Adapted and Recreational Gardening Minor, 24-25 hours

Location(s): On Campus

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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 45216 - Gerontology Credit Hours: 3
REC 45365 - Leisure and Aging Credit Hours: 3
REC 45461 - Therapeutic Recreation Interventions with the Elderly Credit Hours: 3
HPER 22556 - Health in the Later Years Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 04261 - Local Flora Credit Hours: 2
AGRI 03382 - Woody Landscape Plants Credit Hours: 3
Advisor-approved electives in agronomy/horticulture Credit Hours: 3

Required Courses (16 hours)

BIOL 04112 - General Botany Credit Hours: 3 AND
BIOL 04113 - General Botany Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
OR
AGRI 03130 - Plant Science Credit Hours: 4
REC 45245 - Inclusion in Recreation and Sport Credit Hours: 3
REC 45243 - Introductions to Therapeutic Recreation Credit Hours: 3
AGRI 03385 - Greenhouse Crop Production Credit Hours: 3
AGRI 03388 - Fruit and Vegetable Crop Production Credit Hours: 3