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With a degree in Horticultural and Turfgrass Sciences, you can turn a love of plants and fresh air into a lucrative career.  Manage golf courses and athletic fields. Own your own nursery.  Provide environmental consulting. Develop shade-tolerant strains of grass. Design environmental plantings for urban areas. Manage a commercial orchard, greenhouse, or botanical garden.  Design, install and maintain Interiorscapes.  The opportunities are endless.

First Year
Fall CH Spring CH
PSS 1100 -  Fresh/Trans. Seminar 1 ENGL 1302 – Adv. College Rhetoric 3
PSS 1411 – Prin. Horticulture 4 BIOL 1401 – Biol. of Plants 4
ENGL 1301 – Ess. College Rhetoric 3 CHEM 1308 – Prin. of Chem. II          3
POLS 1301 – Am.Govt. Org. 3 CHEM 1108 – Prin. Of Chem.II (Lab.)          1
CHEM 1307 – Prin. of Chem. I  3 AAEC 2305 – Fund. of AAEC           3
CHEM 1107 – Prin. of Chem. I ( Lab.) 1 or ECO 2301 – Prin. of  Microecon. -
TOTAL 15 TOTAL 14
Second Year
Fall CH Spring CH
HIST 2300 – Hist. of U. S. to 1877 3 POLS 2302 – Am. Public Policy 3
ENGL 2311 – Technical Writing 3 HIST 2301 – Hist. of U.S. Since 1877           3
PSS 2401 – Prin. Entomology 4 PSS 2312 – Propagation Methods 3
PSS 2313 – Herb. Plants     3 MATH 1330 3
MATH 1320 – College Algebra           3 Vis. & Perf. Arts/Multi. or Humanities*           3
TOTAL 16 TOTAL 15
Third Year
Fall CH Spring CH
PSS 3318 – Woody Plants 3 PSS 3421 – Genetics           4
Directed Electives**    3 COMS 2300 – Public Speaking            3
Humanities/Multi. or Vis & Perf. Arts* 3 PSS 2432 – Prin. & Practices Soils 4
Specialized Electives*** 4 Specialized Electives*** 6-7
PSS 3323 – Crop Physiology 3    
TOTAL 16 TOTAL 16-17
Fourth Year
Fall CH Spring CH
PSS 4100 – Seminar 1 Directed Electives** 3
PSS 4425 – Ag. Plant Path. 4 Specialized Electives*** 9
Free Electives 3 Free Electives 2-3
Specialized Electives*** 6    
TOTAL 14 TOTAL 14-15

Minimum hours required for graduation – 120 (Students must fulfill the university multicultural requirement).

*      Choose from Core Curriculum requirements.
**    Directed Electives - Students will select 6 hours from PSS or AAEC, AGSM, B A, CHEM, BIOL, BOT, MBIO, NRM.
*** Students will select specialized electives from one of the options listed below according to their area of interest:

Biotechnology: 10 hours from PSS 3324, 4321and 4415; plus 16-17 hours from 2311, 3309,  4305,  4316, 4411, 4421 or CHEM 2303, 2103.
Crop Protection: 10 hours from PSS 3309, 4305, 4421 plus 15-16 hours from 3317, 3324, 4301, 4313, 4325, 4335, or 4411.
Environmental: 10 hours from PSS 4337, 4411, NRM 2302; plus 15-16 hours from 3309, 3324,  4305, 4313, 4314, 4335, 4421, or NRM 4307.
Science: 10 hours from PSS 4321, 4411 and 4325; plus 15 hours from 3309, 3317, 4301, 4313, 4314, 4318, or 4335.
PHP has encountered an Access Violation at 01D773CDTurf: 9 hours from PSS 3309, 4314, and 4316; plus 15-16 hours from 4301, 4305, 4313, 4317, 4318, 4325, 4335 or 4421.
Viticulture and Enology: 15 hours from PSS 2314/2114, 1311/4111, 3310, 4310, 4416; plus 9-10 hours from 4301, 4305, 4325, 4330, 4335, 4336, 4421 or CHEM 2103, 2303.

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