2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Adapted and Recreational Gardening Minor, 24-25 hours

CIP: 010605

This is an interdisciplinary minor in conjunction with the School of Health Science and Wellness and the School of Agriculture.

Employers are seeking employees who are able to care for community gardens, courtyards, and sensory garden spaces.  Many of these are located in Assisted Living, Long Term Care, Community Gardens, Residential Treatment Centers, etc.  This interdisciplinary minor is designed to increase student skills and knowledge of inclusive recreational gardening through the provision of profession-based learning opportunities.  This minor is most beneficial to students pursuing careers that include human service, gerontology, parks and recreation, disabilities, and horticulture.  

Requirements

Options (8-9 hours)

Select 8-9 hours from the courses below:

REC 45216Gerontology

3

REC 45365Leisure and Aging

3

REC 45461Therapeutic Recreation Interventions with the Elderly

3

HPER 22556Health in the Later Years

3

BIOL 04261Local Flora

2

AGRI 03382Woody Landscape Plants

3

Advisor-approved electives in agronomy/horticulture

3

Required Courses (16 hours)

BIOL 04112General Botany

3

BIOL 04113General Botany Laboratory

1

OR

AGRI 03130Plant Science *

4

 

REC 45245Inclusion in Recreation and Sport

3

REC 45243Introductions to Therapeutic Recreation

3

AGRI 03385Greenhouse Crop Production

3

AGRI 03388Fruit and Vegetable Crop Production

3