Auburn Bulletin 2024-2025

Horticulture — Fruit and Vegetable Production Track (HRTB)

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
HORT 1010 Introduction to Horticulture1BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology3
BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology3BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory1
BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory1ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
Core Mathematics1,23Core History ll or Core Social Science33
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3COMM 1000 Public Speaking3
Core History l33Core Fine Arts3
 14 16
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
HORT 2010 Fruit and Nut Production4HORT 2030 Vegetable Production3
Core Social Science3HORT 2240 Plant Propagation3
Core Literature I33CSES 2040 Basic Soil Science4
CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I3ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics or 2030 Principles of Macroeconomics3
CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory1Elective3
 14 16
Junior
FallHoursSpringHoursSummerHours
HORT 3000 Growth and Development of Horticultural Plants3HORT 5120 Small Fruit and Pecan Culture44HORT 5110 Tree Fruit Culture53
Group 1 or 22,63Group 1 or 22,63 
HORT 2060 Hydroponics: Principles and Techniques of Soilless Plant Production3HORT 3950 Careers in Horticulture2 
ENTM 4020 Economic Entomology or 3040 General Entomology4PLPA 3000 General Plant Pathology4 
 Core Literature II or Core Humanities33 
 13 16 3
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
Group 1 or 22,63HORT 5130 Sustainable Vegetable Crop Production3
Group 1 or 264HORT 5140 Post-Harvest Biology and Technology3
HORT 4000 Pesticide Management in Horticulture3HORT 5910 Horticulture Practicum4
Elective3Electives5
 UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed0
 13 15
Total Hours: 120

A minimum of 120 hours is required.

1

Any core MATH course, except MATH 1100 may be chosen. 

2

Course may be 3 or 4 hours. 

3

All students must complete at least one literature course and a history sequence OR a literature sequence and at least one history course for a total of 12 hours in Humanities and 12 hours in Social Sciences. 

4

Even years only.

5

Odd years only.

6

Group 1 (Business Emphasis): FLSP 1010 Elementary Spanish I (4); HORT 2210 Landscape Gardening (4); ACCT 2810 Fundamentals of Accounting (3) or ACCT 2110 Principles of Financial Accounting (3); AGEC 3010 Agribusiness Marketing (3); CSES 3150 Turfgrass Management (4); MKTG 3310 Principles of Marketing (3); FINC 3610 Principles of Business Finance (3); HORT 3920 Horticulture Internship (1-4); AGEC 4000 Principles of Agribusiness Management (3); AGEC 4070 Agricultural Law (3); HORT 4250 Intermediate Fruit and Vegetable Production (3); RSOC 5410 Extension Programs and Methods (3); HORT 5150 Retail Garden Center Management (3); HORT 5230 Nursery Management (4); HORT 5240 Public Gardens Management (3).

Group 2 (Science Emphasis): PHYS 1500 General Physics (4); PHYS 1510 General Physics II (4); MATH 1610 Calculus I (4); MATH 1620 Calculus II (4); CHEM 2070 & CHEM 2071 Organic Chemistry I & Lab (4); CHEM 2080 & CHEM 2081 Organic Chemistry II & Lab (4); STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences (3); STAT 2710 Statistical Computing (1); AGRI 3000 Agricultural Genetics (4); BIOL 3000 Genetics (3); CHEM 3050 & CHEM 3051 Analytical Chemistry & Lab (4); CSES 3120 Principles of Weed Science (4); HORT 4930 Directed Study (3); HORT 4970 Special Topics (3); AGRI 5010 Analysis of Plant, Soil, and Animal Data (3); POUL 5160 Principles of Food Safety (3); BCHE 5180 & BCHE 5181 Biochemistry I & Lab (4); BCHE 5190 & BCHE 5191 Biochemistry II & Lab (4).