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Summer Semester 2024 Catalog

Nursery/Greenhouse Technician, Technical Certificate of Credit

Overview

Offered at the Augusta Campus and the Columbia County Site.

Entrance Dates: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Length of Program: One Term
Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 17

Program Description: The Nursery/Greenhouse Technician program prepares graduates for challenging careers in the expanding fields of nursery production, greenhouse production, and garden center sales.

Employment Opportunities: The Nursery/Greenhouse Technician program prepares individuals to produce, store, and deliver plant species in controlled indoor environments for wholesale, commercial, research, or other purposes. Includes instruction in applicable principles of plant science; climate, irrigation, and nutrition control equipment operation and maintenance; facilities management; inventory control; safety procedures; and personnel supervision.

Curriculum Outline

Occupational Courses, 17 credits

HORT 1000HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

3

HORT 1010WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION I

3

HORT 1020HERBACEOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION

3

HORT 1030GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT

4

HORT 1050NURSERY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

4

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/Grovetown Day Program

PROGRAM NAME: Landscape Specialist

AWARD: Technical Certificate of Credit

CAMPUS: Augusta/Grovetown Day Program

Fall Semester

HORT 1000HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

3

HORT 1010WOODY PLANT IDENTIFICATION I

3

HORT 1050NURSERY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

4

Spring Semester

HORT 1020HERBACEOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION

3

 

Summer Semester

HORT 1030GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT

4