Horticulture, Diploma

Overview

Offered at the Augusta and Thomson Campuses 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.

Gainful Employment

Curriculum Outline

Basic Skills Courses, 8 credits

ENGL 1010	FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I	3
MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL REL & PROF DEV	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 Identificatio	3
HORT 1080	Pest Management	3
HORT 1140	Horticulture Business Manage	3
HORT 1150	Environmental Horticulture Int	3
COMP 1000	Intro to Computer Literacy	3

General Horticulture Specialization, 15 credits

(A minimum of 15 credit hours from the following list is required.)

HORT 1030	Greenhouse Management	3
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 1410	Soils	3

Guided Pathway

Augusta Day Program

PROGRAM NAME: Horticulture (EH12)

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&Management	3
HORT 1140	Horticulture Business Manage	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
HORT 1030	Greenhouse Management	3
HORT 1060	Landscape Design	3
HORT 1080	Pest Management	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	Intro to Computer Literacy	3
HORT 1020	Herbaceous Plant Identificatio	3
HORT 1120	Landscape Management	3

Year 2 Fall Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL REL & PROF DEV	2
HORT 1150	Environmental Horticulture Int	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
HORT 1030	Greenhouse Management	3
HORT 1060	Landscape Design	3
HORT 1080	Pest Management	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	Intro to Computer Literacy	3
HORT 1020	Herbaceous Plant Identificatio	3
HORT 1120	Landscape Management	3

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&Management	3
HORT 1140	Horticulture Business Manage	3

Year 2 Spring Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL REL & PROF DEV	2
HORT 1150	Environmental Horticulture Int	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	Intro to Computer Literacy	3
HORT 1020	Herbaceous Plant Identificatio	3
HORT 1120	Landscape Management	3

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&Management	3
HORT 1140	Horticulture Business Manage	3

Year 1 Spring Semester

MATH 1012	FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS	3
HORT 1030	Greenhouse Management	3
HORT 1060	Landscape Design	3
HORT 1080	Pest Management	3

Year 2 Summer Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL REL & PROF DEV	2
HORT 1150	Environmental Horticulture Int	3

*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 [phone] 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.

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	3
HORT 1060	Landscape Design	3
HORT 1080	Pest Management	3

Year 1 Summer Semester

COMP 1000	Intro to Computer Literacy	3
HORT 1020	Herbaceous Plant Identificatio	3
HORT 1120	Landscape Management	3

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&Management	3
HORT 1140	Horticulture Business Manage	3

Year 2 Spring Semester

EMPL 1000	INTERPERSONAL REL & PROF DEV	2
	OR
PSYC 1010	BASIC PSYCHOLOGY	3
HORT 1150	Environmental Horticulture Int	3

*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 [phone] 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.