This Sample Program Pathway is designed to provide an example of course selections in a term by term sequence. Please see an Academic Advisor for a plan specific to your academic needs.
Description: This class is an overview of the Agriculture Industry. Guest lecture presentations, field trips, career research, and industry personnel interviews provide students with real-world examples of the skills and abilities necessary to compete in the world of Agriculture Science.
Description: An overview of the horticulture profession, including its role and importance throughout history, current trends, and career opportunities, will be covered. Particular attention is given to horticulture crops, plant classification, use, and the interrelationships between environment, plant growth, and plant development. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Description: For the student/entrepreneur with no background in finance and accounting. Students will gain a foundation in small business finance: financial and economic concepts; financial terminology; understanding, preparing, analyzing and presenting financial statements; and financial forecasting and budgeting techniques.
Term hours subtotal:
7
Description: Soil as part of natural and managed ecosystems and landscapes. Solid, liquid, and gas phases and their interactions in the soil. Water, gas and heat movement in soil. Soil biology. Plant nutrient acquisition and use. Soil development, management and use. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Spring Only
Prerequisites: AGR 1201
Description: This course will familiarize the student with methods of increasing plant numbers and producing a marketable product. Topics include growth structures, media, plant culture, sexual and asexual reproduction, grafting, and nursery management. Practical greenhouse and field experience included. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Spring Only
Prerequisites: AGR 1201
Description: This course will allow students to apply knowledge of plant growth in field containers, pot-in-pot methods while integrating acquired plant production methods. Students will use binomial nomenclature of trees, flowers and turf grasses to accurately label and classify plant product. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Spring Only
Prerequisites: AGR 1201
Term hours subtotal:
9
Description: Emphasizes the growth process in production of fruits, vegetables, flowers, lawns, trees, and shrubs. Studies include planning, preparation and care of home grounds. Fundamental concepts in plant identification, growth, culture, landscape and design are also studied. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Fall Only
Prerequisites: AGR 1201
Description: This course is designed to prepare students to manage a greenhouse operation. Students in this class will learn to produce various ornamental and food crops. An understanding of structures, crop selection, and growing systems will be explored. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Fall Only
Prerequisites: AGR 1201
Description: This course will give hands on practical experience in greenhouse employment. One classroom, four lab hours per week.
Prerequisites: AGR 1206
Term hours subtotal:
9
Description: This course will assess the design problems/situations, the development of solutions and the communication of those solutions to the client through the design. Specific topics include designing for ecosystem maintenance/enhancement, introduction to using color in landscape designs and rendering section/elevation views. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Spring Only
Prerequisites: AGR 1206
Description: This course is the culminating course in the greenhouse management certificate. This course combines the knowledge obtained in AGR 1201 through AGR 1208 resulting in an applicable working understanding of how to manage a greenhouse in today's economy. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Spring Only
Prerequisites: AGR 1206
Term hours subtotal:
6