Kansas State University

Johnson County Community College Transfer Program to the Kansas State University Lisa Wuggazer
785-532-1401
College of Agriculture – B.S. in Agriculture, Horticulture Major, Horticulture Production Option lisawugg@ksu.edu
Academic Year 2025-2026 www.hnr.ksu.edu

The Associate of Arts, AA at JCCC is a general transfer degree and partners well with the first two years of most bachelor degree programs. Students pursuing the AA may select courses that satisfy both the AA degree requirements and lower division requirements for a bachelor’s degree at four-year institutions. The elective hours within the AA allow students to complete additional general education and lower division courses required for specific majors. The AA degree requires completion of 60 credit hours. Meeting with a JCCC counselor is strongly recommended for selection of appropriate courses.  

Horticulture Production Option

An education combining horticulture and business courses prepares students for opportunities in propagation and production of potted crops, bedding plants, trees and shrubs, cut flowers. This program also prepares students for careers in organic, sustainable, and conventional fruit and vegetable production. Many students obtain professional positions as greenhouse, nursery, or garden center managers or with allied trades such as seed breeding companies, supply firms, research greenhouses, retail floral shops, and wholesale brokers. Employment opportunities also include owner or manager of a fruit or vegetable farm; organic farmer; or work with non-profit organizations in the new area of urban and community gardening. Graduates would also be qualified to be field representatives for processing, agricultural input suppliers, or equipment companies; or as managers, buyers, field representatives, or produce brokers/marketing representatives. 

This degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours. No more than seventy-five hours may be transferred as credit from a community college. 

General Education

K-State Core

JCCC
KSTATE
Course CodeCourse TitleCourse HoursTransfer CodeTransfer TitleTransfer Hours
English (two courses) Visit the KSU Core General Education guide for JCCC equivalents.
Communications Visit the KSU Core General Education guide for JCCC equivalents.
Math and Statistics
MATH 151Contemporary Mathematics* 3 MATH 160 Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics
Natural and Physical Sciences (One Subject area only, must include a lab)
BIOL 135Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology4BIOL 198Principles of Biology4
Social and Behavior Sciences (Select two courses in two subject areas) Visit the KSU Core General Education guide for JCCC equivalents.
Arts and Humanities (Select two courses in two subject areas) Visit the KSU Core General Education guide for JCCC equivalents.
Free Electives (Any 100 or 200 level courses may apply) Visit the KSU Core General Education guide for JCCC equivalents.

Program Requirements  

JCCC
KSTATE
Course CodeCourse TitleCourse HoursTransfer CodeTransfer TitleTransfer Hours
ACCT 222Managerial Accounting*3ACCTG 231Intro to Managerial Accounting3
Select one of the following:
Chemistry in Society* 4 CHEM 110/111 General Chemistry/Lab
Principles of Chemistry* 5 CHEM 110/111 General Chemistry/Lab
Select one of the following:
Principles of Macroeconomics 3 ECON 110 Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics3ECON 120Principles of Microeconomics3
HORT 201Introduction to Horticultural Science4HORT 201Prin of Horticultural Science4
HORT 205Plant Propagation*3HORT 350Plant Propagation3
HORT 214Woody Plants, Deciduous 3 HORT 375 Landscape Plants II
HORT 215Woody Plants, Evergreens 3 HORT 274 Landscape Plants I
Select 6 hours of Business Electives:
Accounting I (AND)3ACCTG 241Intro to Financial Accounting3
Accounting II*3ACCTG 241Intro to Financial Accounting3
Principles of Management 3 MANGT 220 Principles of Management
Marketing 3 MKTG 250 Introduction to Marketing
Select 3 hours of Communications Elective: Any level foreign language OR Foreign Language FL courses
Advanced Composition: The Art of the Essay* 3 ENGL 300 Expository Writing III
Introduction to Creative Writing*3ENGL 461Intro to Fiction Writing3
Children's Literature*3ENGL 355Literature for Children3
American Literature I*3ENGL 381American Survey I3
American Literature II*3ENGL 382American Survey II3
Introduction to Shakespeare* 3ENGL 350Intro to Shakespeare3
*

 * JCCC course has a prerequisite or corequisite. 

Last Approved Sat Nov 1 22:34:32 2025