HORT at Iowa State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HORT coursework.

• AGRON 3380Seed Science and Technologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• AGRON 3540Soils and Plant Growthopens 1 course (1 directly)
• HORT 3300Herbaceous Ornamental Plantsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• HORT 3510Turfgrass Establishment and Managementopens 1 course (1 directly)
• AGRON 3200Genetics, Agriculture and Biotechnologyopens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• GEN 3200Genetics, Agriculture and Biotechnologyopens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HORT work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 41 HORT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 82 more HORT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HORT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at HORT 3540L

  1. AGRON 1820Introduction to Soil Science
  2. AGRON 3540Soils and Plant Growth
  3. HORT 3540LSoils and Plant Growth Laboratory

• 3 courses deep, ending at HORT 4210

  1. BIOL 2110Principles of Biology I
  2. AGRON 3200Genetics, Agriculture and Biotechnology
  3. HORT 4210Introduction to Plant Breeding

• 3 courses deep, ending at HORT 4810

  1. HORT 2210Principles of Horticulture Science
  2. HORT 3300Herbaceous Ornamental Plants
  3. HORT 4810Advanced Garden Composition

• 3 courses deep, ending at HORT 4910

  1. AGRON 1810Introduction to Crop Science
  2. AGRON 3380Seed Science and Technology
  3. HORT 4910Seed Science Internship Experience

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HORT yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HORT yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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