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Transfer to a four year University

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-Undergraduate application is open from October 1 – November 30 through Cal State Apply
-Average cost of attending is 22,000$
-Student body is 22,287
-They have a masters program for Agriculture that Specializes in Environmental Horticultural Science

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The Agricultural and Environmental Plant Sciences major at Cal Poly offers you an opportunity not just to learn, but learn-by-doing. Prepare to get your hands dirty, work outdoors and in our labs and greenhouses, and enjoy some of the most beautiful California sunshine in the state.

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Must select from the following (at least 8 units must be upper-division): 16

AEPS 126

Landscape Construction

AEPS 200

Special Problems for Undergraduates 2

AEPS 212

Environmental Horticulture Enterprise Project I

or AEPS 312

Environmental Horticulture Enterprise Project II

AEPS 215

Floral Design I

AEPS 225

Floral Design II

AEPS 327

Vertebrate Pest Management

AEPS 332

Landscape Contracting

AEPS 333

Greenhouse Vegetable Production

AEPS 339

Internship in Horticulture and Crop Science 3

AEPS 340

Principles of Greenhouse Environment

AEPS 341

Cut Flower Production

AEPS 342

Potted Plant Production

AEPS 343

Turfgrass Management

AEPS 381

Native Plants for California Landscapes

AEPS 400

Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates 2

AEPS 421

Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops

AEPS 424

Nursery Crop Production

AEPS 425

Arboriculture

AEPS 428

Advances in Plant Pathology

AEPS 432

Specialized Operations for Golf Courses and Athletic Fields

AEPS 437

Park and Public Space Management

AEPS 441

Biological Control for Pest Management

BRAE 337

Landscape Irrigation

BUS 346

Principles of Marketing

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-The program sounds like fun
- would need more agricultural classes and/or more environmental work
- Maybe Join a Sport or some of the many clubs on campus

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AEPS 123 Landscape Installation and Maintenance 4

AEPS 127 Horticulture and Landscape Design 4

AEPS 233 Plant Materials I 4

AEPS 234 Plant Materials II 4

AEPS 245 Horticultural Production Techniques 4

AEPS 350 Abiotic Plant Problems 3

AEPS 427 Disease and Pest Control Systems for Ornamental Plants 4

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Shashika Hewavitharana, Ph.D.Assistant Professor in Horticulture and Crop Science and Strawberry Pathologist with the Strawberry Center

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Shashika Hewavitharana, Ph.D.Assistant Professor in Horticulture and Crop Science and Strawberry Pathologist with the Strawberry Center

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Dr. Hewavitharana received her B.S. in Plant Biotechnology at the University of Colombo, in Sri Lanka. She obtained her M.S. in Plant Pathology and her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Washington State University. Dr. Hewavitharana's last position was as a postdoctoral research associate working under Dr. Mark Mazzola at USDA-ARS and Tianna DuPont at Washington State University's Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center. Her research involved application of bio-renovation methods of anaerobic soil disinfestation and Brassicaceae seed meal application to control apple replant disease. Her research program at Cal Poly focuses on integrated management of both current and emerging disease threats to California's strawberry industry.

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Dr. Steinmaus received a BS in Plant Science/Plant Pathology and a PhD in Plant Biology from the University of California at Davis. He worked as a Staff Research Associate in the Weed Science program while a graduate student at UCD. He was a National Research Initiative USDA Postdoc Fellow Plant Physiologist at University of California Riverside in the Botany and Plant Science Department. He joined the Horticulture and Crop Science Department at Cal Poly in 1999 and moved into the Biological Sciences Department in 2005 before returning in 2014 to HCS as department head. His area of teaching and research is weed science as it pertains to weeds in agriculture and invasive plants in wild lands.

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Benjamin K. Hoover, Ph.D.Associate Professor

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Benjamin K. Hoover, Ph.D.Associate Professor

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Dr. Hoover is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Nursery Production. He worked in the nursery industry for a decade, growing and selling plants in wholesale and retail environments. Dr. Hoover earned a B.S. in horticulture from Temple University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in horticulture from Penn State University. His research interests include propagation substrates, nursery production methods, and landscape plant selection. He teaches Plant Propagation, Nursery Production, Horticultural Production Techniques, Plant Materials I and II, Experimental Techniques and Analysis, and the Tomato Spectacular Enterprise Project. Dr. Hoover is the head coach for the Cal Poly National Collegiate Landscape Competition team. He is a member of the American Society for Horticultural Science, the International Plant Propagators' Society Western Region, and the Plant California Alliance.