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Tropical Horticulture Specialty
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General Information
The Tropical Horticulture specialization is designed to provide students with a well rounded background in horticultural science with special emphasis on the production of tropical and subtropical crops. This specialization offers a wide selection of courses, each providing the student with both the theoretical and hands-on approach to learning. Students learn basic horticultural practices such as grafting, pruning, pest management and cultivating crops that are of economic interest in the tropics, as well as advanced techniques such as plant tissue culture and hormonal manipulation of plants.
Why Study Tropical Horticulture?
Graduates in Tropical Horticulture are highly skilled in managing, producing and marketing horticultural crops, such as anthuriums, indoor foliage plants, hydroponic vegetables, and exotic tropical fruits; therefore, many graduates start their own enterprises.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Thorough familiarity with the principles of horticulture and sustainable production of fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops in the tropics.
- Identify and analyze the factors that affect crop production including the emerging body of knowledge in plant growth and development and the contribution of climatic, environmental, and edaphic factors.
- Advanced skills in the actual growing and marketing of crops that illustrate economic viability and sustainability of agricultural practices.
- Interact effectively with all stakeholders of agricultural development in the community and participate in outreach programs that demonstrate cultural sensitivity and integration of new agricultural technologies with indigenous knowledge.
Requirements for Graduation
To earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture with a specialization in Tropical Horticulture, a student must complete a minimum of 123 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.0. The course work must be in the following areas:
General Education Requirements (46 to 52 hrs)
(see http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/gened/ for a listing of qualified courses)
In the Agriscience and Supplemental Requirements, some of the required courses also qualify as General Education Requirements.
| Title/Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
Basic General Requirements |
(18 hrs Total) |
| English Composition: Eng 100 or Eng 100T or ESL 100 or ESL 100T |
3 hrs |
| Language Arts | 3 hrs |
Quantitative Reasoning Two courses |
6 hrs |
| World Cultures: Two courses |
6 hrs |
| Area General Requirements | (19 hrs Total) |
| Humanities: Two courses in different disciplines. |
6 hrs |
| Social Sciences: Two courses in different disciplines. |
6 hrs |
| Natural Sciences: Two courses in different disciplines, Including 1 credit hour of laboratory. |
7 hrs |
| Integrative General Education Requirements | (9-15 hrs Total) |
Writing Intensive Requirement Three courses designated "WI", one of which must be numbered 300 or above. Transfer students, after an official transfer credit evaluation, may be required to take less than 3 courses. |
3-9 hrs |
| Hawai`i Pan-Pacific Requirement | 3 hrs |
| Global and Community Citizenship | 3 hrs |
Requirements for Major (including GE courses, 123 hrs)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Agriscience Requirements | (70 hrs Total) | |
| Ag 200 | Agro-Environmental Communication | 3 hrs |
| Ag 291 |
Directed Work Experience Program | 3 hrs |
| Ag 375 | Introduction to Genetic Analysis | 3 hrs |
| Ag 496 | Senior Seminar | 1 hr |
| AgBu 110* | Introduction to Microcomputing for Agriculture | 3 hrs |
| AgEc 201 or Econ 130* |
Agricultural Economics or Introduction to Microeconomics |
3 hrs |
| AgBu 320 or AgEc 330 |
Agribusiness Management or Farm Management |
3 hrs |
| AgEn 231 | Introduction to Agricultural Mechanization | 3 hrs |
| AnSc 141 | Introduction to Animal Science | 3 hrs |
| Ento 304 | General Entomology | 3 hrs |
| Hort 262+ | Principles of Horticulture | 3 hrs |
| Hort 264 | Plant Propagation | 3 hrs |
| Hort 481 | Weed Science | 3 hrs |
| Ppth 301 | Tropical Plant Pathology | 3 hrs |
| Pphy 310 | Plant Growth and Development | 3 hrs |
| Soil 304 | Tropical Soils | 3 hrs |
| Hort 263 or Hort 266 or Hort 303 or Hort 304 or Hort 350 or Hort 351 or Hort 352 or Hort 354 or Hort 360 or Hort 450 |
Tropical Horticulture Production Courses: Select SIX courses |
18 to 21 hrs |
| Other Agricultural Courses | Depending on total credit hours taken under "Tropical Horticulture Production Courses" |
3 to 6 hrs |
| Supplemental Requirements | (17-19 hrs Total) | |
| Biol 175-175L | Introductory Biology I & Lab | 4 hrs |
Chem 114*-114L* Chem 141* or Chem 124*-124L* Chem 125*-125L* or Chem 124*-124L* Chem 141* |
Introductory Chemistry & Lab Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry or General Chemistry I & Lab General Chemistry II & Lab or General Chemistry I & Lab Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry |
7/8 hrs |
| Eng 225* | WI/Writing for Science and Technology | 3 hrs |
| Math 104* or higher (except 107, 108, 111) | Precalculus Mathematics | 3/4 hrs |
| Electives | (7-11 hrs Total) | |
*Can be used for Basic General Education OR Area General Education OR Integrative Requirements.
+Can be used for Basic General Education OR Area General Education AND Integrative Requirements.
Effective Fall 2011