Horticulture, Diploma

Overview

Offered at the Augusta Campus and the Columbia County Center

Entrance Dates:	Fall, Spring, and Summer
Length of Program:	Four Terms
Credit Hours Required for Graduation:	44

Program Description: The Horticulture program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for careers in most fields of 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.

Employment Opportunities: A graduate of this program may expect to find career opportunities as a first-line supervisor or manager in the landscape industry as well as nursery, greenhouse, and garden center operations and sales or a small business owner in one or more of these areas.

Curriculum Outline

Basic Skills Courses, 8 credits

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3
MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	2
	OR
PSYC 1010	BASIC PSYCHOLOGY	3

Occupational Courses, 21 credits

HORT 1000	HORTICULTURE SCIENCE	3
HORT 1010	WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION I	3
HORT 1020	HERBACEOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION	3
HORT 1080	PEST MANAGEMENT	3
HORT 1140	HORTICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT	3
HORT 1150	ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE INTERNSHIP	3
COMP 1000	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LITERACY	3

General Horticulture Specialization, 15 credits

HORT 1030	GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1050	NURSERY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1060	LANDSCAPE DESIGN	4
HORT 1070	LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION	4
HORT 1100	INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE	3
HORT 1110	SMALL SCALE FOOD PRODUCTION	4
HORT 1120	LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1410	SOILS	3
HORT 1430	ADVANCED LANDSCAPE DESIGN	4
HORT 1500	SMALL GAS ENGINE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE	3
HORT 1720	INTRODUCTORY FLORAL DESIGN	4
HORT 1750	INTERIORSCAPING	4
HORT 1800	URBAN LANDSCAPE ISSUES	3

Guided Pathway

You may click on any course below to view the course description and prerequisite information.

Students who do not follow the Course Sequence listed below may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown.

 

 

Augusta Day Program

PROGRAM NAME: Horticulture

AWARD: Diploma

CAMPUS: Augusta Day Program

Year 1 Fall Semester

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3
HORT 1000	HORTICULTURE SCIENCE	3
HORT 1010	WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION I	3
HORT 1050	NURSERY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1140	HORTICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
HORT 1030	GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1060	LANDSCAPE DESIGN	4
HORT 1080	PEST MANAGEMENT	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LITERACY	3
HORT 1020	HERBACEOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION	3
HORT 1120	LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT	4

Year 2 Fall Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	2
HORT 1150	ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE INTERNSHIP	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
HORT 1030	GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1060	LANDSCAPE DESIGN	4
HORT 1080	PEST MANAGEMENT	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LITERACY	3
HORT 1020	HERBACEOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION	3
HORT 1120	LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT	4

Year 1 Fall Semester

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3
HORT 1000	HORTICULTURE SCIENCE	3
HORT 1010	WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION I	3
HORT 1050	NURSERY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1140	HORTICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT	3

Year 2 Spring Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	2
HORT 1150	ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE INTERNSHIP	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LITERACY	3
HORT 1020	HERBACEOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION	3
HORT 1120	LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT	4

Year 1 Fall Semester

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3
HORT 1000	HORTICULTURE SCIENCE	3
HORT 1010	WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION I	3
HORT 1050	NURSERY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1140	HORTICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
HORT 1030	GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1060	LANDSCAPE DESIGN	4
HORT 1080	PEST MANAGEMENT	3

Year 2 Summer Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	2
HORT 1150	ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE INTERNSHIP	3

 

Grovetown Day Program

PROGRAM NAME: Horticulture

AWARD: Diploma

CAMPUS: Grovetown Day Program

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
HORT 1030	GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1060	LANDSCAPE DESIGN	4
HORT 1080	PEST MANAGEMENT	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LITERACY	3
HORT 1020	HERBACEOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION	3
HORT 1120	LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT	4

Year 1 Fall Semester

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3
HORT 1000	HORTICULTURE SCIENCE	3
HORT 1010	WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION I	3
HORT 1050	NURSERY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT	4
HORT 1140	HORTICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT	3

Year 2 Spring Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	2
	OR
PSYC 1010	BASIC PSYCHOLOGY	3
HORT 1150	ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE INTERNSHIP	3