Environmental Horticulture B.S. Requirements
All EH students are required to take the core biology courses shown below. To further customize your degree you will also choose 20 elective credits from within various course related categories. You are also required to fulfill your general education requirements (pdf).
(200 level classes indicate Thompson School courses and all EH 4 year students are allowed 16 total credits toward their B.S. degree.)
Core courses include:
PBIO 401 Plant Biology Orientation (F)
CHEM 403 General Chemistry I (F, Sum)
CHEM 404 General Chemistry II (S, Sum)
EREC 411 Resource Economics (F, S, Sum)
PBIO 412 Introductory Botany (S)
PBIO 421 Introductory Horticulture (F)
PBIO 501 Basic Biochemistry (S) OR BCHM 658/659 General Biochemistry (5cr, F, S)
BIOL 528 Applied Biostatistics I (not required for transfers already fulfilling Quantitative Gen Ed 2)
NR 501 Intro to Soil Sciences (4cr) OR [ Ht 215: Soils and Land Use (2cr) AND HT 217: Soils and Plant Nutrition (2cr) ]
PBIO 547 Environmental Horticulture (F)
PBIO 566 Systematic Botany (S)
PBIO 600 Work Experience (horticulture related) (F,S,Sum)
PBIO 612 Plant Genetics & Reproduction (S) OR BIOL 604 Principles of Genetics (F,S, Sum)
PBIO 651/653 Plant Pathology or Tree Pathology (F) OR HT 234 Plant Management: Diseases (2cr)
PBIO 701 Plant Physiology (F, 3cr) AND PBIO 702 Plant Physiology Lab (F, 2cr)
PBIO 726 Integrated Pest Management (S) OR PBIO 795 Insect Pest management
PBIO 572 Plant Propagation (S) OR Ht 204 Plant Propagation (S, 3cr)
- Numerous applied horticulture courses are also offered as electives including greenhouse, landscape, nursery, turf, small fruit, tree fruit, and vegetable crop production.
- Teaching methods, plant nutrition, soils, and ecological agriculture can also count towards the degree. Other courses in business and marketing are extremely valuable for future business owners.
Elective Course Categories
(20 credits required from any mix of categories)
With your advisors help, choose elective courses that set you on a specific career path or keep your options diverse and study a wide range of subjects.
1. These electives focus on various horticultural crop production
Course number - course title – credits - prerequisites
HT 275 Floricultural Crop Management 3 cr
HT 276 Bedding Plant Production 2 cr
HT 280 Garden Center Management 2 cr
EREC 501 Agricultural and Natural Resource Product Marketing 4 cr
EREC 504 Business Management for Natural Resource Firms 4 cr
PBIO 405 Organic and Sustainable Food Production 4cr
PBIO 565 Turf Management 4 cr
PBIO 650 Crop Production Technologies 3 cr
PBIO 652 Culture of Vegetable Crops 3 cr
PBIO 678 Nursery Crop Management 4 cr
PBIO 795 Investigations in Plant Biology (crop production related) 1-4 cr
2. The following courses provide subject matter for those looking to develop know how of the dynamics of sustainable growing systems and provide a broader view of the social and ethical impacts of agricultural.
Course number - course title – credits - prerequisites
PBIO 405 Organic and Sustainable Food Production 4 cr
PBIO 795 Investigations in Plant Biology (sustainable agriculture – related) 1-4 cr
Soils
NR 706 Soil Ecology 3cr
Ecology
NR 730 Terrestrial Ecosystems 3cr (Prereq PBIO 412)
BIOL 541 General Ecology 4cr ( Prereq BIOL 411 and 412)
PBIO 745 Community Ecology 4cr ( Prereq BIOL 528 and 541)
PBIO 761 Biodiversity: a phytogeographic perspective 4 cr (Prereq PBIO 566)
Social issues and Integration
EC 702 Ecological Values and Ethics 4cr
EC 784 Sustainable Living 2cr
EC 785 Systems Thinking for Sustainable Living 3cr (Prereq EC 784)
NR 760 Geographic Information Systems in Nat. Res. 4cr
NR 504 Freshwater Resource 4cr
NR 603 Watershed Water Quality Management 4cr (Prereq NR 504)
CD 741 Critical issues in Solid Waste Management 2cr
3. The following courses provide plenty of expertise on landscaping, nursery crop management, business management and more.
Course number - course title – credits - prerequisites
PBIO 565 Turf Management 4 cr
PBIO 668 Summer Flora of New Hampshire 4 cr
PBIO 678 Nursery Crop Management 4 cr
PBIO 679 Landscape Management 3 cr
PBIO 795 Investigations in Plant Biology (landscape-related) 2-4 cr
HT 257 Woody Landscape Plants 2 cr
HT 258 Herbaceous Ornamental Plants 2 cr
Either HT 288 Horticultural Business Mgmt 4 cr
OR EREC 504 Business Management for Natural Resource Firms 4 cr
HT 251 Introduction to Design Communication 2 cr
HT 266 Garden Design and Culture 2 cr (Prereq HT 251 and HT 259)
HT 272 Landscape Design Studio 4 cr (Prereq HT 251 and HT 257, and HT 263/PBIO 679)
4. The following courses are helpful and will enhance your degree if your interests lie in education and outreach. These could be useful on a teaching farm, within the school system or as a workshop facilitator.
Course number - course title – credits - prerequisites
FS 709 Child Study and Development Center Internship 4 cr
Either FS 525 Human Development 4 cr
OR PSYC 581 Child Development 4 cr PSYC 401
FS 635 Teaching/Learning in Social Constructivist Classrooms 4 cr FS 525/PSYC 581
Either CMN 500 Public Speaking 4 cr
OR Similar 4 cr. Communications course in presentation skills.
