Horticulture Industry
This program is available at the Springfield - Leffel Lane location.The Horticultural Industry program provides basic preparation for careers in the landscape and turfgrass industries. The campus grounds, including a greenhouse facility and a one-hole golf course, act as a working laboratory to give students practical training. Students can specialize in the following topics through course electives:
Golf Course Operations - study the maintenance of the golf course amenities
Landscape Design - study landscape plant materials, design, and computer-aided design
Natural Resources - study tree and shrub identification, landscape maintenance, turf science, and communication skills
Nursery Operations - study landscape plant materials, landscape installation, and plant propagation
Turf and Landscape Operations - study turfgrass science and turf management as well as landscape maintenance
Explore CareersOutcomes and Curriculum
Upon completion of an Associate of Applied Science degree in the Horticulture, a graduate will be able to:
- Identify plant nutrient deficiencies and describe corrective measures.
- Identify major plant pests, including weeds, insects and diseases and describe corrective measures.
- Develop a written agricultural business plan.
- Locate and use current information in solving technical and critical thinking problems.
- Demonstrate effective employability skills.
- Identify common landscape plant materials.
- Demonstrate the proper care of established plants in the landscape.
- Write clearly and accurately in variety of contexts and formats.
- Use critical thinking and problem solving to draw logical conclusions.
- Use numerical data to solve problems, explain phenomena and make predictions.
- Speak clearly and accurately in a variety of contexts and formats.
- Demonstrate basic trouble shooting and maintenance skills for small gas engines.
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Dr. Arly Drake Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Agriculture