Horticultural Business Management provides the broadest horticultural background available. The curriculum consists of a core of business, computer, and economics courses. In Horticulture, students choose a special emphasis, or take an array of courses that may lead to greater job opportunities. Graduates have the knowledge to manage a horticulture business or work in market-associated positions. Opportunities exist in the sale of facilities, plant material, equipment, and supplies involved in all aspects of horticulture, or as buyers of horticulture products in the U.S. or in international markets. With careful selection of business courses, Horticulture graduates can complete a minor in Business Administration with one additional course.
Effective Fall 2019
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| AGRI 192 or 292 | Orientation to Agricultural Systems Transfer Seminar | 1 | |
| 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) | 1A | 3 |
| ECON 204 | Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 |
| HORT 100 | Horticultural Science | 3A | 4 |
| 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 |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 29 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |
| HORT 260 | Plant Propagation | 4 | |
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | ||
| Business Computing Concepts and Applications | |||
| Personal Computing | |||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Electives | 5-6 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Junior | |||
| BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | 3 | |
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |
| MKT 305 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 | |
| STAT 204 | Statistics With Business Applications (GT-MA1) | 1B | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Agricultural Law | |||
| Legal and Ethical Issues in Business | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Agricultural Finance | |||
| Fundamentals of Finance | |||
| BSPM 3XX or BSPM 4XX | 5 | ||
| HORT 3XX or HORT 4XX | 6 | ||
| Total Credits | 29 | ||
| Senior | |||
| HORT 310 | Greenhouse Management | 4B | 4 |
| HORT 454 | Horticulture Crop Production and Management | 4A,4C | 2 |
| HORT 476 | Environmental Plant Stress Physiology | 3 | |
| Agricultural Economics, Business, or Economics Upper-Division1 | 3 | ||
| HORT 3XX or HORT 4XX | 6 | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 6 | |
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Electives2 | 2 | ||
| Total Credits | 32 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
| 1 | Select any upper-division (300- to 400-level) course not required or selected elsewhere in the program from the following subject codes: ACT, AREC, BUS, CIS, FIN, MGT, MKT, REL; or ECON 335, ECON 340, ECON 346. |
| 2 | Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to a minimum of 120 credits, of which at least 42 must be upper-division (300- to 400-level). |
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 1 | ||||
| Orientation to Agricultural Systems | |||||
| Transfer Seminar | |||||
| AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 | ||
| BZ 120 | Principles of Plant Biology (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 | ||
| MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 | ||
| MATH 124 | Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CHEM 107 | Fundamentals of Chemistry (GT-SC2) | X | 3A | 4 | |
| CHEM 108 | Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 3A | 1 | ||
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 | ||
| ECON 204 | Principles of Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 | ||
| HORT 100 | Horticultural Science | 3A | 4 | ||
| CO 150 and AUCC 1B (Quantitative Reasoning) must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |||
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | ||||
| Business Computing Concepts and Applications | |||||
| Personal Computing | |||||
| Electives | 5-6 | ||||
| BZ 120 must be completed by the end of Semester 3. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |||
| HORT 260 | Plant Propagation | 4 | |||
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |||
| STAT 204 | Statistics With Business Applications (GT-MA1) | 1B | 3 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Agricultural Law | |||||
| Legal and Ethical Issues in Business | |||||
| BSPM 3XX or 4XX | 2 | ||||
| HORT 3XX or 4XX | 3 | ||||
| ACT 205 and ECON 204 must be completed by the end of Semester 5. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | X | 3 | ||
| MKT 305 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 3 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Agricultural Finance | |||||
| Fundamentals of Finance | |||||
| BSPM 3XX or 4XX | 3 | ||||
| HORT 3XX or 4XX | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| HORT 310 | Greenhouse Management | 4B | 4 | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |||
| Agricultural Economics, Business or Economics Upper-Division | 3 | ||||
| HORT 3XX or 4XX | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| HORT 454 | Horticulture Crop Production and Management | X | 4A,4C | 2 | |
| HORT 476 | Environmental Plant Stress Physiology | X | 3 | ||
| HORT 3XX or 4XX | X | 3 | |||
| Arts and Humanities | X | 3B | 3 | ||
| Historical Perspectives | X | 3D | 3 | ||
| Elective | X | 2 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||