Apr 18, 2024

2016-2017 University Catalog

2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Horticulture: Landscape Design, BS

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About the Program

Graduates in Landscape Design will be ready to create planting plans and construction site plans for landscape and garden development. They will be able to work with clients to determine requirements and oversee installation of new landscapes, especially at the small commercial/institutional and residential scales.

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Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information

The full Program Requirements for 2016-17 Horticulture: Landscape Design include all Supplemental Information and selective lists of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. These are intended to be printer-friendly, but include less descriptive course detail.

Please see below for program requirements and the necessary degree fulfillments.

120 credits required for graduation

Departmental/Program Major Courses (115 credits)

Required Major Courses (46 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (68 credits)

AGEC 33000 - Management Methods For Agricultural Business
AGEC 33100 - Principles Of Selling In Agricultural Business
AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
AGR 12000 - Introduction To Horticulture And Landscape Architecture Academic Programs
AGRY 25500 - Soil Science ♦
AGRY 32000 - Genetics
BTNY 11000 - Introduction To Plant Science
BTNY 30100 - Introductory Plant Pathology
CHM 11100 - General Chemistry (satisfied Science #1 for core)
CHM 11200 - General Chemistry (satisfied Science #2 for core)
CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry ♦
ENTM 44600 - Integrated Plant Health Management For Ornamental Plants
MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
Statistics Selective (satisfies Information Literacy for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Supervision/Personnel Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
UCC Science, Technology, & Society Selective (satisfies Science, Technology & Society Seclective for core) - Credit Hour: 1.00
Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
UCC Humanities Selective (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)- Credit Hours: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core) or
COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
Written or Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (6 credits)

University Core Requirements

Human Cultures Humanities
Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
Information Literacy
Science #1
Science #2
Science, Technology & Society
Written Communication
Oral Communication
Quantitative Reasoning

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree

2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree

College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree
32 Upper division credits taken from Purdue
9 credits International Understanding
3 credits Multicultural Awareness
9 credits of Hum and/or Social Sciences outside the College of Agriculture

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year

14 Credits

Spring 1st Year

CHM 11200 - General Chemistry
ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition
HORT 11000 - Survey Of Horticulture
HORT 20100 - Plant Propagation ♦
UCC Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 2.00

16 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry ♦
HORT 21700 - Woody Landscape Plants
LA 10100 - Survey Of Landscape Architecture
Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 1.00

15 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

AGEC 33000 - Management Methods For Agricultural Business
AGRY 25500 - Soil Science ♦
MA 15800 - Precalculus- Functions And Trigonometry
Humanities or Social Sciences Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Written or Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

HORT 21800 - Herbaceous Landscape Plants
HORT 30100 - Plant Physiology
HORT 31500 - Landscape Design
HORT 31700 - Landscape Contracting And Management
UCC Science, Technology & Society Selective - Credit Hours: 1.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 1.00

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

AGRY 32000 - Genetics
BTNY 30100 - Introductory Plant Pathology
HORT 31600 - Landscape Construction
LA 22700 - Planting Design I
Statistics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year

ENTM 44600 - Integrated Plant Health Management For Ornamental Plants
HORT 42000 - Ornamental Plant Production
HORT 43500 - Principles Of Marketing And Management For Horticultural Businesses
LA 32500 - Planting Design II
Humanities or Social Sciences Selective (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

16 Credits

Spring 4th Year

AGEC 33100 - Principles Of Selling In Agricultural Business
HORT 42500 - Landscape Horticulture Capstone Project
Humanities or Social Sciences Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Supervision/Personnel Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 2.00

14 Credits

Note

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Consultation with an advisor may result in an altered plan customized for an individual student.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

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Horticulture: Landscape Design, BS

About the Program

Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information

Departmental/Program Major Courses (115 credits)

Required Major Courses (46 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (68 credits)

Electives (6 credits)

University Core Requirements

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree

2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree

College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year

14 Credits

Spring 1st Year

16 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

15 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year

16 Credits

Spring 4th Year

14 Credits

Note

Foreign Language Courses

Critical Course