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Ornamental Horticulture
Landscape Technology Emphasis (OD)
Academic School: Natural Resources Management
(Effective Fall 2007)

Associate of Applied Science Degree (A.A.S.)

Landscape Technology offers rewarding careers to students who enjoy working with plant materials in an innovative and constructive environment. Students study landscape design, landscape construction, installation and maintenance of landscape materials, turf management, plant insects and diseases, and plant information and identification. Classroom and laboratory activities include operation of landscape equipment and landscape construction, including retaining walls, walkways, patios, decks, and general landscape operations.

Career Opportunities:  Depending on the student's academic emphasis, careers in the following segments of the ornamental horticulture industry are available to the graduate: landscape design and installation, floral shop and garden center manager, both in traditional and mass market retailing; horticultural product marketing and merchandising; floral designer; plant propagator, greenhouse and nursery production of trees, shrubs, tropical, annual and perennial plants; arborist/tree care specialist; interiorscaper; landscape foreman/supervisor; landscape management; estate gardener; horticulture product buyer; horticulturist with an institutional or government agency; transfer student into advanced degree colleges or universities.

Recommended High School Subjects:  Four years of English, two years of algebra, and two years of science.

Remediation Strategies:  All students must remediate by the end of the first year. The order of remediation will be math, reading, and English.

Transfer Procedures:  This major is subject to the transfer standards established by the College (see http://www.pct.edu/catalog/TransferringCredits.htm ). Exceptions must be approved by the school dean.

Program Goals:  A graduate of this major should be able to:

Specifically, graduates of the Landscape Technology Emphasis should be able to:

First SemesterCredits
HRT101Introduction to Ornamental Horticulture 1
HRT102Horticulture Equipment Operation and Safety 1
HRT110Soils and Fertilizers 3
HRT113Ornamental Plants 3
BIO111Basic Botany 3
ENL111English Composition I 3
MTH124Technical Algebra and Trigonometry I 3
or
MTH180College Algebra and Trigonometry I 3
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Second SemesterCredits
HRT119Herbaceous Plant Production 3
HRT121Landscape Plants 3
CSC110Introduction to Information Technology 3
ENL201Technical and Professional Communication 3
or
SPC201Interpersonal Communication 3
OHBDirected Ornamental Horticulture Business Elective 3
15
Summer SessionCredits
HRT150Internship 2
2
Third SemesterCredits
HRT209Plant Propagation and Production 3
HRT216Turf Management 3
HRT219Landscape Operations 3
HRT225Landscape Design 3
HRT239Plant Insects and Diseases 3
FITFitness and Lifetime Sports Elective 1
16
Fourth SemesterCredits
HRT224Landscape Construction 3
HRT226Landscape Management 3
HRT230Landscape Accessories 3
OHBDirected Ornamental Horticulture Business Elective 3
or
OEAOpen Elective 3
ODEDirected Ornamental Horticulture - Landscape Technology Elective 3
HUMHumanities Elective 3
or
SSESocial Science Elective 3
or
ARTArt Elective 3
or
FORForeign Language Elective 3
or
AAEApplied Arts Elective 3
or
IFEInternational Field Experience Elective 3
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Accreditation:  Recognized and accredited by the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET).