Horticulture - Landscape Management, Certificate of Achievement

Upon successful completion of the Horticulture - Landscape Management Certificate, the student demonstrates skills, knowledge, and training to take the State Landscape Association Certified Technicians test or for employment positions in the following: groundskeeper, landscape installer, landscape maintenance, pruner, and starting a personal business. The student demonstrates his or her ability to: plant plants, mow lawns, fertilize plant material, prune trees and shrubs, to do basic landscape design, identify plant pests, identify plants and bid a job.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to think critically and solve problems within the Horticulture field.
  2. Students will demonstrate time management, accountability and dependability skills within the Horticulture Field.
  3. Students will be able to identify basic pest problems.
  4. Students will have basic plant identification knowledge.

Core Requirements

Complete 33 units

BUS 031

Introduction to Management

3

HORT 001

Fundamentals of Horticulture

3

HORT 002

Plant Materials and Usage - Fall

3

HORT 003

Plant Materials and Usage - Spring

3

HORT 005

Introduction to Plant Pests and Diseases

3

HORT 020

Landscape Maintenance

3

HORT 021

Landscape Construction

3

HORT 022

Turf Practices

3

HORT 023

Landscape Irrigation and Drainage

3

HORT 024

Principles of Landscape Design

3

HORT 026

Introduction to Arboriculture

3

Minimum Units Required: 33

Complete all courses with a grade of "C" or better.

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