Horticulture

Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences

Contact: Douglas Cox, Program Coordinator
Office: 210 French Hall
Phone: (413) 545-5214
Email: dcox@pssci.umass.edu

Horticulture is a broad field of study encompassing the production, maintenance, sales, and service of bedding, flowering, ornamental, and nursery plants and food crops. Students in Horticulture select courses in a range of horticultural topics and design their own focus of study. They can concentrate in greenhouse management, floriculture crop production or nursery and garden center management, while also gaining general knowledge in plant science.

Course of Study

First Semester	Credits
Math course by placement exam	2-3
PLSOILIN 102 Introductory Botany	4
PLSOILIN 105 Soils	4
*PLSOILIN 315 Greenhouse Management	4
NATRES&E 191F First Year Seminar	1

Second Semester (7 wks)	Credits
PLSOILIN 101 Insects and Related Forms	2
PLSOILIN 103 Plant Science	1.5
PLSOILIN 104 Plant Nutrients	1.5
RES-ECON 141 Consumer Marketing	2
STOCKSCH 185 Internship (April through August)*	4
Electives	2-3

Third Semester	Credits
ENGLISH 120 English Composition
*PLSOILIN 111 Horticultural Plant Pathology
PLSOILIN 113 Plant Pathology Lab	1
*PLSOILIN 200 Plant Propagation
Electives	7-8

Fourth Semester	Credits
PLSOILIN 182 Principles of Pesticide Management	2
RES-ECON 140 Managing Your Own Business
RES-ECON 142 People in Organizations
Electives	8-9

Students must enroll in:
Minimum of 14 credits from the list of approved Horticulture elective courses; two of these must be designated as major core courses; program coordinator approval is required.
ENVIRDES 335 or PLSOILIN 255
PLSOILIN 109 or PLSOILIN 397F
ENGLISH 120 and Math may be taken any semester

* A grade of C or better must be earned in these courses.