Associate degrees in Horticultural Science: A program that focuses on the scientific principles related to the cultivation of garden and ornamental plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape and nursery crops. Includes instruction in specific types of plants, such as citrus; breeding horticultural varieties; physiology of horticultural species; and the scientific management of horticultural plant development and production through the life cycle.
The Horticulture Science Program offers courses and laboratory exercises that are necessary in giving students technical knowledge for exciting careers in the horticulture field such as nursery manager, groundskeeper, retail florist, landscape designer, turf and golf course manager, greenhouse manager, lawn service person and worker. An eight week supervised work experience program is completed during the fourth semester of the two year Horticulture...
General Education Courses 17 credit hours
English 101: Composition
Botany 201: General Botany
Sociology 210: Diverse Cultures in a Global Age
Mathematics 118: General Education Mathematics
Humanities: Any IAI approved course
The Horticulture program meets the needs of students entering the horticulture industry as well as those presently employed who wish to continue their professional growth. Besides providing horticultural knowledge and skills, the program emphasizes the business and management
proficiency necessary to compete successfully in the horticulture industry.
Key First Semester Courses Hort 1100 Introduction to Horticulture .........................3
Horticulture...
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