Horticultural Science – Horticulture Science Option 4-Year Plan

First Semester

• CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours

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• WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours

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• AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA)
• HRT 100 - Introduction to Horticulture Professions 1 Credit Hours
• MA 123 - Elementary Calculus and its Applications 4 Credit Hours (fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)
• CHE 105 - General College Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours
• CHE 111 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours

Second Semester

• CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours

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• WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours

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• CHE 107 - General College Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours
• CHE 113 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
• ENT 220 - Plague, Pests, and Pestilence: History and Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours
• HRT 200 - Principles of Horticultural Science 3 Credit Hours

First Semester

• HRT 220 - Introduction to Plant Identification 3 Credit Hours

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• PLS 220 - Introduction to Plant Identification 3 Credit Hours

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• HRT 240 - Introduction to Floral Design 3 Credit Hours
• PLS 366 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 4 Credit Hours
• STA 296 - Statistical Methods and Motivations 3 Credit Hours
• Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

• HRT or PLS Course Credit(s): 3
• HRT or PLS Course Credit(s): 3
• Specialty Support Credit(s): 4
• UK Core - Humanities  Credit(s): 3
• UK Core - Social Sciences  Credit(s): 3

First Semester

• ABT 301 - Writing and Presentations in the Life Sciences 2 Credit Hours

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• CHE 230 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours

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• CHE 236 - Survey of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

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• HRT 310 - Horticultural Crop Physiology 3 Credit Hours
• HRT 320 - Woody Horticultural Plants 3 Credit Hours

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• HRT 330 - Herbaceous Horticultural Plants 3 Credit Hours
• Specialty Support 3 Credit Hours

Second Semester

• Horticultural Production Systems Course Credit(s): 4
• Pest / Environmental Management Course Credit(s): 3-4
• HRT or PLS Course Credit(s): 3
• Specialty Support Credit(s): 3

• HRT 350 - Horticultural Plant Propagation 3 Credit Hours

First Semester

• HRT 395 - Independent Research in Horticultural Science 1 - 3 Credit Hours

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• HRT 399 - Experiential Learning in Horticulture - Internship 1 - 3 Credit Hours

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• Horticultural Production Systems Course Credit(s): 4
• Pest / Environmental Management Course Credit(s): 3-4
• Elective Credit(s): 3
• Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

• HRT 425 - Controlled Environment Systems and Management 3 Credit Hours
• HRT or PLS Course Credit(s): 3
• HRT or PLS Course Credit(s): 3
• Elective Credit(s): 3
• Elective Credit(s): 3