Minor in Landscape Management

The Landscape Management minor provides students with a foundation in plant sciences and business management. The required science courses lead to an integrative understanding of plant growth and development and the plant's responses to its environment. These courses also teach students the skills needed to recommend best management practices and to identify plant abnormalities in the landscape. The business courses in this minor foster an understanding of the business structure, human resource management and financial management associated with landscape management companies.

The landscape industry has a strong demand for landscape management graduates. Local, regional and national landscape contracting companies have been experiencing annual growth rates of 20 percent. As a result there are significantly more jobs available than there are graduates trained in this field. Offering a minor in this discipline will enable more University of Maryland students to take advantage of these career opportunities.

A minimum of 18-19 credits (Depending on which AREC or BMGT course is chosen) is required to complete this minor. All courses presented for the minor must be passed with a grade of C or better.

Advising

The PSLA Department has mandatory faculty advising for each of its major and minor programs. Students are required to meet with their faculty advisor at least twice a year. To insure appropriate academic advising, students who wish to pursue a minor should inform both the college responsible for their major and the unit offering the minor as early as possible, but in no case later than one full academic year before the expected date of graduation. When a student has completed all requirements for the minor, the unit offering the minor shall notify the student's college, which verifies that the student has met all requirements and officially notifies the Registrar's Office. The completion of a minor is posted on the student's official transcript only when the student completes all requirements for the bachelor's degree.

Curriculum

A student may use a maximum of six credits (or two courses) to satisfy the requirements of both a major and a minor. In the event that more than six credits of coursework listed above are required in the student's major, students should contact the faculty advisor for the Landscape Management minor to make the appropriate course substitutions.

* Courses in yellow background are required.

Note: PLSC100 Introduction to Horticulture is a required prerequisite for PLSC253, 254, and 361.