- Credits: 2, Professor: Dr. Bryan Unruh; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: West Florida REC (Milton).

Strategies involved in golf course and athletic field operations, including development of management cultural practices, adherence to environment regulations, personnel management and budgeting. Students enrolled may be expected to attend Saturday field trips.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Jane Bachelor; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food and Resource Economics, Originating Location: Indian River Rec (Ft. Pierce).

Issues involved in the strategic and effective management of human resources in agribusiness. Human resource management concepts and techniques designed to improve agribusiness organizational teamwork, productivity, performance and enterprise success. It will also deal with some of the unique aspects of labor management. Application through use of case problems, triad and video techniques.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Michele Scheiber; Delivery: Onsite - Face to Face, Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Mid-Florida REC (Apopka). *Course taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Prereq: ORH 3513C. Principles and practices of landscape installation and management and arboriculture. Students will survey the landscape industry, study landscape contracting procedures and interior plantscape maintenance. Laboratories will provide practical experience in various installation and maintenance practices, and field trips will provide interaction with industry. Students should expect Saturday field trips.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Roy Carriker; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food and Resource Economics, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft. Pierce).

The course is designed to introduce students to natural and environmental resource economics. Emphasis is placed on understanding economic concepts such as resource scarcity, market failure, externality, property rights and common property resources, and their application to studies of forest, land, water, energy, and coastal resources.

- Credits: 1, Professor: Dr. Sydney Park Brown; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Gulf Coast REC (Plant City). *Course taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Prereq: ORH 3513C Identification, selection, use and management of annuals, perennials, vines, ornamental grasses and ground covers in the landscape. Hands-on care for plants in the outdoor laboratory will be included. Each student will learn the irrigation, fertilization, pruning, and other cultural needs of these popular plants. Laboratory will complement lecture.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Roy Carriker; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food and Resource Economics, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft. Pierce).

A study of the role of government in natural resource and environmental management. Discussion of the role of government. Includes historical perspective on the evolution of natural resource and environmental policies and programs. Surveys current public policies and programs at the state and federal government levels, and identifies institutions which address international and global and environmental issues. Considers the role of economist as policy analyst, providing information on likely consequences of policy options.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Ronal Cave; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Entomology and Nematology, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft. Pierce).

No course description available.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr.MacDonald; Delivery: Distance (Web), Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Main Campus (Gainesville).

An introduction to the principles of weed science. Lecture topics will include: weed biology and ecology, an introduction to weed management techniques and methodologies, factors affecting weed control, and environmental issues (emphasis on chemical weed control) associated with weed management. Topics covered in the laboratory: weed identification, crop/weed competition, application techniques including effective herbicide use and current weed control practices.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Bachelor; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food and Resource Economics, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft. Pierce).

This course serves as an introduction to professional selling techniques for all products with special emphasis given to food and agricultural products, technical systems and services.

- Credits: 2, Professor: Brian Pearson; Delivery: Distance (Web), Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Mid-Florida REC (Apopka).

Prereq: SOS3022/3022L and HOS 4304. This upper level capstone course is web-based and examines the establishment of ornamental plants in the landscape. The course focuses on the soil-plant-water relationship specific to transplanting ornamental plants from common production methods but also addresses other variables important to establishment such as plant selection, fertility, microclimate, etc. The genetic, physiological, and anatomical aspects of plant growth are emphasized in relation to their importance during and after landscape establishment.

- redits: 4, Professor: Dr. Kim Moore; Delivery: Distance (Web), Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Ft. Lauderdale REC (Ft. Lauderdale).

An introductory course presenting principles of planning, organizing and managing nursery operations. Interactions between growing medium components, plant nutrition and irrigation will be emphasized. Nursery layout, growing structures, materials requirements and business practices are covered. Weekend field trips may be required.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Brian Pearson: Onsite—Face to Face, Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Mid-Florida REC (Apopka).

This special topics course will provide practical experience in the selection, installation, and cost estimation of hardscape elements including low-voltage landscape lighting, water features and garden structures. Regulatory aspects involved in landscape construction will be covered such as codes, ordinances, licensing, and insurance. The course will integrate web-based lectures with hands-on laboratories. Laboratory emphasis is placed on the detailed procedures associated with the installation of a variety of hardscape elements. Three weekend labs will be conducted on-site. A field trip will also be scheduled.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr.TBA; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food and Resource Economics, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft.Pierce).

This course will cover basic financial statements, investment frameworks, and theories of financial intermediation as applied to agricultural firms along with an overview of financial institutions which provide capital to agriculture.

- Credits: 3, Professor: TBA; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food and Resource Economics, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft. Pierce).

