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The Horticultural Research option is designed for students interested in graduate school and/or a career in academic or industrial research. It provides an excellent foundation in the natural sciences and horticulture, and accommodates the specific interests of each student. Graduates of this program will be critical thinkers, and experienced technical communicators. They will be skilled in finding and using information, as well as synthesizing information from many sources to analyze novel situations and solve problems.

The relationship between the student and the research mentor is a key feature of this program. The mentor will assist the student in choosing upper—division classes that match the student’s interests. Each student also completes a research project under the guidance of his/her mentor, and writes an undergraduate thesis. Students can do their research project with Horticulture researchers on the OSU campus. In addition, our undergraduates have been welcomed at local research institutions including the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service laboratories, the National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, the Corvallis Plant Materials Center of the National Resources Conservation Service, and the North Willamette Research and Extension Center.

Horticulture Core

General Science (31)

BI 211, BI 212, BI 213. *Principles of Biology (4,4,4)
CH 221, CH 222, CH 223. *General Chemistry (5,5,5)
MTH 251. *Differential Calculus (4)

Horticulture (7)

HORT 111. Introduction to Horticultural Crop Production (2)
HORT 301. Principles of Horticultural Technology (4)
HORT 412. Career Exploration: Internships and Research Projects (1)

Plant Materials (2-4)

Select one of the following courses:
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 233. Vegetable Crops (4)
HORT 251. Temperate Tree Fruit, Berries, Grapes, and Nuts (2)
HORT 255. Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Materials (3)

 

Option Requirements

Foundation Sciences (18)

MTH 252. Integral Calculus (4)
PH 201, PH 202. *General Physics (5,5)
ST 351. Introduction to Statistical Methods (4)
 

Foundation Courses (26)

BB 350. Elementary Biochemistry (4)
BOT 331. Plant Physiology (4)
BOT 341. Problem Solving: Soil Science Applications (1)
   or BI 371. Ecology (3)
   or HORT 318. Applied Ecology of
   Managed Ecosystems (3)
CH 331, CH 332. Organic Chemistry (4,4)
MB 230. *Introductory Microbiology (4)

Research

HORT 403. Thesis (4)
HORT/BRR 406.
Projects: Data Presentations (1)
HORT 407. Seminar (1)
PHL 547. *Research Ethics (3)

Footnotes:
*Baccalaureate core course
^Writing intensive course

Horticulture/Agriculture (39)

CSS 305. Principles of Soil Science (4)
CSS 306. Problem Solving: Soil Science Applications (1)
HORT 311. ^Plant Propagation (4)
HORT 316. M/Plant Nutrition (Modules a and b) (2,1)
HORT 430. Plant Genetics (3)


Communication

COMM 111. *Public Speaking (3)
WR 121. *English Composition (3)
WR 327. *Technical Writing (3)

Horticulture and Life Sciences

24 credits of upper-division courses in Horticulture and other agricultural and life sciences. The courses are chosen around the student’s research interests and with approval of research mentor.

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