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Program checklist · B.S.

Landscape Contracting

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington · New Kensington, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Credits (computed from items)
119-137
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214625
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214625_3db723fe
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Common Requirements for the Major (All Options)

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    5 items
    1. ACCTG 211
      Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. HORT 410W
      Issues in Landscape Contracting
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. LARCH 60
      Cultural History of Designed Places
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. PLANT 217
      Landscape Soil and Water Management
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. SOILS 101
      Introductory Soil Science
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    8 items
    1. ENGL 202D
      Effective Writing: Business Writing
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. HORT 101
      Horticultural Science
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. HORT 120
      Computer Applications for Landscape Contracting
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    4. HORT 131
      Herbaceous Perennial and Annual Identification
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. HORT 137
      Ornamental Plant Materials
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. HORT 138
      Ornamental Plant Materials
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. HORT 408
      Landscape Plant Establishment and Maintenance
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    8. HORT 468
      Landscape Estimating and Bidding
      Not resolved to a course
      2

    Additional Courses

    21 items
    1. BIOL 110
      Biology: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity
      Not resolved to a course
      or: BIOL 127 Introduction to Plant Biology
      3-4
    2. CHEM 101
      Introductory Chemistry
      Not resolved to a course
      or: CHEM 130 Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry
      2-3
    3. MKTG 220
      3
    4. TURF 100
      Introduction to Turfgrass Management
      Not resolved to a course
      or: TURF 235 The Turfgrass
      3
    5. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. AGBM 101
      Economic Principles of Agribusiness Decision Making
      Not resolved to a course
    7. ECON 14
      Principles of Economics
      Not resolved to a course
    8. ECON 102
      Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
      Not resolved to a course
    9. ECON 104
      Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
      Not resolved to a course
    10. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. BA 250
      Small Business Management
      Not resolved to a course
    12. BA 304
      Management and Organization
      Not resolved to a course
    13. HORT 455
      Retail Horticulture Business Management
      Not resolved to a course
    14. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3-4
    15. BA 241& BA 242
      Legal Environment of Businessand Social and Ethical Environment of Business
      Not resolved to a course
    16. BA 243
      Social, Legal, and Ethical Environment of Business
      Not resolved to a course
    17. BLAW 243
      Legal Environment of Business
      Not resolved to a course
    18. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    19. SPAN 1
      Elementary Spanish I
      Not resolved to a course
    20. SPAN 2
      Elementary Spanish II
      Not resolved to a course
    21. SPAN 105
      Elementary Spanish I for Students in the Agricultural Sciences
      Not resolved to a course

    Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    4 items
    1. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3-4
    2. MATH 26
      Plane Trigonometry and Applications of Trigonometry
      Not resolved to a course
    3. MATH 41
      Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry
      Not resolved to a course
    4. MATH 140
      Calculus With Analytic Geometry I
      Not resolved to a course

    Requirements for the Option

    1 item
    1. Select an option
      Not resolved to a course
      14-26

    Requirements for the Option

    0 items

      Prescribed Courses

      2 items
      1. ART 20
        Introduction to Drawing
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. HORT 270
        Basic and Advanced Hand and Digital Graphics for Landscape Contracting
        Not resolved to a course
        1

      Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      5 items
      1. HORT 220
        CAD Applications in Landscape Contracting
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. HORT 269
        Residential Landscape Planning
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. HORT 368
        Landscape Planting Design
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      4. HORT 464
        Landscape Construction I
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      5. HORT 466
        Landscape Construction II
        Not resolved to a course
        5

      Additional Courses

      6 items
      1. Select 2-3 credits from the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        2-3
      2. ENT 313
        2
      3. ENT 314
        1
      4. HORT 238
        Turf and Ornamental Weed Control
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PPEM 300
        Horticultural Crop Diseases
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PPEM 318
        Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees
        Not resolved to a course

      Prescribed Courses

      3 items
      1. ENT 313
        2
      2. ENT 314
        1
      3. SOILS 401
        Soil Composition and Physical Properties
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      2 items
      1. HORT 238
        Turf and Ornamental Weed Control
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. HORT 250
        Landscape Contracting Design/Build Principles
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Additional Courses

      1 item
      1. PPEM 300
        Horticultural Crop Diseases
        Not resolved to a course
        or: PPEM 318 Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees
        2-3
      Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/agricultural-sciences/landscape-contracting-bs/. Captured page pages/0109.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.