Horticulture Diploma

Offered At the following campus locations
Program Overview

The 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.

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Entrance Requirements

Education: A high school diploma or its equivalent is not required for admission, but must be obtained before receiving a diploma from SGTC. Age: 16 years or older Placement: Achievement of appropriate scores on the college's placement test or submission of acceptable SAT or ACT scores. Provisional Admission accepted.

Course Overview
CourseCredit Hours
GENERAL CORE COURSES
ENGL 1010 Fundamentals of English I 3
MATH 1012 Foundations of Mathematics 3
EMPL 1000 Interpersonal Relat & Prof Dev 2
OCCUPATIONAL COURSES
COMP 1000 Introduction to Computer Literacy 3
HORT 1000 Horticulture Science 3
HORT 1010 Woody Plant Identification 3
HORT 1020 Herbaceous Plant ID 3
HORT 1080 Pest Management 3
HORT 1150 Environmental Hort Internship 3
XXXX 300 Occupational Elective 3
AND
Completion of one of the following specializations is required for graduation.
GENERAL HORTICULTURE SPECIALIZATION
The student selects fifteen (15) credits from the following list based on the advisor’s recommendation.
HORT 1030 Greenhouse Management 4
HORT 1041 Landscape Construction 4
HORT 1050 Nursery Prod & Mgmt 4
HORT 1060 Landscape Design 4
HORT 1120 Landscape Management 4
HORT 1140 Horticulture Business Mgmt 3
HORT 1310 Irrigation & Water Mgmt 4
HORT 1330 Turfgrass Management 4
OR
LANDSCAPE SPECIALIZATION
HORT 1041 Landscape Construction 4
HORT 1060 Landscape Design 4
HORT 1120 Landscape Management 4
HORT 1330 Turfgrass Management 4
HORT 1310 Irrigation & Water Mgmt 4
OCCUPATIONAL ELECTIVE COURSES
HORT 1160 Landscape Contracting 3
HORT 1310 Irrigation & Water Mgmt 4
HORT 1330 Turfgrass Management 4
HORT 1410 Soils 3
HORT 1560 Computer-Aided Lndscp Design 4
HORT 1680 Woody Plant ID II 3
*44 minimum semester hour credits required for graduation
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