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Ecological and Sustainable Horticultural Production Option
Option Checklist Students in the Ecological and Sustainable Horticultural Production option gain the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and manage horticultural production systems for nursery, greenhouse, fruit, and vegetable crops. They come to see horticulture as an activity that is connected to our larger society and which includes issues of ecology, economics, and politics. The Ecological and Sustainable Horticultural Production option involves a set of required courses, but more importantly, it stresses active learning, case studies about real-world situations, and integrating ideas and facts from many different subjects. Ecological and Sustainable Horticultural Production graduates will be active learners, and possess skills prized by employers. They will have a broad and thorough knowledge of horticulture and related topics. They will be able to think critically. They will be skilled in finding and using information, as well as synthesizing information from many sources to analyze novel situations and solve problems in the field. Horticulture Core General Science BI 211, BI 212, BI 213. *Principles of Biology (4,4,4)
CH 121. General Chemistry (5)
CH 122. *General Chemistry (5)
CH 123. *General Chemistry (5)
or
CH 130. General Chemistry of Living Systems (4)
MTH 112. *Elementary Functions (4) Plant Materials (5-7 credits)
Select two of the following courses:
BOT 425. Flora of the Pacific Northwest (3)
FOR 141. Tree and Shrub Identification (3)
HORT 226. Landscape Plant Materials (3)
HORT 227. Landscape Plant Materials (3)
HORT 228. Landscape Plant Materials (3)
HORT 433. Vegetable Crops (4) alt. year
HORT 251. Temperate Tree Fruit, Berries, Grapes, and Nuts (2)
HORT 255. Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Materials (3) | Agricultural Sciences BOT 350. Introductory Plant Pathology (4)
CSS 305. Principles of Soil Science (4)
CSS 306. Problem Solving: Soil Science Applications (1)
CSS 440. Weed Management (4)
ENT 311. Intro to Pest Management (5)
Horticulture
HORT 112. Intro Hort Systs. Pract. & Careers (2)
HORT 301. Principles of Horticultural Technology (4)
HORT 407. Seminar (1)
HORT 410. Internship (1–12)
or HORT 403. Thesis (1–16)
HORT 412. Career Exploration (1)
HORT 495. Horticultural Management Plans (3)
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Option Requirements Horticultural Science and Technology BEE 439. Irrigation Principles/ Practices (4)
BOT 331. Plant Physiology (4)
CSS 415. Soil Fertility Management (4)
HORT 302. Principles of Horticultural Tech
(4)
HORT 311. ^Plant Propagation (4)
HORT 316. Plant Nutrition (4)
HORT 318. Ecology of Managed Ecosystems
(3)
HORT 414. Information Systems in
Agriculture(4)
HORT 430. Plant Genetics (3) Horticultural Production and Technology Select 10 credits of the following courses:
HORT 260. Organic Gardening/Farming (3)
HORT 303. Horticultural Projects (2)
HORT 351. Greenhouse Environments (2)
HORT 361. Greenhouse/Nursery Production and Management I (3)
HORT 363. Seed Biology (3)
HORT 441. Plant Tissue Culture (4)
HORT 450. Plant Breeding (4)
HORT 451. Tree Fruit Physio/ Culture (4)
HORT 452. Berry/Grape Physio/ Culture (4)
HORT 453. Grape Growth & Physiology (3)
HORT 454. Principles & Practices of Vineyard Production (2) Horticultural Synthesis HORT 300. Intro to Crop Production (4)
HORT 411. Horticulture Book Club (1)
Select two of the following courses:
HORT 451. Tree Fruit Physiology and Culture (4)
HORT 480. Case Studies in Cropping Systems Management (4)
HORT 481. Case Studies in Horticultural Systems Management (4)
Footnotes:
*Baccalaureate core course
^Writing intensive course | Business Management Select one of the following courses:
AREC 211. Management in Agriculture (4)
BA 215. Money and Investment
Management (4)
BA 260. Introduction to Entrepreneurship
(4)
Government and Policy Select one of the following courses:
PS 201. Intro to U.S. Government and
Politics (4)
PS 331. State and Local Government and
Politics (4)
PS 474. Natural Resource Policy and
Bureaucratic Politics (4)
PS 475. Environmental Politics and Policy
(4)
Ecology & Sustainability
(Meets Univ. Core Synthesis Requirement) Contemporary Global Issues
(Select 1 of the following courses:)
AREC 351. Natural Resource Economics &
Policy (3)
AREC 461. Agricultural & Food Policy Issues
(4)
BI 301. Human Impacts on Ecosystems (3)
BI 306. Environmental Ecology (3)
BI 349. Biodiversity: Causes,
Consequences & Conservation (3)
CSS 330. World Food Crops (3)
FOR 365. Issues in Natural Resources
Conservation (3)
FW 325. Global Crisis in Resource
Ecology(3)
GEO 300. Environmental Conservation &
Sustainability (3)
GEO 311. 20th Century U.S. Environmental
Policy (3)
GEO 330. Geography of International
Development & Globilization (3)
Science, Technology and Society
(Select 1 of the following courses:)
AREC 352. Environmental Economics and
Policy (3)
BI 430. Biotechnologies: Agriculture, Food &
Resource Issues (3)
CSS 335. Introduction to Water Science and
Policy (3)
CSS 395. World Soil Resources (3)
ENSC 479. Environmental Case Studies (3)
FOR 485. Consensus & Natural Resources
(3)
GEO 300. Environmental Conservation &
Sustainability (3)
HSTS 421. Technology & Change (3)
HSTS 470. Ecology & History: Landscapes of
the Columbia Basin (3)
NFM 312. Issues in Nutrition & Health (3)
PH 313. Energy Alternatives (3)
PHL 340. Science, Policy & Society (4)
PS 476. Science & Politics (4)
RNG 477. Agroforestry (3)
Z 348. Human Ecology (3) |
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