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Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences


 

ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE
(a minimum of 23 credits)

The requirements for a minor in Environmental Horticulture include the following:

PSE100 Plant Science
PSE140/141 Soil Science/Lab
PSE219 Herbaceous Landscape Plants
PSE221 Woody Landscape Plants I

Plus two courses from the following list:

PSE222 Woody Landscape Plants II
PSE227 Landscape Design/Construction Techniques
PSE325 Turfgrass Management
PSE415 Greenhouse Management
PSE424 Plant Production

Plus one course from the following list:

BIO327 Introductory Applied Entomology
BIO452/453 Plant Physiology/Lab
BIO464 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
PSE328 Landscape Design
PSE403 Weed Ecology and Management
PSE410 Plant Propagation
PSE457 Plant Pathology


PLANT SCIENCE
(a minimum of 21 credits)

The requirements for a minor in Plant Science include the following:

BIO452/453 Plant Physiology/Lab
PSE100 Plant Science
PSE101 Cropping Systems
OR
PSE424 Plant Production
PSE140/141 Soil Science/Lab

Plus two courses from the following list:

BIO445 Plant Genetics
BIO464 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
PSE403 Weed Ecology and Management
PSE410 Plant Propagation
PSE415 Greenhouse Management
PSE423 Wetland Ecology and Conservation
PSE440 Environmental Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrition
PSE457 Plant Pathology
PSE479 Crop Ecology and Physiology


SOIL SCIENCE
(a minimum of 20 credits)

The requirements for a minor in Soil Science include the following:

PSE140/141 Soil Science/Lab
PSE440 Environmental Soil Chemistry and Plant Nutrition
PSE442 Pedology: The Science of Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification
PSE444 Field Soil Morphology and Classification Techniques


Plus at least three courses from the following list:

ERS330 Mineralogy
ERS441 Glaciers and Our Landscape
FTY457 Forest Watershed Management
PSE320 Soil Organic Matter Management
PSE413 Wetland Delineation and Mapping
PSE469 Soil Microbiology
WLE423 Wetland Ecology and Conservation


SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
(a minimum of 19 credits)

The requirements for a minor in Sustainable Agriculture include the following:

ECO381 Sustainable Development Principles and Policy
PSE101 Cropping Systems
OR
PSE424 Plant Production
PSE105 Principles of Sustainable Agriculture
PSE140/141 Soil Science/Lab


Plus two courses from the following list:

BIO448 Insect Pest Ecology and Management
INT482 Pesticides and the Environment
PSE320 Soil Organic Matter Management
PSE403 Weed Ecology and Management
PSE415 Greenhouse Management

 

 


Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
5722 Deering Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5722 U.S.A.
Phone: 207-581-2947 | Fax: 207-581-2999
 


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, Orono, Maine 04469
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