BS ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE  – 2005-07 Catalog
Horticulture and Crop Science Department
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 244
(805) 756-2279/1237 FAX (805) 756-2869/6504

            o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

            o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

            * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

HCS 110 Orientation to Horticulture/Crop Science

2

HCS 120 Principles of Horticulture/Crop Science

4

EHS 123 Landscape Installation and Maintenance

4

HCS 124 Plant Propagation

4

EHS 126 Environmental Horticulture Construction

2

EHS 231, EHS 232 Plant Materials I, II

4,4

HCS 327 Abiotic Plant Problems

3

BRAE 340 Irrigation Water Management (Area F)*

4

PPSC 427 Diseases & Pest Control Systems for Ornamental Plants

4

HCS 461 Senior Project I

2

HCS 462 Senior Project II

2

HCS 463 Senior Seminar

1

Concentration courses

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SUPPORT COURSES   

 

BIO 435 Plant Physiology or HCS 410 Applied Plant Ecophysiology

4

BOT 121 General Botany (B2 & B4)*

4

BOT 323  Plant Pathology or BOT 324 Ornamental and Forest Pathology

4

BUS 201/207 Business Law Survey

3

BUS 212 Financial Acctg for Nonbusiness Majors

4

CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry (B3&B4)*

5

CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry (transfer equivalent CHEM 212)

5

ECON 201 Survey of Economics (D2)*

4

MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra (B1)*
(MATH 116 & MATH 117 will substitute)

4

PPSC 311 Agricultural Entomology

4

PPSC 321 Weed Ecology

4

SPAN 111 Elementary Hispanic Language and Culture (USCP)

4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

SS 221 Fertilizers

4

STAT 218 Applied Statistics/Life Sciences (B1)*

4

 

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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 24 units are in Support.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (no additional units are required)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics * 8 units in Support

0

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Support

0

B3 Physical Science * 4 units in Support

0

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 


Area C  Arts and Humanities (20 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area C elective (Choose one course from C1-C4)

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (16 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy * 4 units in Support

0

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

D5 Upper-division elective

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
* 4 units in Major


0

 

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ELECTIVES

0

 

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CONCENTRATIONS (select one)

Landscape Horticulture Concentration

 

EHS 127 Introduction to Landscape Graphics

4

EHS 301 Principles of Landscape Design

4

EHS 331 Landscape Contracting

4

EHS 343 Turfgrass Management

4

EHS 421 Arboriculture

4

EHS 434 Landscape Management

4

BRAE 337 Landscape Irrigation

3

Advisor approved electives

12

 

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Nursery and Floriculture Production Concentration

 

EHS 128 Principles of Horticultural Design

4

EHS 245 Horticulture Applications

3

EHS 340 Principles of Greenhouse Environment

4

EHS 342 Potted Plant Production

4

EHS 424 Nursery Crop Production

4

EHS 210/EHS 310/HCS 339 Enterprise Project/ Internship

4

Advisor approved electives

16

 

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Turfgrass Management Concentration

 

BRAE 337 Landscape Irrigation

3

BUS 384 Human Resource Management

4

EHS 128 Principles of Horticultural Design

4

EHS 343 Turfgrass Management

4

EHS 433 Advanced Turfgrass Science

4

EHS 434 Landscape Management

4

HCS 339 Internship

3

Advisor approved electives

13

 

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Individualized Course of Study

 

EHS 128 Principles of Horticultural Design

4

35 units, 16 of which must be upper division EHS
Course selection must be made before the student has finished 145 units toward the degree, and must be with the concurrence of the student’s advisor and department head.

35

 

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