The Horticulture Technology curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for various careers in horticulture. Classroom instruction and practical laboratory applications of horticultural principles and practices are included in the program of study. Course work includes plant science, plant materials, propagation, soils, fertilizers, and pest management. Also included are courses in plant production, landscaping, and the management and operation...
First Year
First Semester
AGRI 1131 The Agriculture Industry
AGRI 1419 Introductory Animal Science
ENGL 1312 Business Writing
AGRI 2317 Introduction to Agriculture Economics
AGRI 1309 Computers in Agriculture
Second Semester
AGCR 1307 Range Management
AGRI 1407 Agronomy
ELCT Humanities/Fine Arts Selection
HALT 1322 Landscape Design
AGRI 1415 Horticulture
Second Year
First Semester
HALT 1470 Horticulture - Home Gardening...
The Environmental Horticulture program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for careers in environmental horticulture. The program provides learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and technical knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to retrain or upgrade present knowledge and skills. Graduates of the program...
The Horticulture program prepares students for occupations in greenhouse and nursery production, propagation, or plant protection as managers, crew leaders, inventory controllers, irrigation specialists, and plant sales or customer service representatives. The program offers a two-year Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.
The program includes instruction and hands-on training in the basic knowledge and technical skills required for successful...
Students enrolled in the CVTC Landscape, Plant and Turf Management program are provided well-rounded horticultural training, real life experience and an emphasis on the business skills necessary to achieve a life-long career either working, managing or owning a sustainable horticulture business. This program provides students with the education and training necessary to develop a successful career working with plants and people in an environmentally...
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
Horticulture is a hands-on, broad-based curriculum where students participate in a laboratory-style practicum class which develops a full season‘s experience in growing and caring for plants. Students are involved in the day-to-day operation and maintenance of CCC‘s extensive greenhouse and landscape facilities, while training with tools of the trade: mowers, rototillers, tractors, pesticide applicators, greenhouse equipment and pruning tools. Students...
Turf science and landscape maintenance as they apply to maintaining the golf course are emphasized, leading to a career in the golf course industry.
These program schedules are designed for full-time students who have completed all prerequisites and who have no college preparatory recommendations. Many individuals, especially part-time students and those taking college preparatory courses, will require additional quarters of study. Students should...
The horticulture option draws on the strengths of both academic and workplace learning providing a professional education in a range of specialty areas relating to managing a greenhouse, field, or nursery operation, as well as identifying and working with ornamentally important plants. Also included are the skills to prepare for the Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) exam. This option also provides a solid foundation for those students interested...
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