Two-Year Associate Degree

Purdue horticulture offers a two-year associate degree requiring the completion of 65 credits. It is a flexible program allowing the student to select coursework in the areas best suited to their career interests. The coursework included in the associate program is generally applicable to the four-year baccalaureate program, should the student decide to continue their studies beyond two years.

Option 198
Associate Degree in Horticulture
65 credit hours required
Mathematics and Basic Sciences

(3) Statistics or Calculus

(3) General Chemistry (CHM 111 or above)

(4) Plant Biology Elective

(5) Other Mathematics and Basic Sciences Electives

total = (15 credits)

Written and Oral Communications

(3) ENGL 101 (English Composition I)

(3) ENGL 102 (English Composition II)

(3) COM 114 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)

total = (9 credits)

Broadening Electives

(3) AGEC 217 or ECON 210 (Economics)

(3) Humanities and Social Science Elective

total = (6 credits)

Departmental Requirements and Electives

(3) HORT 101 (Fundamentals of Horticulture)

(3) HORT 201 (Plant Propagation)

(3) Horticulture Plant Materials Elective

(3) Horticulture Production Elective

(3) AGRY 255 (Soil Science)

(6) Crop Protection Electives

(2) ENTM 306 (General Applied Entomology)

(1) ENTM 307 (Companion Laboratories to ENTM 306)

(3) BTNY 301 (Introductory Plant Pathology)

(3) BTNY 304 (Introductory Weed Science)

(6) Career Electives

(8) Unrestricted Electives