This ornamental horticulture program prepares the student for a career in landscape design. Landscape designers create landscape installation plans based on the client’s needs, wants, and desires. Landscape designers find work for medium to large landscape contracting companies or may work independently creating designs the client can take to a contractor.
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following program outcomes:
Suggested Semester Sequence
HLTH-1230
Standard First Aid and Personal Safety
1
PST-1300
Horticultural Botany
3
PST-1310
Landscape Plants I
PST-1410
Equipment Operations and Maintenance
PST-1430
Design I - Landscape Design and Construction Graphics
MATH-1060
Survey of Mathematics or higher (1)
Total
16
ENG-1010
College Composition I
IT-1010
Introduction to Microcomputer Applications
PST-1440
Design II: Introduction to Landscape Design
PST-1320
Landscape Plants II
PST-1420
Landscape Practices
PST-1500
Basic Landscape Contracting
18
PST-2950
Field Experience
ECON-2620
Principles of Microeconomics
4
PSCI-1020
Chemistry
PSCI-102L
Chemistry Laboratory
PST-2200
Advanced Landscape Contracting
PST-2430
Design III - Planting Design
SPCH-1000
Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
17
BADM-1300
Small Business Management
PST-1600
Irrigation and Drainage
2
PST-2310
Soil Technology
PST-2440
Design IV - Advanced Landscape Design (C)
Arts & Hum/Soc & Beh Sci.
See Catalog for AAS Degree requirements (2)
70
(1)MATH-1800-1819/2800-2819 & 1820/2820 may not be used to meet this requirement.
(2)Highly recommend SPAN-1010 Beginning Spanish I.
C = Capstone course