Nursery and Landscape Management provides extensive training in landscape plant culture and use; and also develops skills needed to start and manage a nursery, garden center, arboriculture, or landscape management firm. Nursery specialists produce trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and herbaceous perennials for the landscape industry. Graduates become nursery and landscape managers who oversee and manage general landscape operations; choose the type and quantity of horticultural plants to be grown; select and purchase seed, fertilizers, and pest control chemicals; hire employees, direct and coordinate work activities; manage record-keeping, and implement marketing plans. Supporting courses are taught in plant and soil science, pest management, business management, horticulture, and plant materials. An internship is required to ensure graduates have practical experience.
Effective Fall 2022
Freshman | |||
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AUCC | Credits | ||
AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 |
BUS 150 or CS 110 | Business Computing Concepts and Applications Personal Computing | 3-4 | |
BZ 120 | Principles of Plant Biology (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 |
CHEM 107 | Fundamentals of Chemistry (GT-SC2) | 3A | 4 |
CHEM 108 | Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 |
CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
HORT 100 | Horticultural Science | 3A | 4 |
HORT 192/LAND 192 | Orientation to Horticulture/Landscape Arch | 1 | |
MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
Electives | 3-4 | ||
Total Credits | 30 | ||
Sophomore | |||
BZ 223 | Plant Identification | 3 | |
HORT 221 | Landscape Plants | 4 | |
HORT 260 | Plant Propagation | 4 | |
SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |
SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 1C | 3 | |
Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
Total Credits | 30 | ||
Junior | |||
BSPM 302 | Applied and General Entomology | 2 | |
BSPM 303B | Entomology Laboratory: Horticultural | 1 | |
CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |
HORT 310 | Greenhouse Management | 4B | 4 |
HORT 321 | Nursery Production and Management | 4A | 4 |
HORT 322 | Herbaceous Plants | 3 | |
HORT 331 | Landscape Design | 2 | |
HORT 341 | Turfgrass Management | 3 | |
HORT 4871 | Internship | 3 | |
Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
Electives | 1 | ||
Total Credits | 30 | ||
Senior | |||
AREC 328 | Small Agribusiness Management | 3 | |
BSPM 308 | Ecology and Management of Weeds | 3 | |
BSPM 361 | Elements of Plant Pathology | 3 | |
BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | 3 | |
HORT 370 | Landscape Irrigation | 1 | |
HORT 464A | Arboriculture | 4C | 3 |
HORT 465 | Landscape Estimating | 3 | |
SOCR 370 | Climate-Smart Irrigation Principles | 2 | |
Electives | 9 | ||
Total Credits | 30 | ||
Program Total Credits: | 120 |
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For internship requirement, refer to departmental policy.
Freshman | |||||
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Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
HORT 100 | Horticultural Science | 3A | 4 | ||
HORT 192/LAND 192 | Orientation to Horticulture/Landscape Arch | 1 | |||
MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | ||||
Business Computing Concepts and Applications | |||||
Personal Computing | |||||
Electives | 4 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | ||||
Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 | ||
BZ 120 | Principles of Plant Biology (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 | ||
CHEM 107 | Fundamentals of Chemistry (GT-SC2) | 3A | 4 | ||
CHEM 108 | Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 | ||
CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | X | 1A | 3 | |
Total Credits | 15 | ||||
Sophomore | |||||
Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
BZ 223 | Plant Identification | 3 | |||
HORT 221 | Landscape Plants | 4 | |||
SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 1C | 3 | |||
Total Credits | 16 | ||||
Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
HORT 260 | Plant Propagation | 4 | |||
SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |||
Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |||
Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
Total Credits | 14 | ||||
Junior | |||||
Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
BSPM 302 | Applied and General Entomology | 2 | |||
BSPM 303B | Entomology Laboratory: Horticultural | 1 | |||
HORT 310 | Greenhouse Management | 4B | 4 | ||
HORT 322 | Herbaceous Plants | 3 | |||
HORT 341 | Turfgrass Management | 3 | |||
Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
Total Credits | 16 | ||||
Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |||
HORT 321 | Nursery Production and Management | 4A | 4 | ||
HORT 331 | Landscape Design | 2 | |||
HORT 487 | Internship | 3 | |||
Elective | 1 | ||||
Total Credits | 14 | ||||
Senior | |||||
Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
AREC 328 | Small Agribusiness Management | X | 3 | ||
BSPM 308 | Ecology and Management of Weeds | X | 3 | ||
HORT 464A | Arboriculture | X | 4C | 3 | |
HORT 465 | Landscape Estimating | X | 3 | ||
Elective | 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | ||||
Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
BSPM 361 | Elements of Plant Pathology | X | 3 | ||
BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | X | 3 | ||
HORT 370 | Landscape Irrigation | X | 1 | ||
SOCR 370 | Climate-Smart Irrigation Principles | X | 2 | ||
Electives | X | 6 | |||
The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | ||||
Program Total Credits: | 120 |