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HORTICULTURE LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT: ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE [CAREER PROGRAM]

Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Career Cluster

Total Credit Hours: 62

Courses

GENERAL CourseS

TITLES

Credit Hours

ENGL 110

COMPOSITION I 

3

COMMUNICATION *

*see Applied Science Degree Options

3

SOCIAL SCIENCE *

*see Applied Science Degree Options

3

MATHEMATICS *

*see Applied Science Degree Options

3

AGRI 200 

INTRODUCTORY SOIL SCIENCE 

4

HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS *

*see Applied Science Degree Options

3

PROGRAM COURSES

TITLES

CREDIT HOURS

AGRI 113

PRINCIPLES OF SOIL FERTILITY 

3

HORT 110

INTRODUCTION TO HORTICULTURAL PLANTS 

4

HORT 114

INTRODUCTION TO TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT 

3

HORT 124

LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION 

3

HORT 126

LANDSCAPE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT 

3

HORT 130

WOODY PLANT ID 

3

HORT 132

PLANT PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT 

3

HORT 213

LANDSCAPE LAYOUT AND DESIGN 

3

HORT 214

HORTICULTURAL MECHANICS 

3

HORT 218

LANDSCAPE ESTIMATION AND CONTRACTS 

2

HORT 226

OCCUPATIONAL INTERNSHIP AND SEMINAR 

3

HORT 229 

HORTICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 

3

HORT 237

GARDEN FLOWERS 

3

HORT 238

WINTER IDENTIFICATION OF DECIDUOUS PLANTS 

1

HORT 241

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERIZED LANDSCAPE DESIGN 

2

HORT 250

HORTICULTURE CAREER PREPARATION AND SEMINAR 

1

* See specific requirements for Associate in Applied Science Degree.

Recommended Course Sequence

Semester

Courses

1st Semester

ENGL 110; Mathematics; AGRI 200; HORT 110; HORT 114

2nd Semester

Communication; Social Science; AGRI 113; HORT 124; HORT 126

Summer Semester

HORT132; HORT 237

3rd Semester

Humanities/Fine Arts; HORT 130; HORT 213; HORT 214; HORT 238; HORT 241

4th Semester

HORT 218; HORT 226; HORT 229; HORT 250

Department Contact Information

Agricultural and Industrial Technologies
East Peoria Campus, AIT Building, Room 209
(309) 694-5510