{"id":4024,"date":"2016-03-08T16:08:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2016-2017\/?page_id=4022"},"modified":"2016-03-08T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:08:28","slug":"plant-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2016-2017\/plant-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/\">School of Theoretical and Applied Science <\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"facultyTable\"><div class=\"row colSet\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \"><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"convenerListing\">Convener:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/faculty\/yan-xu\/\">Yan Xu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4>Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/howard-horowitz\/\">Howard Horowitz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/faculty\/eric-karlin\/\">Eric Karlin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/faculty\/wiliam-c-mitchell\/\">William Mitchell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/ashwani-vasishth\/\">Ashwani Vasishth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/faculty\/eric-m-wiener\/\">Eric Weiner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/tas\/faculty\/yan-xu\/\">Yan Xu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Current as of June 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>About the Minor <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>Agriculture is one of the largest industries in New Jersey. Leading NJ agriculture sectors include nursery and greenhouse plants ($444.8 million), fruits and vegetables ($462.9 million), and field crops ($31.6 million). This minor in Plant Studies prepares students for further study or career in the areas of food production, ornamental plant care, landscape design, sustainable agriculture 9farm, nursery, garden, park, golf course, etc.) management, and plant science education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Requirements of the Minor <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>Students are required to take 5 courses (20 credits) to complete this minor.<\/li>\n<li>At least 1\/2 of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student\u2019s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.<\/li>\n<li>Not all courses are offered each semester. Please check the current Schedule of Classes for semester course offerings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>PLANT STUDIES MINOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>REQUIRED COURSES:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69dbe21740dcd\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL110\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 110 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I:  LECTURE AND LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69dbe21741014\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/CHEM110\" target=\"_blank\">CHEM 110 - FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY I:  LECTURE AND LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>ELECTIVES:\u00a0 Select Three\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69dbe217414a9\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL221\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 221 - GENERAL ECOLOGY<\/a>\u00a0<strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69dbe217423d2\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENSC210\" target=\"_blank\">ENSC 210 - THEORETICAL AND FIELD ECOLOGY LEC\/LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69dbe21742fd9\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL247\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 247 - 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