Program Overview

Overview of the Horticultural Science Certificate Program

The Graduate Certificate in Horticultural Science is a non-degree program designed to increase personal knowledge and skills for current or future employment in the horticulture industry. This program requires completing a minimum of 15 credit hours (usually equaling 5 courses) of coursework, which may be taken either online or face-to-face.

Admissions

To enroll in this program, participants must hold a bachelor’s degree. Graduate Certificate applicants should have majored in horticulture, crop science, plant science, or agricultural education with a concentration in plant science, or another closely related degree. Students may begin taking courses for the graduate certificate in Summer, Fall, or Spring. All graduate certificate course work must be completed within four years of enrollment.

Delivery Method and Entrance Requirements

• Delivery Method: On-Campus, Online, Hybrid
• Entrance Exam: None
• Interview Required: None

Application Deadlines

• Fall: January 15
• Spring: August 1
• Summer 1 and 2: January 15

Plan Requirements

The program requires a total of 15 credit hours, with 9 hours of required courses and 6 hours of additional courses determined in conjunction with the academic committee.

Required Courses

Select a minimum of three courses from the following:

• HS 502: Plant Disease: Methods & Diagnosis
• HS 516: Landscape Planting Design
• HS 520: Green Infrastructure
• HS 521: Temperate-Zone Tree Fruits: Physiology and Culture
• HS 523:
• HS 532: Introduction to Permaculture *
• HS 533: Public Garden Administration
• HS/CS 541: Plant Breeding Methods *
• HS 550: Environmental Nursery Production *
• HS 551: Plant Nutrition *
• HS/FS 562: Postharvest Physiology *
• HS 576: Crop Physiology and Production in Controlled Environments
• HS 601: Professional Presentation Skills in Horticultural Science *
• HS 703: Breeding Asexually Propagated Crops
• HS 704: Plant Nomenclature
• HS 705: Physiology Of Flowering
• HS 707: Environmental Stress Physiology
• HS 717: Weed Management Systems
• HS 725: Pesticide Chemistry
• HS 727: Pesticide Behavior and Fate In the Environment
• HS 757: Quantitative Genetics Theory and Methods

Additional Courses

Additional Courses are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 15 total hours. Students must take courses that meet the following requirements: must be at 500-level or higher, letter-graded, passed with a B or better. Students can select a maximum of 6 hours from the following subjects: ARE, AEE, BAE, CS, ENT, FS, PP, SCC; courses must be at 400-level or higher.

Notes

• Courses taught online

1. Students must take courses that meet the specified requirements.
2. Students can select a maximum of 6 hours from the specified subjects.