Horticulture

Agriculture Degree/A.A.

Horticulture is the science of production, processing, and marketing of fruit, vegetable, greenhouse and nursery crops. Students will study physiology, culture, harvest, quality control, sales and utilization of horticulture crops.

Career Opportunities: The program prepares students to become employed as orchard managers, vegetable farmers, greenhouse managers, landscape contractors, golf course managers, park horticulturists, seed and supply representatives, and state and federal nursery inspectors.

Requirements for Graduation

In order to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Agriculture with a major in Horticulture, a student must complete a minimum of 65 credit-hours of required and elective course work.

Note: AGRL 111 replaces WVUe 191 as a first-semester requirement.

Recommended Two-Year Sequence

FIRST YEAR

First Semester   Hrs.
AGRL 111                             Professions in Agriculture 1
ENGL 101 Composition and Rhetoric  3
BIOL 101 General Biology 3
BIOL 103 General Biology Laboratory 1
MATH 126 College Algebra 3
HORT 260        Trees and Shrubs 3
TOTAL   14

 

Second Semester   Hrs.
AGRL 112                             Professions in Agriculture 1
ENGL 102 Composition and Rhetoric 3
A&VS 251 Principles of Animal Science 4
ARE 204 Agribusiness Management 3
HORT 220 General Horticulture  3
GEC Elective    3
TOTAL   17

  SECOND YEAR

First Semester   Hrs.
CHEM 111                            Survey of Chemistry  4
AGEE 110 Microcomputer Applications
in Agricultural Education 		3
PLSC 206 Principles of Plant Science 4
HORT 262 Herbaceous Plant Materials 3
ARE 150 Introductory Agricultural
and Agribusiness 		3
TOTAL   17

 

Second Semester   Hrs.
CHEM 112                            Survey of Chemistry  4
AGRN 202 Priciples of Soil Science 3
AGRN 203 Priciples of Soil Science Lab 1
AG/HORT Elective   3
GEC Electives   6
TOTAL   17

Total Hours: 63