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Ornamental Horticulture
Plant Production Emphasis (OH)
Academic School: Natural Resources Management
(Effective Fall 2007)

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

Horticulture plant production may arguably be the foundation of the horticulture business. Plant production involves the greenhouse, nursery, and field production of horticulture plants from the initial propagation, by seed or assorted plant parts, to the finished landscape or retail product. Depending on the electives chosen, students will prepare for careers in all phases of the plant production industry, including woody landscape plants and herbaceous plants used in the landscape, greenhouse, floriculture, and vegetable trade. Classroom and laboratory instruction will include plant structure, physiology and growth, plant growing structures and environments, production tools, equipment and materials, and techniques of production. Specifically, students will prepare for commercial production in field nursery, greenhouse, and self-employment opportunities.

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 Plant Production 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
CSC110Introduction to Information Technology 3
ENL201Technical and Professional Communication 3
or
SPC201Interpersonal Communication 3
OHEDirected Ornamental Horticulture - Plant Production Elective 3
OHEDirected Ornamental Horticulture - Plant Production Elective 3
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Summer SessionCredits
HRT150Internship 2
2
Third SemesterCredits
HRT208Containerized Plant Production 3
HRT209Plant Propagation and Production 3
HRT239Plant Insects and Diseases 3
FITFitness and Lifetime Sports Elective 1
OHEDirected Ornamental Horticulture - Plant Production Elective 3
OHBDirected Ornamental Horticulture Business Elective 3
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Fourth SemesterCredits
OHEDirected Ornamental Horticulture - Plant Production Elective 3
OHEDirected Ornamental Horticulture - Plant Production Elective 3
OEAOpen Elective 3
OHBDirected Ornamental Horticulture Business Elective 3
OEAOpen 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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