University Catalog 2024-2025

Horticultural Science (Minor)

Plan Requirements

Master's Requirements

Required Courses
500+ Level Horticultural Science Courses9
Total Hours9

PhD Requirements 

Required Courses
500+ Level Horticultural Science Courses12
Total Hours12

Horticultural Science Courses

See the above requirements to meet the minor requirements
HS 502Plant Disease: Methods & Diagnosis2
HS 516Planting Design4
HS 520Green Infrastructure3
HS 521Temperate-Zone Tree Fruits: Physiology and Culture3
HS 532Introduction to Permaculture3
HS 533Public Garden Administration3
HS 541Plant Breeding Methods3
HS 550Environmental Nursery Production3
HS 551Plant Nutrition3
HS 562Postharvest Physiology3
HS 576Crop Physiology and Production in Controlled Environments 3
HS 590Special Problems in Horticultural Science1-6
HS 601Professional Presentation Skills in Horticultural Science2
HS 610Special Topics in Horticultural Science1-6
HS 615Advanced Special Topics1-6
HS 685Master's Supervised Teaching1-3
HS 688Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time Registration1
HS 689Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time Registration3
HS 690Master's Examination1-9
HS 693Master's Supervised Research1-9
HS 695Master's Thesis Research1-9
HS 696Summer Thesis Research1
HS 699Master's Thesis Preparation1-9
HS 703Breeding Asexually Propagated Crops1
HS 704Plant Nomenclature1
HS 705Physiology Of Flowering1
HS 707Environmental Stress Physiology1
HS 716Weed Biology3
HS 717Weed Management Systems1
HS 720Molecular Biology In Plant Breeding3
HS 725Pesticide Chemistry1
HS 727Pesticide Behavior and Fate In the Environment2
HS 729Herbicide Behavior In Plants2
HS 745Quantitative Genetics In Plant Breeding1
HS 746Cytogenetics in Plant Breeding2
HS 757Quantitative Genetics Theory and Methods3
HS 790Special Problems in Horticultural Science1-6
HS 815Advanced Special Topics1-6
HS 860Plant Breeding Laboratory1
HS 861Plant Breeding Laboratory1
HS 885Doctoral Supervised Teaching1-3
HS 890Doctoral Preliminary Examination1-9
HS 895Doctoral Dissertation Research1-9
HS 896Summer Dissertation Research1
HS 899Doctoral Dissertation Preparation1-9

Faculty

  • Lucy K. Bradley
  • Wayne G. Buhler
  • Nancy G. Creamer
  • Angel Elisa Cruz
  • Kedong Da
  • John Martin Dole
  • Gina E. Fernandez
  • Carlos Ariel Iglesias Frascheri
  • William Carl Fonteno III
  • Christopher Gunter
  • Brian Eugene Jackson
  • Julia L. Kornegay
  • Frank John Louws
  • David W. Monks
  • Joseph C. Neal
  • Penelope M Perkins-Veazie
  • Emmanuel Torres Quezada
  • Thomas G. Ranney
  • Michelle Schroeder-Moreno
  • Jonathan R. Schultheis
  • Julieta Trevino Sherk
  • Acer VanWallendael
  • Todd Craig Wehner
  • Brian E Whipker
  • George C. Yencho
  • Jeanine M. Davis
  • Barbara Fair
  • Ricardo Hernandez
  • Massimo Iorizzo
  • Katherine Mary Jennings
  • Helen Tyler Kraus
  • Anthony V. Lebude
  • Dilip Raj Panthee
  • Michael L. Parker
  • Anne McCombe Spafford
  • Hsuan Chen
  • Hamid Ashrafi
  • Mark Hoffmann
  • Timothy Joseph Kelliher
  • Melinda Jean Knuth
  • Thomas Matthew Kon
  • Wusheng Liu
  • Danesha Gita Seth Carley
  • Rebecca Diane Dunning
  • Remington Ariel Ham
  • Marcelo Mollinar
  • Reza Shekasteband
  • Charlotte D. Glen
  • Jing Zhang