Floriculture emphasizes greenhouse-grown flower crops. Students study propagation, production, utilization, and improvement of plants, and are prepared to grow quality greenhouse products. Courses include the production, use, and marketing of cut flowers, bedding, and potted plants, which give this concentration its focus. Students are also required to take a practicum and an internship in their junior and/or senior years. A number of opportunities exist in floriculture-related professions including greenhouse production, all phases of retail and wholesale floral business, greenhouse supply sales, greenhouse construction and computerized environmental control, plant breeding and plant research.
Effective Fall 2019
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| AGRI 192 or 292 | Orientation to Agricultural Systems Transfer Seminar | 1 | |
| BZ 120 | Principles of Plant Biology (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 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 |
| Select one group from the following: | 5-9 | ||
Group A: | |||
| Fundamentals of Chemistry (GT-SC2) | 3A | ||
| Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 3A | ||
Group B: | |||
| General Chemistry I (GT-SC2) | 3A | ||
| General Chemistry Lab I (GT-SC1) | 3A | ||
| General Chemistry II | |||
| General Chemistry Lab II | |||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |
| Electives | 0-4 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 |
| BZ 223 | Plant Identification | 3 | |
| 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 | |||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Electives | 3-4 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Junior | |||
| BSPM 302 | Applied and General Entomology | 2 | |
| BSPM 303B | Entomology Laboratory: Horticultural | 1 | |
| BSPM 361 | Elements of Plant Pathology | 3 | |
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |
| HORT 310 | Greenhouse Management | 4B | 4 |
| HORT 322 | Herbaceous Plants | 3 | |
| HORT 486A1 | Practicum: Floriculture | 2 | |
| HORT 4872 | Internship | 3 | |
| Horticulture Electives (see list below) | 3-4 | ||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 28-29 | ||
| Senior | |||
| BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | 3 | |
| HORT 412 | Floriculture Crops | 4 | |
| HORT 454 | Horticulture Crop Production and Management | 4A,4C | 2 |
| HORT 486A3 | Practicum: Floriculture | 2 | |
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |
| SOCR 330 | Principles of Genetics | 3 | |
| AREC 3XX or AREC 4XX | 3 | ||
| Horticulture Electives (see list below) | 3-4 | ||
| Electives4 | 7-9 | ||
| Total Credits | 31-32 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
Horticulture Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HORT 321 | Nursery Production and Management | 4 |
| HORT 331 | Landscape Design | 2 |
| HORT 341 | Turfgrass Management | 3 |
| HORT 401 | Medicinal and Value-Added Uses of Plants | 3 |
| HORT 441 | Turfgrass Science | 3 |
| HORT 451 | Vegetable Crop Management | 3 |
| HORT 452 | Viticulture-Grape Production | 1 |
| HORT 453 | Principles of Fruit Crop Management | 3 |
| HORT 460/SOCR 460 | Plant Breeding | 3 |
| HORT 464A | Arboriculture | 3 |
| HORT 476 | Environmental Plant Stress Physiology | 3 |
| HORT 571 | Soil-Plant-Water Relations/Water Stress | 3 |
| 1 | All junior-level floriculture majors are required to register for at least two credits of HORT 486A for one term. |
| 2 | For internship requirements, refer to departmental policy. |
| 3 | All senior-level floriculture majors are required to register for at least two credits of HORT 486A for one term. |
| 4 | 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 | |
| BZ 120 | Principles of Plant Biology (GT-SC1) | 3A | 4 | ||
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 1 | ||||
| Orientation to Agricultural Systems | |||||
| Transfer Seminar | |||||
| Select one group from the following: | 5 | ||||
| Group A: | |||||
| Fundamentals of Chemistry (GT-SC2) | 3A | ||||
| Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 3A | ||||
| Group B: | |||||
| General Chemistry I (GT-SC2) | 3A | ||||
| General Chemistry Lab I (GT-SC1) | 3A | ||||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| HORT 100 | Horticultural Science | 3A | 4 | ||
| Select one group from the following: | 4 | ||||
| Group A: | |||||
| Group B: | |||||
| General Chemistry II | |||||
| General Chemistry Lab II | |||||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |||
| CO 150, AUCC 1B (Quantitative Reasoning), and BZ 120 must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 | ||
| BZ 223 | Plant Identification | 3 | |||
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| HORT 260 | Plant Propagation | 4 | |||
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | ||||
| Business Computing Concepts and Applications | |||||
| Personal Computing | |||||
| Electives | 3-4 | ||||
| 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 | X | 4B | 4 | |
| HORT 322 | Herbaceous Plants | 3 | |||
| Horticulture Elective (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 3-4 | ||||
| Total Credits | 13-14 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BSPM 361 | Elements of Plant Pathology | 3 | |||
| CHEM 245 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | |||
| HORT 486A | Practicum: Floriculture | 2 | |||
| HORT 487 | Internship | 3 | |||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| HORT 412 | Floriculture Crops | 4 | |||
| MGT 305 | Fundamentals of Management | 3 | |||
| SOCR 330 | Principles of Genetics | 3 | |||
| Horticulture Elective (See Department List on Concentration Requirements tab) | 3-4 | ||||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 16-17 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BZ 440 | Plant Physiology | X | 3 | ||
| HORT 454 | Horticulture Crop Production and Management | X | 4A,4C | 2 | |
| HORT 486A | Practicum: Floriculture | X | 2 | ||
| AREC 3XX or AREC 4XX | X | 3 | |||
| Electives | X | 4-6 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 14-16 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||