credit not allowed for both LAND 376 and LAND 366. Required field trips.
Term Offered: Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 384  Supervised College Teaching  Credits: Var[1-5] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: A maximum of 10 combined credits for all 384 and 484 courses are counted towards graduation requirements.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 392  Seminar-Designed Landscapes-Theory and Criticism  Credits: 2 (0-0-2)

Course Description: Readings, discussions, and writing in landscape architectural design theory; critical analysis of the designed and constructed landscape.
Prerequisite: LAND 365.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 444  Ecology of Landscapes  Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Course Description: Theories, methods, and practices for interpreting, describing, and representing natural and human modified landscapes.
Prerequisite: LAND 220 or LIFE 220 or LIFE 320.
Registration Information: Required field trips.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 446  Urban Design  Credits: 4 (0-8-0)

Course Description: Designing the urban landscape, including precedent exploration about overall image, materials, and structure of the city and its components.
Prerequisite: LAND 366.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 447  Comprehensive Landscape Design  Credits: 4 (0-8-0)

Course Description: Terminal studio; research, analysis, and synthesis for comprehensive project identified by student and approved in advance by faculty committee.
Prerequisite: LAND 446.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 449  Professional Practice  Credit: 1 (1-0-0)

Course Description: Theory and skills of landscape architectural professional practice including functional, human, business, legal, and political aspects.
Prerequisite: LAND 447, may be taken concurrently.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 454  Landscape Field Studies  Credits: 5 (1-6-1)

Course Description: Field observation of spatial and temporal landscape patterns resulting from natural and cultural processes and interactions.
Prerequisite: LAND 366.
Term Offered: Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: Yes.

LAND 455  Travel Abroad-European Landscape Architecture  Credits: 5 (1-6-1)

Course Description: Exploration of major theoretical platforms in design through drawing, photographing, and measuring landscape architecture precedents in Europe.
Prerequisite: LAND 362.
Term Offered: Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 495A  Independent Study: Design Projects  Credits: Var[1-4] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 495B  Independent Study: Field Service  Credits: Var[1-4] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Instructor Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 496  Group Study  Credits: Var[1-8] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Maximum of 8 credits allowed in course.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Modes: S/U within Student Option, Trad within Student Option.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 510  Virtual Design Methods  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Exploration and application of advanced computing technology and methods for analyzing and organizing natural and cultural landscapes.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Fall.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 520  Geographic Information Systems  Credits: 3 (1-4-0)

Course Description: Theories and applications of geographic information systems in spatial analysis and land planning.
Prerequisite: LAND 241.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 560  Structure of Landscape Patterns  Credits: 3 (2-2-0)

Course Description: Mechanisms and concepts in landscape structure for planning, design, and environmental management.
Prerequisite: LIFE 320.
Registration Information: Must register for lecture and laboratory.
Term Offered: Spring.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 695A  Landscape Architectural Independent Study: Design Projects  Credits: Var[1-4] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Registration Information: Graduate standing.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 695B  Landscape Architectural Independent Study: Field Service  Credits: Var[1-4] (0-0-0)

Course Description:
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Registration Information: Graduate standing.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: Traditional.
Special Course Fee: No.

LAND 698  Research  Credits: Var[1-5] (0-0-0)

Course Description: Guided research experience in landscape architecture.
Prerequisite: None.
Restriction: Must be a: Graduate, Professional.
Registration Information: Graduate standing.
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Grade Mode: S/U Sat/Unsat Only.
Special Course Fee: No.