Horticulture, Associate of Applied Science Degree

Overview

Offered at the Augusta and Thomson Campuses and the Columbia County Center

Entrance Dates:	Fall, Spring, and Summer
Length of Program:	Six Terms
Credit Hours Required for Graduation:	60

Program Description: 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. Graduates of the program receive an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Horticulture with a specialization in either General Horticulture Specialization or Landscape Specialization.

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

General Education Core Classes, 15 credits

ENGL 1101	COMPOSITION & RHETORIC	3
XXXX XXXX	Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective	3

MATH 1101	MATHEMATICAL MODELING	3
	OR
MATH 1103	Quantitative Skills& Reasoning	3
	OR
MATH 1111	COLLEGE ALGEBRA	3

XXXX XXXX	Humanities/Fine Arts Elective	3
XXXX XXXX	General Education Elective	3

Occupational Courses, 21 credits

COMP 1000	Intro to Computer Literacy	3
HORT 1000	Horticulture Science	3
HORT 1010	Woody Plant Identification I	3
HORT 1020	Herbaceous Plant Identificatio	3
HORT 1080	Pest Management	3

HORT 1150	Environmental Horticulture Int	3
	OR
HORT XXXX	Elective	3

XXXX XXXX	Occupational Guided Electives	3

Guided Elective Courses

(Classes that are being used to fulfill another requirement may not be used to also fulfill the elective requirement.)

AGRB XXXX	Any AGRB class in which prerequisits are met (credits vary)
MKTG XXXX	Any MKTG class in which prerequisits are met (credits vary)
HORT XXXX	Any HORT class in which prerequisites are met (credits vary)
GCMT XXXX	Any GCMT class in which prerequisits are met (credits vary)

(Please refer to the course descriptions for credits and prerequisite information).

Completion of one of the following specializations is required:

General Horticulture Specialization, 24 credits

(Choose 24 credits from the following list)

HORT 1030	Greenhouse Management	3
HORT 1041	Landscape Construction	4
HORT 1050	Nursery Production&Management	3
HORT 1060	Landscape Design	3
HORT 1070	Landscape Installation	4
HORT 1100	Intro Sustainable Agriculture	3
HORT 1110	Small Scale Food Production	4
HORT 1120	Landscape Management	3
HORT 1140	Horticulture Business Manage	3
HORT 1310	Irrigation	3
HORT 1330	Turfgrass Management	3
HORT 1410	Soils	3
HORT 1420	GolfCourseDesignConstr&Manage	3
HORT 1680	WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION II	2
HORT 1690	Horticulture Spanish	3
HORT 1750	Interiorscaping	3

Landscape Specialization, 24 credits

HORT 1041	Landscape Construction	4
HORT 1060	Landscape Design	3
HORT 1120	Landscape Management	3
HORT 1330	Turfgrass Management	3
HORT 1310	Irrigation	3
HORT XXXX	Horticulture Elective	4

Guided Pathway

Grovetown Day Program

PROGRAM NAME: Horticulture

AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree

CAMPUS: Grovetown Day Program

Year 1 Fall Semester

HORT 1000	Horticulture Science	3
HORT 1010	Woody Plant Identification I	3
HORT XXXX	Horticulture Elective	4
HORT 1140	Horticulture Business Manage	3
ENGL 1101	COMPOSITION & RHETORIC	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

HORT XXXX	Horticulture Elective	4
HORT XXXX	Horticulture Elective	4
HORT XXXX	Horticulture Elective	4
HORT 1080	Pest Management	3

MATH 1111	COLLEGE ALGEBRA	3
	OR
MATH 1103	Quantitative Skills& Reasoning	3
	OR
MATH 1101	MATHEMATICAL MODELING	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

HORT 1020	Herbaceous Plant Identificatio	3
HORT XXXX	Horticulture Elective	4
HORT XXXX	Horticulture Elective	4
COMP 1000	Intro to Computer Literacy	3

Year 2 Fall Semester

HORT 1150	Environmental Horticulture Int	3
XXXX XXXX	Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective	3
XXXX XXXX	Humanities/Fine Arts Elective	3
XXXX XXXX	General Education Elective	3

Note: See your advisor for recommended electives for each term and course availability.

*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.

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

The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.