Perfect for students in Agriculture and Biological Sciences, this program gives you the edge in the high-tech worlds of horticulture and floriculture production. You will master the environmental and cultural factors that drive crop productivity, learning exactly how to command climate and culture to maximize yields. Whether you want to lead in production, marketing or facility management, you will gain the expertise to predict crop responses and make high-stakes decisions in any controlled environment. A Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) minor consists of 13 hours selected as follows (at least 6 credits must be taken at the 3000 level or higher).
- BIOLOGY 1101, 1101E, 1113, 1113E, or 1113H (4 credit hours)
9 credit hours
- HCS 2202: Form and Function of Cultivated Plants (4 credit hours)
- HCS 3310: Crop Responses to the Environment (3 credit hours)
- Any 1 of these 2 courses
- HCS 3521: Greenhouse Systems and Management (2 credit hours)
- HCS 4300: Hydroponic Crop Production (2 credit hours)
4 credit hours
- HCS 3320: Plant Propagation (3 credit hours)
- HCS 3488.01: Professional Development in Horticulture and Crop Science (1 credit hour)
- HCS 3521: Greenhouse Systems and Management (if not selected above) (2 credit hours)
- HCS 4193: Individual Studies or 4998: Undergraduate Research (1-2 credit hours)
- HCS 4300: Hydroponic Crop Production (if not selected above) (2 credit hours)
- HCS 4301: Hydroponic Crop Production Lab 1(1 credit hour)
- HCS 4520: Medicinal Plants (2 credit hours)
- HCS 5325: Plant Genetics (3 credit hours)
Restrictions and general info
- This minor is not available to students majoring in Horticulture and Crop Science.
- A minor should be declared by the time a student accumulates 60 hours.
- A minimum 2.00 cumulative point-hour ratio is required in the minor course work; and a minimum grade of a C- is required for each course used to complete the minor.
- A student is permitted to overlap up to 6 credit hours between the GE and the minor.
- The minor must contain a minimum of 12 credit hours distinct from the major and/or additional minors (i.e., if a minor requires more than 12 credit hours, a student is permitted to overlap those hours beyond 12 with the major or with another minor).
- The minor must include at least 6 hours of upper-level or upper-division course work (3000 or above).
- Course work graded Pass/Non-Pass cannot count in the minor, and no more than 3 credit hours of coursework graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory may count toward the minor.
- No more than 3 credit hours of xx93 may count toward the minor.
- A student is permitted to count up to 6 total hours of transfer credit and/or credit by examination.
Program requirements can grow and change - always be sure to check with the minor advisor to ensure you are on the right track.