| Tropical Horticulture Specialization |
The Tropical Horticulture curriculum is designed to provide
students a well rounded background in horticultural science
with special emphasis on the production of tropical and
subtropical crops. The program offers a wide selection of
courses, each providing the student with both the theoretical
and the hands-on approach to learning the subject matter.
The program also offers the student elective courses which
utilizes state-of-art technology in areas such as aseptic
micro-propagation (plant tissue culture), scanning electron
microscopy and hormonal manipulation of plant growth.
In addition to these speciality areas, the Tropical Horticulture
curriculum is based on a solid core of traditional horticultural
courses where students learn basic horticultural techniques
such as grafting, pruning, pest management, and cultivating crops
that are of economic interest in the tropics. Graduates
from this program are highly skilled in managing, producing
and marketing of horticultural crops of plants. Graduates
take positions in production, management and
marketing of horticultural crops.
A. AgriScience Core (61/62 semester hours):
1. Tropical Horticulture Foundation (9 semester hours):
Hort 262, Hort 264, Hort 481
2. Required courses in Hort & AnSc Prod. (12/13 semester hours):
Hort 263/266/350/351/352/354/403/460 and Ag 304
AnSc 342/351/353/354/355
3. AgriScience Foundation (22 semester hours):
Ag 299, Ag 497, AgEng 231, AnSc 141/Aqua 262, Ento 304,
PlPath 301, PlPhys 310, Soils 304
4. Elective Agriculture courses (18/19 semester hours).
B. General Education Core (61/62 semester hours)
1. Natural Science (24/25 semester hours)
Biol 150, Biol 153, Chem 124, Chem 125, AgBus 110,
Math 104 or above.
Description of courses: Agriculture
Other Specializations: Agribuiness | Aquaculture | Crop Protection|
Agro-Ecology | General Agriculture | Tropical Horticulture
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