Prereq: AEB 3103 or ECO 2023. Examination of agricultural and food marketing from both a system and individual firm perspective. Explore problems and issues associated with marketing functions and institutions at the industry level and with objectives and strategies of farms and agribusiness firms which market agricultural commodities and food products.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Lance Osborne/Dr. Gary Leibee; Delivery: Live—Face to Face, Dept: Entomology and Nematology, Originating Location: Mid-Florida REC (Apopka).

An introduction to the study of insects with a focus on relationship of insects and their relatives to the production of floricultural, nursery crops and turf. The ecological, chemical, cultural, biological, and economic principles underlying pest management and the integration of these principles into the production of floricultural and nursery crops will be emphasized. The relationship of entomology to other disciplines: nematology, plant pathology, weed science, engineering, and economics will be addressed. Reasons and principles for establishing pest management programs will be discussed. Computer-aided instruction will be used in portions of the course. Specific objectives of the course are to: introduce the student to the principles of entomology in pest management; develop an understanding of vocabulary and basic concepts; develop an understanding of tactics associated with pest management; and create an awareness of interdisciplinary complexity and necessity of systems approach in IPM.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Kim Moore; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food Science and Human Nutrition , Originating Location: Ft. Lauderdale REC (Ft. Lauderdale).

This course is intended for students who have taken and understand the principles of general chemistry and have chosen not to take one of the regular sequences in organic and biological chemistry. This is a terminal course and is not part of any sequences of courses in the Department of Chemistry. This course is designed to introduce elementary organic chemistry and biochemistry to students in the agricultural curricula. The aim of this course is to provide sufficient background biological chemistry to make subsequent courses in plant science more meaningful. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1) identify relevant organic and biochemical compounds and 2) identify relevant organic and biochemical reactions.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Samira Daroub; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Soil and Water Sciences, Originating Location: Ft. Lauderdale REC (Ft. Lauderdale).

Fundamentals of soil science emphasizing the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils in relation to growth of native and agricultural plants and environmental uses.

- - Credits: 3, Professor: Brian Pearson; Delivery: Live—Face to Face, Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Mid-Florida REC (Apopka).

Residential landscape design is a basic course in the theory and implementation of simple landscape plans. Emphasis will be placed on combining core design concepts with a fundamental understanding of plant growth requirements to develop landscape designs for the functional and aesthetic improvement of home environments. All aspects of the design process will be discussed and implemented through lab exercises including site, user-group interaction, plant selection, landscape plan development and preparation. Projects will include renovation of existing landscapes and develop of landscape plans for newly developed properties. Students will also be introduced to computer-aided design and resources available to aid in the selection of ornamental plants.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Samira Daroub; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Soil and Water Sciences, Originating Location: Ft. Lauderdale REC (Ft. Lauderdale).

Fundamentals of soil science emphasizing the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils in relation to growth of native and agricultural plants and environmental uses.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Cave; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Entomology and Nematology, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft.Pierce).

This course will examine the concepts, philosophies, strategies, and tactics used to manage pest populations. Terms, history, and an overview of pest groups will be presented. Ecological principles, disease vector ecology, and comparisons of natural ecosystems and agroecosystems will be examined. Sampling procedures, decision-making criteria, management tactics, and area-wide pest management will be discussed. Specific cases of pest management in plant production systems will be studied. Readings will form the basis of interactive discussions. Assignments will mainly review information available on the Internet, and a project paper on an issue related to pest management will be prepared by the student.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Bob Stamps/Dr. Wilson; Delivery: Live—Face to Face, Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Mid-Florida REC (Apopka).

This is an upper-division environmental horticulture course designed to introduce students with a plant science background to the wide array of native plant species used in the landscapes of Florida. Weekly lectures will cover plant nomenclature, effective utilization, and design elements of plants native to Florida. Weekly lab exercises will cover underutilized native plant material for landscapes, nursery production of native plants, incorporation of native plants into botanical gardens, and native landscape design.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Bachelor; Delivery: Videoconferencing (Polycom), Dept: Food and Resource Economics, Originating Location: Indian River REC (Ft. Pierce).

This course serves as an introduction to professional selling techniques for all products with special emphasis given to food and agricultural products, technical systems and services.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Bob Stamps; Delivery: Live—Face to Face, Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Mid- Florida REC (Apopka).

Identification, growth characteristics, culture and use of common landscape and greenhouse plants. Materials include trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, lawn grasses and floriculture crops. Emphasis is placed on temperate plants.

- Credits: 3, Professor: Dr. Kim Moore; Delivery: Distance (Web), Dept: Environmental Horticulture, Originating Location: Ft. Lauderdale REC (Ft. Lauderdale).

A basic course in the operations of retail florist shops and garden centers, including management, shop design and layout, psychology of selling, postharvest handling of flowers, plants and seeds, and the principles of artistic design.