Courses
Texas A&M Courses for Bachelors Degree
Major Courses
Directly Related To My Career Path
HORT 202: Horticulture Sciences Lab
This is the lab for HORT 201 which gives hands-on experience with the information we learn in lecture along with more in-depth information in certain areas such as plant cuttings, tree structures, etc. Throughout the semester we conducted a series of experiments to test various plants, potting soil mixes, and seeds; including testing chilling injury in tropical foliage plants and the effect of commercial "rooting hormones."
Included below is an example of some of the work done in the lab. This particular example is documenting the chilling injury of coleus plants and providing details about the look of the plants over time.
HORT 203: Floral Design
This class has a lecture and lab that teaches about the different design structures for floral arrangements, different flowers and foliage, techniques in the trade such as form and color, and the history of art and floral design. It has begun my learning of creating beautiful arrangements and will help me in my future career of event planning to be able to know all aspects of my job by helping create designs for weddings or know exact specifications to give to florists for what a customer prefers.
Included below is an example of the work I have completed in the class. This work is actually a powerpoint documentation of some of the designs I had created over the course and all the information pertaining to them.
HORT 332: Landscape Graphics
This class is about providing graphic drawings of landscapes at a professional level to represent potential landscape productions. In addition, not just black and white drawings but also color to give a deeper representation.
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Included below is an example of some of the work conducted in class. This particular assignment was used to give us experience working with vellum paper and ink markers. Also, mastering and visually seeing the differences between using different line weights.
HORT 335: Sociohorticulture
This is the class to be able to understand the interaction between humans and plants and how plants improve everyday life.
Included below is an example of some of the work I have completed within the course. This example includes my service learning project in which I volunteered with the Big Event and described how people interacted with plants in this volunteer environment. Also, about how plants impact the future and how we are helping them become real.
Minor Courses
Directly Related To My Career Path
RPTS 302: Application of Tourism Principles
This class is based on the tourism industry and is applied to different levels of tourism around the globe and around the corner. It is also included that there are always issues related to tourism from political to technological and what it takes to overcome them.
Included below is an example of my work that I conducted in class. This particular work analyzes Fort Worth, TX as a tourist attraction, including a swot analysis, interview statements, and other aspects to provide examples and information to back up my points.
RPTS 311: Planning and Implementation of Events and Programs
This class is the first in a list of classes specifically about event planning. You learn about planning, evaluating, reporting, implementing events, and more.
Included below is an example of some of my best work while attending this course. This example is my comprehensive program plan for an event that I had created all from scratch. It taught how to properly plan an event from start to finish and everything in between.
RPTS 421: Hotel and Resort Operations
This class is used to identify the elements needed to create a successful hotel establishment and the details on how they continue to make them run. In addition, this class teaches about the management principles in the areas of the hotel.
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Included below is an example of work that was completed in the course. This example is specifically the analysis of an article and my opinion on what it is about and what they could do to resolve the problem if there is one.
RPTS 423: Tourism Management
This class is specifically about the management issues and tools that are related to the tourism industry and travel is a major portion. This class also included how to handle tourism in different environments and using skills such as turn around strategies for a company to turn a profit in the business.
Included below is an example of my work from the course. This example is a management brief overviewing an academic article while providing my personal opinion on what I would do to change the issue or what I would do differently. In addition, relating information back that was discussed in class with the article.