HORT 100 - Syllabus

The syllabus for the Lecture and Discovery Section is available for download as a PDF document. The information contained in the syllabus is a condensed version of what is found online.

The following is the approximate lecture series for this course:

1.	Course Introduction and Objectives	12-15
2.	Horticulture: Science, Business, and Art	16-25; 43-70
3.	Horticultural Production Regions	26-42
4.	Classification of Horticultural Plants	71-90
5.	Structure and Anatomy of Horticultural Plants	91-117
6.	Plant Growth and Development	118-141
7.	Environmental Factors in Plant Growth	142-157
8.	Soils and Soil Management	158-201
9.	Plant Development	202-226
10.	Seed Propagation	227-253
11.	Asexual Propagation	254-275; 281-289
12.	Grafting Laboratory	276-280
13.	Physical Control of Plant Growth	290-318
14.	Lawn Establishment and Maintenance [Dr. Voigt]	330-349
15.	Plants in the Landscape	350-406

Required Online Reading

The following web pages contain material that will be required reading. Reading assignment dates will be announced in class.

HORT 100 - Introduction to Horticulture
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Robert M. Skirvin
258 ERML • 1201 West Gregory Drive
Urbana • IL • 61801 • MC-051
Phone: 217-244-5415 • Email: skirvin@uiuc.edu