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Engineering Graphics Technology

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HORTICULTURE - LANDSCAPE

LANDSCAPE DESIGN, TURF AND GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT (MANAGER TRACK)

Machine Tool

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HORTICULTURE - LANDSCAPE

St. Clair County Community College Catalog
edition

Program Code: CERHL
CERTIFICATE
Engineering Technology Department (810) 989-5754
This curriculum is designed for the students to choose courses most meaningful to them and their immediate and long-term goals. All courses may be applied to the Landscape Design, Turf and Greenhouse Management Associate Degree. Completion of this certificate prepares students for jobs such as: landscaper, nursery technician, greenhouse technician, groundskeeper, and garden center technician.

Suggested Course Sequence    
FIRST YEAR – 1st Semester
Semester Hours
CIS 115 Microcomputer Applications CL
4
  *AGR Electives  
6
  ***Electives  
5
   
15
2nd Semester
Semester Hours
ACCT 189 **Office Accounting  
4
  *AGR Electives  
6
  ***Electives  
5
   
15

Total Credit Hours/Total Contact Hours = 30/30-38

*Minimum 12 Credits to be from AGR:

Semester Hours
AGR 103
Soil Management
 
3
AGR 104
Computer-aided Drafting for Landscaping
 
2
AGR 105 Introduction to Horticulture  
2
AGR 124 Introduction to Forestry  
3
AGR 126 Garden and Landscape Maintenance  
3
AGR 127 Landscape Plant Identification & Selection  
2
AGR 150 Landscape Placement Training  
1 to 6
AGR 202 Integrated Pest Management  
3
AGR 206 Applied Horticulture  
3
AGR 207 Greenhouse Management  
2
AGR 208 Nursery Management  
2
AGR 209 Turf Management  
2
AGR 227
Landscape Design  
3
**Or ACCT 211 or higher.  

***Elective credits must be selected from following list:

Biology Electives    
BIO 100 Contemporary Biology  
4
BIO 200 Introductory Botany  
5
Business Electives

BUS 150 Principles of Business GA
4
BUS 155 Principles of Management  
3
BUS 158**** Business Math CT MA
4
BUS 180 Marketing Principles  
4
BUS 181 Professional Selling OC
3
BUS 221 Principles of Economics I CT MA
3
General Electives

ENG 101 English Composition I  
3
SP 101 Introductory Spanish I  
4
Design/Drawing Electives

ART 106 Basic Design  
3
ART 107 3-Dimensional Design  
3
ART 115 Basic Landscape Drawing  
3
EG 110 Introduction to Drafting  
2
EG 111 Fundamentals of Computer Aided Drafting  
2
**** Or MTH 102 or higher.