Environmental Horticulture Technician
Offered At the following campus locations
Program Overview
The Environmental Horticulture Technician technical certificate of credit聽prepares students to engage in the propagation, growing and marketing聽of plants for use in the home, business or the landscape greenhouse聽and nursery operations. The program provides a solid foundation of聽plant knowledge and nursery, garden center skills to equip students to聽work effectively in nurseries, retail garden centers, and entrepreneurial聽enterprises. The program emphasizes hands-on learning and most courses聽incorporate lab activities that apply knowledge and skills in realistic settings.
Course Overview
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|
HORT 1000 Horticulture Science Introduces the fundamentals of plant science and horticulture as a career field.Emphasis will be placed on an industry overview; plant morphology; plant physiology; environmental factors affecting horticulture practices; soil physical and chemical properties; fertilizer elements and analysis; and basic propagation techniques.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Course pack assigned by instructor.
2575 | 3 |
HORT 1050 Nursery Prod & Mgmt Develops skills necessary to propagate and produce both container and field grown nursery stock.Topics include:industry overview, facility design, propagation techniques and environment, field grown and container production, and managerial functions for nursery production.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Course pack assigned by instructor.
2580 | 4 |
HORT 1070 Landscape Installation This course develops skills needed for the proper selection, installation, and establishment of landscape trees, shrubs, groundcovers, turf, and flowers. Topics include workplace safety, interpreting a landscape plan, soil preparation, planting methods, post care and establishment, and managerial functions for landscape installers.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Course pack assigned by instructor.
4351 | 4 |
HORT 1080 Pest Management This course provides an introduction to the principles and mechanisms of integrated pest management across a diverse array of pests including insects, weeds, plant pathogens, nematodes and vertebrates.Specifically, the course will provide students with a fundamental and practical understanding of integrated pest management in a landscape setting with emphasis on pest indentification and control; pesticide application safety; and legal requirements for state licensure.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Course pack assigned by instructor.
2582 | 3 |
HORT 1310 Irrigation & Water Mgmt Provides students with exposure to the basic principles of hydraulics and fluidics. Special attention is given to watering plant materials in various soil and climatic conditions through the use of irrigation.Topics include: industry overview; fluidics and hydraulics; system design and installation.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Course pack assigned by instructor.
2587 | 4 |
| *18 minimum semester hour credits required for certificate | |
