Landscape and Nursery Management

Job opportunities are plentiful for individuals with targeted educational backgrounds and experience in Nursery and Landscape Management.  Production of floral and nursery crops has been a rapidly expanding industry and have become major contributors to the economy of Florida and the nation. This industry requires college graduates who understand the basics of ornamental plant production and use, and have a keen sense of business and management skills.  This specialization focuses on business management and leadership development as well as horticultural and biological sciences.

 

 

General Core Courses (19 credits)

ENY 3005 Principles of Entomology (3)

SOS 3022 General Soils and lab (4)

AEB 3133 Principles of Agribusiness Management (3)

ORH 4931 Practical Work Experience (minimum of 2 credits)    

ORH 3513 Environmental Plant Identification and Use (3)

Take one of the following courses:

PLP 3002 Fundamentals of Plant Pathology (4)                

PLP 3031C Diseases of Turf and Ornamentals (3) S

Landscape and Nursery Core Courses (18 credits)

HOS 4304 Horticultural Physiology  (3)

PLS 3223 Plant Propagation and Lab (3)

ORH 4804 Annual and Perennial Gardening (3)

ORH 3253 Introductory Nursery Management (4)

ORH 4236 Landscape and Turfgrass Management (3)

ORH 4264 Greenhouse and Nursery Crop Culture (4)

ORH 4242C Arboriculture (4)

ORH 4848C Landscape Plant Establishment (3)

LAA 3510 Planting Design for Residences. (3)                           

LAA 3352 Planting Design Studio (5)

LAA 3230 Theories of Landscape Architecture (3)

Management and Sales in Agribusiness (12 credits)

AEB 3424 Human Resource Management (3)

AEB 3341 Strategic Selling and Technical Interface (3)

AEB 3144 Introduction to Agricultural Finance (3)

Take one of the two courses listed below:

AEB 3300 Agricultural and Food Marketing (3)  OR

AEB 4309 Food Wholesale and Retail Marketing (3)

Elective Courses (11 credits)

LAA 3420 Landscape Construction I (5)

LAA 3421 Landscape Construction II (5)

PLS 4242C Micropropagation of Horticultural Crops (4) S

ORH 3222C Turfgrass Culture (4 F

BCH 3023 Elementary Organic and Biological Chemistry (3)

AOM 3333 Pesticide Application (3)

AOM 3734 Irrigation Principles and Practices (3)

ORH 4804 Annual and Perennial Gardening (3)

PMA 3010 Fundamentals of Pest Management  (3)

PLS 4343 Culture and Production of Aquatic Plants (3) S

PLS 4601C Weed Science (3)

PLS 4353 Identification & Ecology of Aquatic Plants (3) F

AGG 3503 Agriculture and Environmental Quality (3) S, SS

PLS 4404C Principles of Composting Technology (3)

EVS 4000 Critical thinking in environmental service (3)

PMA 3010 Fundamentals of Pest Management (3) F, S

AGR 4321 Plant Breeding (3) F

SOS 4115 Fertilizers and Soil Fertility (3) S (even                     

AOM 3220 Agricultural Construction and Maintenance (3) F

PMA 4570 Field Techniques in IPM (2) F

AOM 3333 Pesticide Application (3) F

AOM 3732 Agriculture Water Management (3) S

AOM 4314 Power and Machinery Management (3) F

AOM 4642 Environmental Systems for Agricultural Structures (3) S

APB 2341  (B)  Biotechnology and Human Affairs (3) S

EES 4201   (P) Water Chemistry (3) F

ENY 4161  (B) Insect Classification (3) F, SS

NEM 3002 (B) Principles of Nematology (3) F (odd), SS (even)