Whether you are passionate about sustainable gardening or eyeing a career in the massive fruit, vegetable and ornamental industries, this minor gives you the professional edge. You will dive deep into the genetic and environmental factors that make plants thrive, gaining the hands-on techniques needed to manage production and marketing like a pro. From greenhouse management to field harvests, you will learn to predict exactly how plants react to different conditions so you can grow with confidence. A Horticulture minor consists of 13 hours selected as follows (at least 6 credits must be taken at the 3000 level or higher).
7 credit hours
- Any 1 of these courses
- HCS 2204 & 2205 (or 2201): Ecology of Managed Plant Systems & Laboratory (4 credit hours)
- HCS 2202: Form and Function of Cultivated Plants (4 credit hours)
- HCS 3200: Introduction to Horticulture (3 credit hours)
6 credit hours
- HCS 2300: Introduction to Hydroponics (1 credit hour)
- HCS 2305: Organic Gardening (1 credit hour)
- HCS 2306: Sustainable Vegetable Practicum (3 credit hours)
- HCS 2401: Sustainable Landscape Design I (3 credit hours)
- HCS 3220: Crop Origins and Diversity (2 credit hours)
- HCS 3320: Plant Propagation (3 credit hours)
- HCS 3380: Latino Workforce in Land Based Industries (2 credit hours)
- HCS 3410: Sustainable Landscape Maintenance Practices (2 credit hours)
- HCS 3488.01: Professional Development in Horticulture and Crop Science (1 credit hour)
- HCS 3521: Greenhouse Systems and Management (2 credit hours)
- HCS 4193 or 4998: Individual Studies or Undergraduate Research (1-2 credit hours)
- HCS 5422*: Biology and Management of Weeds and Invasive Plants (3 credit hours)
- HCS 5450**: Vegetable Crop Production and Physiology (3 credit hours)
- HCS 5460***: Fruit Crop Physiology and Production (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 course workgraded 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.
Please note
- * Requires HCS 3200 and BIO 1101, 1101E, 1113, 1113E, 1113H as prerequisites.
- ** Requires HSC 2201 or 2202 and CHEM 1110 or 1210, and BIO 1101, 1101E, 1113, 1113E, 1113H, or MOLGEN 1101 as prerequisites.
- *** Requires HCS 2201 or 2202 and BIO 1101, 1101E, 1113, 1133E, or 1113H as prerequisites.
Program requirements can grow and change - always be sure to check with the minor advisor to ensure you are on the right track.