- Curriculum and Program of Study -

Horticulture Core Courses: (A minimum of 15 credits must be taken from the horticulture core courses listed below. Substitutions to this list must be approved by the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) upon recommendation of the student's advisor.)

Hort 4021 - Landscape Design, Implementation, and Management I (4 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Hort 1001, 1015)

Hort 4022 - Applications in Computer-Aided Design for Landscapes (3 credits; Spring Semester; prereq. Hort 5021)

Hort 4023 - Landscape Design, Implementation, and Management II (3 credits; Spring Semester; prereq. Hort 4021)

 Hort 4041W - Nursery Management (4 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Hort 1001, 1015)

Hort 4061 - Turf and Landscape Management (4 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Hort 1001, Soil 2125)

Hort 4062 - Turfgrass Weed and Disease Science (3 credits; Fall Semester/odd numbers years; prereq Hort 4061, PlPa 2001)

Hort 4071 - Applications of Biotechnology to Plant Improvement (4 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Chem 1011 or 1021, Biol 1009 or equiv. grad student or instructor consent)

Hort 4072 - Growing Plants Organically: What it Means to Be Green (3 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Hort 1001 or Biol 2022, Jr. or Sr or instructor consent)

Hort 4401 - Plant Genetics and Breeding (4 credits; Spring Semester; prereq. Biol 1009 or equiv. or grad., instructor consent)

Hort 5007 - Advanced Plant Propagation (3 credits; Spring Semester; Prereq Hort 1001 or instructor consent)

Hort 5009 - Pesticides in Horticulture: Their Use and Abuse (3 credits; Spring Semester; prereq. Ent 4251 or 4015, PlPa 2001or instructor consent)

Hort 5018 - Landscape Operations (3 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Hort 1001 or instructor consent)

Hort 5023 - Public Garden Management (2 credits; Spring Semester; prereq. instructor consent)

Hort 5031 - Sustainable Fruit Production (2 credits; Fall Semester/Odd Numbered Years; prereq. Hort 1001, Hort 1001,  3005 or instructor consent)

Hort 5032 - Sustainable Commercial Vegetable Production Systems (3 credits; Spring Semester/Even Numbered Years; prereq. Biol 3002/Hort 3005, Soil 2125, PlPa 2001, or instructor consent)

Hort 5051 - Floriculture Crop Production (4 credits; Spring Semester; prereq. Hort 1001, 1015, 3002, or instructor consent)

Hort 5052 - Specialty Greenhouse Crop Production (3 credits; Fall Semester/Even numbers years; prereq. Hort 1001, 1015, 3002)

Hort 5071 - Restoration and Reclamation Ecology (3 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Biol 2022 or Biol 3002, Biol 1001 or Biol 3407 or equiv. or instructor consent)

Hort 5090 - Directed Studies (1-6 credits; Fall and Spring Semester & Summer Term; prereq. 8 credits of upper division Hort courses; a maximum of 3 credits may be applied toward the horticulture core course requirements for the M.Ag. degree)

Hort 6003 - Master of Agriculture in Horticulture Professional Experience Program: Internship (1-3 credits; prereq. Master of Agriculture in Horticulture student, Fall and Spring Semester & Summer Term; prereq. instructor consent)

Hort 8005 - Supervised Classroom or Extension Teaching Experience in Horticulture (2 credits; Fall and Spring Semester & Summer Term; prereq. instructor consent)

Hort 8007 - Extension Horticulture Practicum (1-5 credits; Fall and Spring Semester & Summer Term; prereq. 9 grad credits in agricultural or biological sciences)

Hort 8023 - Evolution of Crop Plants (2 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. 9 grad credits in agricultural or biological sciences)

Hort 8040 - Horticultural Seminar (1 credit; Fall and Spring Semester; prereq. Grad. majoring in agronomy, applied plant science, horticulture, plant breeding, plant pathology, or soils or instructor consent)

Hort 8044 - Manipulation of Plant Growth and Reproduction (2 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. PBio 5412)

Hort 8045 - Plant Responses to Environmental Stress (3 credits; Spring Semester; prereq. BioC 3021 or 4331, PBio 5412)

Hort 8201 - Plant Breeding Principles I (3 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Stat 5301 or equiv.)

Hort 8305 - Physiological Ecology of Plants in Natural & Managed Ecosystems (4 credits; Fall Semester; prereq. Biol 1009, Biol 1201/1202, BioC 3000)

Hort 8900 - Advanced Discussions (1-3 credits; Fall and Spring Semester; prereq. instructor consent)

Related Fields Courses: (A minimum of 12 credits must be taken in related fields.) These courses are selected by the student, in consultation with the advisor, to reflect the interests and career objectives of the student in areas related to, but not including, horticultural science. Such courses might include other agricultural and biological sciences, natural resources, forestry, landscape architecture, geology, agricultural engineering, communications, marketing, and business management.

Integrating Project: [1 credit of Hort 6001 (Master of Agriculture Project Planning) and 2 credits of Hort 6002 (Master of Agriculture Project Implementation)]. The integrating project will be drafted and completed during the student's participation in this 3-credit, course sequence.

Hort 6001 - Master of Agriculture Project Planning (1 credit; Fall and Spring Semester & Summer Term; prereq. Master of Agriculture in Horticulture student, instructor consent)  Arranged

Hort 6002 - Master of Agriculture Project Implementation (2 credits; Fall and Spring Semester & Summer Term; prereq. Master of Agriculture in Horticulture student, instructor consent)