Horticultural Research Option
This option is available within the Horticulture major at the following location:
- Corvallis
The Horticultural Research option is designed for students interested in graduate school and/or a career in academic or industrial research. It provides you with an excellent foundation in the natural sciences and horticulture, and accommodates your specific research interests. Your studies will involve you in critical thinking, and allow you to seek out, synthesize, and apply information from many sources to analyze novel situations and solve problems.
You will complete a research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor, and will write an undergraduate thesis. Many theses focus on problems and challenges found in Oregon horticulture and provide Oregonians with innovative solutions.
Recent graduates have gone on to Masters and Ph.D. programs at Oregon State, U.C. Davis and Cornell University, received a Fulbright Scholarship to study abroad and have studied diverse topics such as plant breeding, green roof technology, entomology, and weed science.
Active Learning
Our undergraduates have worked at local research institutions including the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service laboratories, the National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, the Corvallis Plant Materials Center of the National Resources Conservation Service, and the North Willamette Research and Extension Center. With your faculty mentor, you'll determine the best setting for your research.
Option Code: 614
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Find, interpret and integrate data and theory from horticultural systems and sciences, and related disciplines.
- Assess horticultural systems, diagnose horticultural problems and recommend solutions, and create novel systems based on data and theory from horticultural sciences and related disciplines.
- Comprehend and demonstrate how horticultural sciences integrate with contemporary social, economic, political and environmental issues.
- Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Plant Materials | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 2-4 | |
| PLANT STRUCTURE | ||
| PLANT SYSTEMATICS | ||
| FLORA OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST | ||
| CROP ECOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY | ||
| DENDROLOGY | ||
| LANDSCAPE PLANT MATERIALS I: DECIDUOUS HARDWOODS AND CONIFERS | ||
| LANDSCAPE PLANT MATERIALS II: SPRING FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS | ||
| TEMPERATE TREE FRUIT, BERRIES, GRAPES, AND NUTS | ||
| HERBACEOUS ORNAMENTAL PLANT MATERIALS | ||
| SYSTEMATICS AND ADAPTATION OF VEGETABLE CROPS | ||
| Ecology | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| ECOLOGY | ||
| PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| ^APPLIED ECOLOGY OF MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| Technology | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| PRECISION AGRICULTURE | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF PLANT TISSUE CULTURE and PLANT TISSUE CULTURE LABORATORY | ||
| Horticultural Communication | ||
| HORT 406/BRR 406 | PROJECTS: DATA PRESENTATIONS | 1 |
| HORT 407 | SEMINAR | 1 |
| HORT 411 | HORTICULTURE BOOK CLUB | 1 |
| Select one of the following Writing Intensive Courses: | 3 | |
| ^FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE WORLD | ||
| ^APPLIED ECOLOGY OF MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| BERRY AND GRAPE PHYSIOLOGY AND CULTURE | ||
| GRAPEVINE GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF VINEYARD PRODUCTION | ||
| SEED BIOLOGY | ||
| HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION CASE STUDIES | ||
| PLANT BREEDING | ||
| Advanced Horticultural Science | ||
| PBG 430 | PLANT GENETICS | 3 |
| Math and Science Foundation | ||
| MTH 251 | *DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS | 4 |
| MTH 252 | INTEGRAL CALCULUS | 4 |
| ST 351 | INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS | 4 |
| Select three courses from the following: | ||
| ELEMENTARY BIOCHEMISTRY | ||
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | ||
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | ||
| *GENERAL PHYSICS | ||
| *GENERAL PHYSICS | ||
| Select 12 credits of upper-division Horticulture and Life Science courses with approval of research mentor and advisor | 12 | |
| Ecology and Sustainability Ecosystems Courses | ||
| Meets Synthesis requirements. Each course must be from a different department. | ||
| Contemporary Global Issues | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| *HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS | ||
| *WORLD FOOD CROPS | ||
| *ISSUES IN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION | ||
| *GLOBAL CRISES IN RESOURCE ECOLOGY | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
| *GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION | ||
| *POLLINATORS IN PERIL | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| *FORESTS, WOOD, AND CIVILIZATION | ||
| *BIODIVERSITY: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSERVATION | ||
| Science, Technology and Society | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SYSTEMS: LOCAL TO GLOBAL | ||
| *CONTENTIOUS SOCIAL ISSUES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE | ||
| *HUMAN ECOLOGY | ||
| *FUNGI IN SOCIETY | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING | ||
| ^ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES | ||
| *GENES AND CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE: VALUE AND RISK | ||
| *AGROFORESTRY | ||
| *CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
| FOOD LAW | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY | ||
| *PESTS, PLAGUES AND POLITICS | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
| *HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY | ||
| ISSUES IN NUTRITION AND HEALTH | ||
| *ENERGY ALTERNATIVES | ||
| *SCIENTIFIC REASONING | ||
| SCIENCE AND POLITICS | ||
| ^WORLD SOIL RESOURCES | ||
| *SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT | ||
| Total Credits | 51-57 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Option Code: 614