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Horticulture B.A.H.
Horticulture B.A.H.

Horticulture B.A.H.

  • ID:KSU10012
  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Education Level

New first-year applicants must finish secondary school in their home country by the time of enrollment to be eligible for university (comparable to the completion of senior high school in the U.S.). A student who has previously enrolled in a post-secondary (higher education) institution is required to apply as a transfer student.

GPA Requirements

First-year undergraduate applicants should meet the minimum requirement of GPA 2.5 on a U.S. 4.0 scale.  Students who want a particular program but do not meet the minimum requirements may be considered for the pre-major.

English Requirements

All undergraduate applicants must obtain one of the following:

  • TOEFL iBT: 71; Home Edition iBT: 71

  • Revised PBT: 18 (average score)

  • IELTS Academic and IELTS indicator: 6.0

  • Duolingo English Test (DET):100

  • PTE Academic and PTE Academic Online: 48

  • Completion of the Kent State University ESL Center Level 8 Intensive English program with a minimum of 3.75 out of 4.0 GPA

  • ELS Level 112 Intensive English Program completion

  • SAT: a minimum of 510 evidence-based reading and writing

  • ACT: a minimum of 21 in English

Course Information

The Bachelor of Applied Horticulture degree provides students with the academic background and learning environment to further their education beyond an associate degree. The program aids students in the development of managerial expertise in areas of landscape design, turf grass management and urban forestry, as well as landscape design, golf courses, sports turf management, arboriculture, environmental sustainability, plant propogation and greenhouse and nursery operations.

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Courses

Semester one

  • Horticultural botany

  • Chemistry in our world (kbs)

  • Chemistry in our world laboratory (kbs) (klab)

  • Introduction to horticulture

  • Destination kent state: first year experience

  • Kent core requirement

Semester two

  • Introduction to business

  • Plant identification and selection i

  • Landscape construction

  • Technical elective

  • Kent core requirement

First summer term

  • Cooperative work experience

Semester three

  • Plant identification and selection ii

  • Introduction to human communication (kadl)

  • Soil and horticultural management

  • Occupational regulations and safety

  • Irrigation design and maintenance

Semester four

  • Ecological principles of pest management

  • Environmental earth science (kbs)

  • Major elective

  • Technical elective

  • Kent core requirement

Second summer term

  • Landscape construction ii

  • Cooperative work experience

Semester five

  • Art history: renaissance to modern art (kfa)

  • Geography of the united states and canada (divd) (kss)

  • Geology of ohio

  • Professional practice in horticulture (wic)

  • Landscape design ii

Semester six

  • Introduction to ethics (divg) (khum)

  • Kent core requirement

  • General electives

Third summer term

  • Internship in horticulture (elr)

Semester seven

  • Geography of ohio

  • Plant propagation and greenhouse production

  • Major elective

  • Foreign language

  • General elective

Semester eight

  • Population and the environment

  • Garden center and nursery production management

  • Foreign language

Minimum total credit hours: 120

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Pre Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

  • First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

  • Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Student Health Insurance: 2313 $ USD per year

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