Auburn Bulletin 2024-2025

Horticulture — Landscape Horticulture Track (HRTB)

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
HORT 1010 Introduction to Horticulture1BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology3
Core Mathematics1,23BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory1
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I3
Core History I33CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory1
BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory1Core History ll or Core Social Science33
 14 14
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
Core Literature I33HORT 2240 Plant Propagation3
HORT 3200 Woody Landscape Plant Identification I (Woody Landscape Plant Identification I)4HORT 3210 Woody Landscape Plant Identification II (Woody Landscape Plant Identification II)4
ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics or 2030 Principles of Macroeconomics3Core Literature II or Core Humanities33
CSES 2040 Basic Soil Science4COMM 1000 Public Speaking3
Core Social Science3 
 17 13
Junior
FallHoursSpringHours
HORT 4270 Intermediate Landscape Design4HORT 4100 Herbaceous Ornamentals4
HORT 3280 Landscape Construction4Group 12,43
ENTM 4020 Economic Entomology or 3040 General Entomology4HORT 3950 Careers in Horticulture2
CSES 3150 Turfgrass Management4PLPA 3000 General Plant Pathology4
 Core Fine Arts3
 16 16
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
HORT 3000 Growth and Development of Horticultural Plants3HORT 5210 Landscape Bidding, Installation and Maintenance4
Group 12,43HORT 5910 Horticulture Practicum4
Group 1 or 22,43Group 1 or 22,43
Electives6Electives4
 UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed0
 15 15
Total Hours: 120

Note: 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

Group 1: HORT 3110 People and Plants: A History of Gardens in the Cultural Context (3); HORT 3220 Arboriculture (4); HORT 3920 Horticulture Internship (1-4); HORT 4000 Pesticide Management in Horticulture (3); HORT 4300 Computer Aided Planting Design (3); HORT 5150 Retail Garden Center Management (3); HORT 5220 Greenhouse Management Science (4); HORT 5230 Nursery Management (4); HORT 5240 Public Gardens Management (3); HORT 5280 Advanced Landscape Design (3); BATM 3560 Turf Systems Irrigation Design (3); CSES 5160 Advanced Turfgrass Management (3).

Group 2: STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences (3); ACCT 2810 Fundamentals of Accounting (3);  HORT 4930 Directed Study (3); HORT 5120 Small Fruit and Pecan Culture (4); HORT 5110 Tree Fruit Culture (3); HORT 5130 Sustainable Vegetable Crop Production (3); CSES 3120 Principles of Weed Science (4); CTCT 2100 Power Equipment Technology (3); PLPA 5060 Plant Disease Management (4); FLSP 1010 Elementary Spanish I (4).