The Texas Common Course Number, if available, is noted in parenthesis after the Texas Tech University course.

General Course Requirements - 48 credit hours (required courses)

BIOLOGY BIOL 1401 Biology of Plants† (BIOL 1411)	MATH MATH 1320 College Algebra (MATH 1314) MATH 2300 Statistical Methods (MATH 1342)
CHEMISTRY CHEM 1307 Principles of Chemistry I (CHEM 1411)† CHEM 1107 Principles of Chemistry I-lab (CHEM 1411)† CHEM 1308 Principles of Chemistry II (CHEM 1412)† CHEM 1108 Principles of Chemistry II-lab (CHEM 1412)†	POLITICAL SCIENCE POLS 2302 American Government Organization (GOVT 2301) POLS 2302 American Public Policy (GOVT 2305)
COMMUNICATIONS COMS 2300 Public Speaking (COMS 1315) OR COMS 3358 Business & Professional Communication (COMS 1321)	Foreign Language 1 year or 2 years high school credit
ENGLISH ENGL 1301 Essentials of College Rhetoric ENGL 1302 Advanced College Rhetoric ENGL 2311 Introduction to Technical Writing	Humanities‡ 3 credit hours
HISTORY HIST 2300 History of the U.S. to 1877 (HIST 1301) HIST 2301 History of the U.S. since 1877 (HIST 1302)	Multicultural Requirements‡ 3 semester hours
	Visual and Performing Arts‡ 3 credit hours

Major Course Requirements - 40 credit hours

REQUIRED COURSES*	15 CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED
AAEC 2305 Fundamentals of Agricultural and Applied Economics(AGRI 2317)† OR	FROM THE FOLLOWING*
ECO 2301 Principles of Economics (ECO 2302)	Minimum of 9 credit hours from:
PSS 1411 Principles of Horticulture (AGRI 1415)	PSS 1321 Agronomic Plant Science
PSS 2312 Plant Propoagation	PSS 3309 Introduction to Turfgrass Science†
PSS 2313 Herbaceous Plant Materials	PSS 3324 Seed Science
PSS 2330 Urban Soils	PSS 4000 Internship
PSS 2401 Introductory Entomology (AGRI 1413)†	PSS 4001 Problems Management
PSS 3317 Interior Plants	PSS 4330 Enivironmental Soil Chemistry
PSS 3421 Fundamental Principles of Genetics†	PSS 4337 Enivironmental Soil Science
PSS 4313 Arborculture
PSS 4314 Garden Center Management
PSS 4335 Soil and Plant Nutrient Management
PSS 4411 Greenhouse Crop Production
PSS 4421 Principles of Weed Science

Directed Electives - 17 credit hours

14-15 credit hours from the following areas of study BA, AAEC, FS, LARC, MBIO, PSS, PSY, RWFM and SOC.

All PSS courses mus be completed with a minimum grade of C.

†Course must be taken face-to-face at Texas Tech University or another institution.

‡Choose from the Core Curriculum requirements

*All electives are subject to approval of the academic advisor